HB1463 - Relating to the manufacture, transportation, storage, and disposal of new and scrap tires; authorizing a fee.

  89R5388 CMO-F     By: Jones of Dallas H.B. No. 1463       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the manufacture, transportation, storage, and disposal   of new and scrap tires; authorizing a fee.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  The heading to Section 361.112, Health and   Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:          Sec. 361.112.  STORAGE, TRANSPORTATION, AND DISPOSAL OF USED   OR SCRAP TIRES ; MANUFACTURER TIRE IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION .          SECTION 2.  Section 361.112, Health and Safety Code, is   amended by adding Subsections (g-1), (g-2), (g-3), (g-4), (n), (o),   and (p) to read as follows:           (g-1)     Not later than one month after the date a tire is   manufactured in this state, the manufacturer shall submit to the   commission information that uniquely identifies the tire. The   manufacturer may submit the information on a date later than one   month after the tire manufacture date if the manufacturer requests   a later submission date that is approved by the commission.           (g-2)     A transporter of scrap tires, storage site, or   disposal and storage facility for scrap tires shall electronically   sign and submit a manifest prepared under this section to the   commission on the initial transfer of each shipment of scrap tires   to the transporter, site, or facility.           (g-3)     The commission by rule shall prescribe requirements   for a scrap tire tagging system. A manifest prepared and submitted   under this section must include a reference to the tagging system   and uniquely identify each tire received from a transporter of   scrap tires.           (g-4)     A transporter of scrap tires is liable for each scrap   tire transported to a storage site or disposal facility that is not   registered or permitted under this section. The commissioners   court of the county in which the improper storage or disposal of the   scrap tire occurs may impose a fine on the transporter in an amount   not to exceed $500 per tire.           (n)     The commissioners court of a county in which is located   a generator of scrap tires who uses an unregistered transporter to   transport tires may:                 (1)     impose a fine in an amount not to exceed $500 on   the generator for each scrap tire the unregistered transporter   transports; or                 (2)     suspend or revoke any license or permit to sell   tires the county has issued to the generator.           (o)  The commissioners court of a county may:                 (1)     impose a fee of not more than $5 for each tire   disposal in the county; and                   (2)     transfer 50 cents of the fee imposed under   Subdivision (1) to the commission.           (p)  The commissioners court of a county:                 (1)     shall deposit a fine or fee collected under this   section into an account administered by the county for the purpose   of disposing of, mitigating the effects from disposal of, and   recycling tires; and                 (2)     may use any fines or fees collected under this   section to establish a tire recycling facility in the county.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.