Air Pollution Control Act Article 18

Air pollution control fees shall be provided exclusively for air pollution control uses. The matters for which these fees may be disbursed are as follows.1.Matters concerning the implementation of air pollution control work by competent authorities at all levels;2.Matters concerning the inspection of air pollution sources and the auditing of the implementation and efficacy of such inspections;3.Matters concerning subsidies and incentives for the performance of air pollution abatement work by each category of pollution source;4.Matters concerning the commissioning and subsidizing of analysis laboratories for the performance of motor vehicle emissions testing;5.Matters concerning the commissioning or subsidizing of professional organizations for the performance of the testing, guidance and evaluation of stationary pollution sources;6.Matters concerning air pollution control technology research and development and strategy formulation;7.Matters concerning international environmental protection work involving air pollution;8.Matters concerning air quality monitoring and the auditing of the implementation and efficacy of such monitoring;9.Matters concerning the expenses related to the collection of air pollution control fees;10.The hiring of personnel required for work related to air pollution control;11.Related matters concerning air pollution health risk assessments and management;12.Matters concerning incentives for promoting the use of clean energy and related research and development;13.Matters concerning rewards for reporting of air pollution; and14.Other matters concerning air pollution control work.For the air pollution control fees in the preceding paragraph, competent authorities at all levels may establish funds for the management and utilization of these fees and fund management committees for the supervision and operation of these funds. Scholars, experts and environmental group representatives who are not key shareholders of any corporation in relevant fields shall account for at least two-thirds of the members of these committees, and environmental group representatives may not account for less than one-ninth of the members of these committees.The representatives of the fund management committee mentioned in the preceding paragraph shall avoid interests in connection with reviewed cases, and Articles 32 and 33 of the Administrative Procedure Act shall apply mutatis mutandis to such avoidance.The actual use of air pollution control fees for the items listed in Paragraph 1 shall be published on the website designated by the central competent authority.The air pollution control fees in Paragraph 1 shall be first used for the areas affected materially by air pollution. Competent authorities at all levels shall, for all incentives and subsidies in each paragraph, determine regulations for targets, application qualifications, review procedures, the revocation, cancellation and compensation of incentives and subsidies, and other relevant binding matters.
中文原文 空氣污染防制法第18條
空氣污染防制費專供空氣污染防制之用,其支用項目如下:
一、關於各級主管機關執行空氣污染防制工作事項。
二、關於空氣污染源查緝及執行成效之稽核事項。
三、關於補助及獎勵各類污染源辦理空氣污染改善工作事項。
四、關於委託或補助檢驗測定機構辦理汽車排放空氣污染物檢驗事項。
五、關於委託或補助專業機構辦理固定污染源之檢測、輔導及評鑑事項。
六、關於空氣污染防制技術之研發及策略之研訂事項。
七、關於涉及空氣污染之國際環保工作事項。
八、關於空氣品質監測及執行成效之稽核事項。
九、關於徵收空氣污染防制費之相關費用事項。
十、執行空氣污染防制相關工作所需人力之聘僱事項。
十一、關於空氣污染之健康風險評估及管理相關事項。
十二、關於潔淨能源使用推廣及研發之獎勵事項。
十三、關於空氣污染檢舉獎金事項。
十四、其他有關空氣污染防制工作事項。
前項空氣污染防制費,各級主管機關得成立基金管理運用,並成立基金管理會監督運作,其中學者、專家及環保團體代表等,應占管理會名額三分之二以上,並不得由相關產業之大股東擔任,且環保團體代表不得低於管理會名額六分之一。
前項基金管理會代表就審議案件之利益迴避,準用行政程序法第三十二條及第三十三條規定。
第一項空氣污染防制費支用項目實際支用情形,應公開於中央主管機關指定之網站。
第一項空氣污染防制費應優先運用於空氣污染嚴重地區,其有關各款獎勵及補助之對象、申請資格、審查程序、獎勵及補助之撤銷、廢止與追償及其他相關事項之辦法,由各級主管機關定之。

English translation for reference only; the Chinese text prevails. Not legal advice.