ARTICLE 9 SUBSTITUTE
A
RELATING TO
MUNICIPAL TIPPING FEES
SECTION
1. Section 39-3-11.2 of the General Laws in Chapter 39-3 entitled
“Regulatory
Powers of Administration” is hereby amended to read as
follows:
39-3-11.2.
Interim rates. – Notwithstanding the provisions of
titles 23 and 39, the
municipal tipping fee charged by the resource recovery
corporation shall be as follows:
(1) Thirty-two dollars
($32.00) per ton from July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009 July 1, 2009 to
June 30, 2010,
for any municipality that recycles between zero percent (0%) and twenty-four
percent (24%) twenty-three
and ninety-nine hundredths percent (23.99%) of its solid waste at the
corporation's material recycling facility ("MRF") in
(2) Thirty-one dollars
($31.00) per ton from July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009 July 1, 2009 to
June 30, 2010,
for any municipality that recycles between twenty-five percent (25%) twenty-four
percent (24%) and twenty-nine
percent (29%) twenty-nine and ninety-nine hundredths percent
(29.99%) of its solid waste at the Corporation's
("MRF") in
(3) Thirty dollars
($30.00) per ton from July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009 July 1, 2009 to
June 30, 2010,
for any municipality that recycles between thirty percent (30%) and thirty-four
percent (34%) thirty-four
and ninety-nine hundredths percent (34.99%) of its solid waste at the
Corporation's ("MRF") in
(4) Twenty-nine dollars
($29.00) per ton from July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009 July 1, 2009
to June 30, 2010,
for any municipality that recycles thirty-five percent (35%) or more of its
solid
waste at the Corporation's ("MRF") in
(5) The corporation
shall issue a rebate not later than August 1, 2009 September 1, 2010
to those municipalities qualifying for a year end
tipping fee adjustment according to the
municipality's actual recorded tonnage delivered to the MRF in
the provisions of the municipality's current-year signed
solid waste and recycling services
agreement with the corporation.
SECTION
2. This article shall take effect as of July 1, 2009.