B. In addition to the payment of the refund value, the initiator of the deposit under section 1863-A, subsection 3 shall reimburse the dealer or local redemption center for the cost of handling beverage containers subject to section 1863-A in an amount that equals at least 3¢ 4.5¢ per returned container. The initiator of the deposit may reimburse the dealer or local redemption center directly or indirectly through a contracted agent.

C.__In addition to the payment of the refund value, the initiator of the deposit under section 1863-A, subsection 4 shall reimburse the dealer or local redemption center for the cost of handling beverage containers subject to section 1863-A in an amount that equals at least 5__per returned container.

Sec. 3. 32 MRSA §1871-B, sub-§2, ¶A-1 is enacted to read:

A-1.__One half of 1__of each deposit collected under section 1863-A;

Sec. 4. 38 MRSA §2201, first ¶, as amended by PL 1995, c. 465, Pt. A, §72 and affected by Pt. C, §2, is further amended to read:

The Maine Solid Waste Management Fund, referred to in this section as the "fund," is established as a nonlapsing fund to support programs administered by the State Planning Office and the Department of Environmental Protection. The fund must be segregated into 2 subsidiary accounts. The first subsidiary account, called operations, receives all fees established and received under article 1. The 2nd subsidiary account, called administration, receives all fees established under this article and under Title 36, chapter 719, all funds recovered by the department as reimbursement for departmental expenses incurred to abate imminent threats to public health, safety and welfare posed by the illegal disposal of solid waste and, except as provided in Title 32, section 1871-B, subsection 2, paragraph A-1, all unclaimed deposits returned to the State under Title 32, chapter 28.