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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 429
SENATE BILL NO. 438
By Reeves, Campbell, Pody, Rose, Walley
Substituted for: House Bill No. 667
By Terry, Grills, Bricken
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 11; Title
13; Title 20; Title 28; Title 39; Title 49; Title 54; Title 55; Title 59; Title 62; Title 64; Title 65;
Title 66; Title 67; Title 68 and Title 69, relative to waste management.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, Chapter 211, Part 1, is amended by
adding the following as a new section:
(a) There is created the advisory task force on solid waste to examine and review
issues related to solid waste. The task force shall focus its examination and review on
innovative processes for the disposition of solid waste and shall review all aspects of the
disposition of solid waste that the task force determines to be necessary, including, but not
limited to, landfilling, recycling, incineration, agricultural uses, and energy production.
(b) The task force must be composed of fifteen (15) members, as follows:
(1) The governor, or the governor's designee;
(2) The chair of the energy, agriculture and natural resources committee of the
senate, or the chair's replacement. If the chair of the energy, agriculture and natural
resources committee of the senate is unable to serve for any reason, then the
speaker of the senate may designate an alternate senate member to serve as a
replacement for the chair from the chair's respective committee;
(3) The chair of the committee of the house of representatives with jurisdiction
over subject matters pertaining to solid waste disposal, or the chair's replacement. If
the chair of the committee of the house of representatives with jurisdiction over
subject matter areas pertaining to solid waste disposal is unable to serve for any
reason, the speaker of the house of representatives may designate an alternate
house member to serve as a replacement for the chair from the chair's respective
committee;
(4) Six (6) individuals appointed by the speaker of the senate; and
(5) Six (6) individuals appointed by the speaker pf the house of
representatives.
(c) The task force members appointed pursuant to subdivisions (b)(4) and (5) must be
individuals who have expertise in the subject of solid waste or a subject related to one (1) or
more processes for the disposition of solid waste.
(d) Appointments to the task force must be made within thirty (30) days of the
•• effective date of this act. The terms of all appointed members of the task force begin upon
appointment to the task force and expire June 30, 2029. The governor's term must coincide
with the governor's term of office. The terms of legislative members of the task force continue
so.long as s.uch persons continue to be members of the general assembly and chairs of their
respective committees.
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(e) An appointed member of the task force is subject to removal from the task force
for cause by the member's appointing authority. If an appointed member ceases to be a
member of the task force, then the appointing authority shall appoint a successor to complete
the term.
(f) The chair of the energy, agriculture and natural resources committee of the senate
and the chair of the committee of the house of representatives with jurisdiction over subject
matters pertaining to solid waste disposal, or either chair's replacement, shall serve as co-
chairs of the task force.
(g) The co-chairs shall call all meetings of the task force.
(h) The task force may conduct hearings; receive input, either in writing or in a
hearing, from experts and the public; and coordinate with departments of the executive
branch.
(i)(1) In the fulfillment of its duty to examine and review issues related to solid waste,
the task force may travel and conduct meetings outside this state.
(2)(A) The non-legislative members of the task force shall serve without
compensation but shall be eligible for reimbursement of travel expenses
incurred. All reimbursement for travel expenses must be in conformity with the
comprehensive state travel regulations as promulgated by the commissioner
of finance and administration and approved by the attorney general and
reporter.
(B) The legislative members of the task force are eligible for
reimbursement of travel expenses incurred in conformity with § 3-1-106, and
may expend funds pursuant to§ 2-10-114(f).
(3) A legislative member of the task force is entitled to reimbursement for the
member's expenses for each day the member attends a meeting of the task force in
the same manner as the member is paid for attending legislative meetings pursuant
to § 3-1-106; provided, that a member must not receive additional legislative
compensation when the general assembly is in session or if the member is being paid
for attendance for other state business occurring on the same day as a meeting of the
task force.
0) By June 15, 2026, and each June 15 thereafter through 2029, the task force shall
produce a report and submit it to the members of the general assembly and the legislative
librarian. It is the intent of this act that the task force's reports are published on an
appropriate page of the general assembly's website.
(k) The task force shall terminate July 1, 2029.
SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 68-211-821, is amended by adding the
following as a new, appropriately designated subsection:
(d) The department may accept voluntary contributions, and may apply for grants,
from private companies, which may be combined with monies in the solid waste
management fund established by subsection (a), for grants for recycling infrastructure,
recycling projects, and composting administered pursuant to§ 68-211-825.
SECTION 3. It is the intent of this act that one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) of
existing funds in the solid waste management fund, created or referenced in title 68, chapter 211,
part 8, be allocated to funding the advisory task force on solid waste created by Section 1.
SECTION 4. This act is not an appropriation of funds, and funds must not be obligated or
expended pursuant to this act unless the funds are specifically appropriated by the general
appropriations act.
SECTION 5. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
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SENATE BILL NO. 438
PASSED: April 22, 2025
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SPEAKER OF THE SENATE
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