California Assembly Bill AB2110 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 2110INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Dahle FEBRUARY 17, 2016 An act to amend Section 14560 of the Public Resources Code, relating to beverage containers. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2110, as introduced, Dahle. Beverage containers: redemption payments. 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. This bill would nonsubstantively recast that provision. 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 14560 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read: 14560. (a) (1) Except as provided in  paragraph (3)   subdivision (b) , a beverage distributor shall pay the department, for deposit into the fund, a redemption payment of four cents ($0.04) for a beverage container  with a capacity of less than 24 fluid ounces  sold or offered for sale in this state by the distributor. (2) A beverage container with a capacity of 24 fluid ounces or more shall be considered as two beverage containers for purposes of redemption payments paid pursuant to paragraph (1).  (3) The amount of the redemption payment and refund value for a beverage container   (3) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a beverage container sold or offered for sale in this state has a refund value of four cents ($0.04) if the beverage container has a capacity of less than 24 fluid ounces and eight cents ($0.08) if the beverage container has a capacity of 24 fluid ounces or more.   (b)     (1)     If the aggregate recycling   rate reported pursuant to Section 14551 for all beverage containers subject to this division is less than 75 percent for the 12-month reporting period from January 1, 2006, to December 31, 2006, inclusive, or for any calendar year thereafter, a beverage distributor shall pay the department, for deposit into the fund, a redemption payment of five cents ($0.05) for a beverage container  with a capacity of less than 24 fluid ounces sold or offered for sale in this state by a dealer shall equal five cents ($0.05), and the amount of redemption payment and refund value for a beverage container with a capacity of 24 fluid ounces or more shall be   and  ten cents ($0.10)  , if the aggregate recycling rate reported pursuant to Section 14551 for all beverage containers subject to this division is less than 75 percent for the 12-month reporting period from January 1, 2006, to December 31, 2006, or for any calendar year thereafter   for a beverage container with a capacity of 24 fluid ounces or more  .  (b) Except as provided in paragraph (3) of subdivision (a), a beverage container sold or offered for sale in this state has a refund value of four cents ($0.04) if the beverage container has a capacity of less than 24 fluid ounces and eight cents ($0.08) if the beverage container has a capacity of 24 fluid ounces or more.   (2) If the aggregate recycling rate reported pursuant to Section 14551 for all beverage containers subject to this division is less than 75 percent for the 12-month reporting period from January 1, 2006, to December 31, 2006, inclusive, or for any calendar year thereafter, a beverage container sold or offered for sale in this state has a refund value of five cents ($0.05) if the beverage container has a capacity of less than 24 fluid ounces and ten cents ($0.10) if the beverage container has a capacity of 24 fluid ounces or more.  (c) This section does not apply to a refillable beverage container.