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United States — Minnesota
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This provision requires drainage authorities and related officials to establish, maintain, and enforce perennial vegetation strips and related drainage work rules, and it limits agricultural use on acquired land.
United States — Minnesota
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Drainage projects that would affect state land or water areas used for conservation are subject to these procedures, and the responsible authority must make necessity and compensation findings before taking or damaging the land or water area.
United States — Minnesota
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The drainage authority may work with an adjoining state or country on a drainage project, and the adjoining county or district must pay its share of construction costs and damages.
United States — Minnesota
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If notice is defective or missing for some parties, the drainage authority still has jurisdiction over the properly noticed parties and may continue the proceedings long enough to send a new notice.
United States — Minnesota
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Notice may be personally served at least 10 days before the hearing instead of using the usual method, and notice must be served like a summons in district court civil actions.
United States — Minnesota
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A drainage authority may hold informal meetings alongside the meetings and hearings required by this chapter.
United States — Minnesota
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If the drainage authority does not appear at a hearing, the auditor must continue the hearing and notify the drainage authority of the new hearing date.
United States — Minnesota
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A party cannot rely on a defect or error in a drainage proceeding unless the complaining party is directly affected.
United States — Minnesota
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If a later drainage proceeding uses all or part of an earlier survey, the saved amount must be paid to the proper parties, and the drainage authority must calculate and order that payment when petitioned.
United States — Minnesota
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In proceedings under this chapter, the engineer, assistants, viewers, and viewers’ assistants may enter any property.
United States — Minnesota
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The drainage authority must appoint a competent drainage inspector in qualifying counties or watershed districts, set the appointment period and compensation, and the inspector must examine designated drainage systems.
United States — Minnesota
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The county attorney must represent the county in drainage proceedings and related matters without extra pay, except as allowed by section 388.09, subdivision 1.
United States — Minnesota
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If a drainage system is obstructed, the board must notify the responsible person or public authority, hold a hearing, and may order removal; if not removed, the board can remove it and file the cost as a lien.
United States — Minnesota
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A person must not interfere with drainage systems or plant trees over public or certain private drain tiles without the required permission.
United States — Minnesota
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An enforcement officer may serve warrants and arrest people detected violating the listed sections, and the county attorney must prosecute criminal actions under this chapter.
United States — Minnesota
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This section lets a party appeal certain drainage authority orders to district court and sets steps and deadlines for the appeal.
United States — Minnesota
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This section lets a party appeal certain drainage board orders to district court and sets notice and trial rules.
United States — Minnesota
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In certain appeals involving the commissioner of natural resources, the court may award attorney fees to the party who wins the appeal.
United States — Minnesota
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This provision requires drainage-related records to be kept, indexed, filed, and sometimes transferred or reestablished, and it limits removal of those records unless the board orders it in writing.
United States — Minnesota
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The director must give advice to a drainage authority or engineer when asked.