BILL NUMBER: AB 1019	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member John A. Pérez

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act to amend Section 42982 of the Public Resources Code,
relating to solid waste.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1019, as introduced, John A. Pérez. Solid waste: carpet
stewardship.
   Existing law requires the Department of General Services, to the
extent feasible and within existing resources, to take appropriate
steps to ensure that postconsumer carpet removed from state buildings
is managed in a manner that diverts the carpet from landfills and
recycles it into secondary products or manages it in a manner
consistent with the state's hierarchy for waste management practices.

   This bill would require the department to take those steps by
January 1, 2014.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 42982 of the Public Resources Code is amended
to read:
   42982.   The   On or before January 1, 2014,
the  Department of General Services shall, to the extent
feasible and within existing resources, take appropriate steps,
including, but not limited to, revising relevant procurement rules,
to ensure that postconsumer carpet that is removed from state
buildings is managed in a manner consistent with the purpose of this
chapter.