1997 Minnesota Statutes

     18.091 Powers of board.  

    Any mosquito abatement board, and any joint board 
 established pursuant to section 18.131, shall have power, either 
 by board action or through its members, officers, agent or 
 employees, as may be appropriate:  (a) to enter upon any 
 property within the governmental unit at reasonable times to 
 determine whether mosquito breeding exists thereon; (b) to take 
 all necessary and proper steps for the abatement of mosquitoes 
 and such insects and arachnids (ticks, mites, spiders) as the 
 commissioner of agriculture may designate; (c) and subject to 
 the paramount control of county and state authorities, to lagoon 
 and clean up any stagnant pool of water and to clean up shores 
 of lakes and streams and other breeding places for mosquitoes 
 within the boundaries of the governmental unit; (d) to spray 
 with insecticides, approved by the commissioner of agriculture, 
 any area within the boundaries of the governmental unit that it 
 finds to be a breeding place for mosquitoes or other insects or 
 arachnids designated pursuant to (b) above; (e) to purchase such 
 supplies and equipment and employ such labor and assistants as 
 may be necessary and proper in mosquito abatement; (f) to accept 
 gifts of money or equipment to be used for mosquito abatement; 
 and (g) to enter into such contracts as may be necessary and 
 proper to accomplish mosquito abatement.  

    HIST: 1949 c 404 s 6