| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to environment; eliminating requirement for residents who do not recycle |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 organics to pay for providing organics recycling services; amending Minnesota |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4 Statutes 2024, section 115A.93, subdivision 3. |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 115A.93, subdivision 3, is amended to read: |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7 Subd. 3.License requirements; pricing based on volume or weight.(a) A licensing |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8authority shall require licensees to impose charges for collection of mixed municipal solid |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9waste that increase with the volume or weight of the waste collected. |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10 (b) A licensing authority may impose requirements that are consistent with the county's |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11solid waste policies as a condition of receiving and maintaining a license. |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12 (c) A licensing authority shall prohibit mixed municipal solid waste collectors from |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13imposing a greater charge on residents who recycle than on residents who do not recycle, |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14except that a licensing authority shall allow mixed municipal solid waste collectors to impose |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15a greater charge on residents who recycle source-separated compostable materials and sole |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16source food waste streams that are managed through biodegradative processes than residents |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17who do not recycle those materials. |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18 (d) The commissioner may exempt a licensing authority from the requirements of |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19paragraph (a) if the county within which the authority is located has an approved solid waste |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20management plan that concludes that variable rate pricing is not appropriate for that |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.21jurisdiction because it is inconsistent with other incentives and mechanisms implemented |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1.22within the jurisdiction that are more effective in attaining the goals of this chapter to |
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| 23 | 23 | | 1.23discourage on-site disposal, littering, and illegal dumping. |
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| 24 | 24 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 25 | 25 | | 25-04083 as introduced02/19/25 REVISOR CKM/NS |
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| 26 | 26 | | SENATE |
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| 27 | 27 | | STATE OF MINNESOTA |
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| 28 | 28 | | S.F. No. 1878NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 29 | 29 | | (SENATE AUTHORS: LIMMER and Hoffman) |
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| 30 | 30 | | OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE |
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| 31 | 31 | | Introduction and first reading02/27/2025 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Referred to Environment, Climate, and Legacy 2.1 (e) In the interim between revisions to the county solid waste management plan, the |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2.2commissioner may exempt a licensing authority from the requirements of paragraph (a) if |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2.3the commissioner makes the determination otherwise made by the plan in paragraph (d) |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2.4and finds that the licensing authority: |
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| 36 | 36 | | 2.5 (1) operates or contracts for the operation of a residential recycling program that collects |
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| 37 | 37 | | 2.6more categories of recyclable materials than required in section 115A.552; |
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| 38 | 38 | | 2.7 (2) has a residential participation rate in its recycling programs of at least 70 percent or |
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| 39 | 39 | | 2.8in excess of the participation rate for the county in which it is located, whichever is greater; |
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| 40 | 40 | | 2.9and |
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| 41 | 41 | | 2.10 (3) is located in a county that has exceeded the recycling goals in section 115A.551. |
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| 42 | 42 | | 2.11An exemption granted by the commissioner in the interim between revisions to the county |
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| 43 | 43 | | 2.12solid waste management plan is only effective until the county solid waste management |
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| 44 | 44 | | 2.13plan is revised. |
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| 45 | 45 | | 2Section 1. |
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| 46 | 46 | | 25-04083 as introduced02/19/25 REVISOR CKM/NS |
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