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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 2355
Author: Levine (D)
Amended: 6/11/14 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE TRANSPORTATION & HOUSING COMMITTEE : 11-0, 6/17/14
AYES: DeSaulnier, Gaines, Beall, Cannella, Galgiani, Hueso,
Lara, Liu, Pavley, Roth, Wyland
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 5-0, 8/14/14
AYES: De Le�n, Hill, Lara, Padilla, Steinberg
NO VOTE RECORDED: Walters, Gaines
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 78-0, 5/15/14 (Consent) - See last page for
vote
SUBJECT : Recycled materials standards for streets and
highways
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill requires every local agency responsible for
any street or highway to either adopt the Department of
Transportations (Caltrans) standards for recycled road
construction materials or discuss why it is not adopting these
standards.
ANALYSIS : Existing law requires Caltrans to develop standards
for recycled paving materials and other materials used in road
construction. From these standards, existing law requires
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Caltrans to modify its bid specifications relating to the
purchase of road construction materials in order to define in
what condition recycled materials must be for use in projects on
the state highway system.
Existing law generally requires Caltrans to ensure that not less
than 50% of the asphalt it purchases every year includes a
certain amount of crumb rubber from recycled tires. Existing
law does not specify, however, that Caltrans purchase any
particular level or amount of any other recycled material.
This bill requires a local agency responsible for any street or
highway, by January 1, 2017, to either:
1.Adopt Caltrans' standards for recycled road construction
materials; or
2.Discuss at a regularly scheduled public hearing why the local
agency's governing body is not adopting these standards.
Background
Caltrans has developed quality standards for various types of
materials in order for those materials to be utilized in the
construction, rehabilitation, and maintenance of the state
highway system. Without these standards, it would be difficult
for Caltrans to utilize recycled materials, because it would be
unclear whether or not the material is of the quality necessary
to properly maintain the roadway. While the standards do not
require Caltrans to use minimum amounts of various types of
recycled materials, making these materials available for use
necessarily leads to increased utilization, because recycled
materials are often less expensive than new aggregate. This
bill, while not setting required minimums for local agencies, is
expected to lead to the same result - specifically, increased
use of recycled materials for local street and road construction
and maintenance.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: Yes
According to the Senate Appropriations Committee, there are
unknown, likely minor, reimbursable mandate costs (General
Fund). Actual costs would depend on what duties that the
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Commission on State Mandates determines are reasonably necessary
to implement this bill. These costs could be minor to the
extent that a local agency simply put a discussion item on the
agenda for a public hearing, but could be greater if the
Commission approved a claim for reimbursement related to duties
associated with adopting recycled materials standards.
SUPPORT : (Verified 8/14/14)
BoDean Company
California Asphalt Pavement Association
California Chapter of American Fence Corporation
California Construction and Industrial Materials Association
California Construction Trucking Association
California Fence Contractors' Association
California Resource Recovery Association
Californians Against Waste
Cemex Construction Materials Pacific LLC
Chandler's Rio Santiago, LLC
Chandler's Sand and Gravel
DeSilva Gates Construction
Flasher Barricade Association
George Reed Inc. General Engineering Contractor
Gillibrand Co., Inc.
Granite Construction Incorporated
Granite Rock Company
Hanson Aggregates
Lehigh Hanson
Livingston's Concrete Service, Inc.
Maitri Road Recycling
Marin Builders Association
Marin County Hazardous and Solid Waste Management JPA
Mineral Technologies
P.W. Gillibrand Co., Inc.
Sespe Consulting
Syar Industries, Inc.
Teichert Materials
Union Roofing Contractors Association
Vulcan Materials
Werner Corporation
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : According to the author's office, this
bill is intended to increase the number of cities and counties
using recycled materials in road construction. The author's
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office believes that if cities and counties have to formally
consider adopting Caltrans' standards for recycled materials,
the discussion itself will necessarily include the benefits of
using recycled materials, and thus, this bill will lead to
greater use of recycled materials by local agencies.
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 78-0, 5/15/14
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Bigelow, Bloom,
Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian
Calderon, Campos, Chau, Ch�vez, Chesbro, Conway, Cooley,
Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Donnelly, Eggman, Fong, Fox,
Frazier, Beth Gaines, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon,
Gorell, Gray, Grove, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Roger Hern�ndez,
Holden, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder, Logue, Lowenthal,
Maienschein, Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian,
Nestande, Olsen, Pan, Patterson, Perea, John A. P�rez, V.
Manuel P�rez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon, Ridley-Thomas,
Rodriguez, Salas, Skinner, Stone, Ting, Wagner, Waldron,
Weber, Wieckowski, Wilk, Williams, Yamada, Atkins
NO VOTE RECORDED: Mansoor, Vacancy
JA:k 8/15/14 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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