1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; requiring Environmental Quality Board to assess 
1.3 	effects of flooding, drought, land use, and population changes on natural resources.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. ASSESSMENT OF EFFECTS OF FLOODING, DROUGHT, LAND USE, 
1.6 	AND POPULATION.
 1.7 	In the report required by Minnesota Statutes, section 103A.43, to be submitted on 
1.8 	September 15, 2020, the Environmental Quality Board must include an assessment and 
1.9 	analysis of the way that flooding, drought, land use, and population changes are affecting 
1.10 	groundwater and surface water quality and quantity, biota, hydrology, and infrastructure. 
1.11 	The assessment and analysis must also include an analysis of the effect these phenomena 
1.12 	are likely to have in the future.