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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5017
January Session, 2025
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Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
(ENV)
AN ACT CONCERNING PARTICIPATION IN THE TIRE STEWARDSHIP
PROGRAM BY TIRE RETAILERS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsections (b) and (c) of section 22a-905i of the general 1
statutes are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof 2
(Effective from passage): 3
(b) On or before January 1, 2025, each producer, or such producer's 4
designee, shall join a tire stewardship organization and such 5
organization shall submit a plan, for the Commissioner of Energy and 6
Environmental Protection's approval, to establish a state-wide tire 7
stewardship program, as described in this subsection. [Any retailer may 8
participate in any such tire stewardship organization.] On or before 9
January 1, 2026, each retailer shall participate in a tire stewardship 10
organization. Such tire stewardship program shall, to the extent it is 11
technologically feasible and economically practical: (1) Establish and 12
manage a state-wide collection system utilizing covered entities; (2) 13
provide access to the collection system to the public, free of charge, for 14
the drop-off of discarded tires; (3) ensure discarded tires are picked up 15
from the collection system and transported for recycling; (4) ensure all 16
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discarded tires collected in the collection system are resold or recycled; 17
(5) provide suitable storage containers for tires, as required, throughout 18
the collection system; (6) implement public promotion and education 19
about the program; (7) assist in market development, as needed, to 20
achieve performance goals; (8) finance all program activities solely 21
through producer funding; and (9) ensure that all collectors and 22
processors are qualified to perform their respective functions pursuant 23
to such program and are in substantial compliance with the laws and 24
regulations of any state in which such collector or processor operates, 25
including, but not limited to, any financial assurance and closure plan 26
requirements. 27
(c) Any plan submitted pursuant to subsection (b) of this section shall: 28
(1) Identify each producer participating in the program and on and after 29
January 1, 2026, identify each retailer participating in the program; (2) 30
describe how the program will be financed; (3) establish performance 31
goals for the first two years of the program; (4) describe the industry 32
transition timeline that is required to achieve such performance goals 33
and how the plan will, to the greatest extent economically feasible, 34
utilize existing service providers and infrastructure in the state; (5) 35
identify proposed facilities to be used by the program in the collection 36
system and discarded tire transportation and recycling activities; (6) 37
detail how the program follows the solid waste hierarchy, as defined in 38
the state-wide solid waste management plan established pursuant to 39
section 22a-228, and will promote the recycling of discarded tires to 40
higher value products and sustainability; and (7) include a description 41
of the public education program that will be used to promote consumer 42
knowledge of such program. 43
Sec. 2. Subsection (l) of section 22a-905i of the general statutes is 44
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 45
passage): 46
(l) Any producer, retailer and tire stewardship organization shall be 47
immune from liability for any claim of a violation of antitrust law or 48
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unfair trade practice, if such conduct is a violation of antitrust law, to 49
the extent such producer or tire stewardship organization is exercising 50
authority pursuant to the provisions of this section. 51
Sec. 3. Subsection (r) of section 22a-905i of the general statutes is 52
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 53
passage): 54
(r) Any producer who fails to participate in a tire stewardship 55
program authorized pursuant to this section shall not supply tires in this 56
state. On and after January 1, 2026, any retailer who fails to participate 57
in a tire stewardship program authorized pursuant to this section shall 58
not supply tires in this state. 59
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage 22a-905i(b) and (c)
Sec. 2 from passage 22a-905i(l)
Sec. 3 from passage 22a-905i(r)
Statement of Purpose:
To require tire retailers to participate in the tire stewardship program.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
underlined.]
Co-Sponsors: REP. GRESKO, 121st Dist.
H.B. 5017