Illegal disposal site abatement.

Plain English Breakdown

The bill does not provide specific details on how local teams and officers will be created or funded.

Cleaning Up Illegal Waste Sites

This law allows the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery to use money from a special trust fund to remove abandoned recreational vehicles, develop enforcement strategies, and create local teams to enforce rules against illegal dumping.

What This Bill Does

• Allows the department to spend money on removing abandoned recreational vehicles that are illegally dumped.
• Gives the department permission to develop new strategies for stopping people from illegally dumping waste.
• Enables the creation of local enforcement teams and officers who can help stop illegal dumping in their areas.

Who It Names or Affects

• The Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery
• Local public entities that receive grants for cleaning up illegal disposal sites

Terms To Know

Solid Waste Disposal Site Cleanup Trust Fund

A fund used by the state to pay for cleaning up places where waste has been illegally dumped.

Recreational Vehicles

Vehicles like campers, trailers, and motor homes that are often used for vacations or outdoor activities.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill only works if the Legislature gives money to the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery.
• It does not specify how much money will be given or when it will happen.

Official Summary Text

AB 1153, as amended, Bonta.
Solid waste disposal and codisposal site cleanup: illegal
Illegal
disposal site abatement.
The California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989, which is administered by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, establishes an integrated waste management program. The act requires the department to initiate a program for the cleanup of solid waste disposal sites and for cleanup of solid waste at codisposal sites where no responsible party is available to pay for timely remediation, and where cleanup is needed to protect public health and safety or the environment.
Existing law provides that all expenses incurred by the department in carrying out the program are to be paid from the Solid Waste Disposal Site Cleanup Trust Fund, which is continuously appropriated to the department for purposes of the program. Existing law authorizes the department, in administering the program, to expend funds for specified purposes, including providing grants to public entities for
the abatement of illegal disposal sites.
This bill would
additionally
authorize the
department
department, upon appropriation by the Legislature,
to expend funds
appropriated for the program for removing and disposing
to remove and dispose
of recreational vehicles, as defined,
for developing
to develop
enforcement strategies, and
for developing
to develop
local enforcement teams and illegal dumping enforcement officers, as specified.
By
authorizing new uses of moneys in a continuously appropriated fund, this bill would make an appropriation.

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