Bill Text: MN HF135 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Well regulation authority modified.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-09 - Committee report, to pass and re-refer to Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Policy and Finance [HF135 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-HF135-Engrossed.html
1.2relating to natural resources; modifying authority to regulate wells;amending
1.3Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 110A.02, subdivision 4; 412.221, subdivision
1.411; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 465.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 110A.02, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
1.7 Subd. 4. Works; system. "Works" and "system" include all lands, property, rights,
1.8rights-of-way, easements, and related franchises deemed necessary or convenient for their
1.9operation, all water rights acquired or exercised by the board in connection with works,
1.10all means of conserving, controlling, and distributing water, including, but not limited
1.11to outlets, treatment plants, pumps, lift stations, service connections, mains, valves,
1.12hydrants, public wells, reservoirs, tanks and other appurtenances of public water systems.
1.13A work or system may be used for domestic, commercial, industrial and stock watering
1.14purposes only and shall not be used for irrigation purposes. A board cannot regulate
1.15the construction or use of private wells.
1.16 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 412.221, subdivision 11, is amended to read:
1.17 Subd. 11. Waterworks. The council shall have power to provide and by ordinance
1.18regulate the use of public wells, cisterns, reservoirs, waterworks, and other means of
1.19public water supply.
1.20 Sec. 3. [465.605] PRIVATE WELLS.
1.21A home rule charter city or statutory city cannot regulate the construction or use of
1.22private wells.
1.3Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 110A.02, subdivision 4; 412.221, subdivision
1.411; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 465.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 110A.02, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
1.7 Subd. 4. Works; system. "Works" and "system" include all lands, property, rights,
1.8rights-of-way, easements, and related franchises deemed necessary or convenient for their
1.9operation, all water rights acquired or exercised by the board in connection with works,
1.10all means of conserving, controlling, and distributing water, including, but not limited
1.11to outlets, treatment plants, pumps, lift stations, service connections, mains, valves,
1.12hydrants, public wells, reservoirs, tanks and other appurtenances of public water systems.
1.13A work or system may be used for domestic, commercial, industrial and stock watering
1.14purposes only and shall not be used for irrigation purposes. A board cannot regulate
1.15the construction or use of private wells.
1.16 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 412.221, subdivision 11, is amended to read:
1.17 Subd. 11. Waterworks. The council shall have power to provide and by ordinance
1.18regulate the use of public wells, cisterns, reservoirs, waterworks, and other means of
1.19public water supply.
1.20 Sec. 3. [465.605] PRIVATE WELLS.
1.21A home rule charter city or statutory city cannot regulate the construction or use of
1.22private wells.
