| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to water; authorizing certain water appropriations from Mt. Simon-Hinckley |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 aquifer; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 103G.271, subdivision 4a. |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 103G.271, subdivision 4a, is amended to read: |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6 Subd. 4a.Mt. Simon-Hinckley aquifer.(a) The commissioner may not issue a new |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7water-use permits that will permit to appropriate water for potable water use from the Mt. |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8Simon-Hinckley aquifer unless the appropriation is for potable water use,: |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9 (1) the commissioner determines that there are no feasible or practical alternatives to |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10this source, and; |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11 (2) a water conservation plan that incorporates best available water conservation |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12technology and practices is incorporated with in the permit; and |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13 (3) the permit is consistent with the requirements of sections 103G.255 to 103G.299 and |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14the general permit requirements of sections 103G.301 and 103G.111, as applicable. |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15 (b) The commissioner may not issue a new permit to appropriate water for nonpotable |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16use from the Mt. Simon-Hinckley aquifer unless the permit satisfies the requirements of |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17paragraph (a) and the requested appropriation is outside a metropolitan county, as defined |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18in section 473.121, subdivision 4. |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 20 | 20 | | REVISOR CKM/DG 25-0104412/05/24 |
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| 21 | 21 | | State of Minnesota |
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| 22 | 22 | | This Document can be made available |
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| 23 | 23 | | in alternative formats upon request |
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| 24 | 24 | | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 25 | 25 | | H. F. No. 647 |
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| 26 | 26 | | NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 27 | 27 | | Authored by Schultz and Gordon02/13/2025 |
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| 28 | 28 | | The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy |
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