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AB-2530 Recycling: beverage containers.(2015-2016)



As Amends the Law Today


SECTION 1.

 Section 14549.3 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read:

14549.3.
 (a) On or before March 1, 2018, and annually thereafter, a manufacturer of a beverage sold in a plastic beverage container subject to the California Redemption Value shall report to the department the amount of virgin plastic and postconsumer recycled plastic used by the manufacturer for plastic beverage containers subject to the California Redemption Value for sale in the state in the previous calendar year. The manufacturer shall submit this information to the department under penalty of perjury.
(b) The department shall post the information reported pursuant to subdivision (a) on the department’s Internet Web site.
(c) This section does not apply to a refillable plastic beverage container.
SEC. 2.
 No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution.