| Last Updated: | 3/19/2010 |
| Budget Issue: | Funding and Policy Options for the Beverage Container Recycling Program |
| Program: | Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery |
| Finding or Recommendation: | We recommend that the Legislature: (1) adopt certain of the Governor’s policy proposals affecting program expenditures, (2) act in general to protect the level of payments to recyclers (the core of the program), (3) wait until the May Revision update of the Beverage Container Recycling Fund fund condition before making additional budget-related changes to the program, and (4) consider long-term changes to the program in the legislative policy process. |
In our report released on March 18---The 2010-11 Budget: Funding and Policy Options for the Beverage Container Recycling Program---we review the Governor's budget and policy proposals to address the deficit, recap the enacted special session changes to the program in both the current year and the budget year, and offer our recommendations for additional budget-year actions.