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' Yaer BilllBoard submit proposed rules or rule amendments to the BWSR for advisory review and comment. • eliminating the appeal of permits and orders to BWSR. • allowing requests to BWSR to Infor- mally resolve disputes prior to an appeal. • financing non-drainage projects in- cluded in a watershed management plan and determined to be of benefit to the entire district by ad valorem tax authority through the creation of a common benefit fund. • financing non-drainage projects that are either initiated by resolution of the man- agers; are included in a plan; or are initiated by petition; by assessing parties based on contributions to surface water runoff, nutri- ents, pollutants, or other appropriate mea- sures. These assessments would take place through the creation of special watershed taxing districts. troolitn rfce ter n @ @nt t n ~~ r olit ro ter I nnin A number of changes are being,proposed for the Metropolitan Surface Water Management Act (M.S. 1036.201). atershed Plans ( .5.1036.231) • Effective date ofi plans: Removes dates by which organizations had to prepare plans. The current language has the net effect of having plans effective either through 1995 or 2000. Currently 39 watershed man- agement organizations are scheduled to revise plans in 1995. • Priority review schedule: Adds a new provision to the law which allows BWSR, in consultation with state agencies and the Metropolitan Council, to establish a priority review schedule. Plan revisions and plan review will be guided by the priority sched- ule. Existing plans will remain in full force and effect until the BWSR notifies the water- shed management organization of its review date schedule. • Local and agency review of plans: Modifies the existing review procedure by adding preliminary agency review at the same time as local review, and adds a re- quirement for a public hearing on the plan and proposed changes before the plan is submitted for the final state agency review. • Agency sanctions: Authorizes state agencies to withhold state funding for water programs and projects and delegation of state water resource regulatory authority within the watershed from local government units. Allows BWSR to request agencies to withhold portions of state aid funding used for the installation of curb and gutter and other drainage facilities of public transporta- tion projects within the watershed. Levies/financing ( .S.103.241) • Watershed plans and projects: Elimi- nates confusion over metro watershed dis- tricts' ability to utilize the levy authority pro- vided by this section for plan implementation as well as plan development. The debate continues on whether the current wording of "Notwithstanding any provision to the con- trary in chapter 103D, a watershed district may levy a tax sufficient to pay the increased costs to the district of implementing sections 1036.231 and 1036.235" means levy author- ity applies to plan development costs only or also to costs associated with plan implemen- 4