1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to environment; changing waste management reporting requirements;
1.3 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 115A.557, subdivision 3.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 115A.557, subdivision 3, is amended to 
1.6 	read:
1.7 		Subd. 3.Eligibility to receive money. (a) To be eligible to receive money 
1.8 	distributed by the commissioner under this section, a county shall within one year of 
1.9 	October 4, 1989:
1.10 	(1) create a separate account in its general fund to credit the money; and
1.11 	(2) set up accounting procedures to ensure that money in the separate account is 
1.12 	spent only for the purposes in subdivision 2.
1.13 	(b) In each following year, each county shall also:
1.14 	(1) have in place an approved solid waste management plan or master plan including 
1.15 	a recycling implementation strategy under section 115A.551, subdivision 7, and a 
1.16 	household hazardous waste management plan under section 115A.96, subdivision 6, 
1.17 	by the dates specified in those provisions; 
1.18 	(2) submit a report by April 1 of each odd-numbered year to the commissioner 
1.19 	detailing for the previous two calendar ~~year~~ years:
1.20 	(i) how the money was spent including, but not limited to, specific information on 
1.21 	the number of employees performing SCORE planning, oversight, and administration; the 
1.22 	percentage of those employees' total work time allocated to SCORE planning, oversight, 
1.23 	and administration; the specific duties and responsibilities of those employees; and the 
1.24 	amount of staff salary for these SCORE duties and responsibilities of the employees; and
2.1 	(ii) the resulting gains achieved in solid waste management practices; and
2.2 	(3) provide evidence to the commissioner that local revenue equal to 25 percent of 
2.3 	the money sought for distribution under this section will be spent for the purposes in 
2.4 	subdivision 2.
2.5 	(c) The commissioner shall withhold all or part of the funds to be distributed 
2.6 	to a county under this section if the county fails to comply with this subdivision and 
2.7 	subdivision 2.