Minnesota § 116.82 - AUTHORITY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Full text of Minnesota Minnesota Statutes § 116.82 — AUTHORITY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 116.82. AUTHORITY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Subdivision 1.Preemption.
A county, municipality, or other political subdivision of the state may not adopt a definition of infectious or pathological waste that differs from the definitions in section 116.76, or management requirements for infectious or pathological waste that differ from the requirements of sections 116.78 and 116.79.
Subd. 2.Local solid waste authority.
(a) Sections 116.76 to 116.81 do not affect local implementation of collection, storage, or disposal of solid waste that does not contain infectious waste.
(b) Sections 116.76 to 116.81 do not affect county authority under other law to regulate and manage solid waste that does not contain infectious waste.
(c) A political subdivision, as defined in section 115A.03, subdivision 24, may not require a refuse-derived fuel facility to accept infectious waste.
Subd. 3.Local enforcement.
Sections 116.76 to 116.81 may be enforced by a county by delegation of enforcement authority granted to the agency in section 116.83. Separate enforcement actions may not be brought by a state agency and a county for the same violations. The state or county may not bring an action that is being enforced by the federal Office of Safety and Health Administration.
History:
1989 c 337 s 8; 1993 c 206 s 5; 1Sp1993 c 1 art 9 s 10; 1Sp1993 c 6 s 5
Official Publication of the State of Minnesota
Revisor of Statutes
Source: official Minnesota text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 116.82 ("AUTHORITY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT") is part of the Minnesota Statutes, the codified statutory law of Minnesota. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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