HF3252 • 2026

Drinking water contaminate mitigation program established, and money appropriated.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Myers
Last action: 2025-04-28
Official status: Introduction and first reading, referred to Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The exact amount of money appropriated is not specified in the provided official source material.

Drinking Water Contaminant Mitigation Program

This bill establishes a program to provide rebates for contractors who install water treatment systems in residential buildings within areas identified as having high levels of manganese, and it appropriates money from the general fund until June 30, 2028.

What This Bill Does

Establishes a rebate program for contractors installing eligible water treatment systems that reduce contaminants in drinking water from impacted areas.
Requires applicants to provide specifications about the water treatment system being installed and certify compliance with state codes.
Limits eligibility to residential buildings where the household income is $95,000 or less and located within an area identified as having high levels of manganese.
Appropriates money from the general fund for these rebates until June 30, 2028.

Who It Names or Affects

Contractors who install water treatment systems in residential buildings.
Residents living in areas with contaminated drinking water and a household income of $95,000 or less.

Terms To Know

Eligible water treatment system: A system installed by a contractor that complies with Minnesota Plumbing Code, 611.0 Water Conditioning Equipment.
Impacted area: An area determined by the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency to have or likely have a water source where the level of manganese in the water exceeds health-based guidance for manganese developed by the commissioner of health.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify the exact amount of money being appropriated.
It only applies to areas identified as having high levels of manganese, which may exclude other types of contaminants.
The program ends on June 30, 2028.

Bill History

2025-04-28 House
Introduction and first reading, referred to Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Official Summary Text

Drinking water contaminate mitigation program established, and money appropriated.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

A bill for an act

relating to environment; establishing a drinking water contaminate mitigation

program; appropriating money.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.
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DRINKING WATER CONTAMINATE MITIGATION PROGRAM.
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Subdivision 1.

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Definitions.

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(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have

the meanings given.

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(b) "Contractor" means a Minnesota licensed water conditioning contractor or Minnesota

licensed plumbing contractor.

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(c) "Eligible water treatment system" means a system installed by a contractor that

complies with Minnesota Plumbing Code, 611.0 Water Conditioning Equipment.

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(d) "Impacted area" means an area determined by the commissioner of the Pollution

Control Agency to have or likely have a water source where the level of manganese in the

water exceeds the health-based guidance for manganese developed by the commissioner of

health.

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(e) "Rebate" means a rebate up to $1,400 regardless of the size or cost of the work

performed or system installed.

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Subd. 2.

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Rebate program.

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The commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency must

establish a program to provide rebates to contractors that install eligible water treatment

systems in residential buildings that reduce known or emerging contaminants in drinking

water from impacted areas. Under the program, the commissioner must require that:

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(1) rebate applications include specifications about the water treatment system being

installed;

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(2) contractors certify that the water treatment system will be installed in a manner that

complies with this section and the requirements under subdivision 3;

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(3) both the owner or lessee of the property and the contractor sign a rebate application;

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(4) rebates are sent to the contractor; and

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(5) contractors receive ten percent up front from the owner or lessee and the contractors

are responsible for submitting rebate applications.

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Eligibility.

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To be eligible for a rebate under this section, the contractor must

certify that:

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(1) the owner or lessee of the residential building has a household income of $95,000

or less; and

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(2) the residential building is within an impacted area.

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APPROPRIATION; DRINKING WATER CONTAMINATE MITIGATION

PROGRAM.
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$....... in fiscal year 2026 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of

the Pollution Control Agency to issue rebates under the drinking water contaminate mitigation

program established under section 1. This is a onetime appropriation and is available until

June 30, 2028.

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