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1996 SESSION
HB 815 Waste tire burning liability.
Introduced by: John Watkins | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY:
Waste tire burning liability. Establishes strict liability for damage resulting from waste tire piles that burn or are burned. "Tire pile" is defined narrowly to include only: (i) tire piles containing 50,000 or more tires listed on a 1993 survey conducted by Department of Environmental Quality and (ii) accumulations of 50,000 or more tires placed on property with the consent of the property owner. Liability is imposed on: (i) any person who owns or is legally responsible for the tire pile, (ii) any person who owns or is legally responsible for the property where the tire pile is located, and (iii) any person who sets or causes to be set the fire which burns the tires. Damages are those which result from the fire and from the release of any waste or chemical constituents from the burned tires including the cost of any repair, replacement, remediation or other required action. A person who, in the transfer of tires for disposition, has taken all reasonable steps to ensure proper disposal is not held to the strict liability standard.
FULL TEXT
- 01/22/96 House: Presented & ordered printed 960804815 pdf
- 01/31/96 House: Committee substitute printed 960833484-H1 pdf
- 02/29/96 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB815ER) pdf
- 04/15/96 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0734) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/22/96 House: Presented & ordered printed 960804815
- 01/22/96 House: Referred to Committee on Conservation and Natural Resources
- 01/31/96 House: Reported from Cons. & Nat. Res. w/sub. (21-Y 1-N)
- 01/31/96 House: Committee substitute printed 960833484-H1
- 02/01/96 House: Read first time
- 02/02/96 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/05/96 House: Read second time
- 02/05/96 House: Committee substitute agreed to 960833484-H1
- 02/05/96 House: Engrossed by House - com. sub. 960833484-H1
- 02/06/96 House: Read third time and passed House (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/96 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/96 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/07/96 Senate: Read first time
- 02/07/96 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 02/19/96 Senate: Reported from A. C. & N. R. (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/96 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/96 Senate: VOTE: CONST. READING DISPENSED (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/96 Senate: Read third time
- 02/21/96 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/96 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/29/96 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB815ER)
- 03/04/96 House: Enrolled
- 03/04/96 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/05/96 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/06/96 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 734 (effective 7/1/96)
- 04/15/96 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0734)