CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 1204Introduced by Senator WieckowskiFebruary 17, 2022 An act to amend Section 14513.5 of the Food and Agricultural Code, relating to fertilizer. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 1204, as introduced, Wieckowski. Fertilizing materials: biochar.Existing law generally regulates fertilizer materials and provides for the licensure of individuals who manufacture or distribute fertilizing materials. Existing law defines various terms for the purpose of carrying out these provisions, including biochar, defined as materials derived from thermochemical conversion of biomass in an oxygen-limited environment containing at least 60% carbon.This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to the definition of biochar.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 14513.5 of the Food and Agricultural Code is amended to read:14513.5. Biochar means materials derived from thermochemical conversion of biomass in an oxygen-limited environment containing that contain at least 60 percent carbon.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 1204Introduced by Senator WieckowskiFebruary 17, 2022 An act to amend Section 14513.5 of the Food and Agricultural Code, relating to fertilizer. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 1204, as introduced, Wieckowski. Fertilizing materials: biochar.Existing law generally regulates fertilizer materials and provides for the licensure of individuals who manufacture or distribute fertilizing materials. Existing law defines various terms for the purpose of carrying out these provisions, including biochar, defined as materials derived from thermochemical conversion of biomass in an oxygen-limited environment containing at least 60% carbon.This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to the definition of biochar.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill
No. 1204
Introduced by Senator WieckowskiFebruary 17, 2022
Introduced by Senator Wieckowski
February 17, 2022
An act to amend Section 14513.5 of the Food and Agricultural Code, relating to fertilizer.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1204, as introduced, Wieckowski. Fertilizing materials: biochar.
Existing law generally regulates fertilizer materials and provides for the licensure of individuals who manufacture or distribute fertilizing materials. Existing law defines various terms for the purpose of carrying out these provisions, including biochar, defined as materials derived from thermochemical conversion of biomass in an oxygen-limited environment containing at least 60% carbon.This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to the definition of biochar.
Existing law generally regulates fertilizer materials and provides for the licensure of individuals who manufacture or distribute fertilizing materials. Existing law defines various terms for the purpose of carrying out these provisions, including biochar, defined as materials derived from thermochemical conversion of biomass in an oxygen-limited environment containing at least 60% carbon.
This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to the definition of biochar.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 14513.5 of the Food and Agricultural Code is amended to read:14513.5. Biochar means materials derived from thermochemical conversion of biomass in an oxygen-limited environment containing that contain at least 60 percent carbon.
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 14513.5 of the Food and Agricultural Code is amended to read:14513.5. Biochar means materials derived from thermochemical conversion of biomass in an oxygen-limited environment containing that contain at least 60 percent carbon.
SECTION 1. Section 14513.5 of the Food and Agricultural Code is amended to read:
### SECTION 1.
14513.5. Biochar means materials derived from thermochemical conversion of biomass in an oxygen-limited environment containing that contain at least 60 percent carbon.
14513.5. Biochar means materials derived from thermochemical conversion of biomass in an oxygen-limited environment containing that contain at least 60 percent carbon.
14513.5. Biochar means materials derived from thermochemical conversion of biomass in an oxygen-limited environment containing that contain at least 60 percent carbon.
14513.5. Biochar means materials derived from thermochemical conversion of biomass in an oxygen-limited environment containing that contain at least 60 percent carbon.