1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to environment; delaying local ordinance adoption requirements 
1.3 	regarding subsurface sewage treatment systems; requiring a report.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. SUBSURFACE SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEMS ORDINANCE 
1.6 	ADOPTION DELAY.
 1.7 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 115.55, subdivision 2, a county may 
1.8 	adopt an ordinance by February 4, 2012, to comply with the February 4, 2008, revisions to 
1.9 	subsurface sewage treatment system rules. A county must continue to enforce its current 
1.10 	ordinance until a new one has been adopted.
1.11 	(b) By January 15, 2011, the agency, after consultation with the Board of Water and 
1.12 	Soil Resources and the Association of Minnesota Counties, shall report to the senate and 
1.13 	house of representatives environment and natural resources policy and finance committees 
1.14 	and divisions on:
1.15 	(1) the technical changes in the rules for subsurface sewage treatment systems 
1.16 	that were adopted on February 4, 2008;
1.17 	(2) the progress in local adoption of ordinances to comply with the rules; and
1.18 	(3) the progress in protecting the state's water resources from pollution due to 
1.19 	subsurface sewage treatment systems.

1.20 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.