A. The solid waste fee fund is established. The director shall administer the fund. The fund consists of legislative appropriations, donations, gifts, grants, in lieu contributions pursuant to section 9-511.03, registration fees collected pursuant to sections 44-1303 and 44-1304.01, waste tire administrative monies distributed pursuant to section 44-1305, subsection B, paragraph 1, licensure fees collected pursuant to section 49-104, subsection B, paragraph 14, subdivision (b), solid waste general permit fees collected pursuant to section 49-706, solid waste landfill registration fees from section 49-747, licensure fees collected pursuant to section 49-761, subsection D, paragraphs 2 and 3 and subsections H, J and M, solid waste fees collected pursuant to section 49-762.03, subsection F, used oil handler fees collected pursuant to section 49-802, subsection B, special waste management plan fees collected pursuant to section 49-857, special waste management fees collected pursuant to section 49-863, private consultants expedited plan review fees collected pursuant to section 49-762.03, subsection G, self-certification filing fees collected pursuant to section 49-762.05, subsection H, solid waste landfill disposal fees collected pursuant to section 49-836, special waste fees collected pursuant to section 49-855 and coal combustion residuals permit processing fees and annual fees collected pursuant to section 49-891.
B. Monies in the fund are subject to legislative appropriation for solid waste control programs established in the funding sources pursuant to subsection A of this section, as determined by the director and for the following purposes:
1. Grants to or contracts with political subdivisions, nonprofit organizations or private enterprise for research, demonstration projects, new technologies, market development and source reduction studies and implementation of the recommendations or reports prepared pursuant to article 8 of this chapter.
2. Public information, public education and technical assistance programs concerning litter control, recycling and source reduction. In making expenditures pursuant to this paragraph, the director shall ensure that counties with a population of less than five hundred thousand persons receive benefits in proportion to their contributions to the fund.
3. The collection and administration of monies in the fund.
4. The administration of article 8 of this chapter.
5. The administration of the Arizona commerce authority's recycled market development program. At the end of each fiscal year, any monies not spent by the Arizona commerce authority for this purpose revert to the solid waste fee fund.
6. The department's solid waste control program activities prescribed in this chapter and title 44.
C. On notice from the director, the state treasurer shall invest and divest monies in the fund as provided in section 35-313, and monies earned from investment shall be credited to the fund. Monies deposited in the fund are exempt from the provisions of section 35-190 relating to lapsing of appropriations.
D. The director shall appoint an advisory committee to advise the director on the use of monies in the fund for recycling grants, recycling education and technical assistance in managing or establishing recycling programs. The advisory committee shall consist of two representatives from private solid waste collection businesses, two representatives from private solid waste recycling businesses, four representatives from political subdivisions that have implemented recycling and source reduction programs, at least one of whom resides in a county with a population of less than five hundred thousand persons and one representative of the general public. The members of the committee serve at the pleasure of the director and are not eligible to receive compensation.