House Bill No. 162

Introduced By denny

By Request of the Department of Environmental Quality



A Bill for an Act entitled: An Act requiring that fees collected for the registration of hazardous waste generators and fees for the reissuance or modification of permits for hazardous waste management facilities be placed in the Hazardous Waste Fee account within the State Special Revenue Fund; amending section

75-10-434, MCA; and providing an effective date.



Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Montana:



Section 1.  Section 75-10-434, MCA, is amended to read:

"75-10-434.   Deposit of hazardous waste management fees. (1) There must be credited to an account within the state special revenue fund established in 17-2-102:

(a)  all fees collected under 75-10-432; and

(b)  all fees collected under 75-10-433, except fees paid to a county.;

(c) all fees collected for the registration of hazardous waste generators; and

(d) all fees collected for the reissuance or modification of hazardous waste management facility permits.

(2)  Money in the account may be used by the department only for the administration of the hazardous waste provisions of this part."



Section 2.  Effective date. [This act] is effective July 1, 1997.

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