1.1Senator Koran moved to amend
S.F. No. 3 as follows (...):
1.2Page 139, after line 10, insert:
1.3 "Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 103G.271, subdivision 4a, is amended to read:
1.4 Subd. 4a.
Mt. Simon-Hinckley aquifer. (a) Except as provided under paragraphs (b)
1.5and (c), the commissioner may not issue new water-use permits that will appropriate water
1.6from the Mt. Simon-Hinckley aquifer
unless the appropriation is for potable water use, there
1.7are no feasible or practical alternatives to this source, and a water conservation
plan is
1.8incorporated with the permit.
1.9(b) The commissioner may issue a new water-use permit to appropriate water from the
1.10Mt. Simon-Hinckley aquifer for a first priority water use as described in section
103G.261,
1.11paragraph (a), clause (1), if the requested appropriation is within a metropolitan
county, as
1.12defined in section 473.121, subdivision 4, and:
1.13(1) the commissioner determines that there are no feasible or practical alternatives
to
1.14this source;
1.15(2) a water conservation plan that incorporates best available water conservation
1.16technology and practices is required in the permit; and
1.17(3) the permit is consistent with the requirements of sections 103G.255 to 103G.2991,
1.18and the general permit requirements of sections 103G.301 and 103G.315, as applicable.
1.19(c) The commissioner may issue a new water-use permit to appropriate water from the
1.20Mt. Simon-Hinckley aquifer for the priority uses described in section 103G.261, paragraph
1.21(a), clauses (1) to (5), if the requested appropriation is outside a metropolitan
county, as
1.22defined in section 473.121, subdivision 4, and:
1.23(1) the commissioner determines that there are no feasible or practical alternatives
to
1.24this source;
1.25(2) a water conservation plan that incorporates best available water conservation
1.26technology and practices is required in the permit; and
1.27(3) the permit is consistent with the requirements of sections 103G.255 to 103G.2991,
1.28and the general permit requirements of sections 103G.301 and 103G.315, as applicable."
1.29Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
1.30Amend the title accordingly
1.31The motion prevailed. #did not prevail. So the amendment was #not adopted.