1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to watershed districts; requiring watershed districts to get municipal 
1.3 	approval before acquiring property in the municipality; amending Minnesota 
1.4 	Statutes 2010, section 103D.335, subdivision 11.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 103D.335, subdivision 11, is amended to 
1.7 	read:
1.8 		Subd. 11.Acquisition of property. (a) The managers may acquire by gift, purchase, 
1.9 	taking under the procedures of this chapter, or by the power of eminent domain, necessary 
1.10 	real and personal property. The watershed district may acquire property outside the 
1.11 	watershed district where necessary for a water supply system.
1.12 	(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a watershed district may acquire real property 
1.13 	within the jurisdiction of a statutory or home rule charter city or town only if the governing 
1.14 	body of the city or town adopts a resolution in support of the acquisition, unless the most 
1.15 	current plan adopted by the watershed district under section 103B.231 and approved by 
1.16 	the Board of Water and Soil Resources identifies and designates the real property for 
1.17 	acquisition by the district.