House File 511 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 82) Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to the waste tire management fund and making 2 appropriations. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 1400HV 82 5 tm/sh/8 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 455D.11C, subsection 2, Code 2007, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 2. Moneys in the waste tire management fund are 1 4 appropriated and shall be used for the following purposes: 1 5 a.ThirtyForty=five percent of the moneys shall be used 1 6 for all of the following positions: 1 7 (1)OneTwo and one=quarter full=time equivalentposition1 8 positions for the administration of permits and registrations 1 9 for tire processing, storage, stockpile abatement, and hauling 1 10 activities, andtire program initiativesfor administering 1 11 programs and initiatives related to automotive switches 1 12 containing mercury, automotive=related wastes, and illegal 1 13 disposal of solid waste. 1 14 (2)One and one=halfTwo full=time equivalent positions 1 15 for waste tire=related, other automotive=related waste, and 1 16 illegal disposal of solid waste compliance checks and 1 17 inspections. The full=time equivalent positions shall be 1 18 divided equally between the field offices in the state. 1 19 b.TenFive percent of the moneys shall be used for a 1 20 public education and awareness initiative related to the 1 21 proper tire disposal options and environmental and health 1 22 hazards posed by improper tire storage and disposal of other 1 23 automotive=related wastes including automotive switches 1 24 containing mercury, and to establish an outreach and 1 25 compliance assistance effort that promotes best management 1 26 practices for automotive salvage operations. 1 27 c.ThirtyTwenty percent of the moneys shall be used for 1 28market development initiatives for waste tiresimplementing a 1 29 public education and awareness initiative related to 1 30 preventing littering and illegal dumping, and an outreach 1 31 program directed at local governments to assist in 1 32 establishing individual or joint illegal dumping prevention 1 33 and enforcement programs. 1 34 d. Thirty percent of the moneys shall be used for waste 1 35 tire stockpile abatement initiatives which would require a 2 1 cost=share agreement with the landowner. 2 2 Sec. 2. UNENCUMBERED OR UNOBLIGATED MONEYS == 2 3 APPROPRIATION. On July 1, 2007, any unencumbered or 2 4 unobligated moneys distributed from the waste tire management 2 5 fund pursuant to section 455D.11C, subsection 2, Code 2005, 2 6 during the previous fiscal year shall revert to the waste tire 2 7 management fund and shall be reallocated and appropriated 2 8 pursuant to section 455D.11C, subsection 2, paragraph "a", as 2 9 amended in this Act. At the end of each fiscal year during 2 10 the fiscal period beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 2 11 2016, any unencumbered or unobligated moneys remaining in the 2 12 waste tire management fund shall remain in the waste tire 2 13 management fund and shall be available for expenditure during 2 14 the succeeding fiscal year pursuant to section 455D.11C, 2 15 subsection 2, as amended in this Act. 2 16 EXPLANATION 2 17 This bill relates to the waste tire management fund. 2 18 Currently, for the fiscal period beginning July 1, 2002, 2 19 and ending June 30, 2007, 20 percent of all $5 surcharges on 2 20 motor vehicle certificates of title are deposited in the waste 2 21 tire management fund with the remaining amount deposited in 2 22 the road use tax fund. On and after July 1, 2007, all 2 23 surcharge proceeds will be deposited in the road use tax fund. 2 24 The bill changes the allocations of moneys appropriated from 2 25 the waste tire management fund. 2 26 The bill provides that 45 percent of the moneys shall be 2 27 used for two and one=quarter full=time equivalent positions 2 28 for the administration of permits and registrations for tire 2 29 processing, storage, stockpile abatement, and hauling 2 30 activities, and, for administering programs and initiatives 2 31 related to automotive switches containing mercury, 2 32 automotive=related wastes, and illegal disposal of solid 2 33 waste. The 45 percent is also used for two full=time 2 34 equivalent positions for waste tire=related, other 2 35 automotive=related waste, and illegal disposal of solid waste 3 1 compliance checks and inspections. 3 2 The bill provides that 5 percent of the moneys shall be 3 3 used for a public education and awareness initiative related 3 4 to the proper tire disposal options and environmental and 3 5 health hazards posed by improper tire storage and disposal of 3 6 other automotive=related wastes including automotive switches 3 7 containing mercury, and to establish an outreach and 3 8 compliance assistance effort that promotes best management 3 9 practices for automotive salvage operations. 3 10 The bill provides that 20 percent of the moneys shall be 3 11 used for implementing a public education and awareness 3 12 initiative related to preventing littering and illegal 3 13 dumping, and an outreach program directed at local governments 3 14 to assist in establishing individual or joint illegal dumping 3 15 prevention and enforcement programs. 3 16 The bill provides that 30 percent of the moneys shall be 3 17 used for waste tire stockpile abatement initiatives which 3 18 would require a cost=share agreement with the landowner. 3 19 The bill provides that on July 1, 2007, any unencumbered or 3 20 unobligated moneys distributed from the waste tire management 3 21 fund during the previous fiscal year shall revert to the waste 3 22 tire management fund and shall be reallocated pursuant to the 3 23 allocations provided in the bill. The bill provides that at 3 24 the end of each fiscal year during the fiscal period beginning 3 25 July 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 2016, any unencumbered or 3 26 unobligated moneys remaining in the waste tire management fund 3 27 shall remain in the waste tire management fund and shall be 3 28 available for expenditure during the succeeding fiscal year. 3 29 LSB 1400HV 82 3 30 tm:rj/sh/8