CHAPTER 30

H.P. 1135 - L.D. 1549

An Act To Fund Municipal Collection of Household Hazardous

Waste

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. Study. The Department of Environmental Protection shall conduct a study regarding ongoing sources of funding for municipal collection of hazardous waste. The Department of Environmental Protection shall submit its recommendations to the Joint Standing Committee on Natural Resources no later than January 4, 2004.

Sec. 2. Legislation. The Joint Standing Committee on Natural Resources shall report out legislation during the Second Regular Session of the 121st Legislature concerning ongoing sources of funding for municipal collection of household hazardous waste.

Sec. 3. Transfer of funds. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Finance Authority of Maine shall transfer $438,820 from the Waste Reduction and Recycling Loan Fund, established in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 10, section 1023-G, to the Maine Solid Waste Management Fund established under Title 38, section 2201 no later than June 30, 2004. The Finance Authority of Maine shall transfer principal and interest repayments received in the Waste Reduction and Recycling Loan Fund to the Maine Solid Waste Management Fund within 60 days of receipt. The funds must be transferred from the Maine Solid Waste Management Fund in accordance with the following: