California Public Resources Code ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions

• Section 40050.
  This division shall be known and may be cited as the California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989.(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1095, Sec. 22.)
• Section 40051.
  In implementing this division, the board and local agencies shall do both of the following:(a) Promote the following waste management practices in order of priority:(1) Source reduction.(2) Recycling...
• Section 40052.
  The purpose of this division is to reduce, recycle, and reuse solid waste generated in the state to the maximum extent feasible in an efficient...
• Section 40053.
  This division, or any rules or regulations adopted pursuant thereto, is not a limitation on the power of a city, county, or district to impose...
• Section 40054.
  This division, or any rules or regulations adopted pursuant thereto, is not a limitation on the power of the Attorney General, on the request of...
• Section 40055.
  (a) This division, or any rules or regulations adopted pursuant thereto, is not a limitation on the power of any state agency in the enforcement or...
• Section 40056.
  This division, or any rules or regulations adopted pursuant thereto, is not a limitation on the right of any person to commence and maintain at...
• Section 40057.
  Each county, city, district, or other local governmental agency which provides solid waste handling services shall provide for those services, including, but not limited to,...
• Section 40058.
  The solid waste handling services shall be provided for by one or any combination of the following:(a) The furnishing of the services by the local agency...
• Section 40059.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each county, city, district, or other local governmental agency may determine all of the following:(1) Aspects of solid waste handling...
• Section 40059.1.
  (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares both of the following:(1) In 1989, the Legislature enacted this division as the California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989....
• Section 40059.2.
  (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following:(1) In 1996, the voters of California adopted Proposition 218, which among other things, limits the ability...
• Section 40059.3.
  (a) An ordinance adopted by a city or county or an ordinance enacted by initiative by the voters of a city or county shall not restrict...
• Section 40060.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a regional water board shall not issue a waste discharge permit for a new landfill, or a lateral expansion...
• Section 40061.
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 40059, every local agency which does not directly charge residential households a fee for the collection, transportation, and disposal of solid waste and...
• Section 40062.
  (a) Upon the request of any person furnishing any report, notice, application, plan, or other document required by this division, including any research or survey information...
• Section 40063.
  At the request of a county with a population of less than 250,000, the board and the state water board may meet with the county...

Last modified: October 22, 2018