HF 2028

as introduced - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 03/02/2017 01:26pm

A bill for an act
relating to water; exempting certain storm water use from water-use permit
requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 103G.005, by adding
a subdivision; 103G.271, subdivision 1.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 103G.005, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

new text begin Subd. 8a. new text end

new text begin Constructed management facilities for storm water. new text end

new text begin "Constructed
management facilities for storm water" means ponds, basins, holding tanks, cisterns, trenches,
swales, or other best management practices that have been designed, constructed, and
operated to store or treat storm water.
new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 103G.271, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Permit required.

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), the state, a
person, partnership, or association, private or public corporation, county, municipality, or
other political subdivision of the state may not appropriate or use waters of the state without
a water-use permit from the commissioner.

(b) This section does not apply to use for a water supply by less than 25 persons for
domestic purposes, except as required by the commissioner under section 103G.287,
subdivision 4, paragraph (b).

(c) The commissioner may issue a state general permit for appropriation of water to a
governmental subdivision or to the general public. The general permit may authorize more
than one project and the appropriation or use of more than one source of water. Water-use
permit processing fees and reports required under subdivision 6 and section 103G.281,
subdivision 3, are required for each project or water source that is included under a general
permit, except that no fee is required for uses totaling less than 15,000,000 gallons annually.

new text begin (d) This section does not apply to appropriation or use of storm water collected and used
to reduce storm-water runoff volume, treat storm water, or sustain groundwater supplies
when water is extracted from constructed management facilities for storm water.
new text end

Sec. 3. new text begin CANCELLATION OF PERMITS.
new text end

new text begin Water-use permits issued before July 1, 2017, for water use exempted under Minnesota
Statutes, section 103G.271, subdivision 1, paragraph (d), are canceled effective July 1, 2017.
new text end

Sec. 4. new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.
new text end

new text begin Sections 1 to 3 are effective July 1, 2017.
new text end