Bill Text: IN HB1355 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Recycled newsprint fee and promotion fund.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-19 - Representative Sullivan added as coauthor [HB1355 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2010-HB1355-Introduced.html
Citations Affected: IC 13-11-2; IC 13-20-25.
Synopsis: Recycled newsprint fee and promotion fund. Imposes a
monthly fee on a newspaper publisher's use of newsprint in a
newspaper published in Indiana equal to: (1) $25 multiplied by each
metric ton of newsprint used by the publisher; minus (2) $25 multiplied
by each metric ton of newsprint used by the publisher that is newsprint
that contains at least 40% post-consumer recycled content. Establishes
the recycled newsprint promotion fund. Provides that the monthly fees
must be: (1) deposited in the recycled newsprint promotion fund; and
(2) used by the department of environmental management to award
grants to assist publishers who wish to upgrade their presses to
facilitate the use of recycled newsprint. Provides that money in the fund
is continuously appropriated.
Effective: July 1, 2010.
January 13, 2010, read first time and referred to Committee on Environmental Affairs.
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Chapter 25. Newsprint Recycling
Sec. 1. A fee is imposed on a publisher's use of newsprint in a newspaper published in Indiana during a calendar month for each metric ton of newsprint used by the publisher, offset by each metric
ton of recycled newsprint used by the publisher as determined in
section 2 of this chapter.
Sec. 2. The amount of the fee imposed under this chapter is the
amount determined in STEP FIVE of the following formula:
STEP ONE: Determine the total number of metric tons of
newsprint used by a publisher in a calendar month.
STEP TWO: Multiply the STEP ONE amount by twenty-five
dollars ($25).
STEP THREE: Determine the total number of metric tons of
newsprint used by the publisher in the calendar month that is
recycled newsprint.
STEP FOUR: Multiply the STEP THREE amount by
twenty-five dollars ($25).
STEP FIVE: Subtract the STEP FOUR amount from the
STEP TWO amount.
Sec. 3. (a) Each calendar month a publisher is required to pay
a fee imposed under section 1 of this chapter, the publisher shall:
(1) submit a report to the department that contains:
(A) the total number of metric tons of newsprint used by
the publisher for the calendar month;
(B) the total number of metric tons of newsprint used by
the publisher for the calendar month that is recycled
newsprint; and
(C) any other information required by the department;
and
(2) pay the fee to the department that is determined in section
2 of this chapter for the calendar month;
not later than fifteen (15) days after the end of the calendar month.
(b) The department shall prescribe the form of the report
required under this section.
Sec. 4. The department shall deposit the fees paid by publishers
under this chapter in the recycled newsprint promotion fund
established by section 5 of this chapter.
Sec. 5. (a) The recycled newsprint promotion fund is established.
The fund must be used to:
(1) implement this chapter; and
(2) establish and operate the grant program described in
section 6 of this chapter.
The fund shall be administered by the department.
(b) The fund consists of the following:
(1) Fees deposited in the fund under section 4 of this chapter.
(2) Money appropriated by the general assembly.
(3) Grants, gifts, contributions, and money received from any other source.
(c) The treasurer of state shall invest the money in the fund not currently needed to meet the obligations of the fund in the same manner as other public funds may be invested.
(d) All money accruing to the fund is appropriated continuously for the purposes specified in this chapter.
(e) Money in the fund at the end of a fiscal year does not revert to the state general fund.
Sec. 6. (a) The department shall establish and operate a grant program using money deposited in the recycled newsprint promotion fund established by section 5 of this chapter. The department shall use the grant program to assist publishers who wish to upgrade their presses to facilitate the use of recycled newsprint.
(b) The department shall establish the:
(1) amounts for grants awarded under this section; and
(2) criteria for awarding grants under this section.
(c) A publisher who wishes to obtain a grant from the department under this section must file an application with the department in the manner prescribed by the department.
Sec. 7. The board may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 and IC 13-14-9 to implement this chapter.
