BILL NUMBER: SB 1159	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Calderon

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2012

   An act to add Chapter 5.1 (commencing with Section 42250) to Part
3 of Division 30 of the Public Resources Code, relating to recycling.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1159, as introduced, Calderon. Plastic bag recycling.
   Existing law requires an operator of a store, as defined, to
establish an at-store recycling program that provides to customers
the opportunity to return clean plastic carryout bags to that store.
Existing law prohibits a city, county, or other local public agency
from taking specified regulatory actions with regard to the recycling
of plastic carryout bags. These requirements and prohibitions are
repealed on January 1, 2013.
   This bill would enact the Plastic Bag Reduction and Recycling Act
of 2012 and make a statement of Legislative intent in this regard.
   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.  Chapter 5.1 (commencing with Section 42250) is added to
Part 3 of Division 30 of the Public Resources Code, to read:
      CHAPTER 5.1.  PLASTIC BAG REDUCTION AND RECYCLING ACT


   42250.  This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the
Plastic Bag Reduction and Recycling Act of 2012.
   42251.  The Legislature finds and declares that regulation of
plastic bag use, including specifying the recycled content of those
bags and providing recycling opportunities, requires a statewide and
unified approach.