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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
103E.285 DETAILED SURVEY REPORT. Subdivision 1. Report and information required. The engineer shall prepare a detailed survey report that includes the data and information in this section. Subd. 2. Map. A complete map of the proposed drainage project and drainage system must be drawn to scale, showing: (1) the terminus and course of each drain […]
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: […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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
103E.315 ASSESSING DRAINAGE BENEFITS AND DAMAGES. Subdivision 1. State land. Property owned by the state must have benefits and damages reported in the same manner as taxable lands subject to the provisions relating to conservation areas in section 103E.025. Subd. 2. Government property. The viewers shall report the benefits and damages to the state, counties, […]
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 […]
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 […]
