Minnesota Session Laws - 1997, Regular Session

                            CHAPTER 104-S.F.No. 413 
                  An act relating to water; authorizing a state general 
                  permit for water appropriation; amending Minnesota 
                  Statutes 1996, section 103G.271, subdivision 1.  
        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
           Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 103G.271, 
        subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
           Subdivision 1.  [PERMIT REQUIRED.] (a) Except as provided 
        in paragraph (b), the state, a person, partnership, or 
        association, private or public corporation, county, 
        municipality, or other political subdivision of the state may 
        not appropriate or use waters of the state without a water use 
        permit from the commissioner.  
           (b) This section does not apply to use for a water supply 
        by less than 25 persons for domestic purposes.  
           (c) The commissioner may issue a state general permit for 
        temporary appropriation of water to a governmental subdivision 
        or to the general public for classes of activities that have 
        minimal impact upon waters of the state.  The general permit may 
        authorize more than one project and the appropriation or use of 
        more than one source of water.  Water use permit processing fees 
        and reports required under subdivision 6 and section 103G.281, 
        subdivision 3, are required for each project or water source 
        that is included under a general permit, except that no fee or 
        report is required for uses totaling less than 15,000,000 
        gallons annually. 
           Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
           Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment. 
           Presented to the governor May 5, 1997 
           Signed by the governor May 6, 1997, 2:45 p.m.