Citations Affected:
IC 6-6-6.6-3.
Synopsis: Hazardous waste disposal tax. Allows a county to use the
county's share of the hazardous waste disposal tax to pay the costs
associated with any project that has identifiable environmental benefits.
Effective: July 1, 2001.
January 8, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on Environmental Affairs.
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
taxation and environmental law.
SECTION 1.
IC 6-6-6.6-3
IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2001]: Sec. 3. (a) Seventy-five
percent (75%) of the revenue produced by the levy imposed under
section 2 of this chapter shall be deposited in the hazardous substances
response trust fund established by
IC 13-25-4-1
and twenty-five
percent (25%) of the revenue shall be paid over to the county in which
the disposal facility is located.
(b) The revenue paid over to the county under subsection (a) shall
be deposited in a separate fund established by the county for the
purposes of the following:
(1) Establishing monitoring wells on land near the site of the
disposal facility.
(2) Analyzing samples from the monitoring wells established
under subdivision (1).
(3) Conducting other types of testing and surveillance for
hazardous waste contamination of land near the disposal facility.
(4) Providing training for county and local public health and
public safety officers in the proper procedures for dealing with
emergencies involving hazardous substances or hazardous waste.
(5) Providing special clothing and equipment needed by county
and local public health and public safety officers for dealing with
emergencies involving hazardous substances or hazardous waste.
(6) Funding research on alternatives to land disposal as a means
of eliminating hazardous waste.
(7) Paying the cost of hazardous waste, hazardous substance, or
solid waste removal and remedial action at a site located within
the county.
(8) Meeting the county's requirements under IC 13-21 for the
planning and implementation of a solid waste management
district plan.
(9) Paying the costs associated with any other project that has
identifiable environmental benefits.
(c) The county fund established under subsection (b) shall be
administered by the county treasurer, and the expenses of administering
the fund shall be paid from money in the fund. Money in the fund not
currently needed to meet the obligations of the fund may be invested
in the same manner as other public funds may be invested. Interest that
accrues from these investments shall be deposited in the fund. Money
in the fund at the end of a particular fiscal year does not revert to the
county general fund.
(d) No money in the county fund established under subsection (b)
shall be used for activities authorized in subsection (b)(8) or (b)(9)
until the purposes listed in subsection (b)(1) through (b)(7) have been
fulfilled.