103G.101 WATER CONSERVATION PROGRAM. Subdivision 1. Development. The commissioner shall develop a water resources conservation program for the state. The program must include conservation, allocation, and development of waters of the state for the best interests of the people. Subd. 2. Program to guide permit issuance and dams. The commissioner must be guided by the […]
103G.105 COOPERATION WITH OTHER AGENCIES. Subdivision 1. Other states and federal government. The commissioner may cooperate and enter into agreements with the United States government, a state department, or a state or country adjacent to this state to implement this chapter and chapter 103F. The commissioner may cooperate with departments of the government of the […]
103G.111 REPRESENTING STATE IN WATER ISSUES. Subdivision 1. Commissioner; federal water issues. The commissioner may appear, represent, and act for the state in any matter relating to an application to be made to the federal government relating to waters of the state or their use and may act in a manner to protect the interests […]
103G.115 ENJOINING WATER-FLOW INTERFERENCE OUTSIDE STATE. If a person, firm, association, corporation, or a state or political subdivision, agency, or commission of a state disturbs, obstructs, or interferes with the natural flow or condition of public waters beyond the boundaries of this state in a manner that seriously affects the public welfare and interests of […]
103G.121 COMMISSIONER’S AUTHORITY TO INVESTIGATE AND CONSTRUCT PROJECTS. Subdivision 1. Surveys and investigations. The commissioner may conduct surveys, investigations, and studies, and prepare maps of the waters of the state and topography of the state to implement this chapter. Subd. 2. Acquiring property. The commissioner may acquire title to private property for an authorized purpose […]
103G.125 DIRECTOR’S AUTHORITY. Subdivision 1. Cooperation with government agencies. The director shall cooperate with agencies and departments of the state and federal government relating to projects affecting waters of the state and shall make recommendations to the agencies involved and to the governor about the desirability, feasibility, and practicability of the proposed projects. Subd. 2. […]
103G.127 PERMIT PROGRAM UNDER SECTION 404 OF FEDERAL CLEAN WATER ACT. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the commissioner, with the concurrence of the Board of Water and Soil Resources and the commissioner of agriculture, may adopt rules establishing a permit program for regulating the discharge of dredged and fill material into the waters […]
103G.131 VENUE OF CERTAIN ACTIONS. Subdivision 1. Water located in one county. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, an action for declaratory judgment that is brought under chapter 555 by or against the commissioner must be venued in the county where the water, watercourse, or water basin is located, if the water, watercourse, or […]
103G.135 ENFORCING COMMISSIONER’S ORDERS. Upon application of the commissioner, the district court of a county where a project is entirely or partially located may by injunction enforce compliance with, or restrain the violation of, an order of the commissioner made under this chapter or chapter 103F, or restrain the violation of this chapter or chapter […]
103G.141 PENALTIES. Subdivision 1. Misdemeanors. Except as provided in subdivision 2, a person is guilty of a misdemeanor who: (1) undertakes or procures another to undertake an alteration in the course, current, or cross section of public waters or appropriates waters of the state without previously obtaining a permit from the commissioner, regardless of whether […]
103G.145 APPLICATION. Nothing in this chapter supersedes or amends section 92.45. History: 1990 c 391 art 7 s 12
