California

Public Resources Code - PRC

8,181 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 13173 — The bond moneys may also be used for interest and working capital for the period of construction and for twelve (12) months thereafter, and also to pay the costs of their authorization and issuance in
• § 13174 — Any money in the construction fund determined by resolution of the board to be in excess of the amounts required for completion of the improvement authorized may, by the resolution so determining, be
• § 13175 — In a fund called the “Resort Improvement District Bond Fund ____” (inserting series number), the treasurer shall keep money levied or collected for that fund.
• § 13176 — No part of the money belonging in the bond fund may be transferred to any other fund or be used for any purpose other than the payment of principal and interest of the bonds of the district, or for re
• § 13190 — The provisions of this chapter are alternative or supplemental to those providing for the use of the county treasury.
• § 13191 — The board may by resolution designate a bank as depositary of any or all of its funds.
• § 13192 — The charges of any depositary selected shall be a proper expense of the district.
• § 13193 — If the board appoints a depositary, it shall appoint a person who shall be known as finance officer, who shall serve at its pleasure.
• § 13194 — Bond principal and interest and salaries shall be paid when due.
• § 13195 — Warrants shall be drawn by the finance officer and signed by the president and secretary, or one of them and one member of the board.
• § 13196 — The finance officer shall install and maintain a system of auditing and accounting that shall completely and at all times show the financial condition of the district.
• § 13197 — The finance officer shall make annual or earlier written reports to the board, as it shall determine, as to the receipts and disbursements and balances in the several accounts under his control.
• § 13215 — The district may, pursuant to the notice, protest, and hearing procedures in Section 53753 of the Government Code, fix by ordinance or resolution, on or before the first day of July in each calendar y
• § 13216 — If the procedures set forth in this section as it read at the time a standby or immediate availability charge was established were followed, the district board may, by ordinance or resolution, continu
• § 13217 — If any water or sewer standby or immediate availability charge remains unpaid on the first day of the month in which the board of supervisors of the county in which the district is located is required
• § 13230 — Nothing in this division shall be construed to authorize or permit a district to operate any facilities for furnishing any water services in any portion of the district which is included within a coun
• § 13231 — The county water district may elect to install the facilities for furnishing water services within any area that is included within both districts.
• § 13232 — The county water district may elect to have the facilities installed by the district for providing water services within any area that is included within both districts.
• § 13232.3 — The Grizzly Lake Resort Improvement District, the Napa-Berryessa Resort Improvement District, and the Lake Berryessa Resort Improvement District may contract with any state agency to finance any distr
• § 13233 — Nothing in this division shall be construed to repeal or limit any power possessed by a county water district within which there is any part of this district.
• § 14 — “County” includes “city and county.
• § 14000 — (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that every California youth should be encouraged to reach their full potential, but that many youths require guidance and support to reach their goals and
• § 14001 — In the Natural Resources Agency there is the California Conservation Corps, which shall be responsible for carrying out the purposes of, and implementing the findings and policies set forth in, this d
• § 14002 — The Legislature finds and declares that the California Conservation Corps provides an invaluable service.
• § 14003 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the State of California has already established a model conservation corps program and that redundant federal and state programs to carry out resource prote
• § 14004 — In memory of Brien Thomas “B.
• § 14100 — Unless context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this chapter govern the construction of this division.
• § 14101 — “Corps” means the California Conservation Corps.
• § 14102 — “Director” means the Director of the California Conservation Corps.
• § 14300 — Young adults participating in the corps program shall generally be engaged in projects that do the following: (a) Preserve, maintain, and enhance environmentally important lands and waters.
• § 14301 — The Governor shall appoint a director, who shall act as the administrative officer of the corps, and a deputy director.
• § 14302 — Young adults shall be selected for participation in the corps program on the basis of motivation for hard work, personal development, and public service, and without regard to their prior employment o
• § 14302.5 — (a) The corps shall collaborate with the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Employment Development Department to assist any corpsmember who is a veteran of the United States Armed Forces in obtain
• § 14303 — The director may employ special corpsmembers without regard to their age so that the corps may draw upon their special skills which may contribute to the attainment of the objectives of the program.
• § 14304 — Projects shall be directed toward providing opportunities to the public for their education or the use of these natural resources and environmentally important public lands and waters, while at the sa
• § 14305 — In order to protect the rights of corpsmembers individually and the corps as a community, the director shall adopt a corpsmember bill of rights, corpsmember grievance procedures, and search and seizur
• § 14306 — To implement this division, the director may do all of the following: (a) Recruit and enroll corpsmembers and special corpsmembers.
• § 14306.5 — (a) In recruiting and enrolling corpsmembers and special corpsmembers, the director may select an applicant for enrollment in the corps program who is on probation, parole, postrelease community super
• § 14306.6 — (a) In complying with subdivision (b) of Section 14306 and Section 14306.
• § 14307 — Fire prevention, fire suppression, and disaster relief including, but not limited to, flood, earthquake, pest infestation assistance measures, and search and rescue efforts shall be a major emphasis o
• § 14308 — In carrying out this division, the director may utilize any services, materials, or property of any agency of the state and may make any agreements with any agency of the state, or take any other acti
• § 14309 — In order to provide the best and most cost-effective training possible for corps members and other state employees, state agencies shall seek to combine or share training programs that provide related
• § 14310 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, corpsmembers and special corpsmembers, other than staff officers and employees, shall not receive state retirement benefits.
• § 14311 — In keeping with the corps’ entrepreneurial nature and to expand the corpsmember population, the corps shall actively seek reimbursable work projects from state and nonstate entities that are in keepin
• § 14312 — (a) The Collins-Dugan California Conservation Corps Reimbursement Account is hereby created in the General Fund in the State Treasury, for support of the corps.
• § 14313 — To assist the corps’ operation as an entrepreneurial and incentive-based program, the director may seek and accept donations from private entities, foundations, or other sources outside of state gover
• § 14315 — (a) Subject to the availability of assistance from the corps, a state agency that is considering the use of contracted labor shall give priority to the corps when the mission of the corps and the natu
• § 14316 — The Department of Finance may make a loan from the General Fund to the Collins-Dugan California Conservation Corps Reimbursement Account, in an amount not to exceed a cumulative total of one million f
• § 14318 — (a) The corps may enter into a contract with an individual or collective of community conservation corps certified pursuant to Section 14507.
• § 14350 — The director may establish a training program for members of county or city conservation corps.
• § 14351 — If the corps establishes a training program as described in Section 14350, the corps may contract with the county or city requesting the training, and the contract may require the corps to be fully re
• § 14400 — The corps shall develop nonresidential programs in urban communities, and may develop those programs in other than urban communities, which have high concentrations of ethnic-minority youths, which ha
• § 14401 — The corps shall develop procedures for recruiting high school dropouts from the neighborhoods in which these programs are located.
• § 14402 — The corps shall give priority to providing an educational component for corpsmembers who have not completed high school.
• § 14403 — (a) The corps shall cooperate with, and seek the cooperation of, state and local workforce investment boards and youth councils, designated pursuant to any federal workforce development or investment
• § 14404 — The corps shall assist corpsmembers who desire to return to school to develop plans to accomplish this goal.
• § 14405 — Implementation of the educational component of the nonresidential program established pursuant to this chapter shall be contingent on the California Conservation Corps receiving sufficient funding fro
• § 14406 — The corps may contract with public or private nonprofit agencies to provide services for a nonresidential program.
• § 14410 — No later than July 1, 2019, the director shall establish a forestry corps program.
• § 14411 — (a) The forestry corps program shall accomplish all of the following objectives: (1) Develop and implement forest health projects, pursuant to Section 14412.
• § 14412 — Forest health projects may include, but are not limited to, all of the following: (a) Fuels reduction and hazardous fuels removal.
• § 14413 — (a) No later than January 1, 2020, the director shall establish two forestry corps crews, one to be based in the Central Valley and the other in the Inland Empire, as follows: (1) To the extent feasib
• § 14415 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) Conserving or developing natural resources and enhancing and maintaining environmentally important lands and waters is essential for pr
• § 14415.1 — (a) The director may establish the Education and Employment Reentry Program within the corps and may enroll in the program formerly incarcerated individuals who successfully served on a California Con
• § 14415.2 — (a) Persons described in Section 14415.
• § 14415.3 — Participants in the program shall generally be engaged in any of the following activities: (a) Natural resources or land management projects.
• § 14415.4 — The program shall accomplish all of the following objectives: (a) Develop, partner with, and create opportunities for the forestry corps program objectives described in Section 14411.
• § 14415.5 — The program established pursuant to this chapter shall not replace or restrict existing or future programs and training offered to formerly incarcerated individuals.
• § 14415.6 — Implementation of the program pursuant to this chapter is contingent upon an appropriation being made in the annual Budget Act or another statute for its purposes.
• § 14420 — For purposes of this chapter, “cohort” means all corpsmembers who permanently separate from the corps in a state fiscal year after having been enrolled for more than 60 days.
• § 14422 — It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter to evaluate how effectively the corps transitions corpsmembers into educational and employment opportunities upon completion of their servi
• § 14424 — (a) Commencing January 1, 2020, the corps shall report by December 31 of each year the total number of corpsmembers in the cohort who permanently separated from the corps during the state fiscal year
• § 14500 — This division shall be known and may be cited as the California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act.
• § 14501 — The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) Experience in this state and others demonstrates that financial incentives and convenient return systems ensure the efficient and large-scale recycli
• § 14501.5 — This division does not apply to any beverage container which is sold and delivered to a railroad, sleeping car, or steamship company, or common carrier operating vessels, as defined in Section 238 of
• § 14502 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this chapter govern the construction of this division.
• § 14503 — “Aluminum beverage container” means a beverage container which consists primarily of aluminum.
• § 14503.5 — “Average monthly volume” means the average number of empty beverage containers per month received by a certified recycling center.
• § 14503.5.1 — “Bag drop recycling center” means a recycling mechanism operated by a certified recycling center at which consumers can drop off bagged empty beverage containers for redemption.
• § 14503.6 — “Beneficiating processor” means any person certified by the department as a processor who also beneficiates purchased cullet so that it is furnace ready for glass container manufacturers, consistent w
• § 14504 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), “beverage” means any of the following products if those products are in liquid, ready-to-drink form, and are intended for human consumption: (1) Beer and oth
• § 14505 — “Beverage container” means the individual, separate bottle, can, jar, carton, or other receptacle, however denominated, in which a beverage is sold, and which is constructed of metal, glass, or plasti
• § 14506 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), “beverage manufacturer” means any person who bottles, cans, or otherwise fills beverage containers, or imports filled beverage containers, for sale to distri
• § 14506.3 — “Bimetal container” means a beverage container which consists of one or more metals and which is composed primarily of steel.
• § 14506.5 — “Commingled” means a mix of empty beverage containers, as defined in Section 14512, and all other containers of the same material type.
• § 14506.7 — “Commingled rate” means the ratio of empty beverage containers, as defined in Section 14512, to all other containers of the same material type, as determined by the department.
• § 14507.5 — (a) “Community Conservation Corps” means a nonprofit public benefit corporation formed or operating pursuant to Part 2 (commencing with Section 5110) of Division 2 of Title 1 of the Corporations Code,
• § 14508 — “Consumer” means every person who, for his or her use or consumption, purchases a beverage in a beverage container from a dealer.
• § 14509 — “Container manufacturer” means any person who produces beverage containers for filling by beverage manufacturers, including any person who imports these beverage containers from outside of this state
• § 14509.3 — “Cullet” means scrap glass that is derived from postfilled food, drink, or beverage container glass produced or imported for sale in the state.
• § 14509.4 — (a) “Convenience zone” means either of the following: (1) The area within a one mile radius of a supermarket.
• § 14509.5 — “Curbside program” means a recycling program which meets all of the following criteria: (a) The program picks up empty beverage containers from individual or multiple family residences, or both, and t
• § 14510 — (a) “Dealer” means a retail establishment that offers the sale of beverages in beverage containers to consumers.
• § 14510.2 — “Dealer cooperative” means a stewardship organization that is exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and formed for the purpose of providing redempti
• § 14510.5 — “Department” means the Division of Recycling in the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery.
• § 14510.6 — “Director” means the Director of Resources Recycling and Recovery.
• § 14511 — “Distributor” means every person who engages in the sale of beverages in beverage containers to a dealer in this state, including any manufacturer who engages in these sales.
• § 14511.5 — “Drink” means fruit juice or any other noncarbonated drink.
• § 14511.7 — “Dropoff or collection program” means any person, association, nonprofit corporation, church, club, or other organization certified by the department, and that accepts or collects empty beverage conta
• § 14512 — “Empty beverage container” means a beverage container which meets all of the following requirements: (a) Has the seal or closure installed by the manufacturer broken or removed.
• § 14512.5 — “Food or drink packaging material” means any material which is not a beverage container in which a food or drink is sold in a retail establishment and the food or drink is not intended for consumption
• § 14512.6 — “For recycling” means that an empty beverage container has been received by a processor who has an arrangement whereby that container will actually be recycled.
• § 14512.7 — “Fund” means the California Beverage Container Recycling Fund established pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 14580.
• § 14513 — “Glass beverage container” means a beverage container which has a body consisting primarily of glass.
• § 14513.2 — (a) Except as provided under Section 14549, “glass container manufacturer” means a person who manufactures commercial containers, whose principal component part or parts consist of virgin glass, postf
• § 14513.3 — “Glass food or drink container” means any nonbeverage container, whose principal component part or parts consist of virgin glass, postfilled glass, or any combination of both, in which any food or dri
• § 14513.4 — “Handling fee” means an amount paid to an operator of a supermarket site, a rural region recycler, as defined in Section 14525.
• § 14513.5 — “HDPE” means a plastic beverage container labeled with a “2” for high-density-polyethylene resin pursuant to Section 18015 and subject to this division.
• § 14514 — “Managing employee” includes, but is not limited to, any person who manages the operation of a facility or is authorized by the certified operator to sign shipping reports.
• § 14514.4.1 — “Neighborhood dropoff program” means a recycling program that meets all of the following criteria: (a) The program is certified by the department as a dropoff or collection program.
• § 14514.6 — “Not for recycling” means that an empty beverage container has been received by a processor who does not have an arrangement whereby that container will actually be recycled.
• § 14514.7 — “Nonprofit convenience zone recycler” means a recycling center that is either of the following: (a) A recycling center that meets all of the following criteria: (1) The recycling center is operated by
• § 14515 — “Other beverage container” means a beverage container which has a body consisting of metal, glass, plastic, other materials, or a combination of these, but which is not an aluminum, bimetal, glass, or
• § 14515.1 — “Out-of-state container” means a used beverage container or used beverage container component that is not subject to Section 14560, and that is brought into this state.
• § 14515.2 — “Person” means any individual, corporation, operation, or entity, whether or not certified or registered pursuant to this division.
• § 14515.5 — “PET container” means a plastic beverage container labeled with a “1” pursuant to Section 18015 and subject to this division.
• § 14515.6 — “Physical recycling location” means the area in a convenience zone served by one or more reverse vending machines which accept all empty aluminum, glass, and plastic beverage containers and issue a ca
• § 14515.8 — (a) “Pilot project recycler” means a recycling location established under Section 14571.
• § 14516 — “Place of business of the dealer” means the location at which a dealer sells, or offers for sale, beverages in beverage containers to consumers.
• § 14517 — “Plastic beverage container” means a beverage container which has a body consisting primarily of plastic.
• § 14517.5 — “Postfilled container” means any container which had been previously filled with a beverage or food.
• § 14518 — “Processor” means any person, including a scrap dealer, certified by the department who purchases empty aluminum beverage containers, bimetal beverage containers, glass beverage containers, plastic be
• § 14518.4 — “Processing fee” means the amount paid by beverage manufacturers to the department pursuant to Section 14575.
• § 14518.5 — “Processing payment” means an amount paid to processors, dropoff or collection programs, curbside programs, and recycling centers by the department pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 14573 and sub
• § 14519 — “Recycle,” “recycled,” “recycling,” or “recyclable” means the reuse or refilling of empty beverage containers, or the process of sorting, cleansing, treating, and reconstituting empty postfilled bever
• § 14519.5 — “Recycler” means a recycling center, dropoff or collection program, or curbside program.
• § 14520 — “Recycling center” means an operation which is certified by the department and which accepts from consumers, and pays or provides the refund value pursuant to Section 14572 for, empty beverage contain
• § 14520.5 — “Recycling location” means a place, mobile unit, reverse vending machine, or other device where a certified recycling center accepts one or more types of empty beverage containers from consumers, and
• § 14520.6 — “Noncertified recycler” means a person, entity, or operation which is not certified by the department and which purchases empty beverage containers from consumers, or from dropoff or collection progra
• § 14521 — “Recycling rate” means the proportion of empty beverage containers by type returned to processors for recycling, measured in the manner prescribed in Section 14551.
• § 14522.5 — “Redemption” and “redeem” means the return to a recycling center or location of an empty beverage container for a refund of at least the refund value.
• § 14523 — “Redemption payment” means the minimum amount paid by a distributor to the department for every beverage container sold or transferred to a dealer.
• § 14523.5 — “Redemption rate” means the proportion of empty beverage containers returned to processors measured in the manner prescribed in Section 14551.
• § 14524 — “Refund value” means the amount established for each type of beverage container pursuant to Section 14560 that is paid by the following: (a) A certified recycling center to the consumer or dropoff or
• § 14525 — “Refillable beverage container” means any aluminum beverage container, bimetal beverage container, glass beverage container, plastic beverage container, or other beverage container, holding 150 fluid
• § 14525.1 — “Reusable beverage container” means a glass beverage container with a refund value established pursuant to Section 14560 and that is processed by a processor for subsequent washing for refill and sale
• § 14525.5 — “Reverse vending machine” means a mechanical device which accepts one or more types of empty beverage containers and issues a cash refund or a redeemable credit slip with a value not less than the con
• § 14525.5.1 — “Rural region recycler” means an operator that is certified pursuant to subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (c) of Section 14571, and who accepts or collects empty beverage containers fro
• § 14526 — “Scrap value” means the price paid for container material types subject to this division, after shipping and handling costs are deducted.
• § 14526.5 — “Supermarket” means a full-line, self-service retail store with gross annual sales of two million dollars ($2,000,000), or more, and which sells a line of dry grocery, canned goods, or nonfood items a
• § 14526.6 — “Supermarket site” means any certified recycling center which redeems all types of empty beverage containers in accordance with Section 14572, and which is located within, or outside and immediately a
• § 14527 — “Use or consumption” includes the exercise of any right or power over a beverage incidental to the beverage’s ownership, including, but not limited to, drinking the beverage.
• § 14528 — “Universal product code” is an 11-digit, all-numeric code that represents a beverage container or other consumer package of a particular brand, size, type, and manufacturer by using a series of altern
• § 14528.1 — “Voluntary artificial scrap value” means a price paid by a willing purchaser of empty PET containers, that reflects the payment of the scrap value for all PET containers sold, and that, when combined
• § 14528.5 — (a) “Wine and distilled spirit cooler” means a beverage containing wine or distilled spirits to which is added concentrated or unconcentrated juice or flavoring material.
• § 14529 — This division is a matter of statewide interest and concern and is applicable uniformly throughout the state.
• § 14529.5 — Any action to increase recycling taken by the department, or by any person or entity, affecting scrap values, the quantities of materials being recycled, or the method of invoicing the sale of beverag
• § 14529.7 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), this division does not apply to any program involving the collection and payment of deposits for beverage containers sold, used, or consumed at national park
• § 14530 — This division shall be administered by the department.
• § 14530.1 — There is hereby created within the department a recycling financial analysis and policy development unit, to develop, analyze, consolidate, and evaluate economic and policy proposals to carry out the
• § 14530.2 — The Division of Recycling shall be administered by an assistant director who is appointed by the Governor.
• § 14530.5 — (a) For purposes of entering into contracts for consulting, promotional, or advisory services necessary to implement this division, the requirements of Sections 11042 and 14615 of the Government Code
• § 14530.6 — Upon the request of the department, the Attorney General shall represent the department and the state in litigation concerning affairs of the department.
• § 14531 — A payment made pursuant to this division, including, but not limited to, a handling fee payment, refund value payment, processing fee payment, or processing payment, may be made electronically.
• § 14536 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the director shall adopt, amend, or repeal all rules and regulations in accordance with Chapter 3.
• § 14536.1 — Notwithstanding Section 14536, if the department determines that it is necessary to adopt or amend regulations to implement Section 14575, the department may adopt or amend those regulations as emerge
• § 14536.3 — A traffic officer, as defined in Section 625 of the Vehicle Code, or a peace officer, as specified in Section 830.
• § 14536.5 — (a) In carrying out the division, the department may solicit and use all expertise available in other state agencies and where an existing state agency performs functions of a similar nature to the de
• § 14536.7 — For purposes of Section 12024.
• § 14537 — The department shall keep accurate books, records, and accounts of all of its dealings, and these books, records, and accounts are subject to an annual audit by an auditing firm selected by the depart
• § 14537.1 — The department shall, to the extent feasible, make efforts to streamline and consolidate forms used by wineries who are also distributors to both register as part of the beverage container recycling p
• § 14537.5 — The department shall provide on its internet website information that enables consumers to identify the geographic location of all points of redemption for beverage containers, to be updated at least
• § 14538 — (a) (1) The department shall certify an operator of a recycling center pursuant to this section.
• § 14539 — (a) (1) The department shall certify processors pursuant to this section.
• § 14539.5 — (a) The department shall certify dropoff and collection programs pursuant to this section.
• § 14540 — The department may review and verify all applications for certification of recycling centers and processors, and may conduct a comprehensive field investigation of any applicant in any manner which th
• § 14541 — (a) The department may issue a certificate pursuant to an initial or renewal application for certification as probationary, and the department may issue any other certificate as probationary pursuant
• § 14541.5 — Any certification or registration granted by the department is a privilege and not a vested right or interest.
• § 14543 — (a) In order to stimulate the increased use of glass cullet in making new glass beverage containers in the state, the department shall create the Recycled Glass Processing Incentive Grant Program.
• § 14544 — (a) In order to facilitate increased recycling of empty glass beverage containers in the state, the department shall create the Increased Recycling of Empty Glass Beverage Containers Grant Program.
• § 14545 — (a) In order to facilitate transportation of empty glass beverage containers from throughout the state to glass processing facilities utilizing rail transportation and facilities, the department shall
• § 14547 — (a) (1) Between January 1, 2022, and December 31, 2024, inclusive, the total number of plastic beverage containers filled with a beverage sold by a beverage manufacturer subject to the California Rede
• § 14548 — (a) For purposes of this section, “thermoform plastic container” means a plastic container, such as a clamshell, cup, drinking cup, pod, tub, lid, box, tray, egg carton, or similar rigid, nonbottle pa
• § 14549 — (a) Every glass container manufacturer shall report to the department each month, by a method as determined by the department, the amount of total tons of new glass food, drink, and beverage container
• § 14549.1 — (a) In order to improve the quality and marketability of empty beverage containers collected for recycling in the state by curbside recycling programs or dropoff or collection programs, the department
• § 14549.2 — (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply: (1) “Certified entity” means a recycling center, processor, or dropoff or collection program certified pursuant to this divisio
• § 14549.3 — (a) On or before March 1 of each year, a manufacturer of a beverage sold in a plastic beverage container subject to the California Redemption Value, pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 1456
• § 14549.4 — The department shall study and develop a system or process to address the issue of glass contamination to improve the quality of glass material collected.
• § 14549.5 — On or before April 1, 2004, and annually thereafter, or more frequently as determined to be necessary by the department, the department shall review and, if necessary in order to ensure payment of the
• § 14549.6 — (a) The department, consistent with Section 14581 and subject to the availability of funds, shall annually pay a total of fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000) per fiscal year to operators of curbside
• § 14549.7 — (a) In order to develop California markets for glass beverage containers collected for recycling in the state, the department may, subject to the availability of funds, pay a market development paymen
• § 14549.9 — (a) A beverage manufacturer may agree with one or more beverage manufacturers to submit a consolidated report, in lieu of individual reports, with aggregated information required by Section 14547 and
• § 14550 — (a) (1) Every processor shall report to the department for each month the amount of empty beverage containers, by material type and weight of container or material, excluding refillable beverage conta
• § 14551 — (a) The department shall establish reporting periods for the reporting of redemption rates and recycling rates.
• § 14551.4 — The department shall make available the information collected pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 14551, concerning the volumes of materials collected from certified recycling centers, only to a go
• § 14551.5 — (a) The department shall register the operators of curbside programs pursuant to this section.
• § 14552 — (a) The department shall establish and implement an auditing system to ensure that the information collected, and refund values and redemption payments paid pursuant to this division, comply with the
• § 14552.5 — (a) The department shall supply all certified processors with a standardized rejection form that shall include, but not be limited to, the names of the parties rejecting the postfilled beverage contai
• § 14552.51 — (a) A certified processor seeking to dispose of rejected postfilled containers may not dispose of rejected postfilled containers unless the certified processor first submits to the department, in writ
• § 14553 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), all reports, claims, and other information required pursuant to this division and submitted to the department shall be complete, legible, and accurate, as de
• § 14554 — The department shall establish procedures to protect any privileged, confidential, commercial, or financial information obtained while collecting information for carrying out the requirements of this
• § 14555 — (a) On or before July 1, 2025, the department shall provide to the Legislature, and post on its internet website, a report as it relates to appropriations made pursuant to the Budget Act of 2022 for p
• § 14556 — (a) Not less than once every six months, the department shall post on its internet website, at a minimum, all of the following information for the current fiscal year and the budget year: (1) An updat
• § 14560 — (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (3), a beverage distributor shall pay the department, for deposit into the fund, a redemption payment of four cents ($0.
• § 14560.5 — (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), an invoice or other form of accounting of a transaction submitted by a beverage distributor of beverages to a dealer shall separately identify the amount o
• § 14561 — (a) A beverage manufacturer shall clearly indicate on all beverage containers sold or offered for sale by that beverage manufacturer in the state the message “CA Redemption Value,” “California Redempt
• § 14562 — The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the minimum redemption payment established by this article is a regulatory fee collected for the purpose of assuring the return for recycling of a greate
• § 14570 — (a) Every dealer shall post a clear and conspicuous sign of at least 10 inches by 15 inches at each public entrance to the dealer’s place of business that specifies one of the following: (1) The name
• § 14571 — (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, there shall be at least one certified recycling center or location within every convenience zone that accepts and pays the refund value, if any, at on
• § 14571.1 — On or before January 1 of each year, the department shall, on a statewide basis, designate all convenience zones as of that date, including convenience zones in underserved areas, and shall prepare a