Repeals and adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding waste tire disposal and recycling.

This legislation repeals the existing Idaho Waste Tire Disposal Act and replaces it with the Idaho Waste Tire and Recycling Act. The revised act removes dated and obsolete sections of the Waste Tire Disposal Act and establishes a new waste tire recycling fee of fifty cents ($.50) for three (3) years for each tire sold in the State. Fees collected from the sale of new tires are collected and deposited into the fund by the State Tax Commission. The fund is to be administered by the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality for a pilot project that has three purposes: (1) to clean up abandoned waste tire piles located in various locations throughout the State; (2) to provide for partial reimbursement for the costs of transporting, processing, and recycling waste tires generated within the State; and, (3) provide funding to the Department of Environmental Quality to administer the act. Monies in the fund may only be expended subject to legislative appropriation. The fee has a three-year sunset clause. The act requires the department to annually provide for a detailed report on the project for three (3) years. To date, the department has identified 22 abandoned waste tire piles across the State.