Bill Text: HI SB63 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Used Motor Vehicle Tire Recovery; Surcharge
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-24 - Re-Referred to ENE, WAM. [SB63 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2013-SB63-Introduced.html
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to motor vehicle tires.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that Act 173, Session Laws of Hawaii 2000, strengthened Hawaii's motor vehicle tire recovery program by providing comprehensive requirements related to registration and reporting, tire inventory records and payment, and administrative authority, as well as enforcement and penalty provisions. Act 173 also established a temporary $1 motor vehicle tire surcharge, for deposit into a special account in the environmental management special fund established by section 342G-63, Hawaii Revised Statutes, for tire cleanup and associated environmental assessments and remediation. The $1 motor surcharge was repealed on January 1, 2006.
The legislature further finds that discarded motor vehicle tires continue to blight Hawaii's neighborhoods, particularly in rural and isolated areas. With the repeal of the motor vehicle tire surcharge, the department of health lost a vital source of funding to promote tire recovery and prevent illegal dumping, and the subsequent personnel and operating budget cuts have made it difficult for the department to address this critical issue.
The purpose of this Act is to reestablish the $1 motor vehicle tire surcharge to assist the department of health in its permitting, monitoring, and enforcement activities regarding used tire management, collection, recycling, and disposal facilities.
SECTION 2. Chapter 342I, part II, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§342I- Motor vehicle tire surcharge. There is established a motor vehicle tire surcharge on tires imported into the State after September 30, 2013. The motor vehicle tire surcharge shall be $1 per tire imported into the State and shall include those tires imported on motor vehicles, and their associated spare tires. Motor vehicle rental companies and companies that sell vehicles to motor vehicle rental companies may subtract the number of tires on motor vehicles that are exported from the State when calculating the motor vehicle tire surcharge. Upon approval of the director of health, a motor vehicle rental company that purchases new motor vehicles, within the State, may be designated as the importer of motor vehicles. No demand shall be made on the State for payment of surcharge credit if the number of exported motor vehicles exceeds the number of imported motor vehicles in any reporting period. The surcharge shall be paid by the person or entity who imports the tires, including importers of motor vehicles."
SECTION 3. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2013.
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Report Title:
Used Motor Vehicle Tire Recovery; Surcharge
Description:
Reestablishes the $1 motor vehicle tire surcharge beginning 10/1/2013 to assist the department of health in its permitting, monitoring, and enforcement activities regarding used tire management, collection, recycling, and disposal facilities.
The summary description of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
