Amend Floor Amendment No. 1 to CSHB 801 by adding the
following new section:
Section ____. Chapter 361, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Subchapter P to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER P. SCRAP TIRE FUND, PERMITTING PROCEDURES
Sec. 361.461 DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "scrap tire"
has the meaning assigned by Section 361.112.
Sec. 361.462 SCRAP TIRE FUND. (a) A person who sells new
tires not for resale shall collect at the time and place of the
sale a scrap tire enforcement fee of 50 cents for each new tire
sold with a rim diameter of 12 inches or greater.
(b) A person required to collect this fee shall remit the
fees collected to the comptroller for the scrap tire fund. The
fund is a special account in the general revenue fund.
(c) The Commission shall adopt rules governing the use of
the fund. The fund may only be used to pay:
(1) for remediation and enforcement of illegally
discarded scrap tires;
(2) for creation of a strict manifest system to track
the flow of scrap tires to end use markets;
(3) for development of additional end use markets;
(4) the commission's administrative costs under this
subchapter; and
(5) the comptroller's administrative costs under this
subchapter.
Sec. 361.463 PERMITTING PROCEDURES. The commission by rule
may establish permitting procedures as provided by Chapter 5, Water
Code, Subchapter M to govern end use markets.