Law No. 331-Z amending Law No. 423-Z “On land reclamation”.

Article 15 establishes that land reclamation planning is carried out in accordance with: (a) forecasts and programs for the socio-economic development of the Republic of Belarus; (b) government programs; (c) programs for socio-economic development of administrative-territorial units at the regional level; (d) regional complexes of arrangements; and (e) annual work plans for construction, operation (maintenance) of reclamation systems and separately located waterworks. Article 16 establishes that financing of land reclamation is carried out: (a) within the framework of the implementation of state programs and regional complexes of measures at the expense of the republican budget, state extra-budgetary funds, local budgets, funds from users of reclamation systems, organizations for the construction and operation of reclamation systems; (b) at the expense of the users of reclamation systems; and (c) from other sources not prohibited by law. Article 23 (1) establishes that state information system in the field of land reclamation used for the purpose of maintaining state records of reclamation systems and separately located waterworks, obtaining reliable information (data) about their condition, planning and control of operation (maintenance), construction of reclamation systems and separately located hydraulic engineering structures using geographic information systems (technologies).