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HB 1982

Concerning the authority of the community economic revitalization board with respect to loans and grants to political subdivisions and federally recognized Indian tribes for broadband.

2023-2024 Regular Session Introduced by April Berg and 15 co-sponsors

Arkansas replaces the tire law with the Tire Management and Recycling Act, creating an electronic manifest to track tires and a new abatement fund to boost recycling.

Effective date 6/6/2024.
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Bill Summary · HB 1982

Summary — HB 1982

Note on source material
- The materials provided appear to combine text from more than one distinct "HB 1982" (including an Arkansas bill amending tire law and an Illinois $2 appropriation bill). This summary focuses on the substantive Arkansas-language bill text included in the packet (the “Tire Management and Recycling Act”), and then briefly notes the unrelated Illinois language and the bill’s procedural status as provided.

Brief purpose and intent

HB 1982 would recast and broaden Arkansas’s existing Used Tire Recycling and Accountability Act into a new “Tire Management and Recycling Act.” Its stated goals are to protect public health and the environment, improve accountability and sustainability of used-tire programs, promote beneficial reuse/recycling of tires, equalize fee application, and require electronic manifests and business plans for used-tire programs.

Key provisions and changes

  • Renames the subchapter from the “Used Tire Recycling and Accountability Act” to the “Tire Management and Recycling Act.”
  • Repeals the Used Tire Recycling Fund and creates a new Waste Tire Abatement Fund (details of fund mechanics not fully shown in the excerpt).
  • Establishes/clarifies definitions and classifications: “abatement,” “beneficial use,” “recyclable tire,” “small/large/extra-large tire,” “commercial generator,” “qualified entity,” “operator,” etc., with new/expanded definitions aimed at covering wide-base and off-road tires and specifying roles/responsibilities.
  • Requires use of an electronic uniform used-tire manifest system (administratively developed by the Arkansas Division of Environmental Quality) to track origin, collection date, transfer date, quantity, type, transporter, and destination for recyclable/waste/used tires; paper equivalents may be allowed secondarily.
  • Emphasizes that reimbursements and program reimbursements must be tied to overall program goals and requires business plans for used-tire programs.
  • Defines “abatement” (proper removal of tires from waste tire sites or when a waste tire district fails to remove tires) and clarifies that abated tires are not considered abandoned.
  • Provides for inter-district used-tire programs (joint administration by regional solid waste boards).

Who is affected

  • Tire retailers, commercial generators (municipalities, counties, state/federal agencies, school districts, bulk purchasers for commercial fleets), tire processors, waste tire sites/monofills, regional solid waste boards, the Division of Environmental Quality, and any “qualified entity” operating used-tire programs.
  • Potential fiscal impact on tire retailers and on state-managed tire funds (details not provided in excerpt).

Procedural / timeline status (as provided)

  • Introduced: January 22, 2025.
  • Sponsors listed: Senator B. Davis; Representative Wooldridge; Tony M. McCombie appears in the mixed materials.
  • Legislative actions provided are inconsistent across states; the record notes the bill “Died In Committee” (final disposition: died in Senate committee at sine die adjournment on 2025-05-05 per supplied data).

Other notes

  • The packet also contains text from an unrelated Illinois HB1982 that appropriates $2 to the Illinois Office of the Executive Inspector General (effective July 1, 2025). That provision appears unconnected to the Arkansas tire legislation and should be treated as a separate bill if accurate.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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