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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 525
Author: Gordon (D)
Amended: 8/30/11 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY COMMITTEE : 4-1, 6/20/11
AYES: Simitian, Hancock, Kehoe, Lowenthal
NOES: Strickland
NO VOTE RECORDED: Blakeslee, Pavley
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 6-3, 8/25/11
AYES: Kehoe, Alquist, Lieu, Pavley, Price, Steinberg
NOES: Walters, Emmerson, Runner
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 78-0, 5/31/11 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Solid waste: tire recycling
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill requires the Department of Resources
Recycling and Recovery to provide outreach to local
agencies regarding a program it may establish under
existing law to award grants to cities, counties, and other
local government agencies for the funding of public works
projects that use waste tires. This bill makes the public
works waste tire grant program inoperative on June 30,
2015, and repeals the provision authorizing this program on
January 1, 2016. This bill also makes conforming changes
with regard to the department's five-year plan, goals and
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priorities for waste tire programs.
NOTE: This bill is to be amended with new language.
ANALYSIS :
Existing law:
1. Requires, pursuant to the California Tire Recycling Act
(CTRA), Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery
(CalRecycle) to administer a tire recycling program that
promotes and develops alternatives to the landfill
disposal of used whole tires. The tire recycling
program may include, among other things, the awarding of
grants, subsidies, and loans to businesses or other
enterprises, and public entities, involved in activities
that result in reduced landfill disposal or stockpiling
of used whole tires. Activities eligible for funding
may include the manufacturing of products made from used
tires such as rubberized asphalt and crash barriers.
2. The tire recycling program under the CTRA is funded by
the Tire Recycling Management Fund (TRMF). The TRMF is
supported by the California tire fee, which is a $1.75
per tire charge imposed on a person who purchases a new
tire.
The author's office contends the set aside for local public
works projects that use waste tires, which had been
authorized by statute that has since expired, needs to be
continued. Public works projects, specifically roadway
projects, the author notes, divert waste tires from
landfill. And, the author's office claims, roadways made
with waste tire products are superior to other road surface
materials in several ways and, therefore, are the more
cost-effective option for local governments. The author's
office contends, however, that local governments, most of
who are financially strapped, frequently base their capital
decisions on up-front expense, not long-term
cost-effectiveness. The author's office argues for
continuing guaranteed funding for such local public works
projects so their superiority may be demonstrated to local
governments and others who will be making decisions about
capital projects in what, hopefully, will be times of
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greater fiscal health.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
According to the Senate Appropriations Committee, based on
projected program expenditures, this bill will require at
least $2.1 million per year to be provided through grants
for the purposes of this bill. Any administrative costs to
implement this bill should be absorbable within existing
resources.
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 78-0, 5/31/11
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Beall,
Bill Berryhill, Block, Blumenfield, Bonilla, Bradford,
Brownley, Buchanan, Butler, Campos, Carter, Cedillo,
Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Davis, Dickinson, Donnelly, Eng,
Feuer, Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes, Furutani, Beth Gaines,
Galgiani, Garrick, Gatto, Gordon, Grove, Hagman,
Halderman, Hall, Harkey, Hayashi, Roger Hern�ndez, Hill,
Huber, Hueso, Huffman, Jeffries, Jones, Knight, Lara,
Logue, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Mansoor, Mendoza, Miller,
Mitchell, Monning, Morrell, Nestande, Nielsen, Norby,
Olsen, Pan, Perea, V. Manuel P�rez, Portantino, Silva,
Skinner, Smyth, Solorio, Swanson, Torres, Valadao,
Wagner, Wieckowski, Williams, Yamada, John A. P�rez
NO VOTE RECORDED: Charles Calderon, Gorell
DLW:kc 8/30/11 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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