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HF3460 • 2026

Washington County; regional facility to process wood waste and diseased trees funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

Washington County; regional facility to process wood waste and diseased trees funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Hill, Hansen, R., Lillie, Rehrauer
Last action
2026-02-23
Official status
Authors added Lillie and Rehrauer
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Funding for Wood Waste and Diseased Tree Facility in Washington County

The bill provides funding from bond proceeds to build a facility that processes wood waste and diseased trees into sustainable products, authorizes the sale of state bonds up to $4 million, and sets an effective date.

What This Bill Does

  • Appropriates $4 million from the bond proceeds fund to the Pollution Control Agency for a grant to Washington County.
  • Uses the grant money to acquire land and build a regional facility that processes wood waste and diseased trees into high-value, sustainable products.
  • Authorizes the sale of state bonds up to $4 million to provide funding for the project.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Washington County
  • Pollution Control Agency

Terms To Know

Bond proceeds fund
A special fund used by the state to manage money from bond sales.
Pollution Control Agency
An agency that works on reducing pollution and managing environmental issues in Minnesota.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify how the wood waste and diseased trees will be processed into sustainable products.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-23 House

    Authors added Lillie and Rehrauer

  2. 2026-02-19 House

    Introduction and first reading, referred to Capital Investment

Official Summary Text

Washington County; regional facility to process wood waste and diseased trees funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

Current Bill Text

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A bill for an act

relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a regional facility in

Washington County to process wood waste and diseased trees; authorizing the

sale and issuance of state bonds.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.
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WASHINGTON COUNTY; WOOD WASTE AND DISEASED TREE

UTILIZATION FACILITY.
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Subdivision 1.

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Appropriation.

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$4,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds fund

to the Pollution Control Agency for a grant to Washington County to acquire land and to

design, construct, and equip a regional facility for the processing of wood waste and diseased

trees into high-value, sustainable products.

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Subd. 2.

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Bond sale.

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To provide the money appropriated in this section from the bond

proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue bonds of

the state in an amount up to $4,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect

prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota

Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.

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EFFECTIVE DATE.

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This section is effective the day following final enactment.

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