By Turner S.B. No. 841
74R3344 JJT-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to waste tire recycling fees on certain agricultural
1-3 equipment tires.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 361.472(a), Health and Safety Code, is
1-6 amended to read as follows:
1-7 (a) A wholesale or retail tire dealer who sells or offers
1-8 to sell new tires not for resale shall collect at the time and
1-9 place of sale a waste tire recycling fee for each new tire sold as
1-10 follows:
1-11 (1) $2 for each tire that has a rim diameter of 12
1-12 inches but less than 17.5 inches;
1-13 (2) $3.50 for each tire that has a rim diameter of
1-14 17.5 inches but less than 25 inches; <and>
1-15 (3) $2 for a motorcycle tire, regardless of the rim
1-16 diameter; and
1-17 (4) $3.50 for an agricultural equipment tire with a
1-18 load range of C-F or a ply of 6-12, regardless of the rim diameter.
1-19 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995.
1-20 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-21 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-22 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-23 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-24 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.