1998 Minnesota Statutes

     115B.42 Solid waste fund. 

    Subdivision 1.    Establishment; appropriation; separate 
 accounting.  (a) The solid waste fund is established in the 
 state treasury.  The fund consists of money credited to the fund 
 and interest earned on the money in the fund.  Except as 
 provided in subdivision 2, clause (7), money in the fund is 
 annually appropriated to the commissioner for the purposes 
 listed in subdivision 2. 

    (b) The commissioner of finance shall separately account 
 for revenue deposited in the fund from financial assurance funds 
 or other mechanisms, the metropolitan landfill contingency 
 action trust fund, and all other sources of revenue. 

    Subd. 2.    Expenditures.  (a) Money in the fund may be 
 spent by the commissioner to: 

    (1) inspect permitted mixed municipal solid waste disposal 
 facilities to: 

    (i) evaluate the adequacy of final cover, slopes, 
 vegetation, and erosion control; 

    (ii) determine the presence and concentration of hazardous 
 substances, pollutants or contaminants, and decomposition gases; 
 and 

    (iii) determine the boundaries of fill areas; 

    (2) monitor and take, or reimburse others for, 
 environmental response actions, including emergency response 
 actions, at qualified facilities; 

    (3) acquire and dispose of property under section 115B.412, 
 subdivision 3; 

    (4) recover costs under section 115B.39; 

    (5) administer, including providing staff and 
 administrative support for, sections 115B.39 to 115B.445; 

    (6) enforce sections 115B.39 to 115B.445; 

    (7) subject to appropriation, administer the agency's 
 groundwater and solid waste management programs; 

    (8) reimburse persons under section 115B.43; and 

    (9) reimburse mediation expenses up to a total of $250,000 
 annually or defense costs up to a total of $250,000 annually for 
 third-party claims for response costs under state or federal law 
 as provided in section 115B.414. 

    HIST: 1992 c 513 art 2 s 26; 1993 c 172 s 71; 1994 c 639 art 3 
 s 1,2; 1995 c 185 s 3; 1995 c 220 s 102; 1997 c 7 art 1 s 35