WATER AND SOIL RESOURCES BOARD

Administrative penalties, authority to issue, Minn. Law 2024 c 116 art 4 s 1, 2

Appropriations to

Capital improvement projects, Minn. Law 2017 1Sp c 8 art 1 s 8, 2018 c 214 art 1 s 9, 2020 5Sp c 3 art 1 s 9, 2023 c 71 art 1 s 4, 2023 c 72 art 1 s 9, 2023 c 72 art 2 s 5

Clean water fund projects, Minn. Law 2016 c 172 art 2 s 3, 7, 11, 2017 c 91 art 2 s 7, 2019 1Sp c 2 art 2 s 7, 2021 1Sp c 1 art 2 s 6, 20, 2023 c 40 art 2 s 6, 2024 c 106 art 2 s 6, 2025 c 36 art 2 s 6

Conservation easements, Minn. Law 2017 c 93 art 1 s 4, 2019 1Sp c 4 art 1 s 4, 2021 1Sp c 6 art 1 s 4, 2023 c 60 art 1 s 4, 2025 1Sp c 1 art 1 s 18

Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP), Minn. Law 2017 c 96 s 2, 2021 1Sp c 6 art 5 s 2

Conservation Reserve Program, Minn. Law 2023 c 60 art 1 s 4

Drainage records modernization, Minn. Law 2017 c 96 s 2

Drainage Work Group, Minn. Law 2017 c 93 art 1 s 4, 2019 1Sp c 4 art 1 s 4, 2021 1Sp c 6 art 1 s 4, 2023 c 60 art 1 s 4, 2023 c 60 art 5 s 21, 2025 1Sp c 1 art 1 s 4

Education, outreach, non-native English speakers, Minn. Law 2023 c 60 art 1 s 3

Environmental projects, Minn. Law 2018 c 214 art 6 s 4, 2019 c 2 art 1 s 4, 2022 c 94 s 2, 2023 c 60 art 2 s 14, 2026 c 104 s 2

Floodplain management, Minn. Law 2017 c 93 art 1 s 4, 2019 1Sp c 4 art 1 s 4, 2021 1Sp c 6 art 1 s 4, 2023 c 60 art 1 s 4

Generally, Minn. Law 2016 c 189 art 3 s 4, 2025 1Sp c 1 art 1 s 18

Grasslands, Minn. Law 2023 c 60 art 1 s 4

Habitat enhancement landscape program, Minn. Law 2023 c 60 art 1 s 4

Habitat-friendly utilities program, Minn. Law 2023 c 60 art 1 s 4

Lawns to legumes, Minn. Law 2021 1Sp c 6 art 5 s 2, 2021 1Sp c 6 art 6 s 2

Lawns to legumes program, Minn. Law 2023 c 60 art 1 s 4, 2024 c 116 art 1 s 4

Lower Minnesota River Watershed District, Minn. Law 2017 c 93 art 1 s 4, 2019 1Sp c 4 art 1 s 4, 2021 1Sp c 6 art 1 s 4, 2023 c 60 art 1 s 4, 2025 1Sp c 1 art 1 s 4

Manure management, Minn. Law 2024 c 116 art 1 s 4

Minnesota River Basin Projects, Minn. Law 2021 1Sp c 6 art 1 s 4, 2023 c 60 art 1 s 4, 2025 1Sp c 1 art 1 s 4

Natural resources block grants, Minn. Law 2017 c 93 art 1 s 4, 2019 1Sp c 4 art 1 s 4, 2021 1Sp c 6 art 1 s 4, 2023 c 60 art 1 s 4

Outdoor heritage fund projects, Minn. Law 2016 c 172 art 1 s 2, 2017 c 91 art 1 s 2, 2018 c 208 s 2, 2019 1Sp c 2 art 1 s 2, 2021 1Sp c 1 art 1 s 2, 2022 c 77 art 1 s 2, 2023 c 40 art 1 s 2

Outdoor heritage projects, Minn. Law 2024 c 106 art 1 s 2, 2025 c 36 art 1 s 2, 2026 c 126 art 1 s 2

Peatlands, Minn. Law 2023 c 60 art 1 s 4

Pollinator account, Minn. Law 2024 c 116 art 4 s 3

Pollinator and beneficial insect strategic habitat, Minn. Law 2021 1Sp c 6 art 5 s 2

Red River Basin Commission, Minn. Law 2017 c 93 art 1 s 4, 2019 1Sp c 4 art 1 s 4, 2021 1Sp c 6 art 1 s 4, 2023 c 60 art 1 s 4, 2025 1Sp c 1 art 1 s 4

Red River of the North phosphorus management, Minn. Law 2024 c 116 art 1 s 3

Reinvest In Minnesota Reserve Program (RIM), Minn. Law 2021 1Sp c 6 art 1 s 4

Section 404 permit program of Clean Water Act, Minn. Law 2017 c 93 art 1 s 4

Soil and water conservation districts, Minn. Law 2017 c 93 art 1 s 4, 2019 1Sp c 4 art 1 s 4, 2021 1Sp c 6 art 1 s 4, 2023 c 60 art 1 s 4, 2025 1Sp c 1 art 1 s 4

Soil health practices program, Minn. Law 2023 c 60 art 1 s 4, 2025 1Sp c 1 art 1 s 4

Tribes, government-to-government coordination with, Minn. Law 2023 c 60 art 1 s 4

Water quality and storage program, Minn. Law 2021 1Sp c 6 art 1 s 4, 2023 c 60 art 1 s 4

Water quality cost share grants, Minn. Law 2017 c 93 art 1 s 2, 2019 1Sp c 4 art 1 s 2, 2021 1Sp c 6 art 1 s 4

Weed management, Minn. Law 2017 c 93 art 1 s 4, 2019 1Sp c 4 art 1 s 4, 2021 1Sp c 6 art 1 s 4, 2023 c 60 art 1 s 4, 2025 1Sp c 1 art 1 s 4

Wetland banking program, Minn. Law 2017 c 7 s 2, 2017 c 93 art 1 s 4, 2019 1Sp c 4 art 1 s 4, 2021 1Sp c 6 art 1 s 4

Wetland Conservation Act, Minn. Law 2023 c 60 art 1 s 4, 2025 1Sp c 1 art 1 s 4, 18

Wetland replacement, capital investment projects, Minn. Law 2025 1Sp c 15 art 1 s 9, 2026 c 130 art 1 s 9

Wetlands

Banking program, Minn. Law 2023 c 60 art 1 s 4

Preservation and restoration, Minn. Law 2023 c 60 art 1 s 4

Wetlands preservation, Minn. Law 2025 1Sp c 8 art 1 s 5

Appropriations to, outdoor heritage fund projects, Minn. Law 2020 c 104 art 1 s 2

Beaver damage control grants, repealed, Minn. Law 2024 c 90 art 3 s 88

Boundary determinations, Minn. Law 2017 c 54 s 36

Buffers, riparian protection

Duties, Minn. Law 2017 1Sp c 1 art 4 s 24

Funding, Minn. Law 2016 c 85 s 8

Penalties, Minn. Law 2016 c 85 s 1, 2

State aid, Minn. Law 2017 c 93 art 2 s 146

Buffers, riparian protection, corrective actions, technical correction, Minn. Law 2024 c 116 art 4 s 5

Conservation easements

Program administration, delegation, Minn. Law 2024 c 90 art 3 s 73

Reinvest in Minnesota Resources law, duties, Minn. Law 2024 c 90 art 3 s 72, 73

Conservation easements, revisor's correction, Minn. Law 2025 c 20 s 80

Conservation easements, wetland replacement, fees, Minn. Law 2019 1Sp c 4 art 3 s 85

Conservation, standardized practices, Minn. Law 2023 c 60 art 5 s 3

Data centers, permits, Minn. Law 2025 1Sp c 12 s 2

Drainage, standardized practices, Minn. Law 2024 c 90 art 3 s 1

Duties and powers, Minn. Law 2023 c 60 art 5 s 2

Employees, revisor's correction, Minn. Law 2019 c 50 art 1 s 26

Habitat enhancement landscape program, collaboration, Minn. Law 2023 c 60 art 5 s 8

Habitat-friendly utilities program, collaboration, Minn. Law 2023 c 60 art 5 s 7

Habitat restoration and enhancement evaluations, Minn. Law 2016 c 172 art 1 s 4

Highways for habitat program, native vegetation establishment and enhancement guidelines, Minn. Law 2023 c 68 art 4 s 14

Lawns to legumes program, collaboration, Minn. Law 2023 c 60 art 5 s 6

Lawns to legumes program, data, classification, Minn. Law 2024 c 116 art 4 s 4

Members, Minn. Law 2023 c 60 art 5 s 1

Members, revisor's correction, Minn. Law 2025 c 20 s 62

Mitigation easement stewardship account, duties, Minn. Law 2023 c 60 art 5 s 5

Native vegetation, recommendations, Minn. Law 2023 c 60 art 5 s 4

Pollinator habitat support, pollinator account, Minn. Law 2024 c 116 art 4 s 3

Questions of water policy, board action, revisor's correction, Minn. Law 2025 c 20 s 61

Reinvest in Minnesota Resources law, duties, Minn. Law 2024 c 90 art 3 s 72, 73

Reinvest in Minnesota working lands program, Minn. Law 2023 c 60 art 5 s 19

Reports given

Buffers, riparian protection, certification, Minn. Law 2017 1Sp c 1 art 4 s 24

Clean water project funding, Minn. Law 2023 c 40 art 2 s 6, 2025 c 36 art 2 s 6

Conservation program oversight, Minn. Law 2017 c 91 art 2 s 7

Drainage work group, Minn. Law 2017 c 93 art 1 s 4, 2023 c 60 art 5 s 21

Soil and water conservation districts, state aid, certification, Minn. Law 2023 c 64 art 4 s 20

Water conservation actions, timeline extensions, Minn. Law 2025 1Sp c 1 art 6 s 7

Reports given, conservation program oversight, Minn. Law 2019 1Sp c 2 art 2 s 7, 2021 1Sp c 1 art 2 s 6

Reports given, soil health activities, Minn. Law 2024 c 116 art 4 s 7

Riparian protection and water quality practices, corrective actions, technical correction, Minn. Law 2024 c 116 art 4 s 5

Rulemaking authority

Soil and water conservation districts, Minn. Law 2023 c 60 art 5 s 12

Wetlands, Minn. Law 2023 c 60 art 5 s 20

Rulemaking authority, wetlands, Minn. Law 2024 c 90 art 3 s 83, 85

Soil and water conservation districts, see SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS

Soil and water conservation districts aid, duties, Minn. Law 2023 c 64 art 4 s 20

Soil health practices program, Minn. Law 2023 c 60 art 5 s 15

Solar site management, pollinator habitat, duties, Minn. Law 2019 1Sp c 7 art 11 s 3

Water and soil conservation easement stewardship account, duties, Minn. Law 2023 c 60 art 5 s 5

Water quality and storage program, Minn. Law 2021 1Sp c 6 art 2 s 80

Watershed management planning, Minn. Law 2019 1Sp c 4 art 5 s 3 to 2019 1Sp c 4 art 5 s 5

Watershed restoration and protection strategies (WRAPS), Minn. Law 2019 1Sp c 4 art 5 s 20

Wetlands

Conservation easements, fees, Minn. Law 2019 1Sp c 4 art 3 s 85

Evaluation, Minn. Law 2024 c 90 art 3 s 84

In-lieu fee program, Minn. Law 2019 1Sp c 4 art 3 s 110

Wetland banking program, Minn. Law 2017 c 7 s 1

Wetland banking program, payments, Minn. Law 2024 c 90 art 3 s 86

Wetland value replacement plans, Minn. Law 2017 c 93 art 2 s 113, 114

Wetland value replacement plans, rulemaking, Minn. Law 2024 c 90 art 3 s 83

Wetlands replacement, see WETLANDS