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473.844 METROPOLITAN LANDFILL ABATEMENT FUND.
    Subdivision 1. Purposes. The money in the environmental fund for landfill abatement must
be used to reduce to the greatest extent feasible and prudent the need for and practice of land
disposal of mixed municipal solid waste in the metropolitan area. This money consists of revenue
deposited in the environmental fund under section 473.843, subdivision 2, clause (1), and interest
earned on investment of this money. All repayments to loans made under this section must be
credited to the environmental fund. The landfill abatement money in the environmental fund may
be spent only for purposes of metropolitan landfill abatement as provided in subdivision 1a and
only upon appropriation by the legislature.
    Subd. 1a. Use of funds. (a) The money in the account may be spent only for the following
purposes:
(1) assistance to any person for resource recovery projects funded under subdivision 4 or
projects to develop and coordinate markets for reusable or recyclable waste materials, including
related public education, planning, and technical assistance;
(2) grants to counties under section 473.8441;
(3) program administration;
(4) public education on solid waste reduction and recycling;
(5) solid waste research; and
(6) grants to multicounty groups for regionwide planning for solid waste management system
operations and use of management capacity.
(b) The commissioner shall allocate at least 50 percent of the annual revenue received by the
account for grants to counties under section 473.8441.
    Subd. 2.[Repealed, 1987 c 348 s 52]
    Subd. 3.[Repealed, 1991 c 337 s 90]
    Subd. 4. Resource recovery grants and loans. The grant and loan program under this
subdivision is administered by the commissioner. Grants and loans may be made to any person for
resource recovery projects. The grants and loans may include the cost of planning, acquisition of
land and equipment, and capital improvements. Grants and loans for planning may not exceed
50 percent of the planning costs. Grants and loans for acquisition of land and equipment and for
capital improvements may not exceed 50 percent of the cost of the project. Grants and loans may
be made for public education on the need for the resource recovery projects. A grant or loan for
land, equipment, or capital improvements may not be made until the director has determined the
total estimated capital cost of the project and ascertained that full financing of the project is
assured. Grants and loans made to cities, counties, or solid waste management districts must be
for projects that are in conformance with approved master plans. A grant or loan to a city or town
must be reviewed and approved by the county for conformance with the county master plan. The
commissioner shall require, where practical, cooperative purchase between cities, counties,
and districts of capital equipment.
    Subd. 5.[Repealed, 1987 c 348 s 52]
History: 1984 c 644 s 74; 1985 c 274 s 33,34; 1987 c 348 s 44,45; 1989 c 325 s 62; 1989 c
335 art 4 s 95,106; 1991 c 199 art 1 s 76; 1992 c 593 art 1 s 41; 1994 c 585 s 46; 1995 c 247
art 2 s 45,46; 2003 c 128 art 2 s 47; 1Sp2005 c 1 art 2 s 161

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