(KRON) -- A Bay Area lawmaker has introduced a bill aimed at tackling abandoned shopping carts on city streets, sidewalks, and creek beds. Senate Bill 753 was introduced by State Sen. Dave Cortese (D-Silicon Valley) and has the backing of San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan. SB 753 would allow local governme nts to return carts directly to retailers, pick up carts immediately and return them to retailers without delay. The bill would also allow local governments to recover the costs of managing the program. "My bill eliminates blight and creates incentives for retailers to work collaboratively with local governments," said Sen. Cortese. As deadline looms, Sen. Scott Wiener introduces bill to fund Bay Area transit "I am sick and tired of seeing shopping carts litter our streets and waterways, and I know I'm not alone," said Mayor Mahan. "I appreciate Senator Cortese's shared urgency -- letting cities return stolen shopping carts immediately and creating avenues to recover cots keeps them where they belong -- in stores, not on our streets." Under SBB 753: Cities would be able to return abandoned shopping carts directly to retailers rather than impounding them They would be able to recover costs by billing retailers for retrieval services A 3-day waiting period would be eliminated, allowing cities to pick up and return carts immediately If a retailer fails to retrieve carts within 3 days, cities can still impound them The $50 fine cap would be removed, allowing cities and counties to set their own fines A violation would be defined as an instance where a retailer fails to retrieve a cart within 3 business days after being notified by the city or county "Current state law has proven ineffective at preventing shopping cart abandonment and incentivizing proper recovery," Sen. Cortese's office said in a news release. "Existing law requires cities to store carts in an impound low and wait for retailers to pick them up, which is inefficient and very costly for large cities." ...read more read less