Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

S.B. 203 First Substitute (2022GS)

Sponsor

Sen. Sandall, S.

Final action

Became Law w/o Governor Signature 3/24/2022

Outcome

Became Law w/o Governor Signature

Summary

What it does

• This bill:
• defines terms;
• requires a municipality that owns or operates a landfill more than 10 miles outside the municipality's jurisdictional boundaries to deposit all revenue from the landfill into the Waste Tire Recycling Fund;
• requires the Division of Finance to disburse revenue received from municipal landfill operators to the county within whose boundary the landfill is located; and
• provides for the disbursement of surplus amounts in the Waste Tire Recycling Fund to qualified recyclers.

Every vote on this bill

Bill text

TIRE RECYCLING FUND AMENDMENTS
GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Scott D. Sandall
House Sponsor: 
Joel Ferry
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill makes changes related to the administration and composition of the Waste Tire
Recycling Fund.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
▸ defines terms;
▸ requires a municipality that owns or operates a landfill more than 10 miles outside
the municipality's jurisdictional boundaries to deposit all revenue from the landfill
into the Waste Tire Recycling Fund;
▸ requires the Division of Finance to disburse revenue received from municipal
landfill operators to the county within whose boundary the landfill is located; and
▸ provides for the disbursement of surplus amounts in the Waste Tire Recycling Fund
to qualified recyclers.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
None
Utah Code Sections Affected:
AMENDS:
19-6-807
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2020, Fifth Special Session, Chapter 20
ENACTS:
19-6-808.5
, Utah Code Annotated 1953
19-6-816.5
, Utah Code Annotated 1953
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 
19-6-807
 is amended to read:
19-6-807.
Special revenue fund -- Creation -- Deposits.
(1) There is created an expendable special revenue fund entitled the "Waste Tire
Recycling Fund."
(2) The fund shall consist of:
(a) the proceeds of the fee imposed under Section 
19-6-805
; [
and
]
(b) penalties collected under this part[
.
]
; and
(c) money paid into the account under Section 
19-6-808.5
.
(3) Money in the fund shall be used for:
(a) partial reimbursement of the costs of transporting, processing, recycling, or
disposing of waste tires as provided in this part; [
and
]
(b) payment of administrative costs of local health departments as provided in Section
19-6-817
[
.
]
; and
(c) payment to a county pursuant to Section 
19-6-808.5
.
(4) The Legislature may appropriate money from the fund to pay for:
(a) the costs of the Department of Environmental Quality in administering and
enforcing this part; and
(b) other operational costs of the Department of Environmental Quality, if the
Legislature estimates there is a deficit in the Department of Environmental Quality's budget for
the current or next fiscal year.
Section 2. Section 
19-6-808.5
 is enacted to read:
 19-6-808.5.
Municipal landfill deposits.
(1) As used in this section, "municipal landfill operator" means a municipality:
(a) in a county of the third class;
(b) that contains a land grant university within the municipality's jurisdictional
boundaries; and
(c) that owns or operates a landfill that has its permitted boundary more than 10 miles
from the municipality's jurisdictional boundaries.
(2) Beginning on July 1, 2023, a municipal landfill operator shall pay to the Division of
Finance for deposit into the fund:
(a) all reimbursements that the municipality receives under Section 
19-6-812
; and
(b) all revenue collected by the municipality in relation to the landfill.
(3) A municipality's payment under Subsection (2) shall be accompanied by a form
prescribed by the Division of Finance.
(4) The Division of Finance shall pay amounts received from a landfill under this
section quarterly to the county in whose jurisdictional boundaries the landfill is located.
Section 3. Section 
19-6-816.5
 is enacted to read:
 19-6-816.5.
Fund balance maintenance.
(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Qualified recycler" means a recycler who is qualified to receive a partial
reimbursement under Section 
19-6-809
 during a fiscal year for which there are surplus funds.
(b) "Surplus funds" means, at the end of a fiscal year, money in the fund in excess of
$2,000,000 after all partial reimbursements and payments to local health departments, and all
payments to a county as provided in this part have been paid.
(2) At the end of a fiscal year, the Division of Finance shall use surplus funds to make
payments to qualified recyclers equal to $10 for each ton of waste tires, material derived from
waste tires, or chipped tires, for which the recycler received a partial reimbursement under
Subsection 
19-6-809
(2).
(3) If the surplus funds are insufficient to make the payments described in Subsection
(2), the Division of Finance shall prorate the amount per ton that is paid to each qualified
recycler.
(4) The Division of Finance may not make any payment under this section that would
cause the balance of the fund to be less than $2,000,000.