Carpet recycling: carpet stewardship.

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 854 Introduced by Senators Smallwood-Cuevas and Portantino February 17, 2023 An act to add Section 42972.8 to the Public Resources Code, relating to recycling. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 854, as introduced, Smallwood-Cuevas. Carpet recycling: carpet stewardship. Existing law requires a manufacturer of carpets sold in this state to submit, either individually or through a carpet stewardship organization, a carpet stewardship plan that meets specified requirements to the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, and requires the department to approve or disapprove the plan. Existing law imposes a carpet stewardship assessment per unit of carpet sold in the state that is remitted by carpet manufacturers to the carpet stewardship organization and may be expended to carry out the organization’s carpet stewardship plan. This bill would require a carpet stewardship organization, as part of its carpet stewardship plan, from the assessments received for carpets sold for use in California, to expend at least 95% on activities to carry out the carpet stewardship plan within California, and at least 10% for grants to apprenticeship programs for training apprentice and journey-level carpet installers in proper carpet recycling practices. Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill Text The people of the State of California do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Section 42972.8 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read: 42972.8. (a) A carpet stewardship organization, as part of its carpet stewardship plan, shall comply with both of the following requirements: (1) At least 95 percent of the assessments collected pursuant to Section 42972 for the sale of carpet for use in California shall be expended on activities to carry out the plan within California. (2) At least 10 percent of the assessments collected pursuant to Section 42972 for the sale of carpet for use in California shall be expended on grants to apprenticeship programs approved by the Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards for training apprentice and journey-level carpet installers in proper carpet recycling practices. (b) This section shall apply to assessments received by a carpet stewardship organization on or after January 1, 2024.