1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; approving the consumptive use of water for 
1.3 	snowmaking in St. Louis County.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. CONSUMPTIVE USE OF WATER.
 1.6 	Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 103G.265, subdivision 3, the legislature 
1.7 	approves of the consumptive use of water under a permit of more than 2,000,000 gallons 
1.8 	per day average in a 30-day period in St. Louis County, in connection with snowmaking, 
1.9 	subject to the commissioner of natural resources making a determination that the water 
1.10 	remaining in the basin of origin will be adequate to meet the basin's need for water and 
1.11 	approval by the commissioner of natural resources of all applicable permits.