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Privatization plan for Arkansas waste‑tire program fails in committee after debates over costs and service
Summary
Senate Bill 606, which would dissolve waste-tire districts, shift the $3 rim-removal fee to a $1.50 front‑end generator fee and create a waste-tire abatement fund, failed to pass after committee members voiced concerns about consumer costs, rural service and fund sufficiency.
Senate Bill 606, a proposal to privatize elements of Arkansas's waste-tire system and move the rim removal fee to the point of sale, failed to pass the Senate Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee after a lengthy debate over costs, service equity and system funding.
Senator Brianne Davis (state senator, District 25) presented the bill and described two primary goals: dissolve existing waste-tire districts and move the fee collection point from rim removal to the front end of a new tire sale (a proposed $1.50 "tire generator fee"). The proposal also would create a waste-tire abatement…
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