1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to mining; modifying financial assurance requirements;amending 
1.3 	Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 93.49.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 93.49, is amended to read:
1.6 	93.49 FINANCIAL ASSURANCE OF OPERATOR.
1.7 	(a) The commissioner shall require a bond or other security or other financial assurance 
1.8 	satisfactory to the commissioner from an operator. The commissioner shall review annually 
1.9 	the extent of each operator's financial assurance under this section.
1.10 	(b) When determining the amount of financial assurance required under this section, the 
1.11 	commissioner must account for the estimated costs of adverse impacts on human health 
1.12 	that could develop because of the mining operation, including the health impacts on people 
1.13 	employed by the operator and people living or working in the community.