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                                                                  SB 230
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          Date of Hearing:   July 1, 2009

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                Kevin De Leon, Chair

                   SB 230 (Cogdill) - As Amended:  April 13, 2009 

          Policy Committee:                              Natural  
          ResourcesVote:9-0

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program:  
          No     Reimbursable:              No

           SUMMARY  

          This bill adds, to the list of exemptions to tire hauler  
          requirements a person who transports tires that were illegally  
          dumped, provided that a report of the dumping was filed with  
          police and that the tires are being taken to an authorized  
          facility. 

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          Negligible costs.

           COMMENTS  

           1)Rationale  .  The author claims that existing restrictions on  
            tire hauling may prevent individuals in agricultural areas  
            from removing illegally dumped waste tires.  Under current  
            law, farmers and ranchers, once registered as tire haulers,  
            are allowed to haul less than 10 tires in a day and less than  
            20 tires on an amnesty day.  Farmers and ranchers, who often  
            are the victims of illegal dumping of large numbers of tires,  
            cannot properly dispose of illegally dumped tires because they  
            are not permitted to haul the tires to a waste facility. The  
            author contends that this bill, by providing an exemption to  
            these individuals, would allow them to properly dispose of  
            illegally dumped tires.

           2)Background.   Existing law requires every person who transports  
            waste or used tires to register with the California Integrated  
            Waste Management Board (CIWMB) and requires a registered waste  
            and used tire hauler to transport waste or used tires only to  
            a facility authorized to accept waste and used tires.   








                                                                  SB 230
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            Existing law provides for eight specified exemptions from the  
            tire hauler registration requirements, including those who  
            transport fewer than 10 tires at a time and those who are  
            transporting to an amnesty event with the permission of the  
            local enforcement agency.  These laws were enacted out of  
            concern about the large number of illegal tire piles  
            accumulating in the state, mainly in the Central Valley.

           3)Supporters  , including the bill's sponsor (the San Joaquin  
            County Board of Supervisors, claim that limitations on tire  
            hauling prevent farmers and ranchers from properly disposing  
            of the sometimes considerable number of tires illegally dumped  
            onto their lands. Supporters claim the limited tire hauling  
            exemptions provided by this bill will remedy this situation.

            There is no registered opposition to this bill.

           Analysis Prepared by  :    Jay Dickenson / APPR. / (916) 319-2081