2006 Minnesota Statutes

115A.66 TERMINATION.
    Subdivision 1. Petition. Proceedings for the termination of a district shall be initiated by the
filing of a petition with the commissioner. The petition shall be submitted by the governing bodies
of not less than one-half of the counties which are wholly or partly in the district. The petition
shall state that the existence of the district is no longer in the public interest. The petitioners shall
publish notice of the petition in newspapers of general circulation in the district and shall cause
to be served upon each political subdivision wholly or partly within the district a copy of the
petition, and proof of service shall be attached to the petition filed with the commissioner.
    Subd. 2. Bond; payment of costs. If the petition is dismissed or denied, the petitioners shall
be required to pay all costs and expenses of the proceeding for termination. At the time of filing
the petition, a bond shall be filed by the petitioners with the commissioner in such sum as the
commissioner determines to be necessary to ensure payment of costs.
    Subd. 3. Hearing; decision. If objection is made to the commissioner against the petition for
termination, a contested case hearing on the petition shall be held in the waste district pursuant to
chapter 14. If the commissioner determines that the termination of the district as proposed in the
petition would not be in the public interest, the commissioner shall give notice to the petitioner
of intent to deny the petition. If a contested case hearing has not been held, the petitioner may
request a hearing within 30 days of the notice of intent to deny the petition. The request shall be
granted. Following the hearing and the report of the administrative law judge, the commissioner
shall make a final decision on the petition. If the petition is dismissed, all costs of the proceeding
shall be assessed against the petitioner. If the commissioner determines that the existence of the
district is no longer in the public interest, the commissioner shall by findings and order terminate
the district. Upon the filing of a certified copy of the findings and order with the secretary of state,
the district shall cease to be a public corporation and a political subdivision of the state.
    Subd. 4. Limitation. The commissioner shall not entertain a petition for termination of a
district within five years from the date of the formation of the district nor shall the commissioner
entertain a petition for termination of the same district more often than once in five years.
History: 1980 c 564 art 8 s 5; 1982 c 424 s 130; 1984 c 640 s 32; 1989 c 335 art 1 s 269;
1994 c 639 art 5 s 3; 1Sp2005 c 1 art 2 s 161