HB 5017 — AN ACT CONCERNING PARTICIPATION IN THE TIRE STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM BY TIRE RETAILERS.

House of Representatives General Assembly CommitteeFile Bill No.

5017138 January Session, 2025 LCOSubstitute House Bill No.

35545017 ReferredHouse toof Representatives, March 19, 2025 The Committee on ENVIRONMENTEnvironment Introducedreported by:through REP.

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AN ACT CONCERNING PARTICIPATION IN THE TIRE STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM BY TIRE RETAILERS.

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5017138 (l) Any producer, retailer and tire stewardship organization shall be immune from liability for any claim of a violation of antitrust law or unfair trade practice, if such conduct is a violation of antitrust law, to the extent such producer or tire stewardship organization is exercising authority pursuant to the provisions of this section.

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3554None 3Explanation ofThe 3bill requires tire retailers, by January 1, 2025, to join a stewardship organization and requires them to participate in the stewardship organization by January 1, 2026.

The bill makes various other procedural changes and is not anticipated to result in a fiscal impact to the state or municipalities.

The Out Years State Impact:

None Municipal Impact:

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138 OLR BILL ANALYSIS HB 5017 AN ACT CONCERNING PARTICIPATION IN THE TIRE STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM BY TIRE RETAILERS.

SUMMARY A 2023 law required the establishment of a statewide stewardship program to manage discarded tires (PA 23-62).

Among other things, it required tire producers, by January 1, 2025, to join a stewardship organization and submit plans to implement the program to the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) for its approval (see BACKGROUND).

This bill requires tire retailers to participate in a stewardship organization by January 1, 2026, and prohibits those who fail to participate in the program from supplying tires by that date.

Under current law, their participation in a tire stewardship organization is voluntary.

The bill also requires tire stewardship organizations, starting by January 1, 2026, to identify in their implementation plans any retailer participating in their program.

Under the bill, organizations must identify these retailers on an ongoing basis as part of the existing law that requires them to notify the DEEP commissioner of material changes to the program.

Under existing law, to the extent a tire producer or tire stewardship organization is exercising authority according to the law’s provisions, they are immune from liability for any antitrust or unfair trade practice claim based on a violation of antitrust law.

The bill extends these liability protections to retailers but does not correspondingly extend the condition that the protections apply only if the retailer is exercising authority according to the law.

EFFECTIVE DATE:

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