For purposes of this division, the following definitions shall apply:
(a) “Certified community conservation corps” means a community conservation corps that was in existence on September 30, 1999, or that is formed subsequent to that date, and that is designated by a city or a city and county to perform litter abatement, recycling, and related activities, if the city or the city and county has a population, as determined by the most recent census, of more than 250,000 persons.
(b) “Community conservation corps” means a community conservation corps, as defined in Section 14507.5, that is designated by a county to perform litter abatement, recycling, and related
activities, and that is certified by the California Conservation Corps as having operated for a minimum of two years and as meeting all other criteria of Section 14507.5.
(c) “Department” means the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery.
(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 35, Sec. 145. (SB 861) Effective June 20, 2014.)
(a) For purposes of the 2014–15 fiscal year only, subject to Section 17002, the department shall expend funds from the following sources, for issuing grants to certified community conservation corps and community conservation corps, in accordance with, and for the purposes specified in, this subdivision:
(1) The department shall expend the amount made available for expenditure during the 2014–15 fiscal year pursuant to Section 14581.1 in the form of grants for implementing beverage container litter reduction programs and beverage container recycling programs, including education and outreach, pursuant to Division 12.1 (commencing with Section 14501).
(2) The department shall expend four million dollars ($4,000,000) from the funds in the Electronic Waste Recovery and Recycling Account, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for grants to implement programs relating to the collection and recovery of covered electronic waste, including education and outreach, in accordance with Chapter 8.5 (commencing with Section 42460) of Part 3 of Division 30.
(3) The department shall expend two million five hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000) from the funds in the California Tire Recycling Management Fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for grants relating to implementing programs to clean up and abate waste tires and to reuse and recycle waste tires, including, but not limited to, the tire recycling program authorized by Section 42872, and including education and outreach, in accordance with Chapter 17 (commencing with Section 42860) of Part 3 of Division 30.
(4) The department shall expend one million dollars ($1,000,000) from the funds in the California Used Oil Recycling Fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for grants to implement programs relating to the collection of used oil, including education and outreach, in accordance with Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 48600) of Part 7 of Division 30.
(b) On and after July 1, 2015, subject to Section 17002, the department shall expend funds from the following sources, for issuing grants to certified community conservation corps and community conservation corps, in accordance with, and for the purposes specified in, this subdivision:
(1) The department shall expend in each fiscal year the amount made available pursuant to Section 14581.1 for grants to implement beverage container litter reduction programs and beverage
container recycling programs, including education and outreach, pursuant to Division 12.1 (commencing with Section 14501).
(2) The department shall expend eight million dollars ($8,000,000) each fiscal year from the funds in the Electronic Waste Recovery and Recycling Account, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for grants to implement programs relating to the collection and recovery of covered electronic waste, including education and outreach, in accordance with Chapter 8.5 (commencing with Section 42460) of Part 3 of Division 30.
(3) The department shall expend five million dollars ($5,000,000) each fiscal year from the funds in the California Tire Recycling Management Fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for grants to implement programs relating to clean up and abate waste tires and to reuse and recycle waste tires, including, but not limited to, the tire recycling
program authorized by Section 42872, and including education and outreach, in accordance with Chapter 17 (commencing with Section 42860) of Part 3 of Division 30.
(4) The department shall expend two million dollars ($2,000,000) each fiscal year from the funds in the California Used Oil Recycling Fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for grants to implement programs relating to the collection of used oil, including education and outreach, in accordance with Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 48600) of Part 7 of Division 30.
(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 35, Sec. 145. (SB 861) Effective June 20, 2014.)