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R �,o. TIS still out there, let's give the board but Leveille said the future of the agency now spends. Assemblyman Dennis Cardoza, Cardoza said most other states a buck for tires.' " revenue source is at least unser- Peck said the waste board will D-Merced, said cleaning up the that have successful tire-disposal Leveille said there's also a tain. spend part of the money to create a Westley and Royster sites alone programs charge $1 per tire. And Continued from B1 chance the state's new stream of The waste board isn't saying new manifest system so that state might take a big chunk of the new he said he doesn't believe that "I think there was a false scare money may not last. Proposition how it would spend the money. officals can track fires from the time revenue. He said experts testified opponents could overturn the fee in the Legislature when the 37, which will appear on the Peck said the new fire fee doesn't the, are picked up at dealers until during committee that the even if voters approve Proposition November ballot, requires a two- kick in until Jan. 1, and the state hto d$14 million (Westley) fire pile burned;'Leveille their disposal Another portion of the may � 37. said. "I think the legislators, they thuds vote in each house of the agency hasn't yet prepared a money will go toward developing to dean up the Wesdey site alone. "This is like the deposit on a don't know a lot about the fire Legislature to approve new fees, detailed spending plan. new markets for waste tires. For The Attorney Generals Office has pop bottle, that's really what it is;' retroactive to July 1, 1999. One detail is known: The law filed suit against property owner Ed Cardoza said programs that were out there, Opponents would have to launch that increased the tire fee requires example, grants can be issued to Filbin and other parties involved (they) were reacting based on We a court challenge to prove that that at least $6.5 million a year companies that want to convert with dumping tines there to recover M To reach Capitol Bureau Chief Jim don't want another tire fire and the tire fee is subject to the spe- be allocated to cleaning up waste- shredded tires into asphalt or build- its costs, but the outcome is uneer- Sams, phone (916) 441-4078 or there probably are a lot of tires cific legal criteria in the initiative, fire sites, three times what the ing products. tain. e-mail sactoOrecordnetcorn