Section 34A-6-85 - Deposit of fees in environment and natural resources fee fund and waterand environment fund--Expenditures, grants, and loans from water andenvironment fund--Preferences.
34A-6-85. Deposit of fees in environment and natural resources fee fund and water and environment fund--Expenditures, grants, and loans from water and environment fund--Preferences. Twenty-five percent of the fees received pursuant to §§ 34A-6-81 and 34A-6-82 shall be deposited in the environment and natural resources fee fund established in § 1-40-30 and shall be used to defray costs of administering the solid waste management program requirements of chapter 34A-6. All fees received pursuant to §§ 34A-6-83 and 34A-6-84 and seventy-five percent of the fees received pursuant to §§ 34A-6-81 and 34A-6-82 shall be deposited in the water and environment fund established in § 46A-1-60, and their expenditures shall be limited to the solid waste source reduction, recycling, and waste management program established in § 46A-1-83. Grants or loans from the water and environment fund shall be administered by the Board of Water and Natural Resources in accordance with the rules established for solid waste management grants or loans in § 46A-1-84. The board shall offer a grant or loan preference to tire management projects utilizing fees originating pursuant to § 34A-6-83, including waste tire shredding and transporting. The board shall award financial assistance to projects for waste tire shredding and transporting until there is capacity in the private sector to fully utilize all new waste tires generated in this state on an annual basis. Financial assistance for waste tire shredding and transporting may total no more than two hundred fifty thousand dollars in any one fiscal year, but such financial assistance may not be awarded to any state agency. The board shall offer a grant or loan preference to any municipal solid waste landfill facility using volume-based fees reflecting full and true disposal cost. After deducting the amounts provided for waste tire activities provided for by this section and § 34A-6-85.1, at least fifty percent of the amount remaining from the fees imposed pursuant to §§ 34A-6-81 to 34A-6-84, inclusive, shall be awarded as recycling grants or loans.
Source: SL 1992, ch 254, § 50L; SL 1996, ch 219, § 1; SL 2009, ch 13, § 2.