Bill Text: CA AB1179 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Recycling: waste tires: public works projects.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-09-26 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 589, Statutes of 2014. [AB1179 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB1179-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1179	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  589
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 26, 2014
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 26, 2014
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 25, 2014
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 26, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 5, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 17, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 6, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 21, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bocanegra

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   An act to add Section 42872.6 to the Public Resources Code,
relating to recycling.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1179, Bocanegra. Recycling: waste tires: public works projects.

   The existing California Tire Recycling Act requires the Department
of Resources Recycling and Recovery to administer a tire recycling
program, and 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.
   This bill would additionally authorize the department, when
awarding grants pursuant to the tire recycling program, to award
grants for public works projects to create parklets, greenways, or
both, that use tire-derived products and would require the
department, if it awards those grants, to give priority for funding
to those projects in disadvantaged communities, as defined.



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

  SECTION 1.  Section 42872.6 is added to the Public Resources Code,
to read:
   42872.6.  (a) (1) When awarding grants pursuant to Section 42872
to cities, counties, and other local government agencies for public
works projects that use tire-derived products, the department may, in
addition to any other authorized use of those funds, award grants
for public works projects that use tire-derived products, including
recycled tire lumber, to create parklets, greenways, or both.
   (2) If the department awards grants pursuant to this section, the
department shall give priority to public works projects that use
tire-derived products to create parklets, greenways, or both, in
disadvantaged communities.
   (b) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the
following meanings:
   (1) "Disadvantaged community" means a community, as determined by
the department, with an annual median household income that is less
than 80 percent of the statewide median household income.
   (2) "Greenway" means a travel corridor for pedestrians, bicycles,
nonmotorized vehicle transportation, recreation, or a combination
thereof, located along natural landscape features, such as an urban
watercourse.
   (3) "Parklet" means a small urban park intended for people and
that provides amenities, including, but not limited to, seating,
tables, bicycle racks, and landscaping.