2007 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.
History: 1990 c 391 art 4 s 50; 1995 c 199 s 39