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Chapter 115A
Section 115A.545
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Recent History
- 2007 115A.545 Repealed 2007 c 13 art 2 s 6
- 2003 Subd. 2 Amended 2003 c 128 art 1 s 126
- 2002 Subd. 1 Amended 2002 c 220 art 8 s 12
- 2002 Subd. 2 Amended 2002 c 220 art 8 s 13
- 2001 115A.545 New 2001 c 2 s 124
This is an historical version of this statute chapter. Also view the most recent published version.
115A.545 MIXED MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE PROCESSING PAYMENT.
Subdivision 1. Definition. (a) For the purpose of this section, the following terms have
the meanings given them.
(b) "Processed" means mixed municipal solid waste that has been:
(1) burned for energy recovery; or
(2) processed into usable compost or refuse derived fuel.
(c) "Processing facility" means a facility designed to burn mixed municipal solid waste for
energy recovery or designed to process mixed municipal solid waste into usable compost or
refuse-derived fuel.
(d) "County" includes a consortium of counties operating under a solid waste management
joint powers agreement.
Subd. 2. Processing payment. (a) The commissioner 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. 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 commissioner 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 commissioner 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 commissioner shall make the payments on a pro rata basis.
(d) All of the money received by a county under paragraph (a) 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 commissioner shall make the final mixed municipal
solid waste processing payments by August 15, 2005.
History: 1Sp2001 c 2 s 124; 2002 c 220 art 8 s 12,13; 2003 c 128 art 1 s 126; 1Sp2005
c 1 art 2 s 161
Subdivision 1. Definition. (a) For the purpose of this section, the following terms have
the meanings given them.
(b) "Processed" means mixed municipal solid waste that has been:
(1) burned for energy recovery; or
(2) processed into usable compost or refuse derived fuel.
(c) "Processing facility" means a facility designed to burn mixed municipal solid waste for
energy recovery or designed to process mixed municipal solid waste into usable compost or
refuse-derived fuel.
(d) "County" includes a consortium of counties operating under a solid waste management
joint powers agreement.
Subd. 2. Processing payment. (a) The commissioner 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. 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 commissioner 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 commissioner 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 commissioner shall make the payments on a pro rata basis.
(d) All of the money received by a county under paragraph (a) 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 commissioner shall make the final mixed municipal
solid waste processing payments by August 15, 2005.
History: 1Sp2001 c 2 s 124; 2002 c 220 art 8 s 12,13; 2003 c 128 art 1 s 126; 1Sp2005
c 1 art 2 s 161
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