SF 2875

1st Engrossment - 82nd Legislature (2001 - 2002) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to the environment; establishing an 
  1.3             environmental sustainability policy; proposing coding 
  1.4             for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 115A. 
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  [115A.0725] [ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY.] 
  1.7      Subdivision 1.  [POLICY.] The environmental sustainability 
  1.8   policy of the state is to: 
  1.9      (1) pursue the sustainable management, use, and protection 
  1.10  of resources to achieve the state's economic, environmental, and 
  1.11  social goals; 
  1.12     (2) promote using, developing, and protecting resources at 
  1.13  a rate and in a manner that enables people to meet their current 
  1.14  needs without compromising the ability of future generations to 
  1.15  meet their own needs; 
  1.16     (3) encourage cooperation and collaboration between public 
  1.17  and private sectors in the development of sustainable 
  1.18  environmental and economic products and practices; and 
  1.19     (4) pursue policies that will attain sustainability in 
  1.20  Minnesota within one generation or by 2025. 
  1.21     Subd. 2.  [DEFINITION.] For the purpose of this section, 
  1.22  "sustainability" means the use, development, and protection of 
  1.23  resources at a rate and in a manner that enables people to meet 
  1.24  their current needs and also provides that future generations 
  1.25  can meet their own needs.  Sustainability requires 
  2.1   simultaneously meeting environmental, economic, and community 
  2.2   needs.