Skip to main content Skip to office menu Skip to footer
Capital IconMinnesota Legislature

Office of the Revisor of Statutes

Key: (1) language to be deleted (2) new language

CHAPTER 181--H.F.No. 4003

An act

relating to waters; temporarily prohibiting enforcement of certain water appropriation permit conditions.

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

Section 1.

new text begin TEMPORARY ENFORCEMENT OF GROUNDWATER APPROPRIATION PERMIT REQUIREMENTS. new text end

new text begin (a) Until July 1, 2019, the commissioner of natural resources must not expend funds to suspend or revoke a water appropriation permit, issue an order requiring a violation to be corrected, assess monetary penalties, or otherwise take enforcement action against a water appropriation permit holder if the suspension, revocation, order, penalty, or other enforcement action is based solely on a violation of a permit requirement added to a groundwater appropriation permit within the north and east metro groundwater management area as a result of a court order issued in 2017. new text end

new text begin (b) The commissioner of natural resources may continue to use all the authorities granted to the commissioner under Minnesota Statutes, section 103G.287, to manage groundwater resources within the north and east groundwater management area. new text end

Sec. 2.

new text begin GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT AREA; PERMIT REQUIREMENTS. new text end

new text begin (a) Notwithstanding water appropriation permit requirements added by the commissioner of natural resources as a result of a court order issued in 2017, a public water supplier located in the seven-county metropolitan area within a designated groundwater management area: new text end

new text begin (1) is not required to revise a water supply plan to include contingency plans to fully or partially convert its water supplies to surface water; new text end

new text begin (2) may prepare, enact, and enforce commercial or residential irrigation bans or alternative measures that achieve similar water use reductions when notified by the commissioner of natural resources that lake levels have fallen below court-ordered levels; and new text end

new text begin (3) is not required to use per capita residential water use as a measure for purposes of water use reduction goals, plans, and implementation and may submit water use plans and reports that use a measure other than per capita residential water use. new text end

new text begin (b) This section expires July 1, 2019. new text end

Sec. 3.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin Sections 1 and 2 are effective June 1, 2018. new text end

Presented to the governor May 17, 2018

Signed by the governor May 21, 2018, 8:25 p.m.

Official Publication of the State of Minnesota
Revisor of Statutes