(1) The water quality control commission shall establish, and may revise as necessary, a schedule of nonrefundable fees to cover the reasonable costs of implementing a program for the beneficial use of biosolids. Such fees shall be imposed upon the producers of biosolids that are applied for beneficial use. In no event shall the fee exceed two dollars and forty cents per dry ton of biosolids.
Repealed.
All fees collected pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall be transmitted to thestate treasurer, who shall credit the same to the biosolids management program fund, which fund is hereby created. The moneys in such fund shall be subject to annual appropriation to the department by the general assembly, which shall review expenditures of such moneys to assure that they are used to accomplish the purposes of this section. Any interest earned on moneys in the fund shall remain in the fund to be used for purposes of this section.
Source: L. 86: Entire section added, p. 1042, § 1, effective July 1. L. 96: (2) repealed, pp. 1217, 1245, §§ 6, 111, effective August 7. L. 2006: (1) and (3) amended, p. 1136, § 21, effective July 1.
Cross references: For the legislative declaration contained in the 1996 act repealing subsection (2), see section 1 of chapter 237, Session Laws of Colorado 1996.