1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to waste management; decreasing the 
  1.3             non-mixed-municipal solid waste tax; repealing certain 
  1.4             accounting and recordkeeping requirements; amending 
  1.5             Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 115A.554; 115A.918, 
  1.6             subdivision 1; 297H.02, subdivision 2; 297H.03, 
  1.7             subdivision 2; 297H.04, subdivision 2; and 297H.13, 
  1.8             subdivision 2, and by adding a subdivision; repealing 
  1.9             Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 115A.929; 115A.981; 
  1.10            and 297H.13, subdivisions 3, 4, and 6. 
  1.11  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.12     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 115A.554, is 
  1.13  amended to read: 
  1.14     115A.554 [AUTHORITY OF SANITARY DISTRICTS.] 
  1.15     A sanitary district has the authorities and duties of 
  1.16  counties within the district's boundary for purposes of sections 
  1.17  115A.0716; 115A.46, subdivisions 4 and 5; 115A.48; 115A.551; 
  1.18  115A.552; 115A.553; 115A.919; 115A.929; 115A.93; 115A.96, 
  1.19  subdivision 6; 115A.961; 116.072; 375.18, subdivision 14; 
  1.20  400.08; 400.16; and 400.161. 
  1.21     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 115A.918, 
  1.22  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  1.23     Subdivision 1.  [SCOPE.] The definitions in this section 
  1.24  apply to this section and sections 115A.919 to 115A.929 115A.923.
  1.25     Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 297H.02, 
  1.26  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  1.27     Subd. 2.  [RATES.] The rate of tax under this section 
  1.28  is 9.75 8.5 percent. 
  2.1      Sec. 4.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 297H.03, 
  2.2   subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  2.3      Subd. 2.  [RATE.] The rate of the tax under this section is 
  2.4   17 15.0 percent. 
  2.5      Sec. 5.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 297H.04, 
  2.6   subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  2.7      Subd. 2.  [RATE.] (a) Commercial generators that generate 
  2.8   non-mixed-municipal solid waste shall pay a solid waste 
  2.9   management tax of 60 53 cents per noncompacted cubic yard of 
  2.10  periodic waste collection capacity purchased by the generator, 
  2.11  based on the size of the container for the non-mixed-municipal 
  2.12  solid waste, the actual volume, or the weight-to-volume 
  2.13  conversion schedule in paragraph (c).  However, the tax must be 
  2.14  calculated by the waste management service provider using the 
  2.15  same method for calculating the waste management service fee so 
  2.16  that both are calculated according to container capacity, actual 
  2.17  volume, or weight. 
  2.18     (b) Notwithstanding section 297H.02, a residential 
  2.19  generator that generates non-mixed-municipal solid waste shall 
  2.20  pay a solid waste management tax in the same manner as provided 
  2.21  in paragraph (a). 
  2.22     (c) The weight-to-volume conversion schedule for: 
  2.23     (1) construction debris as defined in section 115A.03, 
  2.24  subdivision 7, is one ton equals 3.33 cubic yards, or $2 $1.75 
  2.25  per ton; 
  2.26     (2) industrial waste as defined in section 115A.03, 
  2.27  subdivision 13a, is equal to 60 53 cents per cubic yard.  The 
  2.28  commissioner of revenue after consultation with the commissioner 
  2.29  of the pollution control agency, shall determine, and may 
  2.30  publish by notice, a conversion schedule for various industrial 
  2.31  wastes; and 
  2.32     (3) infectious waste as defined in section 116.76, 
  2.33  subdivision 12, and pathological waste as defined in section 
  2.34  116.76, subdivision 14, is 150 pounds equals one cubic yard, or 
  2.35  60 53 cents per 150 pounds. 
  2.36     Sec. 6.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 297H.13, 
  3.1   subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  3.2      Subd. 2.  [ALLOCATION OF REVENUES.] (a) $22,000,000, or 50 
  3.3   percent, whichever is greater, of the amounts remitted under 
  3.4   this chapter must be credited to the solid waste fund 
  3.5   established in section 115B.42. 
  3.6      (b) The remainder must be deposited into the general 
  3.7   fund and is intended to be used for the administration of state 
  3.8   and county programs and functions related to recycling, reducing 
  3.9   the amount of solid waste, managing household and very small 
  3.10  quantity generator hazardous waste, and other similar 
  3.11  environmental programs and activities. 
  3.12     Sec. 7.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 297H.13, is 
  3.13  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  3.14     Subd. 7.  [NOTICE OF RATE CHANGE.] Waste management service 
  3.15  providers shall provide notice to each customer of the rate 
  3.16  decreases provided in this section no later than 30 days after 
  3.17  the rate decreases take effect. 
  3.18     Sec. 8.  [REPEALER.] 
  3.19     Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 115A.929; 115A.981; and 
  3.20  297H.13, subdivisions 3, 4, and 6, are repealed. 
  3.21     Sec. 9.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  3.22     Sections 1, 2, and 8 are effective the day following final 
  3.23  enactment.  Sections 3 to 7 are effective July 1, 2000, and 
  3.24  apply to services provided after that date.