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AB-1101 Household solid waste.(1989-1990)



As Amends the Law Today


SECTION 1.
 It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this act, to emphasize the importance of every person’s efforts to reduce the amount of waste generated, thus reducing the rising cost of waste management. Notification, as required by this act, will help ensure that residents become aware of their portion of the total cost for solid waste management in the area in which they live.

SEC. 2.

 Section 66759 is added to the Government Code, to read:

66759.
 (a)  Notwithstanding Section 66757, every local agency which does not directly charge residential households a fee for the collection, transportation, and disposal of solid waste and every local agency which directly charges residential customers a fee which represents less than 90 percent of the average cost of collecting, transporting, and disposing of residential solid waste shall, at least once every three months, arrange to inform all residential households of all of the following:
(1)  The average monthly volume of solid waste produced by each residential household.
(2)  The total estimated monthly cost to the local agency to collect, transport, and dispose of all solid waste produced by residential households.
(3)  The average monthly cost to the local agency to collect, transport, and dispose of solid waste produced by each residential household.
(b)  For purposes of this section, “residential household” means those single and multifamily residential units which are not charged a periodic fee for the collection, transportation, and disposal of solid waste or which are assessed a periodic fee which represents less than 90 percent of the local agency’s total cost of providing these services.
(b)  Where possible, the notification provided under subdivision (a) shall be distributed by each local agency to residential households in a manner that results in no distribution costs to the local agency in excess of distribution costs otherwise incurred for other purposes.
SEC. 3.
 Notwithstanding Section 17610 of the Government Code, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code. If the statewide cost of the claim for reimbursement does not exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000), reimbursement shall be made from the State Mandates Claims Fund. Notwithstanding Section 17580 of the Government Code, unless otherwise specified in this act, the provisions of this act shall become operative on the same date that the act takes effect pursuant to the California Constitution.