§ 38 §568-B — Clean-up and Response Fund Review Board created

1.
Clean-up and Response Fund Review Board.
The Clean-up and Response Fund Review Board, as established by Title 5, section 12004‑G, subsection 11‑A, is created to monitor income and disbursements from the fund under section 551. The review board consists of 9 members appointed for 3-year terms as follows:
1-A.
Vacancies on review board.
An appointed member continues to serve until that member has been reappointed or a successor has been appointed except that, if the member has not been reappointed or a successor has not been appointed one year after the member’s term expires, the member may no longer continue to serve. A vacancy occurring other than by expiration of a term must be filled by appointment for the unexpired portion of the term.
2.
Powers and duties of review board.
The Clean-up and Response Fund Review Board has the following powers and duties:
2-A.
Meetings.
The Clean-up and Response Fund Review Board shall meet 2 times per year unless the review board votes to hold an additional meeting or not to hold a meeting. Action may not be taken unless a quorum is present. A quorum is a majority of the seated members.
2-B.
Chair.
The review board shall choose a member to serve as chair of the review board every 2 years.
2-C.
Appeals to review board.
2-D.
Report; adequacy of fund.
Beginning on April 15, 2015 and every other year thereafter, the Clean-up and Response Fund Review Board, with the cooperation of the commissioner, shall report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over natural resources matters on the department's and the review board's experience administering the fund, clean-up activities and 3rd-party damage claims. The report must include an assessment of the adequacy of the fund to cover anticipated expenses and any recommendations for statutory change. To carry out its responsibility under this subsection, the review board may order an independent audit of disbursements from the fund.
2-E.
Staff support.
The commissioner shall provide the Clean-up and Response Fund Review Board with staff support.
3.
Repeal date.

Legislative History

PL 1993, c. 363, §12 (NEW). PL 1993, c. 363, §21 (AFF). PL 1995, c. 399, §§6-8 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 399, §21 (AFF). PL 1999, c. 505, §§A9-11 (AMD). PL 2001, c. 356, §8 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 245, §11 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 551, §14 (AMD). PL 2009, c. 319, §13 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 211, §23 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 211, §27 (AFF). PL 2011, c. 243, §3 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 691, Pt. A, §41 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 691, Pt. A, §42 (AFF). PL 2013, c. 22, §§1, 2 (AMD). PL 2015, c. 319, §30 (AMD). PL 2019, c. 314, §§1-3 (AMD). PL 2023, c. 61, §8 (AMD).