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Subd. 2.Effective date. Establishment of the lake improvement district is effective 30 days after publication or at a later date, if specified in the establishment order. History: 1990 c 391 art 2 s 38 103B.545 REFERENDUM ON ESTABLISHMENT. Subdivision I.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 1036.515, by petition under section 103B.521, or by the commissioner under section 103B.531, may petition for a referendum on establishing the district before the effective date of its establishment. After receiving the petition, the county board, joint county authority, or commissioner that proposed establishing the district must issue an order staying the establishment until a referendum vote is taken of all qualified voters and property owners within the proposed lake improvement district. Subd. 2.Election.The county board or joint county authority shall conduct a special election in July or August after receiving the referendum petition. The special election must be held within the proposed lake improvement district. The county auditor shall administer the special election. Subd. 3.Question submitted to voters.The question to be submitted and voted upon by the qualified voters and property owners within the proposed lake improvement district must be stated substantially as follows: "Should a lake improvement district be established to provide (description of intended water and related land resources improvements) and financed by (description of revenue sources)?" Subd. 4.Certification of vote and establishment.The county auditor must certify the vote on the question submitted. If a majority of those voting on the question favor establishing the proposed lake improvement district, the stay on establishing the district is lifted. If a majority of those voting on the question do not favor establishing the proposed lake improvement district, the establishment is denied. History: 1990 c 391 art 2 s 39; 2000 c 396 s 2 10313.551 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 annual meeting of the district. The number, qualifications, terms of office, and method of election, removal, and filling of vacancies of directors shall be as provided in the order creating the board of directors. The initial and all subsequent boards of directors must include persons owning property within the district, and a majority of the directors must be residents of the district. Subd. 2.Compensation.The directors shall serve with compensation as determined by the property owners at the annual meeting and may be reimbursed for their actual expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties in the manner provided for county employees.