HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

2564

TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2014

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

relating to waste disposal.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 


     SECTION 1.  The legislature finds there are an estimated five hundred thousand to one million used vehicle tires generated in Hawaii each year.  Many of those tires are being improperly dumped on the side of roads and at illegal dump sites, spoiling the natural beauty of the islands and causing environmental damage, including fires, increased mosquito breeding, and contamination of the air, water, and soil.  There are reports that some authorized tire collection facilities that collect used tires from tire retailers and wholesalers for a fee are not disposing the tires they collect at authorized tire recycling facilities, as required by chapter 342I, Hawaii Revised Statutes, the used motor vehicle tire recovery law.  Instead, they are dumping the tires at illegal dump sites. 

Enabling authorized tire recyclers to issue payment for used tires received by the tire recycling facility through a voucher system will motivate collectors of used tires to properly dispose of those tires by bringing them to an authorized tire recycling facility.

     The purpose of this Act is to require the department of health to develop and implement a voucher system for the collection of used tires that requires authorized tire collection facilities to deliver all collected tires to an authorized tire recycler in order to obtain reimbursement for their collection services.

     SECTION 2.  The department of health shall develop and implement a voucher system for the collection of used tires by January 1, 2015, that shall include:

(1)  Requiring authorized tire collection facilities to dispose of all used tires collected at an authorized tire recycler;

(2)  Requiring the exchange of vouchers instead of cash money prior to the delivery of used tires to an authorized tire recycler; and

(3)  Authorizing authorized tire recyclers to issue payment to authorized collection facilities from the special account in the environmental management fund, described in section 342I-29, Hawaii Revised Statutes, upon receipt of used tires.

     SECTION 3.  The department of health is authorized to establish fees, charges, and redemption values for used tires to ensure the sustainability of the voucher system.

     SECTION 4.  The department of health shall submit a report to the legislature no later than thirty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2015 that shall include:

(1)  Its findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, relating to the development and implementation of a voucher system for the collection and proper disposal of used tires;

(2)  The status of the progress in developing and implementing a voucher system for the collection of used tires; and

(3)  Funding requirements for the administration of a voucher system for the collection of used tires and proposed appropriate sources of the funding.

     SECTION 5.  There is appropriated out of the special account in the environmental management special fund described in section 342I-29, Hawaii Revised Statutes, the sum of $        or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2014-2015, for the development and implementation of a voucher system for the collection and recycling of used vehicle tires.

The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of health for the purposes of this Act.

     SECTION 6.  There is appropriated out of the special account in the environmental management special fund described in section 342G-63, Hawaii Revised Statutes, the sum of $      or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2014-2015, for the development and implementation of a voucher system for the collection and recycling of used vehicle tires.

     The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of health for the purposes of this Act.

     SECTION 7.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2014.

 

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Vehicle Tires; Waste; Disposal; Recycle; Vouchers

 

Description:

Requires the department of health to develop and implement a voucher system for the collection of used vehicle tires under which tire collection facilities must deliver collected tires to authorized tire recyclers to obtain reimbursement for their collection services.

 

 

 

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