Sec. 6. 38 MRSA §569-B, sub-§4-A is enacted to read:

4-A.__Penalty for late payment of fees.__Fees assessed under subsection 4 are due to the department on or before the last day of the month immediately following the month in which the oil was transferred.__Licensees who fail to pay the fee by that date shall pay an additional amount equal to 10% of the amount assessed under subsection 4.

Sec. 7. 38 MRSA §569-B, sub-§6-A, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 364, §35, is amended to read:

6-A. Lien. All costs incurred by the State in the removal, abatement and remediation of a prohibited discharge of oil from an aboveground or underground storage facility and all costs incurred by the State in the abandonment of any underground oil storage facility or tank under section 566-A, subsection 4 are a lien against the real estate of the responsible party.

A certificate of lien signed by the commissioner must be sent by certified mail to the responsible party prior to being recorded and may be filed in the office of the clerk of the municipality in which the real estate is located. The lien is effective when the certificate is recorded with the registry of deeds for the county in which the real estate is located. The certificate of lien must include a description of the real estate, the amount of the lien and the name of the owner as grantor.

When the amount for which a lien has been recorded under this subsection has been paid or reduced, the commissioner, upon request by any person of record holding interest in the real estate that is the subject of the lien, shall issue a certificate discharging or partially discharging the lien. The certificate must be recorded in the registry in which the lien was recorded. Any action of foreclosure of the lien must be brought by the Attorney General in the name of the State in the Superior Court for the judicial district in which the real estate subject to the lien is located.

Sec. 8. 38 MRSA §570-E, as enacted by PL 1985, c. 496, Pt. A, §14, is amended to read:

Rules adopted by the board under this subchapter shall must be submitted for review by the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over energy and natural resources and, until December 1, 1987, to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over audit and program review matters. In reviewing the rules promulgated adopted by the board