400.01 POLICY AND AUTHORIZATION. In order to protect the state’s water, air, and land resources so as to promote the public safety, health, welfare, and productive capacity of its population, it is in the public interest that counties conduct solid waste management programs. History: 1971 c 403 s 1
400.02 APPLICABILITY. Sections 400.01 to 400.17 apply to all counties other than the counties of Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington, Anoka, Dakota, Scott, and Carver. History: 1971 c 403 s 2
400.03 Subdivision 1. MS 2002 [Renumbered 400.03] Subd. 2. [Repealed, 1980 c 564 art 13 s 2] Subd. 3. [Repealed, 1980 c 564 art 13 s 2] Subd. 4. [Repealed, 1980 c 564 art 13 s 2] Subd. 5. [Repealed, 1980 c 564 art 13 s 2] Subd. 6. [Repealed, 1980 c 564 art 13 […]
400.04 SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. Subdivision 1. General. Any county may conduct a solid waste management program which may include activities authorized by sections 400.01 to 400.17 and such other activities as are necessary and convenient to effectively carry out the purposes of sections 400.01 to 400.17. A county that enters into a joint powers […]
400.06 INSPECTION; COOPERATION WITH AGENCY. All counties shall provide for the periodic inspection of mixed municipal solid waste facilities and mixed municipal solid waste management property and facilities located and being operated within their respective boundaries to determine whether the property and facilities are being maintained and operated in compliance with applicable county ordinances and […]
400.07 DEVELOPMENT OF RESOURCE RECOVERY SYSTEMS. All counties shall cooperate with the agency in the planning, development, and implementation of resource recovery systems, and toward that end, shall modify applicable county ordinances consistent with rules and standards of the agency. History: 1971 c 403 s 7; 1980 c 564 art 9 s 4
400.08 SERVICE AREAS AND CHARGES. Subdivision 1. Definition. For purposes of this section, “solid waste management services” includes recycling and waste reduction services, collection, processing, and disposal of solid waste, closure and postclosure care of a solid waste facility, and response, as defined in section 115B.02, to releases from a solid waste facility or closed […]
400.09 REVENUE BONDS. The county may issue revenue bonds, payable solely from net revenues derived from rates and charges established as provided in section 400.08 in excess of current, reasonable, and necessary costs of the operation and maintenance of the county solid waste management program, for the acquisition or betterment of facilities for the program, […]
400.101 BONDS. The county, by resolution, may authorize the issuance of bonds to provide funds for the acquisition or betterment of solid waste facilities, closure, postclosure, and contingency costs, related transmission facilities, or property or property rights for the facilities, for responses, as defined in section 115B.02, to releases from closed solid waste facilities, or […]
400.11 TAX LEVIES; ADVANCE FUNDING. The county may levy taxes for solid waste management purposes upon all taxable property within the county. The county may levy a tax in anticipation of need for solid waste management purposes as specified in the resolution levying the tax, appropriating the proceeds of the tax to a special fund […]
400.13 SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT FUND. Any county owning or operating solid waste management property or facilities pursuant to section 400.04, subdivision 3, and establishing fees for the provision of services by the county pursuant to section 400.08, shall continuously maintain a special account on its official books and records designated as the solid waste management […]
400.14 DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY. The county board may sell, lease, convey, or otherwise dispose of any real or personal property held for solid waste management purposes, upon determination that it is no longer needed for such purposes, or may provide for its use for other lawful county purposes. Real or personal property shall be sold, […]
400.15 GIFTS, GRANTS, OR LOANS. The county may by resolution of the board accept gifts, grants, or loans of other property from the United States of America, the state of Minnesota, or any agency or subdivision thereof, or from any other source, for any solid waste management purpose; may enter into any agreement required in […]
400.16 SOLID WASTE AND SEWAGE SLUDGE MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS. The county may by ordinance establish and revise rules, regulations, and standards for solid waste and sewage sludge management and land pollution, relating to (a) the location, sanitary operation, and maintenance of solid waste facilities and sewage sludge disposal facilities by the county and any municipality or […]
400.161 HAZARDOUS WASTE REGULATIONS. (a) The county may by ordinance establish and revise rules, regulations, and standards relating to (1) identification of hazardous waste, (2) the labeling and classification of hazardous waste, (3) the collection, transportation, processing, disposal, and storage of hazardous waste, and (4) other matters as may be determined necessary for the public […]
400.162 COUNTY DESIGNATION OF RESOURCE RECOVERY FACILITY. A qualifying county may be authorized to designate a resource recovery facility under sections 115A.80 to 115A.89. History: 1980 c 564 art 9 s 8; 1982 c 569 s 21; 1984 c 644 s 57
400.17 CITATION. Sections 400.01 to 400.17 may be cited as the County Solid Waste Management Act of 1971. History: 1971 c 403 s 16
