Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

H.B. 110 (2023GS)

Sponsor

Rep. Snider, C.

Final action

Governor Signed 3/20/2023

Outcome

Became law — signed by Gov. Spencer J. Cox

Summary

What it does

• This bill:
• repeals provisions related to certain municipal landfill deposits; and
• makes technical changes.

Every vote on this bill

Bill text

WASTE TIRE RECYCLING FUND AMENDMENTS
GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Casey Snider
Senate Sponsor: 
Scott D. Sandall
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill modifies provisions related to waste tire recycling.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
▸ repeals provisions related to certain municipal landfill deposits; and
▸ makes technical changes.
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 2022, Chapters 336 and 454
19-6-816.5
, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2022, Chapter 454
REPEALS:
19-6-808.5
, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2022, Chapter 454
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 
19-6-807
 is amended to read:
19-6-807.
Waste Tire Recycling Fund.
(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:
(i) a fee imposed under Section 
19-6-805
; and
(ii) a fee imposed under Section 
19-6-806
; 
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 pusuant 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 
19-6-816.5
 is amended 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
] 
a
 payment under this section that
would cause the balance of the fund to be less than $2,000,000.
Section 3. 
Repealer.
This bill repeals:
Section 
19-6-808.5
,
Municipal landfill deposits.