BILL NUMBER: SB 225	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Wieckowski

                        FEBRUARY 13, 2015

   An act to add Section 42889.5 to the Public Resources Code,
relating to recycling.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 225, as introduced, Wieckowski. Recycling: used tires.
   Existing law, the California Integrated Waste Management Act,
requires the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, when
implementing the act, to promote certain waste management practices
in the order of a specified priority, and to maximize the use of all
feasible source reduction, recycling, and composting options. The
California Tire Recycling Act, which is part of the California
Integrated Waste Management Act, imposes a California tire fee on a
new tire purchased in the state. The revenue generated from the fee
is deposited in the California Tire Recycling Management Fund for
expenditure, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for the purposes
of programs related to waste tires. Existing law requires the
department to adopt a 5-year plan, which is to be updated biennially,
to establish goals and priorities for waste tire programs.
   This bill would require the department, when adopting the 5-year
plan and expending those appropriated funds, to ensure that the
expenditure of funds pursuant to the California Tire Recycling Act,
reflects the California Integrated Waste Management Act's priorities
for waste reduction and recycling.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 42889.5 is added to the Public Resources Code,
to read:
   42889.5.  The department shall, when adopting the five-year plan
pursuant to Section 42885.5, and expending funds appropriated to the
department pursuant to Section 42889, ensure that the expenditure of
funds pursuant to this chapter reflects the priorities for waste
reduction and recycling specified in Section 40051.