CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 613Introduced by Senator SeyartoFebruary 15, 2023 An act to add Section 42652.8 to the Public Resources Code, relating to solid waste. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 613, as introduced, Seyarto. Organic waste: reduction goals: local jurisdictions: low-population exemption. Existing law requires, no later than January 1, 2018, the State Air Resources Board to approve and begin implementing a comprehensive short-lived climate pollutant strategy to achieve a certain reduction in statewide emissions of methane, including a goal of a 75% reduction in the level of the statewide disposal of organic waste from the 2014 level by 2025. Existing law requires the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, in consultation with the state board, to adopt regulations that achieve those targets for reducing organic waste in landfills that may include, among other things, different levels of requirements for local jurisdictions and phased timelines based upon their progress in meeting the organic waste reduction goals, and penalties to be imposed by the department for noncompliance. This bill would exempt a local jurisdiction, as defined, from those requirements and regulations if the local jurisdiction disposes of less than 5,000 tons of solid waste per year and has fewer than 7,500 people, as provided.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 42652.8 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read:42652.8. (a) Notwithstanding any other law or regulation, a local jurisdiction is exempt from the requirements imposed by this chapter and its implementing regulations if the local jurisdiction disposes of less than 5,000 tons of solid waste per year and has fewer than 7,500 people. For the purposes of this section, local jurisdiction includes a city, county, a city and county, or a special district. (b) A local jurisdiction in possession of a low population waiver pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 18984.12 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations, as that section read on January 1, 2023, may qualify for an exemption pursuant to subdivision (a).
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 613Introduced by Senator SeyartoFebruary 15, 2023 An act to add Section 42652.8 to the Public Resources Code, relating to solid waste. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 613, as introduced, Seyarto. Organic waste: reduction goals: local jurisdictions: low-population exemption. Existing law requires, no later than January 1, 2018, the State Air Resources Board to approve and begin implementing a comprehensive short-lived climate pollutant strategy to achieve a certain reduction in statewide emissions of methane, including a goal of a 75% reduction in the level of the statewide disposal of organic waste from the 2014 level by 2025. Existing law requires the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, in consultation with the state board, to adopt regulations that achieve those targets for reducing organic waste in landfills that may include, among other things, different levels of requirements for local jurisdictions and phased timelines based upon their progress in meeting the organic waste reduction goals, and penalties to be imposed by the department for noncompliance. This bill would exempt a local jurisdiction, as defined, from those requirements and regulations if the local jurisdiction disposes of less than 5,000 tons of solid waste per year and has fewer than 7,500 people, as provided.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill
No. 613
Introduced by Senator SeyartoFebruary 15, 2023
Introduced by Senator Seyarto
February 15, 2023
An act to add Section 42652.8 to the Public Resources Code, relating to solid waste.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 613, as introduced, Seyarto. Organic waste: reduction goals: local jurisdictions: low-population exemption.
Existing law requires, no later than January 1, 2018, the State Air Resources Board to approve and begin implementing a comprehensive short-lived climate pollutant strategy to achieve a certain reduction in statewide emissions of methane, including a goal of a 75% reduction in the level of the statewide disposal of organic waste from the 2014 level by 2025. Existing law requires the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, in consultation with the state board, to adopt regulations that achieve those targets for reducing organic waste in landfills that may include, among other things, different levels of requirements for local jurisdictions and phased timelines based upon their progress in meeting the organic waste reduction goals, and penalties to be imposed by the department for noncompliance. This bill would exempt a local jurisdiction, as defined, from those requirements and regulations if the local jurisdiction disposes of less than 5,000 tons of solid waste per year and has fewer than 7,500 people, as provided.
Existing law requires, no later than January 1, 2018, the State Air Resources Board to approve and begin implementing a comprehensive short-lived climate pollutant strategy to achieve a certain reduction in statewide emissions of methane, including a goal of a 75% reduction in the level of the statewide disposal of organic waste from the 2014 level by 2025.
Existing law requires the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, in consultation with the state board, to adopt regulations that achieve those targets for reducing organic waste in landfills that may include, among other things, different levels of requirements for local jurisdictions and phased timelines based upon their progress in meeting the organic waste reduction goals, and penalties to be imposed by the department for noncompliance.
This bill would exempt a local jurisdiction, as defined, from those requirements and regulations if the local jurisdiction disposes of less than 5,000 tons of solid waste per year and has fewer than 7,500 people, as provided.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 42652.8 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read:42652.8. (a) Notwithstanding any other law or regulation, a local jurisdiction is exempt from the requirements imposed by this chapter and its implementing regulations if the local jurisdiction disposes of less than 5,000 tons of solid waste per year and has fewer than 7,500 people. For the purposes of this section, local jurisdiction includes a city, county, a city and county, or a special district. (b) A local jurisdiction in possession of a low population waiver pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 18984.12 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations, as that section read on January 1, 2023, may qualify for an exemption pursuant to subdivision (a).
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 42652.8 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read:42652.8. (a) Notwithstanding any other law or regulation, a local jurisdiction is exempt from the requirements imposed by this chapter and its implementing regulations if the local jurisdiction disposes of less than 5,000 tons of solid waste per year and has fewer than 7,500 people. For the purposes of this section, local jurisdiction includes a city, county, a city and county, or a special district. (b) A local jurisdiction in possession of a low population waiver pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 18984.12 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations, as that section read on January 1, 2023, may qualify for an exemption pursuant to subdivision (a).
SECTION 1. Section 42652.8 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read:
### SECTION 1.
42652.8. (a) Notwithstanding any other law or regulation, a local jurisdiction is exempt from the requirements imposed by this chapter and its implementing regulations if the local jurisdiction disposes of less than 5,000 tons of solid waste per year and has fewer than 7,500 people. For the purposes of this section, local jurisdiction includes a city, county, a city and county, or a special district. (b) A local jurisdiction in possession of a low population waiver pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 18984.12 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations, as that section read on January 1, 2023, may qualify for an exemption pursuant to subdivision (a).
42652.8. (a) Notwithstanding any other law or regulation, a local jurisdiction is exempt from the requirements imposed by this chapter and its implementing regulations if the local jurisdiction disposes of less than 5,000 tons of solid waste per year and has fewer than 7,500 people. For the purposes of this section, local jurisdiction includes a city, county, a city and county, or a special district. (b) A local jurisdiction in possession of a low population waiver pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 18984.12 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations, as that section read on January 1, 2023, may qualify for an exemption pursuant to subdivision (a).
42652.8. (a) Notwithstanding any other law or regulation, a local jurisdiction is exempt from the requirements imposed by this chapter and its implementing regulations if the local jurisdiction disposes of less than 5,000 tons of solid waste per year and has fewer than 7,500 people. For the purposes of this section, local jurisdiction includes a city, county, a city and county, or a special district. (b) A local jurisdiction in possession of a low population waiver pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 18984.12 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations, as that section read on January 1, 2023, may qualify for an exemption pursuant to subdivision (a).
42652.8. (a) Notwithstanding any other law or regulation, a local jurisdiction is exempt from the requirements imposed by this chapter and its implementing regulations if the local jurisdiction disposes of less than 5,000 tons of solid waste per year and has fewer than 7,500 people. For the purposes of this section, local jurisdiction includes a city, county, a city and county, or a special district.
(b) A local jurisdiction in possession of a low population waiver pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 18984.12 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations, as that section read on January 1, 2023, may qualify for an exemption pursuant to subdivision (a).