2025 Session Last amended: 1983 session

§ 115B.15 — Applicability

Plain-Language Summary

This act applies to any hazardous substance release that happened on or after July 1, 1983, including releases that started before that date but continued after it. The act does not apply to releases that happened entirely before July 1, 1983, even if the resulting harm was not discovered until later.

115B.15 APPLICABILITY.

Sections 115B.01 to 115B.14 apply to any release or threatened release of a hazardous substance occurring on or after July 1, 1983, including any release which began before July 1, 1983, and continued after that date. Sections 115B.01 to 115B.14 do not apply to a release or threatened release which occurred wholly before July 1, 1983, regardless of the date of discovery of any injury or loss caused by the release or threatened release.

History:

1983 c 121 s 15

History: History:

  1983 c 121 s 15

Practical Notes

The key question is whether the release continued past July 1, 1983. Many contamination events are ongoing, with substances continuing to leach into soil or groundwater over time. If a release started before 1983 but continued after that date, this act applies. For releases that ended entirely before 1983, other legal remedies may still be available under section 115B.12.

Source: Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes