STATUTORY AUTHORITY AND PURPOSE

These parts are promulgated under the authority of Minnesota Statutes, sections 103F.601 , subdivisions 1 and 2, and 103G.315 , subdivision 15. Their purpose is to implement and make specific the state water bank program and the indemnification process established by Minnesota Statutes, sections 103G.211 and 103G.221 , for the purpose of compensating farmers for not converting certain kinds of wetlands to cropland.