2025 Session
Last amended: 2024 session
§ 103D.701 — Project Initiation
Plain-Language Summary
No watershed district project can start until the Board of Water and Soil Resources approves the district's management plan. Projects are started either by a petition filed with the managers, by a majority vote of the board of managers, or as otherwise allowed by the Watershed Law.
103D.701 PROJECT INITIATION.
Projects may not be initiated until the board approves a watershed management plan for the watershed district. A project of the watershed district must be initiated:
(1) by a project petition filed with the managers;
(2) by resolution of a majority of the members of the board of managers; or
(3) as otherwise prescribed by this chapter.
History:
1990 c 391 art 4 s 53; 2024 c 90 art 3 s 45
History: History: 1990 c 391 art 4 s 53; 2024 c 90 art 3 s 45
Practical Notes
This is a threshold requirement: the management plan must be approved before any projects can begin. Property owners, county boards, or city governing bodies can initiate projects by petition. Managers can also start projects on their own by majority resolution.