19-6-807.  Waste Tire Recycling Fund.

(1)  There is created an expendable special revenue fund entitled the “Waste Tire Recycling Fund.”

Terms Used In Utah Code 19-6-807

  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Fund: means the Waste Tire Recycling Fund created in Section 19-6-807. 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
(2)  The fund shall consist of:

(a)  the proceeds of:

(i)  a fee imposed under Section 19-6-805; and

(ii)  a fee imposed under Section 19-6-806; and

(b)  penalties collected under this part.

(3)  Money in the fund shall be used for:

(a)  partial reimbursement of the costs of transporting, processing, recycling, or disposing of waste tires as provided in this part; and

(b)  payment of administrative costs of local health departments as provided in Section 19-6-817.

(4)  The Legislature may appropriate money from the fund to pay for:

(a)  the costs of the Department of Environmental Quality in administering and enforcing this part; and

(b)  other operational costs of the Department of Environmental Quality, if the Legislature estimates there is a deficit in the Department of Environmental Quality’s budget for the current or next fiscal year.

Amended by Chapter 388, 2023 General Session