1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to waters; modifying watershed district provisions;amending Minnesota 
1.3 	Statutes 2004, sections 103D.271, subdivision 7; 103D.315, by adding a 
1.4 	subdivision; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 103D.271, subdivision 6.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 103D.271, subdivision 7, is amended to 
1.7 	read:
1.8 		Subd. 7.Termination hearing order. When the board determines a termination 
1.9 	petition has been filed that meets the requirements of subdivisions 4 and 5 and the 
1.10 	petitioners' bond has been filed, the board must, by order, set a time by 35 days after its 
1.11 	determination and a location within the watershed district for a termination hearing.

1.12 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 103D.315, is amended by adding a 
1.13 	subdivision to read:
1.14 		Subd. 12.Recall. (a) A recall election may be held to remove a watershed district's 
1.15 	board of managers from office if:
1.16 	(1) the Board of Water and Soil Resources has issued, during the term of the current 
1.17 	board of managers, three or more letters of noncompliance to a district for failure to 
1.18 	comply with a requirement of this chapter; or
1.19 	(2) a recall petition is signed by at least 25 percent of the resident owners residing 
1.20 	in the watershed district.
1.21 	(b) If the managers are removed from office by a recall election, the county 
1.22 	commissioners of each county responsible for appointing a manager to the watershed 
1.23 	district must appoint successors within 60 days of the recall election. Managers who are 
2.1 	removed from office by a recall election may not be reappointed to fill the vacancies 
2.2 	that are created.

2.3 	Sec. 3.  REPEALER.
 2.4 	Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 103D.271, subdivision 6, is repealed.