1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to water; providing for the consumptive use
1.3 	of groundwater.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. CONSUMPTIVE USE OF GROUNDWATER.
 1.6 	Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 103G.265,
1.7 	subdivision 3, the legislature approves the consumptive use of
1.8 	groundwater under a permit of more than 2,000,000 gallons per
1.9 	day average in a 30-day period in the St. Paul Regional Water
1.10 	Services service area in connection with a municipal water
1.11 	supply system operated by the St. Paul Board of Water
1.12 	Commissioners, subject to a determination by the commissioner of
1.13 	natural resources that the water remaining in the basin of
1.14 	origin will be adequate to meet the basin's need for water and
1.15 	subject to subsequent approval by the commissioner.

1.16 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day
1.17 	following final enactment.