CA SB38

Requires processors to pay refund values, administrative costs, and processing fees to recycling centers by check or electronic fund transfer only, prohibiting cash payments.

Establishes that violating the cash payment prohibition constitutes a crime under beverage container recycling law.

Directs the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery to study and develop a system or process to address glass contamination and improve the quality of collected glass material.

Specifies that no state reimbursement to local agencies or school districts is required because costs result from changes to criminal penalties rather than new mandates.