BILL NUMBER: AB 1337 INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Allen FEBRUARY 22, 2013 An act to amend Section 42251 of the Public Resources Code, relating to solid waste. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1337, as introduced, Allen. Solid waste: plastic bag: recycling. Existing law requires a store, as defined, to establish an at-store recycling program to provide an opportunity for a customer of the store to return to the store clean plastic carryout bags. Existing law authorizes a retail establishment that is not a store, as defined, and that provides plastic carryout bags, to adopt an at-store recycling program. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to the above provision. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 42251 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read: 42251. (a) The operator of a store shall establish an at-store recycling program pursuant to this chapter that provides an opportunity for a customer of the store to return to the store clean plastic carryout bags. (b) A retail establishment thatdoes not meet the definition ofis not a store, as specified in Section 42250, and that provides plastic carryout bags to customers at the point of sale may also adopt an at-store recycling program, as specified in this chapter.