BILL NUMBER: SB 742	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 6, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Hertzberg

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act to amend  Sections 42240, 42241, 42243, 42244, and
42245 of, and to repeal Section 42244.5 of,   Section
42921 of  the Public Resources Code, relating to solid waste.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 742, as amended, Hertzberg. Solid  waste. 
 waste: diversion. 
   The California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989,
administered by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery,
generally regulates the disposal, management, and recycling of solid
waste.  The act requires each state agency to develop and adopt,
in consultation with the department, an integrated waste management
plan. Existing law requires each state agency and each large state
facility, on and after January 1, 2004, to divert at least 50% of all
solid waste from landfill disposal or transformation facilities
through source reduction, recycling, and composting activities. 

   This bill would require each state agency and each large state
facility, on and after January 1, 2018, to divert at least 60% of all
solid waste from landfill disposal or transformation facilities
through source reduction, recycling, and composting activities. The
bill would also delete an obsolete provision.  
   This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to some of its
provisions. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


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

   SECTION 1.    Section 42921 of the   Public
Resources Code   is amended to read:  
   42921.  (a) Each state agency and each large state facility shall
divert at least 25 percent of all solid waste generated by the state
agency by January 1, 2002, through source reduction, recycling, and
composting activities. 
    42921.    (b)    
(a)    On and after January 1, 2004, each state agency
and each large state facility shall divert at least 50 percent of all
solid waste through source reduction, recycling, and composting
activities. 
   (b) On and after January 1, 2018, each state agency and each large
state facility shall divert at least 60 percent of all solid waste
through source reduction, recycling, and composting activities. 

  SECTION 1.    Section 42240 of the Public
Resources Code is amended to read:
   42240.  The Department of General Services and the Department of
Resources Recycling and Recovery, in consultation with other affected
state agencies, shall maintain specifications for the purchase of
compost by the State of California. The specifications shall
designate the state minimum operating standards and product quality
standards. The specifications shall be designed to maximize the use
of compost without jeopardizing the safety and health of the citizens
of the state or the environment.  
  SEC. 2.    Section 42241 of the Public Resources
Code is amended to read:
   42241.  The Department of Transportation shall use compost in
place of, or to supplement, petroleum-based commercial fertilizers in
the state's highway landscape maintenance program. 

  SEC. 3.    Section 42243 of the Public Resources
Code is amended to read:
   42243.  The Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, the
Department of Parks and Recreation, and the Department of General
Services shall initiate programs to restore public lands that use
compost, cocompost, rice straw, and chemically fixed sewage sludge
and shall use those products or materials wherever possible.
 
  SEC. 4.    Section 42244 of the Public Resources
Code is amended to read:
   42244.  The department shall evaluate compost, cocompost, and
chemically fixed sewage sludge for use as solid waste landfill cover
materials or for use as extenders for currently used cover material.
Compost, cocompost, and chemically fixed sewage sludge products, when
used as a substitute for or mixed with currently approved cover
material, shall possess all the physical characteristics required in
the definition of a cover material.  
  SEC. 5.   Section 42244.5 of the Public Resources
Code is repealed.  
  SEC. 6.    Section 42245 of the Public Resources
Code is amended to read:
   42245.  Based on the results of the evaluation conducted in
accordance with Section 42244, the department may, on a case-by-case
basis, approve the use of compost, cocompost, and chemically fixed
sewage sludge, that meet the performance standards for cover
material, for up to 25 percent of landfill cover materials or
landfill cover extenders.