Disposition of revenue; revenue paid to county; use; administration
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) Except as provided in subsection (e), 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 the construction or
rehabilitation of a facility used for training described in
subdivision (4).
(10) 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.
(e) Subsections (b)(9) and (b)(10) of this section do not apply to
a county having a population of more than 300,000 but less than
400,000.
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.95, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.54-1984,
SEC.3; P.L.78-1985, SEC.3; P.L.69-1988, SEC.1; P.L.25-1991,
SEC.5; P.L.1-1996, SEC.53; P.L.101-2001, SEC.1.
Last modified: May 28, 2006