California Assembly Bill AB750 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 750INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Hueso FEBRUARY 17, 2011 An act to amend Section 42872 of the Public Resources Code, relating to solid waste. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 750, as introduced, Hueso. Solid waste: waste tires. The California Tire Recycling Act imposes a California tire fee on a new tire purchased in the state. The revenue generated from the fee is used, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for the purposes of programs related to waste tires. The act requires the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery to administer a tire recycling program that promotes and develops alternatives to the landfill disposal of used whole tires. A tire recycling program may include, among other things, the awarding of grants or loans to businesses that shred used tires for recycling, and the development of information and education programs aimed at promoting alternatives to the landfill disposal of used whole tires. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes in that provision relating to a tire recycling program. 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 42872 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read: 42872. The tire recycling program may include, but is not limited to, the following: (a) The awarding of grants, subsidies, and loans to businesses or other enterprises, and public entities, involved in activities and applications that result in reduced landfill disposal of used whole tires and reduced illegal disposal or stockpiling of used whole tires. (b) The awarding of grants for research aimed at developing technologies or improving current activities and applications that result in reduced landfill disposal of used whole tires. (c) The awarding of grants or loans for the evaluation, planning, design, improvement, and implementation of alternative used tire recycling programs in  this   the  state. (d) The awarding of grants or loans to businesses  which   that  shred used tires for purposes of recycling. (e) Development and implementation of an information and education program, including seminars and conferences, aimed at promoting alternatives to the landfill disposal of used whole tires. (f) The awarding of grants or loans to tire shredding programs at authorized landfills, solid waste transfer stations, or dedicated tire shredding facilities, including the direct purchase of shredders or financing of shredder contracts.