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<leg xml:space="preserve" filenumber="2024FL0154" billnumber="HB0107" billnum="HB0107" designation="HB" otherSponsor="Curtis S. Bramble" otherHouse="Senate" sess="2024GS" fileno="2024FL0154" date="03-05-24" printDate="06-19 07:32" subVer="-2" minVer="1" office="LEGISLATIVE GENERAL COUNSEL" actionDate="" impact="code" track=" " sponsor="Douglas R. Welton">
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        <sect uid="C19-6-S509_2024050120240501" fromuid="C19-6-S509_2023050320230503" buid="1" src="code" mtype="section" action="A" sort="19 06 05090020240501" effdate="5/1/2024">19-6-509</sect>
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    <st numlevel="1" lineno="1" slineno="0-1">RECYCLING FACILITY TRANSPARENCY AMENDMENTS</st>
    <sessionhead>2024 GENERAL SESSION</sessionhead>
    <statehead>STATE OF UTAH</statehead>
    <sponsorhead>Chief Sponsor: Douglas R. Welton</sponsorhead>
    <otherSponsorhead>Senate Sponsor: Curtis S. Bramble</otherSponsorhead>
  </tbox>
  <lt numlevel="1" lineno="2" slineno="0-2">
    <lthead lineno="3">LONG TITLE</lthead>
    <gdhead lineno="4">General Description:</gdhead>
    <gd numlevel="1" lineno="5" slineno="0-5">This bill requires political subdivisions to publish information about the collection of  
      <ln numlevel="1" lineno="6" slineno="0-6"/>recyclable materials.
    </gd>
    <hphead lineno="7">Highlighted Provisions:</hphead>
    <hp numlevel="1" lineno="8" slineno="0-8">This bill:
      <hl numlevel="1" lineno="9" slineno="0-9" level="1">defines terms;</hl>
      <hl numlevel="1" lineno="10" slineno="0-10" level="1">requires a recyclable material hauler to report data to political subdivisions about the  
        <ln numlevel="1" lineno="11" slineno="0-11"/>amount of recycling material collected;
      </hl>
      <hl numlevel="1" lineno="12" slineno="0-12" level="1">requires a recycling facility to submit an annual report on the amount of recycling  
        <ln numlevel="1" lineno="13" slineno="0-13"/>material collected to the Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control;
      </hl>
      <hl numlevel="1" lineno="14" slineno="0-14" level="1">requires a political subdivision to publish the recycling data; and</hl>
      <hl numlevel="1" lineno="15" slineno="0-15" level="1">makes technical changes.</hl>
    </hp>
    <moni numlevel="1" lineno="16" slineno="0-16" display="none">Money Appropriated in this Bill:</moni>
    <moniNone lineno="17">None</moniNone>
    <oc numlevel="1" lineno="18" slineno="0-18">Other Special Clauses:</oc>
    <ocNone lineno="19">None</ocNone>
    <sa numlevel="1" lineno="20" slineno="0-20">Utah Code Sections Affected:
      <saamd numlevel="1" lineno="21" slineno="0-21">
        <snhead>AMENDS:</snhead>
        <sn num="19-6-509" src="code" uid="C19-6-S509_2024050120240501" buid="1" sort="19 06 05090020240501" numlevel="1" lineno="22" slineno="0-22">
          <bold>19-6-509</bold>, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2023, Chapter 206
        </sn>
      </saamd>
    </sa>
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  <enacthead lineno="23"/>
  <enact numlevel="1" lineno="24" slineno="0-24">Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:</enact>
  <bdy>
    <bsec buid="1" type="amend" src="code" num="19-6-509" uid="C19-6-S509_2024050120240501" sort="19 06 05090020240501" fromUID="C19-6-S509_2023050320230503" numlevel="1" lineno="25" slineno="1-1" sn="1">
      <section number="19-6-509" numlevel="1" lineno="26" slineno="1-2" type="amend">
        <secline lineno="25">Section 1, Section  
          <bold>19-6-509</bold> is amended to read:
        </secline>
        <catline lineno="26">
          <bold>19-6-509. Recycling data -- Publication.</bold>
        </catline>
        <subsection ssid="1-1" dnum="1-o" numlevel="1" lineno="27" slineno="1-3" placement="noreturn">
          <display>(1)</display>As used in this section:
          <subsection ssid="1-2" dnum="a-o" numlevel="1" lineno="28" slineno="1-4" space="false">
            <display>(a)</display>
            <subsection ssid="1-3" dnum="i-o" placement="sameline">
              <display>(i)</display>"Municipal solid waste" means nonhazardous solid waste, including garbage, 
              <ln numlevel="1" lineno="29" slineno="1-5"/>refuse, office waste, or other similar material that results from the operation of 
              <ln numlevel="1" lineno="30" slineno="1-6"/>residential, municipal, commercial, or institutional establishments or community 
              <ln numlevel="1" lineno="31" slineno="1-7"/>activities.
            </subsection>
            <subsection ssid="1-4" dnum="ii-o" numlevel="1" lineno="32" slineno="1-8">
              <display>(ii)</display>"Municipal solid waste" does not include a plastic or material that is converted or 
              <ln numlevel="1" lineno="33" slineno="1-9"/>held at an advanced recycling facility, including:
              <subsection ssid="1-5" dnum="A-o" numlevel="1" lineno="34" slineno="1-10">
                <display>(A)</display>post-use polymers; or
              </subsection>
              <subsection ssid="1-6" dnum="B-o" numlevel="1" lineno="35" slineno="1-11">
                <display>(B)</display>recovered feedstock.
              </subsection>
            </subsection>
          </subsection>
          <subsection ssid="1-7" dnum="b-o" numlevel="1" lineno="36" slineno="1-12">
            <display>(b)</display>"Recyclable material" means municipal solid waste that is suitable for recycling.
          </subsection>
          <subsection ssid="1-8" dnum="c-o" numlevel="1" lineno="37" slineno="1-13">
            <display>(c)</display>"Recyclable material hauler" means a person, including a political subdivision, who:
            <subsection ssid="1-9" dnum="i-o" numlevel="1" lineno="38" slineno="1-14">
              <display>(i)</display>for compensation, collects and transports recyclable material; and
            </subsection>
            <subsection ssid="1-10" dnum="ii-o" numlevel="1" lineno="39" slineno="1-15">
              <display>(ii)</display>uses the billing and collection system of a political subdivision to bill or collect  
              <ln numlevel="1" lineno="40" slineno="1-16"/>payment from the recyclable material hauler's customers.
            </subsection>
          </subsection>
          <subsection ssid="1-11" dnum="d-o" numlevel="1" lineno="41" slineno="1-17">
            <display>(d)</display>"Recycle" means to take action to recover recyclable materials from the municipal  
            <ln numlevel="1" lineno="42" slineno="1-18"/>solid waste stream for the purposes of use or reuse, conversion into raw materials, or  
            <ln numlevel="1" lineno="43" slineno="1-19"/>use in the production of new products.
          </subsection>
          <subsection ssid="1-12" dnum="_-o:e-e" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="rwilliams" style="1" numlevel="1" lineno="44" slineno="1-20">
            <display>
              <amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="72" style="1" owner="e" level="1" amendtag="start">(e)</amend>
            </display>
            <amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="2" style="1" owner="rwilliams" level="1" amendtag="end">"Recycling facility" means a facility that:</amend>
            <subsection ssid="1-13" dnum="_-o:i-e" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="rwilliams" style="1" numlevel="1" lineno="45" slineno="1-21">
              <display>
                <amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="73" style="1" owner="e" level="1" amendtag="start">(i)</amend>
              </display>
              <amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="4" style="1" owner="rwilliams" level="1" amendtag="end">accepts recyclable material collected and paid for through a political subdivision's  
                <ln numlevel="1" lineno="46" slineno="1-22"/>billing process;
              </amend>
            </subsection>
            <subsection ssid="1-14" dnum="_-o:ii-e" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="rwilliams" style="1" numlevel="1" lineno="47" slineno="1-23">
              <display>
                <amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="74" style="1" owner="e" level="1" amendtag="start">(ii)</amend>
              </display>
              <amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="7" style="1" owner="rwilliams" level="1" amendtag="end">separates the recyclable material by material type;</amend>
            </subsection>
            <subsection ssid="1-15" dnum="_-o:iii-e" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="rwilliams" style="1" numlevel="1" lineno="48" slineno="1-24">
              <display>
                <amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="75" style="1" owner="e" level="1" amendtag="start">(iii)</amend>
              </display>
              <amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="10" style="1" owner="rwilliams" level="1" amendtag="end">sells the recyclable material; and</amend>
            </subsection>
            <subsection ssid="1-16" dnum="_-o:iv-e" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="rwilliams" style="1" numlevel="1" lineno="49" slineno="1-25">
              <display>
                <amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="76" style="1" owner="e" level="1" amendtag="start">(iv)</amend>
              </display>
              <amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="13" style="1" owner="rwilliams" level="1" amendtag="end">sends the waste stream contaminant to a landfill.</amend>
            </subsection>
          </subsection>
          <subsection ssid="1-17" dnum="_-o:f-e" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="rwilliams" style="1" numlevel="1" lineno="50" slineno="1-26">
            <display>
              <amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="77" style="1" owner="e" level="1" amendtag="start">(f)</amend>
            </display>
            <amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="17" style="1" owner="rwilliams" level="1" amendtag="end">"Recycling facility annual report" is a report submitted each year by a recycling  
              <ln numlevel="1" lineno="51" slineno="1-27"/>facility to the Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control.
            </amend>
          </subsection>
        </subsection>
        <subsection ssid="1-18" dnum="2-o" numlevel="1" lineno="52" slineno="1-28">
          <display>(2)</display>A recyclable material hauler shall  
          <amendoutstart style="5"/>
          <amend anum="0" ea="erase" pairid="19" style="2" owner="rwilliams" level="1" deltag="both">report, in accordance with Subsection (3) and  
            <ln numlevel="1" lineno="53" slineno="1-29"/>according to the best of the recycler's knowledge,
          </amend>
          <amendoutend style="5"/>
          <amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="20" style="1" owner="rwilliams" level="1" amendtag="both" space="true">collect data on</amend> the approximate  
          <ln numlevel="1" lineno="54" slineno="1-30"/>tonnage of recyclable material collected by the recyclable material hauler that the  
          <ln numlevel="1" lineno="55" slineno="1-31"/>recyclable material hauler delivered
          <amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="22" style="1" owner="rwilliams" level="1" amendtag="both"> directly, or through an intermediary hauler,</amend> to:
          <subsection ssid="1-19" dnum="a-o" numlevel="1" lineno="56" slineno="1-32">
            <display>(a)</display>a landfill;  
            <amendoutstart style="5"/>
            <amend anum="0" ea="erase" pairid="23" style="2" owner="rwilliams" level="1" deltag="both">and</amend>
            <amendoutend style="5"/>
            <amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="24" style="1" owner="rwilliams" level="1" amendtag="both" space="true">or</amend>
          </subsection>
          <subsection ssid="1-20" dnum="b-o" numlevel="1" lineno="57" slineno="1-33">
            <display>(b)</display>a recycling facility.
          </subsection>
        </subsection>
        <subsection ssid="1-21" dnum="3-o" numlevel="1" lineno="58" slineno="1-34" space="false">
          <display>(3)</display>
          <subsection ssid="1-22" dnum="a-o" placement="sameline">
            <display>(a)</display>At least two times each calendar year, a recyclable material hauler shall 
            <amendoutstart style="5"/>
            <amend anum="0" ea="erase" pairid="25" style="2" owner="rwilliams" level="1" deltag="both">provide 
              <ln numlevel="1" lineno="59" slineno="1-35"/>the information
            </amend>
            <amendoutend style="5"/>
            <amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="26" style="1" owner="rwilliams" level="1" amendtag="both" space="true">report the data</amend> described in Subsection (2) to 
            <amendoutstart style="5"/>
            <amend anum="0" ea="erase" pairid="27" style="2" owner="rwilliams" level="1" deltag="both">the political 
              <ln numlevel="1" lineno="60" slineno="1-36"/>subdivision whose billing and collection system the recyclable material hauler uses
            </amend>
            <amendoutend style="5"/>
            <amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="28" style="1" owner="rwilliams" level="1" amendtag="both" space="true">
              <ln numlevel="1" lineno="61" slineno="1-37"/>each political subdivision that the recyclable material hauler uses for billing and 
              <ln numlevel="1" lineno="62" slineno="1-38"/>collection
            </amend>.
          </subsection>
          <subsection ssid="1-23" dnum="b-o" numlevel="1" lineno="63" slineno="1-39">
            <display>(b)</display>The recyclable material hauler shall provide data under Subsection (3)(a) for the 
            <ln numlevel="1" lineno="64" slineno="1-40"/>longer of:
            <subsection ssid="1-24" dnum="i-o" numlevel="1" lineno="65" slineno="1-41">
              <display>(i)</display>the time since the recyclable material hauler last provided the data; or
            </subsection>
            <subsection ssid="1-25" dnum="ii-o" numlevel="1" lineno="66" slineno="1-42">
              <display>(ii)</display>six months before the day on which the data is provided.
            </subsection>
          </subsection>
        </subsection>
        <subsection ssid="1-26" dnum="4-o" numlevel="1" lineno="67" slineno="1-43">
          <display>(4)</display>Within 45 days after the day on which a recyclable material hauler provides data under  
          <ln numlevel="1" lineno="68" slineno="1-44"/>this section,  
          <amendoutstart style="5"/>
          <amend anum="0" ea="erase" pairid="29" style="2" owner="rwilliams" level="1" deltag="both">a</amend>
          <amendoutend style="5"/>
          <amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="30" style="1" owner="rwilliams" level="1" amendtag="both" space="true">the</amend> political subdivision shall publish the data, as available:
          <subsection ssid="1-27" dnum="a-o" numlevel="1" lineno="69" slineno="1-45">
            <display>(a)</display>in a newsletter produced by the  
            <amendoutstart style="5"/>
            <amend anum="0" ea="erase" pairid="31" style="2" owner="rwilliams" level="1" deltag="both">municipality</amend>
            <amendoutend style="5"/>
            <amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="32" style="1" owner="rwilliams" level="1" amendtag="both" space="true">political subdivision</amend>; and
          </subsection>
          <subsection ssid="1-28" dnum="b-o" numlevel="1" lineno="70" slineno="1-46">
            <display>(b)</display>
            <amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="33" style="1" owner="rwilliams" level="1" amendtag="both">if the political subdivision operates a website, </amend>on  
            <amendoutstart style="5"/>
            <amend anum="0" ea="erase" pairid="34" style="2" owner="rwilliams" level="1" deltag="both">a</amend>
            <amendoutend style="5"/>
            <amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="35" style="1" owner="rwilliams" level="1" amendtag="both" space="true">the</amend> website operated by the  
            <amendoutstart style="5"/>
            <amend anum="0" ea="erase" pairid="36" style="2" owner="rwilliams" level="1" deltag="both">
              <ln numlevel="1" lineno="71" slineno="1-47"/>municipality
            </amend>
            <amendoutend style="5"/>
            <amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="37" style="1" owner="rwilliams" level="1" amendtag="both" space="true">political subdivision</amend>.
          </subsection>
        </subsection>
        <subsection ssid="1-29" dnum="_-o:5-e" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="rwilliams" style="1" numlevel="1" lineno="72" slineno="1-48" space="false">
          <display>
            <amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="89" style="1" owner="e" level="1" amendtag="start">(5)</amend>
          </display>
          <subsection ssid="1-30" dnum="_-o:a-e" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="rwilliams" style="1" placement="sameline">
            <display>
              <amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="90" style="1" owner="e" level="1">(a)</amend>
            </display>
            <amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="40" style="1" owner="rwilliams" level="1" amendtag="end">A recycling facility shall submit a recycling facility annual report by March 1.</amend>
          </subsection>
          <subsection ssid="1-31" dnum="_-o:b-e" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="rwilliams" style="1" numlevel="1" lineno="73" slineno="1-49">
            <display>
              <amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="91" style="1" owner="e" level="1" amendtag="start">(b)</amend>
            </display>
            <amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="43" style="1" owner="rwilliams" level="1" amendtag="end">The recycling facility shall complete the recycling facility annual report:</amend>
            <subsection ssid="1-32" dnum="_-o:i-e" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="rwilliams" style="1" numlevel="1" lineno="74" slineno="1-50">
              <display>
                <amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="92" style="1" owner="e" level="1" amendtag="start">(i)</amend>
              </display>
              <amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="45" style="1" owner="rwilliams" level="1" amendtag="end">using the methods approved by the Division of Waste Management and Radiation 
                <ln numlevel="1" lineno="75" slineno="1-51"/>Control; and
              </amend>
            </subsection>
            <subsection ssid="1-33" dnum="_-o:ii-e" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="rwilliams" style="1" numlevel="1" lineno="76" slineno="1-52">
              <display>
                <amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="93" style="1" owner="e" level="1" amendtag="start">(ii)</amend>
              </display>
              <amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="48" style="1" owner="rwilliams" level="1" amendtag="end">including data collected during the previous calendar year.</amend>
            </subsection>
          </subsection>
          <subsection ssid="1-34" dnum="_-o:c-e" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="rwilliams" style="1" numlevel="1" lineno="77" slineno="1-53">
            <display>
              <amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="94" style="1" owner="e" level="1" amendtag="start">(c)</amend>
            </display>
            <amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="52" style="1" owner="rwilliams" level="1" amendtag="end">The Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control shall compile the data 
              <ln numlevel="1" lineno="78" slineno="1-54"/>submitted in the recycling facility annual reports described in this Subsection (5) by 
              <ln numlevel="1" lineno="79" slineno="1-55"/>June 1 each year.
            </amend>
          </subsection>
        </subsection>
        <subsection ssid="1-35" dnum="_-o:6-e" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="rwilliams" style="1" numlevel="1" lineno="80" slineno="1-56">
          <display>
            <amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="95" style="1" owner="e" level="1" amendtag="start">(6)</amend>
          </display>
          <amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="56" style="1" owner="rwilliams" level="1" amendtag="end">A political subdivision shall publish the data or an electronic link to the data compiled  
            <ln numlevel="1" lineno="81" slineno="1-57"/>by the Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control from the recycling facility  
            <ln numlevel="1" lineno="82" slineno="1-58"/>annual reports described in Subsection (5):
          </amend>
          <subsection ssid="1-36" dnum="_-o:a-e" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="rwilliams" style="1" numlevel="1" lineno="83" slineno="1-59">
            <display>
              <amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="96" style="1" owner="e" level="1" amendtag="start">(a)</amend>
            </display>
            <amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="58" style="1" owner="rwilliams" level="1" amendtag="end">in a newsletter produced by the political subdivision that is published between June 1  
              <ln numlevel="1" lineno="84" slineno="1-60"/>and October 1 of each year; and
            </amend>
          </subsection>
          <subsection ssid="1-37" dnum="_-o:b-e" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="rwilliams" style="1" numlevel="1" lineno="85" slineno="1-61">
            <display>
              <amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="97" style="1" owner="e" level="1" amendtag="start">(b)</amend>
            </display>
            <amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="61" style="1" owner="rwilliams" level="1" amendtag="end">if a political subdivision operates a website, on the website each year beginning on a  
              <ln numlevel="1" lineno="86" slineno="1-62"/>date that occurs between June 1 and October 1, and ending no earlier than December  
              <ln numlevel="1" lineno="87" slineno="1-63"/>31 of the same year.
            </amend>
          </subsection>
        </subsection>
      </section>
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        <secline lineno="88">Section 2.   
          <bold>Effective date.</bold>
        </secline>
        <sectionText>
          <amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1" style="1" owner="rwilliams" level="1" amendtag="both">
            <tab numlevel="1" lineno="89" slineno="2-2"/>This bill takes effect on May 1, 2024.
          </amend>
        </sectionText>
      </section>
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