Oklahoma 2022 Regular Session

Oklahoma Senate Bill SB501 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/20/2021

                             
 
 
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STATE OF OKLAHOMA 
 
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021) 
 
SENATE BILL 501 	By: Boren 
 
 
 
 
 
AS INTRODUCED 
 
An Act relating to environment and natural resources; 
amending 27A O.S. 2011, Section 2 -11-401.2, as last 
amended by Section 2, Chapt er 336, O.S.L. 2019 (27A 
O.S. Supp. 2020, Section 2 -11-401.2), which relates 
to used tire recycling fees; modifying fee schedule 
for certain tires; providing for biennial increase of 
certain fees; amending 27A O.S. 2011, Sectio n 2-11-
401.4, as last amended by Section 3, Chapter 336, 
O.S.L. 2019 (27A O.S. Supp. 20 20, Section 2-11-
401.4), which relates to the allocation of the U sed 
Tire Recycling Indemnity Fund; modifying certain fee 
amount; modifying allocation of mon ies from certain 
fund; and providing an effective date. 
 
 
 
 
 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: 
SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY     27A O.S. 2011, Section 2 -11-401.2, 
as last amended by Section 2, Chapter 336, O.S.L. 2019 (27A O.S. 
Supp. 2020, Section 2 -11-401.2), is amended to read as follows: 
A.  1.  Except as otherwise provided by this section, the 
following assessments shall be made for tires for use on vehicles: 
a. at the time any tire: 
(1) for an automobile as defined in the Oklahoma Used 
Tire Recycling Act or a tire with a rim diameter   
 
 
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of less than or equal to nineteen and one -half 
(19 1/2) inches is sold by a tire dealer, there 
shall be assessed a used tire recycling fee of 
Two Dollars and ninety cents ($2.90) Three 
Dollars ($3.00) per tire, 
(2) for vehicles other than automobiles as defined by 
the Oklahoma Used Tire Recycling Act with a rim 
diameter greater than nineteen and one -half (19 
1/2) inches and a tread width of twelve (12) 
inches or less is sold by a tire dealer, there 
shall be assessed a used tire recycling fee of 
Five Dollars and fifty cents ($5.5 0) Five Dollars 
and seventy-five cents per tire, 
(3) with a rim diameter greater than nineteen and 
one-half (19 1/2) inches and a tread width of 
greater than twelve (12) inches is sold by a tire 
dealer, there shall be assessed a used tire 
recycling fee of Ten Dollars ($10.00) Ten Dollars 
and fifty cents ($10.50) per tire, and 
(4) is sold by a tire dealer for use on a motorcycle 
or motor-driven cycle, there shall be assessed a 
used tire recycling fee o f One Dollar ($1.00) Two 
Dollars ($2.00) per tire,   
 
 
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b. at any time an automobile as defined by the Oklahoma 
Used Tire Recycling Act o r a motor vehicle with a tire 
rim diameter of less than or equal to nineteen and 
one-half (19 1/2) inches is first registere d in this 
state, there shall be assessed a used tire recycling 
fee of Two Dollars and ninety cents ($2.90) Three 
Dollars ($3.00) per tire, except as otherwise provided 
by subparagraphs e and f of this paragraph, 
c. at any time a vehicle other than an autom obile as 
defined by the Oklahoma Used Tire Recycling Act with a 
tire rim diameter of greater than nineteen and one -
half (19 1/2) inches is first registered in this 
state, there shall be assessed a used tire recycling 
fee of Five Dollars and fifty cents ($5 .50) Five 
Dollars and seventy-five cents per tire, except as 
otherwise provided by subparagraphs e, f and g of th is 
paragraph, 
d. at any time a trailer or semitrailer with a tire rim 
diameter of less than or equal to nineteen and one -
half (19 1/2) inches i s first titled in this state, 
there shall be assessed a used tire recycling fee of 
Two Dollars and ninety cents ($2.90) Three Dollars 
($3.00) per tire,   
 
 
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e. at any time a motorcycle or motor -driven cycle is 
first registered in this state, there shall be 
assessed a used tire recycling fee of One Dollar 
($1.00) Two Dollars ($2.00) per tire, 
f. at the time a motor vehicle is first titled in this 
state, to be registered under the provisions of 
Section 1120 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes, 
there shall be assessed a used tire recycling fee of 
Seven Dollars ($7.00) Nine Dollars ($9.00), and 
g. at the time a trailer or semitrailer is first titled 
in this state, to be registered under the provisions 
of Section 1133 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes, 
there shall be assessed a used tire recycling fee of 
Five Dollars ($5.00) Seven Dollars ($7.00) . 
2.  No fee shall be assessed by a tire dealer for reusable tires 
or retreaded tires for which the tire dealer ca n document that the 
recycling fee has been previously paid . 
3.  All-terrain vehicles and off -road motorcycles registered 
pursuant to the prov isions of Section 1132 of Title 47 of the 
Oklahoma Statutes shall be exempt from the provisions of this 
section. 
B. 1.  For tires used on implements of husbandry and 
agricultural equipment with a rim diameter of less than or equal to 
nineteen and one-half (19 1/2) inches and that are less than thirty   
 
 
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(30) inches in total diameter, there shall be assessed a used tire 
recycling fee of Two Dollars and ninety cents ($2.90) Three Dollars 
($3.00) per tire. 
2.  For tires used on implements of husbandry and agricu ltural 
equipment with a rim diameter of greater than nineteen and one -half 
(19 1/2) inches and that are less than th irty (30) inches in t otal 
diameter, there shall be assess ed a used tire recycling fee of Five 
Dollars and fifty cents ($5.5 0) Five Dollars and seventy-five cents 
($5.75) per tire. 
3.  For tires used on implements of husbandry and agricultural 
equipment that are greater than thirty (30) inches in total diameter 
and less than or equal to forty -four (44) inches in total diameter, 
there shall be assessed a used tire recycling fee of Eight Dollars 
($8.00) Eleven Dollars ($11.00) per tire.  No fee shall be assessed 
by a tire dealer if th e customer retains the used agri cultural tire 
for use on a farm or ranch.  The customer may return the used tire 
to the tire dealer at a la ter date and shall be assessed the proper 
fee. 
4.  For tires used on implements of husbandry and agricultural 
equipment that are greater than forty -four (44) inches in total 
diameter and less than or equal to seventy -two (72) inches in total 
diameter and not more than thirty (30) inches wide, there shall be 
assessed a used tire recycling fee of Sixteen Dollars ($16.00) 
Eighteen Dollars ($18.00) per tire. No fee shall be assessed by a   
 
 
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tire dealer if the custo mer retains the used agricultural tire for 
use on a farm or ranch.  The cus tomer may return the used tire to 
the tire dealer at a later date and shall be assessed the proper 
fee. 
5.  A tire dealer may pay the assessed fee for any used 
agricultural tire in current inventory and include that tire in the 
used tire recycling program. 
C.  1.  The tire dealer and motor license agent shall remit such 
fee to the Oklahoma Tax Commission in the same mann er as provided by 
Section 1365 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statu tes. 
2.  Except as otherwise provided by this section, the tire 
dealer shall remit to the Tax Commission ninety-seven and three-
quarters percent (97.75%) of the fee due pursuant to this sectio n at 
the time of filing any report as required by the Tax Commission. 
3.  Motor license agents shall remit ninety percent (90%) of the 
fee assessed on each vehicle registered. 
4.  Failure to remit the fee at the time of filing the returns 
shall cause the fee to become delinquent.  If the fee becomes 
delinquent the tire dealer or motor license agent forfeits any claim 
to the discount authorize d by this section and shall remit to the 
Tax Commission one hundred percent (100%) of the amount of the fee 
due plus any penalty due. 
D.  If the fee imposed or levied by subsection A of this 
section, or any part of such amount, is not paid before the fee   
 
 
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becomes delinquent, there shall be collected on the total delinquent 
fee interest at the rate of one and one -quarter percent (1 1/4%) per 
month from the date of the delinquency until paid. 
E.  If any fee due under subsection A of this section, or any 
part thereof, is not paid within fifteen (15) days after the fee 
becomes delinquent, a penalty of ten percent (10%) on the total 
amount of fee due and delinquent shall be added and paid. 
F.  All penalties or interest imposed by this section shall be 
recoverable by the Tax Commission as a part of the fee imposed and 
all penalties and interest shall be apportioned the same as th e fee 
on which the penalties or interest are collected. 
G.  All fees collected pursuant to subsections A and B of this 
section shall increase by four percent (4%) every other year 
beginning on the effective date of this act. 
SECTION 2.     AMENDATORY    27A O.S. 2011, Section 2 -11-401.4, 
as last amended by Section 3, Chapter 336, O.S.L. 2019 (27A O.S. 
Supp. 2020, Section 2 -11-401.4), is amended to read as follows: 
A.  Compensation to used tire facilities and tire -derived fuel 
or TDF facilities pursuant to this section shall be limited to 
facilities located in Okl ahoma.  Compensation for used tire 
activities pursuant to this section shall be limited to used tires 
from Oklahoma.  A used tire recycling facility or tire -derived fuel 
or TDF facility may transport and deliver used tires collected from 
Oklahoma to an out-of-state used tire recycling facility or TDF   
 
 
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facility but shall not be eligible for compensation from the Used 
Tire Recycling Indemnity Fund for those used tires.  To be eligible, 
applicants for compensation shall be in compliance with the Oklahoma 
Used Tire Recycling Act. 
B.  The monies accruing annually to the Used Tire Recycling 
Indemnity Fund shall be allocated first to the Department of 
Environmental Quality Revolving Fund, to be us ed for implementing 
applicable requirements related to the control of mobile and area 
sources of air emissions, for monitoring and mo deling the impacts on 
Oklahoma of air pollution from other states, for implementing and 
enforcing other applicable air poll ution control requirements or for 
other environmental programs or proj ects.  The amount of money 
allocated for this purpose shall be twenty-four and one-tenth 
percent (24.1%) of the funds produced by the two-dollar-and-ninety-
cent three-dollar per tire fee assessed pursuant to division (1) of 
subparagraph a of paragraph 1 of subsection A of Section 2-11-401.2 
of this title and subparagr aph b of paragraph 1 of subsection A of 
Section 2-11-401.2 of this title; provided, in no event shall the 
amount allocated annually exceed the 3-year average of the total 
fiscal year amounts al located in fiscal years 2015, 2016 and 2017 
and any amount in excess of the 3-year average shall be placed to 
the credit of the General Revenue Fund.  After this allocation is 
deducted, the balance of the monies shall be allocated as follows:   
 
 
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1.  Two and one-fourth percent (2.25%), not to exceed Twenty 
Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00) per month, to the Oklahoma Tax 
Commission and five and three -fourths percent (5.75%), not to exceed 
Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) per month, to the Department of 
Environmental Quality for the purpose of administering the 
requirements of the Oklahoma Used Tire Recycling Act; provided, in 
no event shall either of the amounts allocated annually pursuant to 
this paragraph exceed the 3-year average of the total fiscal year 
amounts allocated in fiscal years 2015, 2016 and 2017 and any amount 
in excess of the 3-year average shall be placed to the credit of the 
Used Tire Recycling Indemnity Fund; and 
2. Four percent (4%) per month to the State Treasury for 
deposit into the County Improvements for Roads and Br idges Fund, 
Section 507 of Title 69; and 
3.  An amount not to exceed Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) 
per audit to the Sta te Auditor and Inspector for the purpose of 
conducting audits of the Oklahoma Used Tire Recycling Program 
pursuant to Section 2 -11-401.6 of this title. 
C.  After the allocations under subsection B of this section are 
made, the balance of monies in the Fund shall be available for 
compensation pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Used Tire 
Recycling Act as follows: 
1.  Compensation to used tire facilities for used t ire 
processing, at the rate of Fifty -four Dollars ($54.00) per ton of   
 
 
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processed tire material.  For compensation the following conditions 
shall apply: 
a. facilities that process used tires by altering the 
form of the used tires but do not produce tire -derived 
product shall not receive compensation until the 
facility documents the sale and move ment of the 
processed used tire material off-site to a third 
party, 
b. facilities shall report and certify used tire 
processing activity in terms of weight.  The facil ity 
shall by sworn affidavit provide to the Department 
sufficient information to verify t hat the facility has 
processed used tires and sold processed used tires for 
actual recycling or reuse in accordance with the 
purposes of the Oklahoma Used Tire Recycli ng Act, and 
c. to be eligible for compensation, a facility shall not 
have accumulated mor e processed material than the 
amount for which the facility has provided financial 
assurance under its solid waste permit or the amount 
accumulated from three (3) year s of operation, 
whichever is less; 
2. a. Compensation to used tire recycling facilities o r TDF 
facilities at the rate of Fifty-three Dollars ($53.00) 
per ton of whole used tires for the collection and   
 
 
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transportation of used tires from Oklahoma tire 
dealers, automotive dismantlers and parts recyclers, 
solid waste landfill sites, and dumps certi fied by the 
Department priority cleanup list, and delivering the 
tires to a used tire recycling facility or TDF 
facility.  The collection and transportation of used 
tires shall be provided by the used tire recycling 
facility or TDF facility at no additiona l cost to the 
tire dealer or automotive dismantler and parts 
recycler or to the Fund.  The used tire recycling 
facility or TDF facility shall collect from any 
location at which there are at least three hundred 
used tires. 
b. Compensation under this paragra ph shall not be payable 
until the used tires have been actually processed 
according to the solid waste permit for the facility 
or actually used for energy or fuel reco very.  A TDF 
facility that collects and transports whole used tires 
shall be eligible for compensation under this 
paragraph only for those whole used tires consumed by 
that facility. 
c. No tire dealer shall charge any customer any 
additional fee for the ma nagement, recycling, or 
disposal of any used tire upon which the used tire   
 
 
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recycling fee has been remitted to the Tax Commission.  
For customers who choose not to leave a used tire upon 
which the used tire recycling fee has been remitted to 
the Tax Commission, the tire dealer shall issue a 
receipt which entitles the customer to deliver the 
used tire to the dealer at a later date. 
d. To be eligible for compensation pursuant to this 
paragraph, the used tire recycling facility or TDF 
facility shall: 
(1) demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Department 
that the facility is regularly engaged in the 
collection, transportation and delivery of used 
tires to a used tire recycling facility or to a 
TDF facility, on a statewide basis, and from each 
county of the state, 
(2) provide documentation to the Department, signed 
by a dealer at the time of collectio n, which 
certifies remittance of appropriate fees to the 
Oklahoma Tax Commission as a participating tire 
dealer pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma 
Used Tire Recycling Act, and 
(3) annually demonstrate that at least three to six 
percent (3-6%) of the tires were collected from 
tire dumps or landfills on the Department   
 
 
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priority cleanup list or community -wide cleanup 
events approved by the Department.  The 
Department is authorized to determine 
periodically the applicable percentage within the 
specified range set forth in this division based 
on the number of tires remaining in illegal dumps 
and available funding. 
e. In lieu of proof of remitted tire recycling fees, th e 
used tire recycling facility or TDF facility shall 
accept proof of purchase of a salvag e vehicle 
registered in Oklahoma by an automotive dismantler and 
parts recycler, licensed pursuant to the Automotive 
Dismantlers and Parts Recycler Act, for the collec tion 
and transportation of up to five used tires per 
salvage vehicle purchased on or afte r January 1, 1996; 
3. a. Compensation to a unit of local or county government 
that submits to the Department for approval a plan for 
the use of baled used tires in an engineering project.  
Compensation shall be at the rate of fifty cents 
($0.50) per tire. 
b. The plan shall be approved by the Department before 
construction of the project begins. 
c. Any unit of local or county government baling used 
tires shall not accumu late more than fifty used tire   
 
 
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bales prior to beginning construction of an approved 
project. 
d. Used tires baled pursuant to this paragraph cannot be 
obtained from tire manufacturers, retailers, 
wholesalers, retreaders, or automotive dismantlers and 
parts recyclers. 
e. Any unit of local or county government authorized to 
receive reimbursement for the use of baled used tires 
in an engineering project shall report and certify 
whole used tires by number.  The governmental unit 
shall by sworn affidavit provide sufficient 
information to the Department to verify that the unit 
has utilized the tires i n accordance with the purposes 
of the Oklahoma Used Tire Recycling Act; and 
4.  If the Fund contains insufficient funds in any month to 
satisfy the eligible reimbursem ents under this subsection, the 
Department shall determine the apportionment of payments to be made 
among the qualified applicants under this subsection according to 
the percentage of used tires processed, collected and transported, 
or utilized. 
D.  1.  After the allocations under subsections B and C of this 
section are made, any remaining mon ies in the Fund shall be 
available for TDF facilities and used tire recycling facilities that 
produce tire-derived product for compensation at the rate of Twenty -  
 
 
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nine Dollars ($29.00) per ton of processed or used tires utilized 
for energy or fuel recovery or the production of tire-derived 
product. 
2.  The production of tire-derived product shall be considered a 
compensable event separate from and in addition to any comp ensation 
for used tire processing under subsection C of this section. 
3.  TDF facilities and used tire recycling facilities authorized 
to receive reimbursement under this subsection shall report and 
certify tire material used by weight. 
4.  The facilities shall by sworn affidavit provide to the 
Department sufficient information to verify that the facility has 
used the tires in accordance with the purposes of the Oklahoma Used 
Tire Recycling Act. 
5.  If the Fund contains insufficient funds in any month to 
satisfy the eligible reimbursements under this subsection, the 
Department shall determine t he apportionment of payments to be made 
among the qualified applicants according to the percentage of used 
tires intended for energy or fuel recovery or the production of 
tire-derived product. 
E.  1.  After the allocations under subsections B, C and D of 
this section are made, any remaining monies in the Fund shall be 
available for capital investment reimbursement to used tire 
facilities and TDF facilities for the purch ase of equipment 
necessary to utilize used tires.  Only equipment purchased on or   
 
 
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after January 1, 1995, shall be eligible. The facilities are 
eligible for compensation at a rate of Twenty Dollars ($20.00) per 
ton of used tires used.  Total reimbursement shall not exceed one 
hundred percent (100%) of the capital investment in eligible 
equipment.  The facilities may apply for compensation monthly to the 
Department of Environmental Quality and shall supply any information 
required by the Department. 
2.  If the Fund contains insufficient funds in any month to 
satisfy the eligible reimbursements u nder this subsection, the 
Department shall determine the apportionment of payments to be made 
among the qualified applicants. 
F.  Subject to subsection G of this secti on, after the 
allocations under subsections B, C, D and E of this section are 
made, any remaining monies in the Fund, excluding monies collected 
pursuant to paragraphs 3 and 4 of subsection B of Section 2 -11-401.2 
of this title, shall be disbursed as follo ws: 
1.  Additional compensation to used tire recycling facilities or 
TDF facilities for t he remediation of dumps certified by the 
Department and delivering the tires to a used tire recycling 
facility or a TDF facility.  The Department shall determine 
additional compensation made to qualified applicants under this 
subsection based on cleanup fe asibility of the dump.  The Board 
shall promulgate rules establishing unit costs for compensation 
based on the remediation feasibility of the tire dumps.  The   
 
 
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Department may solicit bids for the remediation of tire dumps if no 
used tire recycling facilitie s or TDF facilities agree to remediate 
a priority tire dump authorized by the Department or if the 
Department determines the qualified applicant has not remediated the 
tires in the tire dump to meet reference conditions of comparable 
property in the immedi ate area; and 
2.  Reimbursement to the Department of Environmental Quality for 
necessary costs associated with remediation or other necessary 
actions at sites at which used tires or other wastes incidental to 
the used tires present a threat to human health or environment, or 
for projects to increase market demand for products made from 
Oklahoma used tires.  The Solid Waste Management Advisory Council 
shall recommend and the Environmental Quality Board shall adopt 
rules governing the types of market developm ent projects that may 
qualify for reimbursement.  To the extent possible, the rules shall 
favor and the Department shall prioritize projects with the greatest 
potential to benefit schools, communities and local governments.  
Upon its receipt of documentati on from the Department showing 
expenditures relating to the remediation of such sites or market 
development projects, the Tax Commission shall reimburse the 
Department for its documented expenditures. 
G.  Accrued funding for the purposes specified in subse ction F 
of this section shall not exceed Five Hundred Thousand Dollars 
($500,000.00).  Once Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) is   
 
 
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reached, any additional fu nds shall be distributed as additional 
compensation under paragraph 1 of subsection C of th is section. 
H.  1.  Used tire recycling facilities and TDF facilities that 
collect, transport and process tires used on implements of husbandry 
and agricultural equi pment that are greater than thirty (30) inches 
in total diameter and less than or equal to forty-four (44) inches 
in total diameter shall be eligible for compensation at a rate of 
Eight Dollars ($8.00) per tire. 
a. Collection, transportation and processing of tires 
under this paragraph shall be considered a compensable 
event separate from and in addition to any 
compensation under subsection C of this section. 
b. Used tire recycling facilities and TDF facilities 
authorized to receive reimbursement under this 
paragraph shall report and certify the number of tires 
collected and transported. 
2.  Used tire recycling facilities and TDF facilities that 
collect, transport and process tires used on implements of husbandry 
and agricultural equipment that are greater t han forty-four (44) 
inches in total diameter and less than or equal to seventy -two (72) 
inches in total diameter and not more than thirty (30) inches wide, 
shall be eligible for compensation at the rate of Sixteen Dollars 
($16.00) per tire.   
 
 
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a. Collection, transportation and processing of tires 
under this paragraph shall be considered a compensab le 
event separate from and in addition to any 
compensation under subsection C of this section. 
b. Used tire recycling facilities and TDF facilities 
authorized to receive reimbursement under this 
paragraph shall report and certify the number of tires 
collected and transported. 
I.  Used tire recycling facilities, TDF facilities, or persons, 
corporations or other legal entities authorized by the provisions of 
the Oklahoma Used Tire Recycling Act to receive reimbursement shall 
demonstrate that the facilities or legal entities have successfully 
complied with the requirements of the Oklahoma Used Tire Recycling 
Act through the filing of appropriate applications, reports , and 
other documentation that may be required by the Tax Commission and 
the Department. 
SECTION 3.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2021. 
 
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