Section 25244.5 Of Article 11.8. Hazardous Waste Reduction, Recycling, And Treatment From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 20. >> Chapter 6.5. >> Article 11.8.
25244.5
. (a) The department shall establish a Hazardous Waste
Technology, Research, Development, and Demonstration Program, which
shall consist of all of the following elements:
(1) Contracting with, and providing grants to, universities,
governmental agencies, and private organizations for the research and
development of hazardous waste reduction, recycling, or treatment
technologies pursuant to Section 25244.10.
(2) Providing grants, under specified conditions, to cities,
counties, and private organizations for the commercial demonstration
of hazardous waste reduction, recycling, or treatment technologies
pursuant to Section 25244.6.
(3) Providing grants to local governments for the development of
local hazardous waste reduction programs which provide technical
assistance, including hazardous waste audits, to generators pursuant
to Section 25244.1101.
(b) (1) For purposes of this subdivision, "commercially successful
technology" means a hazardous waste reduction, recycling, or
treatment technology which is proven to be profitable, as determined
by the department.
(2) The department shall require any university, governmental
agency, or private organization which receives a grant pursuant to
paragraph (1) or (2) of subdivision (a) to agree to repay the
department for the amount of the grant, if the grant results in the
development of a commercially successful technology, and to
additionally pay the department a percentage of any royalties derived
from that technology, as negotiated between the department and the
grant recipient.
(3) The department shall deposit any repayments or royalties
received by the department pursuant to this subdivision in the
Hazardous Waste Control Account, and those funds may be expended by
the department, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to carry out
this article.