Bill > SB1013

This bill would make several changes to California's Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act. Key provisions include: - Expanding the definition of "beverage" to include wine, distilled spirits, and wine or distilled spirits in certain container types, and requiring a $0.25 redemption payment and refund value for those containers. - Increasing the annual funding for quality incentive payments for empty glass beverage containers from $10 million to $15 million, and restricting those payments to containers used for manufacturing glass beverage containers in California. - Creating grant programs to support glass cullet processing, collection of empty glass containers from restaurants and retailers, and transportation of empty glass containers by rail. - Authorizing the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery to pay market development payments to glass beverage container manufacturers who purchase recycled glass collected in California. - Revising the definition of "convenience zone" to expand the area and reducing the percentage of convenience zones that may be granted an exemption from certain redemption requirements. - Requiring dealers in unserved convenience zones to either submit an affidavit or join a dealer cooperative to provide a redemption plan approved by the department. - Increasing civil penalties for violations of the act. - Appropriating $10 million from the Beverage Container Recycling Fund to the department for grants to community conservation corps for litter reduction and recycling programs.

Agriculture and Natural Resources, Budget and Finance

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