1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to education; prohibiting construction of schools near former landfills;
1.3 amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 123B.51, by adding a subdivision.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 123B.51, is amended by adding a subdivision
1.6to read:
1.7 Subd. 1a.School on landfill site; prohibition; notice.(a) No school may be constructed
1.8on land that is located within one-quarter mile of a dump site or closed landfill.
1.9 (b) For the purposes of this subdivision:
1.10 (1) "closed landfill" means a closed landfill site listed on the Pollution Control Agency
1.11website as a potentially contaminated site;
1.12 (2) "dump site" means:
1.13 (i) an unpermitted mixed municipal solid waste disposal site identified in the February
1.142001 Dump Assessment Study report to the legislature;
1.15 (ii) an unpermitted disposal site listed on the Pollution Control Agency website as a
1.16potentially contaminated site; or
1.17 (iii) a site known by a county solid waste officer to have been an unpermitted mixed
1.18municipal solid waste disposal site; and
1.19 (3) "school" means buildings, playgrounds, and athletic fields used by students at:
1.20 (i) a public school as defined in section 120A.05, subdivisions 9, 11, 13, and 17; or
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REVISOR CKM/NS 25-0383802/14/25
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H. F. No. 1457
NINETY-FOURTH SESSION 2.1 (ii) a charter school established and operated under chapter 124E.
2.2 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2025.
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