Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

103F.415 EXCESSIVE SOIL LOSS PROHIBITED. § Subdivision 1.Prohibited activities. A person may not cause, conduct, contract for, or authorize an activity that causes excessive soil loss. § Subd. 2.Agricultural land. A land occupier of agricultural land is not violating subdivision …

103F.421 ENFORCEMENT. § Subdivision 1.Complaint. (a) An adversely affected landowner, an elected or appointed official of the local government, or a soil and water conservation district board member may submit a written complaint to the local government if conditions exist that i…

103F.425 DISTRICT COURT HEARING. § Subdivision 1.Determining proper conservation plan. If the landowner and the local government do not agree to a mediated settlement or if the landowner has refused mediation, the county attorney may petition the district court for a hearing. The…

103F.431 SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE. A landowner who has filed a mediated settlement under section 103F.421 or who has received a court order under section 103F.425 may request the soil and water conservation district to assist in the planning, design, and application…

103F.435 ATTORNEY AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT MAY PERFORM DUTY OF COUNTY. The city attorney or town attorney may perform the duties of a county attorney. A city or town may perform the duties of a local government only if the city or town adopts a soil loss ordinance and the land specif…

103F.441 EROSION CONTROL PLAN FOR DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES. § Subdivision 1.Sedimentation control plan. (a) A person engaged in a development activity that will disturb over one acre of land must submit a sedimentation control plan and time schedule that will prevent excessive soil…

103F.445 COST-SHARING FUNDS. § Subdivision 1.Cost share required. Except for a development activity, a land occupier may not be required to establish soil conservation practices unless state cost-sharing funds have been specifically approved for that land and have been made avail…

103F.455 PENALTY. A person who violates section 103F.415, subdivision 1, is subject to a civil penalty up to $500. History: 1990 c 391 art 6 s 68

103F.48 RIPARIAN PROTECTION AND WATER QUALITY PRACTICES. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given them. (b) "Board" means the Board of Water and Soil Resources. (c) "Buffer" means an area consisting of perennia…

103F.501 SHORT TITLE. Sections 103F.505 to 103F.531 may be cited as the "Reinvest in Minnesota Resources Law." History: 1990 c 391 art 6 s 70

103F.505 PURPOSE AND POLICY. (a) It is the purpose of sections 103F.505 to 103F.531 to restore certain marginal agricultural land and protect environmentally sensitive areas to: (1) enhance soil and water quality; (2) minimize damage to flood-prone areas; (3) sequester carbon; (4…

103F.511 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Applicability. The definitions in this section apply to sections 103F.505 to 103F.535. § Subd. 1a.Agricultural crop production. "Agricultural crop production" means an agricultural activity that is devoted to producing horticultural, row, clo…

103F.515 REINVEST IN MINNESOTA RESERVE PROGRAM. § Subdivision 1.Establishment. The board, in consultation with the commissioner of agriculture and the commissioner of natural resources, shall establish and administer the reinvest in Minnesota reserve program. The board shall impl…

103F.516 PERMANENT WETLANDS PRESERVE. § Subdivision 1.Easements. Upon application by a landowner, the board may acquire permanent easements and may pay for the cost of related capital improvement projects to preserve or restore wetlands on land containing type 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6…

103F.518 REINVEST IN MINNESOTA CLEAN ENERGY PROGRAM. § Subdivision 1.Establishment. (a) The board shall establish and administer a reinvest in Minnesota (RIM) clean energy program that is in addition to the program under section 103F.515. Selection of land for the clean energy pr…

103F.519 REINVEST IN MINNESOTA WORKING LANDS PROGRAM. § Subdivision 1.Establishment. The board may establish and administer a reinvest in Minnesota working lands program that is in addition to the program established under section 103F.515. Selecting land for the program must be …

103F.521 COOPERATION. § Subdivision 1.Cooperation. In implementing sections 103F.505 to 103F.531, the board must share information and cooperate with the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Natural Resources, the Pollution Control Agency, the United States Fish and Wildl…

103F.525 SUPPLEMENTAL PAYMENTS ON FEDERAL AND STATE CONSERVATION PROGRAMS. The board may supplement payments made under federal land retirement programs to the extent of available appropriations. The supplemental payments must be used to establish perennial cover on land enrolled…

103F.526 FOOD PLOTS. The board may authorize wildlife food plots on land enrolled in a conservation easement under section 103F.515. History: 1990 c 391 art 6 s 76; 2009 c 172 art 2 s 23; 2009 c 176 art 1 s 42

103F.527 CONSERVATION PRACTICES. § Subdivision 1.Approved practices. An approved practice must be consistent with section 103F.505. The landowner is responsible for establishing all approved practices on the easement area as specified by the board. § Subd. 2.Approved practices el…

103F.528 SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT RESPONSIBILITIES. § Subdivision 1.Program delegation. With the consent of the Board of Water and Soil Resources, a district may enter into an agreement with others, as authorized under section 103C.231, to delegate, in whole or in par…

103F.531 RULEMAKING. The board may adopt rules or policy to implement sections 103F.505 to 103F.531. History: 1990 c 391 art 6 s 77; 2009 c 172 art 2 s 24; 2009 c 176 art 1 s 43

103F.535 RESERVATION OF MARGINAL LAND AND WETLANDS. § Subdivision 1.Reservation of marginal land and wetlands. (a) Marginal land and wetlands are withdrawn from sale or exchange unless: (1) notice of the existence of the nonforested marginal land or wetlands, in a form prescribed…

103F.601 WATER BANK PROGRAM. § Subdivision 1.Establishment. (a) The commissioner of natural resources shall establish a water bank program of acquiring interests in land to preserve wetlands, whether or not the wetlands are included in the definition contained in section 103G.005…

103F.612 WETLAND PRESERVATION AREAS. § Subdivision 1.Definition. For purposes of sections 103F.612 to 103F.616, "wetland" has the meaning given in section 103G.005, subdivision 19. § Subd. 2.Application. (a) A wetland owner may apply to the county where a wetland is located for d…

103F.613 DURATION OF WETLAND PRESERVATION AREA. § Subdivision 1.General. A wetland preservation area continues in existence until the owner initiates expiration as provided in this section. The date of expiration must be at least eight years from the date of notice under this sec…

103F.614 EMINENT DOMAIN ACTIONS. § Subdivision 1.Applicability. An agency of the state, a public benefit corporation, a local government, or any other entity with the power of eminent domain under chapter 117, except a public utility as defined in section 216B.02, a municipal ele…

103F.615 LIMITATION ON CERTAIN PUBLIC PROJECTS. § Subdivision 1.Projects and assessments prohibited. Notwithstanding any other law, construction projects for public sanitary sewer systems, public water systems, and new public drainage systems are prohibited in wetland preservatio…

103F.616 SOIL CONSERVATION PRACTICES. An owner of a wetland preservation area shall manage the area and surrounding upland areas with sound soil conservation practices that prevent excessive soil loss according to the model ordinance adopted by the Board of Water and Soil Resourc…

103F.701 CITATION. Sections 103F.701 to 103F.755 may be cited as the "Clean Water Partnership Law." History: 1990 c 391 art 6 s 80; 2011 c 107 s 107

103F.705 PURPOSE. It is the purpose of the legislature in enacting sections 103F.701 to 103F.755 to protect, enhance, and restore surface water and groundwater in the state, through financial and technical assistance to local units of government to prevent water pollution, includ…

103F.711 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Applicability. The definitions in this section apply to sections 103F.701 to 103F.755. § Subd. 2.Agency. "Agency" means the Pollution Control Agency. § Subd. 3.Best management practices. "Best management practices" means practices, techniques…

103F.715 CLEAN WATER PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM ESTABLISHED. A clean water partnership program is established as provided in sections 103F.701 to 103F.755. The agency shall administer the program in accordance with these sections. The agency shall provide financial and technical assista…

103F.725 FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. § Subdivision 1.Grants. (a) The agency may award grants for up to 50 percent of the eligible cost for projects. (b) The agency shall determine which costs are eligible costs and grants shall be made and used only for eligible costs. § …

103F.731 ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE. § Subdivision 1. [Repealed, 2011 c 107 s 108] § Subd. 2.Eligibility; documents required. (a) Local units of government are eligible to apply for assistance. An applicant for assistance shall submit: (1) a project proposal form as prescribed by…

103F.735 AGENCY REVIEW OF PROPOSALS. § Subdivision 1.Ranking proposals. The agency shall rank proposals for technical and financial assistance in order of priority and shall, within the limits of available appropriations, grant those proposals having the highest priority. The age…

103F.741 PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION. § Subdivision 1.Implementation according to law and contract. A local unit of government receiving technical or financial assistance, or both, from the agency shall carry out the project approved by the agency according to the terms of the plan, t…

103F.745 RULES. (a) The agency shall adopt rules necessary to implement sections 103F.701 to 103F.755. The rules shall contain at a minimum: (1) procedures to be followed by local units of government in applying for technical or financial assistance or both; (2) conditions for th…

103F.751 NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; MANAGEMENT PLAN. To coordinate the programs and activities used to control nonpoint sources of pollution to achieve the state's water quality goals, the agency shall develop a state plan for the control of nonpoint source water pollution to mee…

103F.755 AVAILABILITY OF DATA; STANDARDS. The data collected for the activities of the clean water partnership program that have common value for natural resource planning must be made available using standards adopted by the Department of Information Technology Services and geos…

103F.801 COUNTY LAKE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. § Subdivision 1.Lake improvement program established. To preserve and protect lakes and to increase and enhance the use and enjoyment of lakes, a statewide lake improvement program is established to: (1) preserve the natural character of …

103F.805 STATE AID FOR LAKE IMPROVEMENTS. (a) The commissioner of natural resources, with the help of the Pollution Control Agency and the commissioner of employment and economic development, must: (1) assess the need for particular kinds of lake improvements, including improveme…

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