1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital investment; appropriating money for an expansion of existing 
1.3 	solid waste and recyclable material facilities; authorizing the sale and issuance of 
1.4 	state bonds.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. POLK COUNTY REGIONAL WASTE, RECYCLING, AND 
1.7 	COMPOST PROJECT.
 1.8 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. $15,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds 
1.9 	fund to the Pollution Control Agency for a solid waste capital assistance grant under 
1.10 	Minnesota Statutes, section 115A.54, to Polk County to design and construct an addition 
1.11 	and improvements to an existing waste processing and material recovery facility and 
1.12 	organic solid waste compost facility. This appropriation includes money for Beltrami 
1.13 	and Hubbard Counties to design and construct a waste and recyclable material transfer 
1.14 	facility to deliver waste to an existing waste-to-energy facility. This appropriation is 
1.15 	intended to cover 75 percent of the cost of the transfer station, 50 percent of the cost of 
1.16 	the material recovery facility expansion and improvement, and 50 percent of the cost of 
1.17 	the organic solid waste compost facility. This appropriation is not available until the 
1.18 	agency determines that an amount sufficient to complete the project is committed from 
1.19 	nonstate sources. An additional renewable energy component shall not be mandated as a 
1.20 	requirement of this project to qualify for funding under this section.
1.21 		Subd. 2.Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in this section from the 
1.22 	bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue 
1.23 	bonds of the state in an amount up to $15,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with 
2.1 	the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the 
2.2 	Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.

2.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.