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SF 1653

as introduced - 83rd Legislature (2003 - 2004) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.
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  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to real property; clarifying plat and survey 
  1.3             approval requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 
  1.4             2002, section 389.09. 
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 389.09, is 
  1.7   amended to read: 
  1.8      389.09 [APPROVAL OF PLATS AND SURVEYS AND CONDOMINIUM 
  1.9   PLATS.] 
  1.10     Subdivision 1.  [PLATS AND SURVEYS IN CERTAIN COUNTIES.] In 
  1.11  any county in which there is a county surveyor who maintains an 
  1.12  office on a full-time basis in a building maintained by the 
  1.13  county for county purposes or other licensed land surveyor hired 
  1.14  for this purpose by the county, the county board may, by 
  1.15  ordinance adopted in accordance with section 375.51, require 
  1.16  that each subdivision plat or registered land survey plat or 
  1.17  common interest community plat must be approved by the county 
  1.18  surveyor or other licensed land surveyor hired for this purpose 
  1.19  by the county before recording.  The county board shall 
  1.20  establish a schedule of fees charged to proprietors of plats for 
  1.21  this service. 
  1.22     Subd. 2.  [COMMON INTEREST COMMUNITY PLATS.] A county board 
  1.23  may, by ordinance adopted in accordance with section 375.51, 
  1.24  require that each common interest community plat submitted for 
  1.25  recordation after July 31, 1985, be approved by the county 
  2.1   surveyor or other licensed land surveyor hired for this purpose 
  2.2   by the county, for compliance with section 515B.2-110, before 
  2.3   recording.  The process of approving the common interest 
  2.4   community plat must be conducted in an expeditious manner so as 
  2.5   not to unduly delay the recording of the common interest 
  2.6   community plat.  The proprietor of the common interest community 
  2.7   plat may be charged a reasonable fee for the service in 
  2.8   accordance with a schedule established by resolution passed by 
  2.9   the governing body of the county.