1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to solid waste; prohibiting incentives for specified methods of collection 
1.3 	or recycling;amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 115A.94, by adding a 
1.4 	subdivision.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 115A.94, is amended by adding a subdivision 
1.7 	to read:
1.8 		Subd. 2a.Incentives prohibited. The commissioner must not offer or deny a benefit, 
1.9 	monetary or otherwise, to induce a local unit of government to implement a specified method 
1.10 	of solid waste collection or recycling. A county must not offer or deny any benefit, monetary 
1.11 	or otherwise, to induce a city or town to implement a specified method of solid waste 
1.12 	collection or recycling.