1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to environment; requiring Pollution Control Agency to obtain social permit 
1.3 	before adopting new or modified water quality standard;amending Minnesota 
1.4 	Statutes 2018, section 115.44, subdivision 6.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 115.44, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 6.Adopting and modifying standards. The adoption, alteration, or modification 
1.8 	of the standards of quality and purity in subdivision 4 shall must be made by the agency in 
1.9 	accordance with chapter 14. Additionally, the adoption of a new standard or the alteration 
1.10 	or modification of an existing standard that makes the standard more stringent does not take 
1.11 	effect until the Pollution Control Agency obtains a social permit to adopt the standard, 
1.12 	alteration, or modification. For purposes of this subdivision, the Pollution Control Agency 
1.13 	obtains a social permit when a resolution in support of the new or modified standard is 
1.14 	adopted by the board of county commissioners of every county in Minnesota.