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          Date of Hearing:  January 9, 2012

                       ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES
                                Wesley Chesbro, Chair
                   AB 1359 (Skinner) - As Amended:  January 4, 2012
           
          SUBJECT  :  Solid waste:  beverage containers:  fiberglass

           SUMMARY  :  This bill makes numerous technical and clarifying 
          changes to the Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction 
          Act (Bottle Bill).  

           EXISTING LAW  : 

          1)Requires the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery 
            (CalRecycle) to establish reporting periods of six months each 
            for redemption rates and recycling rates for specified types 
            of beverage containers.

          2)Requires CalRecycle to determine the redemption rates and 
            recycling rates for those beverage containers for each 
            reporting period and to issue a report on those 
            determinations.

           THIS BILL  :  

          1)Makes numerous technical and clarifying changes to the Bottle 
            Bill, including correcting code references and deleting 
            obsolete provisions.  

          2)Deletes provisions that require the establishment of reporting 
            periods and calculations for redemption rates for beverage 
            containers.  

          3)Clarifies that a beverage manufacturer may make a single 
            annual payment of processing fees if the projected processing 
            fees are less than $15,000 for the calendar year, without 
            regard to the refund value.  
           
          FISCAL EFFECT  :  Unknown  

           COMMENTS  :  According to the author, this bill removes obsolete 
          calculation and reporting requirements.  The requirement for 
          calculating both recycling and redemption rates for aluminum, 
          glass, plastic, and other container materials has been in 








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          statute for years.  Recycling rates measure containers included 
          in the Bottle Bill, and redemption rates have calculations that 
          include containers that are not included in the Bottle Bill.  
          The redemption rate was used in the early years of the program 
          as a trigger for higher fees, but that trigger was removed in 
          1999.  The remaining recycling rate calculation is adequate to 
          determine the numbers and types of containers returned for 
          recycling.

          This bill also corrects numerous references and repeals obsolete 
          language.  
           









































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          REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :

           Support 
           
          None on file

           Opposition 
           
          None on file
           

          Analysis Prepared by  :  Elizabeth MacMillan / NAT. RES. / (916) 
          319-2092