| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to education; prohibiting construction of schools near former landfills; |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 123B.51, by adding a subdivision. |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 123B.51, is amended by adding a subdivision |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6to read: |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7 Subd. 1a.School on landfill site; prohibition; notice.(a) No school may be constructed |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8on land that is located within one-quarter mile of a dump site or closed landfill. |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9 (b) For the purposes of this subdivision: |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10 (1) "closed landfill" means a closed landfill site listed on the Pollution Control Agency |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11website as a potentially contaminated site; |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12 (2) "dump site" means: |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13 (i) an unpermitted mixed municipal solid waste disposal site identified in the February |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.142001 Dump Assessment Study report to the legislature; |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15 (ii) an unpermitted disposal site listed on the Pollution Control Agency website as a |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16potentially contaminated site; or |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17 (iii) a site known by a county solid waste officer to have been an unpermitted mixed |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18municipal solid waste disposal site; and |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19 (3) "school" means buildings, playgrounds, and athletic fields used by students at: |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20 (i) a public school as defined in section 120A.05, subdivisions 9, 11, 13, and 17; or |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 22 | 22 | | 25-03838 as introduced02/14/25 REVISOR CKM/NS |
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| 23 | 23 | | SENATE |
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| 24 | 24 | | STATE OF MINNESOTA |
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| 25 | 25 | | S.F. No. 1979NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 26 | 26 | | (SENATE AUTHORS: RARICK, Abeler, Cwodzinski, Kunesh and Housley) |
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| 27 | 27 | | OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE |
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| 28 | 28 | | Introduction and first reading02/27/2025 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Referred to Education Policy 2.1 (ii) a charter school established and operated under chapter 124E. |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2.2 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2025. |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2Section 1. |
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| 32 | 32 | | 25-03838 as introduced02/14/25 REVISOR CKM/NS |
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