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io General Assembly of North Carolina Session 2005 "S 130A-309.92. Manaeement of electronic devices: elieibility for distributions. 2 ~ A county that amends its solid waste mana ep ment plan adopted pursuant to 3 G.S. 130A-309.09A to include a section on recycling electronic devices and that 4 implements an electronic devices rec~g_program is eligible to receive distributions 5 from the Electronics Rec} cling Account under G.S. 130A-309.94. A municipality is 6 eli>ible to receive distributions from the Electronics Rec}cling Account if the county in 7 which the rnunicipalitL is located fails by Jamtary I, 2008, to amend its solid waste 8 management plan to include a section on recycling electronic devices or fails to 9 irnpletnent an electronic devices recycling_program, and if the municipality amends its ]0 solid waste mana eg_ment plan adopted pursuant to G.S. 130A-309.09A to include a 11 section on rec~g electronic devices and implements an electronic devices recycling 12 pro ram. 13 ~ A county or a municipalitl% that receives distributions from the Electronics 14 Recycling Account shall not charee a fee for the recycling of electronic devices. 15 ~ A unit of local government may contract with another unit of local 16 government or a private entity in accordance with Article 15 of Chapter 153A of the 17 General Stahttes to provide for the rec~g of discarded electronic devices. 18 "§ 130A-309.93. Use of distributions. 19 A county or a municipality that is eligible under G.S. 130A-309.92 to receive 20 distributions from the Electronics Recycling Account shall use distributions exclusively 21 for activities directly related to electronic devices recycling and may use distributions 22 from the Electronics Recycling Account to offset any of the following: 2.3 ~ Collection, storage, and transportation of discarded electronic devices. 24 ~ Recycling_processing fees for electronic devices. 25 (~ Costs of educating citizens about its electronic devices re~cling 26 pro rg am• 27 ~ Costs of capital equipment and buildings used exclusively for 28 electronic devices recycling when these costs were incurred no later 29 than January I, 2003, are documented, and were incurred to establish a 30 permanent, year-round electronic devices collection program available 31 to the public. 32 "& 130A-309.94. >/lectronics Recycling Account. 33 f a~ The Electronics Recycling Account is established within the Department. The :34 Account consists of revenue credited to the Account from the proceeds of the 35 electronics recycling tax imposed by Article SG of Chapter 105 of the General Statutes. 36 (b~ Subiect to subsection (d) of this section, funds in the Account shall be 37 allocated and used as follows: 38 {1~ Ninety nercent (90%) for distribution to counties and municipalities 39 that are eli>ible to receive distributions under G.S. 130A-309.92. 40 ~ Six percent (6%) for supplemental grant funding_ to units of local 41 government to help initiate local pro rams enhance existing local 42 electronic devices recycline services, and encourage regionalization of 4.3 local electronic devices pro rP an7s• Senate Bill 10.30-First Edition Page 3