California Assembly Bill AB1103 Amended / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 1103AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 19, 2015 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Dodd FEBRUARY 27, 2015 An act to amend Section 42649.8 of the Public Resources Code, relating to solid waste. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1103, as amended, Dodd. Solid waste: organic waste. Existing law, on and after April 1, 2016, requires a business that generates a certain amount of organic waste to arrange for recycling services specifically for organic waste, and requires each city, county, or regional agency approved by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery to implement an organic waste recycling program designed to divert organic waste generated by those businesses, except as specified. Existing law defines the term "organic waste" for purposes of those provisions to include food waste and food-soiled paper waste. This bill would also define the terms "food-soiled paper" and "food waste" for purposes of those provisions. 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 42649.8 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read: 42649.8. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall apply: (a) "Business" means a commercial or public entity, including, but not limited to, a firm, partnership, proprietorship, joint stock company, corporation, or association that is organized as a for-profit or nonprofit entity, or a multifamily residential dwelling. (b) "Commercial waste generator" means a business subject to subdivision (a) of Section 42649.2. (c) "Food-soiled paper"  includes   includes, but is not limited to,  food soiled napkins, towels, egg cartons, pizza boxes, waxed  or unwaxed  cardboard  containers, and uncoated plates and cups.   or paper food and beverage containers or wrappers, paper bags, coffee filters, tea bags, and plates and cups that do not have a plastic coating.  (d) "Food waste" means discarded  putrescible  solid, semisolid, and liquid food,  including   including, but not limited to,  fruit, vegetables, cheese, meat, bones, poultry, seafood, bread, rice, pasta,  and oils; coffee filters and tea bags; cut flowers and herbs;   oils, and herbs,  and any  other  putrescible matter produced from human  or animal  food  production, preparation, and consumption   production and preparation  activities. Food waste includes food-soiled paper.  Food waste does not include materials required to be handled pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 19200) of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Food and Agricultural Code.  (e) "Organic waste" means food waste, green waste, landscape and pruning waste, nonhazardous wood waste, and food-soiled paper waste that is mixed in with food waste. (f) "Organic waste generator" means a business subject to subdivision (a) of Section 42649.81. (g) "Rural jurisdiction" means a jurisdiction that is located entirely within one or more rural counties, or a regional agency comprised of jurisdictions that are located within one or more rural counties. (h) "Rural county" means a county that has a total population of less than 70,000 persons. (i) "Self-hauler" means a business that hauls its own waste rather than contracting for that service and "self-haul" means to act as a self-hauler.