This is the final status of bills at the end of the 2013-14 legislative session.
Assembly Bills
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AB 8 (Perea) D-Fresno Alternative Fuel and Vehicle Technologies: Funding Programs
Location: Chapter 401, Statutes of 2013
Summary: Extends various fees and surcharges that fund programs administered by the California Energy Commission, the Air Resources Board, the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, local air districts, and the Bureau of Automotive Repair.
AB 333 (Wieckowski) D-Fremont Medical Waste
Location: Chapter 564, Statutes of 2014
Summary: Makes changes to the Medical Waste Management Act.
AB 501 (Nazarian) D-Sherman Oaks Vehicles
Location: Chapter 392, Statutes of 2013
Summary: Changes the definition of tire broker to exclude a vehicle dealer and a tire retailer primarily engaged in the retail sale, service, and installation of new tires on customer vehicles.
AB 513 (Frazier) D-Oakley Tire Recycling Program: Rubberized Asphalt Concrete
Location: Chapter 499, Statutes of 2013
Summary: Requires the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery to award rubberized asphalt concrete grants for local public works projects, disability access projects at parks and Class I Bikeways.
AB 1126 (Gordon) D-Menlo Park Oil and Gas: Well Stimulation
Location: Chapter 411, Statutes of 2013
Summary: Creates, defines, and establishes regulatory standards for an Engineered Municipal Solid Waste conversion facility.
AB 1179 (Bocanegra) D-Los Angeles Recycling: Waste Tires: Public Works Projects
Location: Chapter 589, Statutes of 2014
Summary: Requires public works projects that use tire-derived products to create parklets or greenways are eligible for tire-derived grants.
AB 1317 (Frazier) D-Oakley State Government Operations
Location: Chapter 354, Statutes of 2013
Summary: Changes in the statutes necessary to reflect the changes made by the Governor’s Reorganizations Plan No. 2 as introduced to the Legislature on May 3, 2012.
AB 1398 (Pavley) D-Agoura Hills Solid Waste: Recycling: Enforcement Agencies
Location: Chapter 509, Statutes of 2013
Summary: Clarifies the ambiguity in existing law that governs the responsibilities between the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery and local enforcement agencies. Also deletes and incorrect cross reference and revises the definition of the term commercial solid waste to include all types of solid waste generated by a commercial entity or multifamily dwelling.
AB 1594 (Williams) D-Santa Barbara Waste Management
Location: Chapter 719, Statutes of 2014
Summary: Provides that the use of green material as alternative daily cover is disposal and does not constitute diversion through recycling.
AB 1826 (Chesbro) D-Arcata Solid Waste: Organic Waste
Location: Chapter 727, Statutes of 2014
Summary: Requires commercial businesses to arrange for recycling services for organic waste. Local jurisdictions are also required to adopt an organic waste recycling program.
AB 1846 (Wieckowski) D-Fremont Beverage Containers: Enforcement
Location: Chapter 597, Statutes of 2014
Summary: Authorizes CalRecycle to suspend or revoke handling fees from a certified recycling center as a form of disciplinary action if the recycling center is found guilty of committing fraud or deceit.
AB 2251 (Yamada) D-Davis Weights and Measures: Beverage Containers: Redemption Value
Location: Chapter 605, Statutes of 2014
Summary: Provides investigative and enforcement authority to the Department of Food and Agriculture and county sealers to enforce the requirement that dealers are prohibited from charging more for a redemption payment.
AB 2355 (Levine) D-San Rafael Local Agencies: Streets and Highways: Recycled Materials
Location: Chapter 609, Statutes of 2014
Summary: Requires a local agency that has jurisdiction over a street or highway to either adopt the standards developed by Transportation for recycled paving materials or discuss failed standards at a regularly scheduled public hearing.
AB 2675 (Lowenthal) D-Long Beach State Agency: Public Contracts
Location: Chapter 617, Statutes of 2014
Summary: Requires state agencies to ensure that at least 50% of certain goods and materials purchased be recycled products.
AB 2748 (Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials) Hazardous Waste: Business Plans
Location: Chapter 744, Statutes of 2014
Summary: Removes the requirement for owners or operators of a location that collect recyclable latex paint to have an approved CalRecycle business plan under the architectural paint recovery program.
AB 2764 (Committee on Natural Resources) Public Resources
Location: Chapter 512, Statutes of 2014
Summary: Adds solid waste that exists in the waters of the state as an eligible grant activity for the Solid Waste Disposal and Codisposal Cleanup Grant Program.
Senate Bills
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SB 4 (Pavley) D-Agoura Hills Oil and Gas: Well Stimulation
Location: Chapter 313, Statutes of 2013
Summary: Requires the operator of an oil and gas well who wishes to perform well stimulations treatments to first apply for a permit with the Department of Conservation’s Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources.
SB 96 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) Budget Act of 2013: Public Resources
Location: Chapter 356, Statutes of 2013
Summary: Makes the necessary statutory changes in order to implements the Budget Act of 2013 as it relates to natural resources and environmental protection.
SB 254 (Hancock) D-Berkeley Solid Waste: Used Mattresses: Recycling and Recover
Location: Chapter 388, Statutes of 2013
Summary: Establishes a statewide mattress recycling program to be developed, implemented, and administered by a single mattress recycling organization comprised of manufacturers, renovators, and retailers.
SB 270 (Padilla) D-Pacoima Solid Waste: Single-Use Carryout Bags
Location: Chapter 850, Statutes of 2014
Summary: Prohibits a retail establishment from providing a single-use carryout bag to a customer at the point of sale SB 270 allows recycled paper bags, compostable plastic bags, or reusable bags to be made available for purchase.
SB 498 (Lara) D-Bell Gardens Solid Waste: Biomass Conversion
Location: Chapter 746, Statutes of 2014
Summary: Expands the existing definition of biomass conversion to include noncombustion thermal conversion technologies that produce hear, fuel or electricity.
SB 1249 (Hill) D-San Mateo Hazardous Waste: Shredder Wast
Location: Chapter 756, Statutes of 2014
Summary: Requires DTSC to adopt regulations that declared auto-shredder waste hazardous and that it be managed accordingly.
SB 1261 (Jackson) D-Santa Barbara Hazardous Materials: Business Plans
Location: Chapter 715, Statutes of 2014
Summary: Removes the requirement for owners or operators of a location that collect recyclable latex paint to have an approved CalRecycle business plan under the architectural paint recovery program.
SB 1274 (Hancock) D-Berkeley Recycling: Used Mattresses
Location: Chapter 371, Statutes of 2014
Summary: Makes technical changes to the Mattress Recycling and Recovery Act.
Resources
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