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STA -it( r E- preparing solid waste for reuse shall be exempt from one -half the amount of the fee imposed by a county under this section if there is at least an 85 percent volume reduction in the solid waste processed. Before any fee is reduced, the verification procedures of section 473.843, subdivision 1, paragraph (c), must be followed and submitted to the appropriate county. 11SA.9-21 (CITY OR TOWN FEE AUTHORITY.) A city or town may charge impose a fee, not to exceed ±5 25 cents per cubic yard of waste, or its equivalent, eE- ealid -waace aceeoted- end - disposed -aE on ±end - -to operators of facilities for the disposal of mixed municipal solid waste located within the city or town. The revenue from the fees shall-go must be credited to the city or town general fund and used only for purposes of landfill abatement or for purposes of mitigating and compensating for the local risks, costs, and other adverse effects of facilities. Waste residue from energy and resource recovery facilities at which solid waste is processed for the purpose of extracting, reducing, converting to energy, or otherwise separating and preparing solid waste for reuse shall be exempt from one -half the amount of the fee imposed by a city or town under this section if there is at least an 85 percent volume reduction in the solid waste processed. Before any fee is ;reduced, the verification procedures of section 473.843, subdivision 1, paragraph (c), must be followed and submitted to the appropriate city or town. [115A -94) [ORGANIZED COLLECTION.] Subdivision 1. (DEFINITION.] "Organized collection" means a system for collecting solid waste in which a specified collector, or a member of an organization of collectors, is authorized to collect from a defined geographic service area or areas some or all of the solid waste that is released by generators for collection. Subd. 2. [LOCAL AUTHORITY.] A city or town may organize collection, after public notification as reouired in subdivision 4. A county may organize collection as provided in subdivision 5. Subd. 3. [GENERAL PROVISIONS.] (a) The local government unit may organize collection as a municipal service or by ordinance, franchise, license, negotiated or bidded contract, or other means, using one or more collectors or an organization of collectors. (b) The local government unit may not establish or administer organized collection in a manner that impairs the preservation and development of recycling and markets for recyclable materials. The local government unit shall exempt recyclable materials from organized collection upon a showing by the generator or collector that the materials are or will be Page 30