2001 Minnesota Statutes

     115A.545 Mixed municipal solid waste processing payment. 

    Subdivision 1.    Definition.  For the purpose of this 
 section, "processed" means mixed municipal solid waste that has 
 been: 

    (1) burned for energy recovery; or 

    (2) processed into usable compost or refuse derived fuel. 

    Subd. 2.    Processing payment.  (a) The director shall 
 pay counties a processing payment for each ton of mixed 
 municipal solid waste that is generated in the county and 
 processed at a resource recovery facility located in Minnesota.  
 The processing payment shall be $5 for each ton of mixed 
 municipal solid waste processed.  

    (b) By the last day of October, January, April, and July, 
 each county claiming the processing payment shall file a claim 
 for payment with the director for the three previous months 
 certifying the number of tons of mixed municipal solid waste 
 that were generated in the county and processed at a resource 
 recovery facility.  The director shall pay the processing 
 payments by November 15, February 15, May 15, and August 15 each 
 year.  

    (c) If the total amount for which all counties are eligible 
 in a quarter exceeds the amount available for payment, the 
 director shall make the payments on a pro rata basis.  

    (d) All of the money received by a county under this 
 section must be used to lower the tipping fee for waste to be 
 processed at a resource recovery facility. 

    Subd. 3.    Expiration date.  The payment in subdivision 
 2 expires on July 1, 2005.  For waste delivered to a resource 
 recovery facility from April 1, 2005, to June 30, 2005, a county 
 must submit payment claims by July 31, 2005.  The director shall 
 make the final mixed municipal solid waste processing payments 
 by August 15, 2005. 

    HIST: 1Sp2001 c 2 s 124