1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; requiring soil and water conservation district approval 
1.3 	of buffer protection maps;amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 103F.48, 
1.4 	by adding a subdivision.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 103F.48, is amended by adding a subdivision 
1.7 	to read:
1.8 		Subd. 2a.Buffer protection maps; local approval. The commissioner must establish 
1.9 	and maintain an official buffer protection map for each county that shows the public waters 
1.10 	and public ditch systems that are subject to the water resources riparian protection 
1.11 	requirements under this section. The soil and water conservation district with jurisdiction 
1.12 	over the area identified on a map must approve the map before the map's use in implementing 
1.13 	this section. Subsequent modifications to an approved buffer protection map must be 
1.14 	approved by the soil and water conservation district.