1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to the environment; authorizing a pilot
1.3 	project in Crow Wing County for the establishment of a
1.4 	sewer district; providing additional powers for the
1.5 	sewer district.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. CROW WING COUNTY SEWER DISTRICT; PILOT
1.8 	PROJECT.
 1.9 		Subdivision 1.Powers. In addition to the powers granted
1.10 	in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116A, the county board for Crow
1.11 	Wing County, by resolution, may grant the following powers to a
1.12 	sewer district created by the county board under Minnesota
1.13 	Statutes, chapter 116A:
1.14 	(1) provide that an authorized representative of the
1.15 	district, after presentation of credentials, may enter at
1.16 	reasonable times any premise to inspect or maintain an
1.17 	individual sewage treatment system, as defined in Minnesota
1.18 	Statutes, section 115.55, subdivision 1, paragraph (g);
1.19 	(2) include areas of the county within the sewer district
1.20 	that are not contiguous and establish different systems for
1.21 	wastewater treatment in specific areas of the county;
1.22 	(3) provide that each special service area that is managed
1.23 	by the sewer system or combination thereof constitutes a system
1.24 	under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116A;
1.25 	(4) delegate to the sewer district, by resolution, all or a
2.1 	portion of its administrative and enforcement obligations with
2.2 	respect to individual sewage treatment systems under Minnesota
2.3 	Statutes, chapter 115, and rules adopted by the Pollution
2.4 	Control Agency;
2.5 	(5) modify any individual sewage treatment system to
2.6 	provide reasonable access to it for inspection and maintenance;
2.7 	and 
2.8 	(6) neither the approval nor the waiver of the county
2.9 	board, nor confirmation by order of the district court, shall be
2.10 	required for the sewer commission to exercise the powers set
2.11 	forth in Minnesota Statutes, section 116A.24.
2.12 		Subd. 2.Report. If the Crow Wing County Board exercises
2.13 	the additional powers granted under subdivision 1, the county
2.14 	shall provide a report by August 1, 2009, to the senate and
2.15 	house committees with jurisdiction over environmental policy on
2.16 	the establishment and operation of the sewer district.  The
2.17 	report must include:
2.18 	(1) a description of the implementation of the additional
2.19 	powers granted under subdivision 1;
2.20 	(2) available information on the effectiveness of the
2.21 	additional powers to control pollution in the county; and 
2.22 	(3) any recommendations for changes to Minnesota Statutes,
2.23 	chapter 116A, to broaden the authority for sewer districts to
2.24 	include any of the additional powers granted under subdivision 1.
2.25 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day
2.26 	following compliance with Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021,
2.27 	subdivision 2.