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                                                                  SB 518
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          SENATE THIRD READING
          SB 518 (Simitian)
          As Introduced  February 17, 2011
          Majority vote 

           SENATE VOTE  :36-0  
           
           NATURAL RESOURCES   9-0         APPROPRIATIONS      17-0        
           
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          |Ayes:|Chesbro, Knight,          |Ayes:|Fuentes, Harkey,          |
          |     |Brownley, Dickinson,      |     |Blumenfield, Bradford,    |
          |     |Grove, Halderman,         |     |Charles Calderon, Campos, |
          |     |Huffman, Monning, Skinner |     |Davis, Donnelly, Gatto,   |
          |     |                          |     |Hall, Hill, Lara,         |
          |     |                          |     |Mitchell, Nielsen, Norby, |
          |     |                          |     |Solorio, Wagner           |
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          |     |                          |     |                          |
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           SUMMARY  :  Deletes provisions in the California Beverage 
          Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act (Bottle Bill) that 
          require the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery 
          (DRRR) to establish reporting periods for redemption rates and 
          that require DRRR to determine redemption rates for specified 
          types of beverage containers.  Specifically,  this bill:
           
          1) Deletes provisions that require the establishment of 
             reporting periods and calculations for redemption rates for 
             beverage containers.  

          2) Deletes the definition of "redemption rate" and makes other 
             conforming changes. 

           EXISTING LAW  :

          1) Requires DRRR to establish reporting periods of six months 
             each for redemption rates and recycling rates for specified 
             types of beverage containers.

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









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           FISCAL EFFECT  :  According to the Assembly Appropriations 
          Committee, this bill has negligible state costs.

           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 
          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.


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

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