BILL NUMBER: AB 712 ENROLLED
BILL TEXT
PASSED THE SENATE SEPTEMBER 7, 2011
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY SEPTEMBER 8, 2011
AMENDED IN SENATE JULY 11, 2011
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 31, 2011
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Williams
(Coauthor: Senator Simitian)
FEBRUARY 17, 2011
An act to add Section 14583 to the Public Resources Code, relating
to recycling.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 712, Williams. Recycling: beverage containers.
The California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction
Act requires a distributor to pay a redemption payment for each
beverage container sold or offered for sale to the Department of
Resources Recycling and Recovery. The act requires the Division of
Recycling in the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery,
subject to the availability of funds, to expend specified moneys set
aside in the California Beverage Container Recycling Fund, for
specified purposes relating to the recycling of beverage containers.
This bill would, notwithstanding the above expenditure
requirement, prohibit the department, on and after July 1, 2012, from
making any payments, grants, or loans, as provided, to a city,
county, or city and county, if the city, county, or city and county
has adopted or is enforcing a land use restriction that prevents the
siting or operation of a certified recycling center at a supermarket
site, as defined, as may be required pursuant to a specified law.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 14583 is added to the Public Resources Code, to
read:
14583. Notwithstanding Section 14581, on and after July 1, 2012,
the department shall not make any payments, grants, or loans, as
provided in that section, to a city, county, or city and county, if
the city, county, or city and county has adopted or is enforcing a
land use restriction that prevents the siting or operation of a
certified recycling center at a supermarket site, as defined in
Section 14526.6, as may be required pursuant to Section 14571.