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                   Senate Appropriations Committee Fiscal Summary
                           Senator Christine Kehoe, Chair

                                           730 (Wiggins)
          
          Hearing Date:  05/26/2009           Amended: 05/06/2009
          Consultant:  Brendan McCarthy   Policy Vote: EQ 5-2
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          BILL SUMMARY: SB 730 would extend the tipping fee paid on solid  
          waste disposal to operators of transfer or processing stations  
          that transfer solid waste out the state.
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                            Fiscal Impact (in thousands)

           Major Provisions         2009-10      2010-11       2011-12     Fund
          
          Additional tipping fee revenue    ($315)      ($630)     
          ($630)Special *

          * Integrated Waste Management Account
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          STAFF COMMENTS: 
          
          Under current law, operators of solid waste disposal facilities  
          are required to pay a "tipping fee" to the state of $1.40 per  
          ton. Currently, tipping fees generate about $50 million per year  
          in revenues. These funds are used by the California Integrated  
          Waste Management Board to provide grants and loans to local  
          governments, educational, and private entities for projects that  
          reduce waste or clean up waste, as well as to provide technical  
          assistance from the Board to local governments.

          SB 730 would require the operators of transfer or processing  
          stations that transfer waste out of the state for disposal to  
          pay the tipping fee of $1.40 per ton on such waste. Based on the  
          amount of waste that was transferred out of the state in recent  
          years, the bill would increase revenues into the Integrated  
          Waste Management Account by about $630,000 per year, less the  
          cost of collecting the fees.