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                                                                  AB 1782
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          CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
          AB 1782 (Hill)
          As Amended  August 16, 2012
          Majority vote 
           
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          |ASSEMBLY:  |69-0 |(March 29,      |SENATE: |37-0 |(August 21,    |
          |           |     |2012)           |        |     |2012)          |
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           Original Committee Reference:    B.,P.& C.P.  

           SUMMARY  :  Specifies that facilities handling medical waste and 
          that report net weights, and not estimates, to the generator of 
          the medical waste and the Department of Public Health (DPH) in 
          accordance with the provisions of the Medical Waste Management 
          Act (Act) are not weighmasters.

           The Senate amendments  :

          1)Add language specifying that medical waste handlers must 
            report net weights, and not estimates, to the generator of the 
            medical waste and DPH.

          2)Repeal this bill's provisions and revert to existing law on 
            January 1, 2017.

           EXISTING LAW  :

          1)Defines a weighmaster as any person who weighs, measures, or 
            counts any commodity and issues a statement of memorandum of 
            the weight, measure, or count which is used as the basis for 
            either the purchase or sale of that commodity or charge for 
            service.

          2)Requires weighmasters to obtain a license with the Division of 
            Measurement Standards under the California Department of Food 
            and Agriculture.

          3)Specifies certain persons who weigh and measure commodities 
            but are not weighmasters, such as:  retailers weighing 
            commodities for sale in retail stores in the presence of 
            consumers; newspaper publishers weighing newspapers for sale 
            to dealers; and, recycling centers weighing salvage materials 
            for specified purposes.








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          4)Governs the management of medical waste under the Act and 
            requires medical waste haulers to provide specified tracking 
            data to DPH.

           AS PASSED BY THE ASSEMBLY  , this bill was substantially similar 
          to the version approved by the Senate.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :  Unknown.  This bill is keyed non-fiscal by the 
          Legislative Counsel.


           Analysis Prepared by  :    Angela Mapp / B.,P. & C.P. / (916) 
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