1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; appropriating money for environment, natural 
1.3 	resources, and commerce; modifying and providing for certain fees; modifying 
1.4 	and providing for disposition of certain revenue; creating accounts; modifying 
1.5 	mining permit provisions; modifying provisions for taking game and fish; 
1.6 	providing for wastewater laboratory certification; modifying certain permanent 
1.7 	school fund provisions; providing for product stewardship programs; providing 
1.8 	for sanitary districts; requiring rulemaking;amending Minnesota Statutes 
1.9 	2012, sections 13.7411, subdivision 4; 15A.0815, subdivision 3; 60A.14, 
1.10 	subdivision 1; 85.052, subdivision 6; 85.054, by adding a subdivision; 85.055, 
1.11 	subdivision 2; 89.0385; 89.17; 92.50; 93.17, subdivision 1; 93.1925, subdivision 
1.12 	2; 93.25, subdivision 2; 93.285, subdivision 3; 93.46, by adding a subdivision; 
1.13 	93.481, subdivisions 3, 5, by adding subdivisions; 93.482; 94.342, subdivision 
1.14 	5; 97A.045, subdivision 1; 97A.445, subdivision 1; 97A.451, subdivisions 
1.15 	3, 3b, 4, 5, by adding a subdivision; 97A.475, subdivisions 2, 3; 97A.485, 
1.16 	subdivision 6; 103G.615, subdivision 2; 103I.601, by adding a subdivision; 
1.17 	127A.30, subdivision 1; 127A.351; 127A.352; 168.1296, subdivision 1; 239.101, 
1.18 	subdivision 3; 275.066; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, 
1.19 	chapters 93; 115; 115A; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, 
1.20 	chapter 442A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 97A.451, subdivision 
1.21 	4a; 115.18, subdivisions 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10; 115.19; 115.20; 115.21; 115.22; 
1.22 	115.23; 115.24; 115.25; 115.26; 115.27; 115.28; 115.29; 115.30; 115.31; 115.32; 
1.23 	115.33; 115.34; 115.35; 115.36; 115.37; 127A.353.
1.24 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.25 	ARTICLE 1
1.26 	ENVIRONMENT, NATURAL RESOURCES, AND COMMERCE 
1.27 	APPROPRIATIONS

1.28	Section 1. SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
1.29 	The amounts shown in this section summarize direct appropriations, by fund, made 
1.30 	in this article.

2.1			2014
		2015
		Total
	
2.2	General
	$
	113,487,000
	$
	113,487,000
	$
	226,974,000
	
2.3
2.4	State Government Special 
Revenue
		75,000
		75,000
		150,000
	
2.5	Environmental
		68,680,000
		68,825,000
		137,505,000
	
2.6	Natural Resources
		91,279,000
		91,279,000
		182,558,000
	
2.7	Game and Fish
		91,372,000
		91,372,000
		182,744,000
	
2.8	Remediation
		10,596,000
		10,596,000
		21,192,000
	
2.9	Permanent School
		200,000
		200,000
		400,000
	
2.10	Petroleum Tank
		1,052,000
		1,052,000
		2,104,000
	
2.11	Workers' Compensation
		751,000
		751,000
		1,502,000
	
2.12	Total
	$
	377,492,000
	$
	377,637,000
	$
	755,129,000

2.13	Sec. 2. ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
2.14 	The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the 
2.15 	agencies and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the 
2.16 	general fund, or another named fund, and are available for the fiscal years indicated 
2.17 	for each purpose. The figures "2014" and "2015" used in this article mean that the 
2.18 	appropriations listed under them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014, or 
2.19 	June 30, 2015, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2014. "The second year" is fiscal 
2.20 	year 2015. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2014 and 2015. Appropriations for the fiscal 
2.21 	year ending June 30, 2013, are effective the day following final enactment.

2.22				APPROPRIATIONS
	
2.23				Available for the Year
	
2.24				Ending June 30
	
2.25					2014
		2015

2.26	Sec. 3. POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY

2.27	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	84,360,000
	$
	84,505,000

2.28	Appropriations by Fund
	
2.29		2014
	2015
	
2.30	General
	5,109,000
	5,109,000
	
2.31
2.32	State Government 
Special Revenue
	75,000
	75,000
	
2.33	Environmental
	68,680,000
	68,825,000
	
2.34	Remediation
	10,496,000
	10,496,000
	
2.35 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
2.36 	purpose are specified in the following 
2.37 	subdivisions.

3.1	Subd. 2.Water
 		24,697,000
		24,697,000

3.2	Appropriations by Fund
	
3.3		2014
	2015
	
3.4	General
	3,737,000
	3,737,000
	
3.5
3.6	State Government 
Special Revenue
	75,000
	75,000
	
3.7	Environmental
	20,885,000
	20,885,000
	
3.8 	$1,378,000 the first year and $1,378,000 the 
3.9 	second year are for water program operations.
3.10 	$1,959,000 the first year and $1,959,000 
3.11 	the second year are for grants to delegated 
3.12 	counties to administer the county feedlot 
3.13 	program under Minnesota Statutes, section 
3.14 	116.0711, subdivisions 2 and 3. Money 
3.15 	remaining after the first year is available for 
3.16 	the second year.
3.17 	$740,000 the first year and $740,000 the 
3.18 	second year are from the environmental 
3.19 	fund to address the need for continued 
3.20 	increased activity in the areas of new 
3.21 	technology review, technical assistance 
3.22 	for local governments, and enforcement 
3.23 	under Minnesota Statutes, sections 115.55 
3.24 	to 115.58, and to complete the requirements 
3.25 	of Laws 2003, chapter 128, article 1, section 
3.26 	165.
3.27 	$400,000 the first year and $400,000 
3.28 	the second year are for the clean water 
3.29 	partnership program. Any unexpended 
3.30 	balance in the first year does not cancel but 
3.31 	is available in the second year. Priority shall 
3.32 	be given to projects preventing impairments 
3.33 	and degradation of lakes, rivers, streams, 
3.34 	and groundwater according to Minnesota 
3.35 	Statutes, section 114D.20, subdivision 2, 
3.36 	clause (4).
4.1 	$664,000 the first year and $664,000 the 
4.2 	second year are from the environmental 
4.3 	fund for subsurface sewage treatment 
4.4 	system (SSTS) program administration 
4.5 	and community technical assistance and 
4.6 	education, including grants and technical 
4.7 	assistance to communities for water quality 
4.8 	protection. Of this amount, $80,000 each 
4.9 	year is for assistance to counties through 
4.10 	grants for SSTS program administration. 
4.11 	Any unexpended balance in the first year does 
4.12 	not cancel but is available in the second year.
4.13 	$105,000 the first year and $105,000 the 
4.14 	second year are from the environmental fund 
4.15 	for registration of wastewater laboratories.
4.16 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
4.17 	16A.28, the appropriations encumbered on or 
4.18 	before June 30, 2015, as grants or contracts 
4.19 	for SSTS's, surface water and groundwater 
4.20 	assessments, total maximum daily loads, 
4.21 	storm water, and water quality protection in 
4.22 	this subdivision are available until June 30, 
4.23 	2018.

4.24	Subd. 3.Air
 		15,031,000
		15,201,000

4.25	Appropriations by Fund
	
4.26		2014
	2015
	
4.27	Environmental
	15,031,000
	15,201,000
	
4.28 	$200,000 the first year and $200,000 the 
4.29 	second year are from the environmental fund 
4.30 	for a monitoring program under Minnesota 
4.31 	Statutes, section 116.454.
4.32 	Up to $150,000 the first year and $150,000 
4.33 	the second year may be transferred from the 
4.34 	environmental fund to the small business 
4.35 	environmental improvement loan account 
5.1 	established in Minnesota Statutes, section 
5.2 	116.993.
5.3 	$125,000 the first year and $125,000 the 
5.4 	second year are from the environmental fund 
5.5 	for monitoring ambient air for hazardous 
5.6 	pollutants in the metropolitan area.
5.7 	$900,000 the first year and $900,000 the 
5.8 	second year are from the environmental 
5.9 	fund for emission reductions activities and 
5.10 	grants to small businesses and other nonpoint 
5.11 	emission reduction efforts. Any unexpended 
5.12 	balance in the first year does not cancel but is 
5.13 	available in the second year.

5.14	Subd. 4.Land
 		17,412,000
		17,412,000

5.15	Appropriations by Fund
	
5.16		2014
	2015
	
5.17	Environmental
	6,916,000
	6,916,000
	
5.18	Remediation
	10,496,000
	10,496,000
	
5.19 	All money for environmental response, 
5.20 	compensation, and compliance in the 
5.21 	remediation fund not otherwise appropriated 
5.22 	is appropriated to the commissioners of the 
5.23 	Pollution Control Agency and agriculture 
5.24 	for purposes of Minnesota Statutes, section 
5.25 	115B.20, subdivision 2, clauses (1), (2), 
5.26 	(3), (6), and (7). At the beginning of each 
5.27 	fiscal year, the two commissioners shall 
5.28 	jointly submit an annual spending plan 
5.29 	to the commissioner of management and 
5.30 	budget that maximizes the utilization of 
5.31 	resources and appropriately allocates the 
5.32 	money between the two departments. This 
5.33 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2015.
5.34 	$3,616,000 the first year and $3,616,000 the 
5.35 	second year are from the remediation fund for 
6.1 	purposes of the leaking underground storage 
6.2 	tank program to protect the land. These same 
6.3 	annual amounts are transferred from the 
6.4 	petroleum tank fund to the remediation fund.
6.5 	$252,000 the first year and $252,000 the 
6.6 	second year are from the remediation fund 
6.7 	for transfer to the commissioner of health for 
6.8 	private water supply monitoring and health 
6.9 	assessment costs in areas contaminated 
6.10 	by unpermitted mixed municipal solid 
6.11 	waste disposal facilities and drinking water 
6.12 	advisories and public information activities 
6.13 	for areas contaminated by hazardous releases.

6.14
6.15	Subd. 5.Environmental Assistance and 
Cross-Media
 		26,849,000
		26,824,000

6.16	Appropriations by Fund
	
6.17		2014
	2015
	
6.18	Environmental
	25,848,000
	25,823,000
	
6.19	General
	1,001,000
	1,001,000
	
6.20 	$14,250,000 the first year and $14,250,000 
6.21 	the second year are from the environmental 
6.22 	fund for SCORE block grants to counties.
6.23 	$119,000 the first year and $119,000 the 
6.24 	second year are from the environmental 
6.25 	fund for environmental assistance grants 
6.26 	or loans under Minnesota Statutes, section 
6.27 	115A.0716. Any unencumbered grant and 
6.28 	loan balances in the first year do not cancel 
6.29 	but are available for grants and loans in the 
6.30 	second year.
6.31 	$89,000 the first year and $89,000 the 
6.32 	second year are from the environmental fund 
6.33 	for duties related to harmful chemicals in 
6.34 	products under Minnesota Statutes, sections 
6.35 	116.9401 to 116.9407. Of this amount, 
7.1 	$57,000 each year is transferred to the 
7.2 	commissioner of health.
7.3 	$200,000 the first year and $200,000 the 
7.4 	second year are from the environmental 
7.5 	fund for the costs of implementing general 
7.6 	operating permits for feedlots over 1,000 
7.7 	animal units.
7.8 	$600,000 the first year and $600,000 the 
7.9 	second year are from the environmental 
7.10 	fund to address environmental health risks. 
7.11 	Of this amount, $499,000 the first year and 
7.12 	$499,000 the second year are for transfer to 
7.13 	the Department of Health.
7.14 	$312,000 the first year and $312,000 the 
7.15 	second year are from the general fund and 
7.16 	$188,000 the first year and $188,000 the 
7.17 	second year are from the environmental fund 
7.18 	for Environmental Quality Board operations 
7.19 	and support.
7.20 	$75,000 the first year and $50,000 the second 
7.21 	year are from the environmental fund for 
7.22 	transfer to the Office of Administrative 
7.23 	Hearings to establish sanitary districts.
7.24 	All money deposited in the environmental 
7.25 	fund for the metropolitan solid waste 
7.26 	landfill fee in accordance with Minnesota 
7.27 	Statutes, section 473.843, and not otherwise 
7.28 	appropriated, is appropriated for the purposes 
7.29 	of Minnesota Statutes, section 473.844.
7.30 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
7.31 	16A.28, the appropriations encumbered on 
7.32 	or before June 30, 2015, as contracts or 
7.33 	grants for surface water and groundwater 
7.34 	assessments; environmental assistance 
7.35 	awarded under Minnesota Statutes, section 
8.1 	115A.0716; technical and research assistance 
8.2 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 115A.152; 
8.3 	technical assistance under Minnesota 
8.4 	Statutes, section 115A.52; and pollution 
8.5 	prevention assistance under Minnesota 
8.6 	Statutes, section 115D.04, are available until 
8.7 	June 30, 2017.

8.8	Subd. 6.Administrative Support
 		371,000
		371,000

8.9	Sec. 4. NATURAL RESOURCES

8.10	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	233,720,000
	$
	233,720,000

8.11	Appropriations by Fund
	
8.12		2014
	2015
	
8.13	General
	57,089,000
	57,089,000
	
8.14	Natural Resources
	84,959,000
	84,959,000
	
8.15	Game and Fish
	91,372,000
	91,372,000
	
8.16	Remediation
	100,000
	100,000
	
8.17	Permanent School
	200,000
	200,000
	
8.18 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
8.19 	purpose are specified in the following 
8.20 	subdivisions.

8.21
8.22	Subd. 2.Land and Mineral Resources 
Management
 		5,928,000
		5,928,000

8.23	Appropriations by Fund
	
8.24		2014
	2015
	
8.25	General
	722,000
	722,000
	
8.26	Natural Resources
	3,555,000
	3,555,000
	
8.27	Game and Fish
	1,451,000
	1,451,000
	
8.28	Permanent School
	200,000
	200,000
	
8.29 	$68,000 the first year and $68,000 the 
8.30 	second year are for minerals cooperative 
8.31 	environmental research, of which $34,000 
8.32 	the first year and $34,000 the second year are 
8.33 	available only as matched by $1 of nonstate 
8.34 	money for each $1 of state money. The 
8.35 	match may be cash or in-kind.
9.1 	$251,000 the first year and $251,000 the 
9.2 	second year are for iron ore cooperative 
9.3 	research. Of this amount, $200,000 each year 
9.4 	is from the minerals management account 
9.5 	in the natural resources fund. $175,000 the 
9.6 	first year and $175,000 the second year are 
9.7 	available only as matched by $1 of nonstate 
9.8 	money for each $1 of state money. The match 
9.9 	may be cash or in-kind. Any unencumbered 
9.10 	balance from the first year does not cancel 
9.11 	and is available in the second year.
9.12 	$2,779,000 the first year and $2,779,000 
9.13 	the second year are from the minerals 
9.14 	management account in the natural resources 
9.15 	fund for use as provided in Minnesota 
9.16 	Statutes, section 93.2236, paragraph (c), 
9.17 	for mineral resource management, projects 
9.18 	to enhance future mineral income, and 
9.19 	projects to promote new mineral resource 
9.20 	opportunities.
9.21 	$200,000 the first year and $200,000 the 
9.22 	second year are from the state forest suspense 
9.23 	account in the permanent school fund to 
9.24 	accelerate land exchanges, land sales, and 
9.25 	commercial leasing of school trust lands and 
9.26 	to identify, evaluate, and lease construction 
9.27 	aggregate located on school trust lands. This 
9.28 	appropriation is to be used for securing 
9.29 	maximum long-term economic return 
9.30 	from the school trust lands consistent with 
9.31 	fiduciary responsibilities and sound natural 
9.32 	resources conservation and management 
9.33 	principles.

9.34	Subd. 3.Ecological and Water Resources
 		25,727,000
		25,727,000

10.1	Appropriations by Fund
	
10.2		2014
	2015
	
10.3	General
	11,262,000
	11,262,000
	
10.4	Natural Resources
	10,402,000
	10,402,000
	
10.5	Game and Fish
	4,063,000
	4,063,000
	
10.6 	$2,942,000 the first year and $2,942,000 the 
10.7 	second year are from the invasive species 
10.8 	account in the natural resources fund and 
10.9 	$3,706,000 the first year and $3,706,000 the 
10.10 	second year are from the general fund for 
10.11 	management, public awareness, assessment 
10.12 	and monitoring research, and water access 
10.13 	inspection to prevent the spread of invasive 
10.14 	species; management of invasive plants in 
10.15 	public waters; and management of terrestrial 
10.16 	invasive species on state-administered lands. 
10.17 	Of this amount, up to $200,000 each year 
10.18 	is from the invasive species account in the 
10.19 	natural resources fund for liability insurance 
10.20 	coverage for Asian carp deterrent barriers.
10.21 	$5,000,000 the first year and $5,000,000 the 
10.22 	second year are from the water management 
10.23 	account in the natural resources fund for only 
10.24 	the purposes specified in Minnesota Statutes, 
10.25 	section 103G.27, subdivision 2.
10.26 	$53,000 the first year and $53,000 the 
10.27 	second year are for a grant to the Mississippi 
10.28 	Headwaters Board for up to 50 percent of 
10.29 	the cost of implementing the comprehensive 
10.30 	plan for the upper Mississippi within areas 
10.31 	under the board's jurisdiction.
10.32 	$5,000 the first year and $5,000 the second 
10.33 	year are for payment to the Leech Lake Band 
10.34 	of Chippewa Indians to implement the band's 
10.35 	portion of the comprehensive plan for the 
10.36 	upper Mississippi.
11.1 	$264,000 the first year and $264,000 the 
11.2 	second year are for grants for up to 50 
11.3 	percent of the cost of implementation of 
11.4 	the Red River mediation agreement. The 
11.5 	commissioner shall submit a report to the 
11.6 	chairs of the legislative committees having 
11.7 	primary jurisdiction over environment and 
11.8 	natural resources policy and finance on the 
11.9 	accomplishments achieved with the grants 
11.10 	by January 15, 2015.
11.11 	$1,643,000 the first year and $1,643,000 
11.12 	the second year are from the heritage 
11.13 	enhancement account in the game and 
11.14 	fish fund for only the purposes specified 
11.15 	in Minnesota Statutes, section 297A.94, 
11.16 	paragraph (e), clause (1).
11.17 	$1,223,000 the first year and $1,223,000 the 
11.18 	second year are from the nongame wildlife 
11.19 	management account in the natural resources 
11.20 	fund for the purpose of nongame wildlife 
11.21 	management. Notwithstanding Minnesota 
11.22 	Statutes, section 290.431, $100,000 the first 
11.23 	year and $100,000 the second year may 
11.24 	be used for nongame wildlife information, 
11.25 	education, and promotion.

11.26	Subd. 4.Forest Management
 		36,260,000
		36,260,000

11.27	Appropriations by Fund
	
11.28		2014
	2015
	
11.29	General
	21,350,000
	21,350,000
	
11.30	Natural Resources
	13,623,000
	13,623,000
	
11.31	Game and Fish
	1,287,000
	1,287,000
	
11.32 	$7,145,000 the first year and $7,145,000 
11.33 	the second year are for prevention, 
11.34 	presuppression, and suppression costs of 
11.35 	emergency firefighting and other costs 
11.36 	incurred under Minnesota Statutes, section 
12.1 	88.12. The amount necessary to pay for 
12.2 	presuppression and suppression costs during 
12.3 	the biennium is appropriated from the general 
12.4 	fund.
12.5 	By January 15 of each year, the commissioner 
12.6 	of natural resources shall submit a report to 
12.7 	the chairs and ranking minority members 
12.8 	of the house and senate committees 
12.9 	and divisions having jurisdiction over 
12.10 	environment and natural resources finance, 
12.11 	identifying all firefighting costs incurred 
12.12 	and reimbursements received in the prior 
12.13 	fiscal year. These appropriations may 
12.14 	not be transferred. Any reimbursement 
12.15 	of firefighting expenditures made to the 
12.16 	commissioner from any source other than 
12.17 	federal mobilizations shall be deposited into 
12.18 	the general fund.
12.19 	$13,623,000 the first year and $13,623,000 
12.20 	the second year are from the forest 
12.21 	management investment account in the 
12.22 	natural resources fund for only the purposes 
12.23 	specified in Minnesota Statutes, section 
12.24 	89.039, subdivision 2.
12.25 	$1,287,000 the first year and $1,287,000 
12.26 	the second year are from the game and fish 
12.27 	fund to advance ecological classification 
12.28 	systems (ECS) scientific management tools 
12.29 	for forest and invasive species management. 
12.30 	This appropriation is from revenue deposited 
12.31 	in the game and fish fund under Minnesota 
12.32 	Statutes, section 297A.94, paragraph (e), 
12.33 	clause (1).
12.34 	$580,000 the first year and $580,000 the 
12.35 	second year are for the Forest Resources 
13.1 	Council for implementation of the 
13.2 	Sustainable Forest Resources Act.
13.3 	$250,000 the first year and $250,000 the 
13.4 	second year are for the FORIST system.

13.5	Subd. 5.Parks and Trails Management
 		67,552,000
		67,552,000

13.6	Appropriations by Fund
	
13.7		2014
	2015
	
13.8	General
	19,780,000
	19,780,000
	
13.9	Natural Resources
	45,513,000
	45,513,000
	
13.10	Game and Fish
	2,259,000
	2,259,000
	
13.11 	$1,075,000 the first year and $1,075,000 the 
13.12 	second year are from the water recreation 
13.13 	account in the natural resources fund for 
13.14 	enhancing public water access facilities.
13.15 	$5,740,000 the first year and $5,740,000 the 
13.16 	second year are from the natural resources 
13.17 	fund for state trail, park, and recreation area 
13.18 	operations. This appropriation is from the 
13.19 	revenue deposited in the natural resources 
13.20 	fund under Minnesota Statutes, section 
13.21 	297A.94, paragraph (e), clause (2).
13.22 	$1,005,000 the first year and $1,005,000 the 
13.23 	second year are from the natural resources 
13.24 	fund for trail grants to local units of 
13.25 	government on land to be maintained for at 
13.26 	least 20 years for the purposes of the grants. 
13.27 	This appropriation is from the revenue 
13.28 	deposited in the natural resources fund 
13.29 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 297A.94, 
13.30 	paragraph (e), clause (4). Any unencumbered 
13.31 	balance does not cancel at the end of the first 
13.32 	year and is available for the second year.
13.33 	$8,424,000 the first year and $8,424,000 
13.34 	the second year are from the snowmobile 
13.35 	trails and enforcement account in the 
14.1 	natural resources fund for the snowmobile 
14.2 	grants-in-aid program. Any unencumbered 
14.3 	balance does not cancel at the end of the first 
14.4 	year and is available for the second year.
14.5 	$1,460,000 the first year and $1,460,000 the 
14.6 	second year are from the natural resources 
14.7 	fund for the off-highway vehicle grants-in-aid 
14.8 	program. Of this amount, $1,210,000 each 
14.9 	year is from the all-terrain vehicle account; 
14.10 	$150,000 each year is from the off-highway 
14.11 	motorcycle account; and $100,000 each year 
14.12 	is from the off-road vehicle account. Any 
14.13 	unencumbered balance does not cancel at the 
14.14 	end of the first year and is available for the 
14.15 	second year.
14.16 	$75,000 the first year and $75,000 the second 
14.17 	year are from the cross country ski account 
14.18 	in the natural resources fund for grooming 
14.19 	and maintaining cross country ski trails in 
14.20 	state parks, trails, and recreation areas.

14.21	Subd. 6.Fish and Wildlife Management
 		62,775,000
		62,775,000

14.22	Appropriations by Fund
	
14.23		2014
	2015
	
14.24	Natural Resources
	1,906,000
	1,906,000
	
14.25	Game and Fish
	60,869,000
	60,869,000
	
14.26 	$8,167,000 the first year and $8,167,000 
14.27 	the second year are from the heritage 
14.28 	enhancement account in the game and fish 
14.29 	fund only for activities specified in Minnesota 
14.30 	Statutes, section 297A.94, paragraph (e), 
14.31 	clause (1). Notwithstanding Minnesota 
14.32 	Statutes, section 297A.94, five percent of 
14.33 	this appropriation may be used for expanding 
14.34 	hunter and angler recruitment and retention.
15.1 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
15.2 	84.943, $13,000 the first year and $13,000 
15.3 	the second year from the critical habitat 
15.4 	private sector matching account may be used 
15.5 	to publicize the critical habitat license plate 
15.6 	match program.

15.7	Subd. 7.Enforcement
 		35,158,000
		35,158,000

15.8	Appropriations by Fund
	
15.9		2014
	2015
	
15.10	General
	3,975,000
	3,975,000
	
15.11	Natural Resources
	9,640,000
	9,640,000
	
15.12	Game and Fish
	21,443,000
	21,443,000
	
15.13	Remediation
	100,000
	100,000
	
15.14 	$1,718,000 the first year and $1,718,000 the 
15.15 	second year are from the general fund for 
15.16 	enforcement efforts to prevent the spread of 
15.17 	aquatic invasive species.
15.18 	$1,450,000 the first year and $1,450,000 
15.19 	the second year are from the heritage 
15.20 	enhancement account in the game and 
15.21 	fish fund for only the purposes specified 
15.22 	in Minnesota Statutes, section 297A.94, 
15.23 	paragraph (e), clause (1).
15.24 	$250,000 the first year and $250,000 the 
15.25 	second year are for the conservation officer 
15.26 	pre-employment education program. Of this 
15.27 	amount, $30,000 each year is from the water 
15.28 	recreation account, $13,000 each year is 
15.29 	from the snowmobile account, and $20,000 
15.30 	each year is from the all-terrain vehicle 
15.31 	account in the natural resources fund; and 
15.32 	$187,000 each year is from the game and fish 
15.33 	fund, of which $17,000 each year is from 
15.34 	revenue deposited to the game and fish fund 
15.35 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 297A.94, 
15.36 	paragraph (e), clause (1).
16.1 	$1,082,000 the first year and $1,082,000 the 
16.2 	second year are from the water recreation 
16.3 	account in the natural resources fund for 
16.4 	grants to counties for boat and water safety. 
16.5 	Any unencumbered balance does not cancel 
16.6 	at the end of the first year and is available for 
16.7 	the second year.
16.8 	$315,000 the first year and $315,000 the 
16.9 	second year are from the snowmobile 
16.10 	trails and enforcement account in the 
16.11 	natural resources fund for grants to local 
16.12 	law enforcement agencies for snowmobile 
16.13 	enforcement activities. Any unencumbered 
16.14 	balance does not cancel at the end of the first 
16.15 	year and is available for the second year.
16.16 	$250,000 the first year and $250,000 the 
16.17 	second year are from the all-terrain vehicle 
16.18 	account for grants to qualifying organizations 
16.19 	to assist in safety and environmental 
16.20 	education and monitoring trails on public 
16.21 	lands under Minnesota Statutes, section 
16.22 	84.9011. Grants issued under this paragraph: 
16.23 	(1) must be issued through a formal 
16.24 	agreement with the organization; and 
16.25 	(2) must not be used as a substitute for 
16.26 	traditional spending by the organization. 
16.27 	By December 15 each year, an organization 
16.28 	receiving a grant under this paragraph shall 
16.29 	report to the commissioner with details on 
16.30 	expenditures and outcomes from the grant. 
16.31 	Of this appropriation, $25,000 each year 
16.32 	is for administration of these grants. Any 
16.33 	unencumbered balance does not cancel at the 
16.34 	end of the first year and is available for the 
16.35 	second year.
17.1 	$510,000 the first year and $510,000 
17.2 	the second year are from the natural 
17.3 	resources fund for grants to county law 
17.4 	enforcement agencies for off-highway 
17.5 	vehicle enforcement and public education 
17.6 	activities based on off-highway vehicle use 
17.7 	in the county. Of this amount, $498,000 each 
17.8 	year is from the all-terrain vehicle account; 
17.9 	$11,000 each year is from the off-highway 
17.10 	motorcycle account; and $1,000 each year 
17.11 	is from the off-road vehicle account. The 
17.12 	county enforcement agencies may use 
17.13 	money received under this appropriation 
17.14 	to make grants to other local enforcement 
17.15 	agencies within the county that have a high 
17.16 	concentration of off-highway vehicle use. 
17.17 	Of this appropriation, $25,000 each year 
17.18 	is for administration of these grants. Any 
17.19 	unencumbered balance does not cancel at the 
17.20 	end of the first year and is available for the 
17.21 	second year.

17.22	Subd. 8.Operations Support
 		320,000
		320,000

17.23	Appropriations by Fund
	
17.24		2014
	2015
	
17.25	Natural Resources
	320,000
	320,000
	
17.26 	$320,000 the first year and $320,000 the 
17.27 	second year are from the natural resources 
17.28 	fund for grants to be divided equally between 
17.29 	the city of St. Paul for the Como Park Zoo 
17.30 	and Conservatory and the city of Duluth 
17.31 	for the Duluth Zoo. This appropriation 
17.32 	is from the revenue deposited to the fund 
17.33 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 297A.94, 
17.34 	paragraph (e), clause (5).
18.1 	$300,000 the first year and $300,000 the 
18.2 	second year are from the special revenue fund 
18.3 	to improve data analytics. The commissioner 
18.4 	may bill the divisions of the agency an 
18.5 	appropriate share of costs associated with 
18.6 	this project. Any information technology 
18.7 	development, support, or costs necessary for 
18.8 	this project shall be incorporated into the 
18.9 	agency's service level agreement with and 
18.10 	paid to the Office of Enterprise Technology.

18.11
18.12	Sec. 5. BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL 
RESOURCES
 	$
	13,133,000
	$
	13,133,000
	
18.13 	$3,423,000 the first year and $3,423,000 the 
18.14 	second year are for natural resources block 
18.15 	grants to local governments. Grants must be 
18.16 	matched with a combination of local cash or 
18.17 	in-kind contributions. The base grant portion 
18.18 	related to water planning must be matched 
18.19 	by an amount as specified by Minnesota 
18.20 	Statutes, section 103B.3369. The board may 
18.21 	reduce the amount of the natural resources 
18.22 	block grant to a county by an amount equal to 
18.23 	any reduction in the county's general services 
18.24 	allocation to a soil and water conservation 
18.25 	district from the county's previous year 
18.26 	allocation when the board determines that 
18.27 	the reduction was disproportionate.
18.28 	$3,116,000 the first year and $3,116,000 
18.29 	the second year are for grants requested 
18.30 	by soil and water conservation districts for 
18.31 	general purposes, nonpoint engineering, and 
18.32 	implementation of the reinvest in Minnesota 
18.33 	reserve program. Upon approval of the 
18.34 	board, expenditures may be made from these 
18.35 	appropriations for supplies and services 
19.1 	benefiting soil and water conservation 
19.2 	districts. Any district requesting a grant 
19.3 	under this paragraph shall maintain a Web 
19.4 	page that publishes, at a minimum, its annual 
19.5 	report, annual audit, annual budget, and 
19.6 	meeting notices and minutes.
19.7 	$1,560,000 the first year and $1,560,000 
19.8 	the second year are for grants to soil and 
19.9 	water conservation districts for cost-sharing 
19.10 	contracts for erosion control, water quality 
19.11 	management, and feedlot water quality 
19.12 	projects.
19.13 	$386,000 the first year and $386,000 the 
19.14 	second year are for implementation and 
19.15 	oversight of the Wetland Conservation Act.
19.16 	$166,000 the first year and $166,000 the 
19.17 	second year are to provide assistance to local 
19.18 	drainage management officials and for the 
19.19 	costs of the Drainage Work Group.
19.20 	$100,000 the first year and $100,000 the 
19.21 	second year are for a grant to the Red 
19.22 	River Basin Commission for water quality 
19.23 	and floodplain management, including 
19.24 	administration of programs. If the 
19.25 	appropriation in either year is insufficient, the 
19.26 	appropriation in the other year is available 
19.27 	for it.
19.28 	$120,000 the first year and $120,000 
19.29 	the second year are for grants to Area 
19.30 	II Minnesota River Basin Projects for 
19.31 	floodplain management.
19.32 	$42,000 each year is to the Minnesota River 
19.33 	Board for expenses to measure and report the 
19.34 	results of projects in the 12 major watersheds 
19.35 	within the Minnesota River basin.
20.1 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
20.2 	103C.501, the board may shift cost-share 
20.3 	funds in this section and may adjust the 
20.4 	technical and administrative assistance 
20.5 	portion of the grant funds to leverage 
20.6 	federal or other nonstate funds or to address 
20.7 	high-priority needs identified in local water 
20.8 	management plans or comprehensive water 
20.9 	management plans.
20.10 	$450,000 the first year and $450,000 the 
20.11 	second year are for assistance and grants to 
20.12 	local governments to transition local water 
20.13 	management plans to a watershed approach 
20.14 	as provided for in Minnesota Statutes, 
20.15 	chapters 103B, 103C, 103D, and 114D.
20.16 	$125,000 the first year and $125,000 the 
20.17 	second year are to implement internal control 
20.18 	policies and provide related oversight and 
20.19 	accountability for agency programs.
20.20 	The appropriations for grants in this 
20.21 	section are available until expended. If an 
20.22 	appropriation for grants in either year is 
20.23 	insufficient, the appropriation in the other 
20.24 	year is available for it.

20.25	Sec. 6. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL
 	$
	8,540,000
	$
	8,540,000

20.26	Appropriations by Fund
	
20.27		2014
	2015
	
20.28	General
	2,870,000
	2,870,000
	
20.29	Natural Resources
	5,670,000
	5,670,000
	
20.30 	$2,870,000 the first year and $2,870,000 the 
20.31 	second year are for metropolitan area regional 
20.32 	parks operation and maintenance according 
20.33 	to Minnesota Statutes, section 473.351.
21.1 	$5,670,000 the first year and $5,670,000 the 
21.2 	second year are from the natural resources 
21.3 	fund for metropolitan area regional parks 
21.4 	and trails maintenance and operations. This 
21.5 	appropriation is from the revenue deposited 
21.6 	in the natural resources fund under Minnesota 
21.7 	Statutes, section 297A.94, paragraph (e), 
21.8 	clause (3).

21.921.10
	Sec. 7. CONSERVATION CORPS 
MINNESOTA
 	$
	945,000
	$
	945,000

21.11	Appropriations by Fund
	
21.12		2014
	2015
	
21.13	General
	455,000
	455,000
	
21.14	Natural Resources
	490,000
	490,000
	
21.15 	Conservation Corps Minnesota may receive 
21.16 	money appropriated from the natural 
21.17 	resources fund under this section only 
21.18 	as provided in an agreement with the 
21.19 	commissioner of natural resources.

21.20	Sec. 8. ZOOLOGICAL BOARD
 	$
	5,585,000
	$
	5,585,000

21.21	Appropriations by Fund
	
21.22		2014
	2015
	
21.23	General
	5,425,000
	5,425,000
	
21.24	Natural Resources
	160,000
	160,000
	
21.25 	$160,000 the first year and $160,000 the 
21.26 	second year are from the natural resources 
21.27 	fund from the revenue deposited under 
21.28 	Minnesota Statutes, section 297A.94, 
21.29 	paragraph (e), clause (5).

21.30	Sec. 9. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

21.31	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	25,031,000
	$
	25,031,000

21.32	Appropriations by Fund
	
21.33		2014
	2015
	
21.34	General
	23,228,000
	23,228,000
	
22.1	Petroleum Tank
	1,052,000
	1,052,000
	
22.2
22.3	Workers' 
Compensation
	751,000
	751,000
	
22.4 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
22.5 	purpose are specified in the following 
22.6 	subdivisions.

22.7	Subd. 2.Financial Institutions
 		4,885,000
		4,885,000
	
22.8 	$142,000 each year is for the regulation of 
22.9 	mortgage originators and servicers under 
22.10 	Minnesota Statutes, chapters 58 and 58A.

22.11
22.12	Subd. 3.Petroleum Tank Release 
Compensation Board
 		1,052,000
		1,052,000
	
22.13 	This appropriation is from the petroleum 
22.14 	tank fund.

22.15	Subd. 4.Administrative Services
 		6,490,000
		6,490,000
	
22.16 	$375,000 each year is for additional 
22.17 	compliance efforts with unclaimed property. 
22.18 	The commissioner may issue contracts for 
22.19 	these services.
22.20 	Fees for the Weights and Measures Unit will 
22.21 	be increased by 30 percent during fiscal year 
22.22 	2014 and forward. All fees are deposited to 
22.23 	the general fund as nondedicated revenue.

22.24	Subd. 5.Telecommunications
 		1,259,000
		1,259,000
	
22.25 	$250,000 each year is for the Broadband 
22.26 	Development Office.
22.27 	The following transfer is from the 
22.28 	telecommunications access Minnesota 
22.29 	fund. $300,000 the first year and $300,000 
22.30 	the second year and each year thereafter 
22.31 	are for transfer to the commissioner of 
22.32 	human services to supplement the ongoing 
22.33 	operational expenses of the Commission 
23.1 	of Deaf, DeafBlind, and Hard-of-Hearing 
23.2 	Minnesotans.

23.3	Subd. 6.Enforcement
 		4,178,000
		4,178,000

23.4	Appropriations by Fund
	
23.5	General
	3,980,000
	3,980,000
	
23.6
23.7	Workers' 
Compensation
	198,000
	198,000

23.8	Subd. 7.Energy Resources
 		3,252,000
		3,252,000

23.9	Subd. 8.Insurance
 		3,915,000
		3,915,000

23.10	Appropriations by Fund
	
23.11	General
	3,362,000
	3,362,000
	
23.12
23.13	Workers' 
Compensation
	553,000
	553,000

23.14	Sec. 10. PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
 	$
	6,178,000
	$
	6,178,000

23.15 	ARTICLE 2
23.16 	ENVIRONMENT, NATURAL RESOURCES, AND COMMERCE POLICY

23.17 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 13.7411, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
23.18 		Subd. 4.Waste management. (a) Product stewardship programs. Trade secret 
23.19 	information submitted to the Pollution Control Agency under product stewardship 
23.20 	programs are classified under sections 115A.141 to 115A.142.
23.21 	(b) Transfer station data. Data received by a county or district from a transfer 
23.22 	station under section 115A.84, subdivision 5, are classified under that section.
23.23 	(b)(c) Solid waste records. Records of solid waste facilities received, inspected, 
23.24 	or copied by a county pursuant to section 115A.882 are classified pursuant to section 
23.25 	115A.882, subdivision 3.
23.26 	(c)(d) Customer lists. Customer lists provided to counties or cities by solid waste 
23.27 	collectors are classified under section 115A.93, subdivision 5.

23.28 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 15A.0815, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
23.29 		Subd. 3.Group II salary limits. The salaries for positions in this subdivision may 
23.30 	not exceed 85 percent of the salary of the governor:
23.31 	Executive director of Gambling Control Board;
23.32 	Commissioner, Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board;
23.33 	Commissioner, Bureau of Mediation Services;
24.1 	Ombudsman for Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities;
24.2 	Chair, Metropolitan Council;
24.3 	School trust lands director;
24.4 	Executive director of pari-mutuel racing; and
24.5 	Commissioner, Public Utilities Commission.

24.6 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 60A.14, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
24.7 		Subdivision 1.Fees other than examination fees. In addition to the fees and 
24.8 	charges provided for examinations, the following fees must be paid to the commissioner 
24.9 	for deposit in the general fund:
24.10 	(a) by township mutual fire insurance companies;
24.11 	(1) for filing certificate of incorporation $25 and amendments thereto, $10;
24.12 	(2) for filing annual statements, $15;
24.13 	(3) for each annual certificate of authority, $15;
24.14 	(4) for filing bylaws $25 and amendments thereto, $10;
24.15 	(b) by other domestic and foreign companies including fraternals and reciprocal 
24.16 	exchanges;
24.17 	(1) for filing an application for an initial certification of authority to be admitted 
24.18 	to transact business in this state, $1,500;
24.19 	(2) for filing certified copy of certificate of articles of incorporation, $100;
24.20 	(3) for filing annual statement, $225;
24.21 	(4) for filing certified copy of amendment to certificate or articles of incorporation, 
24.22 	$100;
24.23 	(5) for filing bylaws, $75 or amendments thereto, $75;
24.24 	(6) for each company's certificate of authority, $575, annually;
24.25 	(c) the following general fees apply:
24.26 	(1) for each certificate, including certified copy of certificate of authority, renewal, 
24.27 	valuation of life policies, corporate condition or qualification, $25;
24.28 	(2) for each copy of paper on file in the commissioner's office 50 cents per page, 
24.29 	and $2.50 for certifying the same;
24.30 	(3) for license to procure insurance in unadmitted foreign companies, $575;
24.31 	(4) for valuing the policies of life insurance companies, one cent per $1,000 of 
24.32 	insurance so valued, provided that the fee shall not exceed $13,000 per year for any 
24.33 	company. The commissioner may, in lieu of a valuation of the policies of any foreign life 
24.34 	insurance company admitted, or applying for admission, to do business in this state, accept 
25.1 	a certificate of valuation from the company's own actuary or from the commissioner of 
25.2 	insurance of the state or territory in which the company is domiciled;
25.3 	(5) for receiving and filing certificates of policies by the company's actuary, or by 
25.4 	the commissioner of insurance of any other state or territory, $50;
25.5 	(6) for each appointment of an agent filed with the commissioner, $10 $30;
25.6 	(7) for filing forms, rates, and compliance certifications under section 60A.315, $140 
25.7 	per filing, or $125 per filing when submitted via electronic filing system. Filing fees 
25.8 	may be paid on a quarterly basis in response to an invoice. Billing and payment may 
25.9 	be made electronically;
25.10 	(8) for annual renewal of surplus lines insurer license, $300.
25.11 	The commissioner shall adopt rules to define filings that are subject to a fee.

25.12 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 85.052, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
25.13 		Subd. 6.State park reservation system. (a) The commissioner may, by written 
25.14 	order, develop reasonable reservation policies for campsites and other lodging. These 
25.15 	policies are exempt from rulemaking provisions under chapter 14 and section 14.386
25.16 	does not apply.
25.17 	(b) The revenue collected from the state park reservation fee established under 
25.18 	subdivision 5, including interest earned, shall be deposited in the state park account in the 
25.19 	natural resources fund and is annually appropriated to the commissioner for the cost of 
25.20 	the state park reservation system.

25.21 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective retroactively from March 1, 2012.

25.22 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 85.054, is amended by adding a subdivision 
25.23 	to read:
25.24 		Subd. 18.La Salle Lake State Recreation Area. A state park permit is not 
25.25 	required and a fee may not be charged for motor vehicle entry, use, or parking in La Salle 
25.26 	Lake State Recreation Area unless the occupants of the vehicle enter, use, or park in a 
25.27 	developed campground or day-use area.

25.28 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 85.055, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
25.29 		Subd. 2.Fee deposit and appropriation. The fees collected under this section shall 
25.30 	be deposited in the natural resources fund and credited to the state parks account. Money 
25.31 	in the account, except for the electronic licensing system commission established by the 
25.32 	commissioner under section 84.027, subdivision 15, and the state park reservation system 
26.1 	fee established by the commissioner under section 85.052, subdivisions 5 and 6, is available 
26.2 	for appropriation to the commissioner to operate and maintain the state park system.

26.3 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 89.0385, is amended to read:
26.4 	89.0385 FOREST MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT ACCOUNT; COST 
26.5 	CERTIFICATION.
26.6 	(a) After each fiscal year, The commissioner shall certify the total costs incurred for 
26.7 	forest management, forest improvement, and road improvement on state-managed lands 
26.8 	during that year. The commissioner shall distribute forest management receipts credited to 
26.9 	various accounts according to this section.
26.10 	(b) The amount of the certified costs incurred for forest management activities on 
26.11 	state lands shall be transferred from the account where receipts are deposited to the forest 
26.12 	management investment account in the natural resources fund, except for those costs 
26.13 	certified under section 16A.125. Transfers may occur quarterly, based on quarterly cost and 
26.14 	revenue reports, throughout the fiscal year, with final certification and reconciliation after 
26.15 	each fiscal year. Transfers in a fiscal year cannot exceed receipts credited to the account.

26.16 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 89.17, is amended to read:
26.17 	89.17 LEASES AND PERMITS.
26.18 	(a) Notwithstanding the permit procedures of chapter 90, the commissioner shall 
26.19 	have power to grant and execute, in the name of the state, leases and permits for the use of 
26.20 	any forest lands under the authority of the commissioner for any purpose which in the 
26.21 	commissioner's opinion is not inconsistent with the maintenance and management of the 
26.22 	forest lands, on forestry principles for timber production. Every such lease or permit shall 
26.23 	be revocable at the discretion of the commissioner at any time subject to such conditions 
26.24 	as may be agreed on in the lease. The approval of the commissioner of administration 
26.25 	shall not be required upon any such lease or permit. No such lease or permit for a period 
26.26 	exceeding 21 years shall be granted except with the approval of the Executive Council.
26.27 	(b) Public access to the leased land for outdoor recreation shall be the same as 
26.28 	access would be under state management.
26.29 	(c) The commissioner shall, by written order, establish the schedule of application 
26.30 	fees for all leases issued under this section. Notwithstanding section 16A.1285, subdivision 
26.31 	2, the application fees shall be set at a rate that neither significantly overrecovers nor 
26.32 	underrecovers costs, including overhead costs, involved in providing the services at the 
26.33 	time of issuing the leases. The commissioner shall update the schedule of application fees 
27.1 	every five years. The schedule of application fees and any adjustment to the schedule are 
27.2 	not subject to the rulemaking provisions of chapter 14 and section 14.386 does not apply.
27.3 	(d) Money received under paragraph (c) must be deposited in the land management 
27.4 	account in the natural resources fund and is appropriated to the commissioner to cover the 
27.5 	reasonable costs incurred for issuing leases.
27.6 	(e) Notwithstanding section 16A.125, subdivision 5, after deducting the reasonable 
27.7 	costs incurred for preparing and issuing the lease application fee paid according to 
27.8 	paragraph (c), all remaining proceeds from the leasing of school trust land and university 
27.9 	land for roads on forest lands must be deposited into the respective permanent fund for 
27.10 	the lands.

27.11 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 92.50, is amended to read:
27.12 	92.50 UNSOLD LANDS SUBJECT TO SALE MAY BE LEASED.
27.13 		Subdivision 1.Lease terms. (a) The commissioner of natural resources may lease 
27.14 	land under the commissioner's jurisdiction and control:
27.15 	(1) to remove sand, gravel, clay, rock, marl, peat, and black dirt;
27.16 	(2) to store ore, waste materials from mines, or rock and tailings from ore milling 
27.17 	plants;
27.18 	(3) for roads or railroads; or
27.19 	(4) for other uses consistent with the interests of the state.
27.20 	(b) The commissioner shall offer the lease at public or private sale for an amount 
27.21 	and under terms and conditions prescribed by the commissioner. Commercial leases for 
27.22 	more than ten years and leases for removal of peat that cover 320 or more acres must be 
27.23 	approved by the Executive Council.
27.24 	(c) The lease term may not exceed 21 years except:
27.25 	(1) leases of lands for storage sites for ore, waste materials from mines, or rock and 
27.26 	tailings from ore milling plants, or for the removal of peat for nonagricultural purposes 
27.27 	may not exceed a term of 25 years; and
27.28 	(2) leases for commercial purposes, including major resort, convention center, or 
27.29 	recreational area purposes, may not exceed a term of 40 years.
27.30 	(d) Leases must be subject to sale and leasing of the land for mineral purposes and 
27.31 	contain a provision for cancellation for just cause at any time by the commissioner upon 
27.32 	six months' written notice. A longer notice period, not exceeding three years, may be 
27.33 	provided in leases for storing ore, waste materials from mines or rock or tailings from ore 
27.34 	milling plants. The commissioner may determine the terms and conditions, including the 
27.35 	notice period, for cancellation of a lease for the removal of peat and commercial leases.
28.1 	(e) Except as provided in subdivision 3, money received from leases under this 
28.2 	section must be credited to the fund to which the land belongs.
28.3 		Subd. 2.Leases for tailings deposits. The commissioner may grant leases and 
28.4 	licenses to deposit tailings from any iron ore beneficiation plant in any public lake not 
28.5 	exceeding 160 acres in area after holding a public hearing in the manner and under the 
28.6 	procedure provided in Laws 1937, chapter 468, as amended and finding in pursuance 
28.7 	of the hearing:
28.8 	(a) that such use of each lake is necessary and in the best interests of the public; and
28.9 	(b) that the proposed use will not result in pollution or sedimentation of any outlet 
28.10 	stream.
28.11 	The lease or license may not exceed a term of 25 years and must be subject to 
28.12 	cancellation on three years' notice. The commissioner may further restrict use of the lake 
28.13 	to safeguard the public interest, and may require that the lessee or licensee acquire suitable 
28.14 	permits or easements from the owners of lands riparian to the lake. Except as provided 
28.15 	in subdivision 3, money received from the leases or licenses must be deposited in the 
28.16 	permanent school fund.
28.17 		Subd. 3.Application fees. (a) The commissioner shall, by written order, establish 
28.18 	the schedule of application fees for all leases issued under this section. Notwithstanding 
28.19 	section 16A.1285, subdivision 2, the application fees shall be set at a rate that neither 
28.20 	significantly overrecovers nor underrecovers costs, including overhead costs, involved in 
28.21 	providing the services at the time of issuing the leases. The commissioner shall update 
28.22 	the schedule of application fees every five years. The schedule of application fees and 
28.23 	any adjustment to the schedule are not subject to the rulemaking provision of chapter 14 
28.24 	and section 14.386 does not apply.
28.25 	(b) Money received under this subdivision must be deposited in the land management 
28.26 	account in the natural resources fund and is appropriated to the commissioner to cover the 
28.27 	reasonable costs incurred for issuing leases.

28.28 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 93.17, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
28.29 		Subdivision 1.Lease application. (a) Applications for leases to prospect for iron 
28.30 	ore shall be presented to the commissioner in writing in such form as the commissioner 
28.31 	may prescribe at any time before 4:30 p.m., St. Paul, Minnesota time, on the last business 
28.32 	day before the day specified for the opening of bids, and no bids submitted after that time 
28.33 	shall be considered. The application shall be accompanied by a certified check, cashier's 
28.34 	check, or bank money order payable to the Department of Natural Resources in the sum of 
29.1 	$100 $1,000 for each mining unit. The fee shall be deposited in the minerals management 
29.2 	account in the natural resources fund.
29.3 	(b) Each application shall be accompanied by a sealed bid setting forth the amount 
29.4 	of royalty per gross ton of crude ore based upon the iron content of the ore when dried at 
29.5 	212 degrees Fahrenheit, in its natural condition or when concentrated, as set out in section 
29.6 	93.20, subdivisions 12 to 18, that the applicant proposes to pay to the state of Minnesota 
29.7 	in case the lease shall be awarded.

29.8 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 93.1925, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
29.9 		Subd. 2.Application. (a) An application for a negotiated lease shall be submitted to 
29.10 	the commissioner of natural resources. The commissioner shall prescribe the information 
29.11 	to be included in the application. The applicant shall submit with the application a certified 
29.12 	check, cashier's check, or bank money order, payable to the Department of Natural 
29.13 	Resources in the sum of $100 $2,000, as a fee for filing the application. The application 
29.14 	fee shall not be refunded under any circumstances. The application fee shall be deposited 
29.15 	in the minerals management account in the natural resources fund.
29.16 	(b) The right is reserved to the state to reject any or all applications for a negotiated 
29.17 	lease.

29.18 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 93.25, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
29.19 		Subd. 2.Lease requirements. (a) All leases for nonferrous metallic minerals or 
29.20 	petroleum must be approved by the Executive Council, and any other mineral lease issued 
29.21 	pursuant to this section that covers 160 or more acres must be approved by the Executive 
29.22 	Council. The rents, royalties, terms, conditions, and covenants of all such leases shall be 
29.23 	fixed by the commissioner according to rules adopted by the commissioner, but no lease 
29.24 	shall be for a longer term than 50 years, and all rents, royalties, terms, conditions, and 
29.25 	covenants shall be fully set forth in each lease issued. The rents and royalties shall be 
29.26 	credited to the funds as provided in section 93.22.
29.27 	(b) The applicant for a lease must submit with the application a certified check, 
29.28 	cashier's check, or bank money order payable to the Department of Natural Resources 
29.29 	in the sum of:
29.30 	(1) $1,000 as a fee for filing an application for a lease being offered at public sale;
29.31 	(2) $1,000 as a fee for filing an application for a lease being offered under the 
29.32 	preference rights lease availability list; and
29.33 	(3) $2,000 as a fee for filing an application for a lease through negotiation. The 
29.34 	application fee for a negotiated lease shall not be refunded under any circumstances.
30.1 	The application fee must be deposited in the minerals management account in the natural 
30.2 	resources fund.

30.3 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 93.285, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
30.4 		Subd. 3.Stockpile mining unit. (a) Any stockpiled iron ore, wherever situated, 
30.5 	may, in the discretion of the commissioner of natural resources, be designated as a 
30.6 	stockpile mining unit for disposal separately from ore in the ground, such designation to 
30.7 	be made according to section 93.15, so far as applicable.
30.8 	(b) The commissioner may lease the mining unit at public or private sale for an 
30.9 	amount and under terms and conditions prescribed by the commissioner. 
30.10 	(c) The applicant must submit with the application a certified check, cashier's check, 
30.11 	or bank money order payable to the Department of Natural Resources in the sum of $1,000 
30.12 	as a fee for filing an application for a lease being offered at public sale and in the sum of 
30.13 	$2,000 as a fee for filing an application for a lease through negotiation. The application 
30.14 	fee for a negotiated lease shall not be refunded under any circumstances. The application 
30.15 	fee must be deposited in the minerals management account in the natural resources fund.
30.16 	(d) The lease term may not exceed 25 years. The amount payable for stockpiled iron 
30.17 	ore material shall be at least equivalent to the minimum royalty that would be payable 
30.18 	under section 93.20.

30.19 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 93.46, is amended by adding a subdivision 
30.20 	to read:
30.21 		Subd. 10.Scram mining. "Scram mining" means a mining operation that produces 
30.22 	natural iron ore, natural iron ore concentrates, or taconite ore as described in section 93.20, 
30.23 	subdivisions 12 to 18, from previously developed stockpiles, tailing basins, underground 
30.24 	mine workings, or open pits and that involves no more than 80 acres of land not previously 
30.25 	affected by mining, or more than 80 acres of land not previously affected by mining 
30.26 	if the operator can demonstrate that impacts would be substantially the same as other 
30.27 	scram operations. "Land not previously affected by mining" means land upon which mine 
30.28 	wastes have not been deposited and land from which materials have not been removed in 
30.29 	connection with the production or extraction of metallic minerals.

30.30 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 93.481, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
30.31 		Subd. 3.Term of permit; amendment. (a) A permit issued by the commissioner 
30.32 	pursuant to this section shall be granted for the term determined necessary by the 
30.33 	commissioner for the completion of the proposed mining operation, including reclamation 
31.1 	or restoration. The term of a scram mining permit for iron ore or taconite shall be 
31.2 	determined in the same manner as a permit to mine for an iron ore or taconite mining 
31.3 	operation.
31.4 	(b) A permit may be amended upon written application to the commissioner. A 
31.5 	permit amendment application fee must be submitted with the written application. 
31.6 	The permit amendment application fee is ten 20 percent of the amount provided for in 
31.7 	subdivision 1, clause (3), for an application for the applicable permit to mine. If the 
31.8 	commissioner determines that the proposed amendment constitutes a substantial change to 
31.9 	the permit, the person applying for the amendment shall publish notice in the same manner 
31.10 	as for a new permit, and a hearing shall be held if written objections are received in the 
31.11 	same manner as for a new permit. An amendment may be granted by the commissioner if 
31.12 	the commissioner determines that lawful requirements have been met.

31.13 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 93.481, is amended by adding a subdivision 
31.14 	to read:
31.15 		Subd. 4a.Release. A permit may not be released fully or partially without the 
31.16 	written approval of the commissioner. A permit release application fee must be submitted 
31.17 	with the written request for the release. The permit release application fee is 20 percent of 
31.18 	the amount provided for in subdivision 1, clause (3), for an application for the applicable 
31.19 	permit to mine.

31.20 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 93.481, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
31.21 		Subd. 5.Assignment. A permit may not be assigned or otherwise transferred 
31.22 	without the written approval of the commissioner. A permit assignment application fee 
31.23 	must be submitted with the written application. The permit assignment application fee is 
31.24 	ten 20 percent of the amount provided for in subdivision 1, clause (3), for an application 
31.25 	for the applicable permit to mine.

31.26 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 93.481, is amended by adding a subdivision 
31.27 	to read:
31.28 		Subd. 5a.Preapplication. Before the preparation of an application for a permit to 
31.29 	mine, persons intending to submit an application must meet with the commissioner for a 
31.30 	preapplication conference and site visit. Prospective applicants must also meet with the 
31.31 	commissioner to outline analyses and tests to be conducted if the results of the analyses 
31.32 	and tests will be used for evaluation of the application. A permit preapplication fee must 
31.33 	be submitted before the preapplication conferences, meetings, and site visit with the 
32.1 	commissioner. The permit preapplication fee is 20 percent of the amount provided in 
32.2 	subdivision 1, clause (3), for an application for the applicable permit to mine.

32.3 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 93.482, is amended to read:
32.4 	93.482 RECLAMATION FEES.
32.5 		Subdivision 1.Annual permit to mine fee. (a) The commissioner shall charge 
32.6 	every person holding a permit to mine an annual permit fee. The fee is payable to the 
32.7 	commissioner by June 30 of each year, beginning in 2009.
32.8 	(b) The annual permit to mine fee for a an iron ore or taconite mining operation is 
32.9 	$60,000 if the operation had production within the calendar year immediately preceding 
32.10 	the year in which payment is due and $30,000 if there was no production within the 
32.11 	immediately preceding calendar year $84,000.
32.12 	(c) The annual permit to mine fee for a nonferrous metallic minerals mining 
32.13 	operation is $75,000 if the operation had production within the calendar year immediately 
32.14 	preceding the year in which payment is due and $37,500 if there was no production within 
32.15 	the immediately preceding calendar year.
32.16 	(d) The annual permit to mine fee for a scram mining operation is $5,000 if the 
32.17 	operation had production within the calendar year immediately preceding the year in 
32.18 	which payment is due and $2,500 if there was no production within the immediately 
32.19 	preceding calendar year $10,250.
32.20 	(e) The annual permit to mine fee for a peat mining operation is $1,000 if the 
32.21 	operation had production within the calendar year immediately preceding the year in 
32.22 	which payment is due and $500 if there was no production within the immediately 
32.23 	preceding calendar year $1,350.
32.24 		Subd. 2.Supplemental application fee for taconite and nonferrous metallic 
32.25 	minerals mining operation. (a) In addition to the application fee specified in section 
32.26 	93.481, the commissioner shall assess a person submitting an application for a permit 
32.27 	to mine for a taconite or, a nonferrous metallic minerals mining, or peat operation the 
32.28 	reasonable costs for reviewing the application and preparing the permit to mine. For 
32.29 	nonferrous metallic minerals mining, the commissioner shall assess reasonable costs for 
32.30 	monitoring construction of the mining facilities. The commissioner may assess a person 
32.31 	submitting a request for amendment, assignment, or full or partial release of a permit to 
32.32 	mine the reasonable costs for reviewing the request and issuing an approval or denial. The 
32.33 	commissioner may assess a person submitting a request for a preapplication conference, 
32.34 	meetings, and a site visit the reasonable costs for reviewing the request and meeting 
32.35 	with the prospective applicant.
33.1 	(b) The commissioner must give the applicant an estimate of the supplemental 
33.2 	application fee under this subdivision. The estimate must include a brief description 
33.3 	of the tasks to be performed and the estimated cost of each task. The application fee 
33.4 	under section 93.481 must be subtracted from the estimate of costs to determine the 
33.5 	supplemental application fee.
33.6 	(c) The applicant and the commissioner shall enter into a written agreement to cover 
33.7 	the estimated costs to be incurred by the commissioner.
33.8 	(d) The commissioner shall not issue the permit to mine until the applicant has paid 
33.9 	all fees in full. The commissioner shall not issue an approved assignment, amendment, 
33.10 	or release until the applicant has paid all fees in full. Upon completion of construction 
33.11 	of a nonferrous metallic minerals facility, the commissioner shall refund the unobligated 
33.12 	balance of the monitoring fee revenue.

33.13 	Sec. 20. [93.60] MINERAL DATA AND INSPECTIONS ADMINISTRATION 
33.14 	ACCOUNT.
33.15 		Subdivision 1.Account established; sources. The mineral data and inspections 
33.16 	administration account is established in the special revenue fund in the state treasury. 
33.17 	Interest on the account accrues to the account. Fees charged under sections 93.61 and 
33.18 	103I.601, subdivision 4a, shall be credited to the account.
33.19 		Subd. 2.Appropriation; purposes of account. Money in the account is 
33.20 	appropriated annually to the commissioner of natural resources to cover the costs of:
33.21 	(1) operating and maintaining the drill core library in Hibbing, Minnesota; and
33.22 	(2) conducting inspections of exploratory borings.

33.23 	Sec. 21. [93.61] DRILL CORE LIBRARY ACCESS FEE.
33.24 	Notwithstanding section 13.03, subdivision 3, a person must pay a fee to access 
33.25 	exploration data, exploration drill core data, mineral evaluation data, and mining data 
33.26 	stored in the drill core library located in Hibbing, Minnesota, and managed by the 
33.27 	commissioner of natural resources. The fee is $250 per day. Alternatively, a person may 
33.28 	obtain an annual pass for a fee of $5,000. The fee must be credited to the mineral data and 
33.29 	inspections administration account established in section 93.60 and is appropriated to the 
33.30 	commissioner of natural resources for the reasonable costs of operating and maintaining 
33.31 	the drill core library.

33.32 	Sec. 22. [93.70] STATE-OWNED CONSTRUCTION AGGREGATES 
33.33 	RECLAMATION ACCOUNT.
34.1 		Subdivision 1.Account established; sources. The state-owned construction 
34.2 	aggregates reclamation account is created in the special revenue fund in the state treasury. 
34.3 	Interest on the account accrues to the account. Fees charged under section 93.71 shall be 
34.4 	credited to the account.
34.5 		Subd. 2.Appropriation; purposes of account. Money in the account is 
34.6 	appropriated annually to the commissioner of natural resources to cover the costs of:
34.7 	(1) reclaiming state lands administered by the commissioner following cessation of 
34.8 	construction aggregates mining operations on the lands; and 
34.9 	(2) issuing and administering contracts needed for the performance of that 
34.10 	reclamation work.

34.11 	Sec. 23. [93.71] STATE-OWNED CONSTRUCTION AGGREGATES 
34.12 	RECLAMATION FEE.
34.13 		Subdivision 1.Annual reclamation fee; purpose. Except as provided in 
34.14 	subdivision 4, the commissioner of natural resources shall charge a person who holds 
34.15 	a lease or permit to mine construction aggregates on state land administered by the 
34.16 	commissioner an annual reclamation fee. The fee is payable to the commissioner by 
34.17 	January 15 of each year. The purpose of the fee is to pay for reclamation or restoration of 
34.18 	state lands following temporary or permanent cessation of construction aggregates mining 
34.19 	operations. Reclamation and restoration include: land sloping and contouring, spreading 
34.20 	soil from stockpiles, planting vegetation, removing safety hazards, or other measures 
34.21 	needed to return the land to productive and safe nonmining use.
34.22 		Subd. 2.Determination of fee. The amount of the annual reclamation fee is 
34.23 	determined as follows:
34.24 	(1) for aggregates measured in cubic yards upon removal, 15 cents for each cubic yard 
34.25 	removed under the lease or permit within the immediately preceding calendar year; and
34.26 	(2) for aggregates measured in short tons upon removal, 11 cents per short ton 
34.27 	removed under the lease or permit within the immediately preceding calendar year.
34.28 		Subd. 3.Deposit of fees. All fees collected under this section must be deposited in 
34.29 	the state-owned construction aggregates reclamation account established in section 93.70 
34.30 	and credited for use to the same land class from which payment of the fee was derived.
34.31 		Subd. 4.Exception. A person who holds a lease to mine construction aggregates on 
34.32 	state land is not subject to the reclamation fee under subdivision 1 if the lease provides 
34.33 	for continuous mining for five or more years at an average rate of 30,000 or more cubic 
34.34 	yards per year over the term of the lease and requires the lessee to perform and pay for 
34.35 	the reclamation.

35.1 	Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 94.342, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
35.2 		Subd. 5.Additional restrictions on school trust land. School trust land may be 
35.3 	exchanged with other Class A land only if the school trust lands director Legislative 
35.4 	Permanent School Fund Commission is appointed as temporary trustee of the school trust 
35.5 	land for purposes of the exchange. The Legislative Permanent School Fund Commission 
35.6 	shall provide independent legal counsel to review exchanges.

35.7 	Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 97A.045, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
35.8 		Subdivision 1.Duties; generally. (a) The commissioner shall do all things the 
35.9 	commissioner determines are necessary to preserve, protect, and propagate desirable 
35.10 	species of wild animals. The commissioner shall make special provisions for the 
35.11 	management of fish and wildlife to ensure recreational opportunities for anglers and 
35.12 	hunters. The commissioner shall acquire wild animals for breeding or stocking and may 
35.13 	dispose of or destroy undesirable or predatory wild animals and their dens, nests, houses, 
35.14 	or dams.
35.15 	(b) Notwithstanding chapters 17 and 35, the commissioner, in consultation with the 
35.16 	commissioner of agriculture and the executive director of the Board of Animal Health, may 
35.17 	capture, take, or control nonnative or domestic animals that are released, have escaped, 
35.18 	or are otherwise running at large and causing damage to natural resources or agricultural 
35.19 	lands, or that are posing a threat to wildlife, domestic animals, or human health. The 
35.20 	commissioner may work with other agencies to assist in the capture, taking, or control and 
35.21 	may authorize persons to take such animals. The commissioner may collect a civil penalty 
35.22 	equal to the actual costs incurred by the Department of Natural Resources from a person 
35.23 	who owns nonnative or domestic animals that are captured, taken, or controlled under this 
35.24 	paragraph. The civil penalty shall be deposited in the game and fish fund.

35.25 	Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 97A.445, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
35.26 		Subdivision 1.Angling; Take a Kid Fishing Weekends. (a) A resident age 16 
35.27 	years or older may take fish by angling without an angling orlicense and may take fish by 
35.28 	spearing from a dark house without a spearing license and without a fish house or dark 
35.29 	house license during one three-day consecutive period of the open water angling season 
35.30 	and one three-day consecutive period of the ice angling season designated by rule of
35.31 	 the commissioner if the resident is accompanied by a child who is under age 16. The 
35.32 	commissioner may, by written order published in the State Register, establish the three-day 
35.33 	consecutive periods. The written order is not subject to the rulemaking provisions of 
35.34 	chapter 14 and section 14.386 does not apply.
36.1 	(b) The commissioner shallmay designate and publicize the three-day periods as 
36.2 	"Take a Kid Fishing Weekend" for the open water angling season and "Take a Kid Ice 
36.3 	Fishing Weekend" for the ice angling season. The commissioner shall announce the date 
36.4 	of each three-day weekend at least 30 days in advance of the date it occurs.

36.5 	Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 97A.451, is amended by adding a 
36.6 	subdivision to read:
36.7 		Subd. 2a.Resident spearing age 16 or over and under age 18. Residents age 16 
36.8 	or over and under age 18 may take fish by spearing without a spearing license but must 
36.9 	possess a fishing license under section 97A.475, subdivision 6, clause (7).

36.10 	Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 97A.451, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
36.11 		Subd. 3.Residents and nonresidents under age 16; small game. (a) A resident or 
36.12 	nonresident under age 16 may not obtain a small game license but may take small game 
36.13 	by firearms or bow and arrow without a license if the resident or nonresident is:
36.14 	(1) age 14 or 15 and possesses a firearms safety certificate;
36.15 	(2) age 13, possesses a firearms safety certificate, and is accompanied by a parent or 
36.16 	guardian;
36.17 	(3) age 13, 14, or 15, and possesses an apprentice hunter validation, and is 
36.18 	accompanied by a parent or guardian who possesses a small game license that was not 
36.19 	obtained using an apprentice hunter validation as provided under section 97B.022; or
36.20 	(4) age 12 or under and is accompanied by a parent or guardian.
36.21 	(b) A resident under age 16 may take small game, other than wolves, by trapping 
36.22 	without a small game license, but a resident 13 years of age or older must have a trapping 
36.23 	license. A resident under age 13 may trap small game, other than wolves, without a 
36.24 	trapping license, but may not register fisher, otter, bobcat, or pine marten unless the 
36.25 	resident is at least age five. Any fisher, otter, bobcat, or pine marten taken by a resident 
36.26 	under age five must be included in the limit of the accompanying parent or guardian.
36.27 	(c) A resident or nonresident under age 13 must obtain a free turkey license to 
36.28 	take turkey and may take a turkey without a firearms safety certificate if the resident or 
36.29 	nonresident is accompanied by an adult parent or guardian who has a firearms safety 
36.30 	certificate.
36.31 	(d) A resident under age 13 may apply for a prairie chicken license and may take a 
36.32 	prairie chicken without a firearms safety certificate if the resident is accompanied by an 
36.33 	adult parent or guardian who has a firearms safety certificate.

37.1 	Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 97A.451, subdivision 3b, is amended to read:
37.2 		Subd. 3b.Nonresidents age 16 or over and under age 18; small game. (a) A 
37.3 	nonresident age 16 or over and under age 18 may take small game by firearms or archery 
37.4 	and may obtain a small game license at the youth fee under section 97A.475, subdivision 
37.5 	3, paragraph (a), clause (14), if the nonresident possesses a firearms safety certificate or an 
37.6 	apprentice hunter validation as provided under section 97B.022.
37.7 	(b) A nonresident under age 16 may take small game by firearms or archery and may 
37.8 	obtain a small game license without paying the applicable fees under section 97A.475, 
37.9 	subdivisions 3, 4, and 5, if the nonresident is:
37.10 	(1) age 14 or 15 and possesses a firearms safety certificate;
37.11 	(2) age 13, possesses a firearms safety certificate, and is accompanied by a parent 
37.12 	or guardian; or
37.13 	(3) age 12 or under and is accompanied by a parent or guardian.

37.14 	Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 97A.451, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
37.15 		Subd. 4.Residents and nonresidents under age 13 16; big game. (a) A resident 
37.16 	or nonresident age 12, 13, 14, or 15 may not obtain a license to take big game unless 
37.17 	the person possesses a firearms safety certificate or an apprentice hunter validation as 
37.18 	provided under section 97B.022. A nonresident age 12 or 13 must be accompanied by a 
37.19 	parent or guardian to hunt big game.
37.20 	(b) A resident or nonresident age ten or over and under age 13 11 must obtain a 
37.21 	license under paragraph (c) and may take big game, provided the person is under the direct 
37.22 	supervision of a parent or guardian where the parent or guardian is within immediate reach.
37.23 	(c) A resident or nonresident age ten or over and under age 13, 11, or 12 must obtain 
37.24 	a license to take big game and may obtain the license without paying the fee required
37.25 	 under section 97A.475, subdivision 2 or 3.

37.26 	Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 97A.451, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
37.27 		Subd. 5.Nonresident youth; angling. (a) A nonresident under age 16 may:
37.28 	(1) take fish by angling without a license if a parent or guardian has a fishing license. 
37.29 	Fish taken by a nonresident under age 16 without a license must be included in the limit 
37.30 	of the parent or guardian;
37.31 	(2) purchase a youth fishing license under section 97A.475, subdivision 7, paragraph 
37.32 	(a), clause (8), and possess a limit of fish; or
37.33 	(3) be included under a nonresident family angling license and possess a limit of fish.
38.1 	(b) A nonresident age 16 or over and under age 18 must purchase a youth license to 
38.2 	angle under section 97A.475, subdivision 7, paragraph (a), clause (8).
38.3 	(c) Nonresidents under age 18 may take fish by spearing without a spearing license 
38.4 	but must comply with paragraphs (a) and (b).

38.5 	Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 97A.475, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
38.6 		Subd. 2.Resident hunting. Fees for the following licenses, to be issued to residents 
38.7 	only, are:
38.8 	(1) for persons age 18 or over and under age 65 to take small game, $15.50;
38.9 	(2) for persons age 65 or over, $7 to take small game;
38.10 	(3) for persons age 18 or over to take turkey, $26;
38.11 	(4) for persons age 13 or over and under age 18 to take turkey, $5;
38.12 	(5) for persons age 18 or over to take deer with firearms during the regular firearms 
38.13 	season, $30;
38.14 	(6) for persons age 18 or over to take deer by archery, $30;
38.15 	(7) for persons age 18 or over to take deer by muzzleloader during the muzzleloader 
38.16 	season, $30;
38.17 	(8) to take moose, for a party of not more than six persons, $356;
38.18 	(9) to take bear, $44;
38.19 	(10) to take elk, for a party of not more than two persons, $287;
38.20 	(11) to take Canada geese during a special season, $4;
38.21 	(12) to take prairie chickens, $23;
38.22 	(13) for persons age 13 or over and under age 18 to take deer with firearms during 
38.23 	the regular firearms season, $5;
38.24 	(14) for persons age 13 or over and under age 18 to take deer by archery, $5;
38.25 	(15) for persons age 13 or over and under age 18 to take deer by muzzleloader 
38.26 	during the muzzleloader season, $5;
38.27 	(16) for persons age 18 or over to take small game for a consecutive 72-hour period 
38.28 	selected by the licensee, $19, of which an amount equal to: one-half of the fee for the 
38.29 	migratory waterfowl stamp under subdivision 5, clause (1), shall be deposited in the 
38.30 	waterfowl habitat improvement account under section 97A.075, subdivision 2; one-half 
38.31 	of the fee for the pheasant stamp under subdivision 5, clause (2), shall be deposited in 
38.32 	the pheasant habitat improvement account under section 97A.075, subdivision 4; and 
38.33 	one-half of the small game surcharge under subdivision 4, shall be deposited in the 
38.34 	wildlife acquisition account;
38.35 	(17) for persons age 16 or over and under age 18 to take small game, $5; and
39.1 	(18) to take wolf, $30.;
39.2 	(19) for persons age 12 and under to take turkey, no fee;
39.3 	(20) for persons age 10, 11, or 12 to take deer by firearm, no fee;
39.4 	(21) for persons age 10, 11, or 12 to take deer by archery, no fee; and
39.5 	(22) for persons age 10, 11, or 12 to take deer by muzzleloader during the 
39.6 	muzzleloader season, no fee.

39.7 	Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 97A.475, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
39.8 		Subd. 3.Nonresident hunting. (a) Fees for the following licenses, to be issued 
39.9 	to nonresidents, are:
39.10 	(1) for persons age 18 or over to take small game, $90.50;
39.11 	(2) for persons age 18 or over to take deer with firearms during the regular firearms 
39.12 	season, $160;
39.13 	(3) for persons age 18 or over to take deer by archery, $160;
39.14 	(4) for persons age 18 or over to take deer by muzzleloader during the muzzleloader 
39.15 	season, $160;
39.16 	(5) to take bear, $225;
39.17 	(6) for persons age 18 or over to take turkey, $91;
39.18 	(7) for persons age 13 or over and under age 18 to take turkey, $13 $5;
39.19 	(8) to take raccoon or bobcat, $178;
39.20 	(9) to take Canada geese during a special season, $4;
39.21 	(10) for persons age 13 or over and under age 18 to take deer with firearms during 
39.22 	the regular firearms season in any open season option or time period, $15 $5;
39.23 	(11) for persons age 13 or over and under age 18 to take deer by archery, $15 $5;
39.24 	(12) for persons age 13 or over and under age 18 to take deer during the muzzleloader 
39.25 	season, $15 $5;
39.26 	(13) for persons age 18 or over to take small game for a consecutive 72-hour period 
39.27 	selected by the licensee, $75, of which an amount equal to: one-half of the fee for the 
39.28 	migratory waterfowl stamp under subdivision 5, clause (1), shall be deposited in the 
39.29 	waterfowl habitat improvement account under section 97A.075, subdivision 2; one-half 
39.30 	of the fee for the pheasant stamp under subdivision 5, clause (2), shall be deposited in 
39.31 	the pheasant habitat improvement account under section 97A.075, subdivision 4; and 
39.32 	one-half of the small game surcharge under subdivision 4, shall be deposited into the 
39.33 	wildlife acquisition account;
39.34 	(14) for persons age 16 and over and under age 18 to take small game, $15 $5; and
39.35 	(15) to take wolf, $250.;
40.1 	(16) for persons age 12 and under to take turkey, no fee;
40.2 	(17) for persons age 10, 11, and 12 to take deer by firearm, no fee;
40.3 	(18) for persons age 10, 11, or 12 to take deer by archery, no fee; and
40.4 	(19) for persons age 10, 11, or 12 to take deer by muzzleloader during the 
40.5 	muzzleloader season, no fee.
40.6 	(b) A $5 surcharge shall be added to nonresident hunting licenses issued under 
40.7 	paragraph (a), clauses (1) to (6) and (8). An additional commission may not be assessed 
40.8 	on this surcharge.

40.9 	Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 97A.485, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
40.10 		Subd. 6.Licenses to be sold and issuing fees. (a) Persons authorized to sell 
40.11 	licenses under this section must issue the following licenses for the license fee and the 
40.12 	following issuing fees:
40.13 	(1) to take deer or bear with firearms and by archery, the issuing fee is $1;
40.14 	(2) Minnesota sporting, the issuing fee is $1;
40.15 	(3) to take small game, to take fish by angling or by spearing, and to trap fur-bearing 
40.16 	animals, the issuing fee is $1;
40.17 	(4) to apply for a limited hunt drawing, the issuing fee is $1 unless the application 
40.18 	requires a license purchase at the time of application and the license purchase requires 
40.19 	an application fee;
40.20 	(5) for a prairie chicken license, the issuing fee is $1;
40.21 	(6) for a turkey license, the issuing fee is $1;
40.22 	(7) for an elk license, the issuing fee is $1;
40.23 	(8) for a moose license, the issuing fee is $1;
40.24 	(9) for a wolf license, the issuing fee is $1;
40.25 	(4) (10) for a stamp validation that is not issued simultaneously with a license, an 
40.26 	issuing fee of 50 cents may be charged at the discretion of the authorized seller;
40.27 	(5) (11) for stamp validations issued simultaneously with a license, there is no fee;
40.28 	(6) (12) for licenses, seals, tags, or coupons issued without a fee under section 
40.29 	97A.441 or 97A.465, anthe issuing fee of 50 cents may be charged at the discretion of 
40.30 	the authorized seller is $1;
40.31 	(7) (13) for lifetime licenses, there is no fee; and
40.32 	(8) (14) for all other licenses, permits, renewals, or applications or any other 
40.33 	transaction through the electronic licensing system under this chapter or any other chapter 
40.34 	when an issuing fee is not specified, an issuing fee of 50 cents$1 may be charged at the 
40.35 	discretion of the authorized seller.
41.1 	(b) Only one issuing fee may be collected when selling more than one stamp in the 
41.2 	same transaction after the end of the season for which the stamp was issued.
41.3 	(c) The agent shall keep the issuing fee as a commission for selling the licenses.
41.4 	(d) The commissioner shall collect the issuing fee on licenses sold by the 
41.5 	commissioner.
41.6 	(e) A license, except stamps, must state the amount of the issuing fee and that the 
41.7 	issuing fee is kept by the seller as a commission for selling the licenses.
41.8 	(f) For duplicate licenses, including licenses issued without a fee, the issuing fees are:
41.9 	(1) for licenses to take big game, 75 cents; and
41.10 	(2) for other licenses, 50 cents.
41.11 	(g) The commissioner may issue one-day angling licenses in books of ten licenses 
41.12 	each to fishing guides operating charter boats upon receipt of payment of all license 
41.13 	fees, excluding the issuing fee required under this section. Copies of sold and unsold 
41.14 	licenses shall be returned to the commissioner. The commissioner shall refund the charter 
41.15 	boat captain for the license fees of all unsold licenses. Copies of sold licenses shall be 
41.16 	maintained by the commissioner for one year.

41.17 	Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 103G.615, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
41.18 		Subd. 2.Fees. (a) The commissioner shall establish a fee schedule for permits to 
41.19 	control or harvest aquatic plants other than wild rice. The fees must be set by rule, and 
41.20 	section 16A.1283 does not apply, but the rule must not take effect until 45 legislative 
41.21 	days after it has been reported to the legislature. The fees shall not exceed $2,500 per 
41.22 	permit and shall be based upon the cost of receiving, processing, analyzing, and issuing 
41.23 	the permit, and additional costs incurred after the application to inspect and monitor 
41.24 	the activities authorized by the permit, and enforce aquatic plant management rules and 
41.25 	permit requirements. The permit fee, in the form of a check or money order payable to the 
41.26 	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, must accompany each permit application. 
41.27 	When application is made to control two or more shoreline nuisance conditions, only the 
41.28 	larger fee applies. Permit fees are:
41.29 	(b) A fee for a permit for the (1) to control of rooted aquatic vegetation plants 
41.30 	by pesticide or mechanical means, $90 for each contiguous parcel of shoreline owned 
41.31 	by an owner may be charged, including a three-year automatic aquatic plant control 
41.32 	device permit. This fee may not be charged for permits issued in connection with purple 
41.33 	loosestrife control or lakewide Eurasian water milfoil control programs. or baywide 
41.34 	invasive aquatic plant management permits;
42.1 	(2) to control filamentous algae, snails that carry swimmer's itch, or leeches, singly 
42.2 	or in combination, $40 for each contiguous parcel or shoreline with a distinct owner;
42.3 	(3) for offshore control of submersed aquatic plants by pesticide or mechanical 
42.4 	means, $90;
42.5 	(4) to control plankton algae or free-floating aquatic plants by lakewide or baywide 
42.6 	application of approved pesticides, $90;
42.7 	(5) for a commercial mechanical control permit, $100 annually, and;
42.8 	(6) for a commercial harvest permit, $100 plus $300 for each public water listed on 
42.9 	the application that requires an inspection. An inspection is required for waters with no 
42.10 	previous permit history and may be required at other times to monitor the status of the 
42.11 	aquatic plant population.
42.12 	(b) There is no permit fee for:
42.13 	(1) permits to transplant aquatic plants in public waters;
42.14 	(2) permits to move or remove a floating bog in public waters if the floating bog is 
42.15 	lodged against the permittee's property and has not taken root;
42.16 	(3) invasive aquatic plant management permits; or
42.17 	(c) A fee may not be charged to(4) permits applied for by the state or a federal 
42.18 	governmental agency applying for a permit.
42.19 	(d) (c) A fee for a permit for the control of rooted aquatic vegetation in a public 
42.20 	water basin that is 20 acres or less in size shall be is one-half of the fee established under 
42.21 	paragraph (a), clause (1).
42.22 	(d) If the fee does not accompany the application, the applicant shall be notified and 
42.23 	no action will be taken on the application until the fee is received.
42.24 	(e) A fee is refundable only when the application is withdrawn prior to field 
42.25 	inspection or issuance or denial of the permit or when the commissioner determines that 
42.26 	the activity does not require a permit.
42.27 	(e) (f) The money received for the permits under this subdivision shall be deposited 
42.28 	in the treasury and credited to the water recreation account in the natural resources fund.
42.29 	(f) (g) The fee for processing a notification to request authorization for work under 
42.30 	a general permit is $30, until the commissioner establishes a fee by rule as provided 
42.31 	under this subdivision.

42.32 	Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 103I.601, is amended by adding a 
42.33 	subdivision to read:
42.34 		Subd. 4a.Exploratory boring inspection fee. For each proposed exploratory 
42.35 	boring identified on the map submitted under subdivision 4, an explorer must submit a fee 
43.1 	of $2,000 to the commissioner of natural resources. The fee must be credited to the mineral 
43.2 	data and inspections administration account established in section 93.60 and is appropriated 
43.3 	to the commissioner of natural resources for the reasonable costs incurred for inspections 
43.4 	of exploratory borings by the commissioner of natural resources or the commissioner's 
43.5 	representative. The fee is nonrefundable, even if the exploratory boring is not conducted.

43.6 	Sec. 37. [115.84] WASTEWATER LABORATORY CERTIFICATION.
43.7 		Subdivision 1.Wastewater laboratory certification required. (a) Laboratories 
43.8 	performing wastewater or water analytical laboratory work, the results of which are 
43.9 	reported to the agency to determine compliance with a national pollutant discharge 
43.10 	elimination system (NPDES) permit condition or other regulatory document, must be 
43.11 	certified according to this section.
43.12 	(b) This section does not apply to:
43.13 	(1) laboratories that are private and for-profit;
43.14 	(2) laboratories that perform drinking water analyses; or
43.15 	(3) laboratories that perform remediation program analyses, such as Superfund or 
43.16 	petroleum analytical work.
43.17 	(c) Until adoption of rules under subdivision 2, laboratories required to be certified 
43.18 	under this section and submitting data to the agency must register by submitting 
43.19 	registration information required by the agency or be certified or approved by a recognized 
43.20 	certification authority, as required by agency programs.
43.21 		Subd 2.Rules. The agency may adopt rules to govern certification of laboratories 
43.22 	according to this section. Notwithstanding section 16A.1283, the agency may adopt 
43.23 	rules establishing fees.
43.24 		Subd. 3.Fees. (a) Until the agency adopts a rule establishing fees for certification, 
43.25 	the agency shall collect fees in amounts necessary to cover the reasonable costs of 
43.26 	the certification program, including reviewing applications, issuing certifications, and 
43.27 	conducting audits and compliance assistance.
43.28 	(b) Fees under this section must be based on the number, type, and complexity of 
43.29 	analytical methods that laboratories are certified to perform.
43.30 	(c) Revenue from fees charged by the agency for certification shall be credited to 
43.31 	the environmental fund.
43.32 		Subd. 4.Enforcement. (a) The commissioner may deny, suspend, or revoke 
43.33 	wastewater laboratory certification for, but is not limited to, any of the following reasons: 
43.34 	fraud, failure to follow applicable requirements, failure to respond to documented 
44.1 	deficiencies or complete corrective actions necessary to address deficiencies, failure to pay 
44.2 	certification fees, or other violations of federal or state law.
44.3 	(b) This section and the rules adopted under it may be enforced by any means 
44.4 	provided in section 115.071.

44.5 	Sec. 38. [115A.141] CARPET PRODUCT STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM; 
44.6 	STEWARDSHIP PLAN.
44.7 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms have 
44.8 	the meanings given:
44.9 	(1) "brand" means a name, symbol, word, or mark that identifies carpet, rather than its 
44.10 	components, and attributes the carpet to the owner or licensee of the brand as the producer;
44.11 	(2) "carpet" means a manufactured article that is used in commercial or single or 
44.12 	multifamily residential buildings, is affixed or placed on the floor or building walking 
44.13 	surface as a decorative or functional building interior or exterior feature, and is primarily 
44.14 	constructed of a top visible surface of synthetic face fibers or yarns or tufts attached to a 
44.15 	backing system derived from synthetic or natural materials. Carpet includes, but is not 
44.16 	limited to, a commercial or residential broadloom carpet or modular carpet tiles. Carpet 
44.17 	includes a pad or underlayment used in conjunction with a carpet. Carpet does not include 
44.18 	handmade rugs, area rugs, or mats;
44.19 	(3) "discarded carpet" means carpet that is no longer used for its manufactured 
44.20 	purpose;
44.21 	(4) "producer" means a person that:
44.22 	(i) has legal ownership of the brand, brand name, or cobrand of carpet sold in the state;
44.23 	(ii) imports carpet branded by a producer that meets subclause (i) when the producer 
44.24 	has no physical presence in the United States;
44.25 	(iii) if subclauses (i) and (ii) do not apply, makes unbranded carpet that is sold 
44.26 	in the state; or
44.27 	(iv) sells carpet at wholesale or retail, does not have legal ownership of the brand, 
44.28 	and elects to fulfill the responsibilities of the producer for the carpet;
44.29 	(5) "recycling" means the process of collecting and preparing recyclable materials and 
44.30 	reusing the materials in their original form or using them in manufacturing processes that 
44.31 	do not cause the destruction of recyclable materials in a manner that precludes further use;
44.32 	(6) "retailer" means any person who offers carpet for sale at retail in the state;
44.33 	(7) "reuse" means donating or selling a collected carpet back into the market for 
44.34 	its original intended use, when the carpet retains its original purpose and performance 
44.35 	characteristics;
45.1 	(8) "sale" or "sell" means transfer of title of carpet for consideration, including a 
45.2 	remote sale conducted through a sales outlet, catalog, Web site, or similar electronic 
45.3 	means. Sale or sell includes a lease through which carpet is provided to a consumer by a 
45.4 	producer, wholesaler, or retailer;
45.5 	(9) "stewardship assessment" means the amount added to the purchase price of 
45.6 	carpet sold in the state that is necessary to cover the cost of collecting, transporting, and 
45.7 	processing postconsumer carpets by the producer or stewardship organization pursuant to 
45.8 	a product stewardship program;
45.9 	(10) "stewardship organization" means an organization appointed by one or more 
45.10 	producers to act as an agent on behalf of the producer to design, submit, and administer a 
45.11 	product stewardship program under this section; and
45.12 	(11) "stewardship plan" means a detailed plan describing the manner in which a 
45.13 	product stewardship program under subdivision 2 will be implemented.
45.14 		Subd. 2.Product stewardship program. For all carpet sold in the state, producers 
45.15 	must, individually or through a stewardship organization, implement and finance a 
45.16 	statewide product stewardship program that manages carpet by reducing carpet's waste 
45.17 	generation, promoting its reuse and recycling, and providing for negotiation and execution 
45.18 	of agreements to collect, transport, and process carpet for end-of-life recycling and reuse.
45.19 		Subd. 3.Requirement for sale. (a) On and after January 1, 2015, no producer, 
45.20 	wholesaler, or retailer may sell carpet or offer carpet for sale in the state unless the carpet's 
45.21 	producer participates in an approved stewardship plan, either individually or through a 
45.22 	stewardship organization.
45.23 	(b) Each producer must operate a product stewardship program approved by the 
45.24 	agency or enter into an agreement with a stewardship organization to operate, on the 
45.25 	producer's behalf, a product stewardship program approved by the agency.
45.26 		Subd. 4.Requirement to submit plan. (a) On or before March 1, 2015, and before 
45.27 	offering carpet for sale in the state, a producer must submit a stewardship plan to the 
45.28 	agency and receive approval of the plan or must submit documentation to the agency that 
45.29 	demonstrates the producer has entered into an agreement with a stewardship organization 
45.30 	to be an active participant in an approved product stewardship program as described in 
45.31 	subdivision 2. A stewardship plan must include all elements required under subdivision 5.
45.32 	(b) At least every three years, a producer or stewardship organization operating a 
45.33 	product stewardship program must update the stewardship plan and submit the updated 
45.34 	plan to the agency for review and approval.
45.35 	(c) It is the responsibility of the entities responsible for each stewardship plan to 
45.36 	notify the agency within 30 days of any significant changes or modifications to the plan or 
46.1 	its implementation. Within 30 days of the notification, a written plan revision must be 
46.2 	submitted to the agency for review and approval.
46.3 		Subd. 5.Stewardship plan content. A stewardship plan must contain:
46.4 	(1) certification that the product stewardship program will accept all discarded carpet 
46.5 	regardless of which producer produced the carpet and its individual components;
46.6 	(2) contact information for the individual and the entity submitting the plan and for 
46.7 	all producers participating in the product stewardship program;
46.8 	(3) a description of the methods by which discarded carpet will be collected in all 
46.9 	areas in the state without relying on end-of-life fees, including an explanation of how the 
46.10 	collection system will be convenient and adequate to serve the needs of small businesses 
46.11 	and residents in both urban and rural areas on an ongoing basis;
46.12 	(4) a description of how the adequacy of the collection program will be monitored 
46.13 	and maintained;
46.14 	(5) the names and locations of collectors, transporters, and recycling facilities that 
46.15 	will manage discarded carpet;
46.16 	(6) a description of how the discarded carpet and the carpet's components will 
46.17 	be safely and securely transported, tracked, and handled from collection through final 
46.18 	recycling and processing;
46.19 	(7) a description of the method that will be used to reuse, deconstruct, or recycle 
46.20 	the discarded carpet to ensure that the product's components, to the extent feasible, are 
46.21 	transformed or remanufactured into finished products for use;
46.22 	(8) a description of the promotion and outreach activities that will be used to 
46.23 	encourage participation in the collection and recycling programs and how the activities' 
46.24 	effectiveness will be evaluated and the program modified, if necessary;
46.25 	(9) the proposed stewardship assessment. The producer or stewardship organization 
46.26 	shall propose a uniform stewardship assessment for any carpet sold in the state. The 
46.27 	proposed stewardship assessment shall be reviewed by an independent auditor to ensure 
46.28 	that the assessment does not exceed the costs of the product stewardship program and the 
46.29 	independent auditor shall recommend an amount for the stewardship assessment. The 
46.30 	agency must approve the stewardship assessment;
46.31 	(10) evidence of adequate insurance and financial assurance that may be required for 
46.32 	collection, handling, and disposal operations;
46.33 	(11) five-year performance goals, including an estimate of the percentage of 
46.34 	discarded carpet that will be collected, reused, and recycled during each of the first five 
46.35 	years of the stewardship plan. The performance goals must include a specific escalating 
47.1 	goal for the amount of discarded carpet that will be collected and recycled and reused 
47.2 	during each year of the plan. The performance goals must be based on:
47.3 	(i) the most recent collection data available for the state;
47.4 	(ii) the amount of carpet disposed of annually;
47.5 	(iii) the weight of the carpet that is expected to be available for collection annually; 
47.6 	and
47.7 	(iv) actual collection data from other existing stewardship programs.
47.8 	The stewardship plan must state the methodology used to determine these goals;
47.9 	(12) carpet design changes that will be considered to reduce toxicity, water use, or 
47.10 	energy use or to increase recycled content, recyclability, or carpet longevity; and
47.11 	(13) a discussion of market development opportunities to expand use of recovered 
47.12 	carpet, with consideration of expanding processing activity proximate to areas of collection.
47.13 		Subd. 6.Consultation required. (a) Each stewardship organization or individual 
47.14 	producer submitting a stewardship plan must consult with stakeholders including retailers, 
47.15 	installers, collectors, recyclers, local government, customers, and citizens during the 
47.16 	development of the plan, solicit stakeholder comments, and attempt to address any 
47.17 	stakeholder concerns regarding the plan before submitting the plan to the agency for review.
47.18 	(b) The producer or stewardship organization must invite comments from local 
47.19 	governments, communities, and citizens to report their satisfaction with services, including 
47.20 	education and outreach, provided by the product stewardship program. The information 
47.21 	must be submitted to the agency and used by the agency in reviewing proposed updates or 
47.22 	changes to the stewardship plan.
47.23 		Subd. 7.Agency review and approval. (a) Within 90 days after receipt of a proposed 
47.24 	stewardship plan, the agency shall determine whether the plan complies with subdivision 
47.25 	5. If the agency approves a plan, the agency shall notify the applicant of the plan approval 
47.26 	in writing. If the agency rejects a plan, the agency shall notify the applicant in writing of 
47.27 	the reasons for rejecting the plan. An applicant whose plan is rejected by the agency must 
47.28 	submit a revised plan to the agency within 60 days after receiving notice of rejection.
47.29 	(b) Any proposed changes to a stewardship plan must be approved by the agency 
47.30 	in writing.
47.31 		Subd. 8.Plan availability. All draft and approved stewardship plans shall be placed 
47.32 	on the agency's Web site and made available at the agency's headquarters for public review.
47.33 		Subd. 9.Conduct authorized. A producer or stewardship organization that 
47.34 	organizes collection, transport, and processing of carpet under this section is immune 
47.35 	from liability for the conduct under state laws relating to antitrust, restraint of trade, 
47.36 	unfair trade practices, and other regulation of trade or commerce only to the extent that 
48.1 	the conduct is necessary to plan and implement the producer's or organization's chosen 
48.2 	organized collection or recycling system.
48.3 		Subd. 10.Responsibility of producers. (a) On and after the date of implementation 
48.4 	of a product stewardship program under this section, a producer of carpet must add the 
48.5 	stewardship assessment, as established according to subdivision 5, clause (9), to the cost 
48.6 	of the carpet sold to retailers and distributors in the state by the producer.
48.7 	(b) Producers of carpet or the stewardship organization shall provide consumers 
48.8 	with educational materials regarding the stewardship assessment and product stewardship 
48.9 	program. The materials must include, but are not limited to, information regarding available 
48.10 	end-of-life management options for carpet offered through the product stewardship 
48.11 	program and information that notifies consumers that a charge for the operation of the 
48.12 	product stewardship program is included in the purchase price of carpet sold in the state.
48.13 		Subd. 11.Responsibility of retailers. (a) On and after January 1, 2015, no carpet 
48.14 	may be sold in the state unless the carpet's producer is participating in an approved 
48.15 	stewardship plan.
48.16 	(b) On and after the implementation date of a product stewardship program under 
48.17 	this section, each retailer or distributor, as applicable, must add the amount of the 
48.18 	stewardship assessment to the purchase price of all carpet sold in the state.
48.19 	(c) Any retailer may participate, on a voluntary basis, as a designated collection 
48.20 	point pursuant to a product stewardship program under this section and in accordance 
48.21 	with applicable law.
48.22 	(d) No retailer or distributor shall be found to be in violation of this subdivision if, 
48.23 	on the date the carpet was ordered from the producer or its agent, the producer was listed 
48.24 	as compliant on the agency's Web site according to subdivision 14.
48.25 		Subd. 12.Stewardship reports. Beginning March 1, 2016, producers of carpet 
48.26 	sold in the state must individually or through a stewardship organization submit an 
48.27 	annual report to the agency describing the product stewardship program. At a minimum, 
48.28 	the report must contain:
48.29 	(1) a description of the methods used to collect, transport, and process carpet in all 
48.30 	regions of the state;
48.31 	(2) the weight of all carpet collected in all regions of the state and a comparison to 
48.32 	the performance goals and recycling rates established in the stewardship plan;
48.33 	(3) the amount of unwanted carpet collected in the state by method of disposition, 
48.34 	including reuse, recycling, and other methods of processing;
48.35 	(4) identification of the facilities processing carpet and the number and weight 
48.36 	processed at each facility;
49.1 	(5) an evaluation of the program's funding mechanism;
49.2 	(6) samples of educational materials provided to consumers and an evaluation of the 
49.3 	effectiveness of the materials and the methods used to disseminate the materials; and
49.4 	(7) a description of progress made toward achieving carpet design changes according 
49.5 	to subdivision 5, clause (12).
49.6 		Subd. 13.Data classification. Trade secret information, as defined under section 
49.7 	13.37, submitted to the agency under this section is nonpublic data under section 13.37, 
49.8 	subdivision 2.
49.9 		Subd. 14.Agency responsibilities. The agency shall provide, on its Web site, a 
49.10 	list of all compliant producers and brands participating in stewardship plans that the 
49.11 	agency has approved and a list of all producers and brands the agency has identified as 
49.12 	noncompliant with this section.
49.13 		Subd. 15.Local government responsibilities. (a) A city, county, or other public 
49.14 	agency may choose to participate voluntarily in a carpet product stewardship program.
49.15 	(b) Cities, counties, and other public agencies are encouraged to work with producers 
49.16 	and stewardship organizations to assist in meeting product stewardship program recycling 
49.17 	obligations, by providing education and outreach or using other strategies.
49.18 	(c) A city, county, or other public agency that participates in a product stewardship 
49.19 	program must report annually to the agency using the reporting form provided by the agency 
49.20 	on the cost savings as a result of participation and describe how the savings were used.
49.21 		Subd. 16.Administrative fee. (a) The stewardship organization or individual 
49.22 	producer submitting a stewardship plan shall pay the agency an annual administrative 
49.23 	fee. The agency shall set the fee at an amount that, when paid by every stewardship 
49.24 	organization or individual producer that submits a stewardship plan, is adequate to cover 
49.25 	the agency's full costs of administering and enforcing this section. The agency may 
49.26 	establish a variable fee based on relevant factors, including, but not limited to, the portion 
49.27 	of carpet sold in the state by members of the organization compared to the total amount of 
49.28 	carpet sold in the state by all organizations submitting a stewardship plan.
49.29 	(b) The total amount of annual fees collected under this subdivision must not 
49.30 	exceed the amount necessary to cover costs incurred by the agency in connection with the 
49.31 	administration and enforcement of this section.
49.32 	(c) The agency shall identify the direct program development or regulatory costs 
49.33 	it incurs under this section before stewardship plans are submitted and shall establish a 
49.34 	fee in an amount adequate to cover those costs, which shall be paid by a stewardship 
49.35 	organization or individual producer that submits a stewardship plan.
50.1 	(d) A stewardship organization or individual producer subject to this subdivision 
50.2 	must pay the agency's administrative fee under paragraph (a) on or before July 1, ...., and 
50.3 	annually thereafter and the agency's development fee under paragraph (c) on or before 
50.4 	July 1, ...., and annually thereafter through July 1, ..... Each year after the initial payment, 
50.5 	the annual administrative fee may not exceed five percent of the aggregate stewardship 
50.6 	assessment collected for the preceding calendar year.
50.7 	(e) The agency shall deposit the fees collected under this section into a product 
50.8 	stewardship account.

50.9 	Sec. 39. [115A.1415] ARCHITECTURAL PAINT; PRODUCT STEWARDSHIP 
50.10 	PROGRAM; STEWARDSHIP PLAN.
50.11 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms have 
50.12 	the meanings given:
50.13 	(1) "architectural paint" means interior and exterior architectural coatings sold in 
50.14 	containers of five gallons or less. Architectural paint does not include industrial coatings, 
50.15 	original equipment coatings, or specialty coatings;
50.16 	(2) "brand" means a name, symbol, word, or mark that identifies architectural paint, 
50.17 	rather than its components, and attributes the paint to the owner or licensee of the brand as 
50.18 	the producer;
50.19 	(3) "discarded paint" means architectural paint that is no longer used for its 
50.20 	manufactured purpose;
50.21 	(4) "producer" means a person that:
50.22 	(i) has legal ownership of the brand, brand name, or cobrand of architectural paint 
50.23 	sold in the state;
50.24 	(ii) imports architectural paint branded by a producer that meets subclause (i) when 
50.25 	the producer has no physical presence in the United States;
50.26 	(iii) if subclauses (i) and (ii) do not apply, makes unbranded architectural paint 
50.27 	that is sold in the state; or
50.28 	(iv) sells architectural paint at wholesale or retail, does not have legal ownership of 
50.29 	the brand, and elects to fulfill the responsibilities of the producer for the architectural paint;
50.30 	(5) "recycling" means the process of collecting and preparing recyclable materials and 
50.31 	reusing the materials in their original form or using them in manufacturing processes that 
50.32 	do not cause the destruction of recyclable materials in a manner that precludes further use;
50.33 	(6) "retailer" means any person who offers architectural paint for sale at retail in 
50.34 	the state;
51.1 	(7) "reuse" means donating or selling collected architectural paint back into the 
51.2 	market for its original intended use, when the architectural paint retains its original 
51.3 	purpose and performance characteristics;
51.4 	(8) "sale" or "sell" means transfer of title of architectural paint for consideration, 
51.5 	including a remote sale conducted through a sales outlet, catalog, Web site, or similar 
51.6 	electronic means. Sale or sell includes a lease through which architectural paint is 
51.7 	provided to a consumer by a producer, wholesaler, or retailer;
51.8 	(9) "stewardship assessment" means the amount added to the purchase price of 
51.9 	architectural paint sold in the state that is necessary to cover the cost of collecting, 
51.10 	transporting, and processing postconsumer architectural paint by the producer or 
51.11 	stewardship organization pursuant to a product stewardship program;
51.12 	(10) "stewardship organization" means an organization appointed by one or more 
51.13 	producers to act as an agent on behalf of the producer to design, submit, and administer a 
51.14 	product stewardship program under this section; and
51.15 	(11) "stewardship plan" means a detailed plan describing the manner in which a 
51.16 	product stewardship program under subdivision 2 will be implemented.
51.17 		Subd. 2.Product stewardship program. For architectural paint sold in the state, 
51.18 	producers must, individually or through a stewardship organization, implement and 
51.19 	finance a statewide product stewardship program that manages the architectural paint by 
51.20 	reducing the paint's waste generation, promoting its reuse and recycling, and providing for 
51.21 	negotiation and execution of agreements to collect, transport, and process the architectural 
51.22 	paint for end-of-life recycling and reuse.
51.23 		Subd. 3.Requirement for sale. (a) On and after July 1, 2014, or three months after 
51.24 	program plan approval, whichever is sooner, no producer, wholesaler, or retailer may sell 
51.25 	or offer for sale in the state architectural paint unless the paint's producer participates in an 
51.26 	approved stewardship plan, either individually or through a stewardship organization.
51.27 	(b) Each producer must operate a product stewardship program approved by the 
51.28 	agency or enter into an agreement with a stewardship organization to operate, on the 
51.29 	producer's behalf, a product stewardship program approved by the agency.
51.30 		Subd. 4.Requirement to submit plan. (a) On or before March 1, 2014, and before 
51.31 	offering architectural paint for sale in the state, a producer must submit a stewardship 
51.32 	plan to the agency and receive approval of the plan or must submit documentation to the 
51.33 	agency that demonstrates the producer has entered into an agreement with a stewardship 
51.34 	organization to be an active participant in an approved product stewardship program as 
51.35 	described in subdivision 2. A stewardship plan must include all elements required under 
51.36 	subdivision 5.
52.1 	(b) An amendment to the plan, if determined necessary by the commissioner, must 
52.2 	be submitted every five years.
52.3 	(c) It is the responsibility of the entities responsible for each stewardship plan to 
52.4 	notify the agency within 30 days of any significant changes or modifications to the plan or 
52.5 	its implementation. Within 30 days of the notification, a written plan revision must be 
52.6 	submitted to the agency for review and approval.
52.7 		Subd. 5.Stewardship plan content. A stewardship plan must contain:
52.8 	(1) certification that the product stewardship program will accept all discarded 
52.9 	paint regardless of which producer produced the architectural paint and its individual 
52.10 	components;
52.11 	(2) contact information for the individual and the entity submitting the plan, a list of 
52.12 	all producers participating in the product stewardship program, and the brands covered by 
52.13 	the product stewardship program;
52.14 	(3) a description of the methods by which the discarded paint will be collected in all 
52.15 	areas in the state without relying on end-of-life fees, including an explanation of how the 
52.16 	collection system will be convenient and adequate to serve the needs of small businesses 
52.17 	and residents in both urban and rural areas on an ongoing basis;
52.18 	(4) a description of how the adequacy of the collection program will be monitored 
52.19 	and maintained;
52.20 	(5) the names and locations of collectors, transporters, and recyclers that will 
52.21 	manage discarded paint;
52.22 	(6) a description of how the discarded paint and the paint's components will be 
52.23 	safely and securely transported, tracked, and handled from collection through final 
52.24 	recycling and processing;
52.25 	(7) a description of the method that will be used to reuse, deconstruct, or recycle 
52.26 	the discarded paint to ensure that the paint's components, to the extent feasible, are 
52.27 	transformed or remanufactured into finished products for use;
52.28 	(8) a description of the promotion and outreach activities that will be used to 
52.29 	encourage participation in the collection and recycling programs and how the activities' 
52.30 	effectiveness will be evaluated and the program modified, if necessary;
52.31 	(9) the proposed stewardship assessment. The producer or stewardship organization 
52.32 	shall propose a uniform stewardship assessment for any architectural paint sold in the 
52.33 	state. The proposed stewardship assessment shall be reviewed by an independent auditor 
52.34 	to ensure that the assessment does not exceed the costs of the product stewardship program 
52.35 	and the independent auditor shall recommend an amount for the stewardship assessment. 
52.36 	The agency must approve the stewardship assessment;
53.1 	(10) evidence of adequate insurance and financial assurance that may be required for 
53.2 	collection, handling, and disposal operations;
53.3 	(11) five-year performance goals, including an estimate of the percentage of 
53.4 	discarded paint that will be collected, reused, and recycled during each of the first five 
53.5 	years of the stewardship plan. The performance goals must include a specific goal for the 
53.6 	amount of discarded paint that will be collected and recycled and reused during each year 
53.7 	of the plan. The performance goals must be based on:
53.8 	(i) the most recent collection data available for the state;
53.9 	(ii) the estimated amount of architectural paint disposed of annually;
53.10 	(iii) the weight of the architectural paint that is expected to be available for collection 
53.11 	annually; and
53.12 	(iv) actual collection data from other existing stewardship programs.
53.13 	The stewardship plan must state the methodology used to determine these goals; and
53.14 	(12) a discussion of the status of end markets for collected architectural paint and 
53.15 	what, if any, additional end markets are needed to improve the functioning of the program.
53.16 		Subd. 6.Consultation required. Each stewardship organization or individual 
53.17 	producer submitting a stewardship plan must consult with stakeholders including 
53.18 	retailers, contractors, collectors, recyclers, local government, and customers during the 
53.19 	development of the plan.
53.20 		Subd. 7.Agency review and approval. (a) Within 90 days after receipt of a proposed 
53.21 	stewardship plan, the agency shall determine whether the plan complies with subdivision 
53.22 	4. If the agency approves a plan, the agency shall notify the applicant of the plan approval 
53.23 	in writing. If the agency rejects a plan, the agency shall notify the applicant in writing of 
53.24 	the reasons for rejecting the plan. An applicant whose plan is rejected by the agency must 
53.25 	submit a revised plan to the agency within 60 days after receiving notice of rejection.
53.26 	(b) Any proposed changes to a stewardship plan must be approved by the agency 
53.27 	in writing.
53.28 		Subd. 8.Plan availability. All draft and approved stewardship plans shall be placed 
53.29 	on the agency's Web site and made available at the agency's headquarters for public review.
53.30 		Subd. 9.Conduct authorized. A producer or stewardship organization that 
53.31 	organizes collection, transport, and processing of architectural paint under this section 
53.32 	is immune from liability for the conduct under state laws relating to antitrust, restraint 
53.33 	of trade, unfair trade practices, and other regulation of trade or commerce only to the 
53.34 	extent that the conduct is necessary to plan and implement the producer's or organization's 
53.35 	chosen organized collection or recycling system.
54.1 		Subd. 10.Responsibility of producers. (a) On and after the date of implementation 
54.2 	of a product stewardship program according to this section, a producer of architectural 
54.3 	paint must add the stewardship assessment, as established under subdivision 5, clause (9), 
54.4 	to the cost of architectural paint sold to retailers and distributors in the state by the producer.
54.5 	(b) Producers of architectural paint or the stewardship organization shall provide 
54.6 	consumers with educational materials regarding the stewardship assessment and product 
54.7 	stewardship program. The materials must include, but are not limited to, information 
54.8 	regarding available end-of-life management options for architectural paint offered through 
54.9 	the product stewardship program and information that notifies consumers that a charge 
54.10 	for the operation of the product stewardship program is included in the purchase price of 
54.11 	architectural paint sold in the state.
54.12 		Subd. 11.Responsibility of retailers. (a) On and after July 1, 2014, or three months 
54.13 	after program plan approval, whichever is sooner, no architectural paint may be sold in the 
54.14 	state unless the paint's producer is participating in an approved stewardship plan.
54.15 	(b) On and after the implementation date of a product stewardship program 
54.16 	according to this section, each retailer or distributor, as applicable, must add the amount of 
54.17 	the stewardship assessment to the purchase price of all architectural paint sold in the state.
54.18 	(c) Any retailer may participate, on a voluntary basis, as a designated collection 
54.19 	point pursuant to a product stewardship program under this section and in accordance 
54.20 	with applicable law.
54.21 	(d) No retailer or distributor shall be found to be in violation of this subdivision if, 
54.22 	on the date the architectural paint was ordered from the producer or its agent, the producer 
54.23 	was listed as compliant on the agency's Web site according to subdivision 14.
54.24 		Subd. 12.Stewardship reports.  Beginning October 1, 2015, producers of 
54.25 	architectural paint sold in the state must individually or through a stewardship organization 
54.26 	submit an annual report to the agency describing the product stewardship program. At a 
54.27 	minimum, the report must contain:
54.28 	(1) a description of the methods used to collect, transport, and process architectural 
54.29 	paint in all regions of the state;
54.30 	(2) the weight of all architectural paint collected in all regions of the state and a 
54.31 	comparison to the performance goals and recycling rates established in the stewardship 
54.32 	plan;
54.33 	(3) the amount of unwanted architectural paint collected in the state by method of 
54.34 	disposition, including reuse, recycling, and other methods of processing;
54.35 	(4) samples of educational materials provided to consumers and an evaluation of the 
54.36 	effectiveness of the materials and the methods used to disseminate the materials; and
55.1 	(5) an independent financial audit.
55.2 		Subd. 13.Data classification. Trade secret information, as defined under section 
55.3 	13.37, submitted to the agency under this section is nonpublic data under section 13.37, 
55.4 	subdivision 2.
55.5 		Subd. 14.Agency responsibilities. The agency shall provide, on its Web site, a 
55.6 	list of all compliant producers and brands participating in stewardship plans that the 
55.7 	agency has approved and a list of all producers and brands the agency has identified as 
55.8 	noncompliant with this section.
55.9 		Subd. 15.Local government responsibilities. (a) A city, county, or other public 
55.10 	agency may choose to participate voluntarily in a product stewardship program.
55.11 	(b) Cities, counties, and other public agencies are encouraged to work with producers 
55.12 	and stewardship organizations to assist in meeting product stewardship program reuse and 
55.13 	recycling obligations, by providing education and outreach or using other strategies.
55.14 	(c) A city, county, or other public agency that participates in a product stewardship 
55.15 	program must report annually to the agency using the reporting form provided by the agency 
55.16 	on the cost savings as a result of participation and describe how the savings were used.
55.17 		Subd. 16.Administrative fee. (a) The stewardship organization or individual 
55.18 	producer submitting a stewardship plan shall pay the agency an annual administrative fee. 
55.19 	The agency shall set the fee at an amount that, when paid by every stewardship organization 
55.20 	or individual producer that submits a stewardship plan, is adequate to cover the agency's 
55.21 	full costs of administering and enforcing this section. The agency may establish a variable 
55.22 	fee based on relevant factors, including, but not limited to, the portion of architectural 
55.23 	paint sold in the state by members of the organization compared to the total amount of 
55.24 	architectural paint sold in the state by all organizations submitting a stewardship plan.
55.25 	(b) The total amount of annual fees collected under this subdivision must not exceed 
55.26 	the amount necessary to recover costs incurred by the agency in connection with the 
55.27 	administration and enforcement of this section.
55.28 	(c) The agency shall identify the direct program development or regulatory costs 
55.29 	it incurs under this section before stewardship plans are submitted and shall establish a 
55.30 	fee in an amount adequate to cover those costs, which shall be paid by a stewardship 
55.31 	organization or individual producer that submits a stewardship plan. The commissioner 
55.32 	must make the proposed fee available for public review and comment for at least 30 days.
55.33 	(d) A stewardship organization or individual producer subject to this section must 
55.34 	pay the agency's administrative fee under paragraph (a) on or before July 1, ...., and 
55.35 	annually thereafter and the agency's development fee under paragraph (c) on or before 
55.36 	July 1, ...., and annually thereafter through July 1, ..... Each year after the initial payment, 
56.1 	the annual administrative fee may not exceed five percent of the aggregate stewardship 
56.2 	assessment collected for the preceding calendar year.
56.3 	(e) The agency shall deposit the fees collected under this section into a product 
56.4 	stewardship account.

56.5 	Sec. 40. [115A.142] PRIMARY BATTERIES; PRODUCT STEWARDSHIP 
56.6 	PROGRAM; STEWARDSHIP PLAN.
56.7 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms have 
56.8 	the meaning given:
56.9 	(1) "brand" means a name, symbol, word, or mark that identifies a primary battery, 
56.10 	rather than its components, and attributes the battery to the owner or licensee of the brand 
56.11 	as the producer;
56.12 	(2) "discarded battery" means a primary battery that is no longer used for its 
56.13 	manufactured purpose;
56.14 	(3) "primary battery" means an electric cell that generates an electromotive force by 
56.15 	the direct and usually irreversible conversion of chemical energy into electrical energy. 
56.16 	It cannot be recharged efficiently by an electric current;
56.17 	(4) "producer" means a person that:
56.18 	(i) has legal ownership of the brand, brand name, or cobrand of a primary battery 
56.19 	sold in the state;
56.20 	(ii) imports a primary battery branded by a producer that meets subclause (i) when 
56.21 	the producer has no physical presence in the United States;
56.22 	(iii) if subclauses (i) and (ii) do not apply, makes an unbranded primary battery 
56.23 	that is sold in the state; or
56.24 	(iv) sells a primary battery at wholesale or retail, does not have legal ownership of 
56.25 	the brand, and elects to fulfill the responsibilities of the producer for the battery;
56.26 	(5) "recycling" means the process of collecting and preparing recyclable materials and 
56.27 	reusing the materials in their original form or using them in manufacturing processes that 
56.28 	do not cause the destruction of recyclable materials in a manner that precludes further use;
56.29 	(6) "retailer" means any person who offers primary batteries for sale at retail in 
56.30 	the state;
56.31 	(7) "reuse" means donating or selling a collected primary battery back into the 
56.32 	market for its original intended use, when the primary battery retains its original purpose 
56.33 	and performance characteristics;
56.34 	(8) "sale" or "sell" means transfer of title of a primary battery for consideration, 
56.35 	including a remote sale conducted through a sales outlet, catalog, Web site, or similar 
57.1 	electronic means. Sale or sell includes a lease through which a primary battery is provided 
57.2 	to a consumer by a producer, wholesaler, or retailer;
57.3 	(9) "stewardship organization" means an organization appointed by one or more 
57.4 	producers to act as an agent on behalf of the producer to design, submit, and administer a 
57.5 	product stewardship program under this section; and
57.6 	(10) "stewardship plan" means a detailed plan describing the manner in which a 
57.7 	product stewardship program under subdivision 2 will be implemented.
57.8 		Subd. 2.Product stewardship program. For each primary battery sold in the 
57.9 	state, producers must, individually or through a stewardship organization, implement 
57.10 	and finance a statewide product stewardship program that manages primary batteries by 
57.11 	reducing primary battery waste generation, promoting primary battery reuse and recycling, 
57.12 	and providing for negotiation and execution of agreements to collect, transport, and 
57.13 	process primary batteries for end-of-life recycling and reuse.
57.14 		Subd. 3.Requirement for sale. (a) On and after July 1, 2014, or three months after 
57.15 	program plan approval, whichever is sooner, no producer, wholesaler, or retailer may sell 
57.16 	or offer for sale in the state a primary battery unless the battery's producer participates in 
57.17 	an approved stewardship plan, either individually or through a stewardship organization.
57.18 	(b) Each producer must operate a product stewardship program approved by the 
57.19 	agency or enter into an agreement with a stewardship organization to operate, on the 
57.20 	producer's behalf, a product stewardship program approved by the agency.
57.21 		Subd. 4.Requirement to submit plan. (a) On or before October 1, 2014, and 
57.22 	before offering a primary battery for sale in the state, a producer must submit a stewardship 
57.23 	plan to the agency and receive approval of the plan or must submit documentation to the 
57.24 	agency that demonstrates the producer has entered into an agreement with a stewardship 
57.25 	organization to be an active participant in an approved product stewardship program as 
57.26 	described in subdivision 2. A stewardship plan must include all elements required under 
57.27 	subdivision 5.
57.28 	(b) An amendment to the plan, if determined necessary by the commissioner, must 
57.29 	be submitted every five years.
57.30 	(c) It is the responsibility of the entities responsible for each stewardship plan to 
57.31 	notify the agency within 30 days of any significant changes or modifications to the plan or 
57.32 	its implementation. Within 30 days of the notification, a written plan revision must be 
57.33 	submitted to the agency for review and approval.
57.34 		Subd. 5.Stewardship plan content. A stewardship plan must contain:
58.1 	(1) certification that the product stewardship program will accept all discarded 
58.2 	batteries regardless of which producer produced the batteries and their individual 
58.3 	components;
58.4 	(2) contact information for the individual and the entity submitting the plan, a list of 
58.5 	all producers participating in the product stewardship program, and the brands covered by 
58.6 	the product stewardship program;
58.7 	(3) a description of the methods by which the discarded batteries will be collected 
58.8 	in all areas in the state without relying on end-of-life fees, including an explanation of 
58.9 	how the collection system will be convenient and adequate to serve the needs of small 
58.10 	businesses and residents in both urban and rural areas on an ongoing basis;
58.11 	(4) a description of how the adequacy of the collection program will be monitored 
58.12 	and maintained;
58.13 	(5) the names and locations of collectors, transporters, and recyclers that will 
58.14 	manage discarded batteries;
58.15 	(6) a description of how the discarded batteries and the batteries' components will 
58.16 	be safely and securely transported, tracked, and handled from collection through final 
58.17 	recycling and processing;
58.18 	(7) a description of the method that will be used to reuse, deconstruct, or recycle 
58.19 	the discarded batteries to ensure that the batteries' components, to the extent feasible, are 
58.20 	transformed or remanufactured into finished batteries for use;
58.21 	(8) a description of the promotion and outreach activities that will be used to 
58.22 	encourage participation in the collection and recycling programs and how the activities' 
58.23 	effectiveness will be evaluated and the program modified, if necessary;
58.24 	(9) evidence of adequate insurance and financial assurance that may be required for 
58.25 	collection, handling, and disposal operations;
58.26 	(10) five-year performance goals, including an estimate of the percentage of 
58.27 	discarded batteries that will be collected, reused, and recycled during each of the first five 
58.28 	years of the stewardship plan. The performance goals must include a specific escalating 
58.29 	goal for the amount of discarded batteries that will be collected and recycled and reused 
58.30 	during each year of the plan. The performance goals must be based on:
58.31 	(i) the most recent collection data available for the state;
58.32 	(ii) the estimated amount of primary batteries disposed of annually;
58.33 	(iii) the weight of primary batteries that is expected to be available for collection 
58.34 	annually; and
58.35 	(iv) actual collection data from other existing stewardship programs.
58.36 	The stewardship plan must state the methodology used to determine these goals; and
59.1 	(11) a discussion of the status of end markets for discarded batteries and what, if any, 
59.2 	additional end markets are needed to improve the functioning of the program.
59.3 		Subd. 6.Consultation required. Each stewardship organization or individual 
59.4 	producer submitting a stewardship plan must consult with stakeholders including retailers, 
59.5 	collectors, recyclers, local government, and customers during the development of the plan.
59.6 		Subd. 7.Agency review and approval. (a) Within 90 days after receipt of a proposed 
59.7 	stewardship plan, the agency shall determine whether the plan complies with subdivision 
59.8 	5. If the agency approves a plan, the agency shall notify the applicant of the plan approval 
59.9 	in writing. If the agency rejects a plan, the agency shall notify the applicant in writing of 
59.10 	the reasons for rejecting the plan. An applicant whose plan is rejected by the agency must 
59.11 	submit a revised plan to the agency within 60 days after receiving notice of rejection.
59.12 	(b) Any proposed changes to a stewardship plan must be approved by the agency 
59.13 	in writing.
59.14 		Subd. 8.Plan availability. All draft and approved stewardship plans shall be placed 
59.15 	on the agency's Web site and made available at the agency's headquarters for public review.
59.16 		Subd. 9.Conduct authorized. A producer or stewardship organization that 
59.17 	organizes collection, transport, and processing of primary batteries under this section 
59.18 	is immune from liability for the conduct under state laws relating to antitrust, restraint 
59.19 	of trade, unfair trade practices, and other regulation of trade or commerce only to the 
59.20 	extent that the conduct is necessary to plan and implement the producer's or organization's 
59.21 	chosen organized collection or recycling system.
59.22 		Subd. 10.Responsibility of retailers. (a) On and after January 1, 2015, or three 
59.23 	months after program plan approval, whichever is sooner, no primary battery may be sold 
59.24 	in the state unless the battery's producer is participating in an approved stewardship plan.
59.25 	(b) Any retailer may participate, on a voluntary basis, as a designated collection 
59.26 	point pursuant to a product stewardship program under this section and in accordance 
59.27 	with applicable law.
59.28 	(c) No retailer or distributor shall be found to be in violation of this subdivision if, 
59.29 	on the date the primary battery was ordered from the producer or its agent, the producer 
59.30 	was listed as compliant on the agency's Web site according to subdivision 12.
59.31 		Subd. 11.Stewardship reports.  Beginning March 1, 2016, producers of primary 
59.32 	batteries sold in the state must individually or through a stewardship organization 
59.33 	submit an annual report to the agency describing the product stewardship program. At a 
59.34 	minimum, the report must contain:
59.35 	(1) a description of the methods used to collect, transport, and process primary 
59.36 	batteries in all regions of the state;
60.1 	(2) the weight of all primary batteries collected in all regions of the state and a 
60.2 	comparison to the performance goals and recycling rates established in the stewardship 
60.3 	plan;
60.4 	(3) the amount of unwanted primary batteries collected in the state by method of 
60.5 	disposition, including reuse, recycling, and other methods of processing;
60.6 	(4) samples of educational materials provided to consumers and an evaluation of the 
60.7 	effectiveness of the materials and the methods used to disseminate the materials; and
60.8 	(5) an independent financial audit.
60.9 		Subd. 12.Data classification. Trade secret information, as defined under section 
60.10 	13.37, submitted to the agency under this section is nonpublic data under section 13.37, 
60.11 	subdivision 2.
60.12 		Subd. 13.Agency responsibilities. The agency shall provide, on its Web site, a 
60.13 	list of all compliant producers and brands participating in stewardship plans that the 
60.14 	agency has approved and a list of all producers and brands the agency has identified as 
60.15 	noncompliant with this section.
60.16 		Subd. 14.Local government responsibilities. (a) A city, county, or other public 
60.17 	agency may choose to participate voluntarily in a product stewardship program.
60.18 	(b) Cities, counties, and other public agencies are encouraged to work with producers 
60.19 	and stewardship organizations to assist in meeting product stewardship program recycling 
60.20 	obligations, by providing education and outreach or using other strategies.
60.21 	(c) A city, county, or other public agency that participates in a product stewardship 
60.22 	program must report annually to the agency using the reporting form provided by the agency 
60.23 	on the cost savings as a result of participation and describe how the savings were used.
60.24 		Subd. 15.Administrative fee. (a) The stewardship organization or individual 
60.25 	producer submitting a stewardship plan shall pay the agency an annual administrative fee. 
60.26 	The agency shall set the fee at an amount that, when paid by every stewardship organization 
60.27 	or individual producer that submits a stewardship plan, is adequate to cover the agency's 
60.28 	full costs of administering and enforcing this section. The agency may establish a variable 
60.29 	fee based on relevant factors, including, but not limited to, the portion of primary batteries 
60.30 	sold in the state by members of the organization compared to the total amount of primary 
60.31 	batteries sold in the state by all organizations submitting a stewardship plan.
60.32 	(b) The total amount of annual fees collected under this section must not exceed 
60.33 	the amount necessary to recover costs incurred by the agency in connection with the 
60.34 	administration and enforcement of this section.
60.35 	(c) The agency shall identify the direct program development or regulatory costs 
60.36 	it incurs under this section before stewardship plans are submitted and shall establish a 
61.1 	fee in an amount adequate to cover those costs, which shall be paid by a stewardship 
61.2 	organization or individual producer that submits a stewardship plan. The commissioner 
61.3 	must make the proposed fee available for public review and comment for at least 30 days.
61.4 	(d) A stewardship organization or individual producer subject to this section must 
61.5 	pay the agency's administrative fee under paragraph (a) on or before July 1, ...., and 
61.6 	annually thereafter and the agency's development fee under paragraph (c) on or before 
61.7 	July 1, ...., and annually thereafter through July 1, .....
61.8 	(e) The agency shall deposit the fees collected under this section into a product 
61.9 	stewardship account.

61.10 	Sec. 41. [115A.1425] REPORT TO LEGISLATURE AND GOVERNOR.
61.11 	As part of the report required under section 115A.121, the commissioner of the 
61.12 	Pollution Control Agency shall provide a report to the governor and the legislature on the 
61.13 	implementation of sections 115A.141, 115A.1415, and 115A.142.

61.14 	Sec. 42. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 127A.30, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
61.15 		Subdivision 1.Commission established; membership.  (a) The Legislative 
61.16 	Permanent School Fund Commission of 12 members is established to advise the 
61.17 	Department of Natural Resources and the school trust lands director on the management 
61.18 	of permanent school fund land, which is held in trust for the school districts of the state 
61.19 	and to review legislation affecting permanent school fund land. The commission consists 
61.20 	of the following persons:
61.21 	(1) six members of the senate, including three majority party members appointed by 
61.22 	the majority leader and three minority party members appointed by the minority leader; and
61.23 	(2) six members of the house of representatives, including three majority party 
61.24 	members appointed by the speaker of the house and three minority party members 
61.25 	appointed by the minority leader.
61.26 	(b) Appointed legislative members serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority 
61.27 	and continue to serve until their successors are appointed.
61.28 	(c) The first meeting of the commission shall be convened by the chair of the 
61.29 	Legislative Coordinating Commission. Members shall elect a chair, vice-chair, secretary, 
61.30 	and other officers as determined by the commission. The chair may convene meetings as 
61.31 	necessary to conduct the duties prescribed by this section.

61.32 	Sec. 43. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 127A.351, is amended to read:
61.33 	127A.351 POLICY AND PURPOSE.
62.1 	(a) The purpose of sections 127A.351to 127A.353 and 127A.352 is to establish 
62.2 	a school trust lands director position to recommend ensure the management policies 
62.3 	for Minnesota's school trust lands as described in sections 92.121 and 127A.31, are in 
62.4 	accordance with the provisions of the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 8.
62.5 	(b) As trustee, the state must manage the lands and revenues generated from the 
62.6 	lands consistent with the best interests of the trust beneficiaries as defined in the Minnesota 
62.7 	Constitution, article XI, section 8. When it is in the best interest of the school trust lands, 
62.8 	ecological benefits shall be taken into consideration.
62.9 	(c) The trustee must be concerned with both income for the current beneficiaries 
62.10 	and the preservation of trust assets for future beneficiaries, which requires a balancing of 
62.11 	short-term and long-term interests so that long-term benefits are not lost in an effort to 
62.12 	maximize short-term gains.
62.13 	(d) Sections 127A.351to 127A.353 and 127A.352 shall be liberally construed 
62.14 	to enable the school trust lands director and the commissioner of natural resources to 
62.15 	faithfully fulfill the state's obligations to the trust beneficiaries.

62.16 	Sec. 44. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 127A.352, is amended to read:
62.17 	127A.352 POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS; DUTIES.
62.18 		Subdivision 1.Recommendations. The Legislative Permanent School Fund 
62.19 	Commission shall recommend policies for the school trust lands director and the 
62.20 	commissioner of natural resources that are consistent with the Minnesota Constitution, 
62.21 	state law, and the goals established under section 84.027, subdivision 18.
62.22 		Subd. 2.Duties. The commissioner of natural resources and the school trust lands 
62.23 	director shall recommend to the governor and the Legislative Permanent School Fund 
62.24 	Commission any necessary or desirable changes in statutes relating to the trust or their the 
62.25 	commissioner's trust responsibilities consistent with the policies under section 127A.351.
62.26 		Subd. 3.Notice to commission and governor. If the school trust lands director has 
62.27 	an irreconcilable disagreement with the commissioner of natural resources pertaining to 
62.28 	the fiduciary responsibilities consistent with the school trust lands, it is the duty of the 
62.29 	director to report the subject of the disagreement to the Legislative Permanent School 
62.30 	Fund Commission and the governor.

62.31 	Sec. 45. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 168.1296, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
62.32 		Subdivision 1.General requirements and procedures. (a) The commissioner shall 
62.33 	issue critical habitat plates to an applicant who:
63.1 	(1) is a registered owner of a passenger automobile as defined in section 168.002, 
63.2 	subdivision 24, or recreational vehicle as defined in section 168.002, subdivision 27;
63.3 	(2) pays a fee of $10 to cover the costs of handling and manufacturing the plates;
63.4 	(3) pays the registration tax required under section 168.013;
63.5 	(4) pays the fees required under this chapter;
63.6 	(5) contributes a minimum of $30 $40 annually to the Minnesota critical habitat 
63.7 	private sector matching account established in section 84.943; and
63.8 	(6) complies with this chapter and rules governing registration of motor vehicles 
63.9 	and licensing of drivers.
63.10 	(b) The critical habitat plate application must indicate that the annual contribution 
63.11 	specified under paragraph (a), clause (5), is a minimum contribution to receive the plate 
63.12 	and that the applicant may make an additional contribution to the account.
63.13 	(c) Owners of recreational vehicles under paragraph (a), clause (1), are eligible 
63.14 	only for special critical habitat license plates for which the designs are selected under 
63.15 	subdivision 2, on or after January 1, 2006.
63.16 	(d) Special critical habitat license plates, the designs for which are selected under 
63.17 	subdivision 2, on or after January 1, 2006, may be personalized according to section 
63.18 	168.12, subdivision 2a.

63.19 	Sec. 46. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 239.101, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
63.20 		Subd. 3.Petroleum inspection fee; appropriation, uses. (a) An inspection fee 
63.21 	is imposed (1) on petroleum products when received by the first licensed distributor, 
63.22 	and (2) on petroleum products received and held for sale or use by any person when the 
63.23 	petroleum products have not previously been received by a licensed distributor. The 
63.24 	petroleum inspection fee is $1 for every 1,000 gallons received. The commissioner of 
63.25 	revenue shall collect the fee. The revenue from 81 89 cents of the fee is appropriated to 
63.26 	the commissioner of commerce for the cost of operations of the Division of Weights and 
63.27 	Measures, petroleum supply monitoring, and to make grants to providers of low-income 
63.28 	weatherization services to install renewable energy equipment in households that are 
63.29 	eligible for weatherization assistance under Minnesota's weatherization assistance 
63.30 	program state plan. The remainder of the fee must be deposited in the general fund.
63.31 	(b) The commissioner of revenue shall credit a person for inspection fees previously 
63.32 	paid in error or for any material exported or sold for export from the state upon filing of a 
63.33 	report as prescribed by the commissioner of revenue.
63.34 	(c) The commissioner of revenue may collect the inspection fee along with any 
63.35 	taxes due under chapter 296A.

64.1 	Sec. 47. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 275.066, is amended to read:
64.2 	275.066 SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICTS; DEFINITION.
64.3 	For the purposes of property taxation and property tax state aids, the term "special 
64.4 	taxing districts" includes the following entities:
64.5 	(1) watershed districts under chapter 103D;
64.6 	(2) sanitary districts under sections 115.18 to 115.37 442A.01 to 442A.29;
64.7 	(3) regional sanitary sewer districts under sections 115.61 to 115.67;
64.8 	(4) regional public library districts under section 134.201;
64.9 	(5) park districts under chapter 398;
64.10 	(6) regional railroad authorities under chapter 398A;
64.11 	(7) hospital districts under sections 447.31 to 447.38;
64.12 	(8) St. Cloud Metropolitan Transit Commission under sections 458A.01 to 458A.15;
64.13 	(9) Duluth Transit Authority under sections 458A.21 to 458A.37;
64.14 	(10) regional development commissions under sections 462.381 to 462.398;
64.15 	(11) housing and redevelopment authorities under sections 469.001 to 469.047;
64.16 	(12) port authorities under sections 469.048 to 469.068;
64.17 	(13) economic development authorities under sections 469.090 to 469.1081;
64.18 	(14) Metropolitan Council under sections 473.123 to 473.549;
64.19 	(15) Metropolitan Airports Commission under sections 473.601 to 473.680;
64.20 	(16) Metropolitan Mosquito Control Commission under sections 473.701 to 473.716;
64.21 	(17) Morrison County Rural Development Financing Authority under Laws 1982, 
64.22 	chapter 437, section 1;
64.23 	(18) Croft Historical Park District under Laws 1984, chapter 502, article 13, section 6;
64.24 	(19) East Lake County Medical Clinic District under Laws 1989, chapter 211, 
64.25 	sections 1 to 6;
64.26 	(20) Floodwood Area Ambulance District under Laws 1993, chapter 375, article 
64.27 	5, section 39;
64.28 	(21) Middle Mississippi River Watershed Management Organization under sections 
64.29 	103B.211 and 103B.241;
64.30 	(22) emergency medical services special taxing districts under section 144F.01;
64.31 	(23) a county levying under the authority of section 103B.241, 103B.245, or 
64.32 	103B.251;
64.33 	(24) Southern St. Louis County Special Taxing District; Chris Jensen Nursing Home 
64.34 	under Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 21, article 4, section 12;
64.35 	(25) an airport authority created under section 360.0426; and
65.1 	(26) any other political subdivision of the state of Minnesota, excluding counties, 
65.2 	school districts, cities, and towns, that has the power to adopt and certify a property tax 
65.3 	levy to the county auditor, as determined by the commissioner of revenue.

65.4 	Sec. 48. [442A.01] DEFINITIONS.
65.5 		Subdivision 1.Applicability. For the purposes of this chapter, the terms defined 
65.6 	in this section have the meanings given.
65.7 		Subd. 2.Chief administrative law judge. "Chief administrative law judge" means 
65.8 	the chief administrative law judge of the Office of Administrative Hearings or the delegate 
65.9 	of the chief administrative law judge under section 14.48.
65.10 		Subd. 3.District. "District" means a sanitary district created under this chapter or 
65.11 	under Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 115.18 to 115.37.
65.12 		Subd. 4.Municipality. "Municipality" means a city, however organized.
65.13 		Subd. 5.Property owner. "Property owner" means the fee owner of land, or the 
65.14 	beneficial owner of land whose interest is primarily one of possession and enjoyment. 
65.15 	Property owner includes, but is not limited to, vendees under a contract for deed and 
65.16 	mortgagors. Any reference to a percentage of property owners means in number.
65.17 		Subd. 6.Related governing body. "Related governing body" means the governing 
65.18 	body of a related governmental subdivision and, in the case of an organized town, means 
65.19 	the town board.
65.20 		Subd. 7.Related governmental subdivision. "Related governmental subdivision" 
65.21 	means a municipality or organized town wherein there is a territorial unit of a district or, in 
65.22 	the case of an unorganized area, the county.
65.23 		Subd. 8.Statutory city.  "Statutory city" means a city organized as provided by 
65.24 	chapter 412, under the plan other than optional.
65.25 		Subd. 9.Territorial unit. "Territorial unit" means all that part of a district situated 
65.26 	within a single municipality, within a single organized town outside of a municipality, or, 
65.27 	in the case of an unorganized area, within a single county.

65.28 	Sec. 49. [442A.015] APPLICABILITY.
65.29 	All new sanitary district formations proposed and all sanitary districts previously 
65.30 	formed under Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 115.18 to 115.37, must comply with this 
65.31 	chapter, including annexations to, detachments from, and resolutions of sanitary districts 
65.32 	previously formed under Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 115.18 to 115.37.

65.33 	Sec. 50. [442A.02] SANITARY DISTRICTS; PROCEDURES AND AUTHORITY.
66.1 		Subdivision 1.Duty of chief administrative law judge. The chief administrative 
66.2 	law judge shall conduct proceedings, make determinations, and issue orders for the 
66.3 	creation of a sanitary district formed under this chapter or the annexation, detachment, 
66.4 	or dissolution of a sanitary district previously formed under Minnesota Statutes 2012, 
66.5 	sections 115.18 to 115.37.
66.6 		Subd. 2.Consolidation of proceedings. The chief administrative law judge may 
66.7 	order the consolidation of separate proceedings in the interest of economy and expedience.
66.8 		Subd. 3.Contracts, consultants. The chief administrative law judge may contract 
66.9 	with regional, state, county, or local planning commissions and hire expert consultants to 
66.10 	provide specialized information and assistance.
66.11 		Subd. 4.Powers of conductor of proceedings. Any person conducting a 
66.12 	proceeding under this chapter may administer oaths and affirmations; receive testimony 
66.13 	of witnesses, and the production of papers, books, and documents; examine witnesses; 
66.14 	and receive and report evidence. Upon the written request of a presiding administrative 
66.15 	law judge or a party, the chief administrative law judge may issue a subpoena for the 
66.16 	attendance of a witness or the production of books, papers, records, or other documents 
66.17 	material to any proceeding under this chapter. The subpoena is enforceable through the 
66.18 	district court in the district in which the subpoena is issued.
66.19 		Subd. 5.Rulemaking authority. The chief administrative law judge may adopt rules 
66.20 	according to section 14.386 that are reasonably necessary to carry out the duties and powers 
66.21 	imposed upon the chief administrative law judge under this chapter. Notwithstanding 
66.22 	section 16A.1283, the chief administrative law judge may adopt rules establishing fees.
66.23 		Subd. 6.Schedule of filing fees. The chief administrative law judge may prescribe 
66.24 	by rule a schedule of filing fees for any petitions filed under this chapter.
66.25 		Subd. 7.Request for hearing transcripts; costs. Any party may request the chief 
66.26 	administrative law judge to cause a transcript of the hearing to be made. Any party 
66.27 	requesting a copy of the transcript is responsible for its costs.
66.28 		Subd. 8.Compelled meetings; report. (a) In any proceeding under this chapter, 
66.29 	the chief administrative law judge or conductor of the proceeding may at any time in the 
66.30 	process require representatives from any petitioner, property owner, or involved city, town, 
66.31 	county, political subdivision, or other governmental entity to meet together to discuss 
66.32 	resolution of issues raised by the petition or order that confers jurisdiction on the chief 
66.33 	administrative law judge and other issues of mutual concern. The chief administrative 
66.34 	law judge or conductor of the proceeding may determine which entities are required 
66.35 	to participate in these discussions. The chief administrative law judge or conductor of 
66.36 	the proceeding may require that the parties meet at least three times during a 60-day 
67.1 	period. The parties shall designate a person to report to the chief administrative law 
67.2 	judge or conductor of the proceeding on the results of the meetings immediately after the 
67.3 	last meeting. The parties may be granted additional time at the discretion of the chief 
67.4 	administrative law judge or conductor of the proceedings.
67.5 	(b) Any proposed resolution or settlement of contested issues that results in a 
67.6 	sanitary district formation, annexation, detachment, or dissolution; places conditions on 
67.7 	any future sanitary district formation, annexation, detachment, or dissolution; or results in 
67.8 	the withdrawal of an objection to a pending proceeding or the withdrawal of a pending 
67.9 	proceeding must be filed with the chief administrative law judge and is subject to the 
67.10 	applicable procedures and statutory criteria of this chapter.
67.11 		Subd. 9.Data from state agencies. The chief administrative law judge may 
67.12 	request information from any state department or agency to assist in carrying out the chief 
67.13 	administrative law judge's duties under this chapter. The department or agency shall 
67.14 	promptly furnish the requested information.
67.15 		Subd. 10.Permanent official record. The chief administrative law judge shall 
67.16 	provide information about sanitary district creations, annexations, detachments, and 
67.17 	dissolutions to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. The Minnesota Pollution Control 
67.18 	Agency is responsible for maintaining the official record, including all documentation 
67.19 	related to the processes.
67.20 		Subd. 11.Shared program costs and fee revenue. The chief administrative 
67.21 	law judge and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency shall agree on an amount to be 
67.22 	transferred from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency to the chief administrative law 
67.23 	judge to pay for administration of this chapter, including publication and notification costs. 
67.24 	Sanitary district fees collected by the chief administrative law judge shall be deposited in 
67.25 	the environmental fund.

67.26 	EFFECTIVE DATE. Subdivision 5 is effective the day following final enactment.

67.27 	Sec. 51. [442A.03] FILING OF MAPS IN SANITARY DISTRICT 
67.28 	PROCEEDINGS.
67.29 	Any party initiating a sanitary district proceeding that includes platted land shall file 
67.30 	with the chief administrative law judge maps which are necessary to support and identify 
67.31 	the land description. The maps shall include copies of plats.

67.32 	Sec. 52. [442A.04] SANITARY DISTRICT CREATION.
67.33 		Subdivision 1.Sanitary district creation. (a) A sanitary district may be created 
67.34 	under this chapter for any territory embracing an area or a group of two or more adjacent 
68.1 	areas, whether contiguous or separate, but not situated entirely within the limits of a 
68.2 	single municipality. The proposed sanitary district must promote the public health and 
68.3 	welfare by providing an adequate and efficient system and means of collecting, conveying, 
68.4 	pumping, treating, and disposing of domestic sewage and garbage and industrial wastes 
68.5 	within the district. When the chief administrative law judge or the Minnesota Pollution 
68.6 	Control Agency finds that there is need throughout the territory for the accomplishment 
68.7 	of these purposes; that these purposes can be effectively accomplished on an equitable 
68.8 	basis by a district if created; and that the creation and maintenance of a district will be 
68.9 	administratively feasible and in furtherance of the public health, safety, and welfare, the 
68.10 	chief administrative law judge shall make an order creating the sanitary district.
68.11 	(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), no district shall be created within 25 miles of the 
68.12 	boundary of any city of the first class without the approval of the governing body thereof 
68.13 	and the approval of the governing body of each and every municipality in the proposed 
68.14 	district by resolution filed with the chief administrative law judge.
68.15 	(c) If the chief administrative law judge and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency 
68.16 	disagree on the need to create a sanitary district, they must determine whether not allowing 
68.17 	the sanitary district formation will have a detrimental effect on the environment. If it is 
68.18 	determined that the sanitary district formation will prevent environmental harm, the sanitary 
68.19 	district creation or connection to an existing wastewater treatment system must occur.
68.20 		Subd. 2.Proceeding to create sanitary district. (a) A proceeding for the creation 
68.21 	of a district may be initiated by a petition to the chief administrative law judge containing 
68.22 	the following:
68.23 	(1) a request for creation of the proposed district;
68.24 	(2) the name proposed for the district, to include the words "sanitary district";
68.25 	(3) a legal description of the territory of the proposed district, including justification 
68.26 	for inclusion or exclusion for all parcels;
68.27 	(4) addresses of every property owner within the proposed district boundaries as 
68.28 	provided by the county auditor, with certification from the county auditor; two sets of 
68.29 	address labels for said owners; and a list of e-mail addresses for said owners, if available;
68.30 	(5) a statement showing the existence in the territory of the conditions requisite for 
68.31 	creation of a district as prescribed in subdivision 1;
68.32 	(6) a statement of the territorial units represented by and the qualifications of the 
68.33 	respective signers; and
68.34 	(7) the post office address of each signer, given under the signer's signature.
69.1 	A petition may consist of separate writings of like effect, each signed by one or more 
69.2 	qualified persons, and all such writings, when filed, shall be considered together as a 
69.3 	single petition.
69.4 	(b) Petitioners must conduct and pay for a public meeting to inform citizens of the 
69.5 	proposed creation of the district. At the meeting, information must be provided, including 
69.6 	a description of the district's proposed structure, bylaws, territory, ordinances, budget, and 
69.7 	charges and a description of the territory of the proposed district, including justification 
69.8 	for inclusion or exclusion for all parcels. Notice of the meeting must be published for two 
69.9 	successive weeks in a qualified newspaper, as defined under chapter 331A, published 
69.10 	within the territory of the proposed district or, if there is no qualified newspaper published 
69.11 	within the territory, in a qualified newspaper of general circulation in the territory, and 
69.12 	must be posted for two weeks in each territorial unit of the proposed district and on the 
69.13 	Web site of the proposed district, if one exists. Notice of the meeting must be mailed or 
69.14 	e-mailed at least three weeks prior to the meeting to all property tax billing addresses for 
69.15 	all parcels included in the proposed district. The following must be submitted to the chief 
69.16 	administrative law judge with the petition:
69.17 	(1) a record of the meeting, including copies of all information provided at the 
69.18 	meeting;
69.19 	(2)  a copy of the mailing list provided by the county auditor and used to notify 
69.20 	property owners of the meeting;
69.21 	(3) a copy of the e-mail list used to notify property owners of the meeting;
69.22 	(4) the printer's affidavit of publication of public meeting notice; 
69.23 	(5) an affidavit of posting the public meeting notice with information on dates and 
69.24 	locations of posting; and
69.25 	(6) the minutes or other record of the public meeting documenting that the following 
69.26 	topics were discussed: printer's affidavit of publication of each resolution, with a copy 
69.27 	of the resolution from the newspaper attached; and the affidavit of resolution posting 
69.28 	on the town or proposed district Web site.
69.29 	(c) Every petition must be signed as follows:
69.30 	(1) for each municipality wherein there is a territorial unit of the proposed district, 
69.31 	by an authorized officer pursuant to a resolution of the municipal governing body;
69.32 	(2) for each organized town wherein there is a territorial unit of the proposed district, 
69.33 	by an authorized officer pursuant to a resolution of the town board;
69.34 	(3) for each county wherein there is a territorial unit of the proposed district consisting 
69.35 	of an unorganized area, by an authorized officer pursuant to a resolution of the county 
69.36 	board or by at least 20 percent of the voters residing and owning land within the unit.
70.1 	(d) Each resolution must be published in the official newspaper of the governing 
70.2 	body adopting it and becomes effective 40 days after publication, unless within said 
70.3 	period there shall be filed with the governing body a petition signed by qualified electors 
70.4 	of a territorial unit of the proposed district, equal in number to five percent of the number 
70.5 	of electors voting at the last preceding election of the governing body, requesting a 
70.6 	referendum on the resolution, in which case the resolution may not become effective until 
70.7 	approved by a majority of the qualified electors voting at a regular election or special 
70.8 	election that the governing body may call. The notice of an election and the ballot to be 
70.9 	used must contain the text of the resolution followed by the question: "Shall the above 
70.10 	resolution be approved?"
70.11 	(e) If any signer is alleged to be a landowner in a territorial unit, a statement as to 
70.12 	the signer's landowner status as shown by the county auditor's tax assessment records, 
70.13 	certified by the auditor, shall be attached to or endorsed upon the petition.
70.14 	(f) At any time before publication of the public notice required in subdivision 3, 
70.15 	additional signatures may be added to the petition or amendments of the petition may 
70.16 	be made to correct or remedy any error or defect in signature or otherwise except a 
70.17 	material error or defect in the description of the territory of the proposed district. If the 
70.18 	qualifications of any signer of a petition are challenged, the chief administrative law judge 
70.19 	shall determine the challenge forthwith on the allegations of the petition, the county 
70.20 	auditor's certificate of land ownership, and such other evidence as may be received.
70.21 		Subd. 3.Notice of intent to create sanitary district. (a) Upon receipt of a petition 
70.22 	and the record of the public meeting required under subdivision 2, the chief administrative 
70.23 	law judge shall publish a notice of intent to create the proposed sanitary district in the State 
70.24 	Register and mail or e-mail information of that publication to each property owner in the 
70.25 	affected territory at the owner's address as given by the county auditor. The information 
70.26 	must state the date that the notice will appear in the State Register and give the Web site 
70.27 	location for the State Register. The notice must:
70.28 	(1) describe the petition for creation of the district;
70.29 	(2) describe the territory affected by the petition;
70.30 	(3) allow 30 days for submission of written comments on the petition;
70.31 	(4) state that a person who objects to the petition may submit a written request for 
70.32 	hearing to the chief administrative law judge within 30 days of the publication of the 
70.33 	notice in the State Register; and
70.34 	(5) state that if a timely request for hearing is not received, the chief administrative 
70.35 	law judge may make a decision on the petition.
71.1 	(b) If 50 or more individual timely requests for hearing are received, the chief 
71.2 	administrative law judge must hold a hearing on the petition according to the contested 
71.3 	case provisions of chapter 14. The sanitary district proposers are responsible for paying all 
71.4 	costs involved in publicizing and holding a hearing on the petition.
71.5 		Subd. 4.Hearing time, place. If a hearing is required pursuant to subdivision 3, the 
71.6 	chief administrative law judge shall designate a time and place for a hearing according 
71.7 	to section 442A.13.
71.8 		Subd. 5.Relevant factors. (a) In arriving at a decision, the chief administrative law 
71.9 	judge shall consider the following factors:
71.10 	(1) administrative feasibility;
71.11 	(2) public health, safety, and welfare impacts;
71.12 	(3) alternatives for managing the public health impacts;
71.13 	(4) equities of the petition proposal;
71.14 	(5) contours of the petition proposal; and
71.15 	(6) public notification of and interaction on the petition proposal.
71.16 	(b) Based on the factors in paragraph (a), the chief administrative law judge may 
71.17 	order the sanitary district creation on finding that:
71.18 	(1) the proposed district is administratively feasible;
71.19 	(2) the proposed district provides a long-term, equitable solution to pollution 
71.20 	problems affecting public health, safety, and welfare;
71.21 	(3) property owners within the proposed district were provided notice of the 
71.22 	proposed district and opportunity to comment on the petition proposal; and
71.23 	(4) the petition complied with the requirements of all applicable statutes and rules 
71.24 	pertaining to sanitary district creation.
71.25 	(c) The chief administrative law judge may alter the boundaries of the proposed 
71.26 	sanitary district by increasing or decreasing the area to be included or may exclude 
71.27 	property that may be better served by another unit of government. The chief administrative 
71.28 	law judge may also alter the boundaries of the proposed district so as to follow visible, 
71.29 	clearly recognizable physical features for municipal boundaries.
71.30 	(d) The chief administrative law judge may deny sanitary district creation if the area, 
71.31 	or a part thereof, would be better served by an alternative method.
71.32 	(e) In all cases, the chief administrative law judge shall set forth the factors that are 
71.33 	the basis for the decision.
71.34 		Subd. 6.Findings; order. After the public notice period or the public hearing, if 
71.35 	required under subdivision 3, and based on the petition, any public comments received, 
71.36 	and, if a hearing was held, the hearing record, the chief administrative law judge shall 
72.1 	make findings of fact and conclusions determining whether the conditions requisite for the 
72.2 	creation of a district exist in the territory described in the petition. If the chief administrative 
72.3 	law judge finds that the conditions exist, the judge may make an order creating a district 
72.4 	for the territory described in that petition under the name proposed in the petition or such 
72.5 	other name, including the words "sanitary district," as the judge deems appropriate.
72.6 		Subd. 7.Denial of petition. If the chief administrative law judge, after conclusion 
72.7 	of the public notice period or holding a hearing, if required, determines that the creation of 
72.8 	a district in the territory described in the petition is not warranted, the judge shall make 
72.9 	an order denying the petition. The chief administrative law judge shall give notice of the 
72.10 	denial by mail or e-mail to each signer of the petition. No petition for the creation of a 
72.11 	district consisting of the same territory shall be entertained within a year after the date of 
72.12 	an order under this subdivision. Nothing in this subdivision precludes action on a petition 
72.13 	for the creation of a district embracing part of the territory with or without other territory.
72.14 		Subd. 8.Notice of order creating sanitary district. The chief administrative law 
72.15 	judge shall publish a notice in the State Register of the final order creating a sanitary 
72.16 	district, referring to the date of the order and describing the territory of the district, and 
72.17 	shall mail or e-mail information of the publication to each property owner in the affected 
72.18 	territory at the owner's address as given by the county auditor. The information must state 
72.19 	the date that the notice will appear in the State Register and give the Web site location 
72.20 	for the State Register. The notice must:
72.21 	(1) describe the petition for creation of the district;
72.22 	(2) describe the territory affected by the petition; and
72.23 	(3) state that a certified copy of the order shall be delivered to the secretary of state 
72.24 	for filing ten days after public notice of the order in the State Register.
72.25 		Subd. 9.Filing. Ten days after public notice of the order in the State Register, the 
72.26 	chief administrative law judge shall deliver a certified copy of the order to the secretary 
72.27 	of state for filing. Thereupon, the creation of the district is deemed complete, and it 
72.28 	shall be conclusively presumed that all requirements of law relating thereto have been 
72.29 	complied with. The chief administrative law judge shall also transmit a certified copy of 
72.30 	the order for filing to the county auditor of each county and the clerk or recorder of each 
72.31 	municipality and organized town wherein any part of the territory of the district is situated 
72.32 	and to the secretary of the district board when elected.

72.33 	Sec. 53. [442A.05] SANITARY DISTRICT ANNEXATION.
73.1 		Subdivision 1.Annexation. (a) A sanitary district annexation may occur under 
73.2 	this chapter for any area adjacent to an existing district upon a petition to the chief 
73.3 	administrative law judge stating the grounds therefor as provided in this section.
73.4 	(b) The proposed annexation area must embrace an area or a group of two or more 
73.5 	adjacent areas, whether contiguous or separate, but not situated entirely within the limits 
73.6 	of a single municipality. The proposed annexation must promote public health and 
73.7 	welfare by providing an adequate and efficient system and means of collecting, conveying, 
73.8 	pumping, treating, and disposing of domestic sewage and garbage and industrial wastes 
73.9 	within the district. When the chief administrative law judge or the Minnesota Pollution 
73.10 	Control Agency finds that there is need throughout the territory for the accomplishment of 
73.11 	these purposes, that these purposes can be effectively accomplished on an equitable basis 
73.12 	by annexation to a district, and that the creation and maintenance of such annexation will 
73.13 	be administratively feasible and in furtherance of the public health, safety, and welfare, 
73.14 	the chief administrative law judge shall make an order for sanitary district annexation.
73.15 	(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), no annexation to a district shall be approved 
73.16 	within 25 miles of the boundary of any city of the first class without the approval 
73.17 	of the governing body thereof and the approval of the governing body of each and 
73.18 	every municipality in the proposed annexation area by resolution filed with the chief 
73.19 	administrative law judge.
73.20 	(d) If the chief administrative law judge and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency 
73.21 	disagree on the need for a sanitary district annexation, they must determine whether not 
73.22 	allowing the sanitary district annexation will have a detrimental effect on the environment. 
73.23 	If it is determined that the sanitary district annexation will prevent environmental harm, 
73.24 	the sanitary district annexation or connection to an existing wastewater treatment system 
73.25 	must occur.
73.26 		Subd. 2.Proceeding for annexation. (a) A proceeding for sanitary district 
73.27 	annexation may be initiated by a petition to the chief administrative law judge containing 
73.28 	the following:
73.29 	(1) a request for proposed annexation to a sanitary district;
73.30 	(2) a legal description of the territory of the proposed annexation, including 
73.31 	justification for inclusion or exclusion for all parcels;
73.32 	(3) addresses of every property owner within the existing sanitary district and 
73.33 	proposed annexation area boundaries as provided by the county auditor, with certification 
73.34 	from the county auditor; two sets of address labels for said owners; and a list of e-mail 
73.35 	addresses for said owners, if available;
74.1 	(4) a statement showing the existence in such territory of the conditions requisite 
74.2 	for annexation to a district as prescribed in subdivision 1;
74.3 	(5) a statement of the territorial units represented by and qualifications of the 
74.4 	respective signers; and
74.5 	(6) the post office address of each signer, given under the signer's signature.
74.6 	A petition may consist of separate writings of like effect, each signed by one or more 
74.7 	qualified persons, and all such writings, when filed, shall be considered together as a 
74.8 	single petition.
74.9 	(b) Petitioners must conduct and pay for a public meeting to inform citizens of the 
74.10 	proposed annexation to a sanitary district. At the meeting, information must be provided, 
74.11 	including a description of the existing sanitary district's structure, bylaws, territory, 
74.12 	ordinances, budget, and charges; a description of the existing sanitary district's territory; 
74.13 	and a description of the territory of the proposed annexation area, including justification 
74.14 	for inclusion or exclusion for all parcels for the annexation area. Notice of the meeting 
74.15 	must be published for two successive weeks in a qualified newspaper, as defined under 
74.16 	chapter 331A, published within the territories of the existing sanitary district and proposed 
74.17 	annexation area or, if there is no qualified newspaper published within those territories, in 
74.18 	a qualified newspaper of general circulation in the territories, and must be posted for two 
74.19 	weeks in each territorial unit of the existing sanitary district and proposed annexation area 
74.20 	and on the Web site of the existing sanitary district, if one exists. Notice of the meeting 
74.21 	must be mailed or e-mailed at least three weeks prior to the meeting to all property tax 
74.22 	billing addresses for all parcels included in the existing sanitary district and proposed 
74.23 	annexation area. The following must be submitted to the chief administrative law judge 
74.24 	with the petition:
74.25 	(1) a record of the meeting, including copies of all information provided at the 
74.26 	meeting;
74.27 	(2) a copy of the mailing list provided by the county auditor and used to notify 
74.28 	property owners of the meeting;
74.29 	(3) a copy of the e-mail list used to notify property owners of the meeting;
74.30 	(4) the printer's affidavit of publication of the public meeting notice;
74.31 	(5) an affidavit of posting the public meeting notice with information on dates and 
74.32 	locations of posting; and
74.33 	(6) the minutes or other record of the public meeting documenting that the following 
74.34 	topics were discussed: printer's affidavit of publication of each resolution, with copy 
74.35 	of resolution from newspaper attached; and affidavit of resolution posting on town or 
74.36 	existing sanitary district Web site.
75.1 	(c) Every petition must be signed as follows:
75.2 	(1) by an authorized officer of the existing sanitary district pursuant to a resolution 
75.3 	of the board;
75.4 	(2) for each municipality wherein there is a territorial unit of the proposed annexation 
75.5 	area, by an authorized officer pursuant to a resolution of the municipal governing body;
75.6 	(3) for each organized town wherein there is a territorial unit of the proposed 
75.7 	annexation area, by an authorized officer pursuant to a resolution of the town board; and
75.8 	(4) for each county wherein there is a territorial unit of the proposed annexation area 
75.9 	consisting of an unorganized area, by an authorized officer pursuant to a resolution of the 
75.10 	county board or by at least 20 percent of the voters residing and owning land within the unit.
75.11 	(d) Each resolution must be published in the official newspaper of the governing 
75.12 	body adopting it and becomes effective 40 days after publication, unless within said 
75.13 	period there shall be filed with the governing body a petition signed by qualified electors 
75.14 	of a territorial unit of the proposed annexation area, equal in number to five percent of the 
75.15 	number of electors voting at the last preceding election of the governing body, requesting 
75.16 	a referendum on the resolution, in which case the resolution may not become effective 
75.17 	until approved by a majority of the qualified electors voting at a regular election or special 
75.18 	election that the governing body may call. The notice of an election and the ballot to be 
75.19 	used must contain the text of the resolution followed by the question: "Shall the above 
75.20 	resolution be approved?"
75.21 	(e) If any signer is alleged to be a landowner in a territorial unit, a statement as to 
75.22 	the signer's landowner status as shown by the county auditor's tax assessment records, 
75.23 	certified by the auditor, shall be attached to or endorsed upon the petition.
75.24 	(f) At any time before publication of the public notice required in subdivision 4, 
75.25 	additional signatures may be added to the petition or amendments of the petition may be 
75.26 	made to correct or remedy any error or defect in signature or otherwise except a material 
75.27 	error or defect in the description of the territory of the proposed annexation area. If the 
75.28 	qualifications of any signer of a petition are challenged, the chief administrative law judge 
75.29 	shall determine the challenge forthwith on the allegations of the petition, the county 
75.30 	auditor's certificate of land ownership, and such other evidence as may be received.
75.31 		Subd. 3.Joint petition. Different areas may be annexed to a district in a single 
75.32 	proceeding upon a joint petition therefor and upon compliance with the provisions of 
75.33 	subdivisions 1 and 2 with respect to the area affected so far as applicable.
75.34 		Subd. 4.Notice of intent for sanitary district annexation. (a) Upon receipt 
75.35 	of a petition and the record of public meeting required under subdivision 2, the chief 
75.36 	administrative law judge shall publish a notice of intent for sanitary district annexation 
76.1 	in the State Register and mail or e-mail information of the publication to each property 
76.2 	owner in the affected territory at the owner's address as given by the county auditor. The 
76.3 	information must state the date that the notice will appear in the State Register and give 
76.4 	the Web site location for the State Register. The notice must:
76.5 	(1) describe the petition for sanitary district annexation;
76.6 	(2) describe the territory affected by the petition;
76.7 	(3) allow 30 days for submission of written comments on the petition;
76.8 	(4) state that a person who objects to the petition may submit a written request for 
76.9 	hearing to the chief administrative law judge within 30 days of the publication of the 
76.10 	notice in the State Register; and
76.11 	(5) state that if a timely request for hearing is not received, the chief administrative 
76.12 	law judge may make a decision on the petition.
76.13 	(b) If 50 or more individual timely requests for hearing are received, the chief 
76.14 	administrative law judge must hold a hearing on the petition according to the contested case 
76.15 	provisions of chapter 14. The sanitary district or annexation area proposers are responsible 
76.16 	for paying all costs involved in publicizing and holding a hearing on the petition.
76.17 		Subd. 5.Hearing time, place. If a hearing is required under subdivision 4, the 
76.18 	chief administrative law judge shall designate a time and place for a hearing according 
76.19 	to section 442A.13.
76.20 		Subd. 6.Relevant factors. (a) In arriving at a decision, the chief administrative law 
76.21 	judge shall consider the following factors:
76.22 	(1) administrative feasibility;
76.23 	(2) public health, safety, and welfare impacts;
76.24 	(3) alternatives for managing the public health impacts;
76.25 	(4) equities of the petition proposal;
76.26 	(5) contours of the petition proposal; and
76.27 	(6) public notification of and interaction on the petition proposal.
76.28 	(b) Based upon these factors, the chief administrative law judge may order the 
76.29 	annexation to the sanitary district on finding that:
76.30 	(1) the sanitary district is knowledgeable and experienced in delivering sanitary sewer 
76.31 	services to ratepayers and has provided quality service in a fair and cost-effective manner;
76.32 	(2) the proposed annexation provides a long-term, equitable solution to pollution 
76.33 	problems affecting public health, safety, and welfare;
76.34 	(3) property owners within the existing sanitary district and proposed annexation 
76.35 	area were provided notice of the proposed district and opportunity to comment on the 
76.36 	petition proposal; and
77.1 	(4) the petition complied with the requirements of all applicable statutes and rules 
77.2 	pertaining to sanitary district annexation.
77.3 	(c) The chief administrative law judge may alter the boundaries of the proposed 
77.4 	annexation area by increasing or decreasing the area to be included or may exclude 
77.5 	property that may be better served by another unit of government. The chief administrative 
77.6 	law judge may also alter the boundaries of the proposed annexation area so as to follow 
77.7 	visible, clearly recognizable physical features for municipal boundaries.
77.8 	(d) The chief administrative law judge may deny sanitary district annexation if the 
77.9 	area, or a part thereof, would be better served by an alternative method.
77.10 	(e) In all cases, the chief administrative law judge shall set forth the factors that are 
77.11 	the basis for the decision.
77.12 		Subd. 7.Findings; order. (a) After the public notice period or the public hearing, if 
77.13 	required under subdivision 4, and based on the petition, any public comments received, 
77.14 	and, if a hearing was held, the hearing record, the chief administrative law judge shall 
77.15 	make findings of fact and conclusions determining whether the conditions requisite for 
77.16 	the sanitary district annexation exist in the territory described in the petition. If the chief 
77.17 	administrative law judge finds that conditions exist, the judge may make an order for 
77.18 	sanitary district annexation for the territory described in the petition.
77.19 	(b) All taxable property within the annexed area shall be subject to taxation for 
77.20 	any existing bonded indebtedness or other indebtedness of the district for the cost of 
77.21 	acquisition, construction, or improvement of any disposal system or other works or 
77.22 	facilities beneficial to the annexed area to such extent as the chief administrative law judge 
77.23 	may determine to be just and equitable, to be specified in the order for annexation. The 
77.24 	proper officers shall levy further taxes on such property accordingly.
77.25 		Subd. 8.Denial of petition. If the chief administrative law judge, after conclusion 
77.26 	of the public notice period or holding a hearing, if required, determines that the sanitary 
77.27 	district annexation in the territory described in the petition is not warranted, the judge shall 
77.28 	make an order denying the petition. The chief administrative law judge shall give notice 
77.29 	of the denial by mail or e-mail to each signer of the petition. No petition for a sanitary 
77.30 	district annexation consisting of the same territory shall be entertained within a year 
77.31 	after the date of an order under this subdivision. Nothing in this subdivision precludes 
77.32 	action on a petition for a sanitary district annexation embracing part of the territory with 
77.33 	or without other territory.
77.34 		Subd. 9.Notice of order for sanitary district annexation. The chief administrative 
77.35 	law judge shall publish in the State Register a notice of the final order for sanitary district 
77.36 	annexation, referring to the date of the order and describing the territory of the annexation 
78.1 	area, and shall mail or e-mail information of the publication to each property owner in the 
78.2 	affected territory at the owner's address as given by the county auditor. The information 
78.3 	must state the date that the notice will appear in the State Register and give the Web site 
78.4 	location for the State Register. The notice must:
78.5 	(1) describe the petition for annexation to the district;
78.6 	(2) describe the territory affected by the petition; and
78.7 	(3) state that a certified copy of the order shall be delivered to the secretary of state 
78.8 	for filing ten days after public notice of the order in the State Register.
78.9 		Subd. 10.Filing. Ten days after public notice of the order in the State Register, the 
78.10 	chief administrative law judge shall deliver a certified copy of the order to the secretary 
78.11 	of state for filing. Thereupon, the sanitary district annexation is deemed complete, and it 
78.12 	shall be conclusively presumed that all requirements of law relating thereto have been 
78.13 	complied with. The chief administrative law judge shall also transmit a certified copy of 
78.14 	the order for filing to the county auditor of each county and the clerk or recorder of each 
78.15 	municipality and organized town wherein any part of the territory of the district, including 
78.16 	the newly annexed area, is situated and to the secretary of the district board.

78.17 	Sec. 54. [442A.06] SANITARY DISTRICT DETACHMENT.
78.18 		Subdivision 1.Detachment. (a) A sanitary district detachment may occur under this 
78.19 	chapter for any area within an existing district upon a petition to the chief administrative 
78.20 	law judge stating the grounds therefor as provided in this section.
78.21 	(b) The proposed detachment must not have any negative environmental impact 
78.22 	on the proposed detachment area.
78.23 	(c) If the chief administrative law judge and the Minnesota Pollution Control 
78.24 	Agency disagree on the need for a sanitary district detachment, they must determine 
78.25 	whether not allowing the sanitary district detachment will have a detrimental effect on 
78.26 	the environment. If it is determined that the sanitary district detachment will cause 
78.27 	environmental harm, the sanitary district detachment is not allowed unless the detached 
78.28 	area is immediately connected to an existing wastewater treatment system.
78.29 		Subd. 2.Proceeding for detachment. (a) A proceeding for sanitary district 
78.30 	detachment may be initiated by a petition to the chief administrative law judge containing 
78.31 	the following:
78.32 	(1) a request for proposed detachment from a sanitary district;
78.33 	(2) a statement that the requisite conditions for inclusion in a district no longer exist 
78.34 	in the proposed detachment area;
79.1 	(3) a legal description of the territory of the proposed detachment, including 
79.2 	justification for inclusion or exclusion for all parcels;
79.3 	(4) addresses of every property owner within the sanitary district and proposed 
79.4 	detachment area boundaries as provided by the county auditor, with certification from the 
79.5 	county auditor; two sets of address labels for said owners; and a list of e-mail addresses 
79.6 	for said owners, if available;
79.7 	(5) a statement of the territorial units represented by and qualifications of the 
79.8 	respective signers; and
79.9 	(6) the post office address of each signer, given under the signer's signature.
79.10 	A petition may consist of separate writings of like effect, each signed by one or more 
79.11 	qualified persons, and all such writings, when filed, shall be considered together as a 
79.12 	single petition.
79.13 	(b) Petitioners must conduct and pay for a public meeting to inform citizens of 
79.14 	the proposed detachment from a sanitary district. At the meeting, information must be 
79.15 	provided, including a description of the existing district's territory and a description of the 
79.16 	territory of the proposed detachment area, including justification for inclusion or exclusion 
79.17 	for all parcels for the detachment area. Notice of the meeting must be published for two 
79.18 	successive weeks in a qualified newspaper, as defined under chapter 331A, published 
79.19 	within the territories of the existing sanitary district and proposed detachment area or, if 
79.20 	there is no qualified newspaper published within those territories, in a qualified newspaper 
79.21 	of general circulation in the territories, and must be posted for two weeks in each territorial 
79.22 	unit of the existing sanitary district and proposed detachment area and on the Web site 
79.23 	of the existing sanitary district, if one exists. Notice of the meeting must be mailed or 
79.24 	e-mailed at least three weeks prior to the meeting to all property tax billing addresses for 
79.25 	all parcels included in the sanitary district. The following must be submitted to the chief 
79.26 	administrative law judge with the petition:
79.27 	(1) a record of the meeting, including copies of all information provided at the 
79.28 	meeting;
79.29 	(2) a copy of the mailing list provided by the county auditor and used to notify 
79.30 	property owners of the meeting;
79.31 	(3) a copy of the e-mail list used to notify property owners of the meeting;
79.32 	(4) the printer's affidavit of publication of public meeting notice;
79.33 	(5) an affidavit of posting the public meeting notice with information on dates and 
79.34 	locations of posting; and
79.35 	(6) minutes or other record of the public meeting documenting that the following 
79.36 	topics were discussed: printer's affidavit of publication of each resolution, with copy 
80.1 	of resolution from newspaper attached; and affidavit of resolution posting on town or 
80.2 	existing sanitary district Web site.
80.3 	(c) Every petition must be signed as follows:
80.4 	(1) by an authorized officer of the existing sanitary district pursuant to a resolution 
80.5 	of the board;
80.6 	(2) for each municipality wherein there is a territorial unit of the proposed detachment 
80.7 	area, by an authorized officer pursuant to a resolution of the municipal governing body;
80.8 	(3) for each organized town wherein there is a territorial unit of the proposed 
80.9 	detachment area, by an authorized officer pursuant to a resolution of the town board; and
80.10 	(4) for each county wherein there is a territorial unit of the proposed detachment area 
80.11 	consisting of an unorganized area, by an authorized officer pursuant to a resolution of the 
80.12 	county board or by at least 20 percent of the voters residing and owning land within the unit.
80.13 	(d) Each resolution must be published in the official newspaper of the governing 
80.14 	body adopting it and becomes effective 40 days after publication, unless within said period 
80.15 	there shall be filed with the governing body a petition signed by qualified electors of a 
80.16 	territorial unit of the proposed detachment area, equal in number to five percent of the 
80.17 	number of electors voting at the last preceding election of the governing body, requesting 
80.18 	a referendum on the resolution, in which case the resolution may not become effective 
80.19 	until approved by a majority of the qualified electors voting at a regular election or special 
80.20 	election that the governing body may call. The notice of an election and the ballot to be 
80.21 	used must contain the text of the resolution followed by the question: "Shall the above 
80.22 	resolution be approved?"
80.23 	(e) If any signer is alleged to be a landowner in a territorial unit, a statement as to 
80.24 	the signer's landowner status as shown by the county auditor's tax assessment records, 
80.25 	certified by the auditor, shall be attached to or endorsed upon the petition.
80.26 	(f) At any time before publication of the public notice required in subdivision 4, 
80.27 	additional signatures may be added to the petition or amendments of the petition may be 
80.28 	made to correct or remedy any error or defect in signature or otherwise except a material 
80.29 	error or defect in the description of the territory of the proposed detachment area. If the 
80.30 	qualifications of any signer of a petition are challenged, the chief administrative law judge 
80.31 	shall determine the challenge forthwith on the allegations of the petition, the county 
80.32 	auditor's certificate of land ownership, and such other evidence as may be received.
80.33 		Subd. 3.Joint petition. Different areas may be detached from a district in a single 
80.34 	proceeding upon a joint petition therefor and upon compliance with the provisions of 
80.35 	subdivisions 1 and 2 with respect to the area affected so far as applicable.
81.1 		Subd. 4.Notice of intent for sanitary district detachment. (a) Upon receipt 
81.2 	of a petition and record of public meeting required under subdivision 2, the chief 
81.3 	administrative law judge shall publish a notice of intent for sanitary district detachment 
81.4 	in the State Register and mail or e-mail information of the publication to each property 
81.5 	owner in the affected territory at the owner's address as given by the county auditor. The 
81.6 	information must state the date that the notice will appear in the State Register and give 
81.7 	the Web site location for the State Register. The notice must:
81.8 	(1) describe the petition for sanitary district detachment;
81.9 	(2) describe the territory affected by the petition;
81.10 	(3) allow 30 days for submission of written comments on the petition;
81.11 	(4) state that a person who objects to the petition may submit a written request for 
81.12 	hearing to the chief administrative law judge within 30 days of the publication of the 
81.13 	notice in the State Register; and
81.14 	(5) state that if a timely request for hearing is not received, the chief administrative 
81.15 	law judge may make a decision on the petition.
81.16 	(b) If 50 or more individual timely requests for hearing are received, the chief 
81.17 	administrative law judge must hold a hearing on the petition according to the contested case 
81.18 	provisions of chapter 14. The sanitary district or detachment area proposers are responsible 
81.19 	for paying all costs involved in publicizing and holding a hearing on the petition.
81.20 		Subd. 5.Hearing time, place. If a hearing is required under subdivision 4, the 
81.21 	chief administrative law judge shall designate a time and place for a hearing according 
81.22 	to section 442A.13.
81.23 		Subd. 6.Relevant factors. (a) In arriving at a decision, the chief administrative law 
81.24 	judge shall consider the following factors:
81.25 	(1) public health, safety, and welfare impacts for the proposed detachment area;
81.26 	(2) alternatives for managing the public health impacts for the proposed detachment 
81.27 	area;
81.28 	(3) equities of the petition proposal;
81.29 	(4) contours of the petition proposal; and
81.30 	(5) public notification of and interaction on the petition proposal.
81.31 	(b) Based upon these factors, the chief administrative law judge may order the 
81.32 	detachment from the sanitary district on finding that:
81.33 	(1) the proposed detachment area has adequate alternatives for managing public 
81.34 	health impacts due to the detachment;
82.1 	(2) the proposed detachment area is not necessary for the district to provide a 
82.2 	long-term, equitable solution to pollution problems affecting public health, safety, and 
82.3 	welfare;
82.4 	(3) property owners within the existing sanitary district and proposed detachment 
82.5 	area were provided notice of the proposed detachment and opportunity to comment on 
82.6 	the petition proposal; and
82.7 	(4) the petition complied with the requirements of all applicable statutes and rules 
82.8 	pertaining to sanitary district detachment.
82.9 	(c) The chief administrative law judge may alter the boundaries of the proposed 
82.10 	detachment area by increasing or decreasing the area to be included or may exclude 
82.11 	property that may be better served by another unit of government. The chief administrative 
82.12 	law judge may also alter the boundaries of the proposed detachment area so as to follow 
82.13 	visible, clearly recognizable physical features for municipal boundaries.
82.14 	(d) The chief administrative law judge may deny sanitary district detachment if the 
82.15 	area, or a part thereof, would be better served by an alternative method.
82.16 	(e) In all cases, the chief administrative law judge shall set forth the factors that are 
82.17 	the basis for the decision.
82.18 		Subd. 7.Findings; order. (a) After the public notice period or the public hearing, if 
82.19 	required under subdivision 4, and based on the petition, any public comments received, 
82.20 	and, if a hearing was held, the hearing record, the chief administrative law judge shall 
82.21 	make findings of fact and conclusions determining whether the conditions requisite for 
82.22 	the sanitary district detachment exist in the territory described in the petition. If the chief 
82.23 	administrative law judge finds that conditions exist, the judge may make an order for 
82.24 	sanitary district detachment for the territory described in the petition.
82.25 	(b) All taxable property within the detached area shall remain subject to taxation 
82.26 	for any existing bonded indebtedness of the district to such extent as it would have been 
82.27 	subject thereto if not detached and shall also remain subject to taxation for any other 
82.28 	existing indebtedness of the district incurred for any purpose beneficial to such area to 
82.29 	such extent as the chief administrative law judge may determine to be just and equitable, 
82.30 	to be specified in the order for detachment. The proper officers shall levy further taxes on 
82.31 	such property accordingly.
82.32 		Subd. 8.Denial of petition. If the chief administrative law judge, after conclusion 
82.33 	of the public notice period or holding a hearing, if required, determines that the sanitary 
82.34 	district detachment in the territory described in the petition is not warranted, the judge 
82.35 	shall make an order denying the petition. The chief administrative law judge shall give 
82.36 	notice of the denial by mail or e-mail to each signer of the petition. No petition for a 
83.1 	detachment from a district consisting of the same territory shall be entertained within a 
83.2 	year after the date of an order under this subdivision. Nothing in this subdivision precludes 
83.3 	action on a petition for a detachment from a district embracing part of the territory with 
83.4 	or without other territory.
83.5 		Subd. 9.Notice of order for sanitary district detachment. The chief 
83.6 	administrative law judge shall publish in the State Register a notice of the final order 
83.7 	for sanitary district detachment, referring to the date of the order and describing the 
83.8 	territory of the detached area and shall mail or e-mail information of the publication 
83.9 	to each property owner in the affected territory at the owner's address as given by the 
83.10 	county auditor. The information must state the date that the notice will appear in the State 
83.11 	Register and give the Web site location for the State Register. The notice must:
83.12 	(1) describe the petition for detachment from the district;
83.13 	(2) describe the territory affected by the petition; and
83.14 	(3) state that a certified copy of the order shall be delivered to the secretary of state 
83.15 	for filing ten days after public notice of the order in the State Register.
83.16 		Subd. 10.Filing. Ten days after public notice of the order in the State Register, the 
83.17 	chief administrative law judge shall deliver a certified copy of the order to the secretary of 
83.18 	state for filing. Thereupon, the sanitary district detachment is deemed complete, and it 
83.19 	shall be conclusively presumed that all requirements of law relating thereto have been 
83.20 	complied with. The chief administrative law judge shall also transmit a certified copy of 
83.21 	the order for filing to the county auditor of each county and the clerk or recorder of each 
83.22 	municipality and organized town wherein any part of the territory of the district, including 
83.23 	the newly detached area, is situated and to the secretary of the district board.

83.24 	Sec. 55. [442A.07] SANITARY DISTRICT DISSOLUTION.
83.25 		Subdivision 1.Dissolution. (a) An existing sanitary district may be dissolved under 
83.26 	this chapter upon a petition to the chief administrative law judge stating the grounds 
83.27 	therefor as provided in this section.
83.28 	(b) The proposed dissolution must not have any negative environmental impact on 
83.29 	the existing sanitary district area.
83.30 	(c) If the chief administrative law judge and the Minnesota Pollution Control 
83.31 	Agency disagree on the need to dissolve a sanitary district, they must determine whether 
83.32 	not dissolving the sanitary district will have a detrimental effect on the environment. If 
83.33 	it is determined that the sanitary district dissolution will cause environmental harm, the 
83.34 	sanitary district dissolution is not allowed unless the existing sanitary district area is 
83.35 	immediately connected to an existing wastewater treatment system.
84.1 		Subd. 2.Proceeding for dissolution. (a) A proceeding for sanitary district 
84.2 	dissolution may be initiated by a petition to the chief administrative law judge containing 
84.3 	the following:
84.4 	(1) a request for proposed sanitary district dissolution;
84.5 	(2) a statement that the requisite conditions for a sanitary district no longer exist 
84.6 	in the district area;
84.7 	(3) a proposal for distribution of the remaining funds of the district, if any, among 
84.8 	the related governmental subdivisions;
84.9 	(4) a legal description of the territory of the proposed dissolution;
84.10 	(5) addresses of every property owner within the sanitary district boundaries as 
84.11 	provided by the county auditor, with certification from the county auditor; two sets of 
84.12 	address labels for said owners; and a list of e-mail addresses for said owners, if available;
84.13 	(6) a statement of the territorial units represented by and the qualifications of the 
84.14 	respective signers; and
84.15 	(7) the post office address of each signer, given under the signer's signature.
84.16 	A petition may consist of separate writings of like effect, each signed by one or more 
84.17 	qualified persons, and all such writings, when filed, shall be considered together as a 
84.18 	single petition.
84.19 	(b) Petitioners must conduct and pay for a public meeting to inform citizens of the 
84.20 	proposed dissolution of a sanitary district. At the meeting, information must be provided, 
84.21 	including a description of the existing district's territory. Notice of the meeting must be 
84.22 	published for two successive weeks in a qualified newspaper, as defined under chapter 
84.23 	331A, published within the territory of the sanitary district or, if there is no qualified 
84.24 	newspaper published within that territory, in a qualified newspaper of general circulation 
84.25 	in the territory and must be posted for two weeks in each territorial unit of the sanitary 
84.26 	district and on the Web site of the existing sanitary district, if one exists. Notice of the 
84.27 	meeting must be mailed or e-mailed at least three weeks prior to the meeting to all property 
84.28 	tax billing addresses for all parcels included in the sanitary district. The following must be 
84.29 	submitted to the chief administrative law judge with the petition:
84.30 	(1) a record of the meeting, including copies of all information provided at the 
84.31 	meeting;
84.32 	(2) a copy of the mailing list provided by the county auditor and used to notify 
84.33 	property owners of the meeting;
84.34 	(3) a copy of the e-mail list used to notify property owners of the meeting;
84.35 	(4) the printer's affidavit of publication of public meeting notice;
85.1 	(5) an affidavit of posting the public meeting notice with information on dates and 
85.2 	locations of posting; and 
85.3 	(6) minutes or other record of the public meeting documenting that the following 
85.4 	topics were discussed: printer's affidavit of publication of each resolution, with copy 
85.5 	of resolution from newspaper attached; and affidavit of resolution posting on town or 
85.6 	existing sanitary district Web site.
85.7 	(c) Every petition must be signed as follows:
85.8 	(1) by an authorized officer of the existing sanitary district pursuant to a resolution 
85.9 	of the board;
85.10 	(2) for each municipality wherein there is a territorial unit of the existing sanitary 
85.11 	district, by an authorized officer pursuant to a resolution of the municipal governing body;
85.12 	(3) for each organized town wherein there is a territorial unit of the existing sanitary 
85.13 	district, by an authorized officer pursuant to a resolution of the town board; and
85.14 	(4) for each county wherein there is a territorial unit of the existing sanitary district 
85.15 	consisting of an unorganized area, by an authorized officer pursuant to a resolution of the 
85.16 	county board or by at least 20 percent of the voters residing and owning land within the unit.
85.17 	(d) Each resolution must be published in the official newspaper of the governing body 
85.18 	adopting it and becomes effective 40 days after publication, unless within said period there 
85.19 	shall be filed with the governing body a petition signed by qualified electors of a territorial 
85.20 	unit of the district, equal in number to five percent of the number of electors voting at the 
85.21 	last preceding election of the governing body, requesting a referendum on the resolution, 
85.22 	in which case the resolution may not become effective until approved by a majority of the 
85.23 	qualified electors voting at a regular election or special election that the governing body 
85.24 	may call. The notice of an election and the ballot to be used must contain the text of the 
85.25 	resolution followed by the question: "Shall the above resolution be approved?"
85.26 	(e) If any signer is alleged to be a landowner in a territorial unit, a statement as to 
85.27 	the signer's landowner status as shown by the county auditor's tax assessment records, 
85.28 	certified by the auditor, shall be attached to or endorsed upon the petition.
85.29 	(f) At any time before publication of the public notice required in subdivision 3, 
85.30 	additional signatures may be added to the petition or amendments of the petition may be 
85.31 	made to correct or remedy any error or defect in signature or otherwise except a material 
85.32 	error or defect in the description of the territory of the proposed dissolution area. If the 
85.33 	qualifications of any signer of a petition are challenged, the chief administrative law judge 
85.34 	shall determine the challenge forthwith on the allegations of the petition, the county 
85.35 	auditor's certificate of land ownership, and such other evidence as may be received.
86.1 		Subd. 3.Notice of intent for sanitary district dissolution. (a) Upon receipt 
86.2 	of a petition and record of the public meeting required under subdivision 2, the chief 
86.3 	administrative law judge shall publish a notice of intent of sanitary district dissolution 
86.4 	in the State Register and mail or e-mail information of the publication to each property 
86.5 	owner in the affected territory at the owner's address as given by the county auditor. The 
86.6 	information must state the date that the notice will appear in the State Register and give 
86.7 	the Web site location for the State Register. The notice must:
86.8 	(1) describe the petition for sanitary district dissolution;
86.9 	(2) describe the territory affected by the petition;
86.10 	(3) allow 30 days for submission of written comments on the petition;
86.11 	(4) state that a person who objects to the petition may submit a written request for 
86.12 	hearing to the chief administrative law judge within 30 days of the publication of the 
86.13 	notice in the State Register; and
86.14 	(5) state that if a timely request for hearing is not received, the chief administrative 
86.15 	law judge may make a decision on the petition.
86.16 	(b) If 50 or more individual timely requests for hearing are received, the chief 
86.17 	administrative law judge must hold a hearing on the petition according to the contested 
86.18 	case provisions of chapter 14. The sanitary district dissolution proposers are responsible 
86.19 	for paying all costs involved in publicizing and holding a hearing on the petition.
86.20 		Subd. 4.Hearing time, place. If a hearing is required under subdivision 3, the 
86.21 	chief administrative law judge shall designate a time and place for a hearing according 
86.22 	to section 442A.13.
86.23 		Subd. 5.Relevant factors. (a) In arriving at a decision, the chief administrative law 
86.24 	judge shall consider the following factors:
86.25 	(1) public health, safety, and welfare impacts for the proposed dissolution;
86.26 	(2) alternatives for managing the public health impacts for the proposed dissolution;
86.27 	(3) equities of the petition proposal;
86.28 	(4) contours of the petition proposal; and
86.29 	(5) public notification of and interaction on the petition proposal.
86.30 	(b) Based upon these factors, the chief administrative law judge may order the 
86.31 	dissolution of the sanitary district on finding that:
86.32 	(1) the proposed dissolution area has adequate alternatives for managing public 
86.33 	health impacts due to the dissolution;
86.34 	(2) the sanitary district is not necessary to provide a long-term, equitable solution to 
86.35 	pollution problems affecting public health, safety, and welfare;
87.1 	(3) property owners within the sanitary district were provided notice of the proposed 
87.2 	dissolution and opportunity to comment on the petition proposal; and
87.3 	(4) the petition complied with the requirements of all applicable statutes and rules 
87.4 	pertaining to sanitary district dissolution.
87.5 	(c) The chief administrative law judge may alter the boundaries of the proposed 
87.6 	dissolution area by increasing or decreasing the area to be included or may exclude 
87.7 	property that may be better served by another unit of government. The chief administrative 
87.8 	law judge may also alter the boundaries of the proposed dissolution area so as to follow 
87.9 	visible, clearly recognizable physical features for municipal boundaries.
87.10 	(d) The chief administrative law judge may deny sanitary district dissolution if the 
87.11 	area, or a part thereof, would be better served by an alternative method.
87.12 	(e) In all cases, the chief administrative law judge shall set forth the factors that are 
87.13 	the basis for the decision.
87.14 		Subd. 6.Findings; order. (a) After the public notice period or the public hearing, if 
87.15 	required under subdivision 3, and based on the petition, any public comments received, 
87.16 	and, if a hearing was held, the hearing record, the chief administrative law judge shall 
87.17 	make findings of fact and conclusions determining whether the conditions requisite for 
87.18 	the sanitary district dissolution exist in the territory described in the petition. If the chief 
87.19 	administrative law judge finds that conditions exist, the judge may make an order for 
87.20 	sanitary district dissolution for the territory described in the petition.
87.21 	(b) If the chief administrative law judge determines that the conditions requisite for 
87.22 	the creation of the district no longer exist therein, that all indebtedness of the district has 
87.23 	been paid, and that all property of the district except funds has been disposed of, the judge 
87.24 	may make an order dissolving the district and directing the distribution of its remaining 
87.25 	funds, if any, among the related governmental subdivisions on such basis as the chief 
87.26 	administrative law judge determines to be just and equitable, to be specified in the order.
87.27 		Subd. 7.Denial of petition. If the chief administrative law judge, after conclusion 
87.28 	of the public notice period or holding a hearing, if required, determines that the sanitary 
87.29 	district dissolution in the territory described in the petition is not warranted, the judge 
87.30 	shall make an order denying the petition. The chief administrative law judge shall give 
87.31 	notice of the denial by mail or e-mail to each signer of the petition. No petition for the 
87.32 	dissolution of a district consisting of the same territory shall be entertained within a year 
87.33 	after the date of an order under this subdivision.
87.34 		Subd. 8.Notice of order for sanitary district dissolution. The chief administrative 
87.35 	law judge shall publish in the State Register a notice of the final order for sanitary 
87.36 	district dissolution, referring to the date of the order and describing the territory of the 
88.1 	dissolved district and shall mail or e-mail information of the publication to each property 
88.2 	owner in the affected territory at the owner's address as given by the county auditor. The 
88.3 	information must state the date that the notice will appear in the State Register and give 
88.4 	the Web site location of the State Register. The notice must:
88.5 	(1) describe the petition for dissolution of the district;
88.6 	(2) describe the territory affected by the petition; and
88.7 	(3) state that a certified copy of the order shall be delivered to the secretary of state 
88.8 	for filing ten days after public notice of the order in the State Register.
88.9 		Subd. 9.Filing. (a) Ten days after public notice of the order in the State Register, 
88.10 	the chief administrative law judge shall deliver a certified copy of the order to the secretary 
88.11 	of state for filing. Thereupon, the sanitary district dissolution is deemed complete, and it 
88.12 	shall be conclusively presumed that all requirements of law relating thereto have been 
88.13 	complied with. The chief administrative law judge shall also transmit a certified copy of 
88.14 	the order for filing to the county auditor of each county and the clerk or recorder of each 
88.15 	municipality and organized town wherein any part of the territory of the dissolved district 
88.16 	is situated and to the secretary of the district board.
88.17 	(b) The chief administrative law judge shall also transmit a certified copy of the order 
88.18 	to the treasurer of the district, who must thereupon distribute the remaining funds of the 
88.19 	district as directed by the order and who is responsible for the funds until so distributed.

88.20 	Sec. 56. [442A.08] JOINT PUBLIC INFORMATIONAL MEETING.
88.21 	There must be a joint public informational meeting of the local governments of any 
88.22 	proposed sanitary district creation, annexation, detachment, or dissolution. The joint public 
88.23 	informational meeting must be held after the final mediation meeting or the final meeting 
88.24 	held according to section 442A.02, subdivision 8, if any, and before the hearing on the 
88.25 	matter is held. If no mediation meetings are held, the joint public informational meeting 
88.26 	must be held after the initiating documents have been filed and before the hearing on the 
88.27 	matter. The time, date, and place of the public informational meeting must be determined 
88.28 	jointly by the local governments in the proposed creation, annexation, detachment, or 
88.29 	dissolution areas and by the sanitary district, if one exists. The chair of the sanitary district, 
88.30 	if one exists, and the responsible official for one of the local governments represented at 
88.31 	the meeting must serve as the co-chairs for the informational meeting. Notice of the time, 
88.32 	date, place, and purpose of the informational meeting must be posted by the sanitary 
88.33 	district, if one exists, and local governments in designated places for posting notices. The 
88.34 	sanitary district, if one exists, and represented local governments must also publish, at their 
88.35 	own expense, notice in their respective official newspapers. If the same official newspaper 
89.1 	is used by multiple local government representatives or the sanitary district, a joint notice 
89.2 	may be published and the costs evenly divided. All notice required by this section must 
89.3 	be provided at least ten days before the date for the public informational meeting. At the 
89.4 	public informational meeting, all persons appearing must have an opportunity to be heard, 
89.5 	but the co-chairs may, by mutual agreement, establish the amount of time allowed for each 
89.6 	speaker. The sanitary district board, the local government representatives, and any resident 
89.7 	or affected property owner may be represented by counsel and may place into the record of 
89.8 	the informational meeting documents, expert opinions, or other materials supporting their 
89.9 	positions on issues raised by the proposed proceeding. The secretary of the sanitary district, 
89.10 	if one exists, or a person appointed by the chair must record minutes of the proceedings of 
89.11 	the informational meeting and must make an audio recording of the informational meeting. 
89.12 	The sanitary district, if one exists, or a person appointed by the chair must provide the 
89.13 	chief administrative law judge and the represented local governments with a copy of the 
89.14 	printed minutes and must provide the chief administrative law judge and the represented 
89.15 	local governments with a copy of the audio recording. The record of the informational 
89.16 	meeting for a proceeding under section 442A.04, 442A.05, 442A.06, or 442A.07 is 
89.17 	admissible in any proceeding under this chapter and shall be taken into consideration by 
89.18 	the chief administrative law judge or the chief administrative law judge's designee.

89.19 	Sec. 57. [442A.09] ANNEXATION BY ORDER OF POLLUTION CONTROL 
89.20 	AGENCY.
89.21 		Subdivision 1.Annexation by ordinance alternative.  If a determination or order 
89.22 	by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency under section 115.49 or other similar statute is 
89.23 	made that cooperation by contract is necessary and feasible between a sanitary district and 
89.24 	an unincorporated area located outside the existing corporate limits of the sanitary district, 
89.25 	the sanitary district required to provide or extend through a contract a governmental 
89.26 	service to an unincorporated area, during the statutory 90-day period provided in section 
89.27 	115.49 to formulate a contract, may in the alternative to formulating a service contract to 
89.28 	provide or extend the service, declare the unincorporated area described in the Minnesota 
89.29 	Pollution Control Agency's determination letter or order annexed to the sanitary district by 
89.30 	adopting an ordinance and submitting it to the chief administrative law judge.
89.31 		Subd. 2.Chief administrative law judge's role.  The chief administrative law 
89.32 	judge may review and comment on the ordinance but shall approve the ordinance within 
89.33 	30 days of receipt. The ordinance is final and the annexation is effective on the date the 
89.34 	chief administrative law judge approves the ordinance.

90.1 	Sec. 58. [442A.10] PETITIONERS TO PAY EXPENSES.
90.2 	Expenses of the preparation and submission of petitions in the proceedings under 
90.3 	sections 442A.04 to 442A.09 shall be paid by the petitioners. Notwithstanding section 
90.4 	16A.1283, the Office of Administrative Hearings may adopt rules according to section 
90.5 	14.386 to establish fees necessary to support the preparation and submission of petitions 
90.6 	in proceedings under sections 442A.04 to 442A.09. The fees collected by the Office of 
90.7 	Administrative Hearings shall be deposited in the environmental fund.

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

90.9 	Sec. 59. [442A.11] TIME LIMITS FOR ORDERS; APPEALS.
90.10 		Subdivision 1.Orders; time limit. All orders in proceedings under this chapter 
90.11 	shall be issued within one year from the date of the first hearing thereon, provided that 
90.12 	the time may be extended for a fixed additional period upon consent of all parties of 
90.13 	record. Failure to so order shall be deemed to be an order denying the matter. An appeal 
90.14 	may be taken from such failure to so order in the same manner as an appeal from an 
90.15 	order as provided in subdivision 2.
90.16 		Subd. 2.Grounds for appeal. (a) Any person aggrieved by an order issued under 
90.17 	this chapter may appeal to the district court upon the following grounds:
90.18 	(1) the order was issued without jurisdiction to act;
90.19 	(2) the order exceeded the jurisdiction of the presiding administrative law judge;
90.20 	(3) the order was arbitrary, fraudulent, capricious, or oppressive or in unreasonable 
90.21 	disregard of the best interests of the territory affected; or
90.22 	(4) the order was based upon an erroneous theory of law.
90.23 	(b) The appeal must be taken in the district court in the county in which the majority 
90.24 	of the area affected is located. The appeal does not stay the effect of the order. All notices 
90.25 	and other documents must be served on both the chief administrative law judge and the 
90.26 	attorney general's assistant assigned to the chief administrative law judge for purposes 
90.27 	of this chapter.
90.28 	(c) If the court determines that the action involved is unlawful or unreasonable or is 
90.29 	not warranted by the evidence in case an issue of fact is involved, the court may vacate or 
90.30 	suspend the action involved, in whole or in part, as the case requires. The matter shall then 
90.31 	be remanded for further action in conformity with the decision of the court.
90.32 	(d) To render a review of an order effectual, the aggrieved person shall file with the 
90.33 	court administrator of the district court of the county in which the majority of the area is 
90.34 	located, within 30 days of the order, an application for review together with the grounds 
90.35 	upon which the review is sought.
91.1 	(e) An appeal lies from the district court as in other civil cases.

91.2 	Sec. 60. [442A.12] CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE MAY APPEAL 
91.3 	FROM DISTRICT COURT.
91.4 	An appeal may be taken under the Rules of Civil Appellate Procedure by the chief 
91.5 	administrative law judge from a final order or judgment made or rendered by the district 
91.6 	court when the chief administrative law judge determines that the final order or judgment 
91.7 	adversely affects the public interest.

91.8 	Sec. 61. [442A.13] UNIFORM PROCEDURES.
91.9 		Subdivision 1.Hearings. (a) Proceedings initiated by the submission of an initiating 
91.10 	document or by the chief administrative law judge shall come on for hearing within 30 to 
91.11 	60 days from receipt of the document by the chief administrative law judge or from the 
91.12 	date of the chief administrative law judge's action and the person conducting the hearing 
91.13 	must submit an order no later than one year from the date of the first hearing.
91.14 	(b) The place of the hearing shall be in the county where a majority of the affected 
91.15 	territory is situated, and shall be established for the convenience of the parties.
91.16 	(c) The chief administrative law judge shall mail notice of the hearing to the 
91.17 	following parties: the sanitary district; any township or municipality presently governing 
91.18 	the affected territory; any township or municipality abutting the affected territory; 
91.19 	the county where the affected territory is situated; and each planning agency that has 
91.20 	jurisdiction over the affected area.
91.21 	(d) The chief administrative law judge shall see that notice of the hearing is published 
91.22 	for two successive weeks in a legal newspaper of general circulation in the affected area.
91.23 	(e) When the chief administrative law judge exercises authority to change the 
91.24 	boundaries of the affected area so as to increase the quantity of land, the hearing shall 
91.25 	be recessed and reconvened upon two weeks' published notice in a legal newspaper of 
91.26 	general circulation in the affected area.
91.27 		Subd. 2.Transmittal of order. The chief administrative law judge shall see that 
91.28 	copies of the order are mailed to all parties entitled to mailed notice of hearing under 
91.29 	subdivision 1, individual property owners if initiated in that manner, and any other party 
91.30 	of record.

91.31 	Sec. 62. [442A.14] DISTRICT BOARD OF MANAGERS.
91.32 		Subdivision 1.Composition. The governing body of each district shall be a board 
91.33 	of managers of five members, who shall be voters residing in the district and who may 
92.1 	but need not be officers, members of governing bodies, or employees of the related 
92.2 	governmental subdivisions, except that when there are more than five territorial units in 
92.3 	a district, there must be one board member for each unit.
92.4 		Subd. 2.Terms. The terms of the first board members elected after creation of a 
92.5 	district shall be so arranged and determined by the electing body as to expire on the first 
92.6 	business day in January as follows:
92.7 	(1) the terms of two members in the second calendar year after the year in which 
92.8 	they were elected;
92.9 	(2) the terms of two other members in the third calendar year after the year in which 
92.10 	they were elected; and
92.11 	(3) the term of the remaining member in the fourth calendar year after the year in 
92.12 	which the member was elected. In case a board has more than five members, the additional 
92.13 	members shall be assigned to the groups under clauses (1) to (3) to equalize the groups as 
92.14 	far as practicable. Thereafter, board members shall be elected successively for regular 
92.15 	terms beginning upon expiration of the preceding terms and expiring on the first business 
92.16 	day in January of the third calendar year thereafter. Each board member serves until 
92.17 	a successor is elected and has qualified.
92.18 		Subd. 3.Election of board. In a district having only one territorial unit, all the 
92.19 	members of the board shall be elected by the related governing body. In a district having 
92.20 	more than one territorial unit, the members of the board shall be elected by the members 
92.21 	of the related governing bodies in joint session except as otherwise provided. The electing 
92.22 	bodies concerned shall meet and elect the first board members of a new district as soon 
92.23 	as practicable after creation of the district and shall meet and elect board members for 
92.24 	succeeding regular terms as soon as practicable after November 1 next preceding the 
92.25 	beginning of the terms to be filled, respectively.
92.26 		Subd. 4.Central related governing body. Upon the creation of a district 
92.27 	having more than one territorial unit, the chief administrative law judge, on the basis of 
92.28 	convenience for joint meeting purposes, shall designate one of the related governing 
92.29 	bodies as the central related governing body in the order creating the district or in a 
92.30 	subsequent special order, of which the chief administrative law judge shall notify the 
92.31 	clerks or recorders of all the related governing bodies. Upon receipt of the notification, 
92.32 	the clerk or recorder of the central related governing body shall immediately transmit the 
92.33 	notification to the presiding officer of the body. The officer shall thereupon call a joint 
92.34 	meeting of the members of all the related governing bodies to elect board members, to 
92.35 	be held at such time as the officer shall fix at the regular meeting place of the officer's 
92.36 	governing body or at such other place in the district as the officer shall determine. The 
93.1 	clerk or recorder of the body must give at least ten days' notice of the meeting by mail to 
93.2 	the clerks or recorders of all the other related governing bodies, who shall immediately 
93.3 	transmit the notice to all the members of the related governing bodies, respectively. 
93.4 	Subsequent joint meetings to elect board members for regular terms must be called and 
93.5 	held in like manner. The presiding officer and the clerk or recorder of the central related 
93.6 	governing body shall act respectively as chair and secretary of the joint electing body at 
93.7 	any meeting thereof, but in case of the absence or disability of either of them, the body 
93.8 	may elect a temporary substitute. A majority of the members of each related governing 
93.9 	body is required for a quorum at any meeting of the joint electing body.
93.10 		Subd. 5.Nominations. Nominations for board members may be made by petitions, 
93.11 	each signed by ten or more voters residing and owning land in the district, filed with the 
93.12 	clerk, recorder, or secretary of the electing body before the election meeting. No person 
93.13 	shall sign more than one petition. The electing body shall give due consideration to all 
93.14 	nominations but is not limited thereto.
93.15 		Subd. 6.Election; single governing body. In the case of an electing body 
93.16 	consisting of a single related governing body, a majority vote of all members is required 
93.17 	for an election. In the case of a joint electing body, a majority vote of members present is 
93.18 	required for an election. In case of lack of a quorum or failure to elect, a meeting of an 
93.19 	electing body may be adjourned to a stated time and place without further notice.
93.20 		Subd. 7.Election; multiple governing bodies. In any district having more than 
93.21 	one territorial unit, the related governing bodies, instead of meeting in joint session, may 
93.22 	elect a board member by resolutions adopted by all of them separately, concurring in the 
93.23 	election of the same person. A majority vote of all members of each related governing 
93.24 	body is required for the adoption of any such resolution. The clerks or recorders of the 
93.25 	other related governing bodies shall transmit certified copies of the resolutions to the clerk 
93.26 	or recorder of the central related governing body. Upon receipt of concurring resolutions 
93.27 	from all the related governing bodies, the presiding officer and clerk or recorder of the 
93.28 	central related governing body shall certify the results and furnish certificates of election 
93.29 	as provided for a joint meeting.
93.30 		Subd. 8.Vacancies. Any vacancy in the membership of a board must be filled for 
93.31 	the unexpired term in like manner as provided for the regular election of board members.
93.32 		Subd. 9.Certification of election; temporary chair. The presiding and recording 
93.33 	officers of the electing body shall certify the results of each election to the county auditor 
93.34 	of each county wherein any part of the district is situated and to the clerk or recorder of 
93.35 	each related governing body and shall make and transmit to each board member elected 
93.36 	a certificate of the board member's election. Upon electing the first board members of a 
94.1 	district, the presiding officer of the electing body shall designate a member to serve as 
94.2 	temporary chair for purposes of initial organization of the board, and the recording 
94.3 	officer of the body shall include written notice thereof to all the board members with 
94.4 	their certificates of election.

94.5 	Sec. 63. [442A.15] BOARD ORGANIZATION AND PROCEDURES.
94.6 		Subdivision 1.Initial, annual meetings. As soon as practicable after the election 
94.7 	of the first board members of a district, the board shall meet at the call of the temporary 
94.8 	chair to elect officers and take other appropriate action for organization and administration 
94.9 	of the district. Each board shall hold a regular annual meeting at the call of the chair or 
94.10 	otherwise as the board prescribes on or as soon as practicable after the first business day in 
94.11 	January of each year and such other regular and special meetings as the board prescribes.
94.12 		Subd. 2.Officers. The officers of each district shall be a chair and a vice-chair, 
94.13 	who shall be members of the board, and a secretary and a treasurer, who may but need 
94.14 	not be members of the board. The board of a new district at its initial meeting or as soon 
94.15 	thereafter as practicable shall elect the officers to serve until the first business day in 
94.16 	January next following. Thereafter, the board shall elect the officers at each regular annual 
94.17 	meeting for terms expiring on the first business day in January next following. Each 
94.18 	officer serves until a successor is elected and has qualified.
94.19 		Subd. 3.Meeting place; offices. The board at its initial meeting or as soon 
94.20 	thereafter as practicable shall provide for suitable places for board meetings and for offices 
94.21 	of the district officers and may change the same thereafter as the board deems advisable. 
94.22 	The meeting place and offices may be the same as those of any related governing body, 
94.23 	with the approval of the body. The secretary of the board shall notify the secretary of state, 
94.24 	the county auditor of each county wherein any part of the district is situated, and the clerk 
94.25 	or recorder of each related governing body of the locations and post office addresses of the 
94.26 	meeting place and offices and any changes therein.
94.27 		Subd. 4.Budget. At any time before the proceeds of the first tax levy in a district 
94.28 	become available, the district board may prepare a budget comprising an estimate of the 
94.29 	expenses of organizing and administering the district until the proceeds are available, with 
94.30 	a proposal for apportionment of the estimated amount among the related governmental 
94.31 	subdivisions, and may request the governing bodies thereof to advance funds according to 
94.32 	the proposal. The governing bodies may authorize advancement of the requested amounts, 
94.33 	or such part thereof as they respectively deem proper, from any funds available in their 
94.34 	respective treasuries. The board shall include in its first tax levy after receipt of any such 
95.1 	advancements a sufficient sum to cover the same and shall cause the same to be repaid, 
95.2 	without interest, from the proceeds of taxes as soon as received.

95.3 	Sec. 64. [442A.16] DISTRICT STATUS AND POWERS.
95.4 		Subdivision 1.Status. Every district shall be a public corporation and a governmental 
95.5 	subdivision of the state and shall be deemed to be a municipality or municipal corporation 
95.6 	for the purpose of obtaining federal or state grants or loans or otherwise complying with 
95.7 	any provision of federal or state law or for any other purpose relating to the powers and 
95.8 	purposes of the district for which such status is now or hereafter required by law.
95.9 		Subd. 2.Powers and purpose. Every district shall have the powers and purposes 
95.10 	prescribed by this chapter and such others as may now or hereafter be prescribed by law. 
95.11 	No express grant of power or enumeration of powers herein shall be deemed to limit the 
95.12 	generality or scope of any grant of power.
95.13 		Subd. 3.Scope of powers and duties. Except as otherwise provided, a power or 
95.14 	duty vested in or imposed upon a district or any of its officers, agents, or employees shall 
95.15 	not be deemed exclusive and shall not supersede or abridge any power or duty vested in or 
95.16 	imposed upon any other agency of the state or any governmental subdivision thereof, but 
95.17 	shall be supplementary thereto.
95.18 		Subd. 4.Exercise of power. All the powers of a district shall be exercised by its 
95.19 	board of managers except so far as approval of any action by popular vote or by any other 
95.20 	authority may be expressly required by law.
95.21 		Subd. 5.Lawsuits; contracts. A district may sue and be sued and may enter into 
95.22 	any contract necessary or proper for the exercise of its powers or the accomplishment 
95.23 	of its purposes.
95.24 		Subd. 6.Property acquisition. A district may acquire by purchase, gift, or 
95.25 	condemnation or may lease or rent any real or personal property within or without the 
95.26 	district that may be necessary for the exercise of district powers or the accomplishment of 
95.27 	district purposes, may hold the property for such purposes, and may lease, rent out, sell, or 
95.28 	otherwise dispose of any property not needed for such purposes.
95.29 		Subd. 7.Acceptance of money or property. A district may accept gifts, grants, 
95.30 	or loans of money or other property from the United States, the state, or any person, 
95.31 	corporation, or other entity for district purposes; may enter into any agreement required in 
95.32 	connection therewith; and may hold, use, and dispose of the money or property according 
95.33 	to the terms of the gift, grant, loan, or agreement relating thereto.

95.34 	Sec. 65. [442A.17] SPECIFIC PURPOSES AND POWERS.
96.1 		Subdivision 1.Pollution prevention. A district may construct, install, improve, 
96.2 	maintain, and operate any system, works, or facilities within or without the district 
96.3 	required to control and prevent pollution of any waters of the state within its territory.
96.4 		Subd. 2.Sewage disposal. A district may construct, install, improve, maintain, 
96.5 	and operate any system, works, or facilities within or without the district required to 
96.6 	provide for, regulate, and control the disposal of sewage, industrial waste, and other waste 
96.7 	originating within its territory. The district may require any person upon whose premises 
96.8 	there is any source of sewage, industrial waste, or other waste within the district to 
96.9 	connect the premises with the disposal system, works, or facilities of the district whenever 
96.10 	reasonable opportunity therefor is provided.
96.11 		Subd. 3.Garbage, refuse disposal. A district may construct, install, improve, 
96.12 	maintain, and operate any system, works, or facilities within or without the district required 
96.13 	to provide for, regulate, and control the disposal of garbage or refuse originating within the 
96.14 	district. The district may require any person upon whose premises any garbage or refuse is 
96.15 	produced or accumulated to dispose of the garbage or refuse through the system, works, or 
96.16 	facilities of the district whenever reasonable opportunity therefor is provided.
96.17 		Subd. 4.Water supply. A district may procure supplies of water necessary for any 
96.18 	purpose under subdivisions 1 to 3 and may construct, install, improve, maintain, and 
96.19 	operate any system, works, or facilities required therefor within or without the district.
96.20 		Subd. 5.Roads. (a) To maintain the integrity of and facilitate access to district 
96.21 	systems, works, or facilities, the district may maintain and repair a road by agreement with 
96.22 	the entity that was responsible for the performance of maintenance and repair immediately 
96.23 	prior to the agreement. Maintenance and repair includes but is not limited to providing 
96.24 	lighting, snow removal, and grass mowing.
96.25 	(b) A district shall establish a taxing subdistrict of benefited property and shall levy 
96.26 	special taxes, pursuant to section 442A.24, subdivision 2, for the purposes of paying the 
96.27 	cost of improvement or maintenance of a road under paragraph (a).
96.28 	(c) For purposes of this subdivision, a district shall not be construed as a road 
96.29 	authority under chapter 160.
96.30 	(d) The district and its officers and employees are exempt from liability for any tort 
96.31 	claim for injury to person or property arising from travel on a road maintained by the 
96.32 	district and related to the road's maintenance or condition.

96.33 	Sec. 66. [442A.18] DISTRICT PROJECTS AND FACILITIES.
96.34 		Subdivision 1.Public property. For the purpose of constructing, improving, 
96.35 	maintaining, or operating any system, works, or facilities designed or used for any purpose 
97.1 	under section 442A.17, a district, its officers, agents, employees, and contractors may enter, 
97.2 	occupy, excavate, and otherwise operate in, upon, under, through, or along any public 
97.3 	highway, including a state trunk highway, or any street, park, or other public grounds so 
97.4 	far as necessary for such work, with the approval of the governing body or other authority 
97.5 	in charge of the public property affected and on such terms as may be agreed upon with the 
97.6 	governing body or authority respecting interference with public use, restoration of previous 
97.7 	conditions, compensation for damages, and other pertinent matters. If an agreement cannot 
97.8 	be reached after reasonable opportunity therefor, the district may acquire the necessary 
97.9 	rights, easements, or other interests in the public property by condemnation, subject to all 
97.10 	applicable provisions of law as in case of taking private property, upon condition that the 
97.11 	court shall determine that there is paramount public necessity for the acquisition.
97.12 		Subd. 2.Use of other systems. A district may, upon such terms as may be 
97.13 	agreed upon with the respective governing bodies or authorities concerned, provide for 
97.14 	connecting with or using; lease; or acquire and take over any system, works, or facilities 
97.15 	for any purpose under section 442A.17 belonging to any other governmental subdivision 
97.16 	or other public agency.
97.17 		Subd. 3.Use by other governmental bodies. A district may, upon such terms 
97.18 	as may be agreed upon with the respective governing bodies or authorities concerned, 
97.19 	authorize the use by any other governmental subdivision or other public agency of any 
97.20 	system, works, or facilities of the district constructed for any purpose under section 
97.21 	442A.17 so far as the capacity thereof is sufficient beyond the needs of the district. A 
97.22 	district may extend any such system, works, or facilities and permit the use thereof by 
97.23 	persons outside the district, so far as the capacity thereof is sufficient beyond the needs of 
97.24 	the district, upon such terms as the board may prescribe.
97.25 		Subd. 4.Joint projects. A district may be a party to a joint cooperative project, 
97.26 	undertaking, or enterprise with one or more other governmental subdivisions or other 
97.27 	public agencies for any purpose under section 442A.17 upon such terms as may be 
97.28 	agreed upon between the governing bodies or authorities concerned. Without limiting the 
97.29 	effect of the foregoing provision or any other provision of this chapter, a district, with 
97.30 	respect to any of said purposes, may act under and be subject to section 471.59, or any 
97.31 	other appropriate law providing for joint or cooperative action between governmental 
97.32 	subdivisions or other public agencies.

97.33 	Sec. 67. [442A.19] CONTROL OF SANITARY FACILITIES.
97.34 	A district may regulate and control the construction, maintenance, and use of privies, 
97.35 	cesspools, septic tanks, toilets, and other facilities and devices for the reception or disposal 
98.1 	of human or animal excreta or other domestic wastes within its territory so far as necessary 
98.2 	to prevent nuisances or pollution or to protect the public health, safety, and welfare 
98.3 	and may prohibit the use of any such facilities or devices not connected with a district 
98.4 	disposal system, works, or facilities whenever reasonable opportunity for such connection 
98.5 	is provided; provided, that the authority of a district under this section does not extend 
98.6 	or apply to the construction, maintenance, operation, or use by any person other than the 
98.7 	district of any disposal system or part thereof within the district under and in accordance 
98.8 	with a valid and existing permit issued by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.

98.9 	Sec. 68. [442A.20] DISTRICT PROGRAMS, SURVEYS, AND STUDIES.
98.10 	A district may develop general programs and particular projects within the scope of 
98.11 	its powers and purposes and may make all surveys, studies, and investigations necessary 
98.12 	for the programs and projects.

98.13 	Sec. 69. [442A.21] GENERAL AND STATUTORY CITY POWERS.
98.14 	A district may do and perform all other acts and things necessary or proper for the 
98.15 	effectuation of its powers and the accomplishment of its purposes. Without limiting the 
98.16 	effect of the foregoing provision or any other provision of this chapter, a district, with 
98.17 	respect to each and all of said powers and purposes, shall have like powers as are vested in 
98.18 	statutory cities with respect to any similar purposes. The exercise of such powers by a 
98.19 	district and all matters pertaining thereto are governed by the law relating to the exercise 
98.20 	of similar powers by statutory cities and matters pertaining thereto, so far as applicable, 
98.21 	with like force and effect, except as otherwise provided.

98.22 	Sec. 70. [442A.22] ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
98.23 	A district board of managers may appoint an advisory committee with membership 
98.24 	and duties as the board prescribes.

98.25 	Sec. 71. [442A.23] BOARD POWERS.
98.26 		Subdivision 1.Generally. The board of managers of every district shall have charge 
98.27 	and control of all the funds, property, and affairs of the district. With respect thereto, the 
98.28 	board has the same powers and duties as are provided by law for a statutory city council 
98.29 	with respect to similar statutory city matters, except as otherwise provided. Except as 
98.30 	otherwise provided, the chair, vice-chair, secretary, and treasurer of the district have the 
98.31 	same powers and duties, respectively, as the mayor, acting mayor, clerk, and treasurer 
98.32 	of a statutory city. Except as otherwise provided, the exercise of the powers and the 
99.1 	performance of the duties of the board and officers of the district and all other activities, 
99.2 	transactions, and procedures of the district or any of its officers, agents, or employees, 
99.3 	respectively, are governed by the law relating to similar matters in a statutory city, so far 
99.4 	as applicable, with like force and effect.
99.5 		Subd. 2.Regulation of district. The board may enact ordinances, prescribe 
99.6 	regulations, adopt resolutions, and take other appropriate action relating to any matter 
99.7 	within the powers and purposes of the district and may do and perform all other acts and 
99.8 	things necessary or proper for the effectuation of said powers and the accomplishment 
99.9 	of said purposes. The board may provide that violation of a district ordinance is a penal 
99.10 	offense and may prescribe penalties for violations, not exceeding those prescribed by law 
99.11 	for violation of statutory city ordinances.
99.12 		Subd. 3.Arrest; prosecution. (a) Violations of district ordinances may be 
99.13 	prosecuted before any court having jurisdiction of misdemeanors. Any peace officer may 
99.14 	make arrests for violations committed anywhere within the district in the same manner as 
99.15 	for violations of city ordinances or for statutory misdemeanors.
99.16 	(b) All fines collected shall be deposited in the treasury of the district.

99.17 	Sec. 72. [442A.24] TAX LEVIES, ASSESSMENTS, AND SERVICE CHARGES.
99.18 		Subdivision 1.Tax levies. The board may levy taxes for any district purpose on all 
99.19 	property taxable within the district.
99.20 		Subd. 2.Particular area. In the case where a particular area within the district, 
99.21 	but not the entire district, is benefited by a system, works, or facilities of the district, 
99.22 	the board, after holding a public hearing as provided by law for levying assessments on 
99.23 	benefited property, shall by ordinance establish such area as a taxing subdistrict, to be 
99.24 	designated by number, and shall levy special taxes on all the taxable property therein, to be 
99.25 	accounted for separately and used only for the purpose of paying the cost of construction, 
99.26 	improvement, acquisition, maintenance, or operation of such system, works, or facilities, 
99.27 	or paying the principal and interest on bonds issued to provide funds therefor and expenses 
99.28 	incident thereto. The hearing may be held jointly with a hearing for the purpose of levying 
99.29 	assessments on benefited property within the proposed taxing subdistrict.
99.30 		Subd. 3.Benefited property. The board shall levy assessments on benefited property 
99.31 	to provide funds for payment of the cost of construction, improvement, or acquisition of 
99.32 	any system, works, or facilities designed or used for any district purpose or for payment of 
99.33 	the principal of and interest on any bonds issued therefor and expenses incident thereto.
99.34 		Subd. 4.Service charges. The board shall prescribe service, use, or rental charges 
99.35 	for persons or premises connecting with or making use of any system, works, or facilities 
100.1 	of the district; prescribe the method of payment and collection of the charges; and provide 
100.2 	for the collection thereof for the district by any related governmental subdivision or 
100.3 	other public agency on such terms as may be agreed upon with the governing body or 
100.4 	other authority thereof.

100.5 	Sec. 73. [442A.25] BORROWING POWERS; BONDS.
100.6 		Subdivision 1.Borrowing power. The board may authorize the borrowing of 
100.7 	money for any district purpose and provide for the repayment thereof, subject to chapter 
100.8 	475. The taxes initially levied by any district according to section 475.61 for the payment 
100.9 	of district bonds, upon property within each municipality included in the district, shall be 
100.10 	included in computing the levy of the municipality.
100.11 		Subd. 2.Bond issuance. The board may authorize the issuance of bonds or 
100.12 	obligations of the district to provide funds for the construction, improvement, or 
100.13 	acquisition of any system, works, or facilities for any district purpose or for refunding 
100.14 	any prior bonds or obligations issued for any such purpose and may pledge the full faith 
100.15 	and credit of the district; the proceeds of tax levies or assessments; service, use, or 
100.16 	rental charges; or any combination thereof to the payment of such bonds or obligations 
100.17 	and interest thereon or expenses incident thereto. An election or vote of the people of 
100.18 	the district is required to authorize the issuance of any bonds or obligations. Except as 
100.19 	otherwise provided in this chapter, the forms and procedures for issuing and selling bonds 
100.20 	and provisions for payment thereof must comply with chapter 475.

100.21 	Sec. 74. [442A.26] FUNDS; DISTRICT TREASURY.
100.22 	The proceeds of all tax levies, assessments, service, use, or rental charges, and 
100.23 	other income of the district must be deposited in the district treasury and must be held 
100.24 	and disposed of as the board may direct for district purposes, subject to any pledges or 
100.25 	dedications made by the board for the use of particular funds for the payment of bonds, 
100.26 	interest thereon, or expenses incident thereto or for other specific purposes.

100.27 	Sec. 75. [442A.27] EFFECT OF DISTRICT ORDINANCES AND FACILITIES.
100.28 	In any case where an ordinance is enacted or a regulation adopted by a district 
100.29 	board relating to the same subject matter and applicable in the same area as an existing 
100.30 	ordinance or regulation of a related governmental subdivision for the district, the district 
100.31 	ordinance or regulation, to the extent of its application, supersedes the ordinance or 
100.32 	regulation of the related governmental subdivision. In any case where an area within a 
100.33 	district is served for any district purpose by a system, works, or facilities of the district, 
101.1 	no system, works, or facilities shall be constructed, maintained, or operated for the same 
101.2 	purpose in the same area by any related governmental subdivision or other public agency 
101.3 	except as approved by the district board.

101.4 	Sec. 76. [442A.28] APPLICATION.
101.5 	This chapter does not abridge or supersede any authority of the Minnesota Pollution 
101.6 	Control Agency or the commissioner of health, but is subject and supplementary thereto. 
101.7 	Districts and members of district boards are subject to the authority of the Minnesota 
101.8 	Pollution Control Agency and have no power or authority to abate or control pollution that 
101.9 	is permitted by and in accord with any classification of waters, standards of water quality, 
101.10 	or permit established, fixed, or issued by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.

101.11 	Sec. 77. [442A.29] CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE'S POWERS.
101.12 		Subdivision 1.Alternative dispute resolution. (a) Notwithstanding sections 
101.13 	442A.01 to 442A.28, before assigning a matter to an administrative law judge for hearing, 
101.14 	the chief administrative law judge, upon consultation with affected parties and considering 
101.15 	the procedures and principles established in sections 442A.01 to 442A.28, may require 
101.16 	that disputes over proposed sanitary district creations, attachments, detachments, or 
101.17 	dissolutions be addressed in whole or in part by means of alternative dispute resolution 
101.18 	processes in place of, or in connection with, hearings that would otherwise be required 
101.19 	under sections 442A.01 to 442A.28, including those provided in chapter 14.
101.20 	(b) In all proceedings, the chief administrative law judge has the authority and 
101.21 	responsibility to conduct hearings and issue final orders related to the hearings under 
101.22 	sections 442A.01 to 442A.28.
101.23 		Subd. 2.Cost of proceedings. (a) The parties to any matter directed to alternative 
101.24 	dispute resolution under subdivision 1 must pay the costs of the alternative dispute 
101.25 	resolution process or hearing in the proportions that the parties agree to.
101.26 	(b) Notwithstanding section 14.53 or other law, the Office of Administrative 
101.27 	Hearings is not liable for the costs.
101.28 	(c) If the parties do not agree to a division of the costs before the commencement of 
101.29 	mediation, arbitration, or hearing, the costs must be allocated on an equitable basis by 
101.30 	the mediator, arbitrator, or chief administrative law judge.
101.31 	(d) The chief administrative law judge may contract with the parties to a matter for 
101.32 	the purpose of providing administrative law judges and reporters for an administrative 
101.33 	proceeding or alternative dispute resolution.
102.1 	(e) The chief administrative law judge shall assess the cost of services rendered by 
102.2 	the Office of Administrative Hearings as provided by section 14.53.
102.3 		Subd. 3.Parties. In this section, "party" means:
102.4 	(1) a property owner, group of property owners, sanitary district, municipality, or 
102.5 	township that files an initiating document or timely objection under this chapter;
102.6 	(2) the sanitary district, municipality, or township within which the subject area 
102.7 	is located;
102.8 	(3) a municipality abutting the subject area; and
102.9 	(4) any other person, group of persons, or governmental agency residing in, owning 
102.10 	property in, or exercising jurisdiction over the subject area that submits a timely request 
102.11 	and is determined by the presiding administrative law judge to have a direct legal interest 
102.12 	that will be affected by the outcome of the proceeding.
102.13 		Subd. 4.Effectuation of agreements. Matters resolved or agreed to by the parties 
102.14 	as a result of an alternative dispute resolution process, or otherwise, may be incorporated 
102.15 	into one or more stipulations for purposes of further proceedings according to the 
102.16 	applicable procedures and statutory criteria of this chapter.
102.17 		Subd. 5.Limitations on authority. Nothing in this section shall be construed to 
102.18 	permit a sanitary district, municipality, town, or other political subdivision to take, or 
102.19 	agree to take, an action that is not otherwise authorized by this chapter.

102.20 	Sec. 78. RULEMAKING; INDUSTRIAL MINERALS AND NONFERROUS 
102.21 	MINERAL LEASES.
 102.22 	The commissioner of natural resources may use the good cause exemption under 
102.23 	Minnesota Statutes, section 14.388, subdivision 1, clause (3), to amend Minnesota Rules, 
102.24 	parts 6125.0100 to 6125.0700 and 6125.8000 to 6125.8700, to conform with section 12. 
102.25 	Minnesota Statutes, section 14.386, does not apply except as provided under Minnesota 
102.26 	Statutes, section 14.388.

102.27 	Sec. 79. RULEMAKING; PERMIT TO MINE.
 102.28 	The commissioner of natural resources may use the good cause exemption under 
102.29 	Minnesota Statutes, section 14.388, subdivision 1, clause (3), to amend Minnesota Rules, 
102.30 	chapter 6130, to conform with section 14. Minnesota Statutes, section 14.386, does not 
102.31 	apply except as provided under Minnesota Statutes, section 14.388.

102.32 	Sec. 80. RULEMAKING; WILDLIFE RESTITUTION VALUE FOR SANDHILL 
102.33 	CRANES.
 103.1 	(a) The commissioner of natural resources shall amend Minnesota Rules, part 
103.2 	6133.0030, by adding a new item establishing the wildlife restitution value of $200 for a 
103.3 	sandhill crane.
103.4 	(b) The commissioner may use the good cause exemption under Minnesota Statutes, 
103.5 	section 14.388, subdivision 1, clause (3), to adopt rules under this section, and Minnesota 
103.6 	Statutes, section 14.386, does not apply except as provided under Minnesota Statutes, 
103.7 	section 14.388.

103.8 	Sec. 81.  REPEALER.
 103.9 	(a) Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 115.18, subdivisions 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 
103.10 	10; 115.19; 115.20; 115.21; 115.22; 115.23; 115.24; 115.25; 115.26; 115.27; 115.28; 
103.11 	115.29; 115.30; 115.31; 115.32; 115.33; 115.34; 115.35; 115.36; and 115.37, are repealed.
103.12 	(b) Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 97A.451, subdivision 4a; and 127A.353, are 
103.13 	repealed.