The bill appropriates $7,267,000 from the bond proceeds fund to the Pollution Control Agency for a grant to Otter Tail County, which acts on behalf of the Prairie Lakes Municipal Solid Waste Authority. This funding is designated for the predesign, design, and construction of an ash recovery and recycling waste processing plant aimed at diverting ash from landfills into road construction material and recovering ferrous and nonferrous metals. Additionally, the grant will support the predesign, design, and construction of a waste transfer station to manage municipal solid waste and demolition waste for transfer to regional facilities.
To finance this appropriation, the bill authorizes the commissioner of management and budget to sell and issue state bonds up to the amount of $7,267,000, following the procedures outlined in Minnesota Statutes and the Minnesota Constitution. The effective date of this section is set for the day following its final enactment.