HCS HB 192 -- WASTE TIRES

SPONSOR:  Hobbs (Sander)

COMMITTEE ACTION:  Voted "do pass" by the Committee on
Conservation and Natural Resources by a vote of 12 to 0.

The waste tire fee expired on January 1, 2004.  This substitute
reimposes the fee until January 1, 2010.

The Department of Natural Resources must give preference to
contract bids for waste tire cleanups from vendors that are
Missouri residents, employ Missouri workers, or use the tires for
fuel or to manufacture a useful produce.  The department may
consider prior performance in the awarding of the contract.  A
vendor will not be given a preference for a bid to fill a
landfill with waste tires, waste tire chips, or waste tire
shreds, including landfill cover.

The collection fee retained by the Department of Revenue is
reduced from 4% to 2%.

The substitute contains an emergency clause.

FISCAL NOTE:  No impact on General Revenue Fund in FY 2006, FY
2007, and FY 2008.  Estimated Income on Other State Funds of
$1,730,087 in FY 2006, $2,076,104 in FY 2007, and $2,076,104 in
FY 2008.

PROPONENTS:  Supporters say that there are many environmental and
health concerns as a result of waste tire pileups.  Waste tire
dumps are a nuisance and diminish air and water quality.  The
bill requires that there is a preference for Missouri vendors for
the disposal of tires to ensure that it be done in an
environmentally friendly way.

Testifying for the bill were Representative Sander; Sierra Club;
Missouri Park and Recreation Association; Missouri Farm Bureau;
Conservation Federation of Missouri; Missouri Parks Association;
Missouri Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts;
Missouri Forestry Products Association; AFS, Incorporated;
Missouri Tire Industry Association; and Department of Natural
Resources.

OPPONENTS:  There was no opposition voiced to the committee.

Kristina Jenkins, Legislative Analyst

Missouri House of Representatives
93rd General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
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