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 that  does not meet the
definition of   is 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.