{"code":"PRC","codeName":"Public Resources Code","section":"42473","citation":"Pub. Resources Code, § 42473","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 30. WASTE MANAGEMENT [40000. - 49654.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/public-resources-code/division-30"},{"name":"PART 3. STATE PROGRAMS [42000. - 42999.7.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/public-resources-code/division-30/part-3"},{"name":"CHAPTER 8.5. Electronic Waste Recycling [42460. - 42486.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/public-resources-code/division-30/part-3/chapter-8.5"},{"name":"ARTICLE 5. Administration [42472. - 42475.4.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/public-resources-code/division-30/part-3/chapter-8.5/article-5"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 526, Sec. 5.   Effective January 1, 2004.   Conditionally inoperative as provided in Sections 42485 and 42486.","effective":"2004-01-01","html":"<p>The Legislature declares that the imposition of a covered electronic waste recycling fee would not result in the imposition of a tax within the meaning of Article XIIIA of the California Constitution, because the amount and nature of the fee has a fair and reasonable relationship to the adverse environmental burdens imposed by the disposal of covered electronic devices and there is a sufficient nexus between the fee imposed and the use of those fees to support the recycling and reuse of these devices.</p>","text":"The Legislature declares that the imposition of a covered electronic waste recycling fee would not result in the imposition of a tax within the meaning of Article XIIIA of the California Constitution, because the amount and nature of the fee has a fair and reasonable relationship to the adverse environmental burdens imposed by the disposal of covered electronic devices and there is a sufficient nexus between the fee imposed and the use of those fees to support the recycling and reuse of these devices.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/public-resources-code/administration-42473","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}