California 2021 2021-2022 Regular Session

California Assembly Bill AB2613 Introduced / Bill

Filed 02/18/2022

                    CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2613Introduced by Assembly Member Robert RivasFebruary 18, 2022 An act to add and repeal Section 48103.5 of the Public Resources Code, relating to solid waste. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2613, as introduced, Robert Rivas. Farmers and ranchers: solid waste cleanup: grants.Existing law requires the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery to establish a farm and ranch solid waste cleanup and abatement grant program for the purposes of cleaning up and abating the effects of illegally disposed solid waste. The program make grants available to public entities and Native American tribes for these purposes. Existing law also creates the Farm and Ranch Solid Waste Cleanup and Abatement Account in the General Fund for expenditure by the department, upon appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act, for purposes of the program.This bill would require the department to establish a pilot project within the program, until January 1, 2028, that would make grants available only to farmers and ranchers and for the purposes of the program, as described.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: YES  Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 48103.5 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read:48103.5. (a) The department shall create a pilot project that provides grants to farmers and ranchers and meets the following specifications:(1) Is available only to applicants who are farmers or ranchers.(2) (A) Permits farmers and ranchers to apply directly for grants for the purposes described in subdivision (b) of Section 48100.(B) Permits applicants to apply for grants to clean up and abate multiple sites or pursue multiple cleanup projects on the same site.(b) A grant agreement between the department and a farmer or rancher may provide for, but is not limited to, the following provisions:(1) A requirement for site-specific cleanup and removal of solid waste that is illegally disposed on farm or ranch property.(2) A total grant amount that covers the cost of any tipping fees or other solid waste fees at permitted solid waste facilities for solid waste that was illegally disposed of on farm or ranch property.(c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2028, and as of that date is repealed.

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2613Introduced by Assembly Member Robert RivasFebruary 18, 2022 An act to add and repeal Section 48103.5 of the Public Resources Code, relating to solid waste. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2613, as introduced, Robert Rivas. Farmers and ranchers: solid waste cleanup: grants.Existing law requires the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery to establish a farm and ranch solid waste cleanup and abatement grant program for the purposes of cleaning up and abating the effects of illegally disposed solid waste. The program make grants available to public entities and Native American tribes for these purposes. Existing law also creates the Farm and Ranch Solid Waste Cleanup and Abatement Account in the General Fund for expenditure by the department, upon appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act, for purposes of the program.This bill would require the department to establish a pilot project within the program, until January 1, 2028, that would make grants available only to farmers and ranchers and for the purposes of the program, as described.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: YES  Local Program: NO 





 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION

 Assembly Bill 

No. 2613

Introduced by Assembly Member Robert RivasFebruary 18, 2022

Introduced by Assembly Member Robert Rivas
February 18, 2022

 An act to add and repeal Section 48103.5 of the Public Resources Code, relating to solid waste. 

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 2613, as introduced, Robert Rivas. Farmers and ranchers: solid waste cleanup: grants.

Existing law requires the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery to establish a farm and ranch solid waste cleanup and abatement grant program for the purposes of cleaning up and abating the effects of illegally disposed solid waste. The program make grants available to public entities and Native American tribes for these purposes. Existing law also creates the Farm and Ranch Solid Waste Cleanup and Abatement Account in the General Fund for expenditure by the department, upon appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act, for purposes of the program.This bill would require the department to establish a pilot project within the program, until January 1, 2028, that would make grants available only to farmers and ranchers and for the purposes of the program, as described.

Existing law requires the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery to establish a farm and ranch solid waste cleanup and abatement grant program for the purposes of cleaning up and abating the effects of illegally disposed solid waste. The program make grants available to public entities and Native American tribes for these purposes. Existing law also creates the Farm and Ranch Solid Waste Cleanup and Abatement Account in the General Fund for expenditure by the department, upon appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act, for purposes of the program.

This bill would require the department to establish a pilot project within the program, until January 1, 2028, that would make grants available only to farmers and ranchers and for the purposes of the program, as described.

## Digest Key

## Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 48103.5 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read:48103.5. (a) The department shall create a pilot project that provides grants to farmers and ranchers and meets the following specifications:(1) Is available only to applicants who are farmers or ranchers.(2) (A) Permits farmers and ranchers to apply directly for grants for the purposes described in subdivision (b) of Section 48100.(B) Permits applicants to apply for grants to clean up and abate multiple sites or pursue multiple cleanup projects on the same site.(b) A grant agreement between the department and a farmer or rancher may provide for, but is not limited to, the following provisions:(1) A requirement for site-specific cleanup and removal of solid waste that is illegally disposed on farm or ranch property.(2) A total grant amount that covers the cost of any tipping fees or other solid waste fees at permitted solid waste facilities for solid waste that was illegally disposed of on farm or ranch property.(c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2028, and as of that date is repealed.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. Section 48103.5 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read:48103.5. (a) The department shall create a pilot project that provides grants to farmers and ranchers and meets the following specifications:(1) Is available only to applicants who are farmers or ranchers.(2) (A) Permits farmers and ranchers to apply directly for grants for the purposes described in subdivision (b) of Section 48100.(B) Permits applicants to apply for grants to clean up and abate multiple sites or pursue multiple cleanup projects on the same site.(b) A grant agreement between the department and a farmer or rancher may provide for, but is not limited to, the following provisions:(1) A requirement for site-specific cleanup and removal of solid waste that is illegally disposed on farm or ranch property.(2) A total grant amount that covers the cost of any tipping fees or other solid waste fees at permitted solid waste facilities for solid waste that was illegally disposed of on farm or ranch property.(c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2028, and as of that date is repealed.

SECTION 1. Section 48103.5 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read:

### SECTION 1.

48103.5. (a) The department shall create a pilot project that provides grants to farmers and ranchers and meets the following specifications:(1) Is available only to applicants who are farmers or ranchers.(2) (A) Permits farmers and ranchers to apply directly for grants for the purposes described in subdivision (b) of Section 48100.(B) Permits applicants to apply for grants to clean up and abate multiple sites or pursue multiple cleanup projects on the same site.(b) A grant agreement between the department and a farmer or rancher may provide for, but is not limited to, the following provisions:(1) A requirement for site-specific cleanup and removal of solid waste that is illegally disposed on farm or ranch property.(2) A total grant amount that covers the cost of any tipping fees or other solid waste fees at permitted solid waste facilities for solid waste that was illegally disposed of on farm or ranch property.(c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2028, and as of that date is repealed.

48103.5. (a) The department shall create a pilot project that provides grants to farmers and ranchers and meets the following specifications:(1) Is available only to applicants who are farmers or ranchers.(2) (A) Permits farmers and ranchers to apply directly for grants for the purposes described in subdivision (b) of Section 48100.(B) Permits applicants to apply for grants to clean up and abate multiple sites or pursue multiple cleanup projects on the same site.(b) A grant agreement between the department and a farmer or rancher may provide for, but is not limited to, the following provisions:(1) A requirement for site-specific cleanup and removal of solid waste that is illegally disposed on farm or ranch property.(2) A total grant amount that covers the cost of any tipping fees or other solid waste fees at permitted solid waste facilities for solid waste that was illegally disposed of on farm or ranch property.(c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2028, and as of that date is repealed.

48103.5. (a) The department shall create a pilot project that provides grants to farmers and ranchers and meets the following specifications:(1) Is available only to applicants who are farmers or ranchers.(2) (A) Permits farmers and ranchers to apply directly for grants for the purposes described in subdivision (b) of Section 48100.(B) Permits applicants to apply for grants to clean up and abate multiple sites or pursue multiple cleanup projects on the same site.(b) A grant agreement between the department and a farmer or rancher may provide for, but is not limited to, the following provisions:(1) A requirement for site-specific cleanup and removal of solid waste that is illegally disposed on farm or ranch property.(2) A total grant amount that covers the cost of any tipping fees or other solid waste fees at permitted solid waste facilities for solid waste that was illegally disposed of on farm or ranch property.(c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2028, and as of that date is repealed.



48103.5. (a) The department shall create a pilot project that provides grants to farmers and ranchers and meets the following specifications:

(1) Is available only to applicants who are farmers or ranchers.

(2) (A) Permits farmers and ranchers to apply directly for grants for the purposes described in subdivision (b) of Section 48100.

(B) Permits applicants to apply for grants to clean up and abate multiple sites or pursue multiple cleanup projects on the same site.

(b) A grant agreement between the department and a farmer or rancher may provide for, but is not limited to, the following provisions:

(1) A requirement for site-specific cleanup and removal of solid waste that is illegally disposed on farm or ranch property.

(2) A total grant amount that covers the cost of any tipping fees or other solid waste fees at permitted solid waste facilities for solid waste that was illegally disposed of on farm or ranch property.

(c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2028, and as of that date is repealed.