BILL NUMBER: AB 2530	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 22, 2016
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 25, 2016
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 15, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 1, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 18, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Gordon

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2016

   An act to add Section 14549.3 to the Public Resources Code,
relating to recycling.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2530, Gordon. Recycling: beverage containers.
   Existing law, the California Beverage Container Recycling and
Litter Reduction Act, requires that every beverage container sold or
offered for sale in this state have a minimum refund value, and
requires a beverage manufacturer to indicate on all beverage
containers sold or offered for sale in the state the message
"California Redemption Value" or one of similar alternative messages,
as specified. A beverage distributor is required to pay a redemption
payment to the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery for
every beverage container sold or offered for sale in the state to a
dealer, and the department is required to deposit those amounts in
the California Beverage Container Recycling Fund.
   This bill, beginning March 1, 2018, would require a manufacturer
of a beverage sold in a plastic beverage container subject to the
California Redemption Value to annually report to the department,
under penalty of perjury, the amount of virgin plastic and
postconsumer recycled plastic used by the manufacturer for plastic
beverage containers subject to the California Redemption Value for
sale in the state in the previous calendar year. By expanding the
crime of perjury, the bill would impose a state-mandated local
program. The bill would require the department to post the
information reported on the department's Internet Web site.
   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 14549.3 is added to the Public Resources Code,
to read:
   14549.3.  (a) On or before March 1, 2018, and annually thereafter,
a manufacturer of a beverage sold in a plastic beverage container
subject to the California Redemption Value shall report to the
department the amount of virgin plastic and postconsumer recycled
plastic used by the manufacturer for plastic beverage containers
subject to the California Redemption Value for sale in the state in
the previous calendar year. The manufacturer shall submit this
information to the department under penalty of perjury.
   (b) The department shall post the information reported pursuant to
subdivision (a) on the department's Internet Web site.
   (c) This section does not apply to a refillable plastic beverage
container.
  SEC. 2.  No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because
the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school
district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or
infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty
for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the
Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the
meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
Constitution.