BILL NUMBER: SB 932	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Leno

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act relating to hazardous waste.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 932, as introduced, Leno. Hazardous waste: recycling of
residential fluorescent lighting.
   Existing law, the California Lighting Efficiency and Toxics
Reduction Act, administered by the Department of Toxic Substances
Control, prohibits a person from manufacturing for sale or selling in
the state specified general purpose lights that contain levels of
hazardous substances prohibited by the European Union pursuant to the
RoHS Directive. A violation of the hazardous waste control law is a
crime.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would promote the recycling of residential
fluorescent lighting.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would promote the recycling of residential
fluorescent lighting.