TITLE: Relating to the creation of a waste tire dumping enforcement grant program; authorizing a fee.

SUMMARY: Relating to the creation of a waste tire dumping enforcement grant program; authorizing a fee.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the creation of a waste tire dumping enforcement grant program; authorizing a fee. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Chapter 361, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Subchapter Pto read as follows: SUBCHAPTER P. WASTE TIRE DUMPING ENFORCEMENT GRANT PROGRAM Sec. 361.471. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter, "used tire" means a tire that: (1) has been used as a tire on a vehicle; and (2) can still be used for its original intended purpose. Sec. 361.472. COLLECTION OF FEE ON SALE OF TIRE. (a) A seller shall collect a fee in an amount to be determined by the commission on the sale of each new or used tire. (b) On a schedule determined by the commission, a seller shall remit fees collected under Subsection (a) to the comptroller for deposit into an account in the general revenue fund to be used to fund the grant program under Section 361.473. Sec. 361.473. GRANT PROGRAM. The commission shall develop and implement a program to provide grants to local law enforcement agencies to assist those agencies in the enforcement of laws related to the illegal dumping of tires. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.