South Carolina S 171: Regrooved and Regroovable Tires

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2025-2026 Bill 171 Text of Previous Version (May. 01, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 171

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Stricken

Indicates New Matter

Amended

May 1, 2025

S. 171

Introduced 
by Senators Gambrell and Garrett 

S. Printed 5/1/25--H.

Read the first time April 9, 2025

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A bill

TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING ARTICLE 
3 TO CHAPTER 75, TITLE 39 SO AS TO PROVIDE REQUIREMENTS FOR WASTE TIRE 
MANIFESTS AND RELATED PROVISIONS; BY ADDING ARTICLE 5 TO CHAPTER 75, TITLE 39 
SO AS TO PROHIBIT THE INSTALLATION OF UNSAFE USED TIRES, AND RELATED 
PROVISIONS; BY AMENDING SECTION 44-96-170(E) THROUGH (F), RELATING TO WASTE 
TIRES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A COUNTY MAY CHARGE UP TO FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS AS 
A TIPPING FEE; BY AMENDING SECTION 44-96-170(N) THROUGH (S), RELATING TO WASTE 
TIRES, SO AS TO AMEND THE COLLECTION OF THE FEE TO INCLUDE USED TIRES, TO 
PROVIDE FOR THE APPLICATION OF THE WASTE TIRE FEE AND RELATED WASTE TIRE FUNDS, 
TO REMOVE THE REBATE PROVISIONS, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A 
STATEWIDE MARKET INFRASTRUCTURE FOR TIRE-DERIVED PRODUCTS; TO DIRECT THE CODE 
COMMISSIONER TO MAKE CONFORMING CHANGES; AND TO DEFINE NECESSARY TERMS.

 Amend Title To Conform

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of 
South Carolina:

SECTION 1. Chapter 75, Title 39 of the S.C. Code is amended by 
adding:

Article 3

Waste Tire Hauling

 Section 
39-75-100. For the purposes of this chapter:

 (1) 
"Department" means the Department of Environmental Services.

 (2) 
"Manifest" means a record that contains all information required by the 
department including, but not limited to, an accurate measurement of the number 
of tires being transported, the type or types of tires, the date the tires 
originated from or reached their destination, and the origin and intended final 
destination of the tires, in a format approved by the department.

 (3) 
"Waste tire" has the same meaning as in Section 44-96-40(67).

 (4) 
"Waste tire facility" means a waste tire collection, disposal, processing, or 
recycling facility as defined in Section 44-96-40(68), waste tire site as 
defined in Section 44-96-40(70), or a waste tire treatment site as defined in 
Section 44-96-40(71).

 (5) 
"Waste tire generator" means any person whose action or process produces a 
waste tire.

 (6)(a) "Waste tire hauler" means a person 
engaged in picking up or transporting fifteen or more waste tires at a time for 
the purpose of collection, storage, processing, or disposal at a waste tire 
facility. A waste tire hauler must comply with the manifest requirements 
contained in this article and display a decal as provided in Section 39-75-140.

 (b) 
"Waste tire hauler" does not apply to a person hauling waste tires pursuant to 
a municipality's sanctioned tire clean-up 
event, to a county's 
waste tire clean-up 
enforcement efforts, as provided in Section 44-96-170(D), the South Carolina 
Department of Transportation, or to a person hauling regrooved or regroovable 
tires as provided in Article 1, Chapter 39 of this title.

 Section 
39-75-110. (A) A waste tire hauler transporting 
waste tires for handling, altering, storage, recycling, or disposal must 
complete a manifest and submit it to the department as provided in subsection 
(B)(2) of this section. The manifest must also be readily accessible in the 
transporting vehicle during transportation by paper copy or electronic means. 
The manifest shall be shown upon demand to any representative of the department 
or law enforcement.

 (B)(1) For each load of waste tires, a 
waste tire hauler shall provide the completed manifest in a format approved by 
the department to the waste tire generator, or to the waste tire facility, at 
the time of transfer.

 (2) 
A waste tire hauler must maintain a copy of each completed manifest or the 
completed manifest information in a manner approved by the department for a 
period of time required by the department, and shall submit to the department a 
legible copy of each manifest or the manifest information, in a format required 
by the department including, but not limited to, an electronic format, no later 
than sixty days after the completed waste tire transfer on a schedule 
determined by the department. The manifest or manifest information submitted to 
the department shall contain the signed acknowledgment of the waste tire 
facility from or to which waste or used tires were transferred.

 Section 
39-75-120. (A) A waste tire 
generator or a waste tire facility that transfers or receives waste tires from 
a waste hauler that was transported with a manifest pursuant to this article 
shall maintain copies of the manifest or manifest information in a format 
required by the department, and any other inf