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SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1151
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State of Washington 55th Legislature 1997 Regular Session
By House Committee on Transportation Policy & Budget (originally sponsored by Representatives Hankins, Murray, Ogden, Mitchell, Cairnes, Mielke, Radcliff, Robertson, Sterk and K. Schmidt)
Read first time 03/05/97.
AN ACT Relating to a fee on the sale of replacement tires; amending RCW 70.95.510, 70.95.520, 70.95.530, and 70.95.535; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 70.95.510 and 1989 c 431 s 92 are each amended to read as follows:
There
is levied a one dollar per tire fee on the retail sale of new replacement vehicle
tires ((for a period of five years, beginning October 1, 1989)). The
fee imposed in this section shall be paid by the buyer to the seller, and each
seller shall collect from the buyer the full amount of the fee. The fee
collected from the buyer by the seller, less the ten percent amount
retained by the seller as provided in RCW 70.95.535, shall be paid to
the department of revenue in accordance with RCW 82.32.045. All other
applicable provisions of chapter 82.32 RCW have full force and application with
respect to the fee imposed under this section. The department of revenue shall
administer this section.
For the purposes of this section, "new replacement vehicle tires" means tires that are newly manufactured for vehicle purposes and does not include retreaded vehicle tires.
Sec. 2. RCW 70.95.520 and 1996 c 283 s 902 are each amended to read as follows:
There
is created an account within the state treasury to be known as the vehicle tire
recycling account. ((All assessments and other funds collected or received
under this chapter)) From July 1, 1997, to July 1, 2000, twenty-five
percent of the tire fee prescribed in RCW 70.95.510 shall be deposited in
the vehicle tire recycling account and used by the department of ecology for
administration and implementation of ((this chapter. After October 1, 1989,))
RCW 70.95.530 and 70.95.535, and seventy-five percent shall be deposited in
the motor vehicle fund. After July 1, 2000, ten percent shall be deposited in
the vehicle tire recycling account and ninety percent in the motor vehicle
fund. The department of revenue shall deduct two percent from funds
collected pursuant to RCW 70.95.510 for the purpose of administering and
collecting the fee from new replacement vehicle tire retailers.
((During
the 1995-97 biennium, funds in the account may be appropriated to support
recycling market development activities by state agencies.))
Sec. 3. RCW 70.95.530 and 1988 c 250 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
Moneys in the account may be appropriated to the department of ecology:
(1) To provide for funding to state and local governments for the removal of discarded vehicle tires from unauthorized tire dump sites; and
(2)
To accomplish the other purposes of RCW 70.95.020(5)((; and
(3)
To fund the study authorized in section 2, chapter 250, Laws of 1988.
In
spending funds in the account under this section, the department of ecology
shall identify communities with the most severe problems with waste tires and
provide funds first to those communities to remove accumulations of waste tires)).
Sec. 4. RCW 70.95.535 and 1989 c 431 s 93 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) Every person engaged in making retail sales of new replacement vehicle tires in this state shall retain ten percent of the collected one dollar fee. The moneys retained may be used for costs associated with the proper management of the waste vehicle tires by the retailer.
(2) The department of ecology will administer the funds in the vehicle tire recycling account for the following purposes:
(a)
The purposes specified in RCW 70.95.020(5) ((including, but not limited
to:
(a)
Making grants to local governments for pilot demonstration projects for on-site
shredding and recycling of tires from unauthorized dump sites;
(b)
Grants to local government for enforcement programs;
(c)
Implementation of a public information and education program to include
posters, signs, and informational materials to be distributed to retail tire
sales and tire service outlets;
(d)
Product marketing studies for recycled tires and alternatives to land disposal));
and
(b) The cleanup and removal of unpermitted tire piles through contracts issued by the department or by grants to local governments for those purposes.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 5. This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect July 1, 1997.
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