BILL ANALYSIS
AB 1280
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ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
AB 1280 (Adams and Ma)
As Amended May 6, 2009
Majority vote
NATURAL RESOURCES 9-0 ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 7-0
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|Ayes:|Skinner, Gilmore, |Ayes:|Chesbro, Miller, Davis, |
| |Brownley, Chesbro, De | |Feuer, Monning, Ruskin, |
| |Leon, Hill, Huffman, | |Smyth |
| |Knight, Logue | | |
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APPROPRIATIONS 15-0
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|Ayes:|De Leon, Nielsen, | | |
| |Ammiano, | | |
| |Charles Calderon, Davis, | | |
| |Duvall, Fuentes, Hall, | | |
| |Harkey, John A. Perez, | | |
| |Price, Skinner, Solorio, | | |
| |Audra Strickland, | | |
| |Torlakson | | |
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SUMMARY : Exempts from the definition of a covered electronic
device (CED) a video display device that is contained within a
clothes washer, clothes dryer, refrigerator, freezer,
refrigerator and freezer, microwave oven, conventional oven or
range, induction cooktop or range, beverage maker, food steamer,
dishwasher, room air-conditioner, dehumidifier, or air purifier
only if the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) has
not adopted regulations that identify the electronic device to
be hazardous waste.
EXISTING LAW , pursuant to Electronic Waste Recycling Act of 2003
(Act):
1)Requires a retailer selling a CED in California to collect a
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recycling fee from the consumer. Fees are deposited into the
Electronic Waste Recovery and Recycling Account, which is
continually appropriated to the California Integrated Waste
Management Board (CIWMB) and the Department of Toxic
Substances Control (DTSC) to make electronic waste recovery
payments to cover the net cost of an authorized collector in
operating a "free and convenient" system for collecting,
consolidating, and transporting CEDs, and to make electronic
waste recycling payments to cover an electronic waste
recycler's average net cost of receiving, processing, and
recycling CEDs.
2)Defines "covered electronic device" as a video display device
containing a screen greater than four inches, measured
diagonally, and identified in regulations adopted by DTSC.
Excludes from this definition a video display device in a
piece of industrial, commercial, or medical equipment and a
video display device in a clothes washer, dryer, refrigerator,
refrigerator and freezer, microwave oven, conventional oven or
range, dishwasher, room air-conditioner, dehumidifier, or air
purifier.
FISCAL EFFECT : According to the Assembly Appropriations
Committee, this bill has negligible state costs.
COMMENTS : The Act exempts from the definition of a CED common
household appliances that are likely to contain video display
devices, including a refrigerator and a refrigerator and freezer
combination. However, the Act did not include a stand alone
freezer or newer technology, including touch-screen features on
appliances such as induction cooktops and food steamers. This
bill grants DTSC the authority to regulate appliances that it
deems hazardous and eliminates specific statutory exemptions for
appliances.
Analysis Prepared by : Elizabeth MacMillan / NAT. RES. / (916)
319-2092
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