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Law No. 12.503 creating the State Water Conservation Programme.

Country/Territory
Brazil
Territorial subdivision
Minas Gerais
Document type
Legislation
Date
1997
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Water
Keyword
Environmental planning Ecosystem preservation Water supply Hydropower generation Policy/planning
Geographical area
Amazonia, Americas, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, South America, South Atlantic
Entry into force notes
This Law enters into force on the day of its publication.
Abstract

This Law, consisting of 7 articles, creates the State Water Conservation Programme in the state of Minas Gerais. This Programme aims at protecting and preserving the natural resources of hydrographic basins subject to exploitation for the purpose of public supply or generation of electric energy. In order to achieve the objectives set forth in this Law, concessionaires of public water and electric power generation services, public and private, are obliged to invest in the related protection and environmental preservation of the hydrographic basin in which the exploration takes place. Equivalent to at least 0.5% (half percent) of the total value of the operating revenue therein in the year prior to the investment.

Full text
Portuguese
Website
www.almg.gov.br

References - Legislation

Amended by

Law No. 22.622 amending Law No. 12.503 creating the State Water Conservation Programme.

Legislation | Brazil | 2017

Keyword: Environmental planning, Ecosystem preservation, Water supply, Hydropower generation, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Water abstraction, Financing, Policy/planning

Source: FAO, FAOLEX