2005 Minnesota Statutes - 115A.63 — Solid waste management districts.

     115A.63 Solid waste management districts. 


    Subdivision 1.    Legal status.  Solid waste management 
 districts established pursuant to sections 115A.62 to 115A.72 
 shall be public corporations and political subdivisions of the 
 state.  


    Subd. 2.    Establishment.  The director may establish 
 waste districts as public corporations and political 
 subdivisions of the state, define the powers of such districts 
 in accordance with sections 115A.62 to 115A.72, define and alter 
 the boundaries of the districts as provided in section 115A.64, 
 and terminate districts as provided in section 115A.66.  The 
 director shall promulgate rules pursuant to chapter 14 governing 
 the establishment, alteration, and termination of districts.  


    Subd. 3.    Restrictions.  No waste district shall be 
 established within the boundaries of the Western Lake Superior 
 Sanitary District established under chapter 458D.  No waste 
 district shall be established wholly within one county.  The 
 director shall not establish a waste district within or 
 extending into the metropolitan area, nor define or alter the 
 powers or boundaries of a district, unless the articles of 
 incorporation of the district require that the district will 
 have the same procedural and substantive responsibilities, 
 duties, and relationship to the metropolitan agencies as a 
 metropolitan county.  The director shall require the completion 
 of a comprehensive solid waste management plan conforming to the 
 requirements of section 115A.46, by petitioners seeking to 
 establish a district.  


    HIST: 1980 c 564 art 8 s 2; 1982 c 424 s 130; 1989 c 335 art 1 
 s 269; 1992 c 464 art 1 s 15; 1992 c 593 art 1 s 19; 1994 c 639 
 art 5 s 3; 1995 c 247 art 2 s 17