Plain English Breakdown
The source text for section (4) regarding beverage container recycling is truncated and does not contain details on what changes the bill makes, only describing existing law.
Public Resources Trailer Bill (AB-166)
This law changes how fees are collected for fire training, extends deadlines for collecting overdue hazardous waste disposal fees, updates penalty rules and refund exceptions under the Hazardous Substances Tax Law, and addresses beverage container recycling payments.
What This Bill Does
- Authorizes the State Fire Marshal to charge admission and other fees only when state appropriations from sources outside the specific fund are not enough to cover costs for seminars, conferences, and specialized training.
- Extends the deadline for collecting overdue hazardous waste disposal fees that were due on or before June 30, 2022, so they can be collected if due on or before September 30, 2022.
- Applies standard rules for tax returns and payments to special project generation and handling fees under the Hazardous Substances Tax Law.
- Sets a rule that penalties for willfully providing incorrect information must be based on preponderance of evidence and creates an exception to the three-year deadline for these penalty cases.
- Removes disposal fee refunds from the list of exceptions allowed after the standard three-year refund limit.
Who It Names or Affects
- The State Fire Marshal and fire protection personnel taking training courses or seminars.
- Businesses that generate, handle, or dispose of hazardous waste.
- Fee payers subject to the Hazardous Substances Tax Law.
- Local agencies required to enforce these state laws.
Terms To Know
- State-mandated local program
- A requirement where a new or expanded state law forces local governments to follow rules, often creating extra work or costs for them because the violation is considered a crime.
- Preponderance of the evidence
- A standard used in decisions that means it is more likely than not (over 50% chance) that a fact is true.
- Generation and handling fee
- A charge paid by sites that create hazardous waste to the state tax agency, CDTFA.
Limits and Unknowns
- The official text provided cuts off before finishing the section on beverage container recycling payments, so details about those specific changes are missing.
- The bill metadata does not list a specific effective date for when these laws begin.
- The exact amount of money collected from these fee changes is not stated in the summary.