103G.501 CONSTRUCTING PRIVATE DAMS ON NONNAVIGABLE WATERS. Subdivision 1. Procedure to acquire flowage rights. If a person desires to raise and extend or erect and maintain a dam on the person’s property across a stream or other watercourse that is not navigable to create or improve a waterpower for milling or manufacturing purposes and property […]
103G.505 DAM CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE BY STATE. Subdivision 1. Authority. The commissioner may construct, maintain, and operate dikes, dams, and other structures necessary to maintain uniform water levels established under this chapter to improve navigation, protect and improve domestic water supply, protect and preserve fish and other wildlife, protect the public interest in the shore […]
103G.511 PUBLICLY OWNED DAM REPAIR. Subdivision 1. Authority. The commissioner may: (1) repair or reconstruct state-owned dams; (2) make engineering evaluations related to the repair or reconstruction of dams owned by political subdivisions; and (3) grant aid to political subdivisions to repair or reconstruct dams owned by political subdivisions. Subd. 2. Engineering evaluations. The engineering […]
103G.515 EXAMINING AND REPAIRING DAMS AND RESERVOIRS. Subdivision 1. Examining structures. The commissioner may examine a reservoir, dam, control structure, or waterway obstruction after receiving a complaint or determining an examination is needed. The commissioner, or an authorized agent, must be granted access at any reasonable time to examine the reservoir, dam, control structure, or […]
103G.521 TRANSFER OF AUTHORITY OVER STATE DAMS. Subdivision 1. Application. (a) Upon application by resolution of the governing body of a political subdivision authorized to maintain and operate dams or other control structures affecting public waters, the commissioner, with the approval of the Executive Council, may transfer to the political subdivision the custody of a […]
103G.525 LIMITATIONS ON TRANSFERRING DAM OWNERSHIP. The state, a state department or agency, a county, municipality, town, or other governmental entity may not purchase or accept as a gift a privately owned dam subject to permit requirements until: (1) the commissioner has examined the dam; (2) the commissioner has prepared a report of the examination; […]
103G.531 DAM PERMIT EXCEPTIONS. Subdivision 1. Exemption for structures constructed before July 1, 1937. This chapter does not authorize the commissioner to require a permit for the original construction of dams, reservoirs, or control works in existence on and before July 1, 1937. Subd. 2. Minor dam exclusion. The commissioner shall adopt rules that exclude […]
103G.535 HYDROPOWER GENERATION. Subdivision 1. Public purpose. The legislature finds that: (1) the public health, safety, and welfare of the state is also promoted by the use of state waters to produce hydroelectric or hydromechanical power in a manner consistent with laws relating to dam construction, reconstruction, repair, and maintenance; and (2) the leasing of […]
103G.541 MUNICIPAL DAMS ON RED RIVER OF THE NORTH. Subdivision 1. Authority to construct dam. A municipality owning or permanently controlling property where a proposed dam is to be constructed may: (1) construct a dam on the property and across that portion of the Red River of the North that forms a part of the […]
103G.545 DAMS AND WATER LEVEL CONTROL IN COOK, LAKE, AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES. Subdivision 1. Purpose. The purpose of this section is to preserve shorelines, rapids, waterfalls, beaches, and other natural features in an unmodified state of nature. Subd. 2. Legislative approval required. Except as provided in this section, specific authority must be given by […]
103G.551 DAMS USED ONLY FOR WATER LEVEL REGULATION. Subdivision 1. Applicability. This section and section 103G.555 apply to public waters if: (1) a dam constructed or maintained in any manner has existed in the outlet of the lake affecting the water level of the lake for a continuous period of at least 15 years; (2) […]
103G.555 STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR ACTIONS AGAINST PUBLIC OFFICIALS. An action or proceeding against the state, the commissioner, a county, or political subdivision or their officers or agents, relating to the taking over, construction, reconstruction, repair, improvement, maintenance, operation, or control of a dam subject to section 103G.551 and this section or the effects of […]
103G.561 STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR ACTIONS ON FLOWAGE EASEMENTS AND ORDINARY HIGH-WATER LEVELS. An action or proceeding that affects or seeks to adversely affect a perpetual flowage easement dedicated to the state for the use and benefit of the public as provided in section 103G.551, subdivision 2, or the maintaining or the right to maintain […]
