Title 38, Title 38

Each operator of a solid waste disposal facility shall make the fee payment quarterly. The fee must be paid to the department on or before the 20th day of April, July, October and January for the 3 months ending the last day of March, June, September and December. [PL 1995, c. 46…

The department shall establish rules governing procedures for hearings and appeals under this article consistent with Title 5, chapter 375.

As used in this article, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. [PL 1989, c. 585, Pt. A, §7 (NEW).] 1. Bond. "Bond" means revenue obligation security. 1-A. Agency. "Agency" means the Finance Authority of Maine. 2. Cost of project.…

The agency may, in addition to its other powers and in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter, assist itself or applicants, who shall be limited to municipalities and regional associations, in the financing of eligible projects by issuing revenue obligation securities; by is…

1. Notice of intent to issue bonds; actions to contest validity. The agency may provide, at one time or from time to time, for the issuance of revenue obligation securities of the agency for the purposes authorized in this chapter. No revenue obligation securities of the agency m…

1. Trust agreements or other documents. At the discretion of the agency, revenue obligation securities may be issued under this subchapter pursuant to a trust agreement or other document. The trust agreement or other document may: A. Pledge or assign the revenues or proceeds of t…

1. Provisions. Before issuing revenue obligation securities, the agency shall determine that there shall at all times be revenues and funds sufficient to: A. Pay the principal and interest of the securities as they become due and payable and, in its discretion, to create and main…

Any holder of revenue obligation securities or coupons issued under this subchapter and the trustee under any trust agreement, except as restricted by the trust agreement or applicable document, may, by appropriate legal action, protect and enforce any and all rights under the la…

The agency may provide for the issuance of revenue refunding securities of the agency to refund any outstanding revenue securities issued under this subchapter or to refund any obligations or securities of any municipality, including the payment of any redemption premiums and any…

Revenue obligation securities issued under this article shall constitute a proper public purpose and the securities, their transfer and the income from them, including any profits made on their sale, shall at all times be exempt from taxation within the State, whether or not thos…

The interest of the user of any project is subject to taxation in the manner provided for similar interests in Title 36, section 551, subject to Title 36, sections 655 and 656.

The revenue obligation securities of the agency and any loan or extension of credit issued under this article shall be legal investments in which all public officers and public bodies of the State, its political subdivisions, all regional associations and municipalities and munic…

1. Capital reserve fund. The agency may create and establish one or more capital reserve funds and may pay into any such capital reserve fund any money appropriated and made available by the State for the purposes of any such fund, any proceeds of sale by the agency of revenue ob…

With respect to all or any portion of any issue of any bonds or any series of bonds which the agency may issue in accordance with the limitations and restrictions of this subchapter, the agency may covenant and consent that the interest on the bonds shall be includable, under the…

As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. [PL 1991, c. 676, §1 (NEW).] 1. Incineration facility. "Incineration facility" means a facility that accepts municipal solid waste for consideration and disposes o…

An incineration facility shall submit an annual report to the department no later than 90 days after the end of the incineration facility's fiscal year. For reasonable cause shown and upon written application by an incineration facility, the department may grant an extension of t…

A person that violates any requirement of section 2232 commits a civil violation for which a forfeiture not to exceed $200 may be adjudged. Each day of a violation is considered a separate offense.

A person that certifies a report under section 2232 as being complete and accurate and who knows that the report is either incomplete or inaccurate is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $500, payable to the State. This penalty is recoverable in a civil action.

The department shall keep on file for public inspection and use all reports submitted under this subchapter.

Nothing in this subchapter may be construed to create or expand any authority of the department over financial, organizational or rate regulation of incineration facilities.