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HF 4364

as introduced - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 04/12/2018 02:33pm

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.
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A bill for an act
 relating to natural resources; clarifying prohibition on changing name of state water
that has existed for 40 years; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 83A.05.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 83A.05, is amended to read:


83A.05 CHANGING AND GIVING NAMES TO WATER BODIES.

Subdivision 1.

Applicability.

A name of a lake, river, stream, or other body of water
may be given or changed new text begin only new text end under sections 83A.05 to 83A.07 except that a name which
has existed for 40 years may not be changed under the provisions of deleted text begin sections 83A.05 to
83A.07deleted text end new text begin this chapternew text end .

Subd. 2.

Petition for name.

(a) deleted text begin Fifteendeleted text end new text begin The commissioner of natural resources or 15new text end or
more legal voters residing in a county where all or a part of a body of water is located may
petition the county board of the county where the petitioners reside or the body of water is
located to change the name of or give a name to a previously unnamed lake, river, stream,
or other body of water located within the state.

(b) The petition may include any number of lakes, rivers, streams, or other bodies of
water to have names changed, or if unnamed to be given a name by the county board.

(c) The petition must describe:

(1) the location of the body of water;

(2) the name, if any, that the body of water has been referred to or known by, or if there
is not a name, it must be stated that a known name does not exist;

(3) the name that the petitioners desire to be given to the body of water; and

(4) the reason for the change of name or for giving the designated name to a previously
unnamed body of water.

(d) The petitioners must sign their names and state their place of residence.

(e) The petition must be filed with the auditor of the county where the petitioners reside
or the body of water is located.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective retroactively from January 1, 2017.
 new text end