BILL NUMBER: AB 993	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Fletcher

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to amend Section 42310 of the Public Resources Code,
relating to solid waste.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 993, as introduced, Fletcher. Solid waste: rigid plastic
containers.
   Existing law requires rigid plastic packaging containers sold or
offered for sale in this state to meet specified criteria, including,
but not limited to, that the container be made from 25% postconsumer
material.
   This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to that
provision.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 42310 of the Public Resources Code is amended
to read:
   42310.  Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, every rigid
plastic packaging container sold or offered for sale in this state
shall, on average, meet one of the following criteria:
   (a) Be made from 25 percent postconsumer material.
   (b) Have a recycling rate of 45 percent if it is a
product-associated rigid plastic packaging container or a single
resin type of rigid plastic packaging container, as demonstrated to
the board by the product maker, container manufacturer, or other
entity. The board may take appropriate action to verify the
demonstration  , but the board   but  is
not required to expend state funds to conduct a survey or calculate
the rate.
   (c) Be a reusable package or a refillable package.
   (d) Be a source reduced container.
   (e) Is a container containing floral preservative that is
subsequently reused by the floral industry for at least two years.