CHAPTER 367
S.P. 629 - L.D. 1813
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 10 MRSA §393, sub-§1-A is enacted to read:
1-A. Automobile scrapper. "Automobile scrapper" means a person engaged in the business of scrapping automobiles as defined in rules adopted by the Board of Environmental Protection within the Department of Environmental Protection. An automobile scrapper may include, but is not limited to, an automobile graveyard, an automobile recycling business or a junkyard, as those terms are defined in Title 30-A, section 3752.
Sec. 2. 10 MRSA §394, sub-§4-A is enacted to read:
4-A. Payments to automobile scrappers. To the extent funds are available in the fund, the department shall pay an automobile scrapper up to $350 for each high-pollution vehicle scrapped under the program. Payments must be made directly to the automobile scrapper upon receipt of an invoice and a certificate of verification that the high-pollution vehicle was scrapped.
Sec. 3. 10 MRSA §1023-K, sub-§4, as amended by PL 1999, c. 684, §4, is further amended to read:
4. Accounts within fund. The authority may divide the fund into separate accounts as it determines necessary or convenient for carrying out this section, including, but not limited to, accounts reserved for direct loan funds and accounts reserved for funds for the redemption of vouchers and payments to automobile scrappers in accordance with section 394, subsection subsections 4 and 4-A.
Sec. 4. Emergency rulemaking. The Board of Environmental Protection within the Department of Environmental Protection shall adopt emergency rules no later than 15 days after the effective date of this Act to amend Chapter 147 of its rules to establish the standards and process for making payments to automobile scrappers under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 10, section 394, subsection 4-A. The board also shall provide a definition of "automobile scrapper" in accordance with Title 10, section 393, subsection 1-A. Rules adopted under this section are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter II-A.
Effective September 21, 2001, unless otherwise indicated.
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