HF 17

as introduced - 83rd Legislature, 2003 1st Special Session (2003 - 2003) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to local government; providing for special 
  1.3             assessments for reinspections; amending Minnesota 
  1.4             Statutes 2002, section 429.101, subdivision 1. 
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 429.101, 
  1.7   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  1.8      Subdivision 1.  [ORDINANCES.] (a) In addition to any other 
  1.9   method authorized by law or charter, the governing body of any 
  1.10  municipality may provide for the collection of unpaid special 
  1.11  charges for all or any part of the cost of: 
  1.12     (1) snow, ice, or rubbish removal from sidewalks,; 
  1.13     (2) weed elimination from streets or private property,; 
  1.14     (3) removal or elimination of public health or safety 
  1.15  hazards from private property, excluding any structure included 
  1.16  under the provisions of sections 463.15 to 463.26,; 
  1.17     (4) installation or repair of water service lines, street 
  1.18  sprinkling or other dust treatment of streets,; 
  1.19     (5) the trimming and care of trees and the removal of 
  1.20  unsound trees from any street,; 
  1.21     (6) the treatment and removal of insect infested or 
  1.22  diseased trees on private property, the repair of sidewalks and 
  1.23  alleys,; 
  1.24     (7) the operation of a street lighting system, or; 
  1.25     (8) the operation and maintenance of a fire protection or a 
  2.1   pedestrian skyway system,; or 
  2.2      (9) reinspections which find noncompliance after the due 
  2.3   date for compliance with an order to correct a municipal housing 
  2.4   maintenance code violation, 
  2.5   as a special assessment against the property benefited.  
  2.6      (b) The council may by ordinance adopt regulations 
  2.7   consistent with this section to make this authority effective, 
  2.8   including, at the option of the council, provisions for placing 
  2.9   primary responsibility upon the property owner or occupant to do 
  2.10  the work personally(except in the case of street sprinkling or 
  2.11  other dust treatment, alley repair, tree trimming, care, and 
  2.12  removal or the operation of a street lighting system) upon 
  2.13  notice before the work is undertaken, and for collection from 
  2.14  the property owner or other person served of the charges when 
  2.15  due before unpaid charges are made a special assessment.  
  2.16     Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  2.17     Section 1 is effective the day after its final enactment.