In addition to the financial assistance provided for under § 34A-6-85, the Board of Water and Natural Resources shall expend an amount not to exceed two hundred fifty thousand dollars in fiscal years 1997 and 1998 from the fees collected pursuant to § 34A-6-83 in order to help defray the costs of a statewide cleanup of waste tires. These funds shall be used to clean up waste tires and waste tire piles that existed prior to July 1, 1998, until such time that the cleanup of those waste tires is completed. The board shall stipulate that any contractor awarded funds under this section shall use, to the maximum extent possible, prison laborers provided by the Department of Corrections. The Board of Water and Natural Resources shall promulgate rules pursuant to chapter 1-26 to specify eligibility criteria, application procedures, eligible uses of funds, and administration requirements for any financial assistance to be awarded pursuant to this section.

Source: SL 1996, ch 219, § 3.