HF 1897

as introduced - 83rd Legislature (2003 - 2004) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to water; providing for the consumptive use 
  1.3             of groundwater. 
  1.4   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.5      Section 1.  [CONSUMPTIVE USE OF GROUNDWATER.] 
  1.6      Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 103G.265, 
  1.7   subdivision 3, the legislature approves the consumptive use of 
  1.8   groundwater under a permit of more than 2,000,000 gallons per 
  1.9   day average in a 30-day period in Golden Valley, Crystal, and 
  1.10  New Hope in connection with a municipal water supply system 
  1.11  operated under a joint powers agreement, subject to the 
  1.12  commissioner of the Department of Natural Resources making a 
  1.13  determination that the water remaining in the basin of origin 
  1.14  will be adequate to meet the basin's need for water and 
  1.15  subsequent approval by the commissioner. 
  1.16     [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective the day 
  1.17  following final enactment.