BILL ANALYSIS Ó SB 662 Page 1 SENATE THIRD READING SB 662 (Committee on Environmental Quality) As Introduced February 27, 2015 Majority vote SENATE VOTE: 37-0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ |Committee |Votes|Ayes |Noes | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |----------------+-----+----------------------+--------------------| |Natural |7-0 |Williams, Cristina | | |Resources | |Garcia, Hadley, | | | | |Harper, McCarty, | | | | |Rendon, Mark Stone | | | | | | | |----------------+-----+----------------------+--------------------| |Appropriations |17-0 |Gomez, Bigelow, | | | | |Bloom, Bonta, | | | | |Calderon, Chang, | | | | |Nazarian, Eggman, | | | | |Gallagher, Eduardo | | | | |Garcia, Holden, | | | | |Jones, Quirk, Rendon, | | | | |Wagner, Weber, Wood | | | | | | | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------ SB 662 Page 2 SUMMARY: Makes the following changes to the Public Resources Code relating to recycling: 1)Extends the use of the Recycling Market Development Revolving Loan Subaccount to include payments to local governments for the promotion of a recycling market development zone (RMDZ). 2)Changes the annual reporting date for the architectural paint extended producer responsibility collection program from September 1 to November 1, beginning in 2016. FISCAL EFFECT: According to the Assembly Appropriations Committee, this bill has total costs of approximately $375,000 to $400,000 over three years from the Recycling Market Development Revolving Loan Subaccount for payments to RMDZ Zone Administrators for promotional activities. COMMENTS: Under existing law, CalRecycle is required to develop a comprehensive market development plan to stimulate demand for waste materials generated in the state. As part of this effort, CalRecycle designates RMDZs to attract private sector recycling investment. Local governments, private businesses, and nonprofit organizations within a RMDZ are eligible to receive loans, technical assistance and free product marketing. Loans and other RMDZ activities are funded by the subaccount, which received initial seed money from the Integrated Waste Management Account and receives ongoing funding from loan repayments and interest. For the last 20 years, CalRecycle provided reimbursement SB 662 Page 3 payments to RMDZ Zone Administrators for outreach services to promote the RMDZ Loan program. It was recently determined that CalRecycle may not have sufficient authority to expend funds from the subaccount to reimburse Zone Administrators for outreach services. This bill clarifies CalRecycle's statutory authority to provide reimbursement payments for RMDZ promotion activities. PaintCare is California's extended producer responsibility collection system for left-over paint recovery. Existing law requires PaintCare to submit an annual report to CalRecycle by September 1 that describes the status of the program, including the volume of paint sold in the preceding fiscal year and the volume of paint recovered. When implementing the law, PaintCare has found that it needs a minimum of four months past the end of the fiscal year (June 30) to prepare the annual report to CalRecycle, which has resulted in PaintCare requesting an extension from CalRecycle for the last two years. This bill moves the date from September 1 to November 1 to provide a more realistic time frame for submitting the report. Analysis Prepared by: Elizabeth MacMillan / NAT. RES. / (916) 319-2092 FN: 0001625 SB 662 Page 4