2007 Minnesota Statutes

115.26 SPECIFIC PURPOSES AND POWERS.
    Subdivision 1. Pollution prevention. A district may construct, install, improve, maintain,
and operate any system, works, or facilities within or without the district required to control and
prevent pollution of any waters of the state within its territory.
    Subd. 2. Sewage disposal. A district may construct, install, improve, maintain, and operate
any system, works, or facilities within or without the district required to provide for, regulate, and
control the disposal of sewage, industrial waste and other waste originating within its territory.
The district may require any person upon whose premises there is any source of sewage, industrial
waste, or other waste within the district to connect the same with the disposal system, works, or
facilities of the district whenever reasonable opportunity therefor is provided.
    Subd. 3. Garbage, refuse disposal. A district may construct, install, improve, maintain,
and operate any system, works, or facilities within or without the district required to provide for,
regulate, and control the disposal of garbage or refuse originating within the district, and may
require any person upon whose premises any garbage or refuse is produced or accumulated
to dispose thereof through the system, works, or facilities of the district whenever reasonable
opportunity therefor is provided.
    Subd. 4. Water supply. A district may procure supplies of water so far as necessary for any
purpose under subdivisions 1, 2, and 3, and may construct, install, improve, maintain, and operate
any system, works, or facilities required therefor within or without the district.
    Subd. 5. Roads. (a) In order to maintain the integrity of and facilitate access to district
systems, works, or facilities, the district may maintain and repair a road by agreement with the
entity that was responsible for the performance of maintenance and repair immediately prior to
the agreement. Maintenance and repair includes, but is not limited to, providing lighting, snow
removal, and grass mowing.
(b) A district shall establish a taxing subdistrict of benefited property and shall levy
special taxes, pursuant to section 115.33, subdivision 2, for the purposes of paying the cost of
improvement or maintenance of a road under paragraph (a).
(c) For purposes of this subdivision, a district shall not be construed as a road authority
under chapter 160.
(d) The district and its officers and employees are exempt from liability for any tort claim
for injury to person or property arising from travel on a road maintained by the district and
related to its maintenance or condition.
History: Ex1961 c 20 s 12; 1996 c 471 art 13 s 2