Chapter 650 Oregon Laws 2001

AN ACT

HB 3909

Relating to tire recycling; and declaring an emergency.

Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:

SECTION 1. (1) There is established a Task Force on Tire Recycling, consisting of 13 members jointly appointed by the Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate to represent the following interests:

(a) The League of Oregon Cities;

(b) The Association of Oregon Counties;

(c) Recycling;

(d) New tire dealers;

(e) New tire manufacturers;

(f) Scrap tire recyclers and retailers;

(g) The metropolitan service district created under ORS chapter 268; and

(h) The Department of Environmental Quality.

(2) The task force shall elect one of the members as chairperson and one member as vice chairperson, with such duties and obligations as the task force may determine.

(3) The task force shall consider the solid waste policy established in ORS 459.015 (2)(a) in all deliberations of the task force. The task force shall:

(a) Study and make recommendations on the development of methods to increase the current waste tire reuse, recovery and recycling rates in Oregon.

(b) Evaluate and analyze public and private sector roles in increasing waste tire reuse, recovery and recycling rates in Oregon.

(c) Evaluate and analyze waste tire markets and market development programs in other states and Canada, including program administration, costs and the short-term and long-term results of such programs.

(d) Evaluate and analyze present reuse, recycling and energy recovery rates and market outlets for waste tires generated in Oregon.

(e) Conduct an economic analysis using, whenever possible, existing data on tire recycling uses and markets.

(f) Develop recommendations for removing or mitigating current or potential barriers to tire recycling, including but not limited to:

(A) Tax credits or other incentives;

(B) Market stimulation techniques;

(C) State and local funding;

(D) Fees or taxes on consumers; and

(E) Public education.

(g) Determine any other information needs of the task force and develop a plan for addressing those needs.

(4) All agencies, departments and officers of this state are directed to assist the task force in the performance of its functions and to furnish such information and advice as the members of the task force consider necessary to perform their functions.

(5) Official action by the task force shall require the approval of nine of the members of the task force. Legislation recommended by official action of the task force must indicate that it is introduced at the request of the task force. Legislation recommended by the task force shall be prepared in time for presession filing pursuant to ORS 171.130, for presentation to the regular session of the Seventy-second Legislative Assembly.

SECTION 2. (1) All appointments to the Task Force on Tire Recycling shall be completed by the later of:

(a) Thirty days after adjournment sine die of the Seventy-first Legislative Assembly; or

(b) September 30, 2001.

(2) The task force shall hold its first meeting on or before the later of:

(a) Forty-five days after adjournment sine die of the Seventy-first Legislative Assembly; or

(b) November 30, 2001.

SECTION 3. The Task Force on Tire Recycling created by section 1 of this 2001 Act shall present to the appropriate interim committee of the Legislative Assembly a report approved by no fewer than nine members of the task force that contains recommendations on program options to improve waste tire reuse, recycling and recovery in Oregon, including identification of a funding source for any recommended program. The task force shall present the report on or before September 30, 2002.

SECTION 4. This 2001 Act being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency is declared to exist, and this 2001 Act takes effect on its passage.

Approved by the Governor June 27, 2001

Filed in the office of Secretary of State June 27, 2001

Effective date June 27, 2001

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