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MN Stat § 103B.155 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 103A - 114B — Water|Chapter 103B — Water Planning And Project Implementation|Section 103B.155 — State Water And Related Land Resource Plan.

103B.155 STATE WATER AND RELATED LAND RESOURCE PLAN. The commissioner of natural resources, in cooperation with other state and federal agencies, regional development commissions, the Metropolitan Council, local governmental units, and citizens, shall prepare a statewide framework and assessment water and related land resources plan for presentation to the legislature by November 15, 1975, for its review and approval or disapproval. This plan must relate each of the programs of the Department of Natural Resources for specific aspects of water management to the others. The statewide plan must include: (1) regulation of improvements and land development by abutting landowners of the beds, banks, and shores of lakes, streams, watercourses, and marshes by permit or otherwise to preserve them for beneficial use; (2) regulation of construction of improvements on and prevention of encroachments in the floodplains of the rivers, streams, lakes, and marshes of the state; (3) reclamation or filling of wet and overflowed lands; (4) repair, improvement, relocation, modification or consolidation in whole or in part of previously established public drainage systems within the state; (5) preservation of wetland areas; (6) management of game and fish resources as related to water resources; (7) control of water weeds; (8) control or alleviation of damages by floodwaters; (9) alteration of stream channels for conveyance of surface waters, navigation, and any other public purposes; (10) diversion or changing of watercourses in whole or in part; (11) regulation of the flow of streams and conservation of their waters; (12) regulation of lake water levels; (13) maintenance of water supply for municipal, domestic, industrial, recreational, agricultural, aesthetic, wildlife, fishery, or other public use; (14) sanitation and public health and regulation of uses of streams, ditches, or watercourses to dispose of waste and maintain water quality; (15) preventive or remedial measures to control or alleviate land and soil erosion and siltation of affected watercourses or bodies of water; (16) regulation of uses of water surfaces; and (17) identification of high priority regions for wetland preservation, enhancement, restoration, and establishment. History:  1990 c 391 art 2 s 4; 1991 c 354 art 2 s 1
MN Stat § 103B.201 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 103A - 114B — Water|Chapter 103B — Water Planning And Project Implementation|Section 103B.201 — Metropolitan Water Management Program; Purpose.

103B.201 METROPOLITAN WATER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM; PURPOSE. The purposes of the water management programs required by sections 103B.205 to 103B.255 are to: (1) protect, preserve, and use natural surface water and groundwater storage and retention systems; (2) minimize public capital expenditures needed to correct flooding and water quality problems; (3) identify and plan for means to effectively protect and improve surface water and groundwater quality; (4) establish more uniform local policies and official controls for surface water and groundwater management; (5) prevent erosion of soil into surface water systems; (6) promote groundwater recharge; (7) protect and enhance fish and wildlife habitat and water recreational facilities; and (8) secure the other benefits associated with the proper management of surface water and groundwater. History:  1990 c 391 art 2 s 5; 1990 c 601 s 6; 2019 c 50 art 1 s 24
MN Stat § 103B.221 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 103A - 114B — Water|Chapter 103B — Water Planning And Project Implementation|Section 103B.221 — Terminating Watershed District.

103B.221 TERMINATING WATERSHED DISTRICT. Subdivision 1. Procedure. A watershed district wholly within the metropolitan area may be terminated pursuant to this section or chapter 103D. Subd. 2. Petition. Proceedings for termination under this subdivision must be initiated by a petition to the Board of Water and Soil Resources filed jointly by the governing bodies of all statutory and home rule charter cities and towns having jurisdiction over territory within the watershed. Subd. 3. Hearing. Upon the filing of a sufficient petition, the board shall hold a hearing in accordance with the procedures prescribed in chapter 103D, to take testimony on the determinations required to be made by the board. Subd. 4. Determination and order. (a) Following the hearing, the board shall, by its findings and order, terminate the district as requested if the board determines: (1) that the local units of government having jurisdiction over territory within the watershed have formed a joint powers organization for the watershed pursuant to section 103B.211; (2) that upon termination of the district the members of the joint powers organization, jointly or severally, are willing and able to assume ownership of the district's assets and the responsibility for managing and maintaining the district's projects as necessary to accomplish the purposes of sections 103B.205 to 103B.255 and to implement the watershed plan of the joint powers organization to be developed pursuant to section 103B.231; and (3) that the termination can be accomplished in conformance with section 103B.225. (b) The board shall file a certified copy of the findings and order with the secretary of state. The order terminating the district must transfer the assets of the district to the joint powers organization or its members. The order must conform to section 103B.225. History:   1990 c 391 art 2 s 9
MN Stat § 103B.225 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 103A - 114B — Water|Chapter 103B — Water Planning And Project Implementation|Section 103B.225 — Boundary Change And Termination; Effect On Benefits And Damages.

103B.225 BOUNDARY CHANGE AND TERMINATION; EFFECT ON BENEFITS AND DAMAGES. (a) The addition or transfer of property or termination of a district under sections 103B.215 and 103B.221 must not affect the benefits or damages for any improvement previously constructed by the district having jurisdiction over the property before the board's order takes effect. The property affected is and remains liable for its proper share of any outstanding indebtedness of the watershed district applying to the property before the board's order, and levies and assessments for the indebtedness continue in force until the debt is fully paid. (b) In order to satisfy the requirements of this section, the board may prescribe conditions on the boundary change or termination or may prescribe a later effective date for the termination of specified powers of a watershed district. History:   1990 c 391 art 2 s 10
MN Stat § 103B.227 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 103A - 114B — Water|Chapter 103B — Water Planning And Project Implementation|Section 103B.227 — Watershed Management Organizations.

103B.227 WATERSHED MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATIONS. Subdivision 1. Appointing members. Watershed management organizations shall notify the Board of Water and Soil Resources of member appointments and vacancies in member positions within 30 days. Appointing authorities shall fill vacant positions by 90 days after the vacancy occurs. Subd. 2. Notice of board vacancies. Appointing authorities for watershed management organization board members shall publish a notice of vacancies resulting from expiration of members' terms and other reasons. The notices must be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the watershed management organization area. The notices must state that persons interested in being appointed to serve on the watershed management organization board may submit their names to the appointing authority for consideration. After December 31, 1999, staff of local units of government that are members of the watershed management organization are not eligible to be appointed to the board. Published notice of the vacancy must be given at least 15 days before an appointment or reappointment is made. Subd. 3. Removal. Appointing authorities may remove members of watershed management organization boards for just cause. The Board of Water and Soil Resources shall adopt rules prescribing standards and procedures for removing members of watershed management organization boards for just cause. Subd. 4. Newsletter. A watershed management organization shall publish and distribute at least one newsletter or other appropriate written communication each year to residents. The newsletter or other communication must explain the organization's water management programs and list the officers and telephone numbers. Subd. 5. Requests for proposals for services. A watershed management organization shall at least every two years solicit interest proposals for legal, professional, or technical consultant services before retaining the services of an attorney or consultant or extending an annual services agreement. Subd. 6.  [Repealed, 1995 c 184 s 32] Subd. 7. Drainage systems. Watershed management organizations may accept transfer of drainage systems under sections 103B.205 to 103B.255. History:  1990 c 601 s 9; 1999 c 231 s 126
MN Stat § 103B.239 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 103A - 114B — Water|Chapter 103B — Water Planning And Project Implementation|Section 103B.239 — Rule Review.

103B.239 RULE REVIEW. The Board of Water and Soil Resources shall review the rules relating to sections 103B.205 to 103B.255 at least once every five years and adopt necessary amendments. History:   1990 c 601 s 20
MN Stat § 103B.241 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 103A - 114B — Water|Chapter 103B — Water Planning And Project Implementation|Section 103B.241 — Levies.

103B.241 LEVIES. Subdivision 1. Watershed plans and projects. Notwithstanding chapter 103D, a local government unit or watershed management organization may levy a tax to pay the increased costs of preparing a plan under sections 103B.231 and 103B.235 or for projects identified in an approved and adopted plan necessary to implement the purposes of section 103B.201. The proceeds of any tax levied under this section shall be deposited in a separate fund and expended only for the purposes authorized by this section. Watershed management organizations and local government units may accumulate the proceeds of levies as an alternative to issuing bonds to finance improvements. Subd. 2. Priority programs; soil and water conservation districts. A county may levy amounts necessary to pay the reasonable increased costs to soil and water conservation districts of administering and implementing priority programs identified in an approved and adopted plan. History:  1990 c 391 art 2 s 13; 1990 c 601 s 22; 1992 c 511 art 2 s 2; art 5 s 2; 1995 c 184 s 12
MN Stat § 103B.252 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 103A - 114B — Water|Chapter 103B — Water Planning And Project Implementation|Section 103B.252 — Emergency Projects.

103B.252 EMERGENCY PROJECTS. Subdivision 1. General authority. Notwithstanding chapter 103D, a local government unit or a watershed management organization which has an approved and adopted plan may undertake and perform emergency projects under this section. Subd. 2. Declaring emergency. If the joint powers board, watershed district managers, or local government unit find that conditions exist that present a clear and imminent danger to the health or welfare of the people of the watershed management organization or local government unit, and that to delay action would prejudice the interests of the people of the watershed management organization or local government unit, or would likely cause permanent harm, the joint powers board, watershed district managers, or local government unit may declare the existence of an emergency and designate the location, watershed or subwatershed unit, nature, and extent of the emergency. Subd. 3. Project order. If an emergency has been declared to the extent necessary to protect the interests of the watershed management organization or the local government unit, the joint powers board, watershed district managers, or local government unit may order that the work be done under the direction of the joint powers board, watershed district managers, or local government unit and their engineer, without a contract. History:   1995 c 184 s 17
MN Stat § 103B.253 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 103A - 114B — Water|Chapter 103B — Water Planning And Project Implementation|Section 103B.253 — County Levy Authority.

103B.253 COUNTY LEVY AUTHORITY. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a county levying a tax under section 103B.241, 103B.245, or 103B.251 shall not include any taxes levied under those authorities in the levy certified under section 275.07, subdivision 1, paragraph (a). A county levying under section 103B.241, 103B.245, or 103B.251 shall separately certify that amount and the auditor shall extend that levy as a special taxing district levy under sections 275.066 and 275.07, subdivision 1, paragraph (b). History:   1Sp2001 c 5 art 3 s 3
MN Stat § 103B.301 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 103A - 114B — Water|Chapter 103B — Water Planning And Project Implementation|Section 103B.301 — Title.

103B.301 TITLE. Sections 103B.301 to 103B.355 may be cited as the "Comprehensive Local Water Management Act." History:   1990 c 391 art 2 s 17
MN Stat § 103B.305 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 103A - 114B — Water|Chapter 103B — Water Planning And Project Implementation|Section 103B.305 — Definitions.

103B.305 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Applicability. The definitions in this section apply to sections 103B.301 to 103B.355. Subd. 2. Board. "Board" means the Board of Water and Soil Resources. Subd. 3. Comprehensive local water management plan. "Comprehensive local water management plan," "comprehensive water plan," "local water plan," and "local water management plan" mean the plan adopted by a county under sections 103B.311 and 103B.315. Subd. 4. Groundwater systems. "Groundwater systems" means the 14 principal aquifers of the state as defined by the United States Geological Survey in the Water-Resources Investigations 81-51, entitled "Designation of Principal Water Supply Aquifers in Minnesota" (August 1981), and its revisions. Subd. 5. Local units of government. "Local units of government" means municipalities, towns, counties, soil and water conservation districts, watershed districts, organizations formed for the joint exercise of powers under section 471.59, and other special purpose districts or authorities exercising authority in water and related land resources management at the local level. Subd. 6. Municipality. "Municipality" means a statutory or home rule charter city. Subd. 7. Official controls. "Official controls" means ordinances and regulations that control the physical development of the whole or part of a local government unit or that implement the general objectives of the local government unit. Subd. 7a. Plan authority. "Plan authority" means those local government units coordinating planning under sections 103B.301 to 103B.335. Subd. 7b. Priority concerns. "Priority concerns" means issues, resources, subwatersheds, or demographic areas that are identified as a priority by the plan authority. Subd. 7c. Priority concerns scoping document. "Priority concerns scoping document" means the list of the chosen priority concerns and a detailed account of how those concerns were identified and chosen. Subd. 8. Related land resources. "Related land resources" means land affected by present or projected management practices that have significant effects on the quantity and quality, or use of groundwater or surface water. Subd. 8a. State review agencies. "State review agencies" means the Board of Water and Soil Resources, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Health, the Department of Natural Resources, the Pollution Control Agency, and other agencies granted state review status by a resolution of the board. Subd. 9. Watershed management organization. "Watershed management organization" has the meaning given in section 103B.205, subdivision 13. Subd. 10. Watershed units. "Watershed units" means each of the 81 major watershed units identified in the state watershed boundaries map prepared pursuant to the requirements of Laws 1977, chapter 455, section 33, subdivision 7, paragraph (a) and the accompanying database, and the revisions of that database. History:  1990 c 391 art 2 s 18; 2003 c 128 art 1 s 79-83
MN Stat § 103B.312 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 103A - 114B — Water|Chapter 103B — Water Planning And Project Implementation|Section 103B.312 — Identifying Priority Concerns.

103B.312 IDENTIFYING PRIORITY CONCERNS. Each priority concerns scoping document must contain: (1) the list of proposed priority concerns the plan will address; and (2) a description of how and why the priority concerns were chosen, including: (i) a list of all public and internal forums held to gather input regarding priority concerns, including the dates they were held, a list of participants and affiliated organizations, a summary of the proceedings, and supporting data; (ii) the process used to locally coordinate and resolve differences between the plan's priority concerns and other state, local, and regional concerns; and (iii) a list of issues identified by the stakeholders but not selected as priority concerns, why they were not included in the list of priority concerns, and a brief description of how the concerns may be addressed or delegated to other partnering entities. History:   2003 c 128 art 1 s 88
MN Stat § 103B.313 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 103A - 114B — Water|Chapter 103B — Water Planning And Project Implementation|Section 103B.313 — Plan Development.

103B.313 PLAN DEVELOPMENT. Subdivision 1. Notice of plan revision. The local water management plan authority shall send a notice to local government units partially or wholly within the planning jurisdiction, adjacent counties, and state review agencies of their intent to revise the local water management plan. The notice of a plan revision must include an invitation for all recipients to submit priority concerns they wish to see the plan address. Subd. 2. Submitting priority concerns to plan authority. Local governments and state review agencies must submit the priority concerns they want the plan to address to the plan authority within 45 days of receiving the notice defined in subdivision 1 or within an otherwise agreed-upon time frame. Subd. 3. Public information meeting. Before submitting the priority concerns scoping document to the board, the plan authority shall publish a legal notice for and conduct a public information meeting. Subd. 4. Scoping document review; state review agencies. The plan authority shall send the scoping document to all state review agencies for review and comment. State review agencies shall provide comments on the plan outline to the board within 30 days of receipt. Subd. 5. Scoping document review; board. The board shall review the scoping document and the comments submitted in accordance with this subdivision. The board shall provide comments to the local plan authority within 60 days of receiving the scoping document, or after the next regularly scheduled board meeting, whichever is later. No local water management plan may be approved pursuant to section 103B.315 without addressing items communicated in the board comments to the plan authority. The plan authority may request that resolution of unresolved issues be addressed pursuant to board policy defined in section 103B.345. Subd. 6. Requests for existing agency information. The state review agencies shall, upon request from the local government, provide existing plans, reports, and data analysis related to priority concerns to the plan author within 60 days from the date of the request or within an otherwise agreed-upon time frame. History:   2003 c 128 art 1 s 89
MN Stat § 103B.315 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 103A - 114B — Water|Chapter 103B — Water Planning And Project Implementation|Section 103B.315 — Comprehensive Water Plan Review And Adoption.

103B.315 COMPREHENSIVE WATER PLAN REVIEW AND ADOPTION. Subdivision 1.  [Repealed, 2003 c 128 art 1 s 176] Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 2003 c 128 art 1 s 176] Subd. 3.  [Repealed, 2003 c 128 art 1 s 176] Subd. 4. Public hearing. The county board shall conduct a public hearing on the local water management plan pursuant to section 375.51. Subd. 5. State review. (a) After conducting the public hearing but before final adoption, the county board must submit its local water management plan, all written comments received on the plan, a record of the public hearing under subdivision 4, and a summary of changes incorporated as a result of the review process to the board for review. The board shall complete the review within 90 days after receiving a local water management plan and supporting documents. The board shall consult with the Departments of Agriculture, Health, and Natural Resources; the Pollution Control Agency; the Environmental Quality Board; and other appropriate state agencies during the review. (b) The board may disapprove a local water management plan if the board determines the plan is not consistent with state law. If a plan is disapproved, the board shall provide a written statement of its reasons for disapproval. A disapproved local water management plan must be revised by the county board and resubmitted for approval by the board within 120 days after receiving notice of disapproval of the local water management plan, unless the board extends the period for good cause. (c) If the local government unit disagrees with the board's decision to disapprove the plan, it may, within 60 days, initiate mediation through the board's informal dispute resolution process as established pursuant to section 103B.345, subdivision 1. A local government unit may appeal disapproval to the court of appeals. A decision of the board on appeal is subject to judicial review under sections 14.63 to 14.69. Subd. 6. Adoption and implementation. A county board shall adopt and begin implementation of its local water management plan within 120 days after receiving notice of approval of the plan from the board. Subd. 7.  [Repealed, 2003 c 128 art 1 s 176] History:  1990 c 391 art 2 s 20; 1991 c 345 art 2 s 14; 2003 c 128 art 1 s 91-93
MN Stat § 103B.321 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 103A - 114B — Water|Chapter 103B — Water Planning And Project Implementation|Section 103B.321 — Duties Of The Board.

103B.321 DUTIES OF THE BOARD. Subdivision 1. General. The board shall: (1) develop guidelines for the contents of local water management plans that provide for a flexible approach to meeting the different water and related land resources needs of counties and watersheds across the state; (2) coordinate assistance of state agencies to counties and other local units of government involved in preparation of local water management plans, including identification of pertinent data and studies available from the state and federal government; (3) conduct an active program of information and education concerning the requirements and purposes of sections 103B.301 to 103B.355 in conjunction with the Association of Minnesota Counties; (4) determine contested cases under section 103B.345; (5) establish a process for review of local water management plans that assures the plans are consistent with state law; and (6) make grants to counties for local water management planning, implementation of priority actions identified in approved plans, and sealing of abandoned wells. Subd. 2. Rulemaking. The board may adopt rules to implement sections 103B.301 to 103B.355. Subd. 3.  [Repealed, 2003 c 128 art 1 s 176] History:  1990 c 391 art 2 s 21; 1991 c 254 art 2 s 36; 1999 c 86 art 3 s 8; 2003 c 2 art 1 s 13; 2003 c 128 art 1 s 94,95