Amended in Assembly May 27, 2016

California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 2812

Introduced by Assembly Member Gordon

February 19, 2016

An act to amend Section 42926 of, and to add Section 42924.5 to, the Public Resources Code, relating to recycling.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 2812, as amended, Gordon. Solid waste: recycling: state agencies and large state facilities.

Existing law requires the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery to develop and adopt requirements relating to adequate areas for collecting, storing, and loading recyclable materials in state buildings. Existing law requires each state agency or large state facility, when entering into a new lease, or renewing an existing lease, to ensure that adequate areas are provided for, and adequate personnel are available to oversee, the collection, storage, and loading of recyclable materials in compliance with those requirements. begin delete Existing law defines “large state facility” to include, among other entities, the campuses of the California Community Colleges. end delete

This bill would require the department, on or before July 1, 2017, to begin delete adopt requirements for adequate receptacles and staffing end delete begin insert develop guidelines end insert for collecting and begin delete storing end delete begin insert recycling end insert recyclable materials in begin insert office buildings of end insert state begin delete buildings end delete begin insert agencies end insert and large state begin delete facilities. end delete begin insert facilities, except buildings and facilities of community college districts or their campuses. end insert The bill would require begin insert that end insert a begin insert covered end insert state agency and large state facility, on begin delete or before end delete begin insert and after end insert July 1, 2018, begin delete consistent with those requirements, to provide receptacles for recyclable materials, provide staff, and establish a collection schedule for collecting recyclable materials. end delete begin insert provide adequate receptacles, signage, education, and staffing, and arrange for recycling services consistent with specified law, for each office building of the state agency or large state facility. end insert The bill would require, at least once per year, a begin insert covered end insert state agency and large state facility to review the adequacy and condition of receptacles for recyclable material and of associated begin delete signage. Because the bill would impose new duties on community college districts, it would impose a state-mandated local program. end delete begin insert signage, education, and staffing. end insert

Existing law requires each state agency to submit an annual report to the department summarizing its progress in reducing solid waste, as specified.

This bill would require that report to include a summary of the state agency’s compliance with this act.

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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.

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This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these statutory provisions.

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Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program:  begin delete yes end delete begin insert no end insert .

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

SECTION 1.  

Section 42924.5 is added to the Public Resources
Code, to read:

42924.5.  

(a) On or before July 1, 2017, the department shall
begin delete adopt requirements for adequate receptacles and staffing end delete begin insert develop
guidelines end insert for collecting and begin delete storing end delete begin insert recycling end insert recyclable materials
in begin insert office buildings of end insert state begin delete buildings end delete begin insert agencies end insert and large state
facilities.

(b) For purposes of this section, “recyclable materials” shall
begin delete include all end delete begin insert include, but are not limited to, end insert paper, plastic, begin delete and metal
products accepted by the applicable city, county, or local agency
for recycling. end delete begin insert metal, and organic waste. end insert

(c) On begin delete or before end delete begin insert and after end insert July 1, 2018, a state agency and large
state begin delete facility shall, consistent with the requirements adopted by
the department pursuant to subdivision (a), provide receptacles for
recyclable materials, provide staff, and establish a collection
schedule for collecting recyclable materials. end delete begin insert facility, for each office
building of the state agency or large state facility, shall provide
adequate receptacles, signage, education, and staffing, and arrange
for recycling services consistent with Sections 42649.2 and
42649.81. end insert

(d) At least once per year, a state agency and large state facility
shall review the adequacy and condition of receptacles for
recyclable material and of associated begin delete signage. end delete begin insert signage, education,
and staffing. end insert

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(e) For purposes of this section, “state agency” and “large
state facility” do not include buildings or facilities of community
college districts or their campuses.

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SEC. 2.  

Section 42926 of the Public Resources Code is
amended to read:

42926.  

(a) In addition to the information provided to the
department pursuant to Section 12167.1 of the Public Contract
Code, each state agency shall submit an annual report to the
department summarizing its progress in reducing solid waste as
required by Section 42921. The annual report shall be due on or
before May 1 of each year. The information in this report shall
encompass the previous calendar year.

(b) A state agency’s annual report to the department shall, at a
minimum, include all of the following:

(1) Calculations of annual disposal reduction.

(2) Information on the changes in waste generated or disposed
of due to increases or decreases in employees, economics, or other
factors.

(3) A summary of progress made in implementing the integrated
waste management plan.

(4) The extent to which the state agency intends to utilize
programs or facilities established by the local agency for the
handling, diversion, and disposal of solid waste. If the state agency
does not intend to utilize those established programs or facilities,
the state agency shall identify sufficient disposal capacity for solid
waste that is not source reduced, recycled, or composted.

(5) A summary of the state agency’s compliance with the
requirements specified in begin insert subdivisions (c) and (d) of end insert Section
42924.5.

(6) Other information relevant to compliance with Section
42921.

(c) The department shall use, but is not limited to the use of,
the annual report in the determination of whether the agency’s
integrated waste management plan needs to be revised.

(d) For purposes of this section, the meaning of “state agency”
does not include a district agricultural association, as defined in
Section 3951 of the Food and Agricultural Code.

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SEC. 3.  

If the Commission on State Mandates determines that
this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to
local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made
pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division
4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

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