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MN Stat § 442A.01 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 440 - 446A — Municipal Public Works|Chapter 442A — Sanitary Districts|Section 442A.01 — Definitions.

442A.01 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Applicability. For the purposes of this chapter, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given. Subd. 2. Chief administrative law judge. "Chief administrative law judge" means the chief administrative law judge of the Office of Administrative Hearings or the delegate of the chief administrative law judge under section 14.48. Subd. 3. District. "District" means a sanitary district created under this chapter or under Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 115.18 to 115.37. Subd. 4. Municipality. "Municipality" means a city, however organized. Subd. 5. Property owner. "Property owner" means the fee owner of land, or the beneficial owner of land whose interest is primarily one of possession and enjoyment. Property owner includes, but is not limited to, vendees under a contract for deed and mortgagors. Any reference to a percentage of property owners means in number. Subd. 6. Related governing body. "Related governing body" means the governing body of a related governmental subdivision and, in the case of an organized town, means the town board. Subd. 7. Related governmental subdivision. "Related governmental subdivision" means a municipality or organized town wherein there is a territorial unit of a district or, in the case of an unorganized area, the county. Subd. 8. Territorial unit. "Territorial unit" means all that part of a district situated within a single municipality, within a single organized town outside of a municipality, or, in the case of an unorganized area, within a single county. History:   2013 c 114 art 5 s 2
MN Stat § 442A.015 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 440 - 446A — Municipal Public Works|Chapter 442A — Sanitary Districts|Section 442A.015 — Applicability.

442A.015 APPLICABILITY. All new sanitary district formations proposed and all sanitary districts previously formed under Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 115.18 to 115.37, must comply with this chapter, including annexations to, detachments from, and dissolutions of sanitary districts previously formed under Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 115.18 to 115.37. History:   2013 c 114 art 5 s 3
MN Stat § 442A.03 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 440 - 446A — Municipal Public Works|Chapter 442A — Sanitary Districts|Section 442A.03 — Filing Of Maps In Sanitary District Proceedings.

442A.03 FILING OF MAPS IN SANITARY DISTRICT PROCEEDINGS. Any party initiating a sanitary district proceeding that includes platted land shall file with the chief administrative law judge maps which are necessary to support and identify the land description. The maps shall include copies of plats. History:   2013 c 114 art 5 s 5
MN Stat § 442A.09 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 440 - 446A — Municipal Public Works|Chapter 442A — Sanitary Districts|Section 442A.09 — Annexation By Order Of Pollution Control Agency.

442A.09 ANNEXATION BY ORDER OF POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY. Subdivision 1. Annexation by ordinance alternative. If a determination or order by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency under section 115.49 or other similar statute is made that cooperation by contract is necessary and feasible between a sanitary district and an unincorporated area located outside the existing corporate limits of the sanitary district, the sanitary district required to provide or extend through a contract a governmental service to an unincorporated area, during the statutory 90-day period provided in section 115.49 to formulate a contract, may, in the alternative to formulating a service contract to provide or extend the service, declare the unincorporated area described in the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency's determination letter or order annexed to the sanitary district by adopting an ordinance and submitting it to the chief administrative law judge. Subd. 2. Chief administrative law judge's role. The chief administrative law judge may review and comment on the ordinance but shall approve the ordinance within 30 days of receipt. The ordinance is final and the annexation is effective on the date the chief administrative law judge approves the ordinance. History:   2013 c 114 art 5 s 11
MN Stat § 442A.10 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 440 - 446A — Municipal Public Works|Chapter 442A — Sanitary Districts|Section 442A.10 — Petitioners To Pay Expenses.

442A.10 PETITIONERS TO PAY EXPENSES. Expenses of the preparation and submission of petitions in the proceedings under sections 442A.04 to 442A.09 shall be paid by the petitioners. Notwithstanding section 16A.1283, the Office of Administrative Hearings may adopt rules according to section 14.386 to establish fees necessary to support the preparation and submission of petitions in proceedings under sections 442A.04 to 442A.09. The fees collected by the Office of Administrative Hearings shall be deposited in the environmental fund. History:   2013 c 114 art 5 s 12
MN Stat § 442A.11 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 440 - 446A — Municipal Public Works|Chapter 442A — Sanitary Districts|Section 442A.11 — Time Limits For Orders; Appeals.

442A.11 TIME LIMITS FOR ORDERS; APPEALS. Subdivision 1. Orders; time limit. All orders in proceedings under this chapter shall be issued within one year from the date of the first hearing thereon, provided that the time may be extended for a fixed additional period upon consent of all parties of record. Failure to so order shall be deemed to be an order denying the matter. An appeal may be taken from such failure to so order in the same manner as an appeal from an order as provided in subdivision 2. Subd. 2. Grounds for appeal. (a) Any person aggrieved by an order issued under this chapter may appeal to the district court upon the following grounds: (1) the order was issued without jurisdiction to act; (2) the order exceeded the jurisdiction of the presiding administrative law judge; (3) the order was arbitrary, fraudulent, capricious, or oppressive or in unreasonable disregard of the best interests of the territory affected; or (4) the order was based upon an erroneous theory of law. (b) The appeal must be taken in the district court in the county in which the majority of the area affected is located. The appeal does not stay the effect of the order. All notices and other documents must be served on both the chief administrative law judge and the attorney general's assistant assigned to the chief administrative law judge for purposes of this chapter. (c) If the court determines that the action involved is unlawful or unreasonable or is not warranted by the evidence in case an issue of fact is involved, the court may vacate or suspend the action involved, in whole or in part, as the case requires. The matter shall then be remanded for further action in conformity with the decision of the court. (d) To render a review of an order effectual, the aggrieved person shall file with the court administrator of the district court of the county in which the majority of the area is located, within 30 days of the order, an application for review together with the grounds upon which the review is sought. (e) An appeal lies from the district court as in other civil cases. History:   2013 c 114 art 5 s 13
MN Stat § 442A.12 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 440 - 446A — Municipal Public Works|Chapter 442A — Sanitary Districts|Section 442A.12 — Chief Administrative Law Judge May Appeal From District Court.

442A.12 CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE MAY APPEAL FROM DISTRICT COURT. An appeal may be taken under the Rules of Civil Appellate Procedure by the chief administrative law judge from a final order or judgment made or rendered by the district court when the chief administrative law judge determines that the final order or judgment adversely affects the public interest. History:   2013 c 114 art 5 s 14
MN Stat § 442A.13 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 440 - 446A — Municipal Public Works|Chapter 442A — Sanitary Districts|Section 442A.13 — Uniform Procedures.

442A.13 UNIFORM PROCEDURES. Subdivision 1. Hearings. (a) Proceedings initiated by the submission of an initiating document or by the chief administrative law judge shall be scheduled for hearing within 30 to 60 days from receipt of the document by the chief administrative law judge or from the date of the chief administrative law judge's action, and the person conducting the hearing must submit an order no later than one year from the date of the first hearing. (b) The place of the hearing shall be in the county where a majority of the affected territory is situated, and shall be established for the convenience of the parties. (c) The chief administrative law judge shall mail notice of the hearing to the following parties: the sanitary district; any township or municipality presently governing the affected territory; any township or municipality abutting the affected territory; the county where the affected territory is situated; and each planning agency that has jurisdiction over the affected area. (d) The chief administrative law judge shall see that notice of the hearing is published for two successive weeks in a legal newspaper of general circulation in the affected area. (e) When the chief administrative law judge exercises authority to change the boundaries of the affected area so as to increase the quantity of land, the hearing shall be recessed and reconvened upon two weeks' published notice in a legal newspaper of general circulation in the affected area. Subd. 2. Transmittal of order. The chief administrative law judge shall see that copies of the order are mailed to all parties entitled to mailed notice of hearing under subdivision 1, individual property owners if initiated in that manner, and any other party of record. History:  2013 c 114 art 5 s 15; 2016 c 95 s 18
MN Stat § 442A.15 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 440 - 446A — Municipal Public Works|Chapter 442A — Sanitary Districts|Section 442A.15 — Board Organization And Procedures.

442A.15 BOARD ORGANIZATION AND PROCEDURES. Subdivision 1. Initial, annual meetings. As soon as practicable after the election of the first board members of a district, the board shall meet at the call of the temporary chair to elect officers and take other appropriate action for organization and administration of the district. Each board shall hold a regular annual meeting at the call of the chair or otherwise as the board prescribes on or as soon as practicable after the first business day in January of each year and such other regular and special meetings as the board prescribes. Subd. 2. Officers. The officers of each district shall be a chair and a vice-chair, who shall be members of the board, and a secretary and a treasurer, who may but need not be members of the board. The board of a new district at its initial meeting or as soon thereafter as practicable shall elect the officers to serve until the first business day in January next following. Thereafter, the board shall elect the officers at each regular annual meeting for terms expiring on the first business day in January next following. Each officer serves until a successor is elected and has qualified. Subd. 3. Meeting place; offices. The board at its initial meeting or as soon thereafter as practicable shall provide for suitable places for board meetings and for offices of the district officers and may change the same thereafter as the board deems advisable. The meeting place and offices may be the same as those of any related governing body, with the approval of the body. The secretary of the board shall notify the secretary of state, the county auditor of each county wherein any part of the district is situated, and the clerk or recorder of each related governing body of the locations and post office addresses of the meeting place and offices and any changes therein. Subd. 4. Budget. At any time before the proceeds of the first tax levy in a district become available, the district board may prepare a budget comprising an estimate of the expenses of organizing and administering the district until the proceeds are available, with a proposal for apportionment of the estimated amount among the related governmental subdivisions, and may request the governing bodies thereof to advance funds according to the proposal. The governing bodies may authorize advancement of the requested amounts, or such part thereof as they respectively deem proper, from any funds available in their respective treasuries. The board shall include in its first tax levy after receipt of any such advancements a sufficient sum to cover the same and shall cause the same to be repaid, without interest, from the proceeds of taxes as soon as received. History:   2013 c 114 art 5 s 17
MN Stat § 442A.16 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 440 - 446A — Municipal Public Works|Chapter 442A — Sanitary Districts|Section 442A.16 — District Status And Powers.

442A.16 DISTRICT STATUS AND POWERS. Subdivision 1. Status. Every district shall be a public corporation and a governmental subdivision of the state and shall be deemed to be a municipality or municipal corporation for the purpose of obtaining federal or state grants or loans or otherwise complying with any provision of federal or state law or for any other purpose relating to the powers and purposes of the district for which such status is now or hereafter required by law. Subd. 2. Powers and purpose. Every district shall have the powers and purposes prescribed by this chapter and such others as may now or hereafter be prescribed by law. No express grant of power or enumeration of powers herein shall be deemed to limit the generality or scope of any grant of power. Subd. 3. Scope of powers and duties. Except as otherwise provided, a power or duty vested in or imposed upon a district or any of its officers, agents, or employees shall not be deemed exclusive and shall not supersede or abridge any power or duty vested in or imposed upon any other agency of the state or any governmental subdivision thereof, but shall be supplementary thereto. Subd. 4. Exercise of power. All the powers of a district shall be exercised by its board of managers except so far as approval of any action by popular vote or by any other authority may be expressly required by law. Subd. 5. Lawsuits; contracts. A district may sue and be sued and may enter into any contract necessary or proper for the exercise of its powers or the accomplishment of its purposes. Subd. 6. Property acquisition. A district may acquire by purchase, gift, or condemnation or may lease or rent any real or personal property within or without the district that may be necessary for the exercise of district powers or the accomplishment of district purposes, may hold the property for such purposes, and may lease, rent out, sell, or otherwise dispose of any property not needed for such purposes. Subd. 7. Acceptance of money or property. A district may accept gifts, grants, or loans of money or other property from the United States, the state, or any person, corporation, or other entity for district purposes; may enter into any agreement required in connection therewith; and may hold, use, and dispose of the money or property according to the terms of the gift, grant, loan, or agreement relating thereto. History:   2013 c 114 art 5 s 18
MN Stat § 442A.17 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 440 - 446A — Municipal Public Works|Chapter 442A — Sanitary Districts|Section 442A.17 — Specific Purposes And Powers.

442A.17 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 premises 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. The district may require any person upon whose premises any garbage or refuse is produced or accumulated to dispose of the garbage or refuse 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 necessary for any purpose under subdivisions 1 to 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) 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 442A.24, 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 the road's maintenance or condition. History:   2013 c 114 art 5 s 19
MN Stat § 442A.18 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 440 - 446A — Municipal Public Works|Chapter 442A — Sanitary Districts|Section 442A.18 — District Projects And Facilities.

442A.18 DISTRICT PROJECTS AND FACILITIES. Subdivision 1. Public property. For the purpose of constructing, improving, maintaining, or operating any system, works, or facilities designed or used for any purpose under section 442A.17, a district, its officers, agents, employees, and contractors may enter, occupy, excavate, and otherwise operate in, upon, under, through, or along any public highway, including a state trunk highway, or any street, park, or other public grounds so far as necessary for such work, with the approval of the governing body or other authority in charge of the public property affected and on such terms as may be agreed upon with the governing body or authority respecting interference with public use, restoration of previous conditions, compensation for damages, and other pertinent matters. If an agreement cannot be reached after reasonable opportunity therefor, the district may acquire the necessary rights, easements, or other interests in the public property by condemnation, subject to all applicable provisions of law as in case of taking private property, upon condition that the court shall determine that there is paramount public necessity for the acquisition. Subd. 2. Use of other systems. A district may, upon such terms as may be agreed upon with the respective governing bodies or authorities concerned, provide for connecting with or using; lease; or acquire and take over any system, works, or facilities for any purpose under section 442A.17 belonging to any other governmental subdivision or other public agency. Subd. 3. Use by other governmental bodies. A district may, upon such terms as may be agreed upon with the respective governing bodies or authorities concerned, authorize the use by any other governmental subdivision or other public agency of any system, works, or facilities of the district constructed for any purpose under section 442A.17 so far as the capacity thereof is sufficient beyond the needs of the district. A district may extend any such system, works, or facilities and permit the use thereof by persons outside the district, so far as the capacity thereof is sufficient beyond the needs of the district, upon such terms as the board may prescribe. Subd. 4. Joint projects. A district may be a party to a joint cooperative project, undertaking, or enterprise with one or more other governmental subdivisions or other public agencies for any purpose under section 442A.17 upon such terms as may be agreed upon between the governing bodies or authorities concerned. Without limiting the effect of the foregoing provision or any other provision of this chapter, a district, with respect to any of said purposes, may act under and be subject to section 471.59, or any other appropriate law providing for joint or cooperative action between governmental subdivisions or other public agencies. History:   2013 c 114 art 5 s 20
MN Stat § 442A.19 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 440 - 446A — Municipal Public Works|Chapter 442A — Sanitary Districts|Section 442A.19 — Control Of Sanitary Facilities.

442A.19 CONTROL OF SANITARY FACILITIES. A district may regulate and control the construction, maintenance, and use of privies, cesspools, septic tanks, toilets, and other facilities and devices for the reception or disposal of human or animal excreta or other domestic wastes within its territory so far as necessary to prevent nuisances or pollution or to protect the public health, safety, and welfare and may prohibit the use of any such facilities or devices not connected with a district disposal system, works, or facilities whenever reasonable opportunity for such connection is provided; provided that the authority of a district under this section does not extend or apply to the construction, maintenance, operation, or use by any person other than the district of any disposal system or part thereof within the district under and in accordance with a valid and existing permit issued by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. History:   2013 c 114 art 5 s 21
MN Stat § 442A.20 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 440 - 446A — Municipal Public Works|Chapter 442A — Sanitary Districts|Section 442A.20 — District Programs, Surveys, And Studies.

442A.20 DISTRICT PROGRAMS, SURVEYS, AND STUDIES. A district may develop general programs and particular projects within the scope of its powers and purposes and may make all surveys, studies, and investigations necessary for the programs and projects. History:   2013 c 114 art 5 s 22
MN Stat § 442A.21 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 440 - 446A — Municipal Public Works|Chapter 442A — Sanitary Districts|Section 442A.21 — General And Municipality Powers.

442A.21 GENERAL AND MUNICIPALITY POWERS. A district may do and perform all other acts and things necessary or proper for the effectuation of its powers and the accomplishment of its purposes. Without limiting the effect of the foregoing provision or any other provision of this chapter, a district, with respect to each and all of said powers and purposes, shall have like powers as are vested in municipalities with respect to any similar purposes. The exercise of such powers by a district and all matters pertaining thereto are governed by the law relating to the exercise of similar powers by municipalities and matters pertaining thereto, so far as applicable, with like force and effect, except as otherwise provided. History:   2013 c 114 art 5 s 23
MN Stat § 442A.22 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 440 - 446A — Municipal Public Works|Chapter 442A — Sanitary Districts|Section 442A.22 — Advisory Committee.

442A.22 ADVISORY COMMITTEE. A district board of managers may appoint an advisory committee with membership and duties as the board prescribes. History:   2013 c 114 art 5 s 24