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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 321.52A, Code Supplement 1995, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 321.52A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE SURCHARGE. 1 4 1. In addition to the fee required for the issuance of a 1 5 certificate of title under section 321.20, 321.20A, 321.23, 1 6 321.42, 321.46, 321.47, 321.48, 321.50, or 321.52, a surcharge 1 7 of five dollars shall be required. Of each surcharge 1 8 collected under those sections, the county treasurer shall 1 9 remit five dollars to the office of treasurer of state for 1 10 depositin the general fund of the stateas set forth in 1 11 subsection 2. 1 12 2. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1996, the 1 13 treasurer of state shall deposit one million dollars of moneys 1 14 received under subsection 1 in the waste tire management fund 1 15 created in section 455D.11C, and deposit the remainder in the 1 16 general fund of the state. For the fiscal year beginning July 1 17 1, 1997, the treasurer of state shall deposit two million 1 18 dollars of moneys received under subsection 1 in the waste 1 19 tire management fund, and deposit the remainder in the general 1 20 fund of the state. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1 21 1998, and the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1999, the 1 22 treasurer of state shall deposit three million dollars of 1 23 moneys received under subsection 1 in the waste tire 1 24 management fund, and deposit the remainder in the general fund 1 25 of the state. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2000, the 1 26 treasurer of state shall deposit two million dollars of the 1 27 moneys received under subsection 1 in the waste tire 1 28 management fund, and one million dollars in the road use tax 1 29 fund, with the remainder deposited in the general fund of the 1 30 state. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, the 1 31 treasurer of state shall deposit one million dollars of moneys 1 32 received under subsection 1 in the waste tire management fund, 1 33 and three million dollars in the road use tax fund, with the 1 34 remainder deposited in the general fund of the state. For the 1 35 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2002, and each subsequent fiscal 2 1 year, the treasurer of state shall deposit the entire amount 2 2 of moneys received under subsection 1 in the road use tax 2 3 fund. 2 4 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 455D.11C WASTE TIRE MANAGEMENT 2 5 FUND. 2 6 1. A waste tire management fund is created within the 2 7 state treasury. Moneys received from each five dollar 2 8 surcharge on the issuance of a certificate of title shall be 2 9 deposited in the fund pursuant to section 321.52A, subsection 2 10 2. Notwithstanding section 8.33, any unexpended balance in 2 11 the fund at the end of each fiscal year shall be retained in 2 12 the fund. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, any interest or 2 13 earnings on investments from moneys in the fund shall be 2 14 credited to the fund. Moneys from the fund that are expended 2 15 by the department in closing or bringing into compliance a 2 16 waste tire collection site pursuant to section 455D.11A and 2 17 later recouped by the department shall be credited to the 2 18 fund. 2 19 2. Moneys in the waste tire management fund are 2 20 appropriated and shall be used for the following purposes: 2 21 a. Fifty thousand dollars shall be allocated each fiscal 2 22 year to the department to administer the waste tire management 2 23 fund. This amount shall be allocated to the department each 2 24 fiscal year before other moneys from the waste tire management 2 25 fund are awarded pursuant to this subsection. 2 26 b. The awarding of contracts by the department for 2 27 bringing waste tire collection sites or existing stockpiles of 2 28 waste tires into compliance with section 455D.11, or 2 29 processing waste tires from existing waste tire collection 2 30 sites or existing stockpiles of waste tires. 2 31 c. The awarding of moneys to sanitary landfills pursuant 2 32 to section 455D.11D. 2 33 d. The awarding of moneys to state board of regents 2 34 institutions pursuant to section 455D.11E. 2 35 e. The awarding of moneys to tire processors pursuant to 3 1 section 455D.11F. 3 2 Sec. 3. NEW SECTION. 455D.11D AMNESTY PROGRAM FOR WASTE 3 3 TIRES BROUGHT TO SANITARY LANDFILLS. 3 4 The operator of a sanitary landfill defined in section 3 5 455B.301, who has received a permit for operation of the 3 6 sanitary landfill from the department, may apply for moneys 3 7 from the waste tire management fund, pursuant to section 3 8 455.11C, subsection 2, for the purpose of operating an amnesty 3 9 program for waste tires for the fiscal period beginning July 3 10 1, 1997, and ending June 30, 2002. The operator of a sanitary 3 11 landfill shall provide to the department a written operating 3 12 plan pertaining to the manner in which waste tires will be 3 13 collected, stored temporarily prior to processing, and 3 14 processed for reuse, recycling, or disposal in an economically 3 15 viable manner. A sanitary landfill with an amnesty program 3 16 shall accept waste tires at no charge from a natural person 3 17 who is a citizen of this state. A sanitary landfill operating 3 18 an amnesty program may be awarded moneys from the waste tire 3 19 management fund of not more than twenty cents per passenger 3 20 tire equivalent as defined in section 455D.11F when waste 3 21 tires are accepted under the amnesty program. A sanitary 3 22 landfill with a pending enforcement action against the 3 23 sanitary landfill by the department is ineligible to receive 3 24 moneys while the enforcement action is pending. Moneys of not 3 25 more than three hundred thousand dollars shall be available in 3 26 a fiscal year for the amnesty program and a sanitary landfill 3 27 shall not receive more than fifteen thousand dollars from the 3 28 waste tire management fund in a fiscal year. 3 29 Sec. 4. NEW SECTION. 455D.11E USE BY REGENTS 3 30 INSTITUTIONS OF WASTE TIRES TO PRODUCE TIRE-DERIVED FUELS AND 3 31 FOR OTHER BENEFICIAL USES. 3 32 State board of regents institutions of higher education, 3 33 defined in section 262.7, which generate heat, electricity, or 3 34 power, are encouraged to use, to the fullest extent 3 35 practicable, tire-derived fuels. Moneys shall be awarded from 4 1 the waste tire management fund, pursuant to section 455D.11C, 4 2 subsection 2, to such an institution by the department 4 3 pursuant to section 455D.11C to offset additional costs 4 4 incurred in generating heat, electricity, or power on a 4 5 British thermal unit equivalent basis. Moneys of not more 4 6 than three hundred thousand dollars may be awarded in the 4 7 aggregate in a fiscal year to such institutions to offset any 4 8 increased costs associated with assisting the state's program 4 9 to dispose of waste tires in an environmentally sound manner, 4 10 and shall be available only to the extent that such moneys 4 11 help to reduce the number of waste tires in the state. 4 12 Sec. 5. NEW SECTION. 455D.11F TIRE PROCESSORS AWARDED 4 13 MONEYS FOR PROCESSING WASTE TIRES. 4 14 1. As used in this section and section 455D.11D, 4 15 "passenger tire equivalent" means the physical dimensions of 4 16 of a tire which has a rim diameter of sixteen and one-half 4 17 inches or less. 4 18 2. As used in this section: 4 19 a. "Site of end use" means a site where waste tires are 4 20 permanently disposed of, recycled, or reused. 4 21 b. "Tire processor" means a person who reduces waste tires 4 22 into a processed form suitable for recycling or producing fuel 4 23 for energy or heat, or uses whole waste tires in any other 4 24 beneficial use as authorized by the department. "Tire 4 25 processor" does not mean a person who retreads tires or 4 26 processes and stores tires. 4 27 3. A tire processor who annually processes more than one 4 28 hundred thousand waste tires, as defined in section 455D.11, 4 29 at a processing site as defined in section 455D.11 located 4 30 within the state may be awarded moneys pursuant to section 4 31 455D.11C, subsection 2, from the waste tire management fund of 4 32 not more than twenty cents per passenger tire equivalent 4 33 processed and delivered to the site of end use. Moneys of not 4 34 more than three hundred thousand dollars for such tire 4 35 processor shall be available in the aggregate in a fiscal year 5 1 and shall be disbursed by the department upon applications by 5 2 tire processors. A tire processor shall not receive more than 5 3 twenty thousand dollars from the waste tire management fund in 5 4 a fiscal year. A tire processor with a pending enforcement 5 5 action against the tire processor by the department is 5 6 ineligible to receive moneys while the enforcement action is 5 7 pending. 5 8 Sec. 6. NEW SECTION. 455D.11G REPEAL. 5 9 Sections 455D.11C, 455D.11D, 455D.11E, 455D.11F, and this 5 10 section are repealed effective July 1, 2002. 5 11 EXPLANATION 5 12 This bill creates a waste tire management fund in the state 5 13 treasury. The waste tire management fund shall be generated 5 14 by the collection of a $5 surcharge on every issuance of a 5 15 certificate of title relating to ownership of a motor vehicle. 5 16 Each fiscal year, the treasurer of state shall deposit a 5 17 specific amount of moneys generated by the surcharge in the 5 18 waste tire management fund. The amount of the surcharge 5 19 deposited in the waste tire management fund shall be 5 20 $1,000,000 in fiscal year 1996-1997, $2,000,000 in fiscal year 5 21 1997-1998, $3,000,000 in each of fiscal years 1998-1999 and 5 22 1999-2000, $2,000,000 in fiscal year 2000-2001, and $1,000,000 5 23 in fiscal year 2001-2002. Moneys generated by the surcharge 5 24 shall also be deposited in the road use tax fund in the 5 25 amounts of $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2000-2001 and $3,000,000 5 26 in fiscal year 2001-2002. The remainder of moneys generated 5 27 by the surcharge shall be deposited in the general fund of the 5 28 state in fiscal years 1996-1997 through 2001-2002. The entire 5 29 amount of the moneys generated by the surcharge shall be 5 30 deposited in the road use tax fund beginning in fiscal year 5 31 2002-2003, and continuing thereafter. 5 32 The bill provides that $50,000 shall be allocated each 5 33 fiscal year to the department of natural resources to 5 34 administer the waste tire management fund. 5 35 The bill provides that the waste tire management fund may 6 1 be used to award contracts for bringing waste tire collection 6 2 sites or existing stockpiles of waste tires into legal 6 3 compliance or processing waste tires at waste tire collection 6 4 sites or existing stockpiles of waste tires. 6 5 The bill provides that a sanitary landfill may create an 6 6 amnesty program for waste tires for fiscal years 1997-1998 6 7 through 2001-2002. A sanitary landfill with an amnesty 6 8 program may accept at no charge waste tires from a natural 6 9 person who is a citizen of this state. A sanitary landfill 6 10 with an amnesty program may be awarded moneys from the waste 6 11 tire management fund of not more than 20 cents per passenger 6 12 tire equivalent when waste tires are accepted under the 6 13 amnesty program. 6 14 The bill provides that state board of regents institutions 6 15 of higher education which generate heat, electricity, or 6 16 power, are encouraged to use, to the fullest extent 6 17 practicable, tire-derived fuels. Moneys shall be awarded to 6 18 such institutions to offset additional costs incurred in 6 19 generating heat, electricity, or power on a per British 6 20 thermal unit basis to offset any increased costs associated 6 21 with assisting the state's program to dispose of waste tires 6 22 in an environmentally sound manner. 6 23 The bill provides that a tire processor who annually 6 24 processes more than 100,000 waste tires at a processing site 6 25 located within the state may be awarded moneys at the rate of 6 26 not more than 20 cents per passenger tire equivalent processed 6 27 and delivered to a site of permanent disposal or reuse. 6 28 The bill provides for the repeal of the waste tire 6 29 management fund effective July 1, 2002. 6 30 LSB 3684XL 76 6 31 kah/jw/5.2
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