Whereas, it is necessary to make technical corrections to recently enacted legislation some of which was enacted as emergency legislation; and

Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create an emergency within the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and require the following legislation as immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now, therefore,

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

PART A

Sec. A-1. 38 MRSA §568-A, sub-§2, ķA, as amended by PL 1999, c. 504, §11, is further amended to read:

A. For purposes of this paragraph, the number of facilities or capacity in gallons owned by the facility owner must be determined at the time of the discovery of the discharge. A facility owner includes any entity that is directly owned by the facility owner or owns the facility owner; any entity of which the facility owner is a franchisee; any entity that is a member of a partnership or limited partnership that includes the facility owner; any entity of which the facility owner is a subsidiary corporation, a parent corporation or a sibling corporation; or any entity that is related, whether directly or indirectly, to a person who owns a majority of shares in any other entity described in this paragraph. Standard deductibles are as follows.

(1) For expenses related to a leaking underground oil storage facility, the deductible amount is determined in accordance with the following schedule:

Number of underground Deductible

storage facilities

owned by the facility owner

1 $2,500

2 to 5 5,000

6 to 10 10,000

11 to 20 25,000

21 to 30 40,000

over 30 62,500