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H.B. 394 Recycling Transparency Amendments

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Bill Sponsor: Rep. Welton, Douglas R.

Floor Sponsor: Sen. McKell, Michael K.

• Substitute Sponsor: Rep. Welton, Douglas R.

• Drafting Attorney: Alan Houston
• Fiscal Analyst: Lacey K. Moore

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  • Last Action: 24 Mar 2022, Governor Signed
  • Last Location: Lieutenant Governor's office for filing
  • Effective Date: 4 May 2022
  • Session Law Chapter: 385

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H.B. 394

1     RECYCLING TRANSPARENCY AMENDMENTS
2     2022 GENERAL SESSION
3     STATE OF UTAH
4     Chief Sponsor: Douglas R. Welton
5     Senate Sponsor: Michael K. McKell
6     

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7     LONG TITLE
8     General Description:
9          This bill requires certain recyclable material haulers to publish information about the
10     end location of recyclable materials.
11     Highlighted Provisions:
12          This bill:
13          ▸     defines terms;
14          ▸     requires a recyclable material hauler who bills customers through a political
15     subdivision's billing and collection system to provide, to the political subdivision,
16     data about the end location of recyclable materials collected by the recyclable
17     material hauler; and
18          ▸     requires a political subdivision to publish the recycling data in a newsletter and, if
19     available, on the political subdivision's website.
20     Money Appropriated in this Bill:
21          None
22     Other Special Clauses:
23          None
24     Utah Code Sections Affected:
25     ENACTS:
26          19-6-509, Utah Code Annotated 1953
27     

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28     Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
29          Section 1. Section 19-6-509 is enacted to read:

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30          19-6-509. Recycling data.
31          (1) As used in this section:
32          (a) "Municipal solid waste" means nonhazardous solid waste, including garbage,
33     refuse, office waste, or other similar material that results from the operation of residential,
34     municipal, commercial, or institutional establishments or community activities.
35          (b) "Recyclable material" means municipal solid waste that is suitable for recycling.
36          (c) "Recyclable material hauler" means a person, including a political subdivision,
37     who:
38          (i) for compensation, collects and transports recyclable material; and
39          (ii) uses the billing and collection system of a political subdivision to bill or collect
40     payment from the recyclable material hauler's customers.
41          (d) "Recycle" means to take action to recover recyclable materials from the municipal
42     solid waste stream for the purposes of use or reuse, conversion into raw materials, or use in the
43     production of new products.
44          (2) A recyclable material hauler shall report, in accordance with Subsection (3) and
45     according to the best of the recycler's knowledge, the approximate tonnage of recyclable
46     material collected by the recyclable material hauler that the recyclable material hauler delivered
47     to:
48          (a) a landfill; and
49          (b) a recycling facility.
50          (3) (a) At least two times each calendar year, a recyclable material hauler shall provide
51     the information described in Subsection (2) to the political subdivision whose billing and
52     collection system the recyclable material hauler uses.
53          (b) The recyclable material hauler shall provide data under Subsection (3)(a) for the
54     longer of:
55          (i) the time since the recyclable material hauler last provided the data; or
56          (ii) six months before the day on which the data is provided.
57          (4) Within 45 days after the day on which a recyclable material hauler provides data

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58     under this section, a political subdivision shall publish the data, as available:
59          (a) in a newsletter produced by the municipality; and
60          (b) on a website operated by the municipality.