Senate Bill 1393 - Waste Tire Recycling Summary

• Imposes a $1.00 per tire recycling fee on all new motor vehicle tires sold at retail, effective until July 1, 2029, with the fee collected by retailers and remitted to the state tax commission.

• Establishes a waste tire recycling fund administered by the Department of Environmental Quality, funded by recycling fees, penalties, interest, and recovered moneys, with priority use for cleanup of illegal storage sites, partial reimbursement to recyclers, and department administration costs.

• Provides partial reimbursement to recyclers of $65 per ton for ground rubber with sales contracts, $50 per ton for other recycled materials, and $20 per ton for ground rubber used beneficially.

• Requires county and city permitting or written authorization for all waste tire storage sites, with minimum $2.50 per tire financial assurance bonds and compliance deadlines of October 1, 2003 for existing sites and July 1, 2005 for Magic Valley sites.

• Mandates annual reporting to the legislature on tires recycled, storage sites remediated, expenditures on cleanup and recycling, and reimbursement amounts paid to recyclers.