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CFrICS MEMORAiNDLO^A/tTkieNT <br />DATS: <br />ATTOWlBy GENERAL - DNR <br />April 25, 139: <br />PHCNS <br />SUBJeCT <br />?8TS OTTERSON <br />Oivijion o£ Waters <br />A. W. CLAPP XII <br />Special Aisiitant <br />Attorney Ganaral <br />29«-0635 <br />Ntanina of Minn* Ruloa part <br />3120.2800, aubp. 3, Itan D(4) <br />7h« aubjaet rula elauaa aayat <br />Altomata thoraland controlt nuat ee approved by other <br />ttfiAte of gevemaient having adjacent land uae authority <br />iapaeted by the alternate control. <br />The word "Buat” ia normally taken aa mandatory, which in thia eaae <br />eonld mean that the Commiaaloner of Natural Reaourcea would have to <br />rejeot a eity*a (or county a) propoaed alternative eentrela if any <br />adjacent city on the lake diaapproved of it. <br />SoweveTf our eourta have aaid that in mattera of interpreting <br />•tatutee (and rulea), the literal meaning of worda muat aometimea <br />yAald to the larger purpoae of giving effect to the atatute aa a whole <br />and to achieving the legislative intent. In this case, there are <br />feaeone why "muat" ahould not be taken literally in thia particular <br />eentext. <br />The particular reason ia that the next sentence after the quoted <br />aentenea givea the adjacent iapaeted local government the right to a <br />gonteated eaae hearing. Xf the adjacent governeent has pereeptory <br />veto power, then it has no need of a eontoated eaae hearing# ao that <br />the right to it in D(S) would be meaningleaa. To give it neaning# the <br />rule euet be understood to allow the Commiaaioner to approve an <br />alternative eontrol in spite of the adjacent goven»ettt'a objection. <br />Xn Buoh a eireuaatanee# the objector can obtain the hearing eade <br />ewailable to it in xtee D(S). <br />Mianetenka ia unaiatakably one of thoae waterbodies needing <br />sffis3irssrss^ss2-.j^!*3sr5:'a-.ssffiii.. <br />atandarde would the more literal reading of "must*. <br />Thia ia net an official Attorney General's opinion. <br />MCieaa