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SF4133 • 2026

Commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency requirement to maintain a web-based permit application tracker

Commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency requirement to maintain a web-based permit application tracker

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Farnsworth, Hauschild
Last action
2026-03-04
Official status
Introduction and first reading
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency requirement to maintain a web-based permit application tracker

Commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency requirement to maintain a web-based permit application tracker

What This Bill Does

  • Commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency requirement to maintain a web-based permit application tracker

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-04 House

    Introduction and first reading

Official Summary Text

Commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency requirement to maintain a web-based permit application tracker

Current Bill Text

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A bill for an act

relating to environment; requiring the commissioner of the Pollution Control

Agency to maintain a web-based permit application tracker; amending Minnesota

Statutes 2024, section 116.07, by adding a subdivision.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 116.07, is amended by adding a subdivision

to read:

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Subd. 4o.

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Permit application tracker.

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The commissioner must establish, maintain, and

continually improve a web-based application that allows applicants and members of the

public to track the status of permit applications submitted to the agency. The information

available through the tracker must include the facility name, permit program category,

permit type, facility identification number, permit number, and the dates on which steps in

the permitting process were completed.

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EFFECTIVE DATE.

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This section is effective the day following final enactment.

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