California Assembly Bill AB900 Amended / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 900AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 10, 2011 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 26, 2011 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Swanson FEBRUARY 17, 2011 An act to add Article 8.5 (commencing with Section 32377) to Chapter 3 of Part 19 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code, relating to public school campuses. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 900, as amended, Swanson. Public school campuses: recycling and composting bins. (1) Existing law requires the  Integrated Waste Management Board  Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery  to develop and implement a source reduction and recycling program for school districts that is designed to assist school districts in establishing and implementing source reduction and recycling programs and to complement and further prescribed educational goals and the integrated waste management issues addressed within the science curriculum framework developed by the State Board of Education. Existing law authorizes and encourages school districts to establish and maintain a paper recycling program in all classrooms, administrative offices, and other areas owned or leased by the school district where a significant quantity of wastepaper is generated or collected. The  Integrated Waste Management Board   department  , in conjunction with the State Department of Education, is required to coordinate the implementation of this program by providing materials, technical assistance, and other resources that it deems necessary to aid and encourage educational agencies to establish paper recycling programs. This bill would  require, commencing with the 2012-13 school year,   allow  a school district to provide recycling and composting bins on the campus of each public elementary and secondary school. The bill would  require that each   allow a  school district  to  determine the number of bins to be located on a campus on the basis of the size of both the pupil population and the surface area of that campus.  Because this bill would impose new duties on school districts, it would constitute a state-mandated local program.   (2) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.   This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these statutory provisions.  Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  yes   no  . State-mandated local program:  yes   no  . THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Article 8.5 (commencing with Section 32377) is added to Chapter 3 of Part 19 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code, to read: Article 8.5. Recycling and Composting Bins  32377. (a) Commencing with the 2012-13 school year, a school district shall   32377.   (a)    A school district may  provide the following bins on each elementary and secondary school campus: (1) Recycling. (2) Composting, to the extent feasible, including, but not limited to, the extent to which a collection service is available in the geographical area of the school, or if a school is able to maintain a school garden or vermicompost. (b)  Each school district shall   A   school district may  determine the number of bins to be located on a campus on the basis of the size of both the pupil population and the surface area of that campus.  SEC. 2.   If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.