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United States — Minnesota
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This provision sets the steps for awarding a drainage project contract, including notices, bid limits, and timing after filing the order.
United States — Minnesota
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This section lets an interested person ask the drainage authority to reconsider cost estimates or reports when bids or contract costs exceed the stated limits, and it requires the authority to hold a hearing and may let it order report changes.
United States — Minnesota
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County boards must order awarded damages paid before drainage project construction, with some timing and deduction limits.
United States — Minnesota
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The drainage authority must require the engineer to supervise and inspect construction under contract, and must make sure contracts under this chapter are performed properly.
United States — Minnesota
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Bridges and culverts generally must meet the hydraulic capacity stated in the survey report, and several public bodies must build, maintain, or share the cost of certain required bridges and culverts.
United States — Minnesota
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If the drainage authority finds a private road is more cost-effective or practical than a bridge or culvert, it may order one to be built.
United States — Minnesota
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The director may adopt rules for standardized drainage forms and sizes, and must ensure certain permanent grass strips are shown on maps and kept in an inventory.
United States — Minnesota
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The engineer must inspect the drainage work, report monthly in writing, and issue a detailed preliminary certificate; the affected counties then pay 90% of approved work and delivered materials based on that certificate.
United States — Minnesota
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A contractor meeting certain conditions may ask the auditor for partial payment of retained value, and the auditor and drainage authority must hold a hearing process and give notice.
United States — Minnesota
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County auditors may extend contract performance time, and a contractor may apply for that extension in writing.
United States — Minnesota
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A contractor may apply to reduce a bond, but must file the application with the auditor and pay notice-publishing costs; the drainage authority may reduce the bond if conditions are met.
United States — Minnesota
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If a contractor defaults, the auditor must notify key parties, and the work may be reassigned if the default is not fixed; the surety can complete the contract and may get an extension.
United States — Minnesota
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The engineer must report contract details to the drainage authority, and the auditor must set and notice a hearing before the contract can be accepted and paid.
United States — Minnesota
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County auditors must prepare drainage cost and lien statements, and the recorded liability for each tract may not exceed the benefits to that tract.
United States — Minnesota
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Money recorded in a drainage lien statement becomes a lien on the property, with interest, and that lien has priority over other interests unless the board subordinates it.
United States — Minnesota
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Drainage liens must be paid to the county treasurer in installments, with interest set by the board and collected like real estate taxes.
United States — Minnesota
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This section says who must pay certain drainage assessments, when they are due, and when county or drainage officials can extend, collect, or cancel them.
United States — Minnesota
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When a drainage lien is fully paid, the auditor must issue and record a certificate of payment. The auditor may charge 25 cents per description in the certificate, and both the auditor’s fee and the county recorder’s fee are paid from the drainage system account.
United States — Minnesota
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A plat for a tract with a drainage lien cannot be recorded until the drainage liens are apportioned and the apportionment is filed with the county recorder.
United States — Minnesota
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A person with an interest in property subject to a drainage lien may ask the drainage authority to apportion the lien if payments are not in default.