As Amended
SEC. 49-31-23. Multimedia Pollution Prevention Fund.
(1) There is hereby created in the State Treasury a fund to be designated as the Multimedia Pollution Prevention Fund, hereinafter referred to in this section as "fund," which may be used for:
(a) Pollution prevention and recycling activities of the department, such as the administration of the multimedia pollution prevention program and its components and the collection and analysis of data received pursuant to section 313 of EPCRA;
(b) Pollution prevention and recycling technical assistance to business, industry, academic institutions and governmental entities;
(c) Planning and implementing waste management education and outreach programs with emphasis on pollution prevention and recycling;
(d) Pollution prevention and recycling research and development projects;
(e) Demonstration projects aimed at pollution prevention and recycling; or
(f) Any other purposes consistent with this chapter as determined by the department.
(2) Expenditures may be made from the fund upon requisition by the executive director of the department.
(3) The fund shall be treated as a special trust fund. Interest earned on the principal therein shall be credited by the Treasurer to the fund.
(4) The fund may receive monies from any available public or private source, including, but not limited to, collection of fees, interest, grants, taxes, public and private donations, oil overcharge refunds or rebates, and appropriated funds.
SOURCES: Laws, 1990, ch. 507, Sec. 13, eff from and after June 1, 1990. Laws, 1994, ch. 637 Sec. 9, eff from and after July 1, 1994