2007 Minnesota Statutes

473.8441 LOCAL RECYCLING DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
    Subdivision 1. Definitions. "Number of households" has the meaning given in section
477A.011, subdivision 3a.
    Subd. 2. Program. The commissioner shall encourage the development of permanent local
recycling programs throughout the metropolitan area. The commissioner shall make grants to
qualifying metropolitan counties as provided in this section.
    Subd. 3. Grants; eligible costs. Grants may be used to pay for planning, developing, and
operating yard waste composting and recycling programs.
    Subd. 4. Grant conditions. The commissioner shall administer grants so that the following
conditions are met:
(a) A county must apply for a grant in the manner determined by the commissioner. The
application must describe the activities for which the grant will be used.
(b) The activities funded must be consistent with the metropolitan policy plan and the
county master plan.
(c) A grant must be matched by equal county expenditures for the activities for which the
grant is made.
(d) All grant funds must be used for new activities or to enhance or increase the effectiveness
of existing activities in the county.
(e) Counties shall provide support to maintain effective municipal recycling where it is
already established.
    Subd. 5. Grant allocation procedure. (a) The commissioner shall distribute the funds
annually so that each qualifying county receives an equal share of 50 percent of the allocation to
the program described in this section, plus a proportionate share of the remaining funds available
for the program. A county's proportionate share is an amount that has the same proportion to
the total remaining funds as the number of households in the county has to the total number
of households in all metropolitan counties.
(b) To qualify for distribution of funds, a county, by April 1 of each year, must submit to
the commissioner for approval a report on expenditures and activities under the program during
the preceding fiscal year and any proposed changes in its recycling implementation strategy
or performance funding system. The report shall be included in the county report required by
section 473.803, subdivision 3.
History: 1987 c 348 s 46; 1989 c 325 s 63; 1993 c 249 s 41; 1995 c 247 art 2 s 47-49;
1Sp2005 c 1 art 2 s 161