1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to local government; authorizing local
1.3 	governments to charge a fee to provide mosquito
1.4 	abatement; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section
1.5 	18G.14, subdivisions 12, 16, by adding a subdivision.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 18G.14, is
1.8 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
1.9 		Subd. 10a.Service charge. A governmental unit
1.10 	undertaking mosquito abatement under this section may impose a
1.11 	service charge to pay the costs of mosquito abatement.  The
1.12 	service charge may be included on and collected through
1.13 	municipal utility billing.  The municipal utility bill must list
1.14 	the mosquito abatement service charge as a separate item.

1.15 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 18G.14,
1.16 	subdivision 12, is amended to read:
1.17 		Subd. 12.Deposit and use of funds.  All money received
1.18 	for mosquito abatement purposes, either by way of tax or fee 
1.19 	collection or the sale of certificates of indebtedness, must be
1.20 	deposited in the treasury of the governmental unit to the credit
1.21 	of a special fund to be designated as the mosquito abatement
1.22 	fund, must not be used for any other purpose, and must be drawn
1.23 	upon by the proper officials upon the properly authenticated
1.24 	voucher of the mosquito abatement board.  No money may be paid
1.25 	from the fund except on orders drawn upon the officer of the
2.1 	governmental unit having charge of the custody of the mosquito
2.2 	abatement fund and signed by the chair and the secretary of the
2.3 	mosquito abatement board.  Each mosquito abatement board shall
2.4 	annually file an itemized statement of all receipts and
2.5 	disbursements with its governing body.

2.6 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 18G.14,
2.7 	subdivision 16, is amended to read:
2.8 		Subd. 16.Unorganized towns; powers of county board.  In
2.9 	any town that is unorganized politically, the county board of
2.10 	the county in which the town is situated has all the rights,
2.11 	powers, and duties conferred by this section upon the governing
2.12 	bodies of towns, including town boards, and the county board
2.13 	must act as though it were the governing body and town board of
2.14 	that town and may authorize and undertake mosquito abatement in
2.15 	the town and cause taxes to be levied or fees to be charged for
2.16 	mosquito abatement the same as though the town were organized
2.17 	politically and the county board were the governing body and
2.18 	town board.  The cost of mosquito abatement in such a town must
2.19 	be paid solely by a tax levy on the property within the town
2.20 	where mosquito abatement is undertaken or by fees charged to
2.21 	owners of property within the town and no part of the expense of
2.22 	mosquito abatement in that town may be a county expense or paid
2.23 	by the county.