House Study Bill 82
SENATE/HOUSE FILE
BY (PROPOSED DEPARTMENT OF
NATURAL RESOURCES BILL)
Passed Senate, Date Passed House, 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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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 period beginning July 1, 2002 2007,
1 4 through the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006 and ending June
1 5 30, 2016, the treasurer of state shall deposit each fiscal
1 6 year twenty percent of the moneys received under subsection 1
1 7 in the waste tire management fund created in section 455D.11C
1 8 and deposit the remainder in the road use tax fund. For the
1 9 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007 2016, and each subsequent
1 10 fiscal year, the treasurer of state shall deposit the entire
1 11 amount of moneys received under subsection 1 in the road use
1 12 tax fund.
1 13 Sec. 2. Section 455D.11C, subsection 2, Code 2007, is
1 14 amended to read as follows:
1 15 2. Moneys in the waste tire management fund are
1 16 appropriated and shall be used for the following purposes:
1 17 a. Thirty Forty=five percent of the moneys shall be used
1 18 for all of the following positions:
1 19 (1) One Two and one=quarter full=time equivalent position
1 20 positions for the administration of permits and registrations
1 21 for tire processing, storage, stockpile abatement, and hauling
1 22 activities, and tire program initiatives for administering
1 23 programs and initiatives related to automotive switches
1 24 containing mercury, automotive=related wastes, and illegal
1 25 disposal of solid waste.
1 26 (2) One and one=half Two full=time equivalent positions
1 27 for waste tire=related, other automotive=related waste, and
1 28 illegal disposal of solid waste compliance checks and
1 29 inspections. The full=time equivalent positions shall be
1 30 divided equally between the field offices in the state.
1 31 b. Ten Five percent of the moneys shall be used for a
1 32 public education and awareness initiative related to the
1 33 proper tire disposal options and environmental and health
1 34 hazards posed by improper tire storage and disposal of other
1 35 automotive=related wastes including automotive switches
2 1 containing mercury, and to establish an outreach and
2 2 compliance assistance effort that promotes best management
2 3 practices for automotive salvage operations.
2 4 c. Thirty Twenty percent of the moneys shall be used for
2 5 market development initiatives for waste tires implementing a
2 6 public education and awareness initiative related to
2 7 preventing littering and illegal dumping, and an outreach
2 8 program directed at local governments to assist in
2 9 establishing individual or joint illegal dumping prevention
2 10 and enforcement programs.
2 11 d. Thirty percent of the moneys shall be used for waste
2 12 tire stockpile abatement initiatives which would require a
2 13 cost=share agreement with the landowner.
2 14 Sec. 3. UNENCUMBERED OR UNOBLIGATED MONEYS ==
2 15 APPROPRIATION. On July 1, 2007, any unencumbered or
2 16 unobligated moneys distributed from the waste tire management
2 17 fund pursuant to section 455D.11C, subsection 2, Code 2005,
2 18 during the previous fiscal year shall revert to the waste tire
2 19 management fund and shall be reallocated and appropriated
2 20 pursuant to section 455D.11C, subsection 2, paragraph "a", as
2 21 amended in this Act. At the end of each fiscal year during
2 22 the fiscal period beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June 30,
2 23 2016, any unencumbered or unobligated moneys remaining in the
2 24 waste tire management fund shall remain in the waste tire
2 25 management fund and shall be available for expenditure during
2 26 the succeeding fiscal year pursuant to section 455D.11C,
2 27 subsection 2, as amended in this Act.
2 28 EXPLANATION
2 29 This bill relates to the waste tire management fund.
2 30 Currently, for the fiscal period beginning July 1, 2002,
2 31 and ending June 30, 2007, 20 percent of all $5 surcharges on
2 32 motor vehicle certificates of title are deposited in the waste
2 33 tire management fund with the remaining amount deposited in
2 34 the road use tax fund. On and after July 1, 2007, all
2 35 surcharge proceeds will be deposited in the road use tax fund.
3 1 The bill extends the period of time that 20 percent of the
3 2 surcharge is deposited in the waste tire management fund to
3 3 June 30, 2016.
3 4 The bill changes the allocations of moneys appropriated
3 5 from the waste tire management fund.
3 6 The bill provides that 45 percent of the moneys shall be
3 7 used for two and one=quarter full=time equivalent positions
3 8 for the administration of permits and registrations for tire
3 9 processing, storage, stockpile abatement, and hauling
3 10 activities, and, for administering programs and initiatives
3 11 related to automotive switches containing mercury,
3 12 automotive=related wastes, and illegal disposal of solid
3 13 waste. The 45 percent is also used for two full=time
3 14 equivalent positions for waste tire=related, other
3 15 automotive=related waste, and illegal disposal of solid waste
3 16 compliance checks and inspections.
3 17 The bill provides that 5 percent of the moneys shall be
3 18 used for a public education and awareness initiative related
3 19 to the proper tire disposal options and environmental and
3 20 health hazards posed by improper tire storage and disposal of
3 21 other automotive=related wastes including automotive switches
3 22 containing mercury, and to establish an outreach and
3 23 compliance assistance effort that promotes best management
3 24 practices for automotive salvage operations.
3 25 The bill provides that 20 percent of the moneys shall be
3 26 used for implementing a public education and awareness
3 27 initiative related to preventing littering and illegal
3 28 dumping, and an outreach program directed at local governments
3 29 to assist in establishing individual or joint illegal dumping
3 30 prevention and enforcement programs.
3 31 The bill provides that 30 percent of the moneys shall be
3 32 used for waste tire stockpile abatement initiatives which
3 33 would require a cost=share agreement with the landowner.
3 34 The bill provides that on July 1, 2007, any unencumbered or
3 35 unobligated moneys distributed from the waste tire management
4 1 fund during the previous fiscal year shall revert to the waste
4 2 tire management fund and shall be reallocated pursuant to the
4 3 allocations provided in the bill. The bill provides that at
4 4 the end of each fiscal year during the fiscal period beginning
4 5 July 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 2016, any unencumbered or
4 6 unobligated moneys remaining in the waste tire management fund
4 7 shall remain in the waste tire management fund and shall be
4 8 available for expenditure during the succeeding fiscal year.
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