BILL NUMBER: AB 3345	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER   991
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   SEPTEMBER 27, 1996
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   SEPTEMBER 27, 1996
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 30, 1996
	PASSED THE SENATE   AUGUST 23, 1996
	AMENDED IN SENATE   JULY 11, 1996
	AMENDED IN SENATE   JUNE 11, 1996

INTRODUCED BY  Assembly Member Bustamante

                        FEBRUARY 23, 1996

   An act to add and repeal Section 42003 of the Public Resources
Code, relating to solid waste.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 3345, Bustamante.  Agricultural waste and forest waste.
   Existing law, the California Integrated Waste Management Act of
1989, regulates the management and handling of solid waste and is
administered by the California Integrated Waste Management Board.
   This bill would require the board to conduct, by December 31,
1998, a feasibility study on expanding the use of agricultural waste
and forest waste in the production of commercial products, as
prescribed.  The board would be required to transmit the study to the
Governor and to the Legislature.  The provisions of the bill would
be repealed as of January 1, 2000, unless a later enacted statute
deletes or extends that date.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 42003 is added to the Public Resources Code, to
read:
   42003.  (a) The board shall, on or before December 31, 1998,
conduct a feasibility study, in consultation with affected state
agencies, on expanding the use of agricultural waste and forest waste
in the production of commercial products.  The study shall be
transmitted to the Governor and to the Legislature pursuant to
Section 11095 of the Government Code.  The study shall include the
following components:
   (1) Based on consultation by the board with appropriate state and
local regulatory agencies, an analysis of the kinds of technologies
that are available and the commercial products that could be
reasonably manufactured.
   (2) An analysis, to the extent that information is available, of
the potential impact that the diversion might have on landfills and,
for specified agricultural and forestry-dependent counties, in
meeting mandates of this division.
   (b) For purposes of this section, "agricultural waste" has the
same meaning as in paragraph (4) of subdivision (b) of Section
41781.2.
   (c) For purposes of this section, "forest waste" includes forest
debris and wood waste from forest wood waste landfills.
   (d) To the extent feasible, the board shall secure cooperation and
funding for the study from other governmental agencies.
   (e) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2000, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2000, deletes or extends
that date.