Minnesota Session Laws - 1989, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1989 

                         CHAPTER 180-H.F.No. 33 
           An act relating to town roads; permitting town 
          ordinances to regulate the burning of vegetation; 
          amending Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 164.02, 
          subdivision 1. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 164.02, 
subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
    Subdivision 1.  [ESTABLISHMENT AND SUPERVISION.] Town roads 
shall be established, located, relocated, constructed, 
reconstructed, improved and maintained, or vacated by the 
several towns. The town boards shall have supervision over town 
roads, and they may employ such persons as they deem necessary 
to carry out their duties.  They may appropriate and expend such 
sums of money from their respective town road and bridge funds 
as they deem necessary for the establishment, location, 
relocation, construction, reconstruction, improvement and 
maintenance, or vacation of such roads.  Subject to sections 
88.16, 88.17, and 88.22, maintenance may include town ordinances 
to regulate the burning of vegetation on town road 
rights-of-way.  The ordinance shall set forth limits and 
conditions on burning to minimize the danger of fire escaping.  
A town adopting an ordinance pursuant to this section shall 
submit a copy of the ordinance to the department of natural 
resources. 
    Presented to the governor May 16, 1989 
    Signed by the governor May 17, 1989, 6:36 p.m.