Bill Text: MN HF2564 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Statewide solid waste source reduction goal established, recycling definition expanded, recycling required in sports facilities and commercial buildings, metropolitan area county recycling goals amended, and money appropriated.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-04-01 - Author added Loeffler [HF2564 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-HF2564-Engrossed.html
1.2relating to solid waste; establishing statewide source reduction goal; expanding
1.3definition of recycling; requiring recycling in certain sports facilities and
1.4commercial buildings; amending county recycling goals in metropolitan area;
1.5appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 115A.151;
1.6115A.55, subdivision 4; 115A.551, subdivisions 1, 2a; 297H.13, subdivision 1,
1.7by adding a subdivision; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 115A.551,
1.8subdivision 2; 297H.13, subdivision 2.
1.9BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.10 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 115A.151, is amended to read:
1.11115A.151 RECYCLABLE MATERIAL CONTAINER REQUIREMENTS;
1.12PUBLIC ENTITIES, SPORTS FACILITIES, AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS.
1.13(a) A public entity, the owner of a sports facility, and the owner of a commercial
1.14building shall:
1.15(1) ensure that facilities under its control, from which mixed municipal solid waste
1.16is collected, have containers for at least three recyclable materials, such as, but not limited
1.17to, paper, glass, plastic, and metal; and
1.18(2) transfer all recyclable materials collected to a recycler.
1.19(b) For the purposes of this section:
1.20(1) "public entity" means the state, an office, agency, or institution of the state,
1.21the Metropolitan Council, a metropolitan agency, the Metropolitan Mosquito Control
1.22Commission, the legislature, the courts, a county, a statutory or home rule charter city, a
1.23town, a school district, a special taxing district, or any entity that receives an appropriation
1.24from the state for a capital improvement project after August 1, 2002;
1.25(2) "metropolitan agency" and "Metropolitan Council," have the meanings given
1.26them in section473.121 ; and
2.1(3) "Metropolitan Mosquito Control Commission" means the commission created
2.2in section473.702 ;
2.3(4) "commercial building" means a building that contains a business classified in
2.4sectors 42 to 81 under the North American Industrial Classification System and that
2.5contracts for two cubic yards or more per week of solid waste collection; and
2.6(5) "sports facility" means a professional or collegiate sports facility at which
2.7competitions take place before a public audience.
2.8EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective January 1, 2015.
2.9 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 115A.55, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
2.10 Subd. 4. Statewide source reduction goal. (a) It is a goal of the statethat there
2.11be a minimum ten percent per capita reduction in the amount of mixed and counties to
2.12reduce the generation of municipal solid wastegenerated in the state by December 31,
2.132000, based on a reasonable estimate of the amount of mixed municipal solid waste that
2.14was generated in calendar year 1993.
2.15(b) As part of the1997 report required under section
115A.411 , the commissioner
2.16shall submit to the senate and house of representatives committees having jurisdiction
2.17over environment and natural resources and environment and natural resources finance
2.18a proposed strategy for meeting the goal in paragraph (a). The strategy must include a
2.19discussion of the different reduction potentials to be found in various sectors and may
2.20include recommended interim goals. The commissioner shall report progress on meeting
2.21the goal in paragraph (a), as well as recommendations and revisions to the proposed
2.22strategy, as part of the1999 report required under section
115A.411 .
2.23EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
2.24 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 115A.551, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
2.25 Subdivision 1. Definition. (a) For the purposes of this section, "recycling" means,
2.26in addition to the meaning given in section115A.03, subdivision 25b , yard waste and
2.27source-separated compostable materials composting, and recycling that occurs through
2.28mechanical or hand separation of materials that are then deliveredfor reuse in their
2.29original form or for use in manufacturing processes that do not cause the destruction of
2.30recyclable materials in a manner that precludes further use.
2.31(b) For the purposes of this section, "total solid waste generation" means the total
2.32by weight of:
2.33(1) materials separated for recycling;
3.1(2) materials separated for yard waste and source-separated compostable materials
3.2composting;
3.3(3) mixed municipal solid waste plusyard waste, motor and vehicle fluids and
3.4filters, tires, lead acid batteries, and major appliances; and
3.5(4) residential and commercial waste materials that would be mixed municipal solid
3.6waste but for the fact that they are not collected as such.
3.7EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
3.8 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 115A.551, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
3.9 Subd. 2a.Supplementary County recycling goals. (a) By December 31, 1996
3.10 2030, each county will have as a goal to recycle the following amounts:
3.11(1) for a county outside of the metropolitan area, 35 percent by weight of total
3.12solid waste generation; and
3.13(2) for a metropolitan county,50 75 percent by weight of total solid waste generation.
3.14(b) Each county will develop and implement or require political subdivisions within
3.15the county to develop and implement programs, practices, or methods designed to meet its
3.16recycling goal. Nothing in this section or in any other law may be construed to prohibit a
3.17county from establishing a higher recycling goal.
3.18EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
3.19 Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297H.13, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
3.20 Subdivision 1. Deposit of revenues. The revenues derived from the taxes imposed
3.21on waste management services under this chapter shall be deposited by the commissioner
3.22of revenue in the environmental fund in the state treasury, established in section 16A.531,
3.23subdivision 1.
3.24 Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297H.13, is amended by adding a subdivision
3.25to read:
3.26 Subd. 2a. Appropriation. Fifty percent of the revenue deposited in the
3.27environmental fund under this chapter is appropriated to the commissioner of the Pollution
3.28Control Agency to be distributed to counties under section 115A.557, except that none of
3.29these funds may be used for the purposes of section 115A.557, subdivision 2, clause (8).
3.30 Sec. 7. REPEALER.
4.1Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 115A.551, subdivision 2; and 297H.13,
4.2subdivision 2, are repealed.
4.3EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
1.3definition of recycling; requiring recycling in certain sports facilities and
1.4commercial buildings; amending county recycling goals in metropolitan area;
1.5appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 115A.151;
1.6115A.55, subdivision 4; 115A.551, subdivisions 1, 2a; 297H.13, subdivision 1,
1.7by adding a subdivision; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 115A.551,
1.8subdivision 2; 297H.13, subdivision 2.
1.9BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.10 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 115A.151, is amended to read:
1.11115A.151 RECYCLABLE MATERIAL CONTAINER REQUIREMENTS;
1.12PUBLIC ENTITIES, SPORTS FACILITIES, AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS.
1.13(a) A public entity, the owner of a sports facility, and the owner of a commercial
1.14building shall:
1.15(1) ensure that facilities under its control, from which mixed municipal solid waste
1.16is collected, have containers for at least three recyclable materials, such as, but not limited
1.17to, paper, glass, plastic, and metal; and
1.18(2) transfer all recyclable materials collected to a recycler.
1.19(b) For the purposes of this section:
1.20(1) "public entity" means the state, an office, agency, or institution of the state,
1.21the Metropolitan Council, a metropolitan agency, the Metropolitan Mosquito Control
1.22Commission, the legislature, the courts, a county, a statutory or home rule charter city, a
1.23town, a school district, a special taxing district, or any entity that receives an appropriation
1.24from the state for a capital improvement project after August 1, 2002;
1.25(2) "metropolitan agency" and "Metropolitan Council," have the meanings given
1.26them in section
2.1(3) "Metropolitan Mosquito Control Commission" means the commission created
2.2in section
2.3(4) "commercial building" means a building that contains a business classified in
2.4sectors 42 to 81 under the North American Industrial Classification System and that
2.5contracts for two cubic yards or more per week of solid waste collection; and
2.6(5) "sports facility" means a professional or collegiate sports facility at which
2.7competitions take place before a public audience.
2.8EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective January 1, 2015.
2.9 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 115A.55, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
2.10 Subd. 4. Statewide source reduction goal. (a) It is a goal of the state
2.11
2.12reduce the generation of municipal solid waste
2.13
2.14
2.15(b) As part of the
2.16shall submit to the senate and house of representatives committees having jurisdiction
2.17over environment and natural resources and environment and natural resources finance
2.18a proposed strategy for meeting the goal in paragraph (a). The strategy must include a
2.19discussion of the different reduction potentials to be found in various sectors and may
2.20include recommended interim goals. The commissioner shall report progress on meeting
2.21the goal in paragraph (a), as well as recommendations and revisions to the proposed
2.22strategy, as part of the
2.23EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
2.24 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 115A.551, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
2.25 Subdivision 1. Definition. (a) For the purposes of this section, "recycling" means,
2.26in addition to the meaning given in section
2.27source-separated compostable materials composting
2.28mechanical or hand separation of materials that are then delivered
2.29
2.30recyclable materials in a manner that precludes further use.
2.31(b) For the purposes of this section, "total solid waste generation" means the total
2.32by weight of:
2.33(1) materials separated for recycling;
3.1(2) materials separated for yard waste and source-separated compostable materials
3.2composting;
3.3(3) mixed municipal solid waste plus
3.4filters, tires, lead acid batteries, and major appliances; and
3.5(4) residential and commercial waste materials that would be mixed municipal solid
3.6waste but for the fact that they are not collected as such.
3.7EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
3.8 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 115A.551, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
3.9 Subd. 2a.
3.10 2030, each county will have as a goal to recycle the following amounts:
3.11(1) for a county outside of the metropolitan area, 35 percent by weight of total
3.12solid waste generation; and
3.13(2) for a metropolitan county,
3.14(b) Each county will develop and implement or require political subdivisions within
3.15the county to develop and implement programs, practices, or methods designed to meet its
3.16recycling goal. Nothing in this section or in any other law may be construed to prohibit a
3.17county from establishing a higher recycling goal.
3.18EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
3.19 Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297H.13, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
3.20 Subdivision 1. Deposit of revenues. The revenues derived from the taxes imposed
3.21on waste management services under this chapter shall be deposited by the commissioner
3.22of revenue in the environmental fund in the state treasury, established in section 16A.531,
3.23subdivision 1.
3.24 Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297H.13, is amended by adding a subdivision
3.25to read:
3.26 Subd. 2a. Appropriation. Fifty percent of the revenue deposited in the
3.27environmental fund under this chapter is appropriated to the commissioner of the Pollution
3.28Control Agency to be distributed to counties under section 115A.557, except that none of
3.29these funds may be used for the purposes of section 115A.557, subdivision 2, clause (8).
3.30 Sec. 7. REPEALER.
4.1Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 115A.551, subdivision 2; and 297H.13,
4.2subdivision 2, are repealed.
4.3EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
