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SF3055 REVISOR CKM S3055-1 1st Engrossment SENATE STATE OF MINNESOTA NINETY-SECOND SESSION S.F. NO. 3055 (SENATE AUTHORS: HOUSLEY, Chamberlain and Wiger) DATE D-PG OFFICIAL STATUS 02/10/2022 4968 Introduction and first reading Referred to Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Legacy Finance 02/21/2022 5089 Author added Wiger 03/02/2022 5169a Comm report: To pass as amended 5175 Second reading 1.1 A bill for an act 1.2 relating to natural resources; requiring the issuance or modification of groundwater 1.3 appropriation permits near White Bear Lake; requiring the development of 1.4 recommendations to ensure safe drinking water for east metropolitan communities 1.5 in a manner that supports both growth and sustainability; requiring a report; 1.6 amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 103G.211; 103G.285, by adding a 1.7 subdivision; 103G.287, by adding subdivisions; 11613.03, subdivision 1; 116B.10, 1.8 by adding a subdivision. 1.9 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 1.10 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 103G.211, is amended to read: 1.11 103G.211 DRAINING PUBLIC WATERS PROHIBITED WITHOUT 1.12 REPLACEMENT. 1.13 Except as provided in sections 103G.221 to 103G.235, public waters may not be 1.14 drained, and a permit authorizing drainage of public waters may not be issued, unless the 1.15 public waters to be drained are replaced by public waters that will have equal or greater 1.16 public value. 1.17 (b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the commissioner from issuing 1.18 or amending a water -use permit for appropriation from groundwater where: 1.19 (1) the application is for a new groundwater well or to increase appropriation amounts 1.20 under an existing permit; 1.21 (2) the applicant is a municipality wholly or partially located within a five -mile radius 1.22 of White Bear Lake; and Section 1. 1