17-18-37 - Grant for volunteer host community which is designated site; host community authorized to obtain loan from hazardous waste facility site revolving loan fund; negotiations between governing - Mississippi Statutes

§ 17-18-37. Grant for volunteer host community which is designated site; host community authorized to obtain loan from hazardous waste facility site revolving loan fund; negotiations between governing body of host community and department for percentage of gross receipts from facility.
 

(1)  A volunteer host community which is the designated site shall be paid a grant of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) from the State General Fund after the state commercial hazardous waste management facility is permitted and construction thereof has commenced. 

(2)  A host community which is the designated site for the state commercial hazardous waste management facility may obtain a loan from the Hazardous Waste Facility Site Revolving Loan Fund under Section 17-17-55. 

(3)  The governing body of a host community for the state commercial hazardous waste management facility may negotiate with the department in accordance with Section 17-18-39 for a percentage of annual gross receipts from the facility, emergency response resources and training and public information, education and outreach programs, among other incentives. 
 

Sources: Laws,  1990, ch. 506, § 21, eff from and after passage (approved March 31, 1990).