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:
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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. Thirty Forty=five percent of the moneys shall be used
1 6 for all of the following positions:
1 7 (1) One Two and one=quarter full=time equivalent position
1 8 positions for the administration of permits and registrations
1 9 for tire processing, storage, stockpile abatement, and hauling
1 10 activities, and tire program initiatives for 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=half Two 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. Ten Five 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. Thirty Twenty percent of the moneys shall be used for
1 28 market development initiatives for waste tires implementing 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.
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