Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 103A - 114B — Water

Section 103B.102 — Local Water Management; Accountability And Oversight. - Subdivision 1. Findings; improving accountability and oversight. The legislature finds...

Section 103B.103 — Easement Stewardship Accounts. - Subdivision 1. Accounts established; sources. (a) The water and soil...

Section 103B.151 — Coordinating Water Resource Planning. - Subdivision 1. Water planning. The Environmental Quality Board shall: (1)...

Section 103B.155 — State Water And Related Land Resource Plan. - The commissioner of natural resources, in cooperation with other state...

Section 103B.201 — Metropolitan Water Management Program; Purpose. - The purposes of the water management programs required by sections...

Section 103B.205 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Applicability. The definitions in this section apply to...

Section 103B.211 — Joint Powers Watershed Management Organization. - Subdivision 1. Authority. (a) Any agreement under section 471.59 to...

Section 103B.215 — Boundary Change Of Watershed Districts. - Subdivision 1. Procedure. The boundaries of a watershed district wholly...

Section 103B.221 — Terminating Watershed District. - Subdivision 1. Procedure. A watershed district wholly within the metropolitan...

Section 103B.225 — Boundary Change And Termination; Effect On Benefits And Damages. - (a) The addition or transfer of property or termination of...

Section 103B.227 — Watershed Management Organizations. - Subdivision 1. Appointing members. Watershed management organizations shall notify the...

Section 103B.231 — Watershed Plans. - Subdivision 1. Requirement. (a) A watershed management plan is required...

Section 103B.235 — Local Water Management Plans. - Subdivision 1. Requirement. (a) After the watershed plan is approved...

Section 103B.239 — Rule Review. - The Board of Water and Soil Resources shall review the...

Section 103B.241 — Levies. - Subdivision 1. Watershed plans and projects. Notwithstanding chapter 103D, a...

Section 103B.245 — Special Tax District; Local Government Unit. - Subdivision 1. Watershed management tax district. (a) Any local government...

Section 103B.251 — Capital Improvements By Watershed Management Organizations. - Subdivision 1. General authority. The authority provided to watershed districts...

Section 103B.252 — Emergency Projects. - Subdivision 1. General authority. Notwithstanding chapter 103D, a local government...

Section 103B.253 — County Levy Authority. - Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a county levying...

Section 103B.255 — Groundwater Plans. - Subdivision 1. Authority. A metropolitan county may prepare and adopt...

Section 103B.301 — Title. - Sections 103B.301 to 103B.355 may be cited as the "Comprehensive...

Section 103B.305 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Applicability. The definitions in this section apply to...

Section 103B.311 — County Water Planning And Management. - Subdivision 1. County duties. Each county is encouraged to develop...

Section 103B.312 — Identifying Priority Concerns. - Each priority concerns scoping document must contain: (1) the list...

Section 103B.313 — Plan Development. - Subdivision 1. Notice of plan revision. The local water management...

Section 103B.314 — Contents Of Plan. - Subdivision 1. Executive summary. Each plan must have an executive...

Section 103B.315 — Comprehensive Water Plan Review And Adoption. - Subdivision 1. [Repealed, 2003 c 128 art 1 s 176]...

Section 103B.321 — Duties Of The Board. - Subdivision 1. General. The board shall: (1) develop guidelines for...

Section 103B.325 — Consistency Of Local Plans And Controls With Local Water Management Plan. - Subdivision 1. Requirement. Local units of government shall amend existing...

Section 103B.331 — Authority Under Approved Local Water Management Plans. - Subdivision 1. Authority. When an approved local water management plan...

Section 103B.335 — Tax Levy Authority. - Subdivision 1. Local water planning and management. The governing body...

Section 103B.3355 — Wetland Functions For Determining Public Values. - (a) The public values of wetlands must be determined based...

Section 103B.3361 — Citation. - Sections 103B.3361 to 103B.3369 may be cited as the "local...

Section 103B.3363 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Scope. The definitions in this section apply to...

Section 103B.3367 — Water Plan Extensions. - The board may grant extensions with or without conditions of...

Section 103B.3369 — Local Water Resources Restoration, Protection, And Management Program. - Subdivision 1. Assistance priorities. State agencies may give priority to...

Section 103B.341 — Public Drainage. - Projects necessary to implement the comprehensive water plan that are...

Section 103B.345 — Resolving Disputes. - Subdivision 1. Informal resolution. The county or other local unit...

Section 103B.355 — Application. - Sections 103B.301 to 103B.335 and 103B.341 to 103B.355 do not...

Section 103B.451 — South Dakota-minnesota Boundary Waters Commission. - Subdivision 1. Establishment. An interstate commission known as the South...

Section 103B.501 — Lake Improvement Districts. - Sections 103B.501 to 103B.581 may be cited as the "Lake...

Section 103B.505 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Applicability. The definitions in this section apply to...

Section 103B.511 — Administration By Commissioner. - Subdivision 1. Purpose. (a) To preserve and protect the lakes...

Section 103B.515 — Initiation And Establishment By County Board. - Subdivision 1. Resolution of intent. The county board may initiate...

Section 103B.521 — Initiation By Petition And Establishment By County Board. - Subdivision 1. Petition. (a) A lake improvement district may be...

Section 103B.525 — Establishing District In More Than One County. - Where the natural hydrologic boundaries of a proposed district extend...

Section 103B.531 — Creation By Commissioner Of Natural Resources. - Subdivision 1. Petition to commissioner. If the county board of...

Section 103B.535 — Order Establishing District. - An order establishing a district must state the: (1) name...

Section 103B.541 — Publication And Effective Date. - Subdivision 1. Publishing establishment order. If a lake improvement district...

Section 103B.545 — Referendum On Establishment. - Subdivision 1. Petition. Twenty-six percent of the property owners within...

Section 103B.551 — Board Of Directors. - Subdivision 1. Membership. After a lake improvement district is established,...

Section 103B.555 — Financing. - Subdivision 1. Revenue. The county board or joint county authority...

Section 103B.561 — Voting By Joint County Boards. - If a lake improvement district has been established by order...

Section 103B.565 — Enforcing Ordinances. - If a lake improvement district has been established by joint...

Section 103B.571 — Annual Meeting Of District. - Subdivision 1. Time. A district must have an annual meeting....

Section 103B.575 — Expanding Lake Improvement District. - The boundary of a district may be enlarged by complying...

Section 103B.581 — Termination. - Subdivision 1. Petition. Termination of a district may be initiated...

Section 103B.601 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Applicability. The definitions in this section apply to...

Section 103B.605 — District. - Subdivision 1. Establishment. The Lake Minnetonka Conservation District established under...

Section 103B.611 — Board. - Subdivision 1. Composition. The district is governed by a board...

Section 103B.615 — District Officers. - Subdivision 1. Election and terms. (a) The board shall elect...

Section 103B.621 — Treasurer. - Subdivision 1. Bond. Before taking office, the treasurer shall give...

Section 103B.625 — Executive Director. - Subdivision 1. Appointment. The board may appoint an executive director...

Section 103B.631 — Performance Of Duties And Expenses. - Subdivision 1. Duties may be performed by municipal employees. The...

Section 103B.635 — District Funding. - Subdivision 1. Budget. The board must, on or before July...

Section 103B.641 — District Regulations. - Subdivision 1. Authority and effect. (a) The district may adopt...

Section 103B.645 — Prosecuting Violations. - Subdivision 1. Complaint for violation. A prosecution for a violation...

Section 103B.651 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Applicability. The definitions in this section apply to...

Section 103B.655 — District. - Subdivision 1. Establishment. The White Bear Lake Conservation District established...

Section 103B.661 — Board. - Subdivision 1. Membership. (a) The district shall be governed by...

Section 103B.665 — District Officers And Employees. - Subdivision 1. Election and terms. (a) The board shall elect...

Section 103B.671 — Treasurer. - Subdivision 1. Bond. Before taking office, the treasurer shall give...

Section 103B.675 — Executive Director. - Subdivision 1. Appointment. (a) The board may appoint an executive...

Section 103B.681 — Rules. - Subdivision 1. Authority. The district may adopt rules to effectuate...

Section 103B.683 — Prosecuting Violations. - Subdivision 1. Complaint for violation. A prosecution for a violation...

Section 103B.685 — Performance Of Duties And Expenses. - Subdivision 1. Duties. The duties of the district may be...

Section 103B.691 — District Funding. - Subdivision 1. Budget. The board must, on or before July...

Section 103B.801 — Comprehensive Watershed Management Planning Program. - Subdivision 1. Definitions. The definitions under section 103B.3363, subdivisions 2...

Chapter 103C — Soil And Water Conservation Districts

Section 103C.001 — Citation; Water Law. - This chapter and chapters 103A, 103B, 103D, 103E, 103F, and...

Section 103C.005 — Soil And Water Conservation Policy. - Maintaining and enhancing the quality of soil and water for...

Section 103C.009 — Citation. - This chapter may be cited as the "Soil and Water...

Section 103C.101 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Applicability. The definitions in this section apply to...

Section 103C.201 — Forming Soil And Water Conservation Districts. - Subdivision 1. Petition. (a) A petition must be signed by...

Section 103C.205 — Annexing Additional Area. - (a) Resident owners may file a petition to include additional...

Section 103C.211 — Consolidating Districts. - (a) One or more districts may petition the state board...

Section 103C.215 — Changing Name. - The name of a district may be changed with the...

Section 103C.221 — Changing Location Of Principal Office. - The location of the principal office of the district board...

Section 103C.225 — Terminating Districts. - Subdivision 1. Petition for termination. (a) Five years after the...

Section 103C.231 — Cooperation Between Districts And Other Public Agencies. - Subdivision 1. Cooperation with other agencies. (a) The district boards...

Section 103C.235 — State Agencies To Cooperate. - State agencies which have jurisdiction over or administer state-owned lands,...

Section 103C.305 — General Election Of Supervisors. - Subdivision 1. Time for election. Elections must be held at...

Section 103C.311 — Supervisor Districts. - Subdivision 1. Supervisors elected at large. (a) The district board...

Section 103C.315 — Supervisors. - Subdivision 1. Members. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (c),...

Section 103C.321 — Officers And Employees. - Subdivision 1. Officers. (a) The supervisors shall elect or appoint...

Section 103C.325 — Records; Audit; Information To State Board. - Subdivision 1. Records. The district board shall keep a full...

Section 103C.331 — Powers Of District Boards. - Subdivision 1. General authority. A soil and water conservation district...

Section 103C.332 — Soil And Water Conservation Districts; Duties And Services. - Subdivision 1. Duties. In addition to any other duty prescribed...

Section 103C.335 — Technical And Administrative Assistance To Districts. - At the request of local districts, the Agricultural Extension Service...

Section 103C.401 — Board Of Water And Soil Resources. - Subdivision 1. Powers and duties. In addition to the powers...

Section 103C.405 — Program Plan. - Subdivision 1. Contents. The state board shall prepare, in consultation...

Section 103C.501 — Cost-sharing Conservation Contracts For Erosion Control And Water Management. - Subdivision 1. Cost-share authorization. The state board may allocate available...

Section 103C.601 — Works Of Improvement. - Subdivision 1. Authority. (a) The district board may, if directed...

Section 103C.605 — County Determination Of Project. - Subdivision 1. Petition. (a) The county board or joint county...

Section 103C.611 — Project Without Assessments. - Subdivision 1. Order establishing project. (a) If a portion of...

Section 103C.615 — Action On Project With Assessments. - Subdivision 1. Viewers. If part of the cost of the...

Section 103C.621 — Project Bonds. - The county board may pledge the proceeds of assessments on...

Section 103C.625 — Status Of Discontinued Project. - If a project is discontinued after action on it has...

Section 103C.631 — Repair. - Subdivision 1. Definition. The term "repair" used in this section...

Section 103C.635 — Appeals. - (a) A person aggrieved by an order of a county...

Chapter 103D — Watershed Districts

Section 103D.001 — Citation. - This chapter may be cited as the "Watershed Law." 1990...

Section 103D.011 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Applicability. The definitions in this section apply to...

Section 103D.501 — Construction And Administration. - This chapter shall be construed and administered so as to...

Section 103D.505 — Reference To Other Drainage Laws. - If this chapter refers to particular sections of the drainage...

Section 103D.511 — Certain Condemnation Provisions; Applicability. - Section 117.155 relating to payment of damages in a condemnation...

Section 103D.515 — Preexisting And Improved Water Rights. - Subdivision 1. Preexisting water rights recognized. The rights of private...

Section 103D.521 — Rights Assured Due Process Of Law. - A person may not be deprived or divested under this...

Section 103D.525 — Proceedings After Faulty Notices. - Subdivision 1. Jurisdiction retained. If a notice is required for...

Section 103D.531 — Continuance Of Hearings. - If an order has been made and notice given for...

Section 103D.535 — Appellate Procedures And Review. - Subdivision 1. What can be appealed. (a) Any party alone...

Section 103D.537 — Appeals Of Rules, Permit Decisions, And Orders. - (a) Except as provided in section 103D.535, an interested party...

Section 103D.539 — Informal Resolution Of Disputes. - An interested party may request a meeting with the dispute...

Section 103D.541 — Appeal Of Court Order. - Subdivision 1. Appeal authorized. A party may appeal a court...

Section 103D.545 — Enforcement. - Subdivision 1. Misdemeanor. A violation of a provision of this...

Section 103D.551 — Enforcing Rules And Orders. - The district court may enforce the provisions of this chapter,...

Section 103D.101 — Board Of Water And Soil Resources. - Subdivision 1. District establishment authority. The board has the authority...

Section 103D.105 — Board Hearings. - Subdivision 1. Procedure. (a) A rulemaking hearing must be conducted...

Section 103D.111 — Appeal Of Board Orders. - Subdivision 1. Reviewing establishment and termination decisions. In a proceeding...

Section 103D.201 — Watershed District Purposes. - Subdivision 1. General purposes. To conserve the natural resources of...

Section 103D.205 — Establishment Petition. - Subdivision 1. Filing. To establish a watershed district, an establishment...

Section 103D.211 — Auditor's Certification Of Petitioners. - An auditor that receives a copy of an establishment petition...

Section 103D.215 — Director's Report. - (a) After receiving a copy of the establishment petition, the...

Section 103D.221 — Establishment Hearing; Notice. - Subdivision 1. Order for hearing. (a) After receiving an establishment...

Section 103D.225 — Hearing And Order To Establish. - Subdivision 1. Testimony and continuance. (a) The board must allow...

Section 103D.231 — Dismissing Establishment Proceedings. - If the board determines that establishment of a proposed watershed...

Section 103D.251 — Watershed District Boundary Changes. - Subdivision 1. Boundary requirement. The boundaries of a watershed district...

Section 103D.255 — Withdrawing Territory. - Subdivision 1. Petition. (a) Proceedings to withdraw territory from an...

Section 103D.261 — Proceedings To Enlarge Watershed District. - Subdivision 1. Petition. (a) Proceedings to enlarge an existing watershed...

Section 103D.265 — Consolidating Districts. - Subdivision 1. Petition. (a) Proceedings for the consolidation of two...

Section 103D.271 — Procedure For Terminating Watershed District. - Subdivision 1. Procedure. A watershed district may be terminated under...

Section 103D.301 — Distribution Of Manager Positions. - Subdivision 1. More than one affected county. If more than...

Section 103D.305 — Increasing Number Of Managers. - Subdivision 1. Initiation. A proceeding to increase the number of...

Section 103D.311 — Appointing Managers. - Subdivision 1. Manager qualifications. A person may not be appointed...

Section 103D.315 — Managers. - Subdivision 1. Oath. Each manager must take and sign the...

Section 103D.321 — Principal Place Of Business. - Subdivision 1. Unavailable public facilities. If public facilities are not...

Section 103D.325 — Employees. - Subdivision 1. Employment authority. The managers may employ a chief...

Section 103D.331 — Advisory Committee. - Subdivision 1. Purpose. The managers must annually appoint an advisory...

Section 103D.335 — District And Managers' Powers. - Subdivision 1. General powers. A watershed district has the power,...

Section 103D.337 — Technical Advisory Committees. - For a district wholly within the metropolitan area, the board...

Section 103D.341 — Rules. - Subdivision 1. Requirement. The managers must adopt rules to accomplish...

Section 103D.345 — Permits. - Subdivision 1. Application fee. A person applying for a permit...

Section 103D.351 — Annual Report. - (a) The managers must prepare a yearly report of the...

Section 103D.355 — Annual Audit. - Subdivision 1. Requirement. The managers must have an annual audit...

Section 103D.401 — Watershed Management Plan. - Subdivision 1. Contents. (a) The managers must adopt a watershed...

Section 103D.405 — Revised Watershed Management Plan. - Subdivision 1. Requirements. (a) The managers and the board must...

Section 103D.411 — Amendment Of Watershed Management Plan And Revised Watershed Management Plan. - The managers may initiate an amendment of a watershed management...

Section 103D.601 — Project Initiated By Managers. - Subdivision 1. Requirements. (a) The managers may initiate a project...

Section 103D.605 — Project Constructed With Government Aid Or As Part Of Plan. - Subdivision 1. Required procedure. The procedure in this section must...

Section 103D.611 — Construction By Government Agencies. - Subdivision 1. Project plan to director and board. If a...

Section 103D.615 — Emergency Projects. - Subdivision 1. Declaration of emergency. If the managers find that...

Section 103D.621 — Drainage Improvements. - Subdivision 1. Findings. The legislature finds that because of urban...

Section 103D.625 — Drainage Systems In Watershed District. - Subdivision 1. Duty to assume drainage systems. (a) The managers...

Section 103D.631 — Maintaining Projects. - Subdivision 1. Maintenance required. The managers are responsible for maintaining...

Section 103D.635 — Repairs And Improvements Exceeding Normal Maintenance. - Subdivision 1. Technical and cost specifications. The managers shall order...

Section 103D.641 — Work Without Bid. - If the managers find that the estimated cost of repair,...

Section 103D.701 — Project Initiation. - Projects may not be initiated until the board approves a...

Section 103D.705 — Project Petition. - Subdivision 1. Requirements. A project within the watershed district that...

Section 103D.711 — Engineer's Report. - Subdivision 1. Determination. If the managers determine that a proper...

Section 103D.715 — Appraisers; Determining Benefits And Damages. - Subdivision 1. Appointment. After the engineer's report is filed, the...

Section 103D.721 — Managers; Determining Benefits And Damages. - Subdivision 1. Authority. The managers may, in their discretion, use...

Section 103D.725 — Benefited Property; Determination. - Subdivision 1. Appraiser standards. If the proposed project includes the...

Section 103D.729 — Water Management District. - Subdivision 1. Establishment. A watershed district may establish a water...

Section 103D.730 — Stormwater Facilities. - (a) Any watershed district may build, construct, reconstruct, repair, enlarge,...

Section 103D.731 — Appraisers' Report; Examination. - (a) The appraisers shall prepare an appraisers' report of the...

Section 103D.735 — Hearing On Petition And Reports. - (a) The managers shall order a final hearing by 35...

Section 103D.741 — Final Hearing Notice. - Subdivision 1. Published final hearing notice. The managers shall give...

Section 103D.745 — Final Hearing. - Subdivision 1. Hearing. (a) At the time and place specified...

Section 103D.801 — Procedure When Contract Is Not Let. - If all of the bids received are for a price...

Section 103D.805 — Filing Managers' Order Establishing Project. - An order of the managers establishing the project and authorizing...

Section 103D.811 — Bids For Construction. - Subdivision 1. Call for bids. After an establishment order has...

Section 103D.815 — Controlling Contracts. - Subdivision 1. Manager control of contracts. The managers have full...

Section 103D.821 — Bridge Or Grade Removal; Passage Of Equipment. - Subdivision 1. Notice. If it is necessary to pass a...

Section 103D.901 — Assessments; Levies. - Subdivision 1. Assessment. (a) After the managers file an approved...

Section 103D.905 — Funds Of Watershed District. - Subdivision 1. Generally. The money of a watershed district consists...

Section 103D.911 — Budget. - Subdivision 1. Hearing. (a) Before adopting a budget, the managers...

Section 103D.915 — Tax Levy. - Subdivision 1. Certification to auditor. After adoption of the budget...

Section 103D.921 — District Court To Create Preliminary Fund. - Subdivision 1. Petition. (a) If a petition has been filed...

Section 103D.925 — Warrants. - The managers may issue warrants of the watershed district to...

Chapter 103E — Drainage

Section 103E.005 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Applicability. The definitions in this section apply to...

Section 103E.011 — Drainage Authority Powers. - Subdivision 1. Generally. The drainage authority may make orders to:...

Section 103E.015 — Considerations Before Drainage Work Is Done. - Subdivision 1. Environmental, land use, and multipurpose water management criteria....

Section 103E.021 — Planting Ditches With Perennial Vegetation. - Subdivision 1. Requirements; spoil banks and permanent vegetation. In any...

Section 103E.025 — Procedure For Drainage Project That Affects State Land Or Water Area Used For Conservation. - Subdivision 1. Applicability. If a land or water area owned...

Section 103E.031 — Connection With Drains In Adjoining States. - Subdivision 1. Procedure. If it is necessary to construct a...

Section 103E.035 — Defective Notice. - If notice is required under this chapter and proper notice...

Section 103E.041 — Personal Service In Lieu Of Other Methods Of Notice. - If notice is to be given under this chapter, personal...

Section 103E.043 — Informal Meetings. - A drainage authority may hold informal meetings in addition to...

Section 103E.045 — Failure To Attend Hearings; Drainage Authority. - If an order has been made and notice for a...

Section 103E.051 — Defective Proceedings. - (a) A party may not take advantage of an error...

Section 103E.055 — Reimbursing Cost Of Former Surveys When Used Later. - If after a proceeding has begun a survey has been...

Section 103E.061 — Right Of Entry. - In proceedings under this chapter, the engineer, the engineer's assistants,...

Section 103E.065 — Drainage Inspectors. - In counties or watershed districts having drainage systems constructed in...

Section 103E.067 — Ditch Buffer Strip; Annual Reporting. - The drainage authority shall annually submit a report to the...

Section 103E.071 — County Attorney. - The county attorney shall represent the county in all drainage...

Section 103E.075 — Obstructing Drainage System. - Subdivision 1. Notice to responsible party. If the board determines...

Section 103E.081 — Crimes Related To Drainage Systems; Penalties. - Subdivision 1. Unauthorized drain outletting. A person may not cause...

Section 103E.085 — Enforcement. - Subdivision 1. Warrants and arrests. An enforcement officer, as defined...

Section 103E.091 — Appeals. - Subdivision 1. Grounds for appeal. A party may appeal to...

Section 103E.095 — Appeal From Orders Dismissing Or Establishing Drainage Systems. - Subdivision 1. Notice of appeal. A party may appeal an...

Section 103E.097 — Attorney Fees On Appeal. - If the commissioner of natural resources is a party making...

Section 103E.101 — Drainage Proceeding And Construction Records. - Subdivision 1. Public records. All maps, plats, charts, drawings, plans,...

Section 103E.105 — Advice About Drainage Questions. - The director shall provide advice to a drainage authority or...

Section 103E.111 — Field Surveys And Investigations By Director. - Subdivision 1. Authorization. If a field survey or investigation of...

Section 103E.115 — Hydrological And Drainage Information. - (a) The director may prepare and publish: (1) runoff data;...

Section 103E.121 — Drain Tile; Manufacturing Studies. - Subdivision 1. Drain tile; investigations. The director may: (1) investigate...

Section 103E.202 — Petitions. - Subdivision 1. Applicability. This section applies to a petition for...

Section 103E.212 — New Drainage System Projects. - Subdivision 1. Procedure. To establish a new drainage system under...

Section 103E.215 — Improving Drainage Systems. - Subdivision 1. Procedure. The procedure in this section must be...

Section 103E.221 — Improving Outlets. - Subdivision 1. Conditions for improving outlets. If a public or...

Section 103E.225 — Laterals. - Subdivision 1. Petition. (a) Persons that own property in the...

Section 103E.227 — Impounding, Rerouting, And Diverting Drainage System Waters. - Subdivision 1. Petition. (a) To conserve and make more adequate...

Section 103E.231 — Dismissing Or Delaying Proceedings; Petitioners. - Subdivision 1. Dismissal. (a) A proceeding under this chapter may...

Section 103E.235 — Drainage System In Two Or More Counties. - Subdivision 1. Designation. A petition for a proposed drainage project...

Section 103E.238 — County Attorney Review Of Petition And Bond. - The county attorney must review each petition and bond filed...

Section 103E.241 — Engineer. - Subdivision 1. Appointment. Within 30 days after receiving a petition...

Section 103E.245 — Preliminary Survey And Preliminary Survey Report. - Subdivision 1. Survey. The engineer shall proceed promptly to: (1)...

Section 103E.251 — Filing Preliminary Survey Report. - The engineer shall file the completed preliminary survey report in...

Section 103E.255 — Commissioner's Preliminary Advisory Report. - The commissioner shall make a preliminary advisory report to the...

Section 103E.261 — Preliminary Hearing. - Subdivision 1. Notice. When the preliminary survey report is filed,...

Section 103E.265 — Order For Detailed Survey And Survey Report. - Subdivision 1. Order. When the preliminary hearing order is filed...

Section 103E.271 — Detailed Survey. - Subdivision 1. Survey and examination. When an order for a...

Section 103E.275 — Engineer's Variance From Drainage Authority Order. - (a) In planning a proposed drainage project, the engineer may...

Section 103E.281 — Soil Survey. - The engineer shall make a soil survey if: (1) the...

Section 103E.285 — Detailed Survey Report. - Subdivision 1. Report and information required. The engineer shall prepare...

Section 103E.291 — Filing Detailed Survey Report. - The engineer must file the detailed survey report with the...

Section 103E.295 — Revising Engineer's Detailed Survey Report After Acceptance. - After the final acceptance of the proposed drainage project, the...

Section 103E.301 — Commissioner's Final Advisory Report. - (a) The commissioner shall examine the detailed survey report and...

Section 103E.305 — Viewers' Appointment And Qualification. - Subdivision 1. Appointment. When the order for a detailed survey...

Section 103E.311 — Viewer Duties. - The viewers, with or without the engineer, shall determine the...

Section 103E.315 — Assessing Drainage Benefits And Damages. - Subdivision 1. State land. Property owned by the state must...

Section 103E.321 — Viewers' Report. - Subdivision 1. Requirements. The viewers' report must show, in tabular...

Section 103E.323 — Property Owners' Report. - Subdivision 1. Report. Within 30 days after the viewers' report...

Section 103E.325 — Final Hearing Notice. - Subdivision 1. Time. Promptly after the filing of the viewers'...

Section 103E.331 — Jurisdiction Of Property By Drainage Authority. - After the final hearing notice is given, the drainage authority...

Section 103E.335 — Proceedings At Final Hearing. - Subdivision 1. Consideration of petition and reports. At the time...

Section 103E.341 — Drainage Authority Final Order. - Subdivision 1. Dismissal of proceedings. The drainage authority must dismiss...

Section 103E.345 — Apportioning Cost For Joint County Drainage Systems. - For joint county proceedings, the auditor where the petition is...

Section 103E.351 — Redetermining Benefits And Damages. - Subdivision 1. Conditions to redetermine benefits and damages; appointing viewers....

Section 103E.401 — Use Of Drainage System As Outlet. - Subdivision 1. Drainage outlet proceedings when purchasing wetlands. If the...

Section 103E.405 — Outlets In Adjoining States. - In any drainage proceeding, at the hearing on the detailed...

Section 103E.411 — Drainage System As Outlet For Municipality. - Subdivision 1. Petition. A municipality may use a drainage system...

Section 103E.501 — Contract And Bond. - Subdivision 1. Preparation. The county attorney, the engineer, and the...

Section 103E.505 — Awarding Construction Contract. - Subdivision 1. Auditors and drainage authority to proceed. Thirty days...

Section 103E.511 — Contract Not Awarded; Excessive Bids Or Costs. - Subdivision 1. Applicability. The procedure in this section may be...

Section 103E.515 — Damages; Payment. - The board of each county where the damaged property is...

Section 103E.521 — Construction Supervision. - The drainage authority shall require the engineer to supervise and...

Section 103E.525 — Constructing And Maintaining Bridges And Culverts. - Subdivision 1. Hydraulic capacity. A public or private bridge or...

Section 103E.526 — Constructing Road Instead Of Bridge Or Culvert. - If the drainage authority finds that constructing a private road...

Section 103E.53 — Rules To Standardize Forms. - The director may adopt rules to standardize the forms and...

Section 103E.531 — Inspecting Drainage Construction; Partial Payments. - Subdivision 1. Inspection and report. The engineer shall inspect and...

Section 103E.535 — Partial Payment Of Retained Contract Amounts. - Subdivision 1. Petition for partial payment of retained value. If...

Section 103E.541 — Extending Time On Contracts. - The auditors of affected counties may extend the time for...

Section 103E.545 — Reducing Contractor's Bond. - Subdivision 1. Application to drainage authority. (a) The contractor, at...

Section 103E.551 — Contractor Default. - Subdivision 1. Notice. If a contractor defaults in the performance...

Section 103E.555 — Accepting Contract. - Subdivision 1. Engineer's report and notice. When a contract is...

Section 103E.601 — Drainage Lien Statement. - Subdivision 1. Determining property liability. When the contract for the...

Section 103E.605 — Effect Of Filed Drainage Lien. - The amount recorded from the drainage lien statement and supplemental...

Section 103E.611 — Paying Drainage Liens And Interest. - Subdivision 1. Paying lien principal. (a) Drainage liens against property...

Section 103E.615 — Enforcing Assessments. - Subdivision 1. Municipalities. Assessments filed for benefits to a municipality...

Section 103E.621 — Satisfying Liens. - When a drainage lien with the accumulated interest is fully...

Section 103E.625 — Subdivision By Platting; Liens Apportioned. - A tract of property with a drainage lien that is...

Section 103E.631 — Apportioning Liens. - Subdivision 1. Petition. A person who has an interest in...

Section 103E.635 — Drainage Bond Issues. - Subdivision 1. Authority. After the contract for the construction of...

Section 103E.641 — Drainage Funding Bonds. - Subdivision 1. Authority. The board may issue drainage funding bonds...

Section 103E.645 — Allowance And Payment Of Fees And Expenses. - Subdivision 1. Fees and expenses. The fees and expenses in...

Section 103E.651 — Drainage System Account. - Subdivision 1. Funds for costs. The board shall provide funds...

Section 103E.655 — Paying Drainage System Costs. - Subdivision 1. Payment made from drainage system account. The costs...

Section 103E.661 — Examining And Establishing Drainage System Accounts; State Auditor. - Subdivision 1. Application to examine accounts. A county may apply,...

Section 103E.701 — Repairs. - Subdivision 1. Definition. The term "repair," as used in this...

Section 103E.705 — Repair Procedure. - Subdivision 1. Inspection. After the construction of a drainage system...

Section 103E.711 — Cost Apportionment For Joint County Drainage Systems. - Subdivision 1. Repair cost statement. For a joint county drainage...

Section 103E.715 — Repair By Petition. - Subdivision 1. Repair petition. An individual or an entity interested...

Section 103E.721 — Replacement And Hydraulic Capacity Of Bridges And Culverts. - Subdivision 1. Report on hydraulic capacity. If the engineer determines...

Section 103E.725 — Cost Of Repair. - All fees and costs incurred for proceedings relating to the...

Section 103E.728 — Apportioning Repair Costs. - Subdivision 1. Generally. The cost of repairing a drainage system...

Section 103E.729 — Apportioning Repair Costs; Alternative Option. - Subdivision 1. Option. Notwithstanding any conflicting provision of this chapter,...

Section 103E.731 — Assessment; Bonds. - Subdivision 1. Repair cost of assessments. If there is not...

Section 103E.735 — Drainage Systems; Repair Fund. - Subdivision 1. Authority and limits of fund. To create a...

Section 103E.741 — Property Not Assessed Benefits; Hearing. - Subdivision 1. Consideration by engineer. In a proceeding to repair...

Section 103E.745 — Cost Of Repair Exceeding Benefits In Anoka County. - If the cost of the repair of a drainage system...

Section 103E.801 — Consolidating Or Dividing Drainage Systems. - Subdivision 1. Authority to consolidate or divide. After the benefited...

Section 103E.805 — Removing Property From Drainage System. - Subdivision 1. Petition. After construction of a drainage system, an...

Section 103E.806 — Partial Abandonment Of Drainage System. - Subdivision 1. Petition. After construction of a drainage system, an...

Section 103E.811 — Abandoning Drainage System. - Subdivision 1. Drainage lien payment period must expire. After the...

Section 103E.812 — Transfer Of All Or Part Of Drainage System. - Subdivision 1. Transfer after lien payment period expires. After the...

Chapter 103F — Protection Of Water Resources

Section 103F.001 — Citation; Water Law. - This chapter and chapters 103A, 103B, 103C, 103D, 103E, and...

Section 103F.05 — Water Quality And Storage Program. - Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the...

Section 103F.101 — Citation. - Sections 103F.101 to 103F.151 may be cited as the "Floodplain...

Section 103F.105 — Floodplain Management Policy. - (a) The legislature finds: (1) a large portion of the...

Section 103F.111 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Applicability. The definitions in this section apply to...

Section 103F.115 — Priority For Reducing Flood Damage. - Floodplain management ordinances are to be given primary consideration in...

Section 103F.121 — Floodplain Management Ordinances. - Subdivision 1. Adoption. (a) In accordance with sections 103F.101 to...

Section 103F.125 — Considering Industrial Uses In Floodplain. - The commissioner in promulgating guidelines under section 103F.141 and local...

Section 103F.135 — Commissioner's Assistance And Inspections. - Subdivision 1. Commissioner's duties. The commissioner shall: (1) collect and...

Section 103F.141 — Rules. - Subdivision 1. Authority and criteria. The commissioner shall adopt rules...

Section 103F.145 — Enforcement And Penalties. - Subdivision 1. Uses in violation of ordinance; public nuisances. Every...

Section 103F.151 — Flood-prone Area Inventory And Assessment. - The commissioner shall conduct a statewide inventory and flood damage...

Section 103F.161 — Flood Hazard Mitigation Grants. - Subdivision 1. Grants authorized. (a) The commissioner may make grants...

Section 103F.165 — Flood Insurance. - Subdivision 1. Policy. It is the policy of the state...

Section 103F.171 — Southern Minnesota Rivers Basin Area Ii Boundaries. - For the purposes of sections 103F.171 to 103F.187, the term...

Section 103F.173 — Program. - There shall be a state grant-in-aid pilot program of providing...

Section 103F.175 — Aid Formula. - Grants may be made by the Board of Water and...

Section 103F.177 — Operation Within Agency. - Subdivision 1. Board of Water and Soil Resources. The Board...

Section 103F.179 — Selecting Projects. - Subdivision 1. Evaluating area and sites; federal cooperation. Before a...

Section 103F.181 — Conditions For Grants. - Subdivision 1. Local expression of willingness. The local unit of...

Section 103F.183 — Approved Projects. - Subdivision 1. Contracts. When a proposed project is approved to...

Section 103F.185 — Interstate Cooperation. - The Board of Water and Soil Resources and the staff...

Section 103F.187 — Report To Legislature. - When the project has been in operation for a period...

Section 103F.201 — Regulatory Purpose Of Shoreland Development. - To promote the policies in section 103A.201 and chapter 116,...

Section 103F.205 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Applicability. The definitions in this section apply to...

Section 103F.211 — Model Standards And Criteria. - Subdivision 1. Adoption. The commissioner shall adopt model standards and...

Section 103F.215 — Model Ordinance As County Ordinance. - Subdivision 1. County ordinance failing to meet standards. The commissioner...

Section 103F.221 — Municipal Shoreland Management. - Subdivision 1. Commissioner's review of ordinances. (a) A municipality having...

Section 103F.227 — Shoreland Development; Existing Resorts. - Subdivision 1. Applicability. This section applies statewide and preempts local...

Section 103F.301 — Citation. - Sections 103F.301 to 103F.345 may be cited as the "Minnesota...

Section 103F.305 — Scenic River Protection Policy. - The legislature finds that certain of Minnesota's rivers and their...

Section 103F.311 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Applicability. The definitions in this section apply to...

Section 103F.315 — Wild And Scenic Rivers System. - Subdivision 1. Eligibility. An entire river or a segment of...

Section 103F.321 — Administration And Rules. - Subdivision 1. Administration. The commissioner shall administer the wild and...

Section 103F.325 — Designation Procedure. - Subdivision 1. Management plan. (a) For each river proposed to...

Section 103F.331 — Acquiring And Developing System. - Subdivision 1. Acquisition authority. To implement the system, the commissioner...

Section 103F.335 — Local Government Compliance. - Subdivision 1. Compliant ordinances required. (a) Within six months after...

Section 103F.341 — Federal-state Relations. - Sections 103F.301 to 103F.345 do not preclude a river in...

Section 103F.345 — Conflict With Other Laws. - A river in the wild and scenic rivers system is...

Section 103F.35 — Welch; Goodhue County. - Within the unincorporated area of Welch in Section 28, Township...

Section 103F.351 — Lower St. Croix Wild And Scenic River Act. - Subdivision 1. Findings. The lower St. Croix River, between the...

Section 103F.361 — Findings And Intent. - Subdivision 1. Findings. The legislature finds that: (1) the Mississippi...

Section 103F.363 — Applicability. - Subdivision 1. Generally. Sections 103F.361 to 103F.377 apply to the...

Section 103F.365 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Applicability. The definitions in this section apply to...

Section 103F.367 — Mississippi Headwaters Board. - Subdivision 1. Establishment. The Mississippi Headwaters Board established by the...

Section 103F.369 — Plan Implementation. - Subdivision 1. Implementation required. The plan shall be implemented by...

Section 103F.371 — Responsibilities Of Other Governmental Units. - (a) All local and special governmental units, councils, commissions, boards...

Section 103F.373 — Reviewing And Certifying Land Use Actions. - Subdivision 1. Purpose. To ensure that the plan is not...

Section 103F.375 — Incorporation And Annexation; Moratorium. - Subdivision 1. Moratorium on certain activities. If land subject to...

Section 103F.377 — Biennial Report. - During the first year of each biennial legislative session, the...

Section 103F.401 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Applicability. The definitions in this section apply to...

Section 103F.405 — Soil Loss Ordinances. - Subdivision 1. Authority. Each statutory or home rule charter city,...

Section 103F.411 — Model Ordinance. - Subdivision 1. Authority. The Board of Water and Soil Resources,...

Section 103F.415 — Excessive Soil Loss Prohibited. - Subdivision 1. Prohibited activities. A person may not cause, conduct,...

Section 103F.421 — Enforcement. - Subdivision 1. Complaint. (a) An adversely affected landowner, an elected...

Section 103F.425 — District Court Hearing. - Subdivision 1. Determining proper conservation plan. If the landowner and...

Section 103F.431 — Soil And Water Conservation Assistance. - A landowner who has filed a mediated settlement under section...

Section 103F.435 — Attorney And Local Government May Perform Duty Of County. - The city attorney or town attorney may perform the duties...

Section 103F.441 — Erosion Control Plan For Development Activities. - Subdivision 1. Sedimentation control plan. (a) A person engaged in...

Section 103F.445 — Cost-sharing Funds. - Subdivision 1. Cost share required. Except for a development activity,...

Section 103F.455 — Penalty. - A person who violates section 103F.415, subdivision 1, is subject...

Section 103F.48 — Riparian Protection And Water Quality Practices. - Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section,...

Section 103F.501 — Short Title. - Sections 103F.505 to 103F.531 may be cited as the "Reinvest...

Section 103F.505 — Purpose And Policy. - It is the purpose of sections 103F.505 to 103F.531 to...

Section 103F.511 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Applicability. The definitions in this section apply to...

Section 103F.515 — Reinvest In Minnesota Reserve Program. - Subdivision 1. Establishment. The board, in consultation with the commissioner...

Section 103F.516 — Permanent Wetlands Preserve. - Subdivision 1. Easements. Upon application by a landowner, the board...

Section 103F.518 — Reinvest In Minnesota Clean Energy Program. - Subdivision 1. Establishment. (a) The board shall establish and administer...

Section 103F.521 — Cooperation. - Subdivision 1. Cooperation. In implementing sections 103F.505 to 103F.531, the...

Section 103F.525 — Supplemental Payments On Federal And State Conservation Programs. - The board may supplement payments made under federal land retirement...

Section 103F.526 — Food Plots. - The board may authorize wildlife food plots on land enrolled...

Section 103F.531 — Rulemaking. - The board may adopt rules or policy to implement sections...

Section 103F.535 — Reservation Of Marginal Land And Wetlands. - Subdivision 1. Reservation of marginal land and wetlands. (a) Marginal...

Section 103F.601 — Water Bank Program. - Subdivision 1. Establishment. (a) The commissioner of natural resources shall...

Section 103F.612 — Wetland Preservation Areas. - Subdivision 1. Definition. For purposes of sections 103F.612 to 103F.616,...

Section 103F.613 — Duration Of Wetland Preservation Area. - Subdivision 1. General. A wetland preservation area continues in existence...

Section 103F.614 — Eminent Domain Actions. - Subdivision 1. Applicability. An agency of the state, a public...

Section 103F.615 — Limitation On Certain Public Projects. - Subdivision 1. Projects and assessments prohibited. Notwithstanding any other law,...

Section 103F.616 — Soil Conservation Practices. - An owner of a wetland preservation area shall manage the...

Section 103F.701 — Citation. - Sections 103F.701 to 103F.755 may be cited as the "Clean...

Section 103F.705 — Purpose. - It is the purpose of the legislature in enacting sections...

Section 103F.711 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Applicability. The definitions in this section apply to...

Section 103F.715 — Clean Water Partnership Program Established. - A clean water partnership program is established as provided in...

Section 103F.725 — Financial And Technical Assistance. - Subdivision 1. Grants. (a) The agency may award grants for...

Section 103F.731 — Eligibility For Assistance. - Subdivision 1. [Repealed, 2011 c 107 s 108] Subd. 2....

Section 103F.735 — Agency Review Of Proposals. - Subdivision 1. Ranking proposals. The agency shall rank proposals for...

Section 103F.741 — Project Implementation. - Subdivision 1. Implementation according to law and contract. A local...

Section 103F.745 — Rules. - (a) The agency shall adopt rules necessary to implement sections...

Section 103F.751 — Nonpoint Source Pollution; Management Plan. - To coordinate the programs and activities used to control nonpoint...

Section 103F.755 — Availability Of Data; Standards. - The data collected for the activities of the clean water...

Section 103F.801 — County Lake Improvement Program. - Subdivision 1. Lake improvement program established. To preserve and protect...

Section 103F.805 — State Aid For Lake Improvements. - (a) The commissioner of natural resources, with the help of...

Section 103F.806 — [No local approval filed, 1992 c 536 s 1] - 103F.806 [No local approval filed, 1992 c 536 s 1]

Section 103F.807 — [No local approval filed, 1992 c 536 s 2] - 103F.807 [No local approval filed, 1992 c 536 s 2]

Section 103F.808 — [No local approval filed, 1992 c 536 s 3] - 103F.808 [No local approval filed, 1992 c 536 s 3]

Section 103F.809 — [No local approval filed, 1992 c 536 s 4] - 103F.809 [No local approval filed, 1992 c 536 s 4]

Section 103F.810 — [No local approval filed, 1992 c 536 s 5] - 103F.810 [No local approval filed, 1992 c 536 s 5]

Section 103F.811 — [No local approval filed, 1992 c 536 s 6] - 103F.811 [No local approval filed, 1992 c 536 s 6]

Section 103F.901 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Applicability. The definitions in this section apply to...

Section 103F.902 — Local Planning And Approval. - Subdivision 1. Application. A willing landowner may apply, on forms...

Section 103F.903 — Wetland Establishment And Restoration Cost-share Program. - Subdivision 1. Application. A local unit of government shall apply...

Section 103F.904 — Wetland Establishment. - Subdivision 1. Establishment order. After receiving approval of cost-share funding...

Section 103F.905 — Rules. - The board may adopt rules to implement sections 103F.901 to...

Section 103F.950 — Beaver Damage Control Grants. - Subdivision 1. Establishment. The Board of Water and Soil Resources...

Chapter 103G — Waters Of The State

Section 103G.001 — Citation; Water Law. - Chapters 103A, 103B, 103C, 103D, 103E, 103F, and 103G constitute...

Section 103G.005 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Applicability. The definitions in this section apply to...

Section 103G.101 — Water Conservation Program. - Subdivision 1. Development. The commissioner shall develop a water resources...

Section 103G.105 — Cooperation With Other Agencies. - Subdivision 1. Other states and federal government. The commissioner may...

Section 103G.111 — Representing State In Water Issues. - Subdivision 1. Commissioner; federal water issues. The commissioner may appear,...

Section 103G.115 — Enjoining Water-flow Interference Outside State. - If a person, firm, association, corporation, or a state or...

Section 103G.121 — Commissioner's Authority To Investigate And Construct Projects. - Subdivision 1. Surveys and investigations. The commissioner may conduct surveys,...

Section 103G.125 — Director's Authority. - Subdivision 1. Cooperation with government agencies. The director shall cooperate...

Section 103G.127 — Permit Program Under Section 404 Of Federal Clean Water Act. - Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the commissioner, with...

Section 103G.131 — Venue Of Certain Actions. - Subdivision 1. Water located in one county. Notwithstanding any other...

Section 103G.135 — Enforcing Commissioner's Orders. - Upon application of the commissioner, the district court of a...

Section 103G.141 — Penalties. - Subdivision 1. Misdemeanors. Except as provided in subdivision 2, a...

Section 103G.145 — Application. - Nothing in this chapter supersedes or amends section 92.45. 1990...

Section 103G.201 — Public Waters Inventory. - (a) The commissioner shall maintain a public waters inventory map...

Section 103G.205 — Effect Of Public Waters Designation. - The designation of waters of this state as public waters...

Section 103G.211 — Draining Public Waters Prohibited Without Replacement. - Except as provided in sections 103G.221 to 103G.235, public waters...

Section 103G.215 — Agricultural Use Of Public Waters During Drought. - A property owner may use the bed of public waters...

Section 103G.217 — Driftless Area; Water Resources. - (a) Groundwater discharge from natural springs and seepage areas in...

Section 103G.221 — Draining Public Waters Wetlands. - Subdivision 1. Draining public waters wetlands prohibited without replacement. Public...

Section 103G.2212 — Contractor's Responsibility When Work Drains Or Fills Wetlands. - Subdivision 1. Conditions to drain or fill wetlands. An agent...

Section 103G.222 — Replacement Of Wetlands. - Subdivision 1. Requirements. (a) Wetlands must not be drained or...

Section 103G.223 — Calcareous Fens. - (a) Calcareous fens, as identified by the commissioner by written...

Section 103G.2241 — Exemptions. - Subdivision 1. Agricultural activities. A replacement plan for wetlands is...

Section 103G.2242 — Wetland Value Replacement Plans. - Subdivision 1. Rules. (a) The board, in consultation with the...

Section 103G.2243 — Local Comprehensive Wetland Protection And Management Plans. - Subdivision 1. General requirements; notice and participation. (a) As an...

Section 103G.2244 — Wetland Creation Or Restoration Within Pipeline Easement. - A person proposing to create or restore a wetland within...

Section 103G.225 — State Wetlands And Public Drainage Systems. - If the state owns public waters wetlands on or adjacent...

Section 103G.2251 — State Conservation Easements; Wetland Bank Credit. - In greater than 80 percent areas, preservation of wetlands, riparian...

Section 103G.231 — Property Owner's Use Of Public Waters Wetlands. - Subdivision 1. Agricultural use during drought. A property owner may...

Section 103G.235 — Restrictions On Access To Wetlands. - Subdivision 1. Wetlands adjacent to roads. To protect the public...

Section 103G.2364 — Property Owner's Use Of Wetlands. - (a) A property owner may use the bed of wetlands...

Section 103G.2365 — Controlling Noxious Weeds. - Noxious weeds, as defined in section 18.77, subdivision 8, must...

Section 103G.237 — Compensation For Loss Of Private Use. - Subdivision 1. General. A person whose replacement plan is not...

Section 103G.2372 — Enforcement. - Subdivision 1. Authority; orders. (a) The commissioner of natural resources,...

Section 103G.2374 — Electronic Transmission. - For purposes of sections 103G.2212 to 103G.2372, notices and other...

Section 103G.2375 — Assumption Of Section 404 Of Federal Clean Water Act. - Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the Board of...

Section 103G.241 — Contractor's Responsibility When Work Affects Public Waters. - Subdivision 1. Conditions to affect public waters. An agent or...

Section 103G.245 — Work In Public Waters. - Subdivision 1. Permit requirement. Except as provided in subdivisions 2,...

Section 103G.251 — Investigating Activities Affecting Waters Of The State. - Subdivision 1. Investigations. If the commissioner determines that an investigation...

Section 103G.255 — Allocating And Controlling Waters Of The State. - The commissioner shall administer: (1) the use, allocation, and control...

Section 103G.261 — Water Allocation Priorities. - (a) The commissioner shall adopt rules for allocation of waters...

Section 103G.265 — Water Supply; Management. - Subdivision 1. Assurance of supply. The commissioner shall develop and...

Section 103G.27 — Water Management Account. - Subdivision 1. Account established; sources. The water management account is...

Section 103G.271 — Appropriation And Use Of Waters. - Subdivision 1. Permit required. (a) Except as provided in paragraph...

Section 103G.275 — Installation For Water Use. - Subdivision 1. Permit required. The owner of an installation for...

Section 103G.281 — Water Use Prohibited Without Measuring Quantities. - Subdivision 1. Measuring and records required. The state, a political...

Section 103G.282 — Monitoring To Evaluate Impacts From Appropriations. - Subdivision 1. Monitoring equipment. The commissioner may require the installation...

Section 103G.285 — Surface Water Appropriations. - Subdivision 1. Waiver. The commissioner may waive a limitation or...

Section 103G.287 — Groundwater Appropriations. - Subdivision 1. Applications for groundwater appropriations; preliminary well-construction approval. (a)...

Section 103G.289 — Well Interference; Well Sealing. - The commissioner shall not validate a well interference claim if...

Section 103G.291 — Public Water Supply Plans; Appropriation During Deficiency. - Subdivision 1. Declaration and conservation. (a) If the governor determines...

Section 103G.293 — Statewide Drought Plan. - The commissioner shall establish a plan to respond to drought-related...

Section 103G.297 — Diverting Or Draining Water For Mining. - Subdivision 1. Authority to issue permits. The commissioner may issue...

Section 103G.298 — Landscape Irrigation Systems. - All automatically operated landscape irrigation systems shall have furnished and...

Section 103G.299 — Administrative Penalties. - Subdivision 1. Authority to issue penalty orders. (a) As provided...

Section 103G.301 — General Permit; Application Procedures. - Subdivision 1. Application documentation. (a) An application for a permit...

Section 103G.305 — Time Limit To Act On Water-use Permit Application. - Subdivision 1. General 150-day limit. (a) Except as provided in...

Section 103G.311 — Permit Hearing. - Subdivision 1. Hearing requirement. A hearing must be conducted as...

Section 103G.315 — Denying And Issuing Permits. - Subdivision 1. Commissioner's general authority. The commissioner may deny issuing...

Section 103G.401 — Application To Establish Lake Levels. - (a) Applications for authority to establish and maintain levels of...

Section 103G.405 — Water Level Control For Landlocked Lakes. - (a) Except as provided in paragraph (c), the commissioner must...

Section 103G.407 — Water Level Control For Public Waters With Outlet. - (a) The commissioner, upon due consideration of recommendations and objections...

Section 103G.408 — Temporary Drawdown Of Public Waters. - (a) The commissioner, upon consideration of recommendations and objections as...

Section 103G.411 — Stipulation Of Low-water Mark. - If the state is a party in a civil action...

Section 103G.412 — Stream Gauge Data. - The commissioner of natural resources shall provide an easily accessible...

Section 103G.413 — Appeal Of Order Establishing Ordinary High-water Level. - Subdivision 1. Petition. A local unit of government may petition...

Section 103G.415 — Big Stone Lake; Seasonal Water Level. - Subdivision 1. Desirable water level elevation determined. The most desirable...

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Chapters 103A - 114B — Water