Enrolled September 19, 2023 Passed IN Senate September 14, 2023 Passed IN Assembly September 11, 2023 Amended IN Assembly June 28, 2023 Amended IN Senate April 11, 2023 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 613Introduced by Senator SeyartoFebruary 15, 2023An act to add Section 42652.8 to the Public Resources Code, relating to solid waste. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 613, Seyarto. Organic waste: reduction goals: local jurisdictions: low-population waiver.Existing law requires 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, for a local jurisdiction, as defined, waive those requirements and regulations until December 31, 2028, if the local jurisdiction does not qualify for other specified waivers, disposed of fewer than 5,000 tons of solid waste in 2014, and has fewer than 7,500 people, as provided. Beginning January 1, 2027, the bill would authorize the department, in its discretion, to renew the waiver, 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 that does not qualify for a waiver pursuant to subdivision (a), (c), or (d) of Section 18984.12 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations, as that section read on January 1, 2023, that disposed of fewer than 5,000 tons of solid waste in 2014, and that has fewer than 7,500 people, qualifies for a waiver until December 1, 2028.(b) A local jurisdiction seeking a low population waiver pursuant to subdivision (a) shall apply to the department. The application shall include both of the following:(1) Information that establishes that the local jurisdiction meets the criteria in subdivision (a).(2) The number of tons of solid waste that the local jurisdiction disposed of in 2014 if the local jurisdiction has not submitted the 2014 data directly to the departments disposal reporting system in 2014.(c) Beginning January 1, 2027, the department may, in its discretion, renew a waiver issued pursuant to subdivision (a) in accordance with subdivision (b) of Section 18984.12 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations.(d) For the purposes of this section, local jurisdiction includes a city, a county, a city and county, or a special district.
Enrolled September 19, 2023 Passed IN Senate September 14, 2023 Passed IN Assembly September 11, 2023 Amended IN Assembly June 28, 2023 Amended IN Senate April 11, 2023 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 613Introduced by Senator SeyartoFebruary 15, 2023An act to add Section 42652.8 to the Public Resources Code, relating to solid waste. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 613, Seyarto. Organic waste: reduction goals: local jurisdictions: low-population waiver.Existing law requires 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, for a local jurisdiction, as defined, waive those requirements and regulations until December 31, 2028, if the local jurisdiction does not qualify for other specified waivers, disposed of fewer than 5,000 tons of solid waste in 2014, and has fewer than 7,500 people, as provided. Beginning January 1, 2027, the bill would authorize the department, in its discretion, to renew the waiver, as provided.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
Enrolled September 19, 2023 Passed IN Senate September 14, 2023 Passed IN Assembly September 11, 2023 Amended IN Assembly June 28, 2023 Amended IN Senate April 11, 2023
Enrolled September 19, 2023
Passed IN Senate September 14, 2023
Passed IN Assembly September 11, 2023
Amended IN Assembly June 28, 2023
Amended IN Senate April 11, 2023
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, Seyarto. Organic waste: reduction goals: local jurisdictions: low-population waiver.
Existing law requires 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, for a local jurisdiction, as defined, waive those requirements and regulations until December 31, 2028, if the local jurisdiction does not qualify for other specified waivers, disposed of fewer than 5,000 tons of solid waste in 2014, and has fewer than 7,500 people, as provided. Beginning January 1, 2027, the bill would authorize the department, in its discretion, to renew the waiver, as provided.
Existing law requires 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, for a local jurisdiction, as defined, waive those requirements and regulations until December 31, 2028, if the local jurisdiction does not qualify for other specified waivers, disposed of fewer than 5,000 tons of solid waste in 2014, and has fewer than 7,500 people, as provided. Beginning January 1, 2027, the bill would authorize the department, in its discretion, to renew the waiver, 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 that does not qualify for a waiver pursuant to subdivision (a), (c), or (d) of Section 18984.12 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations, as that section read on January 1, 2023, that disposed of fewer than 5,000 tons of solid waste in 2014, and that has fewer than 7,500 people, qualifies for a waiver until December 1, 2028.(b) A local jurisdiction seeking a low population waiver pursuant to subdivision (a) shall apply to the department. The application shall include both of the following:(1) Information that establishes that the local jurisdiction meets the criteria in subdivision (a).(2) The number of tons of solid waste that the local jurisdiction disposed of in 2014 if the local jurisdiction has not submitted the 2014 data directly to the departments disposal reporting system in 2014.(c) Beginning January 1, 2027, the department may, in its discretion, renew a waiver issued pursuant to subdivision (a) in accordance with subdivision (b) of Section 18984.12 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations.(d) For the purposes of this section, local jurisdiction includes a city, a county, a city and county, or a special district.
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 that does not qualify for a waiver pursuant to subdivision (a), (c), or (d) of Section 18984.12 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations, as that section read on January 1, 2023, that disposed of fewer than 5,000 tons of solid waste in 2014, and that has fewer than 7,500 people, qualifies for a waiver until December 1, 2028.(b) A local jurisdiction seeking a low population waiver pursuant to subdivision (a) shall apply to the department. The application shall include both of the following:(1) Information that establishes that the local jurisdiction meets the criteria in subdivision (a).(2) The number of tons of solid waste that the local jurisdiction disposed of in 2014 if the local jurisdiction has not submitted the 2014 data directly to the departments disposal reporting system in 2014.(c) Beginning January 1, 2027, the department may, in its discretion, renew a waiver issued pursuant to subdivision (a) in accordance with subdivision (b) of Section 18984.12 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations.(d) For the purposes of this section, local jurisdiction includes a city, a county, a city and county, or a special district.
SECTION 1. Section 42652.8 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read:
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42652.8. (a) Notwithstanding any other law or regulation, a local jurisdiction that does not qualify for a waiver pursuant to subdivision (a), (c), or (d) of Section 18984.12 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations, as that section read on January 1, 2023, that disposed of fewer than 5,000 tons of solid waste in 2014, and that has fewer than 7,500 people, qualifies for a waiver until December 1, 2028.(b) A local jurisdiction seeking a low population waiver pursuant to subdivision (a) shall apply to the department. The application shall include both of the following:(1) Information that establishes that the local jurisdiction meets the criteria in subdivision (a).(2) The number of tons of solid waste that the local jurisdiction disposed of in 2014 if the local jurisdiction has not submitted the 2014 data directly to the departments disposal reporting system in 2014.(c) Beginning January 1, 2027, the department may, in its discretion, renew a waiver issued pursuant to subdivision (a) in accordance with subdivision (b) of Section 18984.12 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations.(d) For the purposes of this section, local jurisdiction includes a city, a county, a city and county, or a special district.
42652.8. (a) Notwithstanding any other law or regulation, a local jurisdiction that does not qualify for a waiver pursuant to subdivision (a), (c), or (d) of Section 18984.12 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations, as that section read on January 1, 2023, that disposed of fewer than 5,000 tons of solid waste in 2014, and that has fewer than 7,500 people, qualifies for a waiver until December 1, 2028.(b) A local jurisdiction seeking a low population waiver pursuant to subdivision (a) shall apply to the department. The application shall include both of the following:(1) Information that establishes that the local jurisdiction meets the criteria in subdivision (a).(2) The number of tons of solid waste that the local jurisdiction disposed of in 2014 if the local jurisdiction has not submitted the 2014 data directly to the departments disposal reporting system in 2014.(c) Beginning January 1, 2027, the department may, in its discretion, renew a waiver issued pursuant to subdivision (a) in accordance with subdivision (b) of Section 18984.12 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations.(d) For the purposes of this section, local jurisdiction includes a city, a county, a city and county, or a special district.
42652.8. (a) Notwithstanding any other law or regulation, a local jurisdiction that does not qualify for a waiver pursuant to subdivision (a), (c), or (d) of Section 18984.12 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations, as that section read on January 1, 2023, that disposed of fewer than 5,000 tons of solid waste in 2014, and that has fewer than 7,500 people, qualifies for a waiver until December 1, 2028.(b) A local jurisdiction seeking a low population waiver pursuant to subdivision (a) shall apply to the department. The application shall include both of the following:(1) Information that establishes that the local jurisdiction meets the criteria in subdivision (a).(2) The number of tons of solid waste that the local jurisdiction disposed of in 2014 if the local jurisdiction has not submitted the 2014 data directly to the departments disposal reporting system in 2014.(c) Beginning January 1, 2027, the department may, in its discretion, renew a waiver issued pursuant to subdivision (a) in accordance with subdivision (b) of Section 18984.12 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations.(d) For the purposes of this section, local jurisdiction includes a city, a county, a city and county, or a special district.
42652.8. (a) Notwithstanding any other law or regulation, a local jurisdiction that does not qualify for a waiver pursuant to subdivision (a), (c), or (d) of Section 18984.12 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations, as that section read on January 1, 2023, that disposed of fewer than 5,000 tons of solid waste in 2014, and that has fewer than 7,500 people, qualifies for a waiver until December 1, 2028.
(b) A local jurisdiction seeking a low population waiver pursuant to subdivision (a) shall apply to the department. The application shall include both of the following:
(1) Information that establishes that the local jurisdiction meets the criteria in subdivision (a).
(2) The number of tons of solid waste that the local jurisdiction disposed of in 2014 if the local jurisdiction has not submitted the 2014 data directly to the departments disposal reporting system in 2014.
(c) Beginning January 1, 2027, the department may, in its discretion, renew a waiver issued pursuant to subdivision (a) in accordance with subdivision (b) of Section 18984.12 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations.
(d) For the purposes of this section, local jurisdiction includes a city, a county, a city and county, or a special district.