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                                                                  SB 518
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          Date of Hearing:   August 25, 2011

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                Felipe Fuentes, Chair

                SB 518 (Simitian) - As Introduced:  February 17, 2011 

          Policy Committee:                             Natural 
          ResourcesVote:9-0

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program: 
          No     Reimbursable:              No

           SUMMARY  

          This bill removes provisions of statute that require the 
          Department of Recycling and Resources Recovery (Calrecycle) to 
          report on redemption rates for certain beverage container types.

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          Negligible state costs.

           COMMENTS  

          The redemption rate refers to the percentage of beverage 
          containers of all types sold that subsequently are turned in for 
          recycling.  The recycling rate refers to the percentage of 
          beverage containers covered by the state's beverage container 
          recycling program that are subsequently turned in for recycling 
          payments.  In the early years of the beverage container 
          recycling program, certain higher payments were triggered by 
          specified redemption rates, which statute required Calrecycle to 
          track and report.  Statute no longer bases fee amounts on the 
          redemption rate, but nonetheless requires Calrecycle to track 
          and report on that rate.  This bill removes the obsolete 
          requirement from statute.    

           Analysis Prepared by  :    Jay Dickenson / APPR. / (916) 319-2081