2000 Minnesota Statutes

     103D.631 Maintenance of projects. 

    Subdivision 1.    Maintenance required.  The managers 
 are responsible for maintaining the projects of the watershed 
 district in a condition so that they will accomplish the 
 purposes for which they were constructed.  

    Subd. 2.    Maintenance fund.  (a) The cost of normal or 
 routine maintenance of the projects of the watershed district, 
 and the cost of removing obstructions and accumulations of 
 foreign substances from a drainage system, shall be paid from 
 the maintenance fund on the order of the managers.  

    (b) The managers may assess all the parcels of property and 
 municipal corporations previously assessed for benefits in 
 proceedings for the construction or implementation of the 
 project, to establish a maintenance fund for the project.  The 
 assessment must be made pro rata according to benefits 
 determined.  An assessment for the benefit of the maintenance 
 fund may not be made when the fund exceeds 20 percent of the 
 original cost of construction or implementation of the project.  
 The auditors of the affected counties shall file a tabular lien 
 statement covering the assessment in the office of the county 
 recorder for the county when the assessment order from the 
 managers is received.  

    (c) The assessment shall be collected as provided in the 
 order in the same manner as provided in section 103E.731.  

    (d) Before ordering the levy of an assessment for the 
 benefit of the maintenance fund, the managers may give notice of 
 a hearing on making the assessment and establishing the 
 maintenance fund.  

    HIST: 1990 c 391 art 4 s 50; 1995 c 199 s 39