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PUBLIC LAWS OF MAINE
First Regular Session of the 121st

CHAPTER 338
S.P. 507 - L.D. 1515

An Act To Promote and Monitor Competition in the Solid Waste Industry

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

     Sec. 1. 38 MRSA §2112 is enacted to read:

§2112. Small container contract restrictions

     1. Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.

     2. Contracts. Contracts for the provision of small containerized solid waste hauling service to customers located in this State are governed by the following provisions.

This subsection does not apply to contracts in force on the effective date of this subsection.

     Sec. 2. 38 MRSA §2124-A, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 588, §4, is amended by adding at the end a new paragraph to read:

     The report must include an analysis of how changes in available disposal capacity have affected or are likely to affect disposal prices. When the office determines that a decline in available landfill capacity has generated or has the potential to generate supracompetitive prices, it shall include this finding in its report and shall include recommendations for legislative or regulatory changes as necessary.

Effective September 13, 2003, unless otherwise indicated.

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