BILL ANALYSIS
Senate Appropriations Committee Fiscal Summary
Senator Christine Kehoe, Chair
1052 (Oropeza)
Hearing Date: 05/27/2010 Amended: 04/07/2010
Consultant: Brendan McCarthy Policy Vote: EQ 4-2
SB 1052 (Oropeza), Page 2
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BILL SUMMARY: SB 1052 requires the Department of General
Services to identify methods state agencies are required to use
to properly handle and dispose of electronic waste. The bill
requires state agencies to include information on their
management of electronic wastes in an existing report on waste
management they are required to provide to the Department of
Resources Recycling and Recovery.
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Fiscal Impact (in thousands)
Major Provisions 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 Fund
DGS development of Minor and absorbable General
handling procedures
DGS review of reports Up to $100 per year General
DRRR review of reports Up to $80 per year Special
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State agency reporting Minor and absorbable Various
* Electronic Waste Recovery and Recycling Account, Integrated
Waste Management Fund
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STAFF COMMENTS: SUSPENSE FILE. AS PROPOSED TO BE AMENDED.
Under current law, state agencies are required to report to the
Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (DRRR) on their
efforts to reduce their disposal of solid waste by 50%. In
addition, current law prohibits the disposal of electronic
wastes in solid waste landfills.
In November 2008, the Bureau of State Audits found that several
state agencies were not complying with existing regulations
regarding the proper disposal of electronic waste.
This bill requires the Department of General Services (DGS), in
cooperation with DRRR and the Department of Toxic Substances
Control, to identify methods state agencies are required to use
to properly handle and dispose of electronic waste. (DGS
SB 1052 (Oropeza), Page 2
indicates that these activities have already been completed.)
The bill requires state agencies to include information about
their management of electronic waste in the annual report they
provide to DRRR and requires DGS to review that information to
ensure that state agencies are complying with applicable laws
relating to electronic waste disposal.
DRRR estimates that it will require up to $80,000 per year to
review the reports and provide feedback to the various state
agencies on their management of electronic wastes. DGS estimates
that it will require about $100,000 per year to review the
reports and determine whether state agencies are complying with
the law.
Since state agencies already are required to report to DRRR on
their solid waste disposal and are required under current law to
manage their electronic wastes, additional costs to most state
agencies due to increased reporting should be minor and
absorbable. However, under current law, community college
districts are considered state agencies with respect to the
reporting requirement. By putting an additional requirement on
community college districts, this bill potentially creates a
reimbursable state mandate. At this time, any additional costs
to the community college districts are unknown.
As proposed to be amended by the author, the bill's reporting
requirement would not apply to the University of California, the
California State University, or California Community Colleges.
The proposed amendments also make technical changes to the bill.