Amends TCA Title 67 and Title 68.

Present law imposes a pre-disposal fee on the sale of new tires in the amount of $1.35 per tire. The tire dealer retains 10 cents for administrative costs. A minimum of $1.00 per tire is returned to the county where the tire was sold, either directly by the commissioner of revenue or through grants administered the department of environment and conservation, to be used only for beneficial end use of tires. The remainder of the fee is deposited in the solid waste management fund.<br /> <br /> Under present law, beneficial end use of waste tires includes:<br /> <br /> (1) Cement manufacturing;<br /> <br /> (2) Burning of tire-derived fuel in contained industrial boilers for the capture of energy;<br /> <br /> (3) Production of tire-derived fuel;<br /> <br /> (4) The crumbling or pyrolysis of tire material;<br /> <br /> (5) Recreational applications; and<br /> <br /> (6) Any use otherwise deemed appropriate by the department of environment and conservation and for which either the underground storage tanks and solid waste disposal control board has promulgated rules or the department has developed and published policies.<br /> <br /> This bill changes present law by requiring that, for all counties, the commissioner of revenue must send $1.00 per tire sold in a county to that county to be used for beneficial end use or disposal of waste tires. This bill does not change the dealer's deduction and requires that any remaining revenue from the pre-disposal fees is deposited in the solid waste management fund.<br />