Section 103B.501 — Lake Improvement Districts.
103B.501 LAKE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS. Sections 103B.501 to 103B.581 may be cited as the “Lake Improvement District Law.” History: 1990 c 391 art 2 s 30
Section 103B.505 — Definitions.
103B.505 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Applicability. The definitions in this section apply to sections 103B.505 to 103B.581. Subd. 2. Board. “Board” means county board. Subd. 3. Commissioner. “Commissioner” means the commissioner of natural resources. Subd. 4. District. “District” means a lake improvement district. Subd. 5. Joint county authority. “Joint county authority” means a joint county authority […]
Section 103B.511 — Administration By Commissioner.
103B.511 ADMINISTRATION BY COMMISSIONER. Subdivision 1. Purpose. (a) To preserve and protect the lakes of the state and to increase and enhance the use and enjoyment of the lakes it is in the public interest that a statewide lake-improvement program is established to: preserve the natural character of lakes and their shoreland environment where feasible […]
Section 103B.515 — Initiation And Establishment By County Board.
103B.515 INITIATION AND ESTABLISHMENT BY COUNTY BOARD. Subdivision 1. Resolution of intent. The county board may initiate the establishment of a lake improvement district in a portion of the county under this section. The board must adopt a resolution declaring the intent of the board to establish a lake improvement district. The resolution must: (1) […]
Section 103B.521 — Initiation By Petition And Establishment By County Board.
103B.521 INITIATION BY PETITION AND ESTABLISHMENT BY COUNTY BOARD. Subdivision 1. Petition. (a) A lake improvement district may be initiated by a petition to the county board. The petition must state: (1) the name of the proposed lake improvement district; (2) the necessity of the proposed district to promote public health or public welfare; (3) […]
Section 103B.525 — Establishing District In More Than One County.
103B.525 ESTABLISHING DISTRICT IN MORE THAN ONE COUNTY. Where the natural hydrologic boundaries of a proposed district extend into more than one county, the county boards of the counties affected may form a joint county authority and establish and maintain a lake improvement district jointly or cooperatively as provided in section 471.59. The district may […]
Section 103B.531 — Creation By Commissioner Of Natural Resources.
103B.531 CREATION BY COMMISSIONER OF NATURAL RESOURCES. Subdivision 1. Petition to commissioner. If the county board of one or more of the counties affected has disapproved a petition for creation of a lake improvement district for an area, a petition for creation of a lake improvement district containing information required by section 103B.521, subdivision 1, […]
Section 103B.535 — Order Establishing District.
103B.535 ORDER ESTABLISHING DISTRICT. An order establishing a district must state the: (1) name of the district; (2) boundaries of the district, which are encouraged to be as consistent as practical with natural hydrologic boundaries; (3) water and related land resources management programs and services to be undertaken; (4) manner of financing programs and services; […]
Section 103B.541 — Publication And Effective Date.
103B.541 PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE. Subdivision 1. Publishing establishment order. If a lake improvement district is established, the county board, or joint county authority issuing the order establishing the district, shall publish the order once in the official newspapers of counties where the district is located and file the order with the secretary of state, […]
Section 103B.545 — Referendum On Establishment.
103B.545 REFERENDUM ON ESTABLISHMENT. Subdivision 1. Petition. Twenty-six percent of the property owners within the lake improvement district proposed by the board or a joint county authority on its own initiative under section 103B.515, by petition under section 103B.521, or by the commissioner under section 103B.531, may petition for a referendum on establishing the district […]
Section 103B.551 — Board Of Directors.
103B.551 BOARD OF DIRECTORS. Subdivision 1. Membership. After a lake improvement district is established, the county board, joint county authority, or commissioner that established the district shall appoint persons to serve as an initial board of directors for the district. Subsequent board members must be elected by persons owning property in the district at the […]
Section 103B.555 — Financing.
103B.555 FINANCING. Subdivision 1. Revenue. The county board or joint county authority may undertake projects of improvement consistent with purposes of the district. To finance projects and services of the district, the county board or joint county authority may, only after seeking other sources of funding: (1) assess the costs of the projects upon benefited […]
Section 103B.561 — Voting By Joint County Boards.
103B.561 VOTING BY JOINT COUNTY BOARDS. If a lake improvement district has been established by order of the commissioner of natural resources under section 103B.531, voting by county boards on joint actions of the lake improvement district shall be based on proportional representation for each county according to the proportion of the population of the […]
Section 103B.565 — Enforcing Ordinances.
103B.565 ENFORCING ORDINANCES. If a lake improvement district has been established by joint county action under section 103B.525 or order of the commissioner of natural resources under section 103B.531, ordinances and regulations adopted by joint action of the affected county boards may be enforced in any part of the lake improvement district by personnel of […]
Section 103B.571 — Annual Meeting Of District.
103B.571 ANNUAL MEETING OF DISTRICT. Subdivision 1. Time. A district must have an annual meeting. The first annual meeting shall be scheduled during the month of July or August and be held annually in that period unless changed by vote of the previous annual meeting. Subd. 2. Notice. The annual meeting shall be preceded by […]
Section 103B.575 — Expanding Lake Improvement District.
103B.575 EXPANDING LAKE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. The boundary of a district may be enlarged by complying with the procedures to establish a district under sections 103B.511 to 103B.541. History: 1990 c 391 art 2 s 45
Section 103B.581 — Termination.
103B.581 TERMINATION. Subdivision 1. Petition. Termination of a district may be initiated by petition requesting the termination of the district. The petition must be signed by a majority of the property owners in a district within 30 days after receiving a petition. The county board or joint county authority must set a time and place […]