SF 2286

1st Engrossment - 86th Legislature (2009 - 2010) Posted on 02/22/2010 11:47am

A bill for an act
relating to recycling; requiring certain state building projects to recycle at least
50 percent of nonhazardous construction and demolition waste; proposing coding
for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 16B.

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

Section 1.

new text begin [16B.327] RECYCLING CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION
WASTE FROM STATE BUILDINGS; REQUIREMENT.
new text end

new text begin The commissioner of administration shall require in contracts for the construction,
renovation, or demolition of a state building that the contractor and any subcontractor must
divert from deposit in a landfill and must recycle at least 50 percent of the nonhazardous
construction and demolition waste, measured by tonnage or volume, produced by the
project or demonstrate that the waste was delivered to construction and demolition waste
recycling facilities that maintain a 50 percent annual recycling rate. This requirement
applies to state building projects receiving funding from the bond proceeds fund after
January 1, 2010, as follows: projects of $5,000,000 or more located within 40 miles of a
recycling facility that handles the applicable building materials.
new text end