1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to natural resources; implementing recommendations of Aggregate
1.3 Resources Task Force; requiring a report; appropriating money; amending
1.4 Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 473.859, subdivision 2.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 473.859, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.7 Subd. 2.Land use plan.(a) A land use plan must include the water management plan
1.8required by section 103B.235, and shall designate the existing and proposed location,
1.9intensity and extent of use of land and water, including lakes, wetlands, rivers, streams,
1.10natural drainage courses, and adjoining land areas that affect water natural resources, for
1.11agricultural, residential, commercial, industrial and other public and private purposes, or
1.12any combination of such purposes.
1.13 (b) A land use plan must contain a protection element, as appropriate, for historic sites,
1.14the matters listed in the water management plan required by section 103B.235, and an
1.15element for protection and development of access to direct sunlight for solar energy systems.
1.16 (c) A land use plan must also include a housing element containing standards, plans and
1.17programs for providing adequate housing opportunities to meet existing and projected local
1.18and regional housing needs, including but not limited to the use of official controls and land
1.19use planning to promote the availability of land for the development of low and moderate
1.20income housing.
1.21 (d) A land use plan must also include an assessment of the impact of all land use
1.22designations and easements on access to aggregate resources and the local government's
1.23goals, intentions, and priorities concerning aggregate and other natural resources,
1Section 1.
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SENATE
STATE OF MINNESOTA
S.F. No. 1751NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
(SENATE AUTHORS: JOHNSON STEWART, Eichorn, Hauschild and Hawj)
OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
Introduction and first reading47302/24/2025
Referred to Environment, Climate, and Legacy
Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to State and Local Government03/20/2025 2.1transportation infrastructure, land use compatibility, habitat, agricultural preservation, and
2.2other planning priorities, considering information regarding supply from the Minnesota
2.3Geological Survey Information Circular No. 46.
2.4 (e) A land use plan must also include an inventory and projections pertaining to
2.5greenhouse gas emissions and vehicle miles traveled that are generated from activity that
2.6occurs within the local government's jurisdiction. The inventory and projections must include
2.7the emission sources from transportation, land use, energy use, solid waste, and, where
2.8available and applicable, livestock and agriculture. The inventory and projections must
2.9include the estimated impact of strategies, including efficient land use and compact growth,
2.10that reduce or naturally sequester greenhouse gas emissions across sectors.
2.11 Sec. 2. AUDIT OF AGGREGATE TAX AND THE USE OF THE REVENUES
2.12COLLECTED BY COUNTIES.
2.13 The Office of the Legislative Auditor is directed to conduct a program audit of the
2.14aggregate production tax established by Minnesota Statutes, section 298.75, to include the
2.15following by individual participating county and covering all fiscal years since the county
2.16established the tax:
2.17 (1) a report on total revenues collected by fiscal year;
2.18 (2) a report on how revenues are distributed between maintenance, construction, and
2.19reconstruction of roads, highways, and bridges;
2.20 (3) a report as to the funding priority given to roads, highways, and bridges that service
2.21or are impacted by aggregate operations;
2.22 (4) a report as to whether the county distributes aggregate tax revenues on a project or
2.23formula basis;
2.24 (5) a report as to distribution and expenditure of funds for aggregate mine reclamation
2.25activities; and
2.26 (6) a report on how tax revenue deposited in the special reserve fund established in
2.27Minnesota Statutes, section 298.75, subdivision 7, paragraph (c), clause (3), has been
2.28expended since each county began collecting the tax.
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3.2CHANGES TO PROTECT AGGREGATE RESOURCES.
3.3 By February 1, 2027, the commissioner of natural resources, in consultation with the
3.4Minnesota Asphalt Paving Association, the Aggregate and Ready Mix Association of
3.5Minnesota, the Association of Minnesota Counties, and other interested stakeholders, must
3.6make recommendations to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative
3.7committees with primary jurisdiction over environment and local government for statutory
3.8changes that would facilitate local government permitting processes that adequately protect
3.9the state's aggregate resources and foster environmentally responsible reclamation of former
3.10aggregate mining sites.
3.11 Sec. 4. APPROPRIATION; AGGREGATE MAPPING.
3.12 (a) $950,000 in fiscal year 2026 and $950,000 in fiscal year 2027 are appropriated from
3.13the general fund to the commissioner of natural resources to:
3.14 (1) map the aggregate resource potential of additional counties outside the metropolitan
3.15area, as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 473.121, and make the information available
3.16in print and electronic format to local units of government for use in planning and zoning;
3.17 (2) update the department's A Handbook for Reclaiming Sand and Gravel Pits in
3.18Minnesota;
3.19 (3) provide technical assistance as needed to local units of government in making sound
3.20land-use decisions that preserve the availability of aggregate resources; and
3.21 (4) develop the recommendations required by section 3.
3.22 (b) The commissioner of natural resources, in consultation with the Minnesota Geological
3.23Survey and the commissioners of transportation and employment and economic development,
3.24must examine whether a regional approach to aggregate mapping could yield financial or
3.25time efficiencies. If the commissioner determines that a regional approach would yield
3.26efficiencies, the commissioner must complete aggregate mapping for counties that have
3.27already requested aggregate mapping and then must implement a regional approach to
3.28mapping the remaining counties, notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 84.94.
3.29 (c) The base amount for this appropriation in fiscal year 2035 and thereafter is $0.
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S1751-1 1st EngrossmentSF1751 REVISOR CKM 4.1 Sec. 5. APPROPRIATION; AGGREGATE RESOURCE INVENTORY.
4.2 $250,000 in fiscal year 2026 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner
4.3of natural resources for the aggregate resource mapping program to update Information
4.4Circular 46, Aggregate Resources Inventory of the Seven-County Metropolitan Area,
4.5Minnesota (Minnesota Geological Survey 2000), with particular emphasis on projected
4.6needs and the estimated time until the aggregate resource is exhausted, and to perform duties
4.7under Minnesota Statutes, section 84.94.
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