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Committee adopts DE5 changes to large‑water‑user bill after municipal concerns addressed
Summary
Vice Chair Purcell presented a delete‑everything DE5 amendment to House File 3793 that addressed municipal concerns about water permits and incorporated provisions related to an aquifer; the committee adopted DE5 and laid the bill over as amended.
Vice Chair Purcell offered a delete‑everything DE5 amendment to House File 3793, explaining the rewrite addressed the League of Minnesota Cities’ concerns about municipal water permit language and added a provision incorporating language from House File 4019 about the Mount Simon/Hinckley aquifer.
Purcell said the DE5 amendment limits the bill’s application to industrial and commercial uses rather than agricultural operations. Representative Heintzeman and other members noted progress in addressing cities’ concerns but raised questions about necessity and potential redundancy with recent legislation requiring aquifer testing for certain applications.
The committee adopted the DE5 amendment by voice vote. Vice Chair Purcell renewed the motion and the committee laid House File 3793 over as amended for further consideration; no final roll‑call vote occurred in this hearing.
