The bill proposes an appropriation of $20,000,000 from the bond proceeds fund to the Pollution Control Agency for a grant to Itasca County. This funding is designated for the construction of an integrated regional waste processing, recycling, and mixed municipal solid waste disposal campus in the city of Keewatin. The bill outlines the establishment of a new processing and recycling campus, which will include a mixed municipal solid waste landfill, under the solid waste capital assistance grants program as specified in Minnesota Statutes, section 115A.54.
Additionally, the bill authorizes the commissioner of management and budget to sell and issue state bonds up to the amount of $20,000,000 to finance the appropriation. The bond sale will be conducted in accordance with the procedures outlined in Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7. The provisions of this bill will take effect the day following its final enactment.