Minnesota Legislature
SF 1773
as introduced - 86th Legislature (2009 - 2010) Posted on 02/09/2010 02:23am
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A bill for an act
relating to environment; changing waste management reporting requirements;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 115A.557, subdivision 3.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 115A.557, subdivision 3, is amended to
read:
Subd. 3.
Eligibility to receive money.
(a) To be eligible to receive money
distributed by the commissioner under this section, a county shall within one year of
October 4, 1989:
(1) create a separate account in its general fund to credit the money; and
(2) set up accounting procedures to ensure that money in the separate account is
spent only for the purposes in subdivision 2.
(b) In each following year, each county shall also:
(1) have in place an approved solid waste management plan or master plan including
a recycling implementation strategy under section 115A.551, subdivision 7, and a
household hazardous waste management plan under section 115A.96, subdivision 6,
by the dates specified in those provisions;
(2) submit a report by April 1 of each new text begin odd-numbered new text end year to the commissioner
detailing for the previous new text begin two new text end calendar deleted text begin yeardeleted text end new text begin yearsnew text end :
(i) how the money was spent including, but not limited to, specific information on
the number of employees performing SCORE planning, oversight, and administration; the
percentage of those employees' total work time allocated to SCORE planning, oversight,
and administration; the specific duties and responsibilities of those employees; and the
amount of staff salary for these SCORE duties and responsibilities of the employees; and
(ii) the resulting gains achieved in solid waste management practices; and
(3) provide evidence to the commissioner that local revenue equal to 25 percent of
the money sought for distribution under this section will be spent for the purposes in
subdivision 2.
(c) The commissioner shall withhold all or part of the funds to be distributed
to a county under this section if the county fails to comply with this subdivision and
subdivision 2.