House File 2349
HOUSE FILE
BY COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
(SUCCESSOR TO HSB 507)
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to expenditures from the waste tire management
2 fund.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 455D.11C, subsections 2 and 3, Code
1 2 2003, are amended by striking the subsections and inserting in
1 3 lieu thereof the following:
1 4 2. Moneys in the waste tire management fund are
1 5 appropriated and shall be used for the following purposes:
1 6 a. Thirty percent of the moneys shall be used for all of
1 7 the following positions:
1 8 (1) One full=time equivalent position for the
1 9 administration of permits and registrations for tire
1 10 processing, storage, and hauling activities, and tire program
1 11 initiatives.
1 12 (2) One and one=half full=time equivalent positions for
1 13 waste tire=related compliance checks and inspections. The
1 14 full=time equivalent positions shall be divided equally
1 15 between the field offices in the state.
1 16 b. Ten percent of the moneys shall be used for a public
1 17 education and awareness initiative related to the proper tire
1 18 disposal options and environmental and health hazards posed by
1 19 improper tire storage.
1 20 c. Thirty percent of the moneys shall be used for market
1 21 development initiatives for waste tires.
1 22 d. Thirty percent of the moneys shall be used for waste
1 23 tire stockpile abatement initiatives which would require a
1 24 cost=share agreement with the landowner.
1 25 Sec. 2. Sections 455D.11D, 455D.11E, 455D.11F, and
1 26 455D.11H, Code 2003, are repealed.
1 27 Sec. 3. UNENCUMBERED OR UNOBLIGATED MONEYS ==
1 28 APPROPRIATION. On July 1, 2004, any unencumbered or
1 29 unobligated moneys that were awarded from the waste tire
1 30 management fund pursuant to section 455D.11C, subsection 2,
1 31 Code 2003, shall revert to the waste tire management fund and
1 32 shall be reallocated and appropriated pursuant to section
1 33 455D.11C, subsection 2, paragraph "a", as amended in this Act.
1 34 Commencing with the fiscal year ending June 30, 2005, and each
1 35 subsequent fiscal year through June 30, 2007, any unencumbered
2 1 or unobligated moneys that were awarded from the waste tire
2 2 management fund pursuant to section 321.52A, subsection 2,
2 3 shall remain in the waste tire management fund and shall be
2 4 used as appropriated pursuant to section 455D.11C, subsection
2 5 2, as amended in this Act.
2 6 EXPLANATION
2 7 This bill appropriates moneys in the waste tire management
2 8 fund.
2 9 The bill changes the appropriations from the waste tire
2 10 management fund. The bill changes the appropriations to
2 11 provide the following:
2 12 1. Of the moneys in the fund, 30 percent shall be used for
2 13 2.50 FTEs in the department of natural resources. One FTE
2 14 shall be for the administration of permits and registrations
2 15 for tire processing, storage, and hauling activities, and tire
2 16 program initiatives. One and one=half FTEs shall be for waste
2 17 tire=related compliance checks and inspections at field
2 18 offices around the state.
2 19 2. Of the moneys in the fund, 10 percent shall be used for
2 20 a public education and awareness initiative related to the
2 21 proper tire disposal options and environmental and health
2 22 hazards posed by improper tire storage.
2 23 3. Of the moneys in the fund, 30 percent shall be used for
2 24 market development initiatives for waste tires.
2 25 4. Of the moneys in the fund, 30 percent shall be used for
2 26 waste tire stockpile abatement initiatives which would require
2 27 a cost=share agreement with the landowner.
2 28 The bill repeals a future repeal of the waste tire
2 29 management fund. The bill repeals the waste tire grant
2 30 program and programs awarding moneys to regents institutions
2 31 for using tire=derived fuel and end=users of processed waste
2 32 tires.
2 33 The bill provides that, on July 1, 2004, any unencumbered
2 34 or unobligated moneys that were awarded from the waste tire
2 35 management fund shall revert to the waste tire management fund
3 1 and shall be reallocated and appropriated to fund the 2.50
3 2 FTEs created in the bill. The bill provide that, commencing
3 3 with the fiscal year ending June 30, 2005, and each subsequent
3 4 fiscal year through June 30, 2007, any unencumbered or
3 5 unobligated moneys that are awarded from the waste tire
3 6 management fund shall remain in the fund and shall be
3 7 appropriated pursuant to the provisions of the bill.
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