| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 10 MRSA §393, sub-§1-A is enacted to read: |
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| | | 1-A. Automobile scrapper.__"Automobile scrapper" means a | | person engaged in the business of scrapping automobiles as | | defined in rules adopted by the Board of Environmental Protection | | within the Department of Environmental Protection.__An automobile | | scrapper may include, but is not limited to, an automobile | | graveyard, an automobile recycling business or a junkyard, as | | those terms are defined in Title 30-A, section 3752. |
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| | | Sec. 2. 10 MRSA §394, sub-§4-A is enacted to read: |
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| | | 4-A.__Payments to automobile scrappers.__To the extent funds | | are available in the fund, the department shall pay an automobile | | scrapper up to $350 for each high-pollution vehicle scrapped | | under the program.__Payments must be made directly to the | | automobile scrapper upon receipt of a invoice and a certificate | | of verification that the high-pollution vehicle was scrapped. |
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| | | Sec. 3. 10 MRSA §1023-K, sub-§4, as amended by PL 1999, c. 684, §4, is | | further amended to read: |
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| | | 4. Accounts within fund. The authority may divide the fund | | into separate accounts as it determines necessary or convenient | | for carrying out this section, including, but not limited to, | | accounts reserved for direct loan funds and accounts reserved for | | funds for the redemption of vouchers and payments to automobile | scrappers in accordance with section 394, subsection | | 4 and 4-A. |
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| | | Sec. 4. Emergency rulemaking. The Board of Environmental Protection | | within the Department of Environmental Protection shall adopt | | emergency rules no later than 15 days after the effective date of | | this Act to amend Chapter 147 of its rules to establish the | | standards and process for making payments to automobile scrappers | | under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 10, section 394, | | subsection 4-A. The board also shall provide a definition of | | "automobile scrapper" in accordance with Title 10, section 393, | | subsection 1-A. Rules adopted under this section are routine | | technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter | | II-A. |
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| | | The Board of Environmental Protection within the Department of | | Environmental Protection will incur some minor additional costs | | to adopt certain rules pertaining to automobile scrappers. In | | addition, the Finance Authority of Maine will incur some minor |
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