Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §3305, sub-§1, ¶N, as amended by PL 1997, c. 393, Pt. B, §4, is further amended to read:

N. Coordinate the development of solid waste management policy including:

(1) Collecting and analyzing solid waste management and recycling data from all available sources including commercial and municipal entities;

(2) Preparing a solid waste management and recycling plan to be submitted to the Governor and the Legislature by January 1, 1998 and every 5 years thereafter; and

(3) Providing technical and financial assistance to municipalities in waste reduction and recycling activities; and

Sec. 2. 5 MRSA §3305, sub-§1, ¶O, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 625, Pt. A, §10, is amended to read:

O. Own, design, develop or operate, or contract with private parties to operate, a solid waste disposal facility, as provided in Title 38, chapter 24, subchapter IV. 4; and

Sec. 3. 5 MRSA §3305, sub-§1, ¶P is enacted to read:

P.__Compile and make accessible to the public on a publicly accessible site on the Internet those municipal budgets submitted in accordance with Title 30-A, section 5657.

Sec. 4. 30-A MRSA §5657 is enacted to read:

§5657.__Submission of annual municipal budget to State Planning

Office

1.__Requirement.__A municipality shall submit annually to the State Planning Office a copy of that municipality's annual budget.

2.__Compilation and public dissemination of municipal budgets.__ The State Planning Office shall compile municipal budgets submitted in accordance with subsection 1 and shall make that information available to the public on a publicly accessible site on the Internet.