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                                                               AB 1019
                                                                       

                      SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
                        Senator S. Joseph Simitian, Chairman
                              2011-2012 Regular Session
                                           
           BILL NO:    AB 1019
           AUTHOR:     John A. Pérez
           AMENDED:    April 14, 2011
           FISCAL:     Yes               HEARING DATE:     June 20, 2011
           URGENCY:    No                CONSULTANT:       Caroll 
           Mortensen
            
           SUBJECT  :    CARPET RECYCLING

            SUMMARY  :    
           
            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 (Public Resources Code 
              §42970 et seq.). 

           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 
              (DRRR) with the goal of increasing the recycling of 
              postconsumer carpet 
              (§42974).

           3) Requires Department of General Services (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 (§42982).

            This bill  :  

           1) Establishes a date certain of January 1, 2014, for DGS to 
              ensure postconsumer carpet that is removed from state 
              buildings is managed in a manner that is consistent with 
              state policy.









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           2)  Defines "state buildings" as those buildings owned or 
              leased by the state.

            COMMENTS  :

            Purpose of Bill  .  According to the author, state buildings are 
           a major generator of waste carpet. Current law requires DGS to 
           manage waste carpet in state buildings but does not set a 
           deadline for compliance.  AB 2398 (John A. Pérez) Chapter 681, 
           Statutes of 2010, established a product stewardship program 
           that requires California carpet manufacturers to prepare a 
           carpet stewardship plan that maximizes the diversion of 
           postconsumer carpet 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.

            SOURCE  :        Assembly Member John A. Pérez  

           SUPPORT  :       None on file  

           OPPOSITION  :    None on file