- (1) The cabinet shall report to the General Assembly no later than January 15 each year on the effectiveness of the waste tire program in developing markets for waste tires, the amount of revenue generated and the effectiveness of the fee established in KRS 224.50-868 in funding the cabinet's implementation of the waste tire program, to include any waste tire amnesty program established by the cabinet as provided for in KRS 224.50-880(1)(b), whether the fee should be extended, comparative data on the number of waste tires generated each year, the number disposed of, the number of orphan tire piles, and the cost of tire disposal by counties in the Commonwealth.
(2) The cabinet shall gather the following information related to the waste tire trust fund in KRS 224.50-880 and submit an annual report to the Legislative Research Commission for referral to the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue by November 1, 2026, and by each November 1 thereafter as long as the new tire fee established in KRS 224.50-868 is collected:
- (a) Total receipts deposited into the fund from the new tire fee during the preceding fiscal year;
- (b) A detailed accounting of the activities supported by fund moneys, including the amount spent on each activity;
- (c) A detailed accounting of all administrative expenses;
- (d) Identification of any unexpended funds and the reason why the funds were not expended;
- (e) An explanation of how all expenditures align with program objectives;
- (f) A list of recipients receiving money from the fund with a detailed accounting of the amount of money received by each recipient and the use of the moneys; and
- (g) A compilation of the information required to be reported to the cabinet under KRS 224.50-878(4).
Effective: April 14, 2026
History: Amended 2026 Ky. Acts ch. 161, sec. 19, effective April 14, 2026. -- Amended 2011 Ky. Acts ch. 34, sec. 3, effective June 8, 2011. -- Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 165, sec. 2, effective July 12, 2006. -- Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 46, sec. 2, effective July 15, 2002. -- Created 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 529, sec. 12, effective July 15, 1998.