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90_SB0675 415 ILCS 5/55.8 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1055.8 Amends the Environmental Protection Act in relation to the disposal of used tires. Increases the tire user fee from $1.00 to $1.01. Also makes a technical correction. LRB9003270EGfg LRB9003270EGfg 1 AN ACT in relation to the disposal of used tires. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended 5 by changing Section 55.8 as follows: 6 (415 ILCS 5/55.8) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1055.8) 7 Sec. 55.8. Tire retailers. 8 (a) Beginning July 1, 1992, any person selling tires at 9 retail or offering tires for retail sale in this State shall: 10 (1) collect from retail customers a fee of $1.01 11one dollarper tire sold and delivered in this State to 12 be paid to the Department of Revenue and deposited into 13 the Used Tire Management Fund, less a collection 14 allowance of 10 cents per tire to be retained by the 15 retail seller and a collection allowance of 10 cents per 16 tire to be retained by the Department of Revenue and paid 17 into the General Revenue Fund; 18 (2) accept for recycling used tires from customers, 19 at the point of transfer, in a quantity equal to the 20 number of new tires purchased; and 21 (3) post in a conspicuous place a written notice at 22 least 8.5 by 11 inches in size that includes the 23 universal recycling symbol and the following statements: 24 "DO NOT put used tires in the trash."; "Recycle your used 25 tires."; and "State law requires us to accept used tires 26 for recycling, in exchange for new tires purchased.". 27 (b) A person who accepts used tires for recycling under 28 subsection (a) shall not allow the tires to accumulate for 29 periods of more than 90 days. 30 (c) The requirements of subsection (a) of this Section 31 do not apply to mail order sales nor shall the retail sale of -2- LRB9003270EGfg 1 a motor vehicle be considered to be the sale of tires at 2 retail or offering of tires for retail sale. Instead of 3 filing returns, retailers of tires may remit the tire user 4 fee of $1.01$1.00per tire to their suppliers of tires if 5 the supplier of tires is a registered retailer of tires and 6 agrees or otherwise arranges to collect and remit the tire 7 fee to the Department of Revenue, notwithstanding the fact 8 that the sale of the tire is a sale for resale and not a sale 9 at retail. A tire supplier who enters into such an 10 arrangement with a tire retailer shall be liable for the tax 11 on all tires sold to the tire retailer and must (i) provide 12 the tire retailer with a receipt that separatelyseperately13 reflects the tire tax collected from the retailer on each 14 transaction and (ii) accept used tires for recycling from the 15 retailer's customers. The tire supplier shall be entitled to 16 the collection allowance of 10 cents per tire. 17 The retailer of the tires must maintain in its books and 18 records evidence that the appropriate fee was paid to the 19 tire supplier and that the tire supplier has agreed to remit 20 the fee to the Department of Revenue for each tire sold by 21 the retailer. Otherwise, the tire retailer shall be directly 22 liable for the fee on all tires sold at retail. Tire 23 retailers paying the fee to their suppliers are not entitled 24 to the collection allowance of 10 cents per tire. 25 (d) The requirements of subsection (a) of this Section 26 shall apply exclusively to tires to be used for vehicles 27 defined in Section 1-217 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, 28 aircraft tires, special mobile equipment, and implements of 29 husbandry. 30 (e) The requirements of paragraph (1) of subsection (a) 31 do not apply to the sale of reprocessed tires. For purposes 32 of this Section, "reprocessed tire" means a used tire that 33 has been recapped, retreaded, or regrooved and that has not 34 been placed on a vehicle wheel rim. -3- LRB9003270EGfg 1 (Source: P.A. 87-727; 87-1250.)