1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; appropriating money to develop a statewide drinking 
1.3 	water safety action plan; requiring a report.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. STATEWIDE DRINKING WATER SAFETY ACTION PLAN; 
1.6 	APPROPRIATION.
 1.7 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. $....... in fiscal year 2024 is appropriated from the general 
1.8 	fund to the commissioner of health to prepare a statewide drinking water safety action plan 
1.9 	in consultation with the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota and the 
1.10 	commissioners of agriculture, natural resources, and the Pollution Control Agency. This is 
1.11 	a onetime appropriation.
1.12 		Subd. 2.Plan requirements. The plan must include recommendations for:
1.13 	(1) protecting and improving the state's drinking water through research, implementation, 
1.14 	and outreach;
1.15 	(2) establishing or expanding a multiagency sentinel well network to detect changes in 
1.16 	water quality in the most vulnerable shallow aquifers that provide drinking water to private 
1.17 	wells; and
1.18 	(3) providing resources for well owners to identify hazards associated with aquifers and 
1.19 	wells of particular designs and ages.
1.20 		Subd. 3.Reporting. The plan must be submitted to the chairs and ranking minority 
1.21 	members of the house of representatives and senate committees and divisions with jurisdiction 
1.22 	over agriculture, environment, and natural resources policy by January 15, 2024.