6. a. Any group, organization, business, or individual interested in adopting a stormwater management basin for the purpose of planting milkweed in accordance with this act shall notify the department. Such notification may include a request to adopt, if possible, a specified stormwater management basin. Upon receipt of a notification of interest, the department shall: (1) assign an appropriate stormwater management basin to that group, organization, business, or individual for adoption; and (2) notify the group, organization, business, or individual of that assignment and provide thereto the materials required to be prepared pursuant to paragraph (2) of subsection a. of section 5 of this act.

b. Upon receipt from the department of notification of its assigned stormwater management basin, the program volunteer shall notify the clerk of the municipality in which the assigned stormwater management basin is located so that the municipality will be aware of the program volunteer’s activities and may, at its discretion, provide assistance.

c. The adoption period for a stormwater management basin shall be one year, but a program volunteer may renew its participation in the program by notifying the department annually at such time as shall be specified by the department.

L.2017, c.252, s.6.