2006 Minnesota Statutes

103E.351 REDETERMINATION OF BENEFITS AND DAMAGES.
    Subdivision 1. Conditions to redetermine benefits and damages; appointment of
viewers. If the drainage authority determines that the original benefits or damages determined in
a drainage proceeding do not reflect reasonable present day land values or that the benefited or
damaged areas have changed, or if more than 50 percent of the owners of property benefited or
damaged by a drainage system petition for correction of an error that was made at the time of
the proceedings that established the drainage system, the drainage authority may appoint three
viewers to redetermine and report the benefits and damages and the benefited and damaged areas.
    Subd. 2. Hearing and procedure. (a) The redetermination of benefits and damages shall
proceed as provided for viewers and the viewers' report in sections 103E.311 to 103E.321.
(b) The auditor must prepare a property owners' report from the viewers' report. A copy of the
property owners' report must be mailed to each owner of property affected by the drainage system.
(c) The drainage authority shall hold a final hearing on the report and confirm the benefits
and damages and benefited and damaged areas. The final hearing shall proceed as provided under
sections 103E.325, 103E.335, and 103E.341, except that the hearing shall be held within 30 days
after the property owners' report is mailed.
    Subd. 3. Redetermined benefits and damages replace original benefits and damages.
The redetermined benefits and damages and benefited and damaged areas must be used in
place of the original benefits and damages and benefited and damaged areas in all subsequent
proceedings relating to the drainage system.
    Subd. 4. Appeal. A person aggrieved by the redetermination of benefits and damages and
benefited and damaged areas may appeal from the order confirming the benefits and damages and
benefited and damaged areas under section 103E.091.
History: 1990 c 391 art 5 s 59