Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

116A.11 VIEWERS; APPOINTMENT; QUALIFICATION. § Subdivision 1.Appointment. Following the filing of the order for a detailed survey the board or court shall make an order appointing as viewers three disinterested resident landowners of the county or counties affected. § Subd. 2.Qua…

116A.12 SECOND HEARING. § Subdivision 1.Time. Promptly after the filing of the viewers' report and the engineer's survey the auditor, or the court administrator with the approval of the judge, shall fix a time and place for hearing on the petition and the engineer's and viewers' …

116A.13 LETTING CONTRACT. § Subdivision 1.After order filed. After the filing of the order ordering the improvement, the auditor and the county board, in the instance of a county system, and the auditors of the respective counties, or a majority of them, in the instance of a judi…

116A.14 PROCEDURE WHEN CONTRACT NOT LET. Subsequent to the establishment of any water or sewer system, if no bids are received except for a price more than 30 percent in excess of the engineer's estimate proceedings may be had as follows: (a) If it shall appear to the persons int…

116A.15 CONTRACT AND BOND. § Subdivision 1.Provisions. The contract and bond to be executed and furnished by the contractor shall be attached. The contract shall contain the specific description of the work to be done, either expressly or by reference to the plans and specificati…

116A.16 APPORTIONING COST. The cost of any water or sewer or combined system and of any improvement or extension thereof, or any part of such cost, may be assessed upon property benefited thereby, based upon the benefits received, whether or not the property abuts on the improvem…

116A.17 ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE AND FINAL HEARING. § Subdivision 1.Calculation; notice. At any time after the expense incurred and to be incurred in the completion of a water or sewer or combined system, or of any subsequent improvement or extension thereof, has been calculated unde…

116A.18 SUPPLEMENTAL ASSESSMENTS; REASSESSMENT. § Subdivision 1.Supplemental assessments. The county board or court may make supplemental assessments to correct omissions, errors, or mistakes in the assessment relating to the total cost of the improvement or any other particular,…

116A.19 APPEALS. § Subdivision 1.Procedure. Any party aggrieved may appeal to the district court from an order of the board or court made in any proceeding. (a) To render the appeal effectual, the appellant shall file with the auditor or court administrator within 30 days after t…

116A.20 BOND ISSUES. § Subdivision 1.County board authority. The county board of each county is authorized, at any time after the establishment of any system, or the formation of any district under section 116A.02, subdivision 4, to issue the bonds of the county in such amount as…

116A.21 EMERGENCY CERTIFICATES OF INDEBTEDNESS. If in any budget year the receipts of revenues of the system should from some unforeseen cause become insufficient to pay current expenses of the operation, maintenance, or debt service of the system, or if any calamity or other pub…

116A.22 SERVICE CHARGES; SPECIAL ASSESSMENT AGAINST BENEFITED PROPERTY. Charges established for connections to and the use and availability of service from any water or sewer or combined system, if not paid when due, shall, together with any penalties established for nonpayment, …

116A.23 AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT GIFTS AND GRANTS. The county boards may accept gifts, may apply for and accept grants or loans of money or other property from the United States, the state, or any person for purposes of constructing, operating and maintaining a water or sewer or combi…

116A.24 APPOINTMENT AND POWERS OF WATER AND SEWER COMMISSION. § Subdivision 1.Appointment. Any time after the establishment of a water or sewer or combined water or sewer system, or the formation of a district under section 116A.02, subdivision 4, the board or boards or, when a m…

116A.25 PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION. Any properties, real or personal, owned, leased, controlled, used, or occupied by a water or sewer or water and sewer commission or board for any purpose referred to in sections 116A.01 to 116A.26 are declared to be acquired, owned, leased, …

116A.26 CONFORMING WITH OTHER LAW. No action taken under sections 116A.01 to 116A.26 shall be inconsistent with sections 103F.701 to 103F.755 or chapter 115 or 116, or lawful standards, rules, orders or permits promulgated or issued thereunder. History: 1971 c 916 s 27; 1985 c 24…

116B.01 PURPOSE. The legislature finds and declares that each person is entitled by right to the protection, preservation, and enhancement of air, water, land, and other natural resources located within the state and that each person has the responsibility to contribute to the pr…

116B.02 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Scope. For purposes of sections 116B.01 to 116B.13, the following terms have the meanings given them in this section. § Subd. 2.Person. "Person" means any natural person, any state, municipality or other governmental or political subdivision o…

116B.03 CIVIL ACTIONS. § Subdivision 1.Parties. Any person residing within the state; the attorney general; any political subdivision of the state; any instrumentality or agency of the state or of a political subdivision thereof; or any partnership, corporation, association, orga…

116B.04 BURDEN OF PROOF. (a) In any action maintained under section 116B.03, where the subject of the action is conduct governed by any environmental quality standard, limitation, rule, order, license, stipulation agreement, or permit promulgated or issued by the Pollution Contro…

116B.05 APPOINTING REFEREE. The court may appoint a referee, who shall be a disinterested person to take testimony and make a report to the court in any such action. History: 1971 c 952 s 5

116B.06 BOND. If the court has reasonable grounds to doubt the plaintiff's ability to pay any judgment for costs and disbursements which might be rendered against that plaintiff pursuant to chapter 549, in an action brought under section 116B.03, the court may order the plaintiff…

116B.07 RELIEF. The court may grant declaratory relief, temporary and permanent equitable relief, or may impose such conditions upon a party as are necessary or appropriate to protect the air, water, land or other natural resources located within the state from pollution, impairm…

116B.08 REMITTITUR. § Subdivision 1.When applicable. If administrative, licensing, or other similar proceedings are required to determine the legality of the defendants' conduct, the court shall remit the parties to such proceedings. If administrative, licensing, or other similar…

116B.09 INTERVENTION; JUDICIAL REVIEW. § Subdivision 1.Intervention. Except as otherwise provided in section 116B.10, in any administrative, licensing, or other similar proceeding, and in any action for judicial review thereof which is made available by law, any natural person re…

116B.10 CIVIL ACTION AGAINST STATE. § Subdivision 1.Civil actions. As hereinafter provided in this section, any natural person residing within the state; the attorney general; any political subdivision of the state; any instrumentality or agency of the state or of a political sub…

116B.11 LONG-ARM STATUTE; ACTIONS UNDER THIS CHAPTER. § Subdivision 1.Personal jurisdiction. As to any cause of action arising under sections 116B.01 to 116B.13, the district court may exercise personal jurisdiction over any foreign corporation or any nonresident individual in th…

116B.12 RIGHTS AND REMEDIES NONEXCLUSIVE. No existing civil or criminal remedy for any wrongful action shall be excluded or impaired by sections 116B.01 to 116B.13. The rights and remedies provided herein shall be in addition to any administrative, regulatory, statutory, or commo…

116B.13 CITATION. Sections 116B.01 to 116B.13 may be cited as the "Minnesota Environmental Rights Act." History: 1971 c 952 s 14

116C.01 FINDINGS. The legislature of the state of Minnesota finds that problems related to the environment often encompass the responsibilities of several state agencies and that solutions to these environmental problems require the interaction of these agencies. The legislature …

116C.02 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Applicability. For the purposes of sections 116C.01 to 116C.08, the following terms have the meaning given them. § Subd. 2.Board. "Board" means the Minnesota Environmental Quality Board. History: 1973 c 342 s 2; 1975 c 271 s 6

116C.03 ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY BOARD; MEMBERSHIP; CHAIR; STAFF. § Subdivision 1.Creation. An environmental quality board, designated as the Minnesota Environmental Quality Board, is hereby created. § Subd. 2.Membership. The members of the board are the commissioner of administrati…

116C.04 POWERS AND DUTIES. § Subdivision 1.Scope; votes. The powers and duties of the Minnesota Environmental Quality Board shall be as provided in this section and as otherwise provided by law or executive order. Actions of the board shall be taken only at an open meeting upon a…

116C.06 HEARINGS. § Subdivision 1.Process. The board shall hold public hearings on matters that it determines to be of major environmental impact. The board shall prescribe by rule in conformity to the provisions of chapter 14, the procedures for the conduct of all hearings and r…

116C.08 FEDERAL FUNDS; DONATIONS. The board may apply for, receive, and disburse federal funds made available to the state by federal law or rules promulgated thereunder for any purpose related to the powers and duties of the board. The board shall comply with any and all require…

116C.34 BUREAU OF BUSINESS LICENSES. § Subdivision 1.Purpose. The Bureau of Business Licenses shall establish and maintain an information and referral system to assist the public in the understanding and compliance with the requirements of state and local governmental rules conce…

116C.705 FINDINGS. The legislature finds that the disposal and transportation of high-level radioactive waste is of vital concern to the health, safety, and welfare of the people of Minnesota, and to the economic and environmental resources of Minnesota. To ensure the health, saf…

116C.71 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Applicability. For the purposes of sections 116C.71 to 116C.74, the terms defined in this section have the meaning given them. § Subd. 1a.Area characterization plan. "Area characterization plan" means the official plan prepared by the Departme…

116C.711 NUCLEAR WASTE COUNCIL. § Subdivision 1.Establishment. The governor's Nuclear Waste Council is established. § Subd. 2.Membership. (a) The council shall have at least nine members, consisting of: (1) the commissioners of health, transportation, and natural resources, and t…

116C.72 RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITY. Notwithstanding any provision of sections 216C.05 to 216C.381 to the contrary, no person shall construct or operate a radioactive waste management facility within Minnesota unless expressly authorized by the Minnesota legislature. Hi…

116C.721 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. § Subdivision 1.Information meetings. The board shall conduct public information meetings within an area designated in a draft area recommendation report, final area recommendation report, draft area characterization plan, or final area characteriza…

116C.722 LEGAL AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO INDIAN TRIBES. If an Indian tribal council that has jurisdiction over part of a potentially impacted area within the state requests legal or technical assistance, the board shall provide assistance. History: 1984 c 453 s 12

116C.723 CONSULTATION AND COOPERATION AGREEMENT. § Subdivision 1.Requirement. Upon notice from the Department of Energy that Minnesota contains a potentially impacted area, the chair of the council shall negotiate a consultation and cooperation agreement with the federal governme…

116C.724 DRILLING PERMITS; ACCESS TO TEST DATA; PUBLIC MEETINGS; NEGOTIATIONS. § Subdivision 1. [Repealed, 1Sp1985 c 13 s 245] § Subd. 2.Drilling. A permit shall be obtained from the Environmental Quality Board, in accordance with chapter 14, for any geologic and hydrologic drill…

116C.73 TRANSPORTING RADIOACTIVE WASTES INTO STATE. Notwithstanding any provision of sections 216C.05 to 216C.381 to the contrary, no person shall transport radioactive wastes into the state of Minnesota for the purpose of disposal by burial in soil or permanent storage within Mi…

116C.731 TRANSPORTING HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE. § Subdivision 1.Notification. Before a shipment of high-level radioactive waste is transported in the state, the shipper shall notify the commissioner of public safety. The notice shall include the route, date, and time of the s…