Sec. B-1. 5 MRSA §151, first ¶, as amended by PL 1995, c. 402, Pt. A, §2, and c. 505, §2 and affected by §22, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:
All money received by the Treasurer of State from those boards listed in section 12004-A constitutes a fund for each board, which is a continuous carrying account for the payment of the compensation and expenses of the members and the expenses of the board and for executing the law relating to each board respectively and as much of the fund as may be required is appropriated for these purposes. All payments must be made from the respective funds held in the State Treasury, after the approval of the State Controller. In no event may these payments exceed the amounts received by the Treasurer of State from the treasurer of each respective board. Any balance remaining to the credit of any board at the end of any year must be carried forward to the next year.
Sec. B-2. Retroactivity. That section of this Part that repeals and replaces the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 151, first paragraph applies retroactively to January 1, 1996.
Sec. B-3. 5 MRSA §3305, sub-§1, ¶L, as repealed and replaced by PL 1995, c. 625, Pt. A, §8 and amended by c. 656, Pt. A, §1, is repealed.
Sec. B-4. 5 MRSA §3305, sub-§1, ¶N, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 625, Pt. A, §10, is 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 2 5 years thereafter; and
(3) Providing technical and financial assistance to municipalities in waste reduction and recycling activities; and
Sec. B-5. 9-A MRSA §6-203, sub-§6, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 155, Pt. F, §1 and affected by §2, is amended to read:
6. Volume fees. Volume fees paid with respect to consumer credit transactions that are originated by a seller, lessor or lender, other than a supervised financial organization, and that are subsequently assigned to a financial institution, as defined in Title 9-B, section 131, subsection 17, or to a credit union, as defined in Title 9-B, section 131, subsection 12, within 30 days after the inception of the consumer credit transaction must be allocated between within the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation, between the Office of Consumer Credit Regulation and the Bureau of Banking in proportion to the reasonable costs of regulation of all aspects of such transactions. The agreement for allocation must be established by the Commissioner of Professional and Financial Regulation, in consultation with the Director of the Office of Consumer Credit Regulation and the Superintendent of Banking, not more frequently than every 24 months.
Sec. B-6. 15 MRSA §3203-A, sub-§7, ¶B-4, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 24, Pt. RR, §3, is amended to read:
B-4. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on the date that the Northern Maine Regional Juvenile Detention Facility begins operating, the State is responsible for all physically restrictive juvenile detention statewide, except that the detention provided under subsection 1 remains the responsibility of the counties. At the discretion of the sheriff, a county may assume responsibility for the detention of a juvenile for the first 48 hours, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays. Upon mutual agreement of the Commissioner of Corrections and the sheriff and upon terms mutually agreeable to them, a juvenile may be further detained by a county. Any detention of a juvenile by a county must be in a section of a jail or other secure detention facility in compliance with paragraph A or in an approved detention facility or temporary holding resource in compliance with paragraph B. This paragraph does not apply to a juvenile who is held in an adult section of a jail pursuant to court order under paragraph C or D; section 3101, subsection 4, paragraph E-1; or section 3205, subsection 2.
Sec. B-7. Effective date. That section of this Part that amends the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 15, section 3203-A, subsection 7, paragraph B-4, takes effect June 26, 1997.
Sec. B-8. 17-A MRSA §1304, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 54, §1, is amended to read:
4. If the court sentences commits a person to imprisonment the custody of the sheriff for nonpayment of a fine, the court may authorize, at the time of sentencing its order only, participation of the person in a project under Title 30-A, section 1606 with the agreement of the sheriff of the county jail where the person is committed. The person's sentence person must be prorated given credit according to the provisions of Title 30-A, section 1606, subsection 2. The sentence runs consecutively with any other sentence. The confinement ordered must be nonconcurrent with any judgment of conviction involving a term of imprisonment.
Sec. B-9. 38 MRSA §1303-C, sub-§35, as amended by PL 1995, c. 465, Pt. A, §12 and affected by Pt. C, §2, is further amended to read:
35. State waste management and recycling plan. "State waste management and recycling plan" means the plan adopted by the former Maine Waste Management Agency pursuant to chapter 24, subchapter II and subsequent plans developed by the State Planning Office pursuant to Title 5, section 3305, subsection 1, paragraph L N and may also be referred to as "state plan."
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