115B.26 Environmental response, compensation, and compliance account.
Subdivision 1. Repealed, 1995 c 220 s 141
Subd. 2. Appropriation. The amount necessary to pay claims of compensation granted by the agency under sections 115B.25 to 115B.37 is appropriated to the agency from the account.
Subd. 3. Payment of claims when account insufficient. If the amount of the claims granted exceeds the amount in the account, the agency shall request a transfer from the general contingent account to the environmental response, compensation, and compliance account as provided in section 3.30. If no transfer is approved, the agency shall pay the claims which have been granted in the order granted only to the extent of the money remaining in the account. The agency shall pay the remaining claims which have been granted after additional money is credited to the account.
Subd. 4. Account transfer request. At the end of each fiscal year, the agency shall submit a request to the petroleum tank release compensation board for transfer to the account from the petroleum tank release cleanup fund under section 115C.08, subdivision 5, of an amount equal to the compensation granted by the agency for claims related to petroleum releases plus administrative costs related to determination of those claims.
HIST: 1Sp1985 c 8 s 5; 1989 c 325 s 40; 1989 c 335 art 4 s 43; 1991 c 199 art 1 s 20,21; 1995 c 220 s 100; 1995 c 254 art 1 s 96; 2002 c 379 art 2 s 4
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