{"data":{"id":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-103a.301","jurisdiction":"us-mn","citation":"Minn. Stat. § 103A.301","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"Subdivision 1. Applicability.\nThe definitions in this section apply to sections 103A.301 to 103A.341.\nSubd. 2. Agency.\n\"Agency\" means a state officer, board, commission, bureau, division, or agency, other than a court, exercising duty or authority under laws listed in section 103A.305.\nSubd. 3. Board.\n\"Board\" means the Board of Water and Soil Resources.\nSubd. 4. Court.\n\"Court\" means the district court or a judge of the district court before whom the proceeding is pending.\nSubd. 5. Proceeding.\n\"Proceeding\" means a procedure under any of the laws listed in section 103A.305 that involves administrative discretion or duty.\nSubd. 6. Question of water policy.\n\"Question of water policy\" means a question of water law and policy in which use, disposal, pollution, or conservation of water is a factor in a proceeding, including:\n(1) determination of the governing policy of state law in the proceeding and resolution of apparent inconsistencies between different statutes; or\n(2) the proper application of the policy of state law to facts in the proceeding if application is a matter of administrative discretion.","path":["WATER","CHAPTER 103A. WATER POLICY AND INFORMATION","DETERMINING WATER LAW AND POLICY"],"source_url":"https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/103A.301","current_through":"2025 Minnesota Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T22:10:30Z","sha256":"f8cd4088c99bd673bfc8106f11d492fc792452b0555543763f2c02f60013e08f","source_id":"us-mn","stale":false,"prev":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-103a.212","next":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-103a.305"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}