1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to environment; modifying water supply plan requirements; modifying 
1.3 	yard waste prohibitions; modifying transmission projects report requirements; 
1.4 	modifying roadway lighting requirements;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, 
1.5 	sections 103G.291, subdivisions 3, 4; 115A.931; 216B.2425, subdivision 2; 
1.6 	repealing Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 216C.19, subdivision 1; Minnesota 
1.7 	Rules, parts 8885.0100; 8885.0200; 8885.0300.
1.8 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.9 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 103G.291, subdivision 3, is amended to 
1.10 	read:
1.11 		Subd. 3.Water supply plans; demand reduction. (a) Every public water supplier 
1.12 	serving more than 1,000 people must submit a water supply plan to the commissioner 
1.13 	for approval by January 1, 1996. In accordance with guidelines developed by the 
1.14 	commissioner, the plan must address projected demands, adequacy of the water supply 
1.15 	system and planned improvements, existing and future water sources, natural resource 
1.16 	impacts or limitations, emergency preparedness, water conservation, supply and demand 
1.17 	reduction measures, and allocation priorities that are consistent with section 103G.261. 
1.18 	Public water suppliers must update their plan and, upon notification, submit it to the 
1.19 	commissioner for approval every ten years.
1.20 	(b) The water supply plan in paragraph (a) is required for all communities in the 
1.21 	metropolitan area, as defined in section 473.121, with a municipal water supply system 
1.22 	and is a required element of the local comprehensive plan required under section 473.859. 
1.23 	Water supply plans or updates submitted after December 31, 2008, must be consistent 
1.24 	with the metropolitan area master water supply plan required under section 473.1565, 
1.25 	subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (2).
2.1 	(c) Public water suppliers serving more than 1,000 people must employ water 
2.2 	use demand reduction measures~~, including a conservation rate structure, as defined in~~ 
2.3 	~~subdivision 4, paragraph (a), unless exempted under subdivision 4, paragraph (c),~~ before 
2.4 	requesting approval from the commissioner of health under section 144.383, paragraph 
2.5 	(a), to construct a public water supply well or requesting an increase in the authorized 
2.6 	volume of appropriation. A public water supplier in the metropolitan area, as defined 
2.7 	in section 473.121, subdivision 2, that serves more than 1,000 people must include a 
2.8 	conservation rate structure, as defined in subdivision 4, paragraph (a), unless exempted 
2.9 	under subdivision 4, paragraph (c). Demand reduction measures must include ~~evaluation~~ 
2.10 	~~of conservation rate structures and~~ a public education program that may include a toilet 
2.11 	and showerhead retrofit program.
2.12 	(d) Public water suppliers serving more than 1,000 people must submit records 
2.13 	that indicate the number of connections and amount of use by customer category and 
2.14 	volume of water unaccounted for with the annual report of water use required under 
2.15 	section 103G.281, subdivision 3.
2.16 	(e) For the purposes of this section, "public water supplier" means an entity 
2.17 	that owns, manages, or operates a public water supply, as defined in section 144.382, 
2.18 	subdivision 4.

2.19 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 103G.291, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
2.20 		Subd. 4.Conservation rate structure required. (a) For the purposes of this 
2.21 	section, "conservation rate structure" means a rate structure that encourages conservation 
2.22 	and may include increasing block rates, seasonal rates, time of use rates, individualized 
2.23 	goal rates, or excess use rates. The rate structure must consider each residential unit as an 
2.24 	individual user in multiple-family dwellings.
2.25 	(b) To encourage conservation, a public water supplier ~~serving more than 1,000~~ 
2.26 	~~people~~ in the metropolitan area, as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 2, that serves 
2.27 	more than 1,000 people shall use a conservation rate structure by January 1, 2010. ~~All~~ 
2.28 	~~remaining public water suppliers serving more than 1,000 people shall use a conservation~~ 
2.29 	~~rate structure by January 1, 2013.~~
2.30 	(c) A public water supplier without the proper measuring equipment to track the 
2.31 	amount of water used by its users, as of July 1, 2008, is exempt from this subdivision and 
2.32 	the conservation rate structure requirement under subdivision 3, paragraph (c).

2.33 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 115A.931, is amended to read:
2.34 	115A.931 YARD WASTE PROHIBITION.
3.1 	(a) Except as authorized by the agency, in the metropolitan area after January 1, 
3.2 	1990, and outside the metropolitan area after January 1, 1992, a person may not place 
3.3 	yard waste:
3.4 	(1) in mixed municipal solid waste;
3.5 	(2) in a disposal facility; or
3.6 	(3) in a resource recovery facility except for the purposes of reuse, composting, or 
3.7 	cocomposting.
3.8 	(b) MS 2008 [Renumbered 115A.03, subd 38]
3.9 	~~(c) On or after January 1, 2010, a person may not place yard waste or~~ 
3.10 	~~source-separated compostable materials generated in a metropolitan county in a plastic bag~~ 
3.11 	~~delivered to a transfer station or compost facility unless the bag meets all the specifications~~ 
3.12 	~~in ASTM Standard Specification for Compostable Plastics (D6400). For purposes of this~~ 
3.13 	~~paragraph, "metropolitan county" has the meaning given in section 473.121, subdivision~~ 
3.14 	~~4, and "ASTM" has the meaning given in section 296A.01, subdivision 6.~~
3.15 	~~(d) A person who immediately empties a plastic bag containing yard waste or~~ 
3.16 	~~source-separated compostable materials delivered to a transfer station or compost facility~~ 
3.17 	~~and removes the plastic bag from the transfer station or compost facility is exempt from~~ 
3.18 	~~paragraph (c).~~
3.19 	~~(e) Residents of a city of the first class that currently contracts for the collection of~~ 
3.20 	~~yard waste are exempt from paragraph (c) until January 1, 2013, if, by that date, the~~ 
3.21 	~~city implements a citywide source-separated compostable materials collection program~~ 
3.22 	~~using durable carts.~~

3.23 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 216B.2425, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
3.24 		Subd. 2.List development; transmission projects report. (a) By November 
3.25 	1 of each odd-numbered year, a transmission projects report must be submitted to the 
3.26 	commission by each utility, organization, or company that:
3.27 	(1) is a public utility, ~~a municipal utility,~~ a cooperative electric association, the 
3.28 	generation and transmission organization that serves each utility or association, or a 
3.29 	transmission company; and
3.30 	(2) owns or operates electric transmission lines in Minnesota.
3.31 	(b) The report may be submitted jointly or individually to the commission.
3.32 	(c) The report must:
3.33 	(1) list specific present and reasonably foreseeable future inadequacies in the 
3.34 	transmission system in Minnesota;
3.35 	(2) identify alternative means of addressing each inadequacy listed;
4.1 	(3) identify general economic, environmental, and social issues associated with 
4.2 	each alternative; and
4.3 	(4) provide a summary of public input related to the list of inadequacies and the role 
4.4 	of local government officials and other interested persons in assisting to develop the list 
4.5 	and analyze alternatives.
4.6 	(d) To meet the requirements of this subdivision, reporting parties may rely on 
4.7 	available information and analysis developed by a regional transmission organization 
4.8 	or any subgroup of a regional transmission organization and may develop and include 
4.9 	additional information as necessary.

4.10 	Sec. 5.  REPEALER.
 4.11 	Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 216C.19, subdivision 1; and Minnesota Rules, 
4.12 	parts 8885.0100; 8885.0200; and 8885.0300, are repealed.