Terms, defined.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-15,159.02
in effect81-15,159.02. Terms, defined.
For purposes of the Waste Reduction and Recycling Incentive Act:
(1) Council means the Environmental Quality Council;
(2) Department means the Department of Water, Energy, and Environment;
(3) Director means the Director of Water, Energy, and Environment;
(4) Scrap tire or waste tire means a tire that is no longer suitable for its original intended purpose because of wear, damage, or defect;
(5) Tire means any tire made of rubber or other resilient material and normally used on any vehicle;
(6) Tire-derived product means the usable product produced from a scrap tire. Tire-derived product does not include crumb rubber or chipped tires not intended for a direct end use and does not include baled tires or tire-derived fuel; and
(7) Tire retailer means a person, business, or other entity which engages in the retail sale of tires in any quantity for any use or purpose by the purchaser other than for resale.
Laws 1994, LB 1034, § 6; Laws 1997, LB 495, § 8; Laws 2003, LB 143, § 10; Laws 2019, LB302, § 131; Laws 2025, LB317, § 421.
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