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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...
Section 103G.421 — Control Of Mississippi Headwater Lakes. - Subdivision 1. Reason for control. The legislature finds that the...
Section 103G.501 — Constructing Private Dams On Nonnavigable Waters. - Subdivision 1. Procedure to acquire flowage rights. If a person...
Section 103G.505 — Dam Construction And Maintenance By State. - Subdivision 1. Authority. The commissioner may construct, maintain, and operate...
Section 103G.511 — Publicly Owned Dam Repair. - Subdivision 1. Authority. The commissioner may: (1) repair or reconstruct...
Section 103G.515 — Examining And Repairing Dams And Reservoirs. - Subdivision 1. Examining structures. The commissioner may examine a reservoir,...
Section 103G.521 — Transfer Of Authority Over State Dams. - Subdivision 1. Application. (a) Upon application by resolution of the...
Section 103G.525 — Limitations On Transferring Dam Ownership. - The state, a state department or agency, a county, municipality,...
Section 103G.531 — Dam Permit Exceptions. - Subdivision 1. Exemption for structures constructed before July 1, 1937....
Section 103G.535 — Hydropower Generation. - Subdivision 1. Public purpose. The legislature finds that: (1) the...
Section 103G.541 — Municipal Dams On Red River Of The North. - Subdivision 1. Authority to construct dam. A municipality owning or...
Section 103G.545 — Dams And Water Level Control In Cook, Lake, And St. Louis Counties. - Subdivision 1. Purpose. The purpose of this section is to...
Section 103G.551 — Dams Used Only For Water Level Regulation. - Subdivision 1. Applicability. This section and section 103G.555 apply to...
Section 103G.555 — Statute Of Limitations For Actions Against Public Officials. - An action or proceeding against the state, the commissioner, a...
Section 103G.561 — Statute Of Limitations For Actions On Flowage Easements And Ordinary High-water Levels. - An action or proceeding that affects or seeks to adversely...
Section 103G.565 — Right To Overflow, Obstruct, Or Impair Highways Granted By Governing Body. - Subdivision 1. Authority. The governing body of a town or...
Section 103G.571 — Bank Repair On Property Where Overflow Rights Are Acquired. - Subdivision 1. Right to repair. If the right to overflow...
Section 103G.575 — Grant Of Flowage Easements In Upper Red Lake Region. - The commissioner, on behalf of the state and with the...
Section 103G.601 — Ice-cutting Fences And Guards. - Subdivision 1. Fence and guard requirement. A person cutting ice...
Section 103G.605 — Deicing Water Bodies. - A county board, lake improvement district, or governing body of...
Section 103G.611 — Water Aeration Safety. - Subdivision 1. Requirements. (a) The fee for a permit to...
Section 103G.615 — Permits To Harvest Or Destroy Aquatic Plants. - Subdivision 1. Issuance; validity. (a) The commissioner may issue a...
Section 103G.621 — County Weed And Algae Destruction And Removal. - A county board, lake improvement district, or governing body of...
Section 103G.625 — Municipal Control Of Aquatic Vegetation And Organisms. - Subdivision 1. Authority. The governing body of a municipality or...
Section 103G.651 — Removing Sunken Logs From Public Waters. - The commissioner of natural resources must not issue leases to...
Section 103G.701 — Stream Maintenance Program. - Subdivision 1. Establishment. The commissioner shall establish a stream maintenance...
Section 103G.711 — State's Ownership Of Bed Of Navigable River. - The ownership of the bed and the land under the...
Section 103G.801 — Great Lakes -- St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact. - The Great Lakes -- St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources...