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of Revenue Services for deposit into a dedicated subaccount within | | the Maine Solid Waste Management Fund established in section 2201.__ | | The fee sunsets January 1, 2012 unless the Legislature extends the | | fee. |
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| | | By July 1, 2007, the office shall evaluate whether the amount of | | the fee is appropriate to cover eligible expenses incurred by | | consolidation facilities and municipalities.__The office, after a | | public hearing, may increase or decrease the fee as necessary to | | pay eligible expenses, but the fee may not exceed $10. |
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| | | 8.__Fund management.__The fee collected pursuant to subsection | | 7 must be deposited into a dedicated subaccount within the Maine | | Solid Waste Management Fund.__The revenues in the subaccount must | | be distributed as follows. |
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| | | A.__The office shall reimburse consolidation facilities for | | expenses incurred prior to January 1, 2012 that consist of | | the operational costs of the consolidation facility | | attributable to the handling of household-generated | | televisions and orphan waste computer monitors, | | transportation costs for these units from the consolidation | | facility to a recycling and dismantling facility licensed in | | accordance with all applicable federal, state and local laws | | and the cost of recycling these units.__Consolidation | | facilities are eligible for reimbursement provided they are | | in compliance with subsection 5, paragraph B. |
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| | | B.__The office shall reimburse municipalities for expenses | | incurred prior to January 1, 2012 related to the | | transportation of computer monitors and televisions from a | | municipal collection site to a consolidation facility in the | | State that the municipality can document exceed the current | | cost of transportation and disposal of an equivalent tonnage | | of that municipality's municipal solid waste. |
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| | | C.__The office shall reimburse the department for expenses | | it incurs from activities related to enforcement of the | | provisions of this section. |
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| | | D.__The office shall inform municipalities and consolidation | | facilities about the provisions of this subsection. |
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| | | E.__Any funds remaining in the dedicated subaccount within | | the Maine Solid Waste Management Fund after payment of all | | eligible costs incurred prior to January 1, 2012 by | | consolidation facilities and municipalities must be used to | | support municipal recycling programs unless otherwise | | directed by the Legislature. |
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