1999 Minnesota Code
Chapters 103A - 114B Water
Chapter 103I Wells, Borings, and Underground Uses
Section 103I.345 Well and boring sealing account.

103I.345 Well and boring sealing account.

Subdivision 1. Revenue sources. Revenue from the following sources must be deposited in the state treasury and credited to a special account:

(1) all money recovered by the commissioner under section 103I.341;

(2) all money paid under section 144.99 or under any agreement, stipulation, or settlement resolving an enforcement action brought by the commissioner;

(3) all interest attributable to investment of money credited to the account; and

(4) all money received in the form of gifts, grants, reimbursements, or appropriations from any source intended to be used for the purposes of the account.

Subd. 2. Expenditures. (a) Subject to appropriation by law, money in the account established under subdivision 1 may be used by the commissioner for sealing wells and borings.

(b) In spending money under this subdivision, the commissioner shall give priority to the sealing by July 1, 1997, of all multiaquifer wells and borings entering the Mt. Simon-Hinckley aquifer that the commissioner has authority to seal under section 103I.315, subdivision 2.

HIST: 1992 c 544 s 12; 1993 c 206 s 1