RA 9003 CHAPTER V FINANCING SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT

Section 46–47 · 2 provisions

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Solid Waste Management Fund.

Section 46

SEC.46. Solid Waste Management Fund. - There is hereby created, as a special account in the National Treasury, a Solid Waste Management Fund to be administered by the Commission. Such fund shall be sourced from the following: Fines and penalties imposed, proceeds of permits and licenses issued by the Department under this Act, donations, endowments, grants and contributions from domestic and foreign sources; and Amounts specifically appropriated for the Fund under the annual General Appropriations Act. The Fund shall be used to finance the following: products, facilities, technologies and processes to enhance proper solid waste management; awards and incentives; research programs; information, education, communication and monitoring activities; technical assistance; and capability building activities. LGUs are entitled to avail of the Fund on the basis of their approved solid waste management plan. Specific criteria for the availment of the Fund shall be prepared by the Commission. The fines collected under Sec 49 shall be allocated to the LGU where the fined prohibited acts are committed in order to finance the solid waste management of said LGU. Such allocation shall be based on a sharing scheme between the Fund and the LGU concerned. In no case, however, shall the Fund be used for the creation of positions or payment of salaries and wages.

Authority to Collect Solid Waste Management Fees.

Section 47

SEC.47. Authority to Collect Solid Waste Management Fees. - The local government unit shall impose fees in amounts sufficient to pay the costs of preparing, adopting, and implementing a solid waste management plan prepared pursuant to this Act. The fees shall be based on the following minimum factors: types of solid waste; amount/volume of waste; and distance of the transfer station to the waste management facility. The fees shall be used to pay the actual costs incurred by the LGU in collecting the local fees. In determining the amounts of the fees, an LGU shall include only those costs directly related to the adoption and implementation of the plan and the setting and collection of the local fees. CHAPTER VIPENAL PROVISIONS

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