SF4192 • 2026

Mt. Simon-Hinckley aquifer appropriation permits eligibility criteria expansion

Budget Water

Passed Legislature

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Sponsor: Koran
Last action: 2026-03-09
Official status: Introduction and first reading
Effective date: Not listed

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Mt. Simon-Hinckley aquifer appropriation permits eligibility criteria expansion

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What This Bill Does

Mt.
Simon-Hinckley aquifer appropriation permits eligibility criteria expansion

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Bill History

2026-03-09 House
Introduction and first reading

Official Summary Text

Mt. Simon-Hinckley aquifer appropriation permits eligibility criteria expansion

Current Bill Text

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A bill for an act

relating to natural resources; expanding eligibility criteria for Mt. Simon-Hinckley

aquifer appropriation permits; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section

103G.271, subdivision 4a.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 103G.271, subdivision 4a, is amended to read:

Subd. 4a.

Mt. Simon-Hinckley aquifer.

The commissioner may not issue new water-use

permits that will appropriate water from the Mt. Simon-Hinckley aquifer unless the

appropriation is for potable water use
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or for agricultural irrigation outside a metropolitan

county, as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 4;
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there are no feasible or practical

alternatives to this source
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and a water conservation plan is incorporated with the permit.