1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; requiring waiver of certain limitations on water 
1.3 	appropriations for municipal drinking water supply;amending Minnesota Statutes 
1.4 	2016, section 103G.285, subdivision 1.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 103G.285, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Waiver. (a) The commissioner may waive a limitation or requirement 
1.8 	in subdivisions 2 to 6 for just cause.
1.9 	(b) The commissioner must waive the limitations in subdivision 3, paragraph (a), for 
1.10 	appropriations from water basins that serve as the primary source for a municipal drinking 
1.11 	water supply, have been dredged to increase the basin volume by more than 20 percent, and 
1.12 	have a basin watershed larger than ten square miles.