California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly BillNo. 2110


Introduced by Assembly Member Dahle

February 17, 2016


An act to amend Section 14560 of the Public Resources Code, relating to beverage containers.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 2110, as introduced, Dahle. Beverage containers: redemption payments.

Existing law, the California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act, requires a beverage distributor to pay a redemption payment in a specified amount for every beverage container sold or offered for sale in the state to the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, for deposit in the California Beverage Container Recycling Fund.

This bill would nonsubstantively recast that provision.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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SECTION 1.  

Section 14560 of the Public Resources Code is
2amended to read:

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14560.  

(a) (1) Except as provided inbegin delete paragraph (3)end deletebegin insert subdivision
4(b)end insert
, a beverage distributor shall pay the department, for deposit
5into the fund, a redemption payment of four cents ($0.04) for a
6beverage containerbegin insert with a capacity of less than 24 fluid ouncesend insert
7 sold or offered for sale in this state by the distributor.

P2    1(2) A beverage container with a capacity of 24 fluid ounces or
2more shall be considered as two beverage containers for purposes
3of redemption payments paid pursuant to paragraph (1).

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4(3) The amount of the redemption payment and refund value
5for a beverage container

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6 (3) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a beverage container
7sold or offered for sale in this state has a refund value of four cents
8($0.04) if the beverage container has a capacity of less than 24
9fluid ounces and eight cents ($0.08) if the beverage container has
10a capacity of 24 fluid ounces or more.

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11begin insert(b)end insertbegin insertend insertbegin insert(1)end insertbegin insertend insertbegin insertIf the aggregate recycling rate reported pursuant to
12Section 14551 for all beverage containers subject to this division
13is less than 75 percent for the 12-month reporting period from
14January 1, 2006, to December 31, 2006, inclusive, or for any
15calendar year thereafter, a beverage distributor shall pay the
16department, for deposit into the fund, a redemption payment of
17five cents ($0.05) for a beverage container end insert
with a capacity of less
18than 24 fluid ounces sold or offered for sale in this state by a dealer begin delete19 shall equal five cents ($0.05), and the amount of redemption
20payment and refund value for a beverage container with a capacity
21of 24 fluid ounces or more shall beend delete
begin insert andend insert ten cents ($0.10)begin delete, if the
22aggregate recycling rate reported pursuant to Section 14551 for
23all beverage containers subject to this division is less than 75
24percent for the 12-month reporting period from January 1, 2006,
25to December 31, 2006, or for any calendar year thereafterend delete
begin insert for a
26beverage container with a capacity of 24 fluid ounces or moreend insert
.

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27(b) Except as provided in paragraph (3) of subdivision (a), a
28beverage container sold or offered for sale in this state has a refund
29value of four cents ($0.04) if the beverage container has a capacity
30of less than 24 fluid ounces and eight cents ($0.08) if the beverage
31container has a capacity of 24 fluid ounces or more.

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32(2) If the aggregate recycling rate reported pursuant to Section
3314551 for all beverage containers subject to this division is less
34than 75 percent for the 12-month reporting period from January
351, 2006, to December 31, 2006, inclusive, or for any calendar year
36thereafter, a beverage container sold or offered for sale in this
37state has a refund value of five cents ($0.05) if the beverage
38container has a capacity of less than 24 fluid ounces and ten cents
39($0.10) if the beverage container has a capacity of 24 fluid ounces
40or more.

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P3    1(c) This section does not apply to a refillable beverage container.



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