SB 2351

Abstract

Creates the Riparian Rights Act. Establishes rights to the access and use of the water and bottomland associated with the ownership of the bank or shore of an inland lake or stream. Provides that the owner of these rights has the right to do the following: (a) place a seasonal structure on bottomland to facilitate private noncommercial recreational use of the water if it does not unreasonably interfere with the use of the water by others entitled to use the water or interfere with water flow; (b) reasonably sand beaches to the existing water's edge; (c) construct and operate a pollution control facility that is approved for construction by the Environmental Protection Agency under the Environmental Protection Act; (d) construct and maintain minor drainage structures and facilities that are identified by rule established by the Department of Natural Resources; and (e) construct and maintain privately owned cooling or storage ponds used in connection with a public utility except at the interface with public waters.