SF 1266

as introduced - 80th Legislature (1997 - 1998) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act
  1.2             relating to local government; authorizing town 
  1.3             electors to require the removal of snow or ice from 
  1.4             town roads in certain circumstances; proposing coding 
  1.5             for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 366. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  [366.016] [VOTE REQUIRED ON SNOW AND ICE 
  1.8   REMOVAL.] 
  1.9      Subdivision 1.  [BALLOT; CONTENT.] The town board at the 
  1.10  annual town meeting may submit to a vote by ballot the following 
  1.11  question:  "Shall persons who own or occupy real estate that 
  1.12  adjoins a town road and is not a part of an incorporated 
  1.13  municipality be required to remove snow or ice, or both, that 
  1.14  has been caused to be deposited by the property owner or 
  1.15  occupant upon the town road right-of-way adjacent to their land? 
  1.16                                     Yes .......
  1.17                                     No ........"
  1.18     Subd. 2.  [COST; LIEN ON LAND.] If a majority of the 
  1.19  electors voting on the question vote "Yes," a person who owns or 
  1.20  occupies real estate that adjoins a town road and is not a part 
  1.21  of an incorporated municipality shall remove the material 
  1.22  described on the ballot located upon the town road right-of-way 
  1.23  adjacent to the owner's land.  If a person fails to comply with 
  1.24  this provision, the town board of the town in which the real 
  1.25  estate is located may, after ten days' notice in writing, cause 
  2.1   the removal of snow or ice, or both.  The expense of the removal 
  2.2   shall be a lien on the real estate.  The town board shall 
  2.3   certify to the county auditor an itemized statement of the 
  2.4   amount of the expense incurred by the town.  The county auditor 
  2.5   shall enter the amount on the tax books a tax upon the land, 
  2.6   which shall be collected in the same manner as other real estate 
  2.7   taxes.