Vermont Statutes Title 10. Conservation and Development, § 6603d. User fee implementation assistance

(a) The Secretary shall issue a grant to a municipality or a group of municipalities organized as a solid waste management district to develop and implement a system of user fees for municipally operated solid waste management facilities. Priority consideration shall be given to a municipality or a group of municipalities organized as a solid waste district that use privately owned or operated facilities for disposal of their solid waste. Within the amounts appropriated for this purpose, grants may be made for up to 100 percent of the costs of implementing a system of user fees.

(b) After July 1, 1988, each municipality or solid waste district that pays a tax pursuant to 32 V.S.A. § 5952 shall be entitled to retain five percent of the amount due in order to defray costs of tax administration.