Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

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1	1	1.1 A bill for an act
2	2	1.2 relating to natural resources; implementing recommendations of Aggregate
3	3	1.3 Resources Task Force; requiring a report; appropriating money; amending
4	4	1.4 Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 84.94, subdivision 4; 473.859, subdivision 2.
5	5	1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
6	6	1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 84.94, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
7	7	1.7 Subd. 4.Local action.Each planning authority of a county or municipality receiving
8	8	1.8information pursuant to subdivision 3 shall consider the protection of must protect identified
9	9	1.9and important aggregate resources, and access to those resources, in their land use decisions
10	10	1.10and must incorporate those protections in their comprehensive land use plans, zoning
11	11	1.11ordinances, and other land use controls.
12	12	1.12 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 473.859, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
13	13	1.13 Subd. 2.Land use plan.(a) A land use plan must include the water management plan
14	14	1.14required by section 103B.235, and shall designate the existing and proposed location,
15	15	1.15intensity and extent of use of land and water, including lakes, wetlands, rivers, streams,
16	16	1.16natural drainage courses, and adjoining land areas that affect water natural resources, for
17	17	1.17agricultural, residential, commercial, industrial and other public and private purposes, or
18	18	1.18any combination of such purposes.
19	19	1.19 (b) A land use plan must contain a protection element, as appropriate, for historic sites,
20	20	1.20the matters listed in the water management plan required by section 103B.235, and an
21	21	1.21element for protection and development of access to direct sunlight for solar energy systems.
22	22	1Sec. 2.
23	23	25-02641 as introduced01/30/25 REVISOR CKM/JK
24	24	SENATE
25	25	STATE OF MINNESOTA
26	26	S.F. No. 1000NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
27	27	(SENATE AUTHORS: JOHNSON STEWART)
28	28	OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
29	29	Introduction and first reading02/06/2025
30	30	Referred to Environment, Climate, and Legacy 2.1 (c) A land use plan must also include a housing element containing standards, plans and
31	31	2.2programs for providing adequate housing opportunities to meet existing and projected local
32	32	2.3and regional housing needs, including but not limited to the use of official controls and land
33	33	2.4use planning to promote the availability of land for the development of low and moderate
34	34	2.5income housing.
35	35	2.6 (d) A land use plan must also include an element for protecting and developing access
36	36	2.7to aggregate resources and the local government's goals, intentions, and priorities concerning
37	37	2.8aggregate and other natural resources, transportation infrastructure, land use compatibility,
38	38	2.9habitat, agricultural preservation, and other planning priorities, considering information
39	39	2.10regarding supply from the Minnesota Geological Survey Information Circular No. 46.
40	40	2.11 (e) A land use plan must also include an inventory and projections pertaining to
41	41	2.12greenhouse gas emissions and vehicle miles traveled that are generated from activity that
42	42	2.13occurs within the local government's jurisdiction. The inventory and projections must include
43	43	2.14the emission sources from transportation, land use, energy use, solid waste, and, where
44	44	2.15available and applicable, livestock and agriculture. The inventory and projections must
45	45	2.16include the estimated impact of strategies, including efficient land use and compact growth,
46	46	2.17that reduce or naturally sequester greenhouse gas emissions across sectors.
47	47	2.18 Sec. 3. RECOMMENDA TIONS FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT PERMITTING
48	48	2.19CHANGES TO PROTECT AGGREGATE RESOURCES.
49	49	2.20 By February 1, 2026, the commissioner of natural resources must make recommendations
50	50	2.21to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with primary
51	51	2.22jurisdiction over environment and local government for statutory changes that would facilitate
52	52	2.23local government permitting processes that adequately protect the state's aggregate resources
53	53	2.24and foster environmentally responsible reclamation of former aggregate mining sites. In
54	54	2.25developing the recommendations, the commissioner must work with interested stakeholders.
55	55	2.26 Sec. 4. APPROPRIATION; AGGREGATE MAPPING.
56	56	2.27 (a) $950,000 in fiscal year 2026 and $950,000 in fiscal year 2027 are appropriated from
57	57	2.28the general fund to the commissioner of natural resources to:
58	58	2.29 (1) map the aggregate resource potential of additional counties outside the metropolitan
59	59	2.30area, as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 473.121, and make the information available
60	60	2.31in print and electronic format to local units of government for use in planning and zoning;
61	61	2Sec. 4.
62	62	25-02641 as introduced01/30/25 REVISOR CKM/JK 3.1 (2) update the department's A Handbook for Reclaiming Sand and Gravel Pits in
63	63	3.2Minnesota; and
64	64	3.3 (3) provide technical assistance as needed to local units of government in making sound
65	65	3.4land-use decisions that preserve the availability of aggregate resources.
66	66	3.5 (b) The commissioner of natural resources, in consultation with the Minnesota Geological
67	67	3.6Survey and the commissioners of transportation and employment and economic development,
68	68	3.7must examine whether a regional approach to aggregate mapping could yield financial or
69	69	3.8time efficiencies. If the commissioner determines that a regional approach would yield
70	70	3.9efficiencies, the commissioner must complete aggregate mapping for counties that have
71	71	3.10already requested aggregate mapping and then must implement a regional approach to
72	72	3.11mapping the remaining counties, notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 84.94.
73	73	3.12 (c) The base amount for this appropriation in fiscal year 2035 and thereafter is $0.
74	74	3Sec. 4.
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