SF 3181

1st Engrossment - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 08/30/2018 03:41pm

A bill for an act
relating to drainage; authorizing Bois de Sioux Watershed District modified
procedures for repairing drainage systems; requiring a report.

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

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

new text begin This section is effective the day following compliance by the
Bois de Sioux Watershed District with Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021, subdivision 3.
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