HF 1362

as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 05/22/2023 10:16pm

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 $12,830,000 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 predesign,
design, and construct the renovation of the existing materials recovery facility to add
additional space for the installation of advanced processing equipment with the ability to
process raw incoming municipal solid waste and the capability to switch over to processing
single sort recycling, and to complete the construction and equipping of the environmental
center from Phase 1.
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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 $12,830,000 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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