Bill Text: MN SF2289 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Environment and natural resources advisory groups provisions modifications

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-19 - Comm report: To pass and re-referred to State and Local Government [SF2289 Detail]

Download: Minnesota-2013-SF2289-Introduced.html

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A bill for an act

relating to state government; modifying laws governing certain executive branch
advisory groups;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 92.35; 103F.518,
subdivision 1; 115.55, subdivision 12; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2012,
sections 84.964; 103F.518, subdivision 11; 116C.711; 216C.265, subdivision 4.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 92.35, is amended to read:
92.35 DUTIES AND POWERS.
The commissioner of natural resources must classify all public and private lands in
the state by the use to which the lands are adapted, but principally as to adaptability to
present known uses, such as agriculture and forestry. This classification must be based on
consideration of the known physical and economic factors affecting use of the land. The
commissioner must consult private, state, and federal agencies concerned with land use.
The commissioner may appoint advisory committees of residents of the state concerned
with and interested in land use. The advisory committees shall serve without pay, at the
pleasure of the commissioner. The advisory committee must consider and report on land
use problems submitted by the commissioner. The classification must be done first in the
counties having land classification committees. In determining the land classification, the
commissioner must consult and cooperate with the land classification committee. The
determination of the land classification committee is final.

    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 103F.518, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
    Subdivision 1. Establishment of program. (a) The board, in consultation with the
technical committee established in subdivision 11, shall establish and administer a reinvest
in Minnesota (RIM) clean energy program that is in addition to the program under section
103F.515 . Selection of land for the clean energy program must be based on its potential
benefits for bioenergy crop production, water quality, soil health, reduction of chemical
inputs, soil carbon storage, biodiversity, and wildlife habitat.
    (b) For the purposes of this section, "diverse native prairie" means a prairie planted
from a mix of local Minnesota native prairie species. A selection from all available native
prairie species may be made so as to match species appropriate to local site conditions.

    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 115.55, subdivision 12, is amended to read:
    Subd. 12. Advisory committee; county subsurface sewage treatment system
management plan. (a) A county may adopt a subsurface sewage treatment system
management plan that describes how the county plans on carrying out subsurface sewage
treatment system needs. The commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency shall form an
advisory committee to determine what the plans should address. The advisory committee
shall be made up of representatives of the Association of Minnesota Counties, Pollution
Control Agency, Board of Water and Soil Resources, Department of Health, and other
public agencies or local units of government that have an interest in subsurface sewage
treatment systems.
    (b) The advisory committee shall advise the agency on the standards, management,
monitoring, and reporting requirements for performance-based systems.

    Sec. 4. REPEALER.
Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 84.964; 103F.518, subdivision 11; 116C.711;
and 216C.265, subdivision 4, are repealed.