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1997 - 1998 LEGISLATURE
November 19, 1997 - Introduced by Representatives Johnsrud and Black.
Referred to Committee on Environment.
AB613,1,2
1An Act to repeal 287.11 (2) (dm) of the statutes;
relating to: effective recycling
2program criteria.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Current law prohibits the disposal of listed recyclable materials in a landfill.
The prohibition does not apply to any city, village, town, county or other
governmental unit that is responsible for the region's solid waste management
(responsible unit) and that operates an effective recycling program. A recycling
program is an effective recycling program if it meets specified criteria, including
informing residents of the reasons to recycle, providing for the separation of
recyclable materials from waste destined for landfills and providing for the
processing and marketing of recyclable materials collected in the region. In addition
to the exception from the disposal prohibition, a responsible unit that administers
an effective recycling program is eligible for a state grant to reimburse the
responsible unit for some of its costs incurred operating the effective recycling
program. The amount of the grants statewide total roughly $24 million annually.
Beginning in 1997, a responsible unit's recycling program is an effective
recycling program only if the responsible unit has in place a system of volume-based
solid waste fees to generate revenue equal to the responsible unit's costs for solid
waste management other than those reimbursed by the state. This criterion does not
apply to any responsible unit that separates for recycling at least 25% by volume or
by weight of the solid waste collected within the region by the responsible unit or by
any person under contract with the responsible unit. This criterion also does not
apply to a responsible unit that provides solid waste to an operating solid waste
treatment facility under a contract that was in effect on January 1, 1993.
This bill eliminates the requirement that, to have its recycling program
considered an effective recycling program, a responsible unit have in place a system
of volume-based solid waste fees to generate revenue equal to the responsible unit's
costs for solid waste management other than those reimbursed by the state.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB613, s. 1
1Section
1. 287.11 (2) (dm) of the statutes is repealed.
