HF 1019

as introduced - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 03/05/2015 10:24pm

A bill for an act
relating to capital investment; appropriating money for an expansion of existing
solid waste and recyclable material facilities; authorizing the sale and issuance of
state bonds.

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

Section 1. new text begin POLK COUNTY REGIONAL WASTE, RECYCLING, AND
COMPOST PROJECT.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Appropriation. new text end

new text begin $15,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds
fund to the Pollution Control Agency for a solid waste capital assistance grant under
Minnesota Statutes, section 115A.54, to Polk County to design and construct an addition
and improvements to an existing waste processing and material recovery facility and
organic solid waste compost facility. This appropriation includes money for Beltrami
and Hubbard Counties to design and construct a waste and recyclable material transfer
facility to deliver waste to an existing waste-to-energy facility. This appropriation is
intended to cover 75 percent of the cost of the transfer station, 50 percent of the cost of
the material recovery facility expansion and improvement, and 50 percent of the cost of
the organic solid waste compost facility. This appropriation is not available until the
agency determines that an amount sufficient to complete the project is committed from
nonstate sources. An additional renewable energy component shall not be mandated as a
requirement of this project to qualify for funding under this section.
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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 $15,000,000 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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