Maryland 2022 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB1070 Compare Versions

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3	3	EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW.
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5	5	hb1070
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7	7	HOUSE BILL 1070
8	8	M3, M4 2lr1681
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10	10	By: Delegate Boyce
11	11	Introduced and read first time: February 10, 2022
12	12	Assigned to: Environment and Transportation
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14	14	A BILL ENTITLED
15	15
16	16	AN ACT concerning 1
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18	18	Solid Waste Disposal and Diversion and On–Farm Composting and Compost Use 2
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20	20	FOR the purpose of establishing the On–Farm Composting and Compost Use Grant Fund 3
21	21	as a special, nonlapsing fund; requiring interest earnings of the On–Farm 4
22	22	Composting and Compost Use Grant Fund to be credited to the Fund; establishing a 5
23	23	solid waste disposal surcharge to be paid, on a quarterly basis beginning on a certain 6
24	24	date, to the Comptroller by owners or operators of refuse disposal facilities in the 7
25	25	State; establishing the Environmental Stewardship Fund as a special, nonlapsing 8
26	26	fund; requiring interest earnings of the Environmental Stewardship Fund to be 9
27	27	credited to the Fund; requiring the Comptroller, on an annual basis, to transfer 10
28	28	certain solid waste disposal surcharge revenue to certain funds for certain purposes; 11
29	29	specifying that certain solid waste disposal surcharge revenue transferred to the 12
30	30	State Recycling Trust Fund may not revert to the General Fund; requiring certain 13
31	31	revenue transferred to the State Recycling Trust Fund to be used by the Office of 14
32	32	Recycling in the Department of the Environment to award certain grants; and 15
33	33	generally relating to solid waste disposal and diversion and on–farm composting and 16
34	34	compost use. 17
35	35
36	36	BY adding to 18
37	37	Article – Agriculture 19
38	38	Section 2–2101 through 2–2103 to be under the new subtitle “Subtitle 21. On–Farm 20
39	39	Composting and Compost Use Grant Fund” 21
40	40	Annotated Code of Maryland 22
41	41	(2016 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 23
42	42
43	43	BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 24
44	44	Article – Environment 25
45	45	Section 9–201(a) and (e) and 9–1701(a), (d), (m), and (q) 26
46	46	Annotated Code of Maryland 27
47	47	(2014 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 28
48	48	2 HOUSE BILL 1070
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50	50
51	51	BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 1
52	52	Article – Environment 2
53	53	Section 9–1707(f) 3
54	54	Annotated Code of Maryland 4
55	55	(2014 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 5
56	56
57	57	BY adding to 6
58	58	Article – Environment 7
59	59	Section 9–17A–01 through 9–17A–06 to be under the new subtitle “Subtitle 17A. 8
60	60	Environmental Stewardship” 9
61	61	Annotated Code of Maryland 10
62	62	(2014 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 11
63	63
64	64	BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 12
65	65	Article – State Finance and Procurement 13
66	66	Section 6–226(a)(2)(i) 14
67	67	Annotated Code of Maryland 15
68	68	(2021 Replacement Volume) 16
69	69
70	70	BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 17
71	71	Article – State Finance and Procurement 18
72	72	Section 6–226(a)(2)(ii)144. and 145. 19
73	73	Annotated Code of Maryland 20
74	74	(2021 Replacement Volume) 21
75	75
76	76	BY adding to 22
77	77	Article – State Finance and Procurement 23
78	78	Section 6–266(a)(2)(ii)146. and 147. 24
79	79	Annotated Code of Maryland 25
80	80	(2021 Replacement Volume) 26
81	81
82	82	SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 27
83	83	That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 28
84	84
85	85	Article – Agriculture 29
86	86
87	87	SUBTITLE 21. ON–FARM COMPOSTING AND COMPOST USE GRANT FUND. 30
88	88
89	89	2–2101. 31
90	90
91	91	(A) IN THIS SUBTITLE THE FOLLOWI NG WORDS HAVE THE ME ANINGS 32
92	92	INDICATED. 33
93	93
94	94	(B) “ELIGIBLE ENTITY” MEANS: 34
95	95
96	96	(1) A UNIT OF STATE OR LOCAL GOVERN MENT; 35 HOUSE BILL 1070 3
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98	98
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100	100	(2) A SOIL CONSERVATION DI STRICT; 1
101	101
102	102	(3) A LOCAL EDUCATION AGEN CY; 2
103	103
104	104	(4) AN INSTITUTION OF HIG HER EDUCATION ; 3
105	105
106	106	(5) A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATI ON; 4
107	107
108	108	(6) A FARMER, INCLUDING AN URBAN F ARMER OR A RANCHER; AND 5
109	109
110	110	(7) A CONSORTIUM OF ANY OF THE ENTITIES IDENTIF IED IN ITEMS (1) 6
111	111	THROUGH (6) OF THIS SUBSECTION . 7
112	112
113	113	(C) “FUND” MEANS THE ON–FARM COMPOSTING AND COMPOST USE 8
114	114	GRANT FUND. 9
115	115
116	116	2–2102. 10
117	117
118	118	(A) THERE IS AN ON–FARM COMPOSTING AND COMPOST USE GRANT 11
119	119	FUND. 12
120	120
121	121	(B) THE PURPOSE OF THE FUND IS TO AWARD GRANTS TO ELIGIBLE 13
122	122	ENTITIES TO ASSIST WITH THE COST S OF DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING 14
123	123	ON–FARM COMPOSTING AND COMPOST USE PROJECTS . 15
124	124
125	125	(C) THE SECRETARY, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE SECRETARY OF THE 16
126	126	ENVIRONMENT , SHALL ADMINISTER THE FUND. 17
127	127
128	128	(D) (1) THE FUND IS A SPECIAL , NONLAPSING FUND THAT IS NOT 18
129	129	SUBJECT TO § 7–302 OF THE STATE FINANCE AND PROCUREMENT ARTICLE. 19
130	130
131	131	(2) THE STATE TREASURER SHALL HOLD THE FUND SEPARATELY , 20
132	132	AND THE COMPTROLLER SHALL ACC OUNT FOR THE FUND. 21
133	133
134	134	(E) THE FUND CONSISTS OF : 22
135	135
136	136	(1) THE SOLID WASTE DISPO SAL SURCHARGE R EVENUE 23
137	137	TRANSFERRED TO THE FUND UNDER § 9–17A–03(F)(3)(I) OF THE ENVIRONMENT 24
138	138	ARTICLE; 25
139	139
140	140	(2) MONEY APPROPRIATED IN THE STATE BUDGET TO THE FUND; 26
141	141	4 HOUSE BILL 1070
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143	143
144	144	(3) INTEREST EARNINGS ; AND 1
145	145
146	146	(4) ANY OTHER MONEY FROM ANY OTHER SOURCE ACC EPTED FOR 2
147	147	THE BENEFIT OF THE FUND. 3
148	148
149	149	(F) THE FUND MAY BE USED ONLY TO AWARD GRANT S TO ELIGIBLE 4
150	150	ENTITIES TO ASSIST WITH THE COST S OF DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENT ING 5
151	151	ON–FARM COMPOSTING A ND COMPOST USE PROJE CTS, INCLUDING THE COSTS OF: 6
152	152
153	153	(1) PURCHASING COMPOST AN D EQUIPMENT FOR ON –FARM 7
154	154	COMPOST APPLICATION ; 8
155	155
156	156	(2) EQUIPMENT AND INFRAST RUCTURE IN SUPPORT O F ON–FARM 9
157	157	COMPOSTING ; 10
158	158
159	159	(3) COMPOSTING MATERIALS GENERATED ON –SITE OR OFF–SITE, 11
160	160	INCLUDING ANIMAL MAN URE GENERATED ON –SITE AND FOOD SCRAPS GENERATED 12
161	161	OFF–SITE; 13
162	162
163	163	(4) COMPOST MANAGEMENT TR AINING UNDER A PROGRAM OFFE RED 14
164	164	BY THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND EXTENSION, THE U.S. COMPOSTING COUNCIL, 15
165	165	OR OTHER APPROPRIATE ENTITY; 16
166	166
167	167	(5) (I) COMPOST TESTING EQUIP MENT; OR 17
168	168
169	169	(II) SUBMITTING COMPOST SA MPLES FOR TESTING TO A 18
170	170	LABORATORY WITH APPR OPRIATE EXPERTISE ; 19
171	171
172	172	(6) QUANTIFYING THE BENEF ITS OF COMPOST APPLI CATION TO SOIL 20
173	173	HEALTH AND CARBON SE QUESTRATION ; 21
174	174
175	175	(7) STUDYING IMPACTS OF C OMPOST APPLICATION O N ON–FARM 22
176	176	NUTRIENT AND WATER Q UALITY MANAGEMENT TO INFORM RELEVANT 23
177	177	REGULATIONS ; 24
178	178
179	179	(8) RESEARCHING AND DEVEL OPING NEW COMPOST TREATMENTS OR 25
180	180	PRODUCTS THAT WILL BENEFIT OR INFORM ON–FARM COMPOST USE ; 26
181	181
182	182	(9) CONSULTING WITH A NUT RIENT MANAGEMENT SPE CIALIST OR 27
183	183	OTHER CONSULTANT ; AND 28
184	184
185	185	(10) REGISTERING COMPOST F OR SALE WITH IN THE STATE. 29
186	186	HOUSE BILL 1070 5
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189	189	(G) (1) THE STATE TREASURER SHALL INVEST THE MONEY OF THE FUND 1
190	190	IN THE SAME MANNER A S OTHER STATE MONEY MAY BE IN VESTED. 2
191	191
192	192	(2) INTEREST EARNINGS OF THE FUND SHALL BE CREDITE D TO THE 3
193	193	FUND. 4
194	194
195	195	2–2103. 5
196	196
197	197	(A) AN ELIGIBLE ENTITY MA Y APPLY FOR A GRANT FROM THE FUND. 6
198	198
199	199	(B) (1) THE SECRETARY SHALL ESTABLISH GRANT APPLICATION 7
200	200	PROCEDURES . 8
201	201
202	202	(2) THE GRANT APPLICATION PROCEDURES SHALL INC LUDE: 9
203	203
204	204	(I) A PROCESS FOR FACILITA TING PARTICIPATION OF 10
205	205	ELIGIBLE ENTITIES WI TH LIMITED RESOURCES ; 11
206	206
207	207	(II) A SIMPLE COMMON APPLIC ATION AND COMMON 12
208	208	REPORTING FORMAT ; 13
209	209
210	210	(III) A PROCESS FOR AUTHORIZ ING ELIGIBLE ENTITIE S TO USE 14
211	211	THE ENTITY’S STANDARD ANNUAL RE PORT AND “LETTER OF INTEREST ” TO MEET 15
212	212	APPLICATION AND REPO RTING REQUIREMENTS ; 16
213	213
214	214	(IV) A PROCESS FOR SUBMITTI NG APPLICATIONS IN WRITING 17
215	215	AND THROUGH VIDEO AN D AUDIO FORMATS; AND 18
216	216
217	217	(V) TRANSLATION SERVICES FOR APPLICANTS TO OVERCOME 19
218	218	LANGUAGE BARRIERS IN THE APPLICATION PROC ESS. 20
219	219
220	220	(C) IN AWARDING GRANTS UN DER THIS SUBTITLE, THE SECRETARY SHALL 21
221	221	GIVE PRIORITY FOR PROJECTS : 22
222	222
223	223	(1) FOR WHICH AN APPLICANT CLEARLY DESCRIBES HO W THE 23
224	224	PROJECT WILL SUPPORT ON–FARM COMPOSTING OR C OMPOST USE; 24
225	225
226	226	(2) THAT COMPLY WITH COMAR 26.04.11, COMAR 15.18.04, AND 25
227	227	OTHER RELEVANT REGUL ATIONS; 26
228	228
229	229	(3) THAT DIVERT ORGANIC W ASTE FROM REFUSE DISPOSAL 27
230	230	FACILITIES TO INSTEA D BE COMPOSTED WHERE THE RESULTING COMPOS T IS 28
231	231	RETURNED TO MARYLAND SOIL TO SUPP ORT FOOD PRODUCTION ; 29 6 HOUSE BILL 1070
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235	235	(4) FOR WHICH AN APPLICAN T DEMONSTRATE S KNOWLEDGE OF BEST 1
236	236	PRACTICES IN THE FIE LD AND HOW TO INCORPORATE T HOSE BEST PRACTICES IN 2
237	237	THE PROJECT; 3
238	238
239	239	(5) THAT SERVE A FARM OWNED OR OPER ATED BY A FARMER WHO IS 4
240	240	A LOW–INCOME INDIVIDUAL, A SOCIALLY DISADVANTAG ED INDIVIDUAL, A WOMAN, 5
241	241	OR A VETERAN; 6
242	242
243	243	(6) THAT SERVE A LOW–INCOME OR SOCIALLY D ISADVANTAGED 7
244	244	COMMUNITY ; OR 8
245	245
246	246	(7) THAT ENGAGE SMALL OR DIVE RSE FARMING OPERATIO NS. 9
247	247
248	248	Article – Environment 10
249	249
250	250	9–201. 11
251	251
252	252	(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. 12
253	253
254	254	(e) “Refuse disposal system” includes: 13
255	255
256	256	(1) An incinerator; 14
257	257
258	258	(2) A transfer station; 15
259	259
260	260	(3) A landfill system; 16
261	261
262	262	(4) A landfill; 17
263	263
264	264	(5) A solid waste processing facility; and 18
265	265
266	266	(6) Any other solid waste acceptance facility. 19
267	267
268	268	9–1701. 20
269	269
270	270	(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. 21
271	271
272	272	(d) “Composting” means the controlled aerobic biological decomposition of organic 22
273	273	waste material in accordance with the standards established by the Secretary under this 23
274	274	title. 24
275	275
276	276	(m) “Office” means the Office of Recycling within the Department. 25
277	277	HOUSE BILL 1070 7
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279	279
280	280	(q) “Recycling” means any process in which recyclable materials are collected, 1
281	281	separated, or processed and returned to the marketplace in the form of raw materials or 2
282	282	products. 3
283	283
284	284	9–1707. 4
285	285
286	286	(f) (1) There is a State Recycling Trust Fund. 5
287	287
288	288	(2) The Fund shall consist of: 6
289	289
290	290	(i) The newsprint recycling incentive fee; 7
291	291
292	292	(ii) The telephone directory recycling incentive fee collected under § 8
293	293	9–1709 of this subtitle; 9
294	294
295	295	(iii) The covered electronic device manufacturer registration fee 10
296	296	collected under § 9–1728 of this subtitle; 11
297	297
298	298	(IV) THE SOLID WASTE DIS POSAL SURCHARGE REVE NUE 12
299	299	TRANSFERRED TO THE FUND UNDER § 9–17A–03(F)(3)(II) OF THIS TITLE; 13
300	300
301	301	[(iv)] (V) All fines and penalties collected under this subtitle; 14
302	302
303	303	[(v)] (VI) Money appropriated in the State budget to the Fund; and 15
304	304
305	305	[(vi)] (VII) Any other money from any other source accepted for the 16
306	306	benefit of the Fund. 17
307	307
308	308	(3) The Secretary shall administer the Fund. 18
309	309
310	310	(4) The Treasurer shall hold the Fund separately and the Comptroller shall 19
311	311	account for the Fund. 20
312	312
313	313	(5) (I) [At] EXCEPT AS PROVIDED I N SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF THIS 21
314	314	PARAGRAPH , AT the end of each fiscal year, any unspent or unencumbered balance in the 22
315	315	Fund that exceeds $2,000,000 shall revert to the General Fund of the State in accordance 23
316	316	with § 7–302 of the State Finance and Procurement Article. 24
317	317
318	318	(II) 1. THE SOLID WASTE DISPO SAL SURCHARGE REVENU E 25
319	319	TRANSFERRED TO THE FUND UNDER § 9–17A–02(F)(3)(II) OF THIS TITLE IS NOT 26
320	320	SUBJECT TO § 7–302 OF THE STATE FINANCE AND PROCUREMENT ARTICLE AND 27
321	321	MAY NOT REVERT TO TH E GENERAL FUND OF THE STATE. 28
322	322
323	323	2. THE OFFICE MAY ESTABLISH A SOLID WASTE 29
324	324	DISPOSAL SURCHARGE ACCOUNT IN THE FUND. 30
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327	327
328	328	(6) In accordance with the State budget, the Fund shall be used only: 1
329	329
330	330	(i) To provide grants to the counties to be used by the counties to 2
331	331	develop and implement local recycling plans; 3
332	332
333	333	(ii) To provide grants to counties that have addressed methods for 4
334	334	the separate collection and recycling of covered electronic devices in accordance with § 5
335	335	9–1703(c)(1) of this subtitle; 6
336	336
337	337	(iii) To provide grants to municipalities to be used by the 7
338	338	municipalities to implement local covered electronic device recycling programs; [and] 8
339	339
340	340	(IV) TO PROVIDE GRANTS UND ER §§ 9–17A–04 AND 9–17A–05 9
341	341	OF THIS TITLE; AND 10
342	342
343	343	[(iv)] (V) To carry out the purposes of the land management 11
344	344	administration. 12
345	345
346	346	(7) (i) The Treasurer shall invest the money in the Fund in the same 13
347	347	manner as other State money may be invested. 14
348	348
349	349	(ii) Any investment earnings of the Fund shall be credited to the 15
350	350	General Fund of the State. 16
351	351
352	352	SUBTITLE 17A. ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP . 17
353	353
354	354	9–17A–01. 18
355	355
356	356	(A) IN THIS SUBTITLE THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS 19
357	357	INDICATED. 20
358	358
359	359	(B) “COMPOSTING” HAS THE MEANING STATED I N § 9–1701 OF THIS TITLE. 21
360	360
361	361	(C) “OFFICE” HAS THE MEANING STAT ED IN § 9–1701 OF THIS TITLE. 22
362	362
363	363	(D) “RECYCLING” HAS THE MEANING STATED IN § 9–1701 OF THIS TITLE. 23
364	364
365	365	(E) “REFUSE DISPOSAL SYSTE M” HAS THE MEANING STAT ED IN § 9–201 OF 24
366	366	THIS TITLE. 25
367	367
368	368	9–17A–02. 26
369	369
370	370	(A) THERE IS A SOLID WASTE DIS POSAL SURCHARGE TO BE PAID BY EACH 27
371	371	OWNER OR OPERATOR OF A REFUSE DISPOSAL FA CILITY IN THE STATE. 28
372	372	HOUSE BILL 1070 9
373	373
374	374
375	375	(B) (1) THE SOLID WASTE DISPO SAL SURCHARGE IS $5 PER TON OF SOLID 1
376	376	WASTE PROCESSED BY A REFUSE DISPOSAL SYSTEM. 2
377	377
378	378	(2) ON OR BEFORE JANUARY 1, 2028, AND EVERY 5 YEARS 3
379	379	THEREAFTER , THE OFFICE SHALL: 4
380	380
381	381	(I) ADJUST THE SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL SURCHARGE IN 5
382	382	ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR THE MID–ATLANTIC 6
383	383	DIVISION; AND 7
384	384
385	385	(II) EVALUATE THE SOLID WA STE DISPOSAL SURCHAR GE TO 8
386	386	DETERMINE WHETHER AD JUSTMENTS TO THE SUR CHARGE ARE NECESSARY . 9
387	387
388	388	(C) IF A SURCHARGE HAS BE EN ASSESSED ON AN OWNER OR OPERATOR OF 10
389	389	A TRANSFER STATION , THE SOLID WASTE DISPO SAL SURCHARGE MAY NOT BE 11
390	390	ASSESSED ON AN OWNER OR OPERATOR OF A REFUSE DISPOSAL SYSTEM THAT 12
391	391	RECEIVES THE SOLID W ASTE FOR FINAL DISPO SAL. 13
392	392
393	393	(D) (1) THE COMPTROLLER SHALL COL LECT THE SOLID WASTE 14
394	394	DISPOSAL SURCHARGE AS SESSED UNDER THIS SE CTION AND DEPOSIT TH E REVENUE 15
395	395	INTO THE ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP FUND ESTABLISHED UNDE R § 9–17A–03 16
396	396	OF THIS SUBTITLE. 17
397	397
398	398	(2) (I) BEGINNING APRIL 1, 2023, ON A QUARTERLY BASIS , AN 18
399	399	OWNER OR OPERATOR OF A REFUSE DISPOSAL SY STEM SHALL COMPLETE AND 19
400	400	SUBMIT, UNDER OATH , A RETURN AND PAY THE SOLID WASTE DISP OSAL SURCHARGE 20
401	401	TO THE COMPTROLLER . 21
402	402
403	403	(II) A RETURN SUBMITTED UND ER SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF THIS 22
404	404	PARAGRAPH SHALL INCLUDE INFORMATION ON THE NUMBER OF TONS OF SO LID 23
405	405	WASTE ACCEPTED FOR DISPOSAL, TRANSFER, OR COLLECTION , AS APPROPRIATE , 24
406	406	DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD . 25
407	407
408	408	(E) THE COMPTROLLER MAY ADOPT REGULATIONS TO CARRY OUT THIS 26
409	409	SECTION. 27
410	410
411	411	9–17A–03. 28
412	412
413	413	(A) THERE IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP FUND. 29
414	414
415	415	(B) THE PURPOSE OF THE FUND IS TO PROVIDE FUNDING TO THE OFFICE 30
416	416	AND THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO AWARD GRANTS TO ASSIST WITH THE 31 10 HOUSE BILL 1070
417	417
418	418
419	419	COSTS OF DEVELOPING, IMPLEMENTING , OR EXPANDING EQUIPMENT, 1
420	420	INFRASTRUCTURE , AND EDUCATION RELATING TO: 2
421	421
422	422	(1) REDUCING THE AMOUNT O F SOLID WASTE GENERA TED IN THE 3
423	423	STATE; 4
424	424
425	425	(2) REUSING, REPAIRING, RECYCLING, AND COMPOSTING SOLID 5
426	426	WASTE; 6
427	427
428	428	(3) EDIBLE FOOD RESCUE ; 7
429	429
430	430	(4) ON–FARM COMPOSTING AND COMPOST USE ; AND 8
431	431
432	432	(5) MINIMIZING ILLEGAL DU MPING. 9
433	433
434	434	(C) THE COMPTROLLER SHALL ADMINISTER THE FUND. 10
435	435
436	436	(D) (1) THE FUND IS A SPECIAL , NONLAPSING FUND THAT IS NOT 11
437	437	SUBJECT TO § 7–302 OF THE STATE FINANCE AND PROCUREMENT ARTICLE. 12
438	438
439	439	(2) THE STATE TREASURER SHALL HOLD THE FUND SEPARATELY, 13
440	440	AND THE COMPTROLLER SHALL ACC OUNT FOR THE FUND. 14
441	441
442	442	(E) THE FUND CONSISTS OF : 15
443	443
444	444	(1) THE SOLID WASTE DISPO SAL SURCHARGE R EVENUE DEPOSITED 16
445	445	INTO THE FUND UNDER § 9–17A–02 OF THIS SUBTITLE; 17
446	446
447	447	(2) MONEY APPROPRIATED IN THE STATE BUDGET TO THE FUND; 18
448	448
449	449	(3) INTEREST EARNINGS ; AND 19
450	450
451	451	(4) ANY OTHER MONEY FROM ANY OTHER SOURCE ACC EPTED FOR 20
452	452	THE BENEFIT OF THE FUND. 21
453	453
454	454	(F) (1) THE FUND MAY BE USED ONLY TO: 22
455	455
456	456	(I) PROVIDE THE FUNDING N ECESSARY TO AWARD GR ANTS 23
457	457	UNDER TITLE 2, SUBTITLE 21 OF THE AGRICULTURE ARTICLE; 24
458	458
459	459	(II) PROVIDE THE FUNDING N ECESSARY TO AWARD GRANT S 25
460	460	UNDER §§ 9–17A–04 AND 9–17A–05 OF THIS SUBTITLE ; AND 26
461	461	HOUSE BILL 1070 11
462	462
463	463
464	464	(III) COVER THE REASONABLE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS OF: 1
465	465
466	466	1. THE COMPTROLLER TO ADMINI STER THE FUND; 2
467	467
468	468	2. THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO AWARD 3
469	469	GRANTS UNDER TITLE 2, SUBTITLE 21 OF THE AGRICULTURE ARTICLE; AND 4
470	470
471	471	3. THE OFFICE TO AWARD GRANT S UNDER §§ 9–17A–04 5
472	472	AND 9–17A–05 OF THIS SUBTITLE. 6
473	473
474	474	(2) UP TO 10% OF THE ESTIMATED ANNUAL SOLID WASTE 7
475	475	SURCHARGE REVENUE MA Y BE USED TO COVER R EASONABLE ADMINISTRA TIVE 8
476	476	COSTS UNDER PARAGRAPH (1)(III) OF THIS SUBSECTION . 9
477	477
478	478	(3) ON AN ANNUAL BASIS , AFTER COVERING REASO NABLE 10
479	479	ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS , THE COMPTROLLER SHALL TRANSFER: 11
480	480
481	481	(I) 50% OF THE MONEY IN THE FUND TO THE ON–FARM 12
482	482	COMPOSTING AND COMPOST USE GRANT FUND ESTABLISHED UNDER TITLE 2, 13
483	483	SUBTITLE 21 OF THE AGRICULTURE ARTICLE; AND 14
484	484
485	485	(II) 50% OF THE MONEY IN THE FUND TO THE STATE 15
486	486	RECYCLING TRUST FUND ESTABLISHED UNDE R § 9–1707(F) OF THIS TITLE. 16
487	487
488	488	(G) (1) THE STATE TREASURER SHALL INVES T THE MONEY OF THE FUND 17
489	489	IN THE SAME MANNER A S OTHER STATE MONEY MAY BE IN VESTED. 18
490	490
491	491	(2) INTEREST EARNINGS OF THE FUND SHALL BE CREDITED TO THE 19
492	492	FUND. 20
493	493
494	494	9–17A–04. 21
495	495
496	496	(A) OF THE REVENUE TRANSFERRED TO THE STATE RECYCLING TRUST 22
497	497	FUND UNDER § 9–17A–03(F)(3)(II) OF THIS SUBTITLE , 50% SHALL BE USED BY THE 23
498	498	OFFICE TO PROVIDE GRANTS TO COUNTIES, INCLUDING BALTIMORE CITY AND 24
499	499	MID–SHORE COUNTIES , FOR DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENT ING ACTIVITIES THAT 25
500	500	ADVANCE WASTE PREVEN TION, REUSE, REPAIR, RECYCLING, OR COMPOSTING OR 26
501	501	MINIMIZE ILLEGAL DUM PING IN THE STATE, INCLUDING FOR: 27
502	502
503	503	(1) DEVELOPING, MAINTAINING, OR EXPAND ING LOCAL REUSE , 28
504	504	REPAIR, RECYCLING, AND COMPOSTING INFRA STRUCTURE, AS WELL AS 29
505	505	INFRASTRUCTURE THAT MINIMIZES ILLEGAL DU MPING; 30
506	506	12 HOUSE BILL 1070
507	507
508	508
509	509	(2) DEVELOPING, MAINTAINING, OR EXPAND ING LOCAL REUSE , 1
510	510	REPAIR, RECYCLING, AND COMPOSTING PROGRAM S, AS WELL AS PROGRAMS TO 2
511	511	MINIMIZE ILLEGAL DUM PING; 3
512	512
513	513	(3) ENCOURAG ING SOURCE–SEPARATION OF UNCONT AMINATED 4
514	514	MATERIALS; 5
515	515
516	516	(4) PROVIDING EDUCATION AND TECHNI CAL ASSISTANCE TO PU BLIC 6
517	517	AND PRIVATE ENTITIES , INCLUDING SMALL HAUL ERS, TO ADVANCE WASTE 7
518	518	PREVENTION , REUSE, REPAIR, RECYCLING, AND COMPOSTING AND TO MINIMIZE 8
519	519	ILLEGAL DUMPING ; 9
520	520
521	521	(5) COLLECTING AND COMPOST ING SOURCE–SEPARATED 10
522	522	COMPOSTABLE MATERIAL S; AND 11
523	523
524	524	(6) DEVELOPING, MAINTAINING, OR EXPAND ING MEASURES THAT 12
525	525	ADDRESS AND MINIMIZE ILLEGAL DUMPING , INCLUDING MEASURES RELATING TO: 13
526	526
527	527	(I) COMMUNITY AND RIVER C LEAN–UPS AND CAMPAIGNS ; 14
528	528
529	529	(II) TRAINING AND RESOURCE S FOR SMALL HAULERS ; 15
530	530
531	531	(III) SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS ; 16
532	532
533	533	(IV) DROP–OFF RECYCLING RECEPT ACLES; 17
534	534
535	535	(V) RESOURCE RECYCLING CE NTERS THAT ACCEPT A WIDE 18
536	536	RANGE OF MATERIALS ; AND 19
537	537
538	538	(VI) ALTERNATIVES TO SINGL E–USE PLASTICS. 20
539	539
540	540	(B) A COUNTY MAY APPLY FOR A GRANT UNDER THIS S ECTION IF THE 21
541	541	COUNTY HAS: 22
542	542
543	543	(1) CREATED A SEPARATE ACCOUNT I N ITS GENERAL FUND T O 23
544	544	DEPOSIT THE GRANT MONEY; AND 24
545	545
546	546	(2) ESTABLISHED ACCOUNTING PROCEDURE S TO ENSURE THAT 25
547	547	GRANT MONEY IN THE SEPARAT E ACCOUNT IS SPENT O NLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH 26
548	548	THIS SECTION. 27
549	549
550	550	(C) (1) A COUNTY THAT IS AWARD ED A GRANT UNDER THI S SECTION 28
551	551	SHALL REPORT TO THE OFFICE AT THE END OF EACH FISCAL YEAR ON : 29 HOUSE BILL 1070 13
552	552
553	553
554	554
555	555	(I) THE ACTIVITIES UNDERT AKEN UNDER THE GRANT TO 1
556	556	INCREASE THE COUNTY ’S PROPORTION OF WAST E DIVERSION, INCLUDING THE 2
557	557	SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES RELATING TO WASTE PREVENTION , REUSE, REPAIR, 3
558	558	RECYCLING, AND COMPOSTING ; 4
559	559
560	560	(II) THE ACTIVITIES UNDERT AKEN UNDER THE GRANT TO 5
561	561	MINIMIZE ILLEGAL DUM PING; AND 6
562	562
563	563	(III) THE GAINS ACHIEVED IN WASTE DIVERSION PRAC TICES 7
564	564	AND ADDRESSING ILLEG AL DUMPING. 8
565	565
566	566	(2) THE REPORT REQUIRED U NDER THIS SUBSECTION : 9
567	567
568	568	(I) MAY BE SUBMITTED ELEC TRONICALLY; AND 10
569	569
570	570	(II) SHALL BE POSTED ON TH E COUNTY’S WEBSITE. 11
571	571
572	572	9–17A–05. 12
573	573
574	574	(A) IN THIS SECTION, “ELIGIBLE ENTITY” MEANS: 13
575	575
576	576	(1) A UNIT OF STATE OR LOCAL GOVERN MENT; 14
577	577
578	578	(2) A LOCAL EDUCATION AGEN CY; 15
579	579
580	580	(3) AN INSTITUTION OF HIG HER EDUCATION ; 16
581	581
582	582	(4) A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATI ON; 17
583	583
584	584	(5) A FARMER OR RANCHER; 18
585	585
586	586	(6) A BUSINESS THAT IS: 19
587	587
588	588	(I) OPERATING IN THE STATE IN GOOD STANDIN G; AND 20
589	589
590	590	(II) INTENDED TO OPERATE A T A PROFIT AND RETUR N A PROFIT 21
591	591	TO ITS OWNERS; OR 22
592	592
593	593	(7) A CONSORTIUM OF ANY OF THE ENTITIES IDENTIF IED IN ITEMS (1) 23
594	594	THROUGH (6) OF THIS SUBSECTION. 24
595	595	14 HOUSE BILL 1070
596	596
597	597
598	598	(B) (1) OF THE REVENUE TRANSFERRED TO THE STATE RECYCLING 1
599	599	TRUST FUND UNDER § 9–17A–03(F)(3)(II) OF THIS SUBTITLE , 50% SHALL BE USED 2
600	600	BY THE OFFICE TO AWARD GRANT S TO ELIGIBLE ENTITI ES FOR: 3
601	601
602	602	(I) DEVELOPING, MAINTAINING, OR EXPAND ING LOCAL REUSE, 4
603	603	REPAIR, RECYCLING, AND COMPOSTING INFRA STRUCTURE, AS WELL AS 5
604	604	INFRASTRUCTURE THAT MINIMIZES ILLEGAL DU MPING; 6
605	605
606	606	(II) DEVELOPING, MAINTAINING, OR EXPAND ING LOCAL REUSE, 7
607	607	REPAIR, RECYCLING, AND COMPOSTING PROGR AMS, AS WELL AS PROGRAMS TO 8
608	608	MINIMIZE ILLEGAL DUM PING; 9
609	609
610	610	(III) ENCOURAG ING SOURCE–SEPARATION OF 10
611	611	UNCONTAMINATED MATER IALS; 11
612	612
613	613	(IV) PROVIDING EDUCATION AND TECHNI CAL ASSISTANCE TO 12
614	614	PUBLIC AND PRIVATE E NTITIES, INCLUDING SMALL HAUL ERS, TO: 13
615	615
616	616	1. ADVANCE WASTE PREVENT ION, REUSE, REPAIR, 14
617	617	RECYCLING, AND COMPOSTING ; AND 15
618	618
619	619	2. MINIMIZE ILLEGAL DUMP ING; 16
620	620
621	621	(V) COLLECTING AND COMPOST ING SOURCE–SEPARATED 17
622	622	COMPOSTABLE MATERIAL S; 18
623	623
624	624	(VI) ENABLING RESTAURANTS , MULTIFAMILY HOUSING 19
625	625	PROPERTY MANAGERS , SMALL HAULERS , AND OTHER SMALL BUSI NESSES TO 20
626	626	DEVELOP, MAINTAIN, OR EXPAND PROGRAMS A ND PROCURE NECESSARY 21
627	627	EQUIPMENT FOR WASTE DIVERSION AND TO MINIMIZE ILLEGAL DUMPI NG; AND 22
628	628
629	629	(VII) DEVELOPING, MAINTAINING, OR EXPANDING MEASURE S 23
630	630	THAT ADDRESS AND MIN IMIZE ILLEGAL DUMPIN G, INCLUDING MEASURES RELATING 24
631	631	TO: 25
632	632
633	633	1. COMMUNITY AND RIVER C LEAN–UPS AND 26
634	634	CAMPAIGNS; 27
635	635
636	636	2. TRAINING AND RESOURCE S FOR SMALL HAULERS ; 28
637	637
638	638	3. SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS ; 29
639	639
640	640	4. DROP–OFF RECYCLING RECEPT ACLES; 30 HOUSE BILL 1070 15
641	641
642	642
643	643
644	644	5. RESOURCE RECYCLING CE NTERS THAT ACCEPT A 1
645	645	WIDE RANGE OF MATERI ALS; AND 2
646	646
647	647	6. ALTERNATIVES TO SINGLE–USE PLASTICS. 3
648	648
649	649	(2) THE OFFICE SHALL ENSURE T HAT GRANTS AWARDED U NDER THIS 4
650	650	SUBSECTION ARE AWARDED E QUITABLY AMONG ACTIVITIES RELATING TO WASTE 5
651	651	PREVENTION , REUSE, REPAIR, RECYCLING, COMPOSTING , AND MINIMIZING ILLEG AL 6
652	652	DUMPING. 7
653	653
654	654	(C) AN ELIGIBLE ENTITY MA Y APPLY FOR A GRANT UNDE R THIS SECTION. 8
655	655
656	656	(D) (1) THE OFFICE SHALL ESTABLISH GRANT APPLICATION 9
657	657	PROCEDURES . 10
658	658
659	659	(2) THE GRANT APPLICATION PROCEDURES SHALL INC LUDE: 11
660	660
661	661	(I) A PROCESS FOR FACILITA TING THE PARTICIPATION OF 12
662	662	ELIGIBLE ENTITIES WI TH LIMITED RESOURCES ; 13
663	663
664	664	(II) A SIMPLE COMMON APPLIC ATION AND COMMON 14
665	665	REPORTING FORMAT ; 15
666	666
667	667	(III) A PROCESS FOR AUTHORIZ ING ELIGIBLE ENTITIES TO USE 16
668	668	THE ENTITY’S STANDARD ANNUAL REPO RT AND “LETTER OF INTEREST ” TO MEET 17
669	669	APPLICATION AND REPO RTING REQUIREMENTS ; 18
670	670
671	671	(IV) A PROCESS FOR SUBMITTING APPLICATI ONS IN WRITING 19
672	672	AND THROUGH VIDEO AN D AUDIO FORMATS ; AND 20
673	673
674	674	(V) TRANSLATION SERVICES FOR APPLICANTS TO OVERCO ME 21
675	675	LANGUAGE BARRIERS IN THE APPLICATION PROC ESS. 22
676	676
677	677	(E) IN AWARDING GRANTS UN DER THIS SECTION , THE SECRETARY SHALL 23
678	678	GIVE PRIORITY FOR PROJEC TS: 24
679	679
680	680	(1) FOR WHICH AN APPLICAN T CLEARLY DESCRIBES THE PROJECT 25
681	681	AND GOALS, INCLUDING A DESCRIPT ION OF HOW THE PROJECT WILL ACHIEVE 26
682	682	WASTE PREVENTION , REUSE, REPAIR, RECYCLING, OR COMPOSTING GOALS OR 27
683	683	PREVENT ILLEGAL DUMP ING IN THE STATE; 28
684	684	16 HOUSE BILL 1070
685	685
686	686
687	687	(2) FOR WHICH AN APPLICAN T CLEARLY DESCRIBES HOW THE 1
688	688	PROJECT WILL PROVIDE DIRECT, MEANINGFUL , AND ASSURED BENEFITS TO THE 2
689	689	COMMUNITY AND ADDRES S IMPORTANT COMMUNIT Y NEEDS; 3
690	690
691	691	(3) THAT REUSE, RECYCLE, OR COMPOST MATERIALS WITHIN THE 4
692	692	LOCAL COMMUNITY ; 5
693	693
694	694	(4) THAT INVOLVE THE C ONSTRUCTION , RENOVATION , OR 6
695	695	EXPANSION OF SITES T O INCREASE IN –STATE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR WASTE 7
696	696	PREVENTION , REUSE, REPAIR, RECYCLING, OR COMPOSTING IN THE STATE; 8
697	697
698	698	(5) THAT SERVE A MARGINALIZED , LOW–INCOME, OR SOCIALLY 9
699	699	DISADVANTAGED COMMUN ITY; 10
700	700
701	701	(6) THAT MINIMIZE NEGATIV E IMPACTS AND MAXIMI ZE BENEFITS TO 11
702	702	THE LOCAL COMMUNITY , INCLUDING JOBS CREATED FOR THE COMMUNITY , JOB 12
703	703	TRAINING, OR SUPPORT FOR HIRING A ND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PRACTICE S 13
704	704	THAT ARE INCLUSIVE A ND PROVIDE LIVING WA GES; AND 14
705	705
706	706	(7) THAT CLEAN UP DEBRIS IN AREAS A FFECTED BY ILLEGAL 15
707	707	DUMPING AND INCORPORATE COMP ONENTS OF WASTE PREVENTION AND REUSE, 16
708	708	REPAIR, RECYCLING, OR COMPOSTING THE DEBRIS. 17
709	709
710	710	9–17A–06. 18
711	711
712	712	(A) (1) ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER 1 EACH YEAR, BEGINNING IN 2023, 19
713	713	THE OFFICE, IN COORDINATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE , SHALL 20
714	714	REPORT TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, IN ACCORDANCE WITH § 2–1257 OF THE 21
715	715	STATE GOVERNMENT ARTICLE, ON THE GRANTS AWARDED UNDER TITLE 2, 22
716	716	SUBTITLE 21 OF THE AGRICULTURE ARTICLE AND UNDER §§ 9–17A–04 AND 23
717	717	9–17A–05 OF THIS SUBTITLE. 24
718	718
719	719	(2) THE REPORT SHALL INCL UDE: 25
720	720
721	721	(I) THE NUMBER AND TYPES OF GRANTS AWARDED ; AND 26
722	722
723	723	(II) THE IMPACT OF GRANT AWARDS ON : 27
724	724
725	725	1. JOB CREATION AND OTHER BENEFITS T O THE STATE; 28
726	726
727	727	2. WASTE PREVENT ION AND DIVERSION ; AND 29
728	728
729	729	3. THE QUANTITY OF COMPO ST UTILIZED BY FARME RS. 30 HOUSE BILL 1070 17
730	730
731	731
732	732
733	733	(B) BEGINNING WITH THE RE PORT DUE DECEMBER 1, 2028, AND EVERY 5 1
734	734	YEARS THEREAFTER , IN THE REPORT REQUIR ED UNDER SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS 2
735	735	SECTION, THE OFFICE SHALL INCLUDE A RECOMMENDATION ON WHETHER AND TO 3
736	736	WHAT EXTENT AN ADJUSTMENT TO THE SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL SURCHARGE 4
737	737	ESTABLISHED UNDER § 9–17A–02 OF THIS SUBTITLE IS NECESSARY. 5
738	738
739	739	Article – State Finance and Procuremen t 6
740	740
741	741	6–226. 7
742	742
743	743	(a) (2) (i) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and unless 8
744	744	inconsistent with a federal law, grant agreement, or other federal requirement or with the 9
745	745	terms of a gift or settlement agreement, net interest on all State money allocated by the 10
746	746	State Treasurer under this section to special funds or accounts, and otherwise entitled to 11
747	747	receive interest earnings, as accounted for by the Comptroller, shall accrue to the General 12
748	748	Fund of the State. 13
749	749
750	750	(ii) The provisions of subparagraph (i) of this paragraph do not apply 14
751	751	to the following funds: 15
752	752
753	753	144. the Health Equity Resource Community Reserve Fund; 16
754	754	[and] 17
755	755
756	756	145. the Access to Counsel in Evictions Special Fund; 18
757	757
758	758	146. THE ON–FARM COMPOSTING AND COMPOST USE 19
759	759	GRANT FUND; AND 20
760	760
761	761	147. THE ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP FUND. 21
762	762
763	763	SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 22
764	764	October 1, 2022. 23
765	765