The commissioner shall establish a plan to respond to drought-related emergencies and to prepare a statewide framework for drought response. The plan must consider metropolitan water supply plans of the Metropolitan Council prepared under section 473.1565. The plan must provide a framework for implementing drought response actions in a staged approach related to decreasing levels of flows. Permits issued under section 103G.271 must provide conditions on water appropriation consistent with the drought response plan established by this section.
Minn. Stat. § 103G.293
1990 c 391 art 10 s 3; 1990 c 434 s 1; 1993 c 13 art 1 s 23; 2006 c 212 art 3 s 7