85R3509 SLB-D
By: González of El Paso H.B. No. 489
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the creation of a waste tire dumping enforcement grant
program; authorizing a fee.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 361, Health and Safety Code, is amended
by adding Subchapter P to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER P. WASTE TIRE DUMPING ENFORCEMENT GRANT PROGRAM
Sec. 361.471. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter, "used tire"
means a tire that:
(1) has been used as a tire on a vehicle; and
(2) can still be used for its original intended
purpose.
Sec. 361.472. COLLECTION OF FEE ON SALE OF TIRE. (a) A
seller shall collect a fee in an amount to be determined by the
commission on the sale of each new or used tire.
(b) On a schedule determined by the commission, a seller
shall remit fees collected under Subsection (a) to the comptroller
for deposit into an account in the general revenue fund to be used
to fund the grant program under Section 361.473.
Sec. 361.473. GRANT PROGRAM. The commission shall develop
and implement a program to provide grants to local law enforcement
agencies to assist those agencies in the enforcement of laws
related to the illegal dumping of tires.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.