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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 1019
Author: John A. Pérez (D)
Amended: 9/2/11 in Senate
Vote: 27 - Urgency
PRIOR VOTES NOT RELEVANT
SENATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY COMMITTEE : 4-1, 9/7/11,
pursuant to 29.10
AYES: Simitian, Hancock, Kehoe, Pavley
NOES: Strickland
NO VOTE RECORDED: Blakeslee, Lowenthal
SUBJECT : Solid waste: carpet stewardship
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill reenacts the state law that enacted
the carpet stewardship program and provides that the law
continues to be operative on and after November 3, 2011.
Senate Floor Amendments of 9/2/11 delete the prior version
of the bill providing that by January 1, 2014 the
Department of General Services establish steps to recycle
postconsumer carpet from buildings owned or leased by the
state, and instead reestablishes the carpet stewardship
program.
ANALYSIS : Existing law :
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1.Establishes a Carpet Product Stewardship Program for the
purpose of increasing the amount of postconsumer carpet
that is diverted from landfills.
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.
3.Requires, on and after July 1, 2011, but not on or after
January 1, 2013, a manufacturer of carpet shall add a
carpet stewardship assessment of five cents ($0.05) per
square yard to the purchase price of all carpet sold in
the state by that manufacturer. The assessment shall be
remitted on a quarterly basis, as appropriate, to the
stewardship organization to begin early action measures
for carpet recycling and to support the implementation of
the stewardship plans.
4.Proposition 26, approved by the voters by initiative on
November 2, 2010, amends Article XIII A of the California
Constitution to provide that certain levies, charges, or
exactions imposed by the state and adopted after January
1, 2010, but before November 3, 2010, is void 12 months
after the November 3, 2010, effective date of Proposition
26 unless it is reenacted in compliance with the
requirements of Article XIII A of the California
Constitution.
This bill reenacts the state law that enacted the Carpet
Product Stewardship Program and provides that it will
continue to be operative on and after November 3, 2011.
Background
Proposition 26, approved by the voters by initiative on
November 2, 2010, amends Article XIII A of the California
Constitution to provide that certain levies, charges, or
exactions imposed by the state and adopted after January 1,
2010, but before November 3, 2010, is void 12 months after
the November 3, 2010, effective date of Proposition 26
unless it is reenacted in compliance with the requirements
of Article XIII A of the California Constitution. This
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bill removes any uncertainty that the program will continue
to be implemented.
This bill reenacts the state law that enacted the carpet
stewardship program and provides that law continues to be
operative on and after November 3, 2011. This bill
declares that it is to take effect immediately as an
urgency statute.
DRRR is beginning implementation of the Carpet Stewardship
Program. The nickel per yard assessment is being collected
as of July 1, 2011. DRRR is working on draft regulations
to implement the Program. Carpet manufacturers are working
on early action items to increase carpet recycling and the
first stewardship plans by the carpet manufacturers are due
September 20, 2011.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 9/7/11)
Bentley Prince Street, Inc.
Blue Ridge Commercial Carpet
California Retailers Association
Carpet and Rug Institute
City of San Francisco
County of San Francisco
Dixie Group, Inc.
Los Angeles Fiber
Shaw Industries Group, Inc.
OPPOSITION : (Verified 9/7/11)
Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association
DLW:do 9/7/11 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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