as introduced - 86th Legislature (2009 - 2010) Posted on 02/09/2010 02:10am
A bill for an act
relating to capital improvements; changing closed landfill cleanup appropriation
from revenue bond proceeds to user-financed general obligation bond proceeds;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 115A.908, subdivision 2; 116.155,
subdivision 3; Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 8, subdivision 3; repealing
Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 116.156.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 115A.908, subdivision 2, is amended to
read:
deleted text begin From thedeleted text end Revenue collected under this sectiondeleted text begin , the
amount necessary to make debt service payments on revenue bonds issued under section
116.156 is annually appropriated to the commissioner of finance. Any remaining revenue
collected shalldeleted text end new text begin must new text end be credited to the environmental fund.
Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 116.155, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
The following revenues shall be deposited in the general
portion of the remediation fund:
(1) response costs and natural resource damages related to releases of hazardous
substances, or pollutants or contaminants, recovered under sections 115B.17, subdivisions
6 and 7, 115B.443, 115B.444, or any other law;
(2) money paid to the agency or the Agriculture Department by voluntary parties
who have received technical or other assistance under sections 115B.17, subdivision 14,
115B.175 to 115B.179, and 115C.03, subdivision 9;
(3) money received in the form of gifts, grants, reimbursement, or appropriation from
any source for any of the purposes provided in subdivision 2, except federal grants; new text begin and
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(4) deleted text begin money received from revenue bonds sold under section 116.156 and placed
in a special bond proceeds account; and
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deleted text begin (5)deleted text end interest accrued on the fund.
Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 8, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
Subd. 3.Closed Landfill Cleanup deleted text begin Revenue
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25,000,000 |
From the bond proceeds deleted text begin account in the
remediationdeleted text end fund deleted text begin under new Minnesota
Statutes, section 116.156.deleted text end new text begin for capital costs of
cleaning up closed landfills under Minnesota
Statutes, sections 115B.39 to 115B.445. All
debt service on bonds issued to finance this
appropriation must be paid by the Pollution
Control Agency under Minnesota Statutes,
section 16A.643, from revenue credited to
the environmental fund.
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This appropriation is for new text begin capital costs of
environmental response new text end action at qualified
closed landfill facilities in Albert Lea,
Mille Lacs County, Washington County, the
Western Lake Superior Sanitary District,
and other locations as determined by the
commissioner of the Pollution Control
Agency.
If the dig and fill option is chosen for
remediation of the Washington County
landfill, the landfill must have a triple liner.
By January 15, 2009, the commissioner of
the Pollution Control Agency shall report to
the house and senate Finance Committees
and divisions with jurisdiction over the
environment on whether the remediation
fund needs additional revenue in order to
provide timely cleanup of closed landfills in
the state without depleting the remediation
fund. If the fund needs additional revenue,
the commissioner shall include in the report
recommendations for revenue sources and
amounts that will meet that need.
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To provide the money appropriated in this act from the bond proceeds fund, the
commissioner of finance shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to
$25,000,000 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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Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 116.156,
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is repealed.
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This act is effective the day following final enactment.
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