71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
 
HA to HB 3909
 
LC 3202/HB 3909-4
 
                       HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO
                         HOUSE BILL 3909
 
                 By COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
 
                             May 22
 
  On page 1 of the printed bill, line 2, after 'recycling; '
delete the rest of the line and line 3 and insert 'and declaring
an emergency.'.
  Delete lines 5 through 28 and delete pages 2 through 7 and
insert:
  '  { +  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. + } ' .
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