SF 2129

as introduced - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to local government; authorizing local
governments to charge a fee to provide mosquito
abatement; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section
18G.14, subdivisions 12, 16, by adding a subdivision.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 18G.14, is
amended by adding a subdivision to read:

new text begin Subd. 10a. new text end

new text begin Service charge. new text end

new text begin A governmental unit
undertaking mosquito abatement under this section may impose a
service charge to pay the costs of mosquito abatement. The
service charge may be included on and collected through
municipal utility billing. The municipal utility bill must list
the mosquito abatement service charge as a separate item.
new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 18G.14,
subdivision 12, is amended to read:

Subd. 12.

Deposit and use of funds.

All money received
for mosquito abatement purposes, deleted text begin either deleted text end by way of tax new text begin or fee
new text end collection or the sale of certificates of indebtedness, must be
deposited in the treasury of the governmental unit to the credit
of a special fund to be designated as the mosquito abatement
fund, must not be used for any other purpose, and must be drawn
upon by the proper officials upon the properly authenticated
voucher of the mosquito abatement board. No money may be paid
from the fund except on orders drawn upon the officer of the
governmental unit having charge of the custody of the mosquito
abatement fund and signed by the chair and the secretary of the
mosquito abatement board. Each mosquito abatement board shall
annually file an itemized statement of all receipts and
disbursements with its governing body.

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 18G.14,
subdivision 16, is amended to read:

Subd. 16.

Unorganized towns; powers of county board.

In
any town that is unorganized politically, the county board of
the county in which the town is situated has all the rights,
powers, and duties conferred by this section upon the governing
bodies of towns, including town boards, and the county board
must act as though it were the governing body and town board of
that town and may authorize and undertake mosquito abatement in
the town and cause taxes to be levied new text begin or fees to be charged new text end for
mosquito abatement the same as though the town were organized
politically and the county board were the governing body and
town board. The cost of mosquito abatement in such a town must
be paid deleted text begin solely deleted text end by a tax levy on the property within the town
where mosquito abatement is undertaken new text begin or by fees charged to
owners of property within the town new text end and no part of the expense of
mosquito abatement in that town may be a county expense or paid
by the county.