1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to environment; eliminating requirement for residents who do not recycle
1.3 organics to pay for providing organics recycling services; amending Minnesota
1.4 Statutes 2024, section 115A.93, subdivision 3.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 115A.93, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.7 Subd. 3.License requirements; pricing based on volume or weight.(a) A licensing
1.8authority shall require licensees to impose charges for collection of mixed municipal solid
1.9waste that increase with the volume or weight of the waste collected.
1.10 (b) A licensing authority may impose requirements that are consistent with the county's
1.11solid waste policies as a condition of receiving and maintaining a license.
1.12 (c) A licensing authority shall prohibit mixed municipal solid waste collectors from
1.13imposing a greater charge on residents who recycle than on residents who do not recycle,
1.14except that a licensing authority shall allow mixed municipal solid waste collectors to impose
1.15a greater charge on residents who recycle source-separated compostable materials and sole
1.16source food waste streams that are managed through biodegradative processes than residents
1.17who do not recycle those materials.
1.18 (d) The commissioner may exempt a licensing authority from the requirements of
1.19paragraph (a) if the county within which the authority is located has an approved solid waste
1.20management plan that concludes that variable rate pricing is not appropriate for that
1.21jurisdiction because it is inconsistent with other incentives and mechanisms implemented
1.22within the jurisdiction that are more effective in attaining the goals of this chapter to
1.23discourage on-site disposal, littering, and illegal dumping.
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NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
Authored by Myers02/27/2025
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy 2.1 (e) In the interim between revisions to the county solid waste management plan, the
2.2commissioner may exempt a licensing authority from the requirements of paragraph (a) if
2.3the commissioner makes the determination otherwise made by the plan in paragraph (d)
2.4and finds that the licensing authority:
2.5 (1) operates or contracts for the operation of a residential recycling program that collects
2.6more categories of recyclable materials than required in section 115A.552;
2.7 (2) has a residential participation rate in its recycling programs of at least 70 percent or
2.8in excess of the participation rate for the county in which it is located, whichever is greater;
2.9and
2.10 (3) is located in a county that has exceeded the recycling goals in section 115A.551.
2.11An exemption granted by the commissioner in the interim between revisions to the county
2.12solid waste management plan is only effective until the county solid waste management
2.13plan is revised.
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