1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital investment; appropriating money for regional waste diversion, 
1.3 	recycling, and composting facilities and infrastructure; authorizing the sale and 
1.4 	issuance of state bonds.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. POPE-DOUGLAS SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT JOINT POWERS 
1.7 	BOARD; REGIONAL WASTE DIVERSION, RECYCLING, AND COMPOSTING.
 1.8 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. $9,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds fund 
1.9 	to the Pollution Control Agency for a grant to the Pope-Douglas Solid Waste Management 
1.10 	Joint Powers Board under the solid waste capital assistance grant program under Minnesota 
1.11 	Statutes, section 115A.54. This appropriation may be used to design, construct, and equip 
1.12 	renovation and expansion of an existing waste diversion and materials recovery facility in 
1.13 	the city of Alexandria; to design, construct, and equip a new organics composting facility 
1.14 	in Douglas County; and to design, construct, and equip a new environmental learning center 
1.15 	in Alexandria for problem materials recycling and disposal of household hazardous waste. 
1.16 	This appropriation may also be used for demolition and relocation costs associated with the 
1.17 	projects described in this section and is intended to replace outdated public facilities and 
1.18 	infrastructure to serve the waste diversion, recycling, and composting needs of Douglas, 
1.19 	Pope, Otter Tail, Grant, Stevens, Stearns, Benton, and Sherburne counties. This appropriation 
1.20 	is not available until the commissioner of management and budget determines that $9,900,000 
1.21 	has been committed from nonstate sources to complete the project.
1.22 		Subd. 2.Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in this section from the bond 
1.23 	proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue bonds of 
2.1 	the state in an amount up to $9,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect 
2.2 	prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota 
2.3 	Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.

2.4 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.