| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 36 MRSA §4831, sub-§4, as amended by PL 1989, c. 878, Pt. B, | | §34 and affected by §35, is repealed. |
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| | | Sec. 2. 36 MRSA §4832, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1989, c. 927, §5, is | | further amended to read: |
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| | | 1. Imposition. A fee is imposed on the retail sale in this | State of new tires, | | appliances, new major furniture items, new bathtubs and new | | mattresses. The fee is in the amount of $1 per tire or lead-acid | | battery and $5 for major appliances, major furniture items, | | bathtubs and mattresses. Additionally, fees in the same amounts | | are imposed on the storage, use or other consumption in this | State of tires, | | furniture items, bathtubs and mattresses purchased new in this | | State by the user or purchased out of State by the user unless | | either of the fees imposed by this section has been paid. |
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| | | Sec. 3. 38 MRSA §1316-N is enacted to read: |
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| | | §1316-N.__Used motor vehicle tires; return to manufacturer |
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| | | A manufacturer of new motor vehicle tires sold in the State | | shall: |
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| | | 1.__Accept used tires.__A.Accept from its customers or | | distributors all used motor vehicle tires that were manufactured | | and sold as new after the effective date of this section. |
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| | | 2.__Properly dispose of used tires.__B.Recycle or properlC.y | | dispose of all used motor vehicle tires it has accepted under | | this subsection; |
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| | | 3D..__Notify purchaser.__Notify each purchaser of motor | | vehicle tires it sells of the available system for proper | | collection of the tires; and |
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| | | 4.__Establish a collection system.E.__Provide a system for the | | collection of the used tires, including a system for customers to | | return used motor vehicle tires to the distributor of its tires | | in the State. The tire manufaF.cturer shall accept used tires at | | the time that new motor vehicle tires are delivered to the | | purchaser or distributor of its tires in the State. If the tire | | manufacturer does not make deliveries on a monthly basis, it | | shall make arrangements with the purchaser or distributor so that | | all used tires can be returned to the manufacturer each month. |
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