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Terms Used In Utah Code 19-6-805

  • Consumer: includes a person who purchases a new tire for a motor vehicle to be rented or leased. See Utah Code 19-6-803
  • Recycling fee: means the fee provided for in Section 19-6-805. See Utah Code 19-6-803
  • Tire: means a pneumatic rubber covering designed to encircle the wheel of a vehicle in which a person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway. See Utah Code 19-6-803
  • Tire retailer: means a person engaged in the business of selling new tires either as replacement tires or as part of a new vehicle sale. See Utah Code 19-6-803
(a)  A recycling fee is imposed upon each purchase from a tire retailer of a new tire by a consumer. The fee shall be paid by the consumer to the tire retailer at the time the new tire is purchased.

(b)  The recycling fee does not apply to recapped or resold used tires.

(2)  The fee for each tire with a rim diameter up to and including 24.5 inches, single or dual bead capacity is $1.

Amended by Chapter 165, 2001 General Session