103E.202 PETITIONS. Subdivision 1. Applicability. This section applies to a petition for a drainage project and a petition for repair. Subd. 2. Signatures on petition. (a) A petition must be signed by a requisite number of owners of 40-acre tracts or government lots and property that the drainage project described in the petition passes over, […]
103E.212 NEW DRAINAGE SYSTEM PROJECTS. Subdivision 1. Procedure. To establish a new drainage system under this chapter, the petitioners and drainage authority must proceed according to this section and the provisions applicable to establishment of drainage projects. Subd. 2. Signatures on petition. The petition for a new drainage system must be signed by a majority […]
103E.215 IMPROVING DRAINAGE SYSTEMS. Subdivision 1. Procedure. The procedure in this section must be used to improve an established and constructed drainage system. Subd. 2. Definition. In this section “improvement” means the tiling, enlarging, extending, straightening, or deepening of an established and constructed drainage system including construction of ditches to reline or replace tile and […]
103E.221 IMPROVING OUTLETS. Subdivision 1. Conditions for improving outlets. If a public or private proposed drainage project or existing drainage system has waters draining into an existing drainage system, watercourse, or body of water, and the construction or proposed construction of the drainage project causes an overflow of the existing drainage system, watercourse, or body […]
103E.225 LATERALS. Subdivision 1. Petition. (a) Persons that own property in the vicinity of an existing drainage system may petition for a lateral that connects their property with the drainage system. The petition must be signed by at least 26 percent of the owners of the property or by the owners of at least 26 […]
103E.227 IMPOUNDING, REROUTING, AND DIVERTING DRAINAGE SYSTEM WATERS. Subdivision 1. Petition. (a) To conserve and make more adequate use of our water resources or to incorporate wetland or water quality enhancing elements as authorized by section 103E.011, subdivision 5, a person, public or municipal corporation, governmental subdivision, the state or a department or agency of […]
103E.231 DISMISSING OR DELAYING PROCEEDINGS; PETITIONERS. Subdivision 1. Dismissal. (a) A proceeding under this chapter may be dismissed by a majority of the petitioners if they own at least 60 percent of the area owned by all of the petitioners as described in the petition. (b) The proceeding may be dismissed at any time before […]
103E.235 DRAINAGE SYSTEM IN TWO OR MORE COUNTIES. Subdivision 1. Designation. A petition for a proposed drainage project in two or more counties must be designated as a joint county drainage system with a number assigned by the auditor of the county with the largest area of property in the drainage system. Subd. 2. Joint […]
103E.238 COUNTY ATTORNEY REVIEW OF PETITION AND BOND. The county attorney must review each petition and bond filed with the county to determine if it meets the requirement of the proceedings for which it is intended. The county attorney must review the petition and bond within 30 days after it is filed. The county attorney […]
