| | | Emergency preamble. Whereas, Acts of the Legislature do not become | | effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as | | emergencies; and |
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| | | Whereas, the deadline for distributions from the Wells Waste Oil | | Clean-up Fund is April 1, 2000 and if this date is not | | immediately extended, the fund will be used up and it will not be | | possible to allow more persons to benefit from the fund; and |
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| | | Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create | | an emergency within the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and | | require the following legislation as immediately necessary for | | the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now, | | therefore, |
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| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 10 MRSA §1023-L, sub-§3, ¶D, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 505, Pt. | | A, §7, is amended to read: |
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| | | D. An agreement has been reached with an entity that has | | assumed liability for total response costs at the Wells | | waste oil disposal site and the applicant is a participant | | in that agreement. |
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| | | Sec. 2. 10 MRSA §1023-L, sub-§7, as amended by PL 1999, c. 531, Pt. H, | | §1 and affected by §2, is further amended to read: |
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| | | 7. Direct payment program. The direct payment program is | | managed as follows. |
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| | | A. The authority shall pay to each person, eligible under | | this subsection, $2,000 upon presentation by the person to | | the authority of a canceled check or other evidence | | determined sufficient by the authority to demonstrate | | payment of the person's share of total response costs at the | | waste oil disposal site, unless the authority determines | | that the payment made by the person at that site was in an | | amount less than $2,000, in which case the authority shall | | pay to that person an amount equal to the amount that person | | paid in relation to the site. All payments made under this | | subsection must be from funds transferred from the Maine | | Rainy Day Fund. |
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| | | B. Any person eligible under this subsection who presents an | | invoice for that person's share of total response costs at the | | site, but who has not yet paid the invoice, receives a negotiable | | instrument from the authority made payable jointly to that person | | and any entity identified by the Department of Environmental | | Protection as assuming liability |
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