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MN Stat § 442A.23 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 440 - 446A — Municipal Public Works|Chapter 442A — Sanitary Districts|Section 442A.23 — Board Powers.

442A.23 BOARD POWERS. Subdivision 1. Generally. The board of managers of every district shall have charge and control of all the funds, property, and affairs of the district. With respect thereto, the board has the same powers and duties as are provided by law for a municipality with respect to similar municipal matters, except as otherwise provided. Except as otherwise provided, the chair, vice-chair, secretary, and treasurer of the district have the same powers and duties, respectively, as the mayor, acting mayor, clerk, and treasurer of a municipality. Except as otherwise provided, the exercise of the powers and the performance of the duties of the board and officers of the district and all other activities, transactions, and procedures of the district or any of its officers, agents, or employees, respectively, are governed by the law relating to similar matters in a municipality, so far as applicable, with like force and effect. Subd. 2. Regulation of district. The board may enact ordinances, prescribe regulations, adopt resolutions, and take other appropriate action relating to any matter within the powers and purposes of the district and may do and perform all other acts and things necessary or proper for the effectuation of said powers and the accomplishment of said purposes. The board may provide that violation of a district ordinance is a penal offense and may prescribe penalties for violations, not exceeding those prescribed by law for violation of municipal ordinances. Subd. 3. Arrest; prosecution. (a) Violations of district ordinances may be prosecuted before any court having jurisdiction of misdemeanors. Any peace officer may make arrests for violations committed anywhere within the district in the same manner as for violations of city ordinances or for statutory misdemeanors. (b) All fines collected shall be deposited in the treasury of the district. History:   2013 c 114 art 5 s 25
MN Stat § 442A.24 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 440 - 446A — Municipal Public Works|Chapter 442A — Sanitary Districts|Section 442A.24 — Tax Levies, Assessments, And Service Charges.

442A.24 TAX LEVIES, ASSESSMENTS, AND SERVICE CHARGES. Subdivision 1. Tax levies. The board may levy taxes for any district purpose on all property taxable within the district. Subd. 2. Particular area. In the case where a particular area within the district, but not the entire district, is benefited by a system, works, or facilities of the district, the board, after holding a public hearing as provided by law for levying assessments on benefited property, shall by ordinance establish such area as a taxing subdistrict, to be designated by number, and shall levy special taxes on all the taxable property therein, to be accounted for separately and used only for the purpose of paying the cost of construction, improvement, acquisition, maintenance, or operation of such system, works, or facilities, or paying the principal and interest on bonds issued to provide funds therefor and expenses incident thereto. The hearing may be held jointly with a hearing for the purpose of levying assessments on benefited property within the proposed taxing subdistrict. Subd. 3. Benefited property. The board shall levy assessments on benefited property to provide funds for payment of the cost of construction, improvement, or acquisition of any system, works, or facilities designed or used for any district purpose or for payment of the principal of and interest on any bonds issued therefor and expenses incident thereto. Subd. 4. Service charges. The board shall prescribe service, use, or rental charges for persons or premises connecting with or making use of any system, works, or facilities of the district; prescribe the method of payment and collection of the charges; and provide for the collection thereof for the district by any related governmental subdivision or other public agency on such terms as may be agreed upon with the governing body or other authority thereof. History:   2013 c 114 art 5 s 26
MN Stat § 442A.25 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 440 - 446A — Municipal Public Works|Chapter 442A — Sanitary Districts|Section 442A.25 — Borrowing Powers; Bonds.

442A.25 BORROWING POWERS; BONDS. Subdivision 1. Borrowing power. The board may authorize the borrowing of money for any district purpose and provide for the repayment thereof, subject to chapter 475. The taxes initially levied by any district according to section 475.61 for the payment of district bonds, upon property within each municipality included in the district, shall be included in computing the levy of the municipality. Subd. 2. Bond issuance. The board may authorize the issuance of bonds or obligations of the district to provide funds for the construction, improvement, or acquisition of any system, works, or facilities for any district purpose or for refunding any prior bonds or obligations issued for any such purpose and may pledge the full faith and credit of the district; the proceeds of tax levies or assessments; service, use, or rental charges; or any combination thereof to the payment of such bonds or obligations and interest thereon or expenses incident thereto. An election or vote of the people of the district is required to authorize the issuance of any bonds or obligations. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the forms and procedures for issuing and selling bonds and provisions for payment thereof must comply with chapter 475. History:   2013 c 114 art 5 s 27
MN Stat § 442A.26 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 440 - 446A — Municipal Public Works|Chapter 442A — Sanitary Districts|Section 442A.26 — Funds; District Treasury.

442A.26 FUNDS; DISTRICT TREASURY. The proceeds of all tax levies, assessments, service, use, or rental charges, and other income of the district must be deposited in the district treasury and must be held and disposed of as the board may direct for district purposes, subject to any pledges or dedications made by the board for the use of particular funds for the payment of bonds, interest thereon, or expenses incident thereto or for other specific purposes. History:   2013 c 114 art 5 s 28
MN Stat § 442A.27 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 440 - 446A — Municipal Public Works|Chapter 442A — Sanitary Districts|Section 442A.27 — Effect Of District Ordinances And Facilities.

442A.27 EFFECT OF DISTRICT ORDINANCES AND FACILITIES. In any case where an ordinance is enacted or a regulation adopted by a district board relating to the same subject matter and applicable in the same area as an existing ordinance or regulation of a related governmental subdivision for the district, the district ordinance or regulation, to the extent of its application, supersedes the ordinance or regulation of the related governmental subdivision. In any case where an area within a district is served for any district purpose by a system, works, or facilities of the district, no system, works, or facilities shall be constructed, maintained, or operated for the same purpose in the same area by any related governmental subdivision or other public agency except as approved by the district board. History:   2013 c 114 art 5 s 29
MN Stat § 442A.28 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 440 - 446A — Municipal Public Works|Chapter 442A — Sanitary Districts|Section 442A.28 — Application.

442A.28 APPLICATION. This chapter does not abridge or supersede any authority of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency or the commissioner of health, but is subject and supplementary thereto. Districts and members of district boards are subject to the authority of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and have no power or authority to abate or control pollution that is permitted by and in accord with any classification of waters, standards of water quality, or permit established, fixed, or issued by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. History:   2013 c 114 art 5 s 30
MN Stat § 443.015 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 440 - 446A — Municipal Public Works|Chapter 443 — Rubbish Removal|Section 443.015 — Assessment To Dispose Of Garbage Or Refuse In Certain Cities.

443.015 ASSESSMENT TO DISPOSE OF GARBAGE OR REFUSE IN CERTAIN CITIES. The council of any statutory city or city of the fourth class which shall provide by contract or otherwise for regular collection and disposal of garbage or refuse from dwellings and places of business in the statutory city or city of the fourth class may by ordinance obligate the owners of all property served to pay the proportionate cost of such service to their respective properties, and in default of payment such city council may annually levy an assessment equal to such unpaid cost as of September first of each year, against each lot or parcel of land so served for which the service charge is unpaid. Such assessment may include a penalty not to exceed ten percent of the amount thereof and shall bear interest at such amount not exceeding six percent per annum as the council shall determine. Such assessment shall be certified to the auditor of the county in which the land assessed is situated and shall be collected and remitted to the city treasurer in the same manner as assessments for local improvements. History:  1943 c 223 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7
MN Stat § 443.18 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 440 - 446A — Municipal Public Works|Chapter 443 — Rubbish Removal|Section 443.18 — May Have Garbage Plant In First Class City.

443.18 MAY HAVE GARBAGE PLANT IN FIRST CLASS CITY. Any city of the first class in the state, is hereby authorized and empowered to acquire, by purchase or condemnation, lands on which to erect plants for the destruction of garbage and other refuse matter; also to purchase, erect, operate, and maintain such plants for the destruction of garbage and other refuse matter, also to provide for the collection of all such garbage or refuse matter and delivering the same to such destruction plants or other places, and to pay and contract to pay for the same in such annual installments and at such a rate of interest on deferred payments as the council of the city may determine. Each and every act and thing authorized by sections 443.18 and 443.19 shall receive at least a three-fourths vote of all members of the council before the same shall be effective for any purpose. History:  (1601) 1905 c 121 s 1
MN Stat § 443.19 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 440 - 446A — Municipal Public Works|Chapter 443 — Rubbish Removal|Section 443.19 — Limit Of Indebtedness; Tax Estimates.

443.19 LIMIT OF INDEBTEDNESS; TAX ESTIMATES. The obligations incurred by any city of the first class in the making of any such contracts shall not be considered as a part of its indebtedness under the provisions of its governing charter, or of any law of this state fixing the limit of amount of its indebtedness; nor shall it be required, at any time before making, or during the life of such contracts, to have specifically provided for the same by previous tax estimates or levy, or to provide for or have on hand in its treasury more money applicable to such contracts than the amount to be paid thereon during a single year. History:  (1602) 1905 c 121 s 2
MN Stat § 443.26 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 440 - 446A — Municipal Public Works|Chapter 443 — Rubbish Removal|Section 443.26 — Rates For Rubbish Disposal, Cities First Class.

443.26 RATES FOR RUBBISH DISPOSAL, CITIES FIRST CLASS. Any city of the first class in the state of Minnesota, in addition to the powers conferred upon it by its charter or any law of this state, is hereby authorized to establish rates for the removal, collection, and disposal from public or private property of rubbish, and to collect the same in the manner set forth in sections 443.26 to 443.35. History:   1945 c 185 s 1
MN Stat § 443.27 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 440 - 446A — Municipal Public Works|Chapter 443 — Rubbish Removal|Section 443.27 — Definitions.

443.27 DEFINITIONS. For the purpose of sections 443.26 to 443.35, the word "rubbish" is defined as any one or all of the following substances: offal, garbage, ashes, barnyard litter, manure, rubbish, barnyard cleanings, dead animals, or any other foul or unhealthy stuff or material. For the purposes of such sections all of said substances are hereinafter referred to as "rubbish". The words "rubbish disposal" mean the removal, collection, and disposal of "rubbish" from public or private property within any such city. Wherever the words "city council" are used in sections 443.26 to 443.35, they mean the chief governing body of any such city. Where the word "facilities" is used in sections 443.26 to 443.35, it means all mechanical apparatus, shop or office equipment, and public or private grounds purchased, leased, or otherwise permanently or temporarily acquired, for the disposal of rubbish, including tax-forfeited lands which may be acquired and used for rubbish disposal, if the board of county commissioners in the county wherein any such city is located shall consider and determine that it is in the best interest of the state that such tax-forfeited lands will be enhanced in value by such use. Any such board of county commissioners may add to the appraised value of any such lands the benefit they determine has accrued to such lands by reason of the use thereof for such purpose. History:   1945 c 185 s 2
MN Stat § 443.28 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 440 - 446A — Municipal Public Works|Chapter 443 — Rubbish Removal|Section 443.28 — Powers Of Council.

443.28 POWERS OF COUNCIL. The council of any such city is authorized to employ present facilities, and to provide additional facilities, for rubbish disposal. Rates for such rubbish disposal, together with regulations incident thereto, shall be established by ordinance. Such rates shall be as nearly as possible just and reasonable, taking into account the character, kind, and quality of service, of rubbish and method of disposition, the number of people served at each place of collection, and all other factors that enter into cost of service, including interest on principal, investments, amortization of principal, depreciation, and other overhead charges upon facilities now owned and operated by any such city, or hereafter acquired for such use. Said rates when fixed may be billed in such manner as the city council may determine, or added to and collected with water bills and bills for sewage disposal rendered to owners, lessees or occupants of property, or as herein otherwise provided. History:   1945 c 185 s 3
MN Stat § 443.29 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 440 - 446A — Municipal Public Works|Chapter 443 — Rubbish Removal|Section 443.29 — Rates Charged Against Premises.

443.29 RATES CHARGED AGAINST PREMISES. The rates for rubbish disposal shall be a charge against the premises from which rubbish is collected, and the owner, lessee, or occupant of the premises, or against any or all of them, and any claim for unpaid rates charged or rentals which have been properly billed to the occupant of the premises may be collected in a civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction, or, in the discretion of the city council of the city, may be certified to the county auditor with the taxes against such property served, and shall be collected as other taxes are collected. Payment of delinquent rentals shall be credited to the fund as are current funds for that purpose. History:   1945 c 185 s 4
MN Stat § 443.30 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 440 - 446A — Municipal Public Works|Chapter 443 — Rubbish Removal|Section 443.30 — Publication Of Ordinance.

443.30 PUBLICATION OF ORDINANCE. The ordinance establishing rates for rubbish disposal shall be published in the official newspaper of the city, and shall set forth the rates for each type of service, and shall contain a notice to all persons or parties interested that the same will be considered at a public hearing not less than 30 days from the publication of said ordinance, upon which date a public hearing shall be conducted at which any person affected by any rate shall be given an opportunity to be heard as to the rate which the person will be called upon to pay. Said ordinance and the rates established therein shall take effect at the conclusion of said hearing, or at such other date as shall be fixed by such ordinance. History:  1945 c 185 s 5; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 443.31 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 440 - 446A — Municipal Public Works|Chapter 443 — Rubbish Removal|Section 443.31 — Regulations.

443.31 REGULATIONS. The governing body in providing for rubbish disposal may by the ordinance, or any amendment thereto, provide in what districts or along which streets collection shall be made, and volume of rubbish to be collected, leaving certain amounts or types of rubbish to private disposal, but shall continue to have the authority to regulate the time and manner of private disposal, varied according to the nature of the rubbish accumulated and disposed of. Such regulation may provide for immediate abatement of any condition which is a menace to public health and safety. In such cases notice may be given to the owner or occupant of premises for the summary disposal of rubbish or unhealthy or unsafe condition by posting upon the premises notice of what is required. If the notice be not obeyed within the time fixed in said notice, the city shall have the right to remove such rubbish or such unhealthy or unsafe condition, charging such rates as are prescribed, or the cost thereof, and shall have the right to collect the same as rates and charges are herein authorized to be charged, made and collected. In lieu of such method, the city may, for adequate compensation, by contract with the owner of any premises, perform any service upon public or private property in the removal of rubbish, covering with proper filling material any foul, unhealthy or unsafe material, including low grounds, which are or may become foul, unhealthy or unsafe. History:   1945 c 185 s 6
MN Stat § 443.32 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 440 - 446A — Municipal Public Works|Chapter 443 — Rubbish Removal|Section 443.32 — Methods.

443.32 METHODS. The city council shall have the authority to direct the method of handling and storage of rubbish on public or private premises, to require the owner, lessee, or occupant of the premises to place the same at the most convenient place upon the premises, and if convenience in the collection thereof requires containers on premises for the handling thereof, the city council may require the same. History:   1945 c 185 s 7
MN Stat § 443.33 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 440 - 446A — Municipal Public Works|Chapter 443 — Rubbish Removal|Section 443.33 — Rubbish Disposal Fund.

443.33 RUBBISH DISPOSAL FUND. Rates charged and collected, including compensation for work under contract, shall be deposited in a fund separate and distinct from any and all other city funds, to be designated "Rubbish Disposal Fund", which shall be a continuing fund to which shall be credited all receipts, and to which shall be charged all costs, principal or current, incident to such activity. Moneys may be temporarily advanced to said fund from any available unencumbered and unappropriated balance in any other fund or funds, and as receipts permit, reimbursement of moneys advanced from other funds shall be made. History:   1945 c 185 s 8
MN Stat § 443.34 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 440 - 446A — Municipal Public Works|Chapter 443 — Rubbish Removal|Section 443.34 — Powers Additional.

443.34 POWERS ADDITIONAL. The provisions of sections 443.26 to 443.35 shall be construed as an addition to existing charter or statutory powers of any city of the first class and not as an amendment to or repeal thereof, the purpose of these sections being to permit any city of the first class to engage in the activities hereinbefore authorized, to promote the public health, safety, welfare, convenience, and prosperity of the city. The activity herein authorized shall be considered a public utility and such activity may be merged and operated with any other city operated utility, if deemed necessary and economical. Accounting for the activity herein authorized shall be separate as hereinbefore directed. History:   1945 c 185 s 9
MN Stat § 443.35 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 440 - 446A — Municipal Public Works|Chapter 443 — Rubbish Removal|Section 443.35 — Violations, Penalties.

443.35 VIOLATIONS, PENALTIES. Any such city of the first class is hereby authorized by ordinance to impose penalties and provide for punishment for violation of any ordinance or regulation relative to the accumulation of rubbish, its collection or disposition. History:   1945 c 185 s 10
MN Stat § 444.076 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 440 - 446A — Municipal Public Works|Chapter 444 — Waterworks; Storm, Sanitary Sewer Systems|Section 444.076 — Tax-forfeited Land Returned To Private Ownership; Charges.

444.076 TAX-FORFEITED LAND RETURNED TO PRIVATE OWNERSHIP; CHARGES. When tax-forfeited land is returned to private ownership and the land is benefited by a public improvement for which special assessments were canceled because of the forfeiture, the municipality or other public authority that made the improvement may impose fees or charges for the use or availability of the improvement or for connections therewith in an amount not to exceed the amount remaining unpaid on the canceled assessment. The municipality may make the fees or charges a charge against the owner, lessee, occupant, or all of them and may certify unpaid fees or charges to the county auditor with taxes against the property for collection as other taxes are collected. History:   1976 c 259 s 3
MN Stat § 444.16 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 440 - 446A — Municipal Public Works|Chapter 444 — Waterworks; Storm, Sanitary Sewer Systems|Section 444.16 — Definitions.

444.16 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Scope. For the purposes of sections 444.16 to 444.21 the terms in this section have the meanings given them. Subd. 2. Municipality. "Municipality" means a home rule charter or statutory city or a town that is not in an orderly annexation process on October 3, 1989. Subd. 3. Governing body. "Governing body" means the city council for a city and the town board for a town. History:  1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1974 c 206 s 1; 1Sp1989 c 1 art 17 s 9
MN Stat § 444.17 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 440 - 446A — Municipal Public Works|Chapter 444 — Waterworks; Storm, Sanitary Sewer Systems|Section 444.17 — Establishment Of District.

444.17 ESTABLISHMENT OF DISTRICT. The governing body of a municipality may by ordinance adopted by a two-thirds vote of all of its members, establish within its territorial limits a storm sewer improvement tax district. The ordinance shall describe with particularity the territory or area within the municipality to be included within the district. No such ordinance shall be adopted until after a public hearing has been held on the question. A notice of the time, place and purpose of the hearing shall be published for two successive weeks in the official newspaper of the municipality or in a qualified newspaper of general circulation in the municipality and the last notice shall be at least seven days prior to the day of the hearing. The ordinance when adopted shall be recorded with the county auditor and county recorder. History:  1974 c 206 s 2; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1Sp1989 c 1 art 17 s 10; 2005 c 4 s 107