HLS 15RS-1260 ORIGINAL
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 479
BY REPRESENTATIVE ARMES
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
ENVIRONMENT/WASTE TIRES: Provides for fees levied on the sale of tires for
recycling
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 30:2418(I)(1) and (2), relative to waste tires; to provide for the
3 fees collected at the sale of tires; to provide for payments to processors from the fees
4 collected; and to provide for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 30:2418(I)(1) and (2) are hereby amended and reenacted to read as
7follows:
8 §2418. Waste tires
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10 I.(1) The fee on tires authorized to be levied pursuant to R.S. 30:2413(A)(8)
11 shall not exceed two three dollars per passenger/light truck/small farm service tire,
12 five seven dollars and fifty cents per medium truck tire, and ten dollars per off-road
13 tire. The secretary may provide for exemptions from the fees levied on the sale of
14 tires pursuant to this Chapter in the regulations provided for in Subsection H of this
15 Section for the sale of tires sold at wholesale and certain tires which are de minimis
16 in nature, including but not limited to lawn mower tires, bicycle tires, and golf cart
17 tires. After June 1, 2004, the secretary may provide for the exemption of certain tire
18 sales from the fee which tires were not previously exempted only through the
19 department's rulemaking authority, including legislative oversight as provided in
20 R.S. 30:2413(A)(8).
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HB NO. 479
1 (2) A permitted waste tire processing facility shall be paid a minimum of
2 seven and a half nine cents per pound of waste tire material that is recycled or that
3 reaches end market uses or per pound of whole waste tires that are recycled or that
4 reaches end market uses. This payment shall be made to the facility on or before the
5 twelfth day of the month following the submission of the request for payment and
6 shall be conditioned on the facility providing to the department any documentation,
7 including but not limited to manifests, statements, or certified scale-weight tickets,
8 required by law or by rules and regulations promulgated by the department.
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 479 Original 2015 Regular Session Armes
Abstract: Increases the fees collected at the sale of certain tires and increases the
reimbursement to the waste tire processors.
Present law provides that $2 per passenger/light truck tire, $5 per medium truck tire, and $10
per off-road tire be collected for every tire sold. Specifies that these fees are deposited into
the Waste Tire Management Fund which is used to operate the waste tire program in the
Dept. of Environmental Quality (DEQ). One aspect of that program is to reimburse waste
tire processors from the fund for scrapping waste tires generated within the state.
Proposed law changes the fee on a passenger/light truck tire from $2 to $3 and the fee on a
medium truck tire from $5 to $7.50.
Present law authorizes the secretary to provide for fee exemptions for certain tires. Proposed
law retains present law.
Present law requires a permitted waste tire processing facility to be paid a minimum of .075¢
per pound of waste tire material that is recycled or that reaches end market uses or per pound
of whole waste tires that are recycled or reaches end market uses.
Proposed law changes the minimum payment from .075¢ to 9¢.
(Amends R.S. 30:2418(I)(1) and (2))
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