Section 27-0109. State assistance for local solid waste management plans

1.  As  a  complement  to,  and  in  conjunction  with  the  technical
  assistance  provided  pursuant  to  this  chapter,  and  to  foster  and
  facilitate   local  planning,  a  planning  unit  may  apply  for  state
  assistance for developing  solid  waste  management  plans  pursuant  to
  section  27-0107 of this article or to update or revise an existing plan
  to address the elements contained in paragraph (c) of subdivision one of
  such section.
    2. The commissioner is authorized to contract to make a  state  grant,
  within  the limit of appropriation therefor, to any planning unit for up
  to ninety percent of the costs to prepare, update or  revise  its  local
  solid  waste  management plan; provided, however, that no such grant has
  been previously made to a planning unit which is a part of or is  served
  by  the  planning unit seeking such grant. A planning unit may receive a
  grant pursuant to this subdivision which shall not exceed the greater of
  twenty-five thousand dollars or one dollar  for  each  resident  of  the
  planning unit, based upon the current federal decennial census.
    3.  Applications  for such assistance shall outline the proposed scope
  and timetable for preparation of the plan pursuant to section 27-0107 of
  this article. In addition, the planning unit must demonstrate its intent
  that the purpose of undertaking the plan is to develop a viable solution
  to its solid waste management needs which cannot be achieved based on an
  existing plan.
    4. Payments authorized under this section for the preparation,  update
  or revision of a plan shall be made as follows:
    (a)  not  more  than fifty percent of the total grant upon approval by
  the department of the grant request; and
    (b) the balance of the total grant in not  more  than  three  periodic
  payments for unreimbursed costs, as provided in the contract.
    5.  The  commissioner  may,  in  the  commissioner's  discretion, deny
  funding to a planning unit which is within the jurisdiction  of  another
  planning unit or proposed planning unit.