California Assembly Bill AB1826 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 1826INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Chesbro FEBRUARY 18, 2014 An act to amend Section 40003 of the Public Resources Code, relating to waste management. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1826, as introduced, Chesbro. Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989. Existing law, the California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act, requires a beverage distributor to pay a redemption payment in a specified amount 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 California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989, which is administered by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, establishes an integrated waste management program that requires each county and city and county to prepare and submit to the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery a countywide integrated waste management plan. The act also provides for the regulation of solid waste disposal and solid waste facilities. Existing law provides that nothing in the act abrogates, limits, or otherwise affects the duties of the former Department of Conservation under the California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act. This bill would replace this obsolete reference to the Department of Conservation with a reference to the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery. 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 40003 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read: 40003. Nothing in this division abrogates, limits, or otherwise affects the duties of the  Department of Conservation   department  under the California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction  Act, Division   Act (Division  12.1 (commencing with Section  14500)   14500))  .