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SF3055 REVISOR CKM S3055-1 1st Engrossment 3.1 (3) the amount of water to be appropriated under the proposal is consistent with the 3.2 amount anticipated to be needed by the applicant each year according to a water supply 3.3 plan approved by the commissioner under section 103G.291 before 2021. 3.4 (b) This subdivision expires on January 1, 2041. 3.5 EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment, and 3.6 applies to applications for new or modified permits filed on or after that date. 3.7 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 103G.287, is amended by adding a subdivision 3.8 to read: 3.9 Subd. 7. Issuance of certain permits. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 3.10 the commissioner must issue a water -use permit for appropriation from groundwater that 3.11 meets the criteria of subdivision 6. Nothine in this subdivision shall be construed to prohibit 3.12 the commissioner from imposing conditions on the permit so long as the conditions do not 3.13 prevent the applicant from appropriating the amount of groundwater applied for. 3.14 (b) This subdivision expires on January 1, 2041. 3.15 EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment, and 3.16 applies to applications for new or modified permits filed on or after that date. 3.17 Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 116B.03, subdivision 1, is amended to read: 3.18 Subdivision 1. Parties. Any person residing within the state; the attorney general; any 3.19 political subdivision of the state; any instrumentality or agency of the state or of a political 3.20 subdivision thereof, or any partnership, corporation, association, organization, or other 3.21 entity having shareholders, members, partners or employees residing within the state may 3.22 maintain a civil action in the district court for declaratory or equitable relief in the name of 3.23 the state of Minnesota against any person, for the protection of the air, water, land, or other 3.24 natural resources located within the state, whether publicly or privately owned, from 3.25 pollution, impairment, or destruction; provided, however, that no action shall be is allowable 3.26 Lei under this section for: 3.27 Macts taken by a person on land leased or owned by said person pursuant to a permit 3.28 or license issued by the owner of the land to said person which do not and can not reasonably 3.29 be expected to pollute, impair, or destroy any other air, water, land, or other natural resources 3.30 located within the state; 3.31 f-of Sec. 5.