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An Act To Allow State Agencies To Acquire and Sell Carbon Credits under the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 38 MRSA §580-B, sub-§4, ¶A-1  is enacted to read:
 
A-1.  Provisions for the bidding on and selling of carbon dioxide emissions allowances by state agencies;
 
SUMMARY
This bill requires the Department of Environmental Protection to include in the rules governing the regional greenhouse gas initiative provisions for the buying and selling of carbon dioxide emissions allowances by state agencies.