2007 Minnesota Statutes

103B.227 WATERSHED MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATIONS.
    Subdivision 1. Appointment of members. Watershed management organizations shall
notify the Board of Water and Soil Resources of member appointments and vacancies in member
positions within 30 days. Appointing authorities shall fill vacant positions by 90 days after the
vacancy occurs.
    Subd. 2. Notice of board vacancies. Appointing authorities for watershed management
organization board members shall publish a notice of vacancies resulting from expiration of
members' terms and other reasons. The notices must be published at least once in a newspaper of
general circulation in the watershed management organization area. The notices must state that
persons interested in being appointed to serve on the watershed management organization board
may submit their names to the appointing authority for consideration. After December 31, 1999,
staff of local units of government that are members of the watershed management organization
are not eligible to be appointed to the board. Published notice of the vacancy must be given at
least 15 days before an appointment or reappointment is made.
    Subd. 3. Removal. Appointing authorities may remove members of watershed management
organization boards for just cause. The Board of Water and Soil Resources shall adopt rules
prescribing standards and procedures for removing members of watershed management
organization boards for just cause.
    Subd. 4. Newsletter. A watershed management organization shall publish and distribute at
least one newsletter or other appropriate written communication each year to residents. The
newsletter or other communication must explain the organization's water management programs
and list the officers and telephone numbers.
    Subd. 5. Requests for proposals for services. A watershed management organization shall
at least every two years solicit interest proposals for legal, professional, or technical consultant
services before retaining the services of an attorney or consultant or extending an annual services
agreement.
    Subd. 6.[Repealed, 1995 c 184 s 32]
    Subd. 7. Drainage systems. Watershed management organizations may accept transfer of
drainage systems under sections 103B.205 to 103B.255.
History: 1990 c 601 s 9; 1999 c 231 s 126