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HB704

Increases the cap on fees collected for the Waste Tire Management Dedicated Fund Account and dedicates additional revenue for a tire buy back program (OR +$5,100,000 SG RV See Note)

Introduced·2/27/26
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Increases waste tire fees and dedicates a portion of the revenue to a tire buy back program.

Louisiana HB704 increases the cap on fees collected for the Waste Tire Management Dedicated Fund Account. It raises the fee for passenger/light truck/small farm service tires from $2.25 to $3.25, for medium truck tires from $5.00 to $6.00, and for off-road tires from $10.00 to $11.00. The bill also mandates that $1.00 from each tire sale be used to fund a tire buy back program, with the Department of Environmental Quality authorized to create and implement this program through administrative rules.

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Where it stands

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Natural Resources and Environment Committee
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Committee decision

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History

Mar 9

House

Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.

Feb 27

House

Prefiled.

Feb 27

House

Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.