1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to environment; providing regulatory certainty to municipalities that 
1.3 	construct publicly owned treatment works to comply with new or modified effluent 
1.4 	limitations;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 115.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [115.455] EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS; COMPLIANCE.
1.7 	To the extent allowable under federal law, for a municipality that constructs a publicly 
1.8 	owned treatment works to comply with a new or modified effluent limitation, compliance 
1.9 	with any new or modified effluent limitation adopted after construction begins that would 
1.10 	require additional capital investment is required no sooner than 16 years after the date the 
1.11 	facility begins operating.

1.12 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective retroactively from August 1, 2017.