BILL NUMBER: SB 1326	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 23, 2010
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 1, 2010
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 23, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Oropeza

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

    An act relating to the California Conservation Corps, and
making an appropriation therefor.   An act to add
Section 42872.3 to the Public Resources Code, relating to solid
waste. 



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1326, as amended, Oropeza.  California Conservation
Corps: local conservation corps.   Solid waste: tires.
 
   The California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989 requires
the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery to administer a
tire recycling program and authorizes the tire recycling program to
include, among other things, the awarding of grants to public
entities involved in activities and applications that result in
reduced landfill disposal of used whole tires and reduced illegal
disposal or stockpiling of used whole tires.  
   This bill would require a public entity that submits an
application for a grant from the Local Government Waste Tire Cleanup
and Amnesty Event Grant Program administered by the department to ask
the local community conservation corps, as the bill would define
that term, if it wishes to assist with cleanup or amnesty events in
the event that the public entity receives a program grant. The public
entity would be required to include with its application a statement
that it has complied with that requirement and a statement of
whether the local community conservation corps wishes to participate.
If there is no local community conservation corps in the city in
which cleanup or amnesty events will occur, the public entity would
be required to include with its application a statement to that
effect.  
   The Electronic Waste Recycling Act of 2003 requires a retailer
selling a covered electronic device in this state to collect a
covered electronic waste recycling fee from the consumer. Under
existing law, the fees are deposited in the Electronic Waste Recovery
and Recycling Account of the Integrated Waste Management Fund and
are continuously appropriated for specified purposes. 

   This bill would appropriate $15,000,000 from that account to the
California Conservation Corps for the purposes of making direct
grants to certified local community conservation corps to collect and
recycle covered electronic devices, as defined, consistent with the
Electronic Waste Recycling Act of 2003, and for activities related to
that collection and recycling. The bill would also appropriate
$10,000,000 from that account to the California Conservation Corps to
collect and recycle those covered electronic devices. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation:  yes   no
 . Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.



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

   SECTION 1.    Section 42872.3 is added to the 
 Public Resources Code   , to read:  
   42872.3.  (a) (1) Before a public entity submits an application
for a grant from the Local Government Waste Tire Cleanup and Amnesty
Event Grant Program administered by the Department of Resources
Recycling and Recovery, the public entity shall ask the local
community conservation corps if it wishes to assist with cleanup or
amnesty events in the event that the public entity receives a grant
from the program.
   (2) For purposes of paragraph (1), "local community conservation
corps" means the community conservation corps, as defined in Section
14507.5, in the city in which cleanup or amnesty events will occur
with grant funding if a grant is awarded to the applicant.
   (b) A public entity shall include with its application a statement
that it has complied with subdivision (a) and a statement of whether
the local community conservation corps wishes to participate. If
there is no local community conservation corps in the city in which
cleanup or amnesty events will occur, the public entity shall include
with its application a statement to that effect.  
  SECTION 1.    (a) The Legislature hereby finds and
declares that it is in the interest of the state and its citizens to
create jobs and employment opportunities for unemployed youth
performing environmental projects.
   (b) Notwithstanding Section 42476 of the Public Resources Code,
the sum of ten million dollars ($10,000,000) is hereby appropriated
from the Electronic Waste Recovery and Recycling Account in the
Integrated Waste Management Fund to the California Conservation Corps
for the purposes of collecting and recycling covered electronic
devices, as defined in Section 42463 of the Public Resources Code,
consistent with Chapter 8.5 (commencing with Section 42460) of Part 3
of Division 30 of the Public Resources Code, and for activities
related to that collection and recycling.
   (c) Notwithstanding Section 42476 of the Public Resources Code,
the sum of fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000) is hereby
appropriated from the Electronic Waste Recovery and Recycling Account
in the Integrated Waste Management Fund to the California
Conservation Corps for the purposes of making direct grants to
certified local community conservation corps to collect and recycle
covered electronic devices, as defined in Section 42463 of the Public
Resources Code, consistent with Chapter 8.5 (commencing with Section
42460) of Part 3 of Division 30 of the Public Resources Code, and
for activities related to that collection and recycling.
   (d) Funds appropriated pursuant to subdivision (c) shall be used
to provide immediate employment for at-risk youth and other persons
who are members of local community conservation corps, so as to
create new jobs, employ people in productive activities for fair
wages, and reduce unemployment in the state.