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HF 2282

as introduced - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 03/09/2017 09:13am

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.

Current Version - as introduced

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A bill for an act
relating to taxation; solid waste management; requiring a rebate of the solid waste
management tax for materials removed from the waste stream for recycling,
composting, or reuse; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in
Minnesota Statutes, chapter 297H.

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

Section 1.

new text begin [297H.075] REFUND FOR RECYCLED AND REUSED MATERIALS.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Definitions. new text end

new text begin (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have
the meanings given them.
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new text begin (b) "Compostable materials" has the meaning given to "source-separated compostable
materials" in section 115A.03, subdivision 32a, clause (3).
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new text begin (c) "Recyclable materials" has the meaning given in section 115A.03, subdivision 25a.
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new text begin (d) "Waste processing facility" means a facility that manually or mechanically separates
from mixed municipal solid waste recyclable materials and residuals which are then recycled
or reused.
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new text begin (e) "Waste-to-energy facility" means a facility that produces refuse-derived fuel, as
defined in section 115A.03, subdivision 28, or a resource recovery facility, as defined in
section 115A.03, subdivision 28.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Reporting. new text end

new text begin (a) By February 1, 2018, and each February 1 thereafter, an owner
or operator of a waste processing facility or waste-to-energy facility shall report to the
commissioner of revenue, on a form prescribed by the commissioner of revenue, the
following information for the previous calendar year:
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new text begin (1) the number of tons of recyclable materials manually or mechanically separated from
mixed municipal solid waste that are recycled;
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new text begin (2) the number of tons of residuals manually or mechanically separated from mixed
municipal solid waste that are reused;
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new text begin (3) the number of tons of recyclable materials recovered from combustor ash generated
at a waste-to-energy facility that are recycled;
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new text begin (4) the number of tons of combustor ash generated at a waste-to-energy facility that is
utilized in road construction or another approved use;
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new text begin (5) the number of tons of compostable materials manually or mechanically separated
from mixed municipal solid waste that are subsequently composted or processed in an
anaerobic digester and then composted; and
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new text begin (6) the tipping fee in effect at the waste processing facility or waste-to-energy facility
during the previous calendar year.
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new text begin (b) The information in paragraph (a), clauses (1) to (5), is to be reported separately for
each clause and separately with respect to the tons of materials that are separated from waste
from commercial generators and waste from residential generators.
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new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Refund calculation. new text end

new text begin (a) Based on the information submitted in subdivision 2,
the commissioner of revenue shall by April 15, 2018, and each April 15 thereafter, pay a
refund of the tax paid under this chapter to each operator of a waste processing facility or
waste-to-energy facility reporting under that subdivision that is equal to the sum of:
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new text begin (1) tons reported in subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clauses (1) to (5), of materials separated
from waste from commercial generators, multiplied by the rate of the tax due under this
chapter for a commercial generator of mixed municipal solid waste, multiplied by the tipping
fee in effect at the waste processing facility or waste-to-energy facility during the previous
calendar year; plus
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new text begin (2) tons reported in subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clauses (1) to (5), of materials separated
from waste from residential generators, multiplied by the rate of the tax due under this
chapter for a residential generator of mixed municipal solid waste, multiplied by the tipping
fee in effect at the waste processing facility or waste-to-energy facility during the previous
calendar year.
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new text begin (b) The amount necessary to pay the refunds under this section is appropriated to the
commissioner of revenue from the general fund.
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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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