1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; reinstating an exemption from the Wetland 
1.3 	Conservation Act for approved development;amending Minnesota Statutes 
1.4 	2006, section 103G.2241, by adding a subdivision.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 103G.2241, is amended by adding a 
1.7 	subdivision to read:
1.8 		Subd. 8a.Approved development. A replacement plan for wetlands is not 
1.9 	required for development projects and ditch improvement projects in the state that have 
1.10 	received preliminary or final plat approval or have infrastructure that has been installed 
1.11 	or has local site plan approval, conditional use permits, or similar official approval by a 
1.12 	governing body or government agency, within five years before July 1, 1991. As used in 
1.13 	the subdivision, "infrastructure" means public water facilities, storm water and sanitary 
1.14 	sewer piping, outfalls, inlets, culverts, bridges, and any other work defined specifically 
1.15 	by a local government unit as constituting a capital improvement to a parcel within the 
1.16 	context of an approved development plan.