AB275: Bill Text

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2001 - 2002 LEGISLATURE

2001 Assembly BILL 275

March 30, 2001 - Introduced by Representatives Balow, Black, Ryba, Musser, Gronemus, Pocan, Berceau, Plouff, Richards, Miller, La Fave and Colon, cosponsored by Senators Robson and Baumgart. Referred to Committee on Environment.

AB275,1,4 An Act to consolidate, renumber and amend 289.645 (3) (intro.) and (a) of the statutes; relating to: increasing the recycling fee imposed on the disposal of solid waste, financial assistance for local recycling programs, and making an appropriation.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

Current law imposes a recycling fee of 30 cents per ton for solid waste, other than certain kinds of high-volume industrial waste, disposed of at a landfill or other waste disposal facility. This type of fee is often called a tipping fee. The recycling fee is deposited in the recycling fund.

This bill increases the recycling fee to $10 per ton. This bill also increases funding for the program that provides financial assistance for recycling programs run by local governmental units.

For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

AB275, s. 1 Section 1. 289.645 (3) (intro.) and (a) of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered 289.645 (3) and amended to read:

AB275,2,3 289.645 (3) Amount of recycling fee. The fee imposed under this section is as follows: (a) For $10 per ton for all solid waste other than high-volume industrial waste, 30 cents per ton.

AB275, s. 2 Section 2 . Appropriation changes.

AB275,2,10 (1) Financial assistance for responsible units. In the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes for the appropriation to the department of natural resources under section 20.370 (6) (bu) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of 2001, the dollar amount is increased by $57,000,000 for fiscal year 2001-02 and the dollar amount is increased by $57,000,000 for fiscal year 2002-03 to increase funding for the purpose for which the appropriation is made.

AB275, s. 3 Section 3. Initial applicability.

AB275,2,14 (1) The treatment of section 289.645 (3) (intro.) and (a) of the statutes first applies to solid waste disposed of on the first day of the first calendar quarter beginning after publication.

AB275, s. 4 Section 4. Effective dates. This act takes effect on the day after publication, except as follows:

AB275,2,18 (1) Section 2 of this act takes effect on the 2nd day after publication of the 2001-03 biennial budget act.

AB275,2,19 (End)