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HF 2354

as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 03/02/2023 02:12pm

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.

Bill Text Versions

Engrossments
Introduction Posted on 03/01/2023

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A bill for an act
relating to drainage; establishing drainage registry information portal; appropriating
money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 103E.

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

Section 1.

new text begin [103E.122] DRAINAGE REGISTRY INFORMATION PORTAL.
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new text begin (a) By December 31, 2023, the executive director of the Board of Water and Soil
Resources must establish and permanently maintain a drainage registry information portal
that includes a publicly searchable electronic database. The portal must allow a drainage
authority to electronically submit information on:
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new text begin (1) a petitioned drainage project; and
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new text begin (2) a petition or order for reestablishment of records.
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new text begin (b) Within ten days of appointing an engineer for a petitioned drainage project or within
ten days of a finding that a record is incomplete under section 103E.101, subdivision 4a,
paragraph (a), a drainage authority must file the following information with the Board of
Water and Soil Resources through the registry information portal established under paragraph
(a):
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new text begin (1) the name of the drainage authority;
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new text begin (2) whether the filing results from a petitioned drainage project or a petition or order for
reestablishment of records;
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new text begin (3) the date that the petition or order was filed;
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new text begin (4) information for a local contact that can provide additional information; and
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new text begin (5) a copy of the filed petition or order.
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new text begin (c) A drainage authority may not take further action on a petitioned drainage project or
a petition or order for reestablishment of records until the information under paragraph (b)
is available for public viewing on the registry information portal.
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new text begin (d) The registry information portal must allow members of the public to electronically
search for and retrieve information by the data fields specified in paragraph (b), clauses (1)
to (5).
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Sec. 2. new text begin APPROPRIATION; DRAINAGE REGISTRY INFORMATION PORTAL.
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new text begin $200,000 in fiscal year 2024 is appropriated from the general fund to the Board of Water
and Soil Resources to establish the drainage registry information portal under Minnesota
Statutes, section 103E.122. This is a onetime appropriation.
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