Sec. G-1. Funding of municipal sand and salt storage facilities. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a portion of the increase in funding of the Urban-Rural Initiative Program provided by the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 23, section 1803-B must be used to fund municipal sand and salt storage facilities as provided in this section. The amount of such funding for municipal sand and salt storage facilities must be $1,000,000 in each of fiscal years 2005-06 and 2006-07, but only if total funding for the Urban-Rural Initiative Program for fiscal years 2005-06 and 2006-07 increases by at least $2,000,000 over total funding levels for fiscal years 2003-04 and 2004-05. The funding for municipal sand and salt storage facilities provided by this section must be distributed in accordance with Title 23, chapter 19, subchapter 7. All Other Urban-Rural Initiative Program funds must be distributed in accordance with Title 23, section 1803-B.
Sec. G-2. Investigate; report. The Department of Transportation, in conjunction with the Department of Environmental Protection, shall investigate whether the demonstrable environmental and health benefits of constructing some or all Priority 3 sand and salt storage facilities as provided by the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 23, section 1851, subsection 3 and Title 38, section 413, subsection 2-D outweigh the cost of such construction. By January 15, 2006, the Department of Transportation shall deliver to the Joint Standing Committee on Transportation a report including findings and conclusions of the investigation and any related recommended changes in law.
Emergency clause. In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, this Act takes effect when approved.
Effective April 1, 2005.
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