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2020 Minnesota Statutes <br />115A.94 ORGANIZED COLLECTION. <br />Subdivision 1.Definition. <br /> <br />"Organized collection" means a system for collecting solid waste in which a specified <br />collector, or a member of an organization of collectors, is authorized to collect from a <br />defined geographic service area or areas some or all of the solid waste that is released by <br />generators for collection. <br />Subd. 2.Local authority. <br /> <br />A city or town may organize collection, after public notification and hearing as required <br />in subdivisions 4a to 4f. A county may organize collection as provided in subdivision 5. A <br />city or town that has organized collection as of May 1, 2013, is exempt from subdivisions 4a <br />to 4f. <br />Subd. 3.General provisions. <br /> <br />(a) The local government unit may organize collection as a municipal service or by <br />ordinance, franchise, license, negotiated or bidded contract, or other means, using one or <br />more collectors or an organization of collectors. <br />(b) The local government unit may not establish or administer organized collection in a <br />manner that impairs the preservation and development of recycling and markets for <br />recyclable materials. The local government unit shall exempt recyclable materials from <br />organized collection upon a showing by the generator or collector that the materials are or <br />will be separated from mixed municipal solid waste by the generator, separately collected, <br />and delivered for reuse in their original form or for use in a manufacturing process. <br />(c) The local government unit shall invite and employ the assistance of interested <br />persons, including persons licensed to operate solid waste collection services in the local <br />government unit, in developing plans and proposals for organized collection and in <br />establishing the organized collection system. <br />(d) Organized collectio n accomplished by contract or as a municipal service may <br />include a requirement that all or any portion of the solid waste, except (1) recyclable <br />materials and (2) materials that are processed at a resource recovery facility at the capacity in <br />operation at the time that the requirement is imposed, be delivered to a waste facility <br />identified by the local government unit. In a district or county where a resource recovery <br />facility has been designated by ordinance under section 115A.86 , organized collection must <br />conform to the requirements of the designation ordinance. <br />Subd. 4. <br /> <br />[Repealed, 2013 c 45 s 7]