1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 683 as follows:
1.2Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:

1.3    "Section 1. [3.886] LEGISLATIVE WATER COMMISSION.
1.4    Subdivision 1. Establishment. A Legislative Water Commission is established.
1.5    Subd. 2. Membership. (a) The Legislative Water Commission shall consist of ten
1.6members appointed as follows:
1.7(1) five members of the senate with minority representation proportionate to
1.8minority membership in the senate to be appointed by the subcommittee on committees
1.9and to serve until their successors are appointed; and
1.10(2) five members of the house of representatives with minority representation
1.11proportionate to minority membership in the house to be appointed by the speaker of the
1.12house and to serve until their successors are appointed.
1.13(b) Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the original positions.
1.14(c) Vacancies occurring on the commission do not affect the authority of the remaining
1.15members of the Legislative Water Commission to carry out the function of the commission.
1.16    Subd. 3. Staff. The Legislative Water Commission may appoint and fix the
1.17compensation of personnel and consultants necessary to enable the commission to carry
1.18out its functions, or to contract for services to supply necessary data subject to the approval
1.19of the Legislative Coordinating Commission under section 3.305. State employees subject
1.20to civil service laws and rules who may be assigned to the commission shall retain civil
1.21service status without interruption or loss of status or privilege.
1.22    Subd. 4. Powers and duties. (a) The Legislative Water Commission shall review
1.23water policy reports and recommendations of the Environmental Quality Board, the Board
1.24of Water and Soil Resources, the Pollution Control Agency, the Department of Natural
1.25Resources, and other water-related reports as may be required by law or the legislature.
1.26(b) The commission shall oversee the activities of the Pollution Control Agency
1.27under sections 116.16 to 116.181 relating to water pollution control.
2.1(c) The commission may conduct public hearings and otherwise secure data and
2.2comments.
2.3(d) The commission shall make recommendations as it deems proper to assist the
2.4legislature in formulating legislation.
2.5(e) Data or information compiled by the Legislative Water Commission or its
2.6subcommittees shall be made available to the Legislative Commission on Minnesota
2.7Resources and standing and interim committees of the legislature on request of the chair
2.8of the respective commission or committee.

2.9    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 103G.271, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
2.10    Subdivision 1. Permit required. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), the state,
2.11a person, partnership, or association, private or public corporation, county, municipality,
2.12or other political subdivision of the state may not appropriate or use waters of the state
2.13without a water use permit from the commissioner.
2.14(b) This section does not apply to use for a water supply by less than 25 persons
2.15for domestic purposes, except as required by the commissioner under section 103G.287,
2.16subdivision 4, paragraph (b).
2.17(c) The commissioner may issue a state general permit for appropriation of water to a
2.18governmental subdivision or to the general public. The general permit may authorize more
2.19than one project and the appropriation or use of more than one source of water. Water use
2.20permit processing fees and reports required under subdivision 6 and section 103G.281,
2.21subdivision 3 , are required for each project or water source that is included under a general
2.22permit, except that no fee is required for uses totaling less than 15,000,000 gallons annually.

2.23    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 103G.271, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
2.24    Subd. 4. Minimum use exemption and local approval of low use permits. (a)
2.25Except for local permits under section 103B.211, subdivision 4, a water use permit is not
2.26required for the appropriation and use of less than a minimum amount prescribed by
2.27the commissioner by rule 10,000 gallons per day and totaling no more than one million
2.28gallons per year, except as required by the commissioner under section 103G.287,
2.29subdivision 4, paragraph (b).
2.30(b) Water use permits for more than the minimum amount but less than an
2.31intermediate amount prescribed by rule must be processed and approved at the municipal,
2.32county, or regional level based on rules adopted by the commissioner.
2.33(c) The rules must include provisions for reporting to the commissioner the amounts
2.34of water appropriated under local permits.

3.1    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 103G.287, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
3.2    Subd. 4. Groundwater management areas. (a) The commissioner may designate
3.3groundwater management areas and limit total annual water appropriations and uses within
3.4a designated area to ensure sustainable use of groundwater that protects ecosystems, water
3.5quality, and the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Water appropriations
3.6and uses within a designated management area must be consistent with a plan approved by
3.7the commissioner that addresses water conservation requirements and water allocation
3.8priorities established in section 103G.261.
3.9(b) Within designated groundwater management areas, the commissioner may
3.10require permits as specified in section 103G.271 for all water users, including those using
3.11less than 10,000 gallons per day or one million gallons per year and water supplies serving
3.12less than 25 persons for domestic purposes.

3.13    Sec. 5. GROUNDWATER SUSTAINABILITY RECOMMENDATIONS.
3.14The commissioner of natural resources shall develop recommendations on additional
3.15tools needed to fully implement the groundwater sustainability requirements of section
3.16103G.287, subdivisions 3 and 5. The recommendations shall be submitted to the chairs
3.17of the environment and natural resources policy and finance committees by January 15,
3.182014, and shall include draft legislative language to implement the recommendations."
3.19Amend the title accordingly