Bill Text: MN SF64 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Well regulation authority modification
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-28 - Withdrawn and re-referred to Local Government and Elections [SF64 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-SF64-Introduced.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.
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 to
1.11outlets, treatment plants, pumps, lift stations, service connections, mains, valves, hydrants,
1.12public wells, reservoirs, tanks and other appurtenances of public water systems. A work or
1.13system may be used for domestic, commercial, industrial and stock watering purposes
1.14only and shall not be used for irrigation purposes.
1.15 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 412.221, subdivision 11, is amended to read:
1.16 Subd. 11. Waterworks. The council shall have power to provide and by ordinance
1.17regulate the use of public wells, cisterns, reservoirs, waterworks, and other means of
1.18public water supply.
1.3Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 110A.02, subdivision 4; 412.221, subdivision
1.411.
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 to
1.11outlets, treatment plants, pumps, lift stations, service connections, mains, valves, hydrants,
1.12public wells, reservoirs, tanks and other appurtenances of public water systems. A work or
1.13system may be used for domestic, commercial, industrial and stock watering purposes
1.14only and shall not be used for irrigation purposes.
1.15 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 412.221, subdivision 11, is amended to read:
1.16 Subd. 11. Waterworks. The council shall have power to provide and by ordinance
1.17regulate the use of public wells, cisterns, reservoirs, waterworks, and other means of
1.18public water supply.
