2006 Minnesota Code
Chapters 103A - 114B Water
Chapter 103E Drainage
Section 103E.235 DRAINAGE SYSTEM IN TWO OR MORE COUNTIES.

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 county drainage authority. The board where a petition for a proposed joint
county drainage project is filed shall notify the board of each county where property is affected by
the drainage system and request the boards to meet jointly and consider the petition. The boards
shall select five of their members at the meeting to be the drainage authority. At least one member
must be from each board. The drainage authority shall be known as the joint county drainage
authority with a joint county drainage project or system number. A vacancy in the membership of
the joint county drainage authority must be filled by joint action of the boards.
Subd. 3. Transfer of drainage systems to watershed districts not affected. This section
does not affect the transfer of a drainage system to the board of managers of a watershed district
under chapter 103D.
History: 1990 c 391 art 5 s 34