§ 8-9-402 - Definitions. - Arkansas Statutes

8-9-402. Definitions.

As used in this subchapter:

(1) "Automobile tire" means any motor vehicle tire with a load rating of "E" or lower;

(2) "Compacted and baled tires" means tires that have been mechanically compressed and tied with interlocking wrappings which have been approved by the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality;

(3) "Load rating" means the system of trade designations which identifies the weight carrying capacity range of a tire;

(4) "Motor vehicle" means an automobile, motorcycle, truck, trailer, semitrailer, truck tractor and semitrailer combination, or any other vehicle operated primarily on the roads of this state:

(A) Used to transport persons or property; and

(B) Propelled by power other than muscular power;

(5) "Specialty tire" means any tire not specifically covered by any other definition in this section, including, but not limited to, traction engines, road rollers, vehicles that run only on a track, bicycles, and farm tractors and trailers;

(6) "Tire" means a continuous solid or pneumatic rubber covering which is used for encircling a wheel;

(7) "Tire manufacturer" means a manufacturing operation engaged in the final assembly of the basic components of a tire;

(8) "Truck tire" means any motor vehicle tire with a rim size greater than twenty inches (20'') and a load rating of "E" or higher;

(9) "Used tire" means a tire that is repairable or retreadable for its original intended purpose, but shall not include a tire being held for ninety (90) days or less for the purpose of retreading or repairing the tire;

(10) "Waste tire" means a tire that is no longer repairable or retreadable or no longer suitable for its original intended purpose because of wear, damage, or defect;

(11) "Waste tire collection center" means a site where used or waste tires are collected from the public prior to being offered for recycling and where fewer than three thousand (3,000) loosely stored tires are kept on the site on any given day or up to a maximum of ten thousand (10,000) tires which have been compacted or baled;

(12) "Waste tire processing facility" means a site where equipment is used to cut, chip, grind, or otherwise alter used or waste tires;

(13) "Waste tire site" means a site at which one thousand (1,000) or more unpermitted used or waste tires are accumulated, whether loosely stored or compacted and baled or a combination thereof; and

(14) "Waste tires originating from a tire manufacturer" means those new tires which originate from a tire assembly process and are determined by the tire manufacturer to be either defective or unfit for use on a motor vehicle.