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MN Stat § 103E.251 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 103A - 114B — Water|Chapter 103E — Drainage|Section 103E.251 — Filing Preliminary Survey Report.

103E.251 FILING PRELIMINARY SURVEY REPORT. The engineer shall file the completed preliminary survey report in duplicate with the auditor. The auditor shall send one copy of the report to the director. If the proposed drainage project involves a joint county drainage project or system, a copy of the report must be filed with the auditor of each affected county. History:   1990 c 391 art 5 s 38
MN Stat § 103E.255 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 103A - 114B — Water|Chapter 103E — Drainage|Section 103E.255 — Commissioner's Preliminary Advisory Report.

103E.255 COMMISSIONER'S PRELIMINARY ADVISORY REPORT. The commissioner shall make a preliminary advisory report to the drainage authority with an opinion about the adequacy of the preliminary survey report. The commissioner shall state any additional investigation and evaluation that should be done relating to public waters that may be affected and environmental, land use, and multipurpose water management criteria in section 103E.015, subdivision 1, and cite specific portions of the preliminary survey report that are determined inadequate. The commissioner shall file an initial preliminary advisory report with the auditor before the date of the preliminary hearing. The commissioner may request additional time for review and evaluation of the preliminary survey report if additional time is necessary for proper evaluation. A request for additional time for filing the commissioner's preliminary advisory report may not be made more than five days after the date of the notice by the auditor that a date is to be set for the preliminary hearing. An extension of time may not exceed two weeks after the date of the request. History:  1990 c 391 art 5 s 39; 2014 c 164 s 8
MN Stat § 103E.265 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 103A - 114B — Water|Chapter 103E — Drainage|Section 103E.265 — Order For Detailed Survey And Survey Report.

103E.265 ORDER FOR DETAILED SURVEY AND SURVEY REPORT. Subdivision 1. Order. When the preliminary hearing order is filed with the auditor, the drainage authority shall order the engineer to make a detailed survey with plans and specifications for the proposed drainage project and submit a detailed survey report to the drainage authority as soon as possible. Subd. 2. Waiver. The drainage authority may waive the detailed survey order and the detailed survey if it determines that adequate data, plans, and specifications have been furnished by a United States engineer. History:   1990 c 391 art 5 s 41
MN Stat § 103E.271 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 103A - 114B — Water|Chapter 103E — Drainage|Section 103E.271 — Detailed Survey.

103E.271 DETAILED SURVEY. Subdivision 1. Survey and examination. When an order for a detailed survey is filed, the engineer shall proceed to survey the lines of the proposed drainage project in the preliminary hearing order, and survey and examine affected property. Subd. 2. Survey requirements. All drainage lines must be surveyed in 100-foot stations and elevations must be based on standard sea level datum, if practical. Benchmarks must be established on permanent objects along the drainage line, not more than one mile apart. Field notes made by the engineer must be entered in bound field books and preserved by the engineer until they are filed with the auditor. History:   1990 c 391 art 5 s 42
MN Stat § 103E.275 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 103A - 114B — Water|Chapter 103E — Drainage|Section 103E.275 — Engineer's Variance From Drainage Authority Order.

103E.275 ENGINEER'S VARIANCE FROM DRAINAGE AUTHORITY ORDER. (a) In planning a proposed drainage project, the engineer may vary from the starting point and the line and plan described by the preliminary hearing order if necessary to drain the property likely to be assessed in the proposed drainage project. (b) The engineer may: (1) survey and recommend the location of additional necessary ditches and tile; (2) where better results will be accomplished and more desirable outlets secured, provide for the extension of the outlet; and (3) provide for different parts of the drainage to flow in different directions with more than one outlet. (c) The open ditches do not have to connect if they drain the area to be affected in the petition. The variance must be reported with similar information in the detailed survey report. History:   1990 c 391 art 5 s 43
MN Stat § 103E.281 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 103A - 114B — Water|Chapter 103E — Drainage|Section 103E.281 — Soil Survey.

103E.281 SOIL SURVEY. The engineer shall make a soil survey if: (1) the drainage authority orders a soil survey; (2) the commissioner requests a soil survey; or (3) the engineer determines a soil survey is necessary. The soil survey must show the nature and character of the soil in the proposed drainage project area and include the engineer's findings from the soil survey. The report on the soil survey must be included in the detailed survey report or reported and filed separately before the final hearing. History:   1990 c 391 art 5 s 44
MN Stat § 103E.291 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 103A - 114B — Water|Chapter 103E — Drainage|Section 103E.291 — Filing Detailed Survey Report.

103E.291 FILING DETAILED SURVEY REPORT. The engineer must file the detailed survey report with the auditor where the proceedings are pending and the auditor must deliver a copy of the detailed survey report to the commissioner. The engineer must also file copies of the detailed survey report with the auditors of any affected counties. History:   1990 c 391 art 5 s 46
MN Stat § 103E.295 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 103A - 114B — Water|Chapter 103E — Drainage|Section 103E.295 — Revising Engineer's Detailed Survey Report After Acceptance.

103E.295 REVISING ENGINEER'S DETAILED SURVEY REPORT AFTER ACCEPTANCE. After the final acceptance of the proposed drainage project, the engineer shall revise the plan, profiles, and designs of structures to show the drainage project as actually constructed on the original tracings. The engineer shall file the revised detailed survey report with the auditor. The auditor shall forward the original or a copy to the director as a permanent record. History:   1990 c 391 art 5 s 47
MN Stat § 103E.301 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 103A - 114B — Water|Chapter 103E — Drainage|Section 103E.301 — Commissioner's Final Advisory Report.

103E.301 COMMISSIONER'S FINAL ADVISORY REPORT. (a) The commissioner shall examine the detailed survey report and within 30 days of receipt make a final advisory report to the drainage authority. The final advisory report must state whether the commissioner: (1) finds the detailed survey report is incomplete and not in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, specifying the incomplete or nonconforming provisions; (2) approves the detailed survey report as an acceptable plan to drain the property affected; (3) does not approve the plan and recommendations for changes; (4) finds the proposed drainage project is not of public benefit or utility under the environmental, land use, and multipurpose water management criteria in section 103E.015, subdivision 1, specifying the facts and evidence supporting the findings; or (5) finds a soil survey is needed, and, if it is, makes a request to the engineer to make a soil survey. (b) The commissioner shall direct the final advisory report to the drainage authority and file it with the auditor. History:  1990 c 391 art 5 s 48; 2014 c 164 s 12
MN Stat § 103E.305 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 103A - 114B — Water|Chapter 103E — Drainage|Section 103E.305 — Viewers' Appointment And Qualification.

103E.305 VIEWERS' APPOINTMENT AND QUALIFICATION. Subdivision 1. Appointment. When the order for a detailed survey is made, the drainage authority shall, by order, appoint viewers consisting of three disinterested residents of the state qualified to assess benefits and damages. The drainage authority may establish qualifications for viewers. Subd. 2. Auditor's order for first meeting. Within five days after the detailed survey report is filed, the auditor shall, by order, designate the time and location for the first meeting of the viewers and issue a copy to the viewers of the auditor's order and a certified copy of the order appointing the viewers. Subd. 3. First meeting. At the first meeting and before beginning their duties, the viewers shall subscribe to an oath to faithfully perform their duties. If an appointed viewer does not qualify for any reason, the auditor shall designate another qualified person to take the disqualified viewer's place. History:   1990 c 391 art 5 s 49
MN Stat § 103E.311 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 103A - 114B — Water|Chapter 103E — Drainage|Section 103E.311 — Viewer Duties.

103E.311 VIEWER DUTIES. The viewers, with or without the engineer, shall determine the benefits and damages to all property affected by the proposed drainage project and make a viewers' report. History:   1990 c 391 art 5 s 50
MN Stat § 103E.321 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 103A - 114B — Water|Chapter 103E — Drainage|Section 103E.321 — Viewers' Report.

103E.321 VIEWERS' REPORT. Subdivision 1. Requirements. The viewers' report must show, in tabular form, for each lot, 40-acre tract, and fraction of a lot or tract under separate ownership that is benefited or damaged: (1) a description of the lot or tract, under separate ownership, that is benefited or damaged; (2) the names of the owners as they appear on the current tax records of the county and their addresses; (3) the number of acres in each tract or lot; (4) the number and value of acres added to a tract or lot by the proposed drainage of public waters; (5) the damage, if any, to riparian rights; (6) the damages paid for the permanent strip of perennial vegetation under section 103E.021; (7) the total number and value of acres added to a tract or lot by the proposed drainage of public waters, wetlands, and other areas not currently being cultivated; (8) the number of acres and amount of benefits being assessed for drainage of areas which before the drainage benefits could be realized would require a public-waters-work permit to work in public waters under section 103G.245 to excavate or fill a navigable water body under United States Code, title 33, section 403, or a permit to discharge into waters of the United States under United States Code, title 33, section 1344; (9) the number of acres and amount of benefits being assessed for drainage of areas that would be considered conversion of a wetland under United States Code, title 16, section 3821, if the area was placed in agricultural production; (10) the amount of right-of-way acreage required; and (11) the amount that each tract or lot will be benefited or damaged. Subd. 2. Benefits and damages statement. (a) The viewers' report must include a benefits and damages statement that shows for each property owner how the benefits or damages for similar tracts or lots were determined. For similar tracts or lots the report must describe: (1) the existing land use, property value, and economic productivity; (2) the potential land use, property value, and economic productivity after the drainage project is constructed; and (3) the benefits or damages from the proposed drainage project. (b) The soil and water conservation districts and county assessors shall cooperate with viewers to provide information required under paragraph (a). Subd. 3. Disagreement of viewers. If the viewers are unable to agree, each viewer shall separately state findings on the disputed issue. A majority of the viewers may perform the required duties under this chapter. Subd. 4. Filing. When the viewers complete their duties, they shall file the viewers' report with the auditor of each affected county. A detailed statement must be filed with the viewers' report showing the actual time the viewers were engaged and the costs incurred. The viewers shall perform their duties and complete the viewers' report as soon as possible after their first meeting. History:  1990 c 391 art 5 s 52; 2007 c 57 art 1 s 113
MN Stat § 103E.323 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 103A - 114B — Water|Chapter 103E — Drainage|Section 103E.323 — Property Owners' Report.

103E.323 PROPERTY OWNERS' REPORT. Subdivision 1. Report. Within 30 days after the viewers' report is filed, the auditor must make a property owners' report from the information in the viewers' report showing for each property owner benefited or damaged by the proposed drainage project: (1) the name and address of the property owner; (2) each lot or tract and its area that is benefited or damaged; (3) the total number and value of acres added to a tract or lot by the proposed drainage of public waters, wetlands, and other areas not currently being cultivated; (4) the number of acres and amount of benefits being assessed for drainage of areas which before the drainage benefits could be realized would require a public-waters-work permit to work in public waters under section 103G.245 to excavate or fill a navigable water body under United States Code, title 33, section 403, or a permit to discharge into waters of the United States under United States Code, title 33, section 1344; (5) the number of acres and amount of benefits being assessed for drainage of areas that would be considered conversion of a wetland under United States Code, title 16, section 3821, if the area was placed in agricultural production; (6) the damage, if any, to riparian rights; (7) the amount of right-of-way acreage required; (8) the amount that each tract or lot will be benefited or damaged; (9) the net damages or benefits to each property owner; (10) the estimated cost to be assessed to the property owner based on the cost of the drainage project in the engineer's detailed survey report; and (11) a copy of the benefits and damages statement under section 103E.321, subdivision 2, paragraph (a), relating to the property owner. Subd. 2. Mailing. The auditor must mail a copy of the property owners' report to each owner of property affected by the proposed drainage project, and may prepare and file an affidavit of mailing. History:   1990 c 391 art 5 s 53
MN Stat § 103E.325 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 103A - 114B — Water|Chapter 103E — Drainage|Section 103E.325 — Final Hearing Notice.

103E.325 FINAL HEARING NOTICE. Subdivision 1. Time. Promptly after the filing of the viewers' report and the commissioner's final advisory report, the drainage authority after consulting with the auditor shall set a time and location for the final hearing on the petition, the detailed survey report, and the viewers' report. The hearing must be set 25 to 50 days after the date of the final hearing notice. Subd. 2. Notice. (a) The final hearing notice must state: (1) that the petition is pending; (2) that the detailed survey report is filed; (3) that the viewers' report is filed; (4) the time and place set for the final hearing; (5) a brief description of the proposed drainage project and affected drainage system, giving in general terms the starting point, terminus, and general course of the main ditch and branches; (6) a description of property benefited and damaged, and the names of the owners of the property; and (7) the municipal and other corporations affected by the proposed drainage project as shown by the detailed survey report and viewers' report. (b) Names may be listed in a narrative form and property affected may be separately listed in narrative form by governmental sections or otherwise. (c) For a joint county proceeding, separate notice may be prepared for each county affected, showing the portion of the proposed drainage project and the names and descriptions of affected property in the county. Subd. 3. Method of notice. The auditor shall notify the drainage authority, auditors of affected counties, and all interested persons of the time and location of the final hearing by publication, posting, and mail. A printed copy of the final hearing notice for each affected county must be posted at least three weeks before the date of the final hearing at the front door of the courthouse in each county. Within one week after the first publication of the notice, the auditor shall give notice by mail of the time and location of the final hearing to the commissioner, all property owners, and others affected by the proposed drainage project and listed in the detailed survey report and the viewers' report. Subd. 4. Defective notice. If the final hearing notice is not given or is not legally given, the auditor shall properly publish, post, and mail the notice or provide the notice under the provisions to cure defective notice in section 103E.035. History:   1990 c 391 art 5 s 54
MN Stat § 103E.331 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 103A - 114B — Water|Chapter 103E — Drainage|Section 103E.331 — Jurisdiction Of Property By Drainage Authority.

103E.331 JURISDICTION OF PROPERTY BY DRAINAGE AUTHORITY. After the final hearing notice is given, the drainage authority has jurisdiction of all property described in the detailed survey report and viewers' report, of the persons and municipalities named in the reports, and of persons having an interest in a mortgage, lien, or encumbrance against property described in the reports. History:   1990 c 391 art 5 s 55
MN Stat § 103E.335 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 103A - 114B — Water|Chapter 103E — Drainage|Section 103E.335 — Proceedings At Final Hearing.

103E.335 PROCEEDINGS AT FINAL HEARING. Subdivision 1. Consideration of petition and reports. At the time and location for the final hearing specified in the notice, or after the hearing adjourns, the drainage authority shall consider the petition for the drainage project, with all matters pertaining to the detailed survey report, the viewers' report, and the commissioner's final advisory report. The drainage authority shall hear and consider the testimony presented by all interested parties. The engineer or the engineer's assistant and at least one viewer shall be present. The director may appear and be heard. If the director does not appear personally, the final advisory report shall be read during the hearing. The final hearing may be adjourned and reconvened as is necessary. Subd. 2. Changes in drainage plan. If the drainage authority determines that the general plan reported by the engineer may be improved by changes, or that the viewers have made an inequitable assessment of benefits or damages to any property, the drainage authority may amend the detailed survey report or the viewers' report, and make necessary and proper findings in relation to the reports. The drainage authority may resubmit matters to the engineer or to the viewers for immediate consideration. The engineer or viewers shall proceed promptly to reconsider the resubmitted matters and shall make and file the amended findings and reports. The amended reports are a part of the original reports. Subd. 3. Reexamination. If the drainage authority determines that property not included in the notice should be included and assessed or that the engineer or viewers, or both, should reexamine the proposed drainage project or the property benefited or damaged by the system, the drainage authority may resubmit the reports to the engineer and viewers. If a report is resubmitted, the final hearing may be continued as is necessary to make the reexamination and reexamination report. If the reexamination report includes property not included in the original report, the drainage authority may, by order, adjourn the hearing and direct the auditor to serve or publish, post, and mail a final hearing notice with reference to all property not included in the previous notice. The jurisdiction of the drainage authority continues in the property given proper notice, and new or additional notice is not required for that property. History:   1990 c 391 art 5 s 56
MN Stat § 103E.341 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 103A - 114B — Water|Chapter 103E — Drainage|Section 103E.341 — Drainage Authority Final Order.

103E.341 DRAINAGE AUTHORITY FINAL ORDER. Subdivision 1. Dismissal of proceedings. The drainage authority must dismiss the proceedings and petition, by order, if it determines that: (1) the benefits of the proposed drainage project are less than the total cost, including damages awarded; (2) the proposed drainage project will not be of public benefit and utility; or (3) the proposed drainage project is not practicable after considering the environmental, land use, and multipurpose water management criteria in section 103E.015, subdivision 1. Subd. 2. Establishing proposed drainage project. (a) The drainage authority shall establish, by order, a proposed drainage project if it determines that: (1) the detailed survey report and viewers' report have been made and other proceedings have been completed under this chapter; (2) the reports made or amended are complete and correct; (3) the damages and benefits have been properly determined; (4) the estimated benefits are greater than the total estimated cost, including damages; (5) the proposed drainage project will be of public utility and benefit, and will promote the public health; and (6) the proposed drainage project is practicable. (b) The order must contain the drainage authority's findings, adopt and confirm the viewers' report as made or amended, and establish the proposed drainage project as reported and amended. History:  1990 c 391 art 5 s 57; 2014 c 164 s 13
MN Stat § 103E.345 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 103A - 114B — Water|Chapter 103E — Drainage|Section 103E.345 — Apportioning Cost For Joint County Drainage Systems.

103E.345 APPORTIONING COST FOR JOINT COUNTY DRAINAGE SYSTEMS. For joint county proceedings, the auditor where the petition is filed shall file a certified copy of the viewers' report with the auditor of each affected county within 20 days after the date of the final order establishing the system. When the final order to establish the drainage project is made, the drainage authority shall determine and order the percentage of the cost of the drainage project to be paid by each affected county. The cost shall be in proportion to the benefits received, unless there is a contrary reason. An auditor of an affected county may petition the drainage authority after the final order is made to determine and order the percentage of costs to be paid by the affected counties. The drainage authority shall hold a hearing five days after giving written notice to the auditor of each affected county. After giving the notice to the auditors of the affected counties, the drainage authority may, at any time that it is necessary, modify an order or make an additional order to allocate the cost among the affected counties. History:   1990 c 391 art 5 s 58