125th MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 1320		LR 1577(01)
	An Act To Increase the Recycling Rate in Maine
	Preliminary Fiscal Impact Statement for Original Bill
	Sponsor: Rep. Welsh of Rockport
	Committee: Environment and Natural Resources
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Preliminary Fiscal Impact Statement
State Mandate - Funded
			FY 2011-12	FY 2012-13	Projections  FY 2013-14	Projections  FY 2014-15
Appropriations/Allocations
	Other Special Revenue Funds		$0	$1,280,000	$1,280,000	$1,280,000
State Mandates
	Required Activity				Unit Affected	Local Cost
	Requires municipalities to semi-annually receive houshold hazardous waste from January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2017; requires municipalities with more than 2,000 in population to receive, recycle and if posisble sell all cardboard disposed of in the municipality; requires municipalities with over 2,000 in population to receive and compost household yard waste.				Municipality	Significant statewide
	The required local activities in this bill may represent a state mandate pursuant to the Constitution of Maine.  The bill provides state funding for the cost of the mandate and therefore no mandate preamble is required.
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	Expending funds from the Maine Solid Waste Management Fund (MSWMF) to reimburse municipalities for all of their expenses related to semi-annually receiving household hazardous waste, and to reimburse municipalities larger than 2,000 in population for receiving and recycling cardboard and for receiving and composting household yard waste will require an allocation of $1.28 million starting in fiscal year 2012-13 for the State Planning Office to make the reimbursements.  The Department of Environmental Protection is concerned that the solvency of the MSWMF could be in jeopardy if these additional expenditures are made from the MSWMF for the activities and requirements of this bill.