§ 8-662. Redemption program.

(a)

For the purpose of assisting with the proper disposal of waste or scrap tires, any person, other than a tire business or waste tire carrier, generator, hauler, disposer, or sorter, presenting an illegally disposed used or waste tire to an authorized tire disposal or recycling facility shall receive a redemptive value of $1.00 per tire, notwithstanding the absence of the required tire marking included on such tires. The waste tire disposer or recycling facility receiving such tires shall require that the person presenting such tires for redemption execute an affidavit certifying that the tires were not stolen and that such person was not hired to haul such used or waste tires for disposal. Upon execution of such affidavit, the waste tire disposer or recycling facility is hereby authorized to make payment to the affiant and shall properly record and retain documentation reflecting such payment for a period of 12 months. Information regarding the location of authorized waste tire disposers and tire recycling facilities shall be made available through the Memphis and Shelby County office of construction code enforcement.

(b)

The redemption program established by this section shall commence immediately upon the effective date of the ordinance from which this article is derived and shall expire within 12 months of same, unless prior to such date the board of county commissioners, after conducting public hearings, finds that the purpose of the program has yet to be fully achieved, in which case it may extend the effective period of the program for an additional two years. Payments by Shelby County to waste tire disposal or recycling facilities under the tire redemption program shall occur only to the extent that there are sufficient funds in the Tire Disposal Fund, or otherwise present in the county budget.

(Code 1992, § 7-562; Ord. No. 386, 10-26-2009; Ord. No. 441, §§ 1, 14, 11-18-2013)