California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 2694

Introduced by Assembly Member Wieckowski

February 21, 2014

An act to amend Section 14528.5 of the Public Resources Code, relating to beverage containers.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 2694, as introduced, Wieckowski. Beverage containers: recycling.

Existing law, the California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act, requires a distributor to pay a redemption payment for every beverage container sold or offered for sale in the state to the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery for deposit in the California Beverage Container Recycling Fund. The term wine and distilled spirit cooler is defined for purposes of the beverages subject to the act.

This bill would make clarifying changes and delete an obsolete provision in that definition.

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.  

Section 14528.5 of the Public Resources Code
is amended to read:

14528.5.  

“Wine and distilled spirit cooler” means a beverage
containing wine or distilled spirits begin insert , end insert to which is added concentrated
or unconcentrated juice or flavoring material begin insert , end insert and begin delete containing end delete
begin insert which contains end insert not more than 7 percent alcohol by volume.

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This section shall become operative on January 1, 1990.

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