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MN Stat § 115A.559 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 115A — Waste Management|Section 115A.559 — Composting; Competitive Grant Program.

115A.559 COMPOSTING; COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM. Subdivision 1. Grant program established. The commissioner shall make competitive grants to political subdivisions to increase composting, reduce the amount of organic wastes entering disposal facilities, and reduce the costs associated with hauling waste by locating the composting site as close as possible to the site where the waste is generated. To achieve the purpose of the grant program, the commissioner shall actively recruit potential applicants beyond traditional solid waste professionals and organizations, such as soil and water conservation districts and schools. Each grant must include an educational component on the methods and benefits of composting. Subd. 2. Application. (a) The commissioner must develop forms and procedures for soliciting and reviewing applications for grants under this section. (b) The determination of whether to make a grant under this section is within the discretion of the commissioner, subject to subdivision 4. The commissioner's decisions are not subject to judicial review, except for abuse of discretion. Subd. 3. Priorities; eligible projects. (a) If applications for grants exceed the available appropriations, grants must be made for projects that, in the commissioner's judgment, provide the highest return in public benefits. (b) To be eligible to receive a grant, a project must: (1) be locally administered; (2) have measurable outcomes; and (3) include at least one of the following elements: (i) the development of erosion control methods that use compost; (ii) activities to encourage on-site composting by homeowners; or (iii) activities to encourage composting by schools or public institutions. Subd. 4. Cancellation of grant. If a grant is awarded under this section and funds are not encumbered for the grant within four years after the award date, the grant must be canceled. History:   2009 c 37 art 1 s 43
MN Stat § 115A.565 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 115A — Waste Management|Section 115A.565 — Recycling; Competitive Grant Program.

115A.565 RECYCLING; COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM. Subdivision 1. Grant program established. The commissioner must make competitive grants to political subdivisions or federally recognized tribes to establish curbside recycling or composting, increase recycling or composting, reduce the amount of recyclable materials entering disposal facilities, or reduce the costs associated with hauling waste by locating collection sites as close as possible to the site where the waste is generated. To be eligible for grants under this section, a political subdivision or federally recognized tribe must be located outside the seven-county metropolitan area and a city must have a population of less than 45,000. Subd. 2. Application. (a) The commissioner must develop forms and procedures for soliciting and reviewing applications for grants under this section. (b) The determination of whether to make a grant under this section is within the discretion of the commissioner, subject to subdivision 4. The commissioner's decisions are not subject to judicial review, except for abuse of discretion. Subd. 3. Priorities; eligible projects. (a) If applications for grants exceed the available appropriations, grants must be made for projects that, in the commissioner's judgment, provide the highest return in public benefits. (b) To be eligible to receive a grant, a project must: (1) be locally administered; (2) have an educational component and measurable outcomes; (3) request $250,000 or less; (4) demonstrate local direct and indirect matching support of at least a quarter amount of the grant request; and (5) include at least one of the following elements: (i) transition to residential recycling through curbside or centrally located collection sites; (ii) development of local recycling systems to support curbside recycling; or (iii) development or expansion of local recycling systems to support recycling bulk materials, including, but not limited to, electronic waste. Subd. 4. Cancellation of grant. If a grant is awarded under this section and funds are not encumbered for the grant within four years after the award date, the grant must be canceled. History:  1Sp2015 c 4 art 4 s 110; 1Sp2021 c 6 art 2 s 92
MN Stat § 115A.59 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 115A — Waste Management|Section 115A.59 — Bond Authorization.

115A.59 BOND AUTHORIZATION. The commissioner of management and budget is authorized, upon request of the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency, to sell state bonds in the amount of up to $8,800,000 for the purpose of the waste processing facility capital assistance program under section 115A.54. The bonds shall be sold in the manner and upon the conditions prescribed in sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and in the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7. The amount of bonds issued pursuant to this authorization shall not exceed at any time the amount needed to produce a balance in the waste management account equal to the aggregate amount of the loans and grants then approved and not previously disbursed, plus the amount of the loans and grants to be approved in the current and the following fiscal year, as estimated by the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency. History:  1980 c 564 art 7 s 3; 1989 c 271 s 15; 1989 c 335 art 1 s 269; 1994 c 639 art 5 s 3; 2002 c 379 art 1 s 30; 1Sp2005 c 1 art 2 s 161; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109
MN Stat § 115A.62 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 115A — Waste Management|Section 115A.62 — Purpose; Public Interest; Declaration Of Policy.

115A.62 PURPOSE; PUBLIC INTEREST; DECLARATION OF POLICY. The legislature finds that the development of integrated and coordinated solid waste management systems is needed to manage properly the solid waste generated in the state, to conserve and protect the natural resources in the state and the health, safety, and welfare of its citizens, and to further the state policies and purposes expressed in section 115A.02; that this need cannot always be met solely by the activities of individual political subdivisions or by agreements among subdivisions; and that therefore it is necessary to establish a procedure for the creation of solid waste management districts having the powers and performing the functions prescribed in sections 115A.62 to 115A.72. History:  1980 c 564 art 8 s 1; 1982 c 569 s 14
MN Stat § 115A.63 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 115A — Waste Management|Section 115A.63 — Solid Waste Management Districts.

115A.63 SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS. Subdivision 1. Legal status. Solid waste management districts established pursuant to sections 115A.62 to 115A.72 shall be public corporations and political subdivisions of the state. Subd. 2. Establishment. The commissioner may establish waste districts as public corporations and political subdivisions of the state, define the powers of such districts in accordance with sections 115A.62 to 115A.72, define and alter the boundaries of the districts as provided in section 115A.64, and terminate districts as provided in section 115A.66. The commissioner shall promulgate rules pursuant to chapter 14 governing the establishment, alteration, and termination of districts. Subd. 3. Restrictions. No waste district shall be established within the boundaries of the Western Lake Superior Sanitary District established under chapter 458D. No waste district shall be established wholly within one county. The commissioner shall not establish a waste district within or extending into the metropolitan area, nor define or alter the powers or boundaries of a district, unless the articles of incorporation of the district require that the district will have the same procedural and substantive responsibilities, duties, and relationship to the metropolitan agencies as a metropolitan county. The commissioner shall require the completion of a comprehensive solid waste management plan conforming to the requirements of section 115A.46, by petitioners seeking to establish a district. History:  1980 c 564 art 8 s 2; 1982 c 424 s 130; 1989 c 335 art 1 s 269; 1992 c 464 art 1 s 15; 1992 c 593 art 1 s 19; 1994 c 639 art 5 s 3; 1995 c 247 art 2 s 17; 1Sp2005 c 1 art 2 s 161
MN Stat § 115A.65 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 115A — Waste Management|Section 115A.65 — Perpetual Existence.

115A.65 PERPETUAL EXISTENCE. A waste district created under the provisions of sections 115A.62 to 115A.72 shall have perpetual existence to the extent necessary to perform all acts necessary and proper for carrying out and exercising the powers and duties expressly given in it. A district shall not be terminated except pursuant to section 115A.66. History:   1980 c 564 art 8 s 4
MN Stat § 115A.66 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 115A — Waste Management|Section 115A.66 — Termination.

115A.66 TERMINATION. Subdivision 1. Petition. Proceedings for the termination of a district shall be initiated by the filing of a petition with the commissioner. The petition shall be submitted by the governing bodies of not less than one-half of the counties which are wholly or partly in the district. The petition shall state that the existence of the district is no longer in the public interest. The petitioners shall publish notice of the petition in newspapers of general circulation in the district and shall cause to be served upon each political subdivision wholly or partly within the district a copy of the petition, and proof of service shall be attached to the petition filed with the commissioner. Subd. 2. Bond; payment of costs. If the petition is dismissed or denied, the petitioners shall be required to pay all costs and expenses of the proceeding for termination. At the time of filing the petition, a bond shall be filed by the petitioners with the commissioner in such sum as the commissioner determines to be necessary to ensure payment of costs. Subd. 3. Hearing; decision. If objection is made to the commissioner against the petition for termination, a contested case hearing on the petition shall be held in the waste district pursuant to chapter 14. If the commissioner determines that the termination of the district as proposed in the petition would not be in the public interest, the commissioner shall give notice to the petitioner of intent to deny the petition. If a contested case hearing has not been held, the petitioner may request a hearing within 30 days of the notice of intent to deny the petition. The request shall be granted. Following the hearing and the report of the administrative law judge, the commissioner shall make a final decision on the petition. If the petition is dismissed, all costs of the proceeding shall be assessed against the petitioner. If the commissioner determines that the existence of the district is no longer in the public interest, the commissioner shall by findings and order terminate the district. Upon the filing of a certified copy of the findings and order with the secretary of state, the district shall cease to be a public corporation and a political subdivision of the state. Subd. 4. Limitation. The commissioner shall not entertain a petition for termination of a district within five years from the date of the formation of the district nor shall the commissioner entertain a petition for termination of the same district more often than once in five years. History:  1980 c 564 art 8 s 5; 1982 c 424 s 130; 1984 c 640 s 32; 1989 c 335 art 1 s 269; 1994 c 639 art 5 s 3; 1Sp2005 c 1 art 2 s 161
MN Stat § 115A.67 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 115A — Waste Management|Section 115A.67 — Organization Of District.

115A.67 ORGANIZATION OF DISTRICT. Subdivision 1. Chair; board. The chair shall be elected from outside the board of directors by majority vote of the board of directors. The first chair shall serve for a term of two years. Members of the board of directors shall be residents of the district. Subd. 2. First meeting. The first meeting of the board of directors shall be held at the call of the chair, after notice, for the purpose of proposing the bylaws, electing officers and for any other business that comes before the meeting. The bylaws of the district, and amendments thereto, shall be adopted by a majority vote of the board of directors unless the certificate of incorporation requires a greater vote. Subd. 3. Bylaws. The bylaws shall state: (1) the manner and time of calling regular meetings of the representatives and the board of directors, not less than once annually; (2) the title, manner of selection, and term of office of officers of the district; (3) the term of office of members of the board of directors, the manner of their removal, and the manner of filling vacancies on the board of directors; (4) the powers and duties of the board of directors consistent with the order and articles of incorporation establishing the district; (5) the definition of a quorum for meetings of the board of directors, which shall be not less than a majority of the members; (6) the compensation and reimbursement for expenses for members of the board of directors, which shall not exceed that provided for in section 15.0575, subdivision 3; and (7) such other provisions for regulating the affairs of the district as the board of directors shall determine to be necessary. History:  1980 c 564 art 8 s 6; 1983 c 373 s 39; 1986 c 444; 1989 c 335 art 1 s 269; 1991 c 337 s 28
MN Stat § 115A.68 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 115A — Waste Management|Section 115A.68 — Registered Office.

115A.68 REGISTERED OFFICE. Every district shall maintain an office in this state to be known as its registered office. When a district desires to change the location of its registered office, it shall file with the secretary of state and the commissioner of the agency, a certificate stating the new location by city, town, or other community and the effective date of change. When the certificate has been duly filed, the board of directors may make the change without any further action. History:  1980 c 564 art 8 s 7; 1987 c 186 s 15; 1989 c 335 art 1 s 269; 1Sp2005 c 1 art 2 s 161
MN Stat § 115A.70 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 115A — Waste Management|Section 115A.70 — Designating Resource Recovery Facilities.

115A.70 DESIGNATING RESOURCE RECOVERY FACILITIES. Subdivision 1.  [Repealed, 1984 c 644 s 82] Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 1984 c 644 s 82] Subd. 3.  [Repealed, 1984 c 644 s 82] Subd. 4.  [Repealed, 1984 c 644 s 82] Subd. 5.  [Repealed, 1984 c 644 s 82] Subd. 6.  [Repealed, 1984 c 644 s 82] Subd. 7.  [Repealed, 1984 c 644 s 82] Subd. 8. Authority. A waste management district possessing designation authority in its articles of incorporation may be authorized to designate a resource recovery facility under sections 115A.80 to 115A.89. History:  1980 c 564 art 8 s 9; 1982 c 569 s 16-18; 1983 c 373 s 40,41; 1984 c 644 s 34
MN Stat § 115A.71 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 115A — Waste Management|Section 115A.71 — Bonding Powers.

115A.71 BONDING POWERS. Subdivision 1. General. A district may exercise the bonding powers provided in this section to the extent the powers are authorized by the order of the commissioner establishing the district and by its articles of incorporation. Subd. 2. Debt. The district's bonds shall be sold, issued, and secured in the manner provided in chapter 475 for revenue bonds and the district shall have the same powers and duties as a municipality and its governing body in issuing revenue bonds under that chapter. No election shall be required. The bonds may be sold at any price and at public or private sale as determined by the district and shall not be subject to any limitation as to rate. Subd. 3. Revenue bonds. (a) A district may borrow money and incur indebtedness by issuing bonds and obligations which are payable solely: (1) from revenues, income, receipts, and profits derived by the district from its operation and management of solid waste facilities; (2) from the proceeds of warrants, notes, revenue bonds, debentures, or other evidences of indebtedness issued and sold by the district which are payable solely from such revenues, income, receipts, and profits; (3) from federal or state grants, gifts, or other moneys received by the district which are available therefor. (b) Every issue of revenue bonds by the district shall be payable out of any funds or revenues from any facility of the district, subject only to agreements with the holders of particular bonds or notes pledging particular revenues or funds. If any facility of the district is funded in whole or in part by Minnesota waste management bonds issued under sections 115A.58 and 115A.59, the state bonds shall take priority. The district may provide for priorities of liens in the revenues between the holders of district obligations issued at different times or under different resolutions. The district may provide for the refunding of any district obligation through the issuance of other district obligations entitled to rights and priorities similar in all respects to those held by the obligations that are refunded. History:  1980 c 564 art 8 s 10; 1989 c 335 art 1 s 269; 1991 c 199 art 2 s 1; 1994 c 639 art 5 s 3; 1Sp2005 c 1 art 2 s 161
MN Stat § 115A.715 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 115A — Waste Management|Section 115A.715 — Solid Waste Authority.

115A.715 SOLID WASTE AUTHORITY. A district has all the authority of a county for solid waste management purposes that is given to counties under this chapter and chapters 400 and 473, except the authority to issue general obligation bonds or to levy property taxes. A district has the authority of a county to issue general obligation bonds and to levy property taxes only if and only to the extent that the governing body of each county that is a member of the district agrees to delegate the authority to the district. The delegation of the authority is irrevocable unless the governing body of each county that is a member of the district agrees to the revocation. History:   1991 c 337 s 29
MN Stat § 115A.72 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 115A — Waste Management|Section 115A.72 — Audit.

115A.72 AUDIT. The board of directors, at the close of each year's business, shall cause an audit of the books, records, and financial affairs of the district to be made by a certified public accountant or the state auditor. Copies of a written report of the audit, certified to by the auditors, shall be placed and kept on file at the principal place of business of the district and shall be filed with the secretary of state and the commissioner. History:  1980 c 564 art 8 s 11; 1989 c 335 art 1 s 269; 1994 c 639 art 5 s 3; 1Sp2005 c 1 art 2 s 161
MN Stat § 115A.80 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 115A — Waste Management|Section 115A.80 — Designating Solid Waste Management Facilities; Legislative Finding.

115A.80 DESIGNATING SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITIES; LEGISLATIVE FINDING. In order to further the state policies and purposes expressed in section 115A.02, and to advance the public purposes served by effective solid waste management, the legislature finds and declares that it may be necessary pursuant to sections 115A.80 to 115A.89 to authorize a qualifying solid waste management district or county to designate a solid waste processing or disposal facility. History:  1984 c 644 s 35; 1989 c 325 s 9
MN Stat § 115A.81 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 115A — Waste Management|Section 115A.81 — Definitions.

115A.81 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Scope. The terms used in sections 115A.80 to 115A.893 have the meanings given them in this section. Subd. 2. Designation. "Designation" means a requirement by a waste management district or county that all or any portion of the solid waste that is generated within its boundaries or any service area thereof be delivered to a processing or disposal facility identified by the district or county. Subd. 3.  [Repealed, 1995 c 247 art 2 s 55] History:  1984 c 644 s 36; 1985 c 274 s 6; 1987 c 348 s 23; 1989 c 325 s 10; 1992 c 593 art 1 s 20
MN Stat § 115A.82 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 115A — Waste Management|Section 115A.82 — Eligibility.

115A.82 ELIGIBILITY. Facilities may be designated under sections 115A.80 to 115A.89 by: (1) a solid waste management district established pursuant to sections 115A.62 to 115A.72 and possessing designation authority in its articles of incorporation; or (2) a county, but only for waste generated outside of the boundaries of a district qualifying under clause (1) or the Western Lake Superior Sanitary District established under chapter 458D. History:  1984 c 644 s 37; 1992 c 464 art 1 s 16
MN Stat § 115A.83 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 115A — Waste Management|Section 115A.83 — Wastes Subject To Designation; Exemptions.

115A.83 WASTES SUBJECT TO DESIGNATION; EXEMPTIONS. Subdivision 1. Application. Designation applies to the following wastes: (1) mixed municipal solid waste; and (2) other solid waste that prior to final processing or disposal: (i) is not managed as a separate waste stream; or (ii) is managed as a separate waste stream using a waste management practice that is ranked lower on the list of waste management practices in section 115A.02, paragraph (b), than the primary waste management practice that would be used on the waste at the designated facility. Subd. 2. Exemption. (a) The designation may not apply to or include: (1) materials that are separated from solid waste and recovered for reuse in their original form or for use in manufacturing processes; (2) materials that are processed at a resource recovery facility at the capacity in operation at the time that the designation plan is approved by the commissioner; (3) materials that are separated at a permitted transfer station located within the boundaries of the designating authority for the purpose of recycling the materials if: (i) the transfer station was in operation on January 1, 1991; or (ii) the materials were not being separated for recycling at the designated facility at the time the transfer station began separation of the materials; or (4) recyclable materials that are being recycled, and residuals from recycling if there is at least an 85 percent volume reduction in the solid waste processed at the recycling facility and the residuals are managed as separate waste streams. (b) For the purposes of this section, "manufacturing processes" does not include the treatment of waste after collection for the purpose of composting. History:  1984 c 644 s 38; 1989 c 325 s 11; 1991 c 337 s 30; 1992 c 593 art 1 s 21; 1994 c 639 art 5 s 3; 1Sp2005 c 1 art 2 s 161