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: 4 TLSB 1400HZ 82 5 tm/sh/8 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, 20062007, the treasurer of 1 5 state shall deposittwenty percent offive 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 1,20071 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.ThirtyForty=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 equivalentposition1 19 positions for the administration of permits and registrations 1 20 for tire processing, storage, stockpile abatement, and hauling 1 21 activities, andtire program initiativesfor 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.TenFifteen 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 33c. Thirty percent of the moneys shall be used for market 1 34 development initiatives for waste tires.1 35d.c.ThirtyForty 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. 4 2 LSB 1400HZ 82 4 3 tm:rj/sh/8