2004 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. 

    HIST: Ex1961 c 20 s 12; 1996 c 471 art 13 s 2