11-14-2016 Council Packet - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

(4) the boundaries of the proposed district which shall be encouraged to be as consistent as possible with natural hydrologic boundaries; (5) a map of the proposed district; (6) the number, from five to nine, of directors proposed for the district; and (7) a request for establishing the district as proposed. (b) A petition must be signed by a majority of the property owners within the proposed lake improvement district described in the petition. Governmental subdivisions, other than the state or federal governments, owning lands within the proposed district are eligible to sign the petition. (c) The petition must be filed with the county auditor and addressed to the board, requesting the board to establish a lake improvement district to develop and provide a program of water and related land resources management. (d) The county board shall, at least 30 days before it acts on a petition, send the town board of a town wholly or partially within the boundaries of a proposed district a copy of the petition submitted under this subdivision and encourage the town board to respond to the proposed creation of the district. Subd. 2.Hearing.After receiving the petition, the county auditor must verify the signatures and notify the county board. Within 30 days after being notified of the petition, the county board must hold a public hearing on whether the requested lake improvement district should be established. Subd. 3.Establishment.Within 30 days after holding the public hearing, the county board shall, by order, establish or deny the establishment of the petitioned lake improvement district. An order establishing a district must conform to section 1038.535 and may modify the petition relating to the district's boundaries, functions, financing, or organization. History: 1990 c 391 art 2 s 34; 2003 c 91 s 1 1036.525 ESTABLISHMENT OF 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 be initiated by the joint countyauthority in the same manner as by a county board under section 10313.515 by petition to the affected county boards. History: 1990 c 391 art 2 s 35 1036.531 CREATION BY COMMISSIONER OF NATURAL RESOURCES. Subdivision 1.Petition to commissioner.lf 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, may be submitted to the commissioner of natural resources.