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          SENATE THIRD READING


          SB  
          662 (Committee on Environmental Quality)


          As Introduced  February 27, 2015


          Majority vote


          SENATE VOTE:  37-0


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          |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   |                    |
          |                |     |                      |                    |
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          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  








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          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
















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