1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to drainage; authorizing Bois de Sioux Watershed District modified 
1.3 	procedures for repairing drainage systems; requiring a report.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. BOIS DE SIOUX WATERSHED DISTRICT; DRAINAGE SYSTEM 
1.6 	REPAIRS.
 1.7 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 103E.715, subdivision 4, paragraph 
1.8 	(a), clause (2), the managers of the Bois de Sioux Watershed District shall make findings 
1.9 	and order the repair of a drainage system under Minnesota Statutes, section 103E.715, to 
1.10 	be made if the repair petition is signed by the owners of at least 26 percent of the property 
1.11 	area affected by and assessed for the original construction of the drainage system, and the 
1.12 	drainage authority determines that the drainage system is in need of repair so that it can 
1.13 	serve its original purpose and the cost of the repair will not exceed the total benefits 
1.14 	determined in the original drainage system proceeding that are updated to reflect current 
1.15 	land values, based on the county assessor's average of the estimated market values for the 
1.16 	previous three years.
1.17 	(b) This section expires August 1, 2023.
1.18 	(c) By January 15, 2022, the watershed district shall report on the use of this section to 
1.19 	the drainage working group created under Minnesota Statutes, section 103B.101, subdivision 
1.20 	13, and to the chairs and ranking minority members of legislative committees with jurisdiction 
1.21 	over agriculture policy.

2.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following compliance by the 
2.2 	Bois de Sioux Watershed District with Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021, subdivision 3.