BILL NUMBER: SB 1359	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Simitian

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act to amend Section 42231 of the Public Resources Code,
relating to solid waste, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take
effect immediately.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1359, as introduced, Simitian. Solid waste: compost.
    The California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989, which is
administered by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery,
defines "compost" for purposes of the act as the product resulting
from the controlled biological decomposition of organic wastes that
are source separated from the municipal solid waste stream or source
separated at a centralized facility and includes vegetable, yard, and
wood wastes that are not hazardous waste. Existing law also defines
"compost" for purposes of certain provisions within the act requiring
the purchase of compost by state agencies in similar a manner except
that it does not include wastes source separated at a centralized
facility and does not specify that wastes include vegetable, yard, or
wood wastes that are not hazardous waste.
   This bill would revise the definition of compost applicable to
state agency purchases to conform to the definition applicable to the
whole act.
   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.
   Vote: 2/3. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 42231 of the Public Resources Code is amended
to read:
   42231.  "Compost"  means the product resulting from the
controlled biological decomposition of organic wastes that are
sources separated from the municipal solid waste stream 
 has the same meaning as defined in Section 40116. 
  SEC. 2.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
   Due to the need to encourage the use of composting, thereby
protecting the public health and safety and the environment, it is
necessary that this act take effect immediately.