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CA Pub Res Code § 14574 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 12.1 - CALIFORNIA BEVERAGE CONTAINER RECYCLING AND LITTER REDUCTION ACT|CHAPTER 6 - Returns|Section 14574.

14574.  (a) (1) A distributor of beverage containers shall pay to the department the redemption payment for every beverage container, other than a refillable beverage container, sold or transferred to a dealer, less 1.5 percent for the distributor’s administrative costs.(2) The payment made by a distributor shall be made not later than the last day of the month following the sale. The distributor shall make the payment in the form and manner that the department prescribes.(b) (1) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), if a distributor displays a pattern of operation in compliance with this division and the regulations adopted pursuant to this division, to the satisfaction of the department, the distributor may make a single annual payment of redemption payments, if the distributor’s projected redemption payment for a calendar year totals less than seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000).(2) An annual redemption payment made pursuant to this subdivision is due and payable on or before February 1 for every beverage container sold or transferred by the distributor to a dealer in the previous calendar year.(3) A distributor shall notify the department of its intent to make an annual redemption payment pursuant to this subdivision on or before January 31 of the calendar year for which the payment will be due.(c) This section shall become effective on July 1, 2012.(Amended (as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 296, Sec. 262) by Stats. 2012, Ch. 39, Sec. 94. (SB 1018) Effective June 27, 2012. Section operative July 1, 2012, pursuant to its own provisions.)
CA Pub Res Code § 14575.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 12.1 - CALIFORNIA BEVERAGE CONTAINER RECYCLING AND LITTER REDUCTION ACT|CHAPTER 6 - Returns|Section 14575.1.

14575.1.  (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 14575, if a willing purchaser offers to purchase empty PET containers at a voluntary artificial scrap value that is equal to the processing fee reduced pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 14575 when applied to all containers sold, no processing fee shall be imposed on PET containers pursuant to Section 14575.(b) If a willing purchaser offers to pay a voluntary artificial scrap value, the department shall, on a monthly basis, determine whether the sum of the voluntary artificial scrap value and payments made from the PET Processing Fee Account pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 14575, are equal to, or more than, the recycling cost for empty PET containers determined pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 14575.(c) If the department determines that, for any monthly period, the sum of the voluntary artificial scrap value and payments made from the PET Processing Fee Account pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 14575, is less than the recycling cost for empty PET containers, determined pursuant to Section 14575, the following requirements shall apply:(1) The department shall immediately provide written notification of the deficiency for that monthly period and the amount of that deficiency to any willing purchaser.(2) A willing purchaser shall correct the deficiency in the next monthly period by adjusting the voluntary artificial scrap value by an amount sufficient to equal the recycling cost for empty PET containers plus the previous monthly period’s deficiency.(3) If the deficiency and amount in arrears is not corrected within 30 days of providing written notice to willing purchasers of empty PET containers, the department shall impose a processing fee pursuant to Section 14575 which includes any amount necessary, including any amount in arrears, to cover the cost of recycling empty PET containers.(d) If the department determines that, for any monthly period, the sum of the voluntary artificial scrap value and payments made from the PET Processing Fee Account pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 14575, is greater than the recycling cost for empty PET containers, the department shall do both of the following:(1) Immediately provide written notification of the deviation for that monthly period and the amount of that deviation to any willing purchaser.(2) Provide a credit equal to the amount of the deviation for any future monthly period wherein the voluntary artificial scrap value, and payments made from the PET Processing Fee Account, are less than the recycling cost of empty PET containers determined pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 14575.(e) Nothing in this section is intended to affect any litigation that was pending on January 1, 1996, in which the department is a party of record.(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 753, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 2004.)
CA Pub Res Code § 14576 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 12.1 - CALIFORNIA BEVERAGE CONTAINER RECYCLING AND LITTER REDUCTION ACT|CHAPTER 6 - Returns|Section 14576.

14576.  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that all provisions of this division be interpreted to encourage and support the reuse, as well as the recycling, of empty beverage containers.(b) The processing payment for a reusable beverage container shall be the same amount paid for other glass beverage containers.(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 502, Sec. 3. (AB 962) Effective January 1, 2022.)
CA Pub Res Code § 14580 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 12.1 - CALIFORNIA BEVERAGE CONTAINER RECYCLING AND LITTER REDUCTION ACT|CHAPTER 7 - Financial Provisions|Section 14580.

14580.  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (d), the department shall deposit all amounts paid as redemption payments by distributors pursuant to Section 14574 and all other revenues received into the California Beverage Container Recycling Fund, which is hereby created in the State Treasury. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the money in the fund is hereby continuously appropriated to the department for expenditure without regard to fiscal year for the following purposes:(1) The payment of refund values and administrative fees to processors pursuant to Section 14573.(2) For a reserve for contingencies, which shall not be greater than an amount equal to 5 percent of the total amount paid to processors pursuant to Section 14573 during the preceding calendar year, plus the interest earned on that amount.(b) The money in the fund may be expended by the department for the administration of this division only upon appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act.(c) After setting aside funds estimated to be needed for expenditures authorized pursuant to this section, the department shall set aside funds on a quarterly basis for the purposes specified in Section 14581. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, that money is hereby continuously appropriated to the department, without regard to fiscal year, for the purposes specified in Section 14581.(d) The department shall deposit all civil penalties or fines collected pursuant to this division into the Penalty Account, which is hereby created in the fund. The money in the Penalty Account may be expended by the department only upon appropriation by the Legislature, for purposes of this division.(e) The Legislature finds and declares that the maintenance of the fund is of the utmost importance to the state and that it is essential that any money in the fund be used solely for the purposes authorized in this division and should not be used, loaned, or transferred for any other purpose.(Amended by Stats. 2010, 8th Ex. Sess., Ch. 5, Sec. 4. (AB 7 8x) Effective March 8, 2010.)
CA Pub Res Code § 14581.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 12.1 - CALIFORNIA BEVERAGE CONTAINER RECYCLING AND LITTER REDUCTION ACT|CHAPTER 7 - Financial Provisions|Section 14581.1.

14581.1.  (a) The department shall expend in each fiscal year, from the moneys set aside in the fund pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 14580, twenty million nine hundred seventy-four thousand dollars ($20,974,000), plus the cost-of-living adjustment, as provided in subdivision (c), less fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000), in the form of grants for beverage container litter reduction programs and recycling programs, including education and outreach, issued to either of the following:(1) Certified community conservation corps that were in existence on September 30, 1999, or that are formed subsequent to that date, that are designated by a city or a city and county to perform litter abatement, recycling, and related activities, if the city or the city and county has a population, as determined by the most recent census, of more than 250,000 persons.(2) Community conservation corps that are designated by a county to perform litter abatement, recycling, and related activities, and are certified by the California Conservation Corps as having operated for a minimum of two years and as meeting all other criteria of Section 14507.5.(b) The grants provided pursuant to this section shall not comprise more than 75 percent of the annual budget of a community conservation corps.(c) The amount of twenty million nine hundred seventy-four thousand dollars ($20,974,000) that is referenced in subdivision (a) is a base amount for the 2014–15 fiscal year, and the department shall adjust that amount annually to reflect any increases or decreases in the cost of living as measured by the Department of Labor or a successor agency of the federal government.(d) For the 2014–15 fiscal year only, the amount to be expended from the fund for the purposes specified in subdivision (a) shall be increased by seven million five hundred thousand dollars ($7,500,000).(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 35, Sec. 144. (SB 861) Effective June 20, 2014.)
CA Pub Res Code § 14582 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 12.1 - CALIFORNIA BEVERAGE CONTAINER RECYCLING AND LITTER REDUCTION ACT|CHAPTER 7 - Financial Provisions|Section 14582.

14582.  The Recycling Infrastructure Loan Guarantee Account is hereby created as a revolving account in the California Beverage Container Recycling Fund, and the funds in that account are continuously appropriated to the department to issue loan guarantees for capital expenditures for new recycling infrastructure located in the state. The department may issue a loan guarantee from the account only if the department determines that the new recycling infrastructure adds recycling capacity, results in remanufacturing and reuse of beverage containers into new products, and complies with all applicable laws and regulations.(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 753, Sec. 18. Effective January 1, 2004.)
CA Pub Res Code § 14583 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 12.1 - CALIFORNIA BEVERAGE CONTAINER RECYCLING AND LITTER REDUCTION ACT|CHAPTER 7 - Financial Provisions|Section 14583.

14583.  Notwithstanding Section 14581, on and after July 1, 2012, the department shall not make any payments, grants, or loans, as provided in that section, to a city, county, or city and county, if the city, county, or city and county has adopted or is enforcing a land use restriction that prevents the siting or operation of a certified recycling center at a supermarket site, as defined in Section 14526.6, as may be required pursuant to Section 14571.(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 576, Sec. 1. (AB 712) Effective January 1, 2012.)
CA Pub Res Code § 14584 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 12.1 - CALIFORNIA BEVERAGE CONTAINER RECYCLING AND LITTER REDUCTION ACT|CHAPTER 7 - Financial Provisions|Section 14584.

14584.  (a) Operators of reverse vending machines or processors may apply to the California Pollution Control Financing Authority for financing pursuant to Section 44526 of the Health and Safety Code, as a means of obtaining capital for establishment of a convenience network. For purposes of Section 44508 of the Health and Safety Code, “project” includes the establishing of a recycling location pursuant to the division.(b) Corporations, companies, or individuals may apply for loan and grant funds from the Energy Technologies Research, Development, and Demonstration Account specified in Section 25683 by applying to the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission for the purpose of demonstrating equipment for enhancing recycling opportunities.(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1290, Sec. 2. Effective September 29, 1986.)
CA Pub Res Code § 14585.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 12.1 - CALIFORNIA BEVERAGE CONTAINER RECYCLING AND LITTER REDUCTION ACT|CHAPTER 7 - Financial Provisions|Section 14585.5.

14585.5.  (a) The department shall not make handling fee payments to a supermarket site if the department determines that all empty beverage container types are not redeemed at the same physical location within the recycling location.(b) A supermarket site that redeems all empty beverage container types at the same physical location within the recycling location, and issues script to consumers which is required to be redeemed at a nearby host business, is eligible to receive handling fee payments.(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 620, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1995.)
CA Pub Res Code § 14586 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 12.1 - CALIFORNIA BEVERAGE CONTAINER RECYCLING AND LITTER REDUCTION ACT|CHAPTER 7 - Financial Provisions|Section 14586.

14586.  This division does not create any guarantee of a continuing level of support, or other obligation on the part of the State of California, the department, or any agency thereof, to pay any specified amount to any local conservation organization, community conservation corps, or statewide nonprofit private agency.(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1290, Sec. 2. Effective September 29, 1986.)
CA Pub Res Code § 14587 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 12.1 - CALIFORNIA BEVERAGE CONTAINER RECYCLING AND LITTER REDUCTION ACT|CHAPTER 7 - Financial Provisions|Section 14587.

14587.  This division does not require or create any obligation that payments made pursuant to this division to any local conservation organization, community conservation corps, or statewide nonprofit private agency in any given fiscal year be made in any subsequent fiscal year at the same or greater level.(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1290, Sec. 2. Effective September 29, 1986.)
CA Pub Res Code § 14588 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 12.1 - CALIFORNIA BEVERAGE CONTAINER RECYCLING AND LITTER REDUCTION ACT|CHAPTER 7.5 - Penalties for Unfair Recycling Competition|Section 14588.

14588.  It is the intent of the Legislature that handling fees paid to supermarket site recycling centers pursuant to Section 14585 shall only be used to offset the unique costs of providing convenient recycling opportunities to consumers at supermarket sites, and that those fees may not be expended for the purpose of engaging in unfair and predatory competition in order to reduce recycling rates of other recycling centers certified pursuant to this division.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 815, Sec. 36. Effective January 1, 2000.)
CA Pub Res Code § 14588.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 12.1 - CALIFORNIA BEVERAGE CONTAINER RECYCLING AND LITTER REDUCTION ACT|CHAPTER 7.5 - Penalties for Unfair Recycling Competition|Section 14588.1.

14588.1.  (a) As used in this chapter, “unfair and predatory pricing” means the payment to consumers by a supermarket site, that receives handling fees for the redemption of beverage containers, in an amount that exceeds the sum of both of the following:(1) The California refund value for that container.(2) (A) If the supermarket site is not located in a rural region, the average scrap value paid per pound for that container type by specified certified recycling centers located within a five-mile radius of the supermarket site on the date of the alleged occurrence, the day before the alleged occurrence, and the day after the alleged occurrence.(B) If the supermarket site is located in a rural region, the average scrap value paid per pound for that container type by specified certified recycling centers located within a 10-mile radius of the supermarket site on the date of the alleged occurrence, the day before the alleged occurrence, and the day after the alleged occurrence.(b) In calculating the three-day average price paid by recyclers within the specified distance of a recycler alleged to have engaged in predatory pricing, as required by subdivision (a), the department shall only survey those recyclers who did not receive handling fees in three or more of the 12 whole months immediately preceding the date of the allegation of predatory pricing.(c) For purposes of this chapter, “rural region” means a nonurban area identified by the department on an annual basis using the loan eligibility criteria of the Rural Housing Service of the United States Department of Agriculture, Rural Development Administration, or its successor agency. Those criteria include, but are not limited to, places, open country, cities, towns, or census designated places with populations that are less than 10,000 persons. The department may designate an area with population of between 10,000 and 50,000 persons as a rural region, unless the area is identified as part of, or associated with, an urban area, as determined by the department on an individual basis.(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 696, Sec. 22. Effective September 30, 2008.)
CA Pub Res Code § 14590 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 12.1 - CALIFORNIA BEVERAGE CONTAINER RECYCLING AND LITTER REDUCTION ACT|CHAPTER 8 - Severability and Enforcement|Section 14590.

14590.  If any provision of this division or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the division which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this division are severable.(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1290, Sec. 2. Effective September 29, 1986.)
CA Pub Res Code § 14591 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 12.1 - CALIFORNIA BEVERAGE CONTAINER RECYCLING AND LITTER REDUCTION ACT|CHAPTER 8 - Severability and Enforcement|Section 14591.

14591.  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), in addition to any other applicable civil or criminal penalties, a person convicted of a violation of this division, or a regulation adopted pursuant to this division, is guilty of an infraction, which is punishable by a fine of one hundred dollars ($100) for each initial separate violation and not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each subsequent separate violation per day.(b) (1) Every person who, with intent to defraud, knowingly takes any of the following actions is guilty of a crime:(A) Submits a false or fraudulent claim for payment pursuant to Section 14573 or 14573.5.(B) Fails to accurately report the number of beverage containers sold, as required by subdivision (b) of Section 14550.(C) Fails to make payments as required by Section 14574.(D) Redeems out-of-state containers, rejected containers, line breakage, or containers that have already been redeemed.(E) Returns redeemed containers to the California marketplace for redemption.(F) Brings out-of-state containers, rejected containers, or line breakage to the California marketplace for redemption.(G) Submits a false or fraudulent claim for handling fee payments pursuant to Section 14585.(2) If the money obtained or withheld pursuant to paragraph (1) exceeds nine hundred fifty dollars ($950), a person convicted of a crime pursuant to paragraph (1) is subject to punishment by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year, by a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment, or by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for 16 months, 2 years, or 3 years, by a fine not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) or twice the late or unmade payments plus interest, whichever is greater, or by both that fine and imprisonment. If the money obtained or withheld pursuant to paragraph (1) equals, or is less than, nine hundred fifty dollars ($950), the person is subject to punishment by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than six months, by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment.(c)  For purposes of this section and Chapter 8.5 (commencing with Section 14595), “line breakage” and “rejected container” have the same meanings as defined in the regulations adopted or amended by the department pursuant to this division.(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 356, Sec. 21. (SB 96) Effective September 26, 2013.)
CA Pub Res Code § 14591.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 12.1 - CALIFORNIA BEVERAGE CONTAINER RECYCLING AND LITTER REDUCTION ACT|CHAPTER 8 - Severability and Enforcement|Section 14591.1.

14591.1.  (a) (1) The department may assess a civil penalty upon a person who violates this division in an amount greater than one thousand dollars ($1,000) pursuant to this division and any regulations adopted pursuant to this division only after notice and hearing in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.(2) The department may assess a civil penalty upon a person who violates this division in an amount equal to, or less than, one thousand dollars ($1,000), using a notice of violation process established by regulation and may use an informal hearing process pursuant to Article 10 (commencing with Section 11445.10) of Chapter 4.5 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.(3) Each violation of this division is a separate violation and each day of the violation is a separate violation. The department shall deposit all revenues from civil penalties in the Penalty Account specified in subdivision (d) of Section 14580.(b) Any person who intentionally or negligently violates this division may be assessed a civil penalty by the department pursuant to subdivision (a) of up to five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each separate violation, or for continuing violations, for each day that violation occurs.(c) Any person who violates this division by an action not subject to subdivision (b) may be assessed a civil penalty by the department pursuant to subdivision (a) of up to one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each separate violation, or for continuing violations, for each day that violation occurs.(d) No person may be liable for a civil penalty imposed under subdivision (b) and for a civil penalty imposed under subdivision (c) for the same act or failure to act. (e) In determining the amount of penalties to be imposed pursuant to this division, the department shall take into consideration the nature, circumstances, extent and gravity of the violation, the costs associated with bringing the action and, with respect to the violator, the ability to pay, the degree of culpability, compliance history, and any other matters that justice may require.(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 731, Sec. 17. Effective January 1, 2001.)