BILL NUMBER: AB 1939	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Fletcher

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2010

   An act to amend Section 47115 of the Public Resources Code,
relating to solid waste.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1939, as introduced, Fletcher. Solid waste: sharps waste.
   The California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989 requires a
pharmaceutical manufacturer that sells or distributes medication that
is self-injected at home through the use of hypodermic needles to
annually submit a plan to the Department of Resources Recycling and
Recovery that describes how the manufacturer supports the safe
collection and proper disposal of the waste devices.
   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 47115 of the Public Resources Code is amended
to read:
   47115.  A pharmaceutical manufacturer that sells or distributes a
medication in California that is usually intended to be self-injected
at home through the use of a hypodermic needle, pen needle,
intravenous needle, or any other similar device, shall, on or before
July 1, 2010, and annually thereafter, submit to the  board,
or its successor agency   Department of Resources
Recycling and Recovery  , a plan that describes how the
manufacturer supports the safe collection and proper disposal of the
waste devices.