1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to drainage; providing for notification to 
  1.3             owner when survey is made; amending Minnesota Statutes 
  1.4             1998, section 103E.061. 
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 103E.061, is 
  1.7   amended to read: 
  1.8      103E.061 [RIGHT OF ENTRY.] 
  1.9      (a) In proceedings under this chapter, the engineer, the 
  1.10  engineer's assistants, the viewers, and the viewers' assistants 
  1.11  may enter any property to make a survey, locate a drain, examine 
  1.12  the property, or estimate the benefits and damages, after first 
  1.13  attempting to directly notify the landowner or occupant at least 
  1.14  24 hours before the property entry. 
  1.15     (b) Upon departure of the property, the engineer, the 
  1.16  engineer's assistants, the viewers, or the viewers' assistants 
  1.17  must inform the landowner or occupant, in person or in writing 
  1.18  within five days of departure, of what was found on the property.