BILL NUMBER: AB 2284	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Williams
   (Principal coauthor: Senator Correa)

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   An act to add Section 42450.5 to the Public Resources Code,
relating to recycling.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2284, as introduced, Williams. Recycling: household batteries.
   The California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989,
administered by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery,
requires retailers of rechargeable batteries to have in place a
system for the acceptance and collection of rechargeable batteries.
   The bill would authorize the department to adopt regulations to
create an extended producer responsibility model for single-use
primary household batteries and to seek the input from specified
entities when adopting those regulations.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 42450.5 is added to the Public Resources Code,
to read:
   42450.5.  (a) The department may adopt regulations to create an
extended producer responsibility model for single-use primary
household batteries.
   (b) The department shall seek the input of single-use primary
household battery producers, local governments, environmental
organizations, and other stakeholders when adopting regulations
pursuant to subdivision (a).