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An Act To Amend the Bottle Redemption Laws
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 32 MRSA §1871-A, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 2009, c. 405, §7, is amended to read:
 
3. Location of redemption centers; population requirements.   The department may grant a license to a redemption center if the following requirements are met:
 
A. The department may license up to 5 redemption centers in a municipality with a population over 30,000;
 
B. The department may license up to 3 redemption centers in a municipality with a population over 20,000 but no more than 30,000; and
 
C. The department may license up to 2 redemption centers in a municipality with a population over 5,000 but no more than 20,000.
 
For a municipality with a population of no more than 5,000, the department may license up to 2 redemption centers in accordance with rules adopted by the department and upon approval by the governing body of the municipality. Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.
 
SUMMARY
This bill allows the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry to license up to 2 redemption centers for a municipality with a population of no more than 5,000 upon approval by the governing body of the municipality.