HF 1533

as introduced - 92nd Legislature (2021 - 2022) Posted on 02/25/2021 03:19pm

A bill for an act
relating to capital investment; appropriating money for regional waste diversion
and infrastructure; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1. new text begin POPE-DOUGLAS SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT JOINT POWERS
BOARD; PHASE II REGIONAL WASTE DIVERSION, RECYCLING, AND
ORGANICS DIVERSION.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Appropriation. new text end

new text begin $4,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds fund
to the Pollution Control Agency for a grant to the Pope-Douglas Solid Waste Management
Joint Powers Board under the solid waste capital assistance grant program under Minnesota
Statutes, section 115A.54. This appropriation may be used to design, construct, and equip
renovation and expansion of an existing waste diversion and materials recovery facility in
the city of Alexandria. This appropriation may also be used for demolition and relocation
costs associated with the projects described in this section and is intended to replace outdated
public facilities and infrastructure to serve the waste diversion needs of Douglas, Pope,
Otter Tail, Grant, Stevens, Stearns, Benton, and Sherburne counties. This appropriation is
not available until the commissioner of management and budget determines that $4,000,000
has been committed from nonstate sources to complete the project.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Bond sale. new text end

new text begin To provide the money appropriated in this section from the bond
proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue bonds of
the state in an amount up to $4,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect
prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota
Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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