Resolve, To Examine Environmental Effects of the Dual Recovery System for Beverage Containers
Maine Legislature, Session 124, LD 0733
Committee Amendment CA_A_S195 (Senate)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" 4. " to S.P. 270, L.D. 733, "Resolve, To Examine 
Environmental Effects of the Dual Recovery System for Beverage Containers" 
Amend the resolve by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'Resolve, To Examine Environmental Effects of the Resource Recovery System' 
Amend the resolve by striking out everything after the title and inserting the 
following: 
'Sec. 1. State Planning Office and Department of Agriculture, Food and 
Rural Resources to oversee a study of the State's beverage container laws in 
the context of existing municipal recycling programs. 
Resolved: That the 
Executive Department, State Planning Office, in conjunction with the Department of 
Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources,shall oversee a 2-year study to be performed by 
an in.dependent private entity to review the State's beverage container laws in the context 
of existing municipal recycling programs, with a focus on the environmental effects that 
these laws and programs generate. The State Planning Office and the Department of 
Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources shall engage the assistance of an expert consultant 
in the field of municipal recycling programs and their environmental effects to assist in 
the development of the request for proposals for the study. The study must include an 
assessment of: 
I. Current recycling rates; 
2. The carbon footprints created by the beverage container recycling laws and 
municipal recycling programs; 
3. Comprehensive recycling programs in the State; 
4. Barriers to comprehensive recycling; 
5. Alternative models of sustainability; 
6. Energy and economic efficiencies; 
7. The effect of educational programs on recycling rates; 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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8. The potential roles of and opportunities for redemption center businesses as the 
technology advances in recycling programs; and 
9. Litter prevention and waste reduction efforts; and be it further 
Sec. 2." Reporting date; funding sources. Resolved: That, if private funds 
from outside sources for the expert consultant and study described in section 1 are 
received by January 15, 2010, the study must be completed no later than January 15, 
2012, unless a one-year extension is necessary to complete the study. The Executive 
Department, State Planning Office and the Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural 
Resources shall notify the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction 
over business, research and economic develC?pment matters as soon as outside funding for 
the study is received and shall provide the committee with an interim report on the status 
of the study by January 15, 20 II; and be it further 
Sec. 3. 
Appropriations and allocations. 
Resolved: 
That the following 
appropriations and allocations are made. 
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT 
Planning Office 0082 
Initiative: Allocates funds to allow private outside sources of funds to be used to hire a 
consultant for a study on beverage container recycling programs. 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
All Other 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
SUMMARY 
2009-10 
$0 
$0 
2010-11 
$250,000 
$250,000 
This amendment is the majority report of the committee. It replaces the bill, which 
was a concept draft, with a resolve that directs the Executive Department, State Planning 
Office, in conjunction with the Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources to 
oversee a 2-year study to be performed by an independent private entity to review the 
State's beverage container laws in the context of existing municipal recycling programs, 
with a focus on the environmental effects that these laws and programs generate. The 
resolve requires the State Planning Office and the Department of Agriculture, Food and 
Rural Resources to engage the assistance of an expeli consultant in the field of municipal 
recycling programs and their environmental effects to assist in .the development of the 
request for proposals for the study. The resolve also provides that if private funds from 
outside sources for the expert consultant and study are received by January 15, 20 I 0, the 
study must be completed no later than January 15, 2012, unless a one-year extension is 
necessary to complete the study. It requires the State Planning Office and the Department 
of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources to notify the joint standing committee of the 
Legislature having jurisdiction over business, research and economic development 
matters as soon as outside funding for the study is received and to provide the committee 
with an interim report on the status of the study by January 15,2011. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMIITEE AMENDMENT" A" to S.P. 270, L.D. 733 
This amendment also adds an appropriations and allocations section. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 04/24/09 
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LR 1781(02) 
Resolve, To Examine Environmental Effects of the Dual Recovery System for Beverage Containers 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ,A" 
Committee: Business, Research and Economic Development 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
2009-10 
2010-11 
P.·ojections 
2011-12 
Appropriations/Allocations 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Revenue 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
$0 
$0 
$250,000 
$0 
$250,000 
$0 
Projections 
2012-13 
$0 
$0 
This'bill requires the State Planning Office (SPO) and the Department of Agriculture to study the beverage container 
laws of existing municipal recycling programs by hiring a consultant with expertise in this area. The one-time cost of 
the consultant is estimated to be $250,000 and the funding is to be raised by private, outside sources. The additional 
costs to the SPO and the Department of Agriculture associated with the study can be absorbed within existing 
budgeted resources. 
LRl781(02) - Fiscal Note - Page 1 of 1 
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