Minnesota Statutes Environmental Protection (Ch. 114C-116I) § 115B.52. Water quality and sustainability account

Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section and section 115B.53, the following terms have the meanings given.

(b) “East metropolitan area” includes but is not limited to the cities of Woodbury, Oakdale, Lake Elmo, Cottage Grove, St. Paul Park, Afton, and Newport and the townships of West Lakeland and Grey Cloud Island.

(c) “Settlement” means the agreement and order entered on February 20, 2018, settling litigation commenced by the state against the 3M Company under section 115B.17, subdivision 7.

(1) by April 1, 2019, an implementation plan detailing how the commissioners will:

(2) by February 1 and August 1 each year, a biannual report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative policy and finance committees with jurisdiction over environment and natural resources on expenditures from the water quality and sustainability account during the previous six months; and

(3) by August 1, 2019, and each year thereafter, a report to the legislature on expenditures from the water quality and sustainability account during the previous fiscal year and a spending plan for anticipated expenditures from the account during the current fiscal year.