Jones Tire Bill Lets Counties Fine Up To $500 Per Tire

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89R5388 CMO-F

By: Jones of Dallas
H.B. No. 1463

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the manufacture, transportation, storage, and disposal

of new and scrap tires; authorizing a fee.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. The heading to Section 361.112, Health and

Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 361.112. STORAGE, TRANSPORTATION, AND DISPOSAL OF USED

OR SCRAP TIRES ; MANUFACTURER TIRE IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION .

SECTION 2. Section 361.112, Health and Safety Code, is

amended by adding Subsections (g-1), (g-2), (g-3), (g-4), (n), (o),

and (p) to read as follows:

(g-1) Not later than one month after the date a tire is

manufactured in this state, the manufacturer shall submit to the

commission information that uniquely identifies the tire. The

manufacturer may submit the information on a date later than one

month after the tire manufacture date if the manufacturer requests

a later submission date that is approved by the commission.

(g-2) A transporter of scrap tires, storage site, or

disposal and storage facility for scrap tires shall electronically

sign and submit a manifest prepared under this section to the

commission on the initial transfer of each shipment of scrap tires

to the transporter, site, or facility.

(g-3) The commission by rule shall prescribe requirements

for a scrap tire tagging system. A manifest prepared and submitted

under this section must include a reference to the tagging system

and uniquely identify each tire received from a transporter of

scrap tires.

(g-4) A transporter of scrap tires is liable for each scrap

tire transported to a storage site or disposal facility that is not

registered or permitted under this section. The commissioners

court of the county in which the improper storage or disposal of the

scrap tire occurs may impose a fine on the transporter in an amount

not to exceed $500 per tire.

(n) The commissioners court of a county in which is located

a generator of scrap tires who uses an unregistered transporter to

transport tires may:

(1) impose a fine in an amount not to exceed $500 on

the generator for each scrap tire the unregistered transporter

transports; or

(2) suspend or revoke any license or permit to sell

tires the county has issued to the generator.

(o) The commissioners court of a county may:

(1) impose a fee of not more than $5 for each tire

disposal in the county; and

(2) transfer 50 cents of the fee imposed under

Subdivision (1) to the commission.

(p) The commissioners court of a county:

(1) shall deposit a fine or fee collected under this

section into an account administered by the county for the purpose

of disposing of, mitigating the effects from disposal of, and

recycling tires; and

(2) may use any fines or fees collected under this

section to establish a tire recycling facility in the county.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.