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          Date of Hearing:  May 2, 2011

                       ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES
                                Wesley Chesbro, Chair
                AB 1019 (John A. Perez) - As Amended:  April 14, 2011
           
          SUBJECT  :  Solid waste:  carpet stewardship

           SUMMARY  :  Requires the Department of General Service (DGS), on 
          or before January 1, 2014, to perform its duties under existing 
          law to take the appropriate steps to ensure that postconsumer 
          carpet removed from state buildings is managed in a manner that 
          is consistent with state policy.  

           EXISTING LAW  :

          1)Establishes a product stewardship program for carpets for the 
            purpose of increasing the amount of postconsumer carpet that 
            is diverted from landfills and recycled into secondary 
            products or otherwise managed in a manner that is consistent 
            with the state's waste management practices.

          2)Prohibits carpet producers and retailers from selling carpet 
            in California unless the producer or a carpet stewardship 
            organization has submitted a stewardship plan to the 
            Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery with the goal 
            of increasing the recycling of postconsumer carpet.

          3)Requires DGS, to the extent feasible and within existing 
            resources, to take appropriate steps, including revising 
            relevant procurement rules, to ensure that postconsumer carpet 
            that is removed from state buildings is managed in a manner 
            that is consistent with state policy.

           THIS BILL  : 

          1)Requires DGS, on or before January 1, 2014, to perform its 
            duties under existing law to take the appropriate steps to 
            ensure that postconsumer carpet removed from state buildings 
            is managed in a manner that is consistent with state policy.  

          2)Clarifies that "state buildings" includes buildings owned or 
            leased by the state.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :  Unknown








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           COMMENTS  :  In 2010, the Legislature enacted AB 2398 (John A. 
          Perez), Chapter 681, Statutes of 2010.  AB 2398 established a 
          statewide product stewardship program that requires California 
          carpet manufacturers to prepare a carpet stewardship plan that 
          maximizes the diversion of postconsumer carpet, or carpet no 
          longer used for its manufactured purpose, from landfills and 
          encourages the recycling of waste carpet into secondary 
          products.  AB 2398 also requires DGS to take appropriate steps 
          to ensure that carpets removed from state buildings are managed 
          consistently with statutes relating to carpet recycling, but did 
          not set a date by which DGS should meet that requirement.  This 
          bill requires DGS to perform its duties under the existing 
          carpet recycling law by January 1, 2014.







































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           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :

           Support 
           
          None on file

           Opposition 
           
          None on file

           
          Analysis Prepared by  :  Mario DeBernardo / NAT. RES. / (916) 
          319-2092