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 § 1-41-23 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 recycling projects.
Source: SL 1992, ch 254, § 50L; SL 1996, ch 219, § 1; SL 2009, ch 13, § 2; SL 2016, ch 218, § 5, eff. Feb. 18, 2016; SL 2021, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 21-3), §§ 14, 53, eff. Apr. 19, 2021.
34A-6-85.1. Financial assistance for statewide cleanup of waste tires.
In addition to the financial assistance provided for under § 34A-6-85, the Board of Water and Natural Resources shall expend an amount not to exceed two hundred fifty thousand dollars in fiscal years 1997 and 1998 from the fees collected pursuant to § 34A-6-83 in order to help defray the costs of a statewide cleanup of waste tires. These funds shall be used to clean up waste tires and waste tire piles that existed prior to July 1, 1998, until such time that the cleanup of those waste tires is completed. The board shall stipulate that any contractor awarded funds under this section shall use, to the maximum extent possible, prison laborers provided by the Department of Corrections. The Board of Water and Natural Resources shall promulgate rules pursuant to chapter 1-26 to specify eligibility criteria, application procedures, eligible uses of funds, and administration requirements for any financial assistance to be awarded pursuant to this section.
Source: SL 1996, ch 219, § 3.