Beverage containers: redemption payments.

Existing law, the California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act (act) , requires a distributor to pay a redemption payment of $0.04 for every beverage container sold or offered for sale in the state to the Division of Recycling in the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery. Existing law requires the department to review the fund and authorizes the department to eliminate expenditures, upon making a certain determination, on or before 180 days, but not less than 90 days after a specified notice is sent to the Legislature. This bill would change the amount of time when the department is authorized to eliminate those expenditures to on or before 180 days, but not less than 80 days after the date when that notice is sent and would make a conforming change regarding the review of the fund.