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MN Stat § 103D.351 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 103A - 114B — Water|Chapter 103D — Watershed Districts|Section 103D.351 — Annual Report.

103D.351 ANNUAL REPORT. (a) The managers must prepare a yearly report of the financial conditions of the watershed district, the status of all projects, the business transacted by the watershed district, other matters affecting the interests of the watershed district, and a discussion of the managers' plans for the succeeding year. (b) Copies of the report must be transmitted to the Board of Water and Soil Resources, the commissioner, and the director within a reasonable time. History:  1990 c 391 art 4 s 28; 1995 c 199 s 22
MN Stat § 103D.355 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 103A - 114B — Water|Chapter 103D — Watershed Districts|Section 103D.355 — Annual Audit.

103D.355 ANNUAL AUDIT. Subdivision 1. Requirement. The managers must have an annual audit completed of the books and accounts of the watershed district. The annual audit may be made by a private certified public accountant or by the state auditor. Subd. 2. Audit by state auditor. (a) An audit by the state auditor may be initiated by a petition of the resident owners of the watershed district or resolution of the managers of the watershed district. The petition must request an annual audit pursuant to the authority granted municipalities under sections 6.54 and 6.55. The state auditor may conduct such examinations of accounts and records as the state auditor may deem the public interest to demand. (b) If the audit or examination is made by the state auditor, the watershed district receiving the examination must pay the state the total cost and expenses of the examination, including the salaries paid to the examiners while actually engaged in making the examination. The general fund must be credited with all collections made for examinations under this subdivision. Subd. 3. Reports for state auditor. The managers must make and submit reports demanded by the state auditor. History:  1990 c 391 art 4 s 29; 1992 c 466 s 4; 2008 c 200 s 21
MN Stat § 103D.411 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 103A - 114B — Water|Chapter 103D — Watershed Districts|Section 103D.411 — Amendment Of Watershed Management Plan And Revised Watershed Management Plan.

103D.411 AMENDMENT OF WATERSHED MANAGEMENT PLAN AND REVISED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT PLAN. The managers may initiate an amendment of a watershed management plan or revised watershed management plan by submitting a petition with the proposed amendment to the board. The board must give notice and hold a hearing on the amendment in the same manner as for the watershed management plan. After the hearing, the board may, by order, approve or prescribe changes in the amendment. The amendment becomes part of the watershed management plan after approval by the board. The board must send the order and approved amendment to the entities that receive an approved watershed management plan under section 103D.401, subdivision 5. History:   1990 c 391 art 4 s 32
MN Stat § 103D.605 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 103A - 114B — Water|Chapter 103D — Watershed Districts|Section 103D.605 — Project Constructed With Government Aid Or As Part Of Plan.

103D.605 PROJECT CONSTRUCTED WITH GOVERNMENT AID OR AS PART OF PLAN. Subdivision 1. Required procedure. The procedure in this section must be followed if: (1) a project is to be constructed within the watershed district under an agreement between the managers and the state or federal government and the cost of the project is to be paid for in whole or in part by the state or federal government, but the rights-of-way and the cost of the project are assumed by the watershed district; or (2) the managers are undertaking all or a portion of the basic water management project as identified in the watershed management plan. Subd. 2. Board and director reports. A copy of the project plan must be transmitted to the board and the director. The board and the director must review the project plan and prepare reports on the project. The reports must be transmitted to the managers. Subd. 3. Project hearing notice. (a) After receiving the board's and the director's reports, the managers must set a time and location for a hearing on the proposed project. (b) The project hearing notice must state: (1) the time and location of the project hearing; (2) the general nature of the proposed project; (3) the estimated cost of the proposed project; and (4) the method by which the cost of the proposed project is to be paid, including the cost to be allocated to each affected municipality or the state government. (c) The managers must give notice by publication before the date of the hearing in a legal newspaper, published in the counties where property is to be improved by the proposed project. The last publication must occur between 30 days and ten days before the project hearing. (d) At least ten days before the project hearing, notice by mail must be given to the director and the municipalities entirely or partly within the project area. (e) Failure to give mailed notice or defects in the notice do not invalidate the proceedings. Subd. 4. Project hearing. At the project hearing, the managers must hear all parties interested in the proposed project. Subd. 5. Establishment order. After the project hearing, if the managers find that the project will be conducive to public health, promote the general welfare, and is in compliance with the watershed management plan and the provisions of this chapter, the board must, by order, establish the project. The establishment order must include the findings of the managers. History:   1990 c 391 art 4 s 45
MN Stat § 103D.615 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 103A - 114B — Water|Chapter 103D — Watershed Districts|Section 103D.615 — Emergency Projects.

103D.615 EMERGENCY PROJECTS. Subdivision 1. Declaration of emergency. If the managers find that conditions exist that present a clear and imminent danger to the health or welfare of the people of the watershed district, and that to delay action would prejudice the interests of the people of the watershed district or would be likely to cause irreparable harm, the managers may declare the existence of an emergency and designate the location, nature, and extent of the emergency. Subd. 2. Project order. If an emergency has been declared to the extent necessary to protect the interests of the watershed district, the managers may order that work be done under the direction of the managers and the engineer, without a contract. Subd. 3. Assessment. The cost of work undertaken without a contract may be assessed against benefited properties or, if the cost is not more than 25 percent of the most recent administrative ad valorem levy of the watershed district and the work is found to be of common benefit to the watershed district, funding may be raised by an ad valorem tax levy upon all taxable property within the watershed district, or both. History:   1990 c 391 art 4 s 47
MN Stat § 103D.621 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 103A - 114B — Water|Chapter 103D — Watershed Districts|Section 103D.621 — Drainage Improvements.

103D.621 DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS. Subdivision 1. Findings. The legislature finds that because of urban growth and development in the metropolitan area problems arise for the improvement and repair of drainage systems which were originally established for the benefit of land used for agriculture. The procedure for improvement and repair of drainage systems now in the metropolitan area should be simplified to more adequately and economically improve and repair drainage systems. Subd. 2. Definitions. (a) The terms in this section have the meanings given them in this subdivision. (b) "Drainage system" has the meaning given in section 103E.005, subdivision 12. (c) "Watershed district" means any watershed district established under this chapter, wholly or partially in a metropolitan county. (d) "Metropolitan county" means any one of the following counties: Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, or Washington. (e) "Metropolitan area" means the combined area of the metropolitan counties. Subd. 3. Drainage improvements. With the concurrence of the governing bodies of the cities and the town boards of the towns where the drainage system is located, the managers of a watershed district where there is a drainage system may improve and repair any drainage system transferred to the watershed district under section 103D.625 by conforming to sections 429.031; 429.041, subdivisions 1 and 2; 429.051; 429.061; and 429.071. Subd. 4. Alternative power. With the concurrence of the governing bodies of the cities and the town boards of the towns where the drainage system is located, the managers may improve and repair a drainage system under the power granted to them in this chapter notwithstanding any provision of chapter 103E. Subd. 5. Appeal. A person aggrieved by an order for improvement or repair by the managers or by an assessment may appeal as provided in sections 103D.535 and 103D.541. History:  1990 c 391 art 4 s 48; 1995 c 199 s 36
MN Stat § 103D.625 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 103A - 114B — Water|Chapter 103D — Watershed Districts|Section 103D.625 — Drainage Systems In Watershed District.

103D.625 DRAINAGE SYSTEMS IN WATERSHED DISTRICT. Subdivision 1. Duty to assume drainage systems. (a) The managers shall take over a joint county or county drainage system within the watershed district and the right to repair and maintain the drainage system if directed by a joint county drainage authority or a county board. The transfer may be initiated by: (1) the joint county drainage authority or county board; (2) a petition from a person interested in the drainage system; or (3) the managers. (b) The transfer may not be made until the joint county drainage authority or county board has held a hearing on the transfer. Notice of the proposed transfer with the time and place of hearing must be given by two weeks' published notice in a legal newspaper of general circulation in the area where the transfer is to occur. All interested persons may appear and be heard. (c) After the hearing, the joint county drainage authority or county board shall order the watershed district to take over the joint county or county drainage system, unless it appears that the takeover would not serve the purpose of this chapter and would not be for the public welfare or be in the public interest. Subd. 2. Status of assumed drainage systems. A joint county or county drainage system that is taken over in whole or in part is part of the works of the watershed district to the extent taken over. Subd. 3. Procedure for repair or improvement. After the transfer is ordered, all proceedings for repair and maintenance must conform to chapter 103E, except for repairs and maintenance done pursuant to section 103D.621, subdivision 4. Subd. 4. Construction or improvement. Construction of new drainage systems or improvements of existing drainage systems in the watershed district must be initiated by filing a petition with the managers. The proceedings for the construction or improvement of drainage systems in the watershed district must conform to chapter 103E, except for repairs and maintenance done pursuant to section 103D.621, subdivision 4. History:  1990 c 391 art 4 s 49; 1995 c 199 s 37,38
MN Stat § 103D.631 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 103A - 114B — Water|Chapter 103D — Watershed Districts|Section 103D.631 — Maintaining Projects.

103D.631 MAINTAINING PROJECTS. Subdivision 1. Maintenance required. The managers are responsible for maintaining the projects of the watershed district in a condition so that they will accomplish the purposes for which they were constructed. Subd. 2. Maintenance fund. (a) The cost of normal or routine maintenance of the projects of the watershed district, and the cost of removing obstructions and accumulations of foreign substances from a drainage system, shall be paid from the maintenance fund on the order of the managers. (b) The managers may assess all the parcels of property and municipal corporations previously assessed for benefits in proceedings for the construction or implementation of the project, to establish a maintenance fund for the project. The assessment must be made pro rata according to benefits determined. An assessment for the benefit of the maintenance fund may not be made when the fund exceeds 20 percent of the original cost of construction or implementation of the project. The auditors of the affected counties shall file a tabular lien statement covering the assessment in the office of the county recorder for the county when the assessment order from the managers is received. (c) The assessment shall be collected as provided in the order in the same manner as provided in section 103E.731. (d) Before ordering the levy of an assessment for the benefit of the maintenance fund, the managers may give notice of a hearing on making the assessment and establishing the maintenance fund. History:  1990 c 391 art 4 s 50; 1995 c 199 s 39
MN Stat § 103D.635 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 103A - 114B — Water|Chapter 103D — Watershed Districts|Section 103D.635 — Repairs And Improvements Exceeding Normal Maintenance.

103D.635 REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENTS EXCEEDING NORMAL MAINTENANCE. Subdivision 1. Technical and cost specifications. The managers shall order the engineer to prepare and submit to the managers technical and cost specifications on the work necessary to restore or improve the project to the desired level of operating efficiency before ordering repairs other than normal and routine maintenance if the engineer certifies to the managers, in the annual report or otherwise, that: (1) a project of the watershed district is in such a state of disrepair that the project cannot be restored by normal and routine maintenance to the same condition as when it was originally constructed or subsequently improved; (2) a ditch or channel must be widened or deepened; or (3) a project of the watershed district must be altered or improved to attain the level of operating efficiency contemplated at the time of the original construction or implementation. Subd. 2. Hearing. The managers shall set a date for a hearing on the report and give notice of the hearing in the same manner as in the original proceeding on the construction of the improvement after receiving the engineer's report. Subd. 3. Assessment. (a) The managers may order the repair or improvement and assess the cost against the benefited properties if, after a hearing, the managers find that the repair or improvement is in compliance with the plan, is necessary to accomplish the purposes of this chapter, and that the cost of the repair or improvement will not exceed its benefits. The cost of the repair or improvement shall be apportioned and assessed pro rata upon all property that was assessed for the construction or implementation of the project. (b) A single levy for the repair or improvement may not exceed the amount of benefits originally determined. The managers shall file a copy of the order for levy with the auditor of each affected county. The auditor shall extend the levy against affected properties as in proceedings for the levy, assessment, and collection of assessments in drainage proceedings conducted under sections 103E.601 to 103E.631. History:  1990 c 391 art 4 s 51; 1995 c 199 s 40,41
MN Stat § 103D.641 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 103A - 114B — Water|Chapter 103D — Watershed Districts|Section 103D.641 — Work Without Bid.

103D.641 WORK WITHOUT BID. If the managers find that the estimated cost of repair, including all fees and costs incurred for proceedings relating to it, is less than $25,000, the managers may have the work done by contract without advertising for bids. History:  1990 c 391 art 4 s 52; 1998 c 312 s 3; 2019 c 50 art 1 s 28
MN Stat § 103D.701 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 103A - 114B — Water|Chapter 103D — Watershed Districts|Section 103D.701 — Project Initiation.

103D.701 PROJECT INITIATION. Projects may not be initiated until the board approves a watershed management plan for the watershed district. The projects of the watershed district that are to be paid for by assessment of the benefited properties must be initiated: (1) by a project petition filed with the managers; (2) by unanimous resolution of the managers; or (3) as otherwise prescribed by this chapter. History:   1990 c 391 art 4 s 53
MN Stat § 103D.715 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 103A - 114B — Water|Chapter 103D — Watershed Districts|Section 103D.715 — Appraisers; Determining Benefits And Damages.

103D.715 APPRAISERS; DETERMINING BENEFITS AND DAMAGES. Subdivision 1. Appointment. After the engineer's report is filed, the managers shall, with the least possible delay, appoint three disinterested resident owners of the state as appraisers. Subd. 2. Oath. An appraiser must subscribe to an oath to faithfully and impartially perform the appraiser's duties. Subd. 3. Duties. The appraisers shall with or without the engineer determine the benefits and damages to property affected by the proposed project, including property owned by the state or a state agency, highways, and other property likely to be affected by the proposed project or that may be used or taken for construction, implementation, or maintenance. Subd. 4. Benefits and damages to state land. For all watershed district projects, benefits and damages to property owned by the state or a state agency, held and used for the purposes described in sections 103E.025 and 103E.315, subdivision 1, must be determined using the procedure provided in sections 103E.025 and 103E.315, subdivision 1. If a state permit is required from the commissioner to construct the project, state land may not be taken, damaged, or benefited until the permit is issued. Subd. 5. Compensation. An appraiser may be paid on a per diem basis for each day the appraiser is necessarily engaged in the performance of duties and for actual and necessary expenses. The compensation shall be set by the managers, paid by the watershed district, and included in the cost of the project. History:  1990 c 391 art 4 s 56; 1995 c 199 s 44,45
MN Stat § 103D.721 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 103A - 114B — Water|Chapter 103D — Watershed Districts|Section 103D.721 — Managers; Determining Benefits And Damages.

103D.721 MANAGERS; DETERMINING BENEFITS AND DAMAGES. Subdivision 1. Authority. The managers may, in their discretion, use the procedure in this section to determine benefits and damages. Subd. 2. Determination. After the engineer's report is filed, the managers, with the assistance of the engineer, shall determine the benefits or damages to the property affected by the proposed project, including property owned by the state or a state agency, highways, and other property likely to be affected by the proposed improvement or that may be used or taken for construction, implementation, or maintenance. Subd. 3. State property. For all watershed district projects, benefits and damages to property owned by the state or a state agency that is held and used for the purposes described in sections 103E.025 and 103E.315, subdivision 1, shall be determined using the procedure provided in sections 103E.025 and 103E.315, subdivision 1. If a state permit is required from the commissioner to construct the project, state land may not be taken, damaged, or benefited until the permit is issued. Subd. 4. Water management assessment portion. The managers must determine the amount to be paid and generally assessed by the watershed district for the basic water management portion of the improvement projects. History:  1990 c 391 art 4 s 57; 1995 c 199 s 46,47
MN Stat § 103D.725 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 103A - 114B — Water|Chapter 103D — Watershed Districts|Section 103D.725 — Benefited Property; Determination.

103D.725 BENEFITED PROPERTY; DETERMINATION. Subdivision 1. Appraiser standards. If the proposed project includes the construction or improvement of a ditch, stream, river, or watercourse, or structures for the control or alleviation of damages from floodwaters, the appraisers shall be governed by sections 103E.311 to 103E.321. Subd. 2. Determining benefits. In proceedings under this chapter, assessments for benefits shall be made based on the benefits to the property because of the project affecting the property. Benefited property must include: (1) all property, including property owned by the state or a political subdivision receiving direct benefits, including assessments for drainage, recreation, commercial navigation, disposal of sewage or waste material, bank stabilization, flood control, land reclamation, prevention of siltation, control of erosion, and maintenance of lake levels; (2) all property that is contributing water or is furnished an improved drainage outlet and all property that contributes waters that are stored, handled, or controlled by the proposed project; (3) all property that is not receiving but needs drainage and that is furnishing waters handled or controlled by the proposed project; (4) benefits to the state by reason of the improvement of lakes, streams, or other bodies of water as a place for propagation, protection, and preservation of fish and other forms of wildlife, that are assessable against the state to the extent and in the manner provided in section 84A.55, subdivision 9, and within the available appropriation; (5) benefits to municipal corporations that occur to the property in the municipality generally and that may be in addition to special benefits to specific property within the municipality; and (6) benefits that will result to property used for railway or other utility purposes. History:   1990 c 391 art 4 s 58
MN Stat § 103D.729 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 103A - 114B — Water|Chapter 103D — Watershed Districts|Section 103D.729 — Water Management District.

103D.729 WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. Subdivision 1. Establishment. A watershed district may establish a water management district or districts in the territory within the watershed, for the purpose of collecting revenues and paying the costs of projects initiated under section 103B.231, 103D.601, 103D.605, 103D.611, or 103D.730. Subd. 2. Procedure. A watershed district may establish a water management district only by amendment to its plan in accordance with section 103D.411, or 103B.231 for watershed districts in the metropolitan area, and compliance with subdivisions 3 and 4. The amendment shall describe with particularity the territory or the area to be included in the water management district, the amount of the necessary charges, the methods used to determine charges, and the length of time the water management district will remain in force. After adoption the amendment shall be filed with the county auditor and county recorder of each county affected by the water management district. The water management district may be dissolved by the procedure prescribed for the establishment of the water management district. Subd. 3. Notification. The managers shall, ten days prior to a hearing or decision on projects implemented under this section, provide notice to the city, town, or county within the affected area. The city, town, or county receiving notice shall submit to the managers concerns relating to the implementation of the project. The managers shall consider the concerns of the city, town, or county in the decision on the project. Subd. 4. Resolving disputes. Unresolved differences between local governments and the managers may be brought before the committee on dispute resolution under section 103B.101, subdivision 10. Within 45 days of receiving the request for dispute resolution, the committee must consider the concerns of the local government. The committee has 30 days after meeting to issue a recommendation to the board for final decision. History:   1996 c 471 art 8 s 1