38 §2201. Maine Solid Waste Management Fund established - Maine Statutes

Title 38: WATERS AND NAVIGATION

Chapter 24: SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT AND RECYCLING HEADING: PL 1995, C. 465, PT. A, §26 (RPR

Subchapter 7: FINANCE, FEES AND CONTRACTS HEADING: PL 1989, C. 585, PT. A, §7 (NEW)

Article 2: MAINE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT FUND HEADING: PL 1989, C. 585, PT. A, §7 (NEW)

§2201. Maine Solid Waste Management Fund established

The Maine Solid Waste Management Fund, referred to in this section as the "fund," is established as a nonlapsing fund to support programs administered by the State Planning Office and the Department of Environmental Protection. The fund must be segregated into 2 subsidiary accounts. The first subsidiary account, called operations, receives all fees established and received under article 1. The 2nd subsidiary account, called administration, receives all fees established under this article and under Title 36, chapter 719, all funds recovered by the department as reimbursement for departmental expenses incurred to abate imminent threats to public health, safety and welfare posed by the illegal disposal of solid waste and all unclaimed deposits returned to the State under Title 32, chapter 28. [1995, c. 465, Pt. A, §72 (AMD); 1995, c. 465, Pt. C, §2 (AFF).]

Money in the fund not currently needed to meet the obligations of the office must be deposited with the Treasurer of State to the credit of the fund and may be invested as provided by law. Interest on these investments must be credited to the fund. [1995, c. 656, Pt. A, §62 (AMD).]

Funds related to administration may be expended only in accordance with allocations approved by the Legislature for administrative expenses directly related to the office's and the department's programs, including actions by the department necessary to abate threats to public health, safety and welfare posed by the disposal of solid waste. Funds related to operations may be expended only in accordance with allocations approved by the Legislature and solely for the development and operation of publicly owned facilities owned or approved by the office and for the repayment of any obligations of the office incurred under article 3. These allocations must be based on estimates of the actual costs necessary for the office and the department to administer their programs, to provide financial assistance to regional associations and to provide other financial assistance necessary to accomplish the purposes of this chapter. Beginning in the fiscal year ending on June 30, 1991 and thereafter, the fund must annually transfer to the General Fund an amount necessary to reimburse the costs of the Bureau of Revenue Services incurred in the administration of Title 36, chapter 719. Allowable expenditures include "Personal Services," "All Other" and "Capital Expenditures" associated with all office activities other than those included in the operations account. [2005, c. 618, §21 (AMD).]

SECTION HISTORY

1989, c. 585, §A7 (NEW). 1989, c. 596, §H (AMD). 1989, c. 927, §7 (AMD). 1991, c. 517, §B15 (AMD). 1991, c. 528, §§R12,13 (AMD). 1991, c. 528, §RRR (AFF). 1991, c. 591, §§R12,13 (AMD). 1991, c. 824, §A88 (RPR). 1993, c. 410, §C8 (AMD). 1995, c. 395, §P11 (AFF). 1995, c. 395, §P8 (AMD). 1995, c. 465, §A72 (AMD). 1995, c. 465, §C2 (AFF). 1995, c. 656, §§A62,63 (AMD). 1997, c. 1, §E2 (AMD). 1997, c. 24, §C15 (AMD). 1997, c. 526, §14 (AMD). 2001, c. 315, §5 (AMD). 2005, c. 618, §21 (AMD).