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113 <br />6115.0910 SCOPE. <br />MINNESOTA RULES 6115.0920 <br />These parts shall apply to all existing and proposed lake improvement districts. These parts <br />shall not apply to lake conservation districts established by special legislation of the Minnesota <br />state legislature. <br />Statutory Authority: MS s 378.41 <br />Published Electronically: June 11, 2008 <br />6115.0920 DEFINITIONS. <br />Subpart 1. Shall. For the purpose of these parts, certain terms or words used herein shall be <br />interpreted as follows: the word "shall" is mandatory, not permissive. <br />Subp. 2. Agency. "Agency" means the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. <br />Subp. 3. Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the Department of <br />Natural Resources or authorized representative. <br />Subp. 4. Direct drainage basin. "Direct drainage basin" means that portion of a lake's total <br />watershed which is not drained to an upstream water basin, as defined herein. The determination <br />of size and physical limits of a lake's direct drainage basin shall be made by the commissioner. <br />Subp. 5. District boundaries. "District boundaries" means, for the purpose of these parts, the <br />territorial boundaries of a lake improvement district. All lands and waters within the direct drainage <br />basin, as defined herein, shall be included within the district boundaries, except those exclusions <br />for which written approval is obtained from the commissioner. The boundaries shall include a <br />sufficient amount of the lake's watershed and related land to develop and implement feasible <br />solutions to the problems the district intends to address. The boundaries shall also include all lands <br />and waters which can reasonably be considered adversely affected by the proposed programs, plans, <br />or actions of the lake improvement district. <br />Subp. 6. Lake. "Lake" means, for the purpose of these parts, any public water basin identified <br />and classified in the shoreland management ordinances of the local county or municipal unit of <br />government. <br />Subp. 7. Lake improvement district. "Lake improvement district" means a district formed <br />around a lake in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, sections 103B.501 to 103B.581. A lake <br />improvement district is a local unit of government established by resolution of appropriate county <br />boards and/or city governing bodies, or by the commissioner, for the implementation of defined <br />lake management projects and for the assessment of the costs thereof. <br />Subp. 8. Natural hydrologic boundaries. "Natural hydrologic boundaries" means the <br />boundaries of a lake's direct drainage basin, as defined herein. <br />Subp. 9. Resident. "Resident" means a person 18 years of age or older who meets the residency <br />requirements of Minnesota Statutes, section 200.031. <br />Copyright © 2019 by the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota. All Rights Reserved. <br />