Minnesota Session Laws - 1983, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1983 

                        CHAPTER 338--H.F.No. 1031
           An act relating to the lower Red River watershed 
          management board; removing ten year limitation for tax 
          levy by watershed districts which are members of board;
          transferring a position to the classified service; 
          amending Laws 1976, chapter 162, sections 1, as 
          amended, and 2. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  Laws 1976, chapter 162, section 1, as amended 
by Laws 1982, chapter 474, section 1, is amended to read: 
    Section 1.  [RED RIVER WATERSHED; TAX BY WATERSHED 
DISTRICTS.] 
    Each watershed district located within the counties of 
Kittson, Marshall, Polk, Pennington, Red Lake, Norman, Clay, 
Mahnomen, Clearwater, Roseau, Wilkin, Otter Tail, Becker, 
Koochiching, Beltrami, and Itasca, which district is a member of 
the lower Red River watershed management board, established by a 
joint powers agreement in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, 
Section 471.59, may levy an ad valorem tax not to exceed two 
mills on each dollar of assessed valuation of all taxable 
property within the district for a period not to exceed ten 
consecutive years.  This levy shall be in excess of any levy 
authorized by Minnesota Statutes, Section 112.61.  The proceeds 
of one-half of this levy shall be credited to the district's 
administrative fund and shall be used for the construction and 
maintenance of projects of common benefit to the district.  The 
proceeds of the remaining one-half of this levy shall be 
credited to the construction fund of the lower Red River 
watershed management board and shall be used for the 
construction and maintenance of projects of common benefit to 
more than one member district. 
    Sec. 2.  Laws 1976, chapter 162, section 2, is amended to 
read: 
    Sec. 2.  The lower Red River watershed management board may 
by resolution institute projects or works of common benefit to 
more than one member district and the expenses of the works or 
projects may be paid in any manner permitted by Minnesota 
Statutes, Chapter 112, provided, that the limitations of 
engineers' preliminary cost estimates specified in Minnesota 
Statutes, Section 112.48, Subdivision 4, shall not be applicable.
    Sec. 3.  [COORDINATOR POSITION.] 
    Effective July 1, 1983, the Red River watershed coordinator 
position (senior hydrologist) in the unclassified service of the 
state is transferred to the classified civil service in the 
department of natural resources.  The incumbent in this position 
shall be transferred without competitive examination to 
probationary status in the classified service in the same 
classification and at the same pay step as at present.  All of 
the employee's accrued vacation and sick leave shall be 
transferred to his credit. 
    Approved June 14, 1983