1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to environment; requiring bags containing yard waste delivered to yard 
1.3 	waste compost facilities to be compostable;amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, 
1.4 	section 115A.931.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 115A.931, is amended to read:
1.7 	115A.931 YARD WASTE PROHIBITION.
1.8 	(a) Except as authorized by the agency, in the metropolitan area after January 1, 
1.9 	1990, and outside the metropolitan area after January 1, 1992, a person may not place 
1.10 	yard waste:
1.11 	(1) in mixed municipal solid waste;
1.12 	(2) in a disposal facility; or
1.13 	(3) in a resource recovery facility except for the purposes of reuse, composting, or 
1.14 	cocomposting.
1.15 	(b) [Renumbered 115A.03, subd 38] 
1.16 	(c) After January 1, 2008, any bag or container containing yard waste delivered to 
1.17 	a yard waste compost facility located in a metropolitan county, as defined in section 
1.18 	473.121, subdivision 4, must meet all the specifications in ASTM specification D6400-04. 
1.19 	For purposes of this section, "ASTM" has the meaning given in section 296A.01, 
1.20 	subdivision 6.

1.21 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.