House File 900 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE
BY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
(SUCCESSOR TO HF 511)
(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 321.52A, subsection 2, Code 2007, is
1 2 amended to read as follows:
1 3 2. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2002, through the
1 4 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006 2007, the treasurer of
1 5 state shall deposit twenty percent of five hundred thousand
1 6 dollars from the moneys received under subsection 1 in the
1 7 waste tire management fund and deposit the remainder in the
1 8 road use tax fund. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007
1 9 2008, and each subsequent fiscal year, the treasurer of state
1 10 shall deposit the entire amount of moneys received under
1 11 subsection 1 in the road use tax fund.
1 12 Sec. 2. Section 455D.11C, subsection 2, Code 2007, is
1 13 amended to read as follows:
1 14 2. Moneys in the waste tire management fund are
1 15 appropriated and shall be used for the following purposes:
1 16 a. Thirty Forty=five percent of the moneys shall be used
1 17 for all of the following positions:
1 18 (1) One and one=quarter full=time equivalent position
1 19 positions for the administration of permits and registrations
1 20 for tire processing, storage, stockpile abatement, and hauling
1 21 activities, and tire program initiatives for administering
1 22 programs and initiatives related to illegal disposal of solid
1 23 waste.
1 24 (2) One and one=half full=time equivalent positions for
1 25 waste tire=related and illegal disposal of solid waste
1 26 compliance checks and inspections. The full=time equivalent
1 27 positions shall be divided equally between the field offices
1 28 in the state.
1 29 b. Ten Fifteen percent of the moneys shall be used for a
1 30 public education and awareness initiative related to the
1 31 proper tire disposal options and environmental and health
1 32 hazards posed by improper tire storage and illegal dumping.
1 33 c. Thirty percent of the moneys shall be used for market
1 34 development initiatives for waste tires.
1 35 d. c. Thirty Forty percent of the moneys shall be used
2 1 for waste tire stockpile abatement initiatives which would
2 2 require a cost=share agreement with the landowner.
2 3 Sec. 3. FUNDING STUDY. The department of natural
2 4 resources shall convene an advisory committee of interested
2 5 parties to determine a sustainable funding source for waste
2 6 tire management activities. By December 1, 2007, the advisory
2 7 committee shall submit recommendations to the general assembly
2 8 and the governor regarding funding sources for waste tire
2 9 management activities.
2 10 Sec. 4. UNENCUMBERED OR UNOBLIGATED MONEYS ==
2 11 APPROPRIATION. On July 1, 2007, any unencumbered or
2 12 unobligated moneys distributed from the waste tire management
2 13 fund pursuant to section 455D.11C, subsection 2, Code 2005,
2 14 during the previous fiscal year shall revert to the waste tire
2 15 management fund and shall be reallocated and appropriated
2 16 pursuant to section 455D.11C, subsection 2, paragraph "a", as
2 17 amended in this Act. At the end of each fiscal year during
2 18 the fiscal period beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June 30,
2 19 2016, any unencumbered or unobligated moneys remaining in the
2 20 waste tire management fund shall remain in the waste tire
2 21 management fund and shall be available for expenditure during
2 22 the succeeding fiscal year pursuant to section 455D.11C,
2 23 subsection 2, as amended in this Act.
2 24 EXPLANATION
2 25 This bill relates to the waste tire management fund.
2 26 Currently, for the fiscal period beginning July 1, 2002,
2 27 and ending June 30, 2007, 20 percent of all $5 surcharges on
2 28 motor vehicle certificates of title are deposited in the waste
2 29 tire management fund with the remaining amount deposited in
2 30 the road use tax fund. Under current law, on and after July
2 31 1, 2007, all surcharge proceeds will be deposited in the road
2 32 use tax fund. The bill provides that for the 2007=2008 fiscal
2 33 year, $500,000 from the $5 surcharges shall be deposited in
2 34 the waste tire management fund, with the remainder to be
2 35 deposited in the road use tax fund.
3 1 The bill changes the allocations of moneys appropriated
3 2 from the waste tire management fund. The bill provides that
3 3 45 percent of the moneys shall be used for one and one=quarter
3 4 full=time equivalent positions for the administration of
3 5 permits and registrations for tire processing, storage,
3 6 stockpile abatement, and hauling activities, and, for
3 7 administering programs and initiatives related to illegal
3 8 disposal of solid waste. The 45 percent is also used for one
3 9 and one=half full=time equivalent positions for waste
3 10 tire=related and illegal disposal of solid waste compliance
3 11 checks and inspections.
3 12 The bill provides that 15 percent of the moneys shall be
3 13 used for a public education and awareness initiative related
3 14 to the proper tire disposal options and environmental and
3 15 health hazards posed by improper tire storage and illegal
3 16 dumping.
3 17 The bill provides that 40 percent of the moneys shall be
3 18 used for waste tire stockpile abatement initiatives which
3 19 would require a cost=share agreement with the landowner.
3 20 The bill eliminates the authority to use a certain
3 21 percentage of the moneys for market development initiatives
3 22 for waste tires.
3 23 The bill provides that on July 1, 2007, any unencumbered or
3 24 unobligated moneys distributed from the waste tire management
3 25 fund during the previous fiscal year shall revert to the waste
3 26 tire management fund and shall be reallocated pursuant to the
3 27 allocations provided in the bill. The bill provides that at
3 28 the end of each fiscal year during the fiscal period beginning
3 29 July 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 2016, any unencumbered or
3 30 unobligated moneys remaining in the waste tire management fund
3 31 shall remain in the waste tire management fund and shall be
3 32 available for expenditure during the succeeding fiscal year.
3 33 The bill requires the department of natural resources to
3 34 convene an advisory committee to determine a sustainable
3 35 funding source for waste tire management activities and to
4 1 report its recommendations by December 1, 2007.
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