HF 960

as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 01/26/2023 03:27pm

A bill for an act
relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a new solid waste landfill
in St. Louis County; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Section 1. new text begin SOLID WASTE LANDFILL; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Appropriation. new text end

new text begin $20,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds
fund to the Pollution Control Agency for a grant to St. Louis County to acquire property
for and to design, engineer, and construct a new municipal solid waste landfill that will
accept new waste and previously processed waste from other landfills in the closed landfill
program and prevent perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and other
contaminants from entering Lake Superior. This appropriation is exempt from the
requirements under Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.86, subdivision 4.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Bond sale. new text end

new text begin To provide the money appropriated in this section from the bond
proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue bonds of
the state in an amount up to $20,000,000 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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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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