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SF 579 Senate Long Description

E Establishing the central lakes region sanitary sewer district in + parts of the Douglas county towns of Carlos, Brandon, La Grand, Leaf Valley, +Miltona and Moe to be under the control and management of the central lakes +sanitary sewer board, specifying board membership requirements and providing for +organization and operation, authorizing and providing for appointment of a general+ manager; requiring and providing for the board to adopt a comprehensive plan +for the collection, treatment and disposal of sewage, specifying certain plan and public hearing requirements; +specifying certain local comprehensive plan and sewage management program +adoption requirements, requiring review and approval by and coordination with +the board; requiring the board to assume ownership of existing interceptors and +treatment works and providing for the assumption of existing debt; terminating+ the existing joint powers board and authorizing and providing for the +board to terminate certain existing contracts between local government units; +granting the board certain sewage collection and disposal powers and +specifying certain budget preparation and adoption requirements; providing for the +allocation of current costs to local government units in the district and for local+ payments to the board; specifying certain local levy authority; requiring and +providing for public hearings on specific projects and granting local units +certain special assessment authority; providing for the payment of certain +initial costs; granting the board certain obligations or certificates +issuance and tax levy authority; requiring and providing for board designation of +depositories; providing for certain funds and accounts and for the deposit or +investment of money; specifying certain general powers of the board; requiring +local government units to retain responsibility for the planning, design, acquisition, betterment, operation, administration and maintenance of+ local sanitary sewer facilities, providing for assumption of +responsibility by the board under certain conditions; authorizing and providing for certain+ service and construction contracts; providing for expansion of the district; +exempting board property from taxation; providing for the relation to existing +laws (mk, ja)