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LR 2752
Item 1

 
of Revenue Services for deposit into a dedicated subaccount within
the Maine Solid Waste Management Fund established in section 2201.__
The fee sunsets January 1, 2012 unless the Legislature extends the
fee.

 
By July 1, 2007, the office shall evaluate whether the amount of
the fee is appropriate to cover eligible expenses incurred by
consolidation facilities and municipalities.__The office, after a
public hearing, may increase or decrease the fee as necessary to
pay eligible expenses, but the fee may not exceed $10.

 
8.__Fund management.__The fee collected pursuant to subsection
7 must be deposited into a dedicated subaccount within the Maine
Solid Waste Management Fund.__The revenues in the subaccount must
be distributed as follows.

 
A.__The office shall reimburse consolidation facilities for
expenses incurred prior to January 1, 2012 that consist of
the operational costs of the consolidation facility
attributable to the handling of household-generated
televisions and orphan waste computer monitors,
transportation costs for these units from the consolidation
facility to a recycling and dismantling facility licensed in
accordance with all applicable federal, state and local laws
and the cost of recycling these units.__Consolidation
facilities are eligible for reimbursement provided they are
in compliance with subsection 5, paragraph B.

 
B.__The office shall reimburse municipalities for expenses
incurred prior to January 1, 2012 related to the
transportation of computer monitors and televisions from a
municipal collection site to a consolidation facility in the
State that the municipality can document exceed the current
cost of transportation and disposal of an equivalent tonnage
of that municipality's municipal solid waste.

 
C.__The office shall reimburse the department for expenses
it incurs from activities related to enforcement of the
provisions of this section.

 
D.__The office shall inform municipalities and consolidation
facilities about the provisions of this subsection.

 
E.__Any funds remaining in the dedicated subaccount within
the Maine Solid Waste Management Fund after payment of all
eligible costs incurred prior to January 1, 2012 by
consolidation facilities and municipalities must be used to
support municipal recycling programs unless otherwise
directed by the Legislature.


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