Sec. GG-1. 38 MRSA §353-C is enacted to read:

§353-C.__Borrow pit and mining fees

Fees received under chapter 3, subchapter 1, article 7 and article 8-A must be deposited in the Maine Environmental Protection Fund and are governed by the__general provisions of this subchapter.

Sec. GG-2. 38 MRSA §490-J, as amended by PL 1995, c. 700, §31, is further amended by adding at the end a new paragraph to read:

All fees received under this article must be deposited in the Maine Environmental Protection Fund consistent with section 353- C.

Sec. GG-3. 38 MRSA §490-EE, as amended by PL 1997, c. 364, §24, is further amended by adding at the end a new paragraph to read:

All fees received under this article must be deposited in the Maine Environmental Protection Fund consistent with section 353- C.

PART HH

Sec. HH-1. 36 MRSA §2892, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 513, Pt. H, §1, is amended to read:

§2892. Tax imposed

For state fiscal years beginning on or after July 1, 2003, a tax is imposed annually against each hospital in the State. The tax is equal to .74% 2.03% of net operating revenue for the tax year as identified on the hospital's most recent audited annual financial statement for that tax year. Delinquent tax payments are subject to Title 22, section 3175-C.

Sec. HH-2. 36 MRSA §2893, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 513, Pt. H, §1, is amended to read:

2. Return required in state fiscal years beginning on or after July 1, 2004. For tax due for state fiscal years beginning on or after July 1, 2004, a person subject to the tax imposed by this chapter shall submit to the assessor a return on a form prescribed and furnished by the assessor and pay the tax by July 15th one half of the total tax due by November 15th of the state