(1) The California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act defines the term "beverage" to include certain types of products in liquid, ready-to-drink form and excludes, among other things, wine or wine from which alcohol has been removed in whole or in part, whether or not sparkling or carbonated. The act defines the term "beverage container" to mean the individual, separate bottle, can, jar, carton, or other receptacle, however denominated, in which a beverage is sold, and which is constructed of metal, glass, or plastic, or other material, or any combination of these materials. The act requires a distributor to pay a redemption payment for every beverage container sold or offered for sale in the state of $0.05 for a beverage container with a capacity of less than 24 fluid ounces and $0.10 for a beverage container with a capacity of 24 fluid ounces or more to the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, and requires the department to deposit those amounts in the California Beverage Container Recycling Fund. The act also requires those beverage containers to have a refund value of $0.05 and $0.10, respectively. The money in the fund, except for civil penalties, fines, and administrative costs, is continuously appropriated to the department to pay refund values and administrative fees to processors, defined to mean persons certified by the department who purchase empty beverage containers from recycling centers and process the containers in a prescribed manner, to fund a reserve for contingencies and, after setting specified funds aside, for various purposes relating to beverage container recycling, litter cleanup and prevention, and education, including up to $10,000,000 annually for quality incentive payments for empty glass beverage containers. Under the act, the department is required to calculate a processing fee for each beverage container with a specified scrap value, which is required to be paid by beverage manufacturers for each beverage container sold or transferred to a distributor or dealer. The act requires processors and distributors of beverage containers to report specified information to the department, in the form and manner prescribed by the department. The act imposes certain requirements on the invoice or other form of accounting of a transaction submitted by a beverage distributor of beverages to a dealer, but authorizes a distributor of beer and malt beverages or wine or distilled spirit coolers to separately identify certain information. The act prohibits a person from offering to sell, or selling, to a consumer a beverage container that has not been labeled as required by the act. The act defines "wine and distilled spirit cooler" as a beverage containing wine or distilled spirits to which is added concentrated or unconcentrated juice or flavoring material and containing not more than 7% alcohol by volume. The act requires the total number of filled plastic beverage containers sold by a beverage manufacturer to contain specified amounts of postconsumer recycled plastic content per year, as provided. The act authorizes the department to impose a civil penalty of up to $1,000 for a violation of the act, and up to $5,000 for a violation that is intentional or negligent.
California SB 1013 (20212022) — Beverage container recycling.
(1) The California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act defines the term "beverage" to include certain types of products in liquid, ready-to-drink form and excludes, among other things, wine or wine from which alcohol has been removed in whole or in part, whether or not sparkling or carbonated. The act defines the term "beverage container" to mean the individual, separate bottle, can, jar, carton, or other receptacle, however denominated, in which a beverage is sold, and which is constructed of metal, glass, or plastic, or other material, or any combination of these materials. The act requires a distributor to pay a redemption payment for every beverage container sold or offered for sale in the state of $0.05 for a beverage container with a capacity of less than 24 fluid ounces and $0.10 for a beverage container with a capacity of 24 fluid ounces or more to the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, and requires the department to deposit those amounts in the California Beverage Container Recycling Fund. The act also requires those beverage containers to have a refund value of $0.05 and $0.10, respectively. The money in the fund, except for civil penalties, fines, and administrative costs, is continuously appropriated to the department to pay refund values and administrative fees to processors, defined to mean persons certified by the department who purchase empty beverage containers from recycling centers and process the containers in a prescribed manner, to fund a reserve for contingencies and, after setting specified funds aside, for various purposes relating to beverage container recycling, litter cleanup and prevention, and education, including up to $10,000,000 annually for quality incentive payments for empty glass beverage containers. Under the act, the department is required to calculate a processing fee for each beverage container with a specified scrap value, which is required to be paid by beverage manufacturers for each beverage container sold or transferred to a distributor or dealer. The act requires processors and distributors of beverage containers to report specified information to the department, in the form and manner prescribed by the department. The act imposes certain requirements on the invoice or other form of accounting of a transaction submitted by a beverage distributor of beverages to a dealer, but authorizes a distributor of beer and malt beverages or wine or distilled spirit coolers to separately identify certain information. The act prohibits a person from offering to sell, or selling, to a consumer a beverage container that has not been labeled as required by the act. The act defines "wine and distilled spirit cooler" as a beverage containing wine or distilled spirits to which is added concentrated or unconcentrated juice or flavoring material and containing not more than 7% alcohol by volume. The act requires the total number of filled plastic beverage containers sold by a beverage manufacturer to contain specified amounts of postconsumer recycled plastic content per year, as provided. The act authorizes the department to impose a civil penalty of up to $1,000 for a violation of the act, and up to $5,000 for a violation that is intentional or negligent.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · upper
SB 1013 Atkins Senate Third Reading By Ting — 78–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
Unfinished Business SB1013 Atkins et al. Concurrence — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended — 6–1 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 10–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Atkins — primary (person)
Dodd — principal coauthor (person)
Irwin — principal coauthor (person)
Ting — principal coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2022-02-14 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2022-02-14 Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
2022-02-15 From printer.
2022-02-23 Referred to Com. on E.Q. referral-committee
2022-03-08 Set for hearing March 28.
2022-03-15 March 28 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
2022-03-25 Set for hearing April 20.
2022-03-30 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-04-20 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 3458.) (April 20). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-04-21 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-04-29 Set for hearing May 9.
2022-05-09 May 9 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
2022-05-13 Set for hearing May 19.
2022-05-19 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 3779.) (May 19). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-05-19 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-25 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3910.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-05-26 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2022-06-02 Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
2022-06-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-08-03 August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
2022-08-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 11). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-25 Assembly Rule 69 suspended.
2022-08-25 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-25 Ordered to third reading.
2022-08-25 Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
2022-08-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 29). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-08-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-30 Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
2022-08-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-31 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2022-08-31 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5413.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-09-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2022-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2022-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 610, Statutes of 2022. became-law
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