Minnesota Session Laws - 1990, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1990 

                        CHAPTER 400-H.F.No. 2386 
           An act relating to solid waste management; granting 
          authority to St. Louis county; providing an exemption 
          from the bond requirement for a contract for the 
          construction of a solid waste facility in Kanabec 
          county under certain circumstances; proposing coding 
          for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 383C. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  [383C.807] [SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT.] 
    Subdivision 1.  Notwithstanding section 471.345 or other 
law, St. Louis county may contract for the acquisition, 
construction, improvement, maintenance, or operation of solid 
waste facilities or property or property rights for solid waste 
facilities by any means available and in any manner determined 
by the St. Louis county board, with or without advertisement for 
bids; provided, however, that any request for proposal or other 
contract negotiated under this subdivision shall require 
competitive negotiation with more than one vendor or contractor. 
    Subd. 2.  Towns and home rule charter or statutory cities 
within service areas determined under section 400.08, 
subdivision 2, may contract with St. Louis county to provide 
solid waste management, maintenance, or operation services at 
solid waste facilities.  Towns and cities within a service area 
may form a joint board to provide the solid waste services to 
the county by contract. 
    Subd. 3.  For the purposes of solid waste management 
including, but not limited to, the acquisition, construction, 
improvement, maintenance, or operation of solid waste facilities 
or property or property rights for solid waste facilities, the 
St. Louis county board acts for its unorganized territories.  An 
act of the county board in providing solid waste management 
services to unorganized townships is as valid as a similar act 
of a town board or meeting. 
      Sec. 2.  [EXEMPTION FROM BOND REQUIREMENT.] 
     Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 574.26, or 
other law to the contrary, a bond is not required for a contract 
for the construction of a solid waste composting facility prior 
to July 1, 1991, in Kanabec county provided that no payment of 
any portion of the contract price is required before completion 
of the project. 
    Sec. 3.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
    Section 1 takes effect the day after compliance with 
Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021, subdivision 3, by the St. 
Louis county board.  Section 2 is effective the day after final 
enactment. 
    Presented to the governor April 2, 1990 
    Signed by the governor April 3, 1990, 8:42 p.m.