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This bill comprehensively updates Arkansas's used tire management and recycling regulations by renaming the law, creating a new Waste Tire Abatement Fund, modifying tire retailer and transporter requirements, and establishing new provisions for waste tire site management. Key provisions include reducing the tire retailer fee from three dollars to one dollar and fifty cents per new tire, creating a new fund to support tire recycling and abatement efforts, establishing cost recovery and liability protections for entities involved in tire waste removal, and providing more flexibility for tire processors and transporters. The bill introduces new definitions for terms like "abatement" and expands the understanding of "beneficial use" for tires, which now includes civil engineering purposes and lightweight aggregate fill. The legislation aims to improve environmental quality by ensuring more efficient and accountable management of waste tires, with a primary goal of recycling or finding beneficial uses for as many used tires as possible. The bill also includes provisions for vector control, manifest tracking, and grants for waste tire site removal, with the new Waste Tire Abatement Fund designed to support these efforts through various funding mechanisms.

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https://arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/Detail?id=hb1982&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R