Within 18 months of the effective date of this amendatory and supplementary act, the department shall prepare a report on convenient and economically feasible methods for the disposition or recycling of scrap automobile tires which may be available to counties and municipalities. The department shall investigate various methods for the recovery or reuse of automobile tires from the municipal solid waste stream, including, but not limited to, incineration, artificial reef construction, retreading, asphalt paving material manufacture, sludge composting and energy recovery, and shall report to the Governor and the Legislature thereon, including a recommendation that a deposit be imposed on automobile tires, if warranted by the findings.

L. 1987, c. 102, s. 12.