Pub. Resources Code, § 42973 · Chapter 20. Product Stewardship for Carpets
Pub. Resources Code, § 42973
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) (1) Within 60 days after the department receives a plan submitted pursuant to Section 42972, it shall review the plan, determine whether it complies with Section 42972, and notify the submitter of its decision to approve or not approve the plan.
(2) On or after April 1, 2015, an organization appointed by one or more manufacturers to act as an agent on behalf of the manufacturer to design, submit, and administer a carpet stewardship plan pursuant to this chapter may submit a plan to the department pursuant to Section 42972 and that plan may be approved by the department, subject to the requirements of paragraph (1), only if the department makes both of the following findings:
(A) The plan will not have the effect of reducing the level of diversion and recycling of postconsumer carpet that has been achieved pursuant to this chapter at the time the department reviews the plan.
(B) The amount of the assessment in the plan will not create an unfair advantage in the marketplace for one or more of the companies in the organization.
(b) If the department does not approve the plan, it shall describe the reasons for its disapproval in the notice. The submitter may revise and resubmit the plan within 60 days after receiving notice of disapproval and the department shall review and approve or not approve the revised plan within 60 days after receipt. Any plan not approved by March 31, 2012, shall be out of compliance with this chapter and the submitter of the plan is subject to the penalties specified in Section 42978 until the plan is approved by the department.
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History
Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 681, Sec. 2. (AB 2398) Effective January 1, 2011. Conditionally inoperative pursuant to Section 42983.5.
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