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Amend the amendment by striking out all of section 3 (page 2, lines 14 to 22 in amendment) and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §9326, last ¶, as amended by PL 2013, c. 35, §1, is further amended to read:
A person may apply for a permit to burn using the Internet or as otherwise provided in this article. When a person applies for and is issued a permit electronically using the Internetpursuant to this section, a fee of $7 must be paid. From the $7 fee, $4 must be deposited in the General Fund, $2 must be transferred to the municipality in which the permit is issued and the remainder of $1 must be used to cover administrative costs. For a permit issued in the unorganized and deorganized areas, from the $7 fee, $6 must be deposited in the General Fund and the remainder of $1 must be used to cover administrative costs.’
Amend the amendment by striking out all of section 5 (page 3, lines 15 to 23 in amendment).
 
SUMMARY
This amendment restores the provision that requires a person to pay a $7 fee when that person applies for and is issued a permit electronically using the system developed by the State to issue burn permits.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
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