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TSRA Presents at TRC Conference in Gatlinburg

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TSRA at the Tennessee Recycling Coalition (TRC) Conference.
Hello TSRA Members,
             I wanted to share that we had a great response from participating at the Tennessee Recycling Coalition Conference in Gatlinburg on Thursday August 24th. I gave a talk on who the TSRA is, current TN metal laws, and the metal markets. We plan to continue to participate with the TRC and their conference next year.
I would also like to encourage members to help raise funds for Representative Clark Boyd’s and Senator Paul Baily’s PACs. They have been great friends to our industry and keynote speakers for us. I will take all of our checks together in person to our lobbyist group Kim and Steve next week.
Please make checks out to:
JCB PAC – for Clark Boyd
PB PAC – For Paul Baily
Mail Checks to:
CFC Recycling
54 Recycle DR
Tullahoma, TN 37388
Thank you,
Andrew Rice
CFC RECYCLING
​Vice President
TSRA President
Cell: 931-247-8404

2023 Summer Meeting Recap

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TSRA 2023 Summer Meeting Recap
The 2023 TSRA summer meeting was a great success. There were 39 people in attendance.
Roxana Gumucio with the Tennessee Department Of Commerce and Insurance spoke on the scrap metal registration program and the strong working relationship our groups have. She stated there are currently 228 registered dealer locations and 680 individual registrations.
Steve Buttry and Kim Adkins with Capitol Strategy Group gave a legislative recap from the Tennessee 2023 legislating session.
We voted to approve a new dues structure starting in 2024. The new due date for all association membership dues will be changed to July starting in 2024. Changing all companies’ invoices and association dues to the same month makes it easier for the officers to track and send out invoices.
Senator Paul Baily was a fantastic speaker. He talked about converter theft and his current and past partnership with our industry.
I also wanted to let everyone know that we will be voting for officer positions of President, Vice President, and Secretary at our Winter meeting in February 2024.
Finally, I would like to thank Mitchell Saulsbury, Aaron Kolb, Scot Bondurant, and Ali Ball for helping make the meeting great.
Andrew Rice,
TSRA President

TSRA Joins Forces to help Pass CDL Even Exchange Bill

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TSRA joins other groups for signing of Commercial Driver License Even Exchange Bill with Governor Bill Lee
Commercial Drivers’ License Even Exchange Bill: The estimated commercial driver shortage is over 80,000 drivers with the potential to grow to over 160,000 by the year 2028. SB 105/HB 88 by Senator Bo Watson and Representative Pat Marsh enables Tennessee to implement the “Even Exchange Program” as allowed by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). This program allows qualified military personnel,which includes activity duty, reservist, and national guard with driving experience, to be exempt from the knowledge test required to obtain a commercial driver’s license (CDL). FMCSA establishes the minimum standards that each state must follow in administering the program. Tennessee will join 18 other states that have implemented the program. TSRA was an active member of the coalition lead by the Beverage Association of Tennessee in support of this legislation. This new law will help alleviate the shortage of commercial drivers. This bill passed and became known as Public Chapter No. 422 in 2023.
Tennessee Scrap Recyclers Association | TNSRA.com

TSRA Day on the Hill Recap

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Hello TSRA Members,             
We had another successful Day on the Hill meeting. The day started with a short business meeting to go over current bills and our legislative agenda for 2023 followed by meetings with Lt. Governor Randy McNally, Speaker Cameron Sexton, and Transportation Chairman Dan Howell. The day ended meeting with Chairman Clark Boyd. He has been a great help this year creating a TN Catalytic Converter Task Force and sponsoring the catalytic converter legislation (HB484) in the House this year. On Tuesday night before the Day on the Hill meeting a group of us enjoyed some great networking, food, and hockey. See some pictures of both events in this email. Hope we will see you all at our next event. Andrew Rice TSRA PresidentC: 931-247-8404E: [email protected]

TSRA partners with Pick Up for Pints

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“PitchIn” Litter Project Gaining More Momentum – Please Sign Up:

We need help in getting the word out to sign up for the “Pick – Up for Pints” event on Saturday, January 22 in which folks will get a free pint of beer for picking up litter.  Please send out correspondence to team members to sign up for the events at https://www.pitchintn.com/getinvolved we are trying to get as many people to register and attend the statewide events.

 

Just go to the above website and when clicking on the link you can choose which region of TN (East, Middle, and West) to sign up for the brewery events.  Most of the events are at 11:30am or Noon this coming Saturday.  If you have team members sign up please have them wear a company identifying shirt etc…and have them take pictures to send to our lobbying team.  The official brochure is attached.  Let us know if you have any questions.

 

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