1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to the county of Crow Wing; providing for a
1.3 	sewer district and a sewer commission; authorizing the
1.4 	delegation of authority with respect to individual
1.5 	sewage treatment systems; providing for the levying of
1.6 	service charges.
1.7 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.8 	Section 1. SEWER DISTRICT; SEWER COMMISSION.
 1.9 		Subdivision 1.Sewer district. Notwithstanding the
1.10 	provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116A, the county board
1.11 	of the county of Crow Wing by resolution may create a sewer
1.12 	district under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116A, which
1.13 	encompasses the entire area of the county, whether organized or
1.14 	unorganized.  The county board shall have the authority to
1.15 	exercise the rights and perform the duties of a statutory city
1.16 	under Minnesota Statutes, chapters 117, 412, 429, and 475, and
1.17 	sections 115.46, 444.075, and 471.59, or other law with respect
1.18 	to the sewer district.  No action by or approval of the district
1.19 	court shall be required as a condition of the exercise of the
1.20 	powers described.  The county board by resolution may designate
1.21 	areas within the sewer district where special services,
1.22 	including inspection services related to wastewater treatment
1.23 	and individual sewage treatment, may be provided.  Each special
1.24 	service area or combination thereof shall constitute a system
1.25 	under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116A.
1.26 		Subd. 2.Sewer commission; powers reserved to county
2.1 	board; delegation. Upon creation of the sewer district
2.2 	described in subdivision 1, the county board shall provide for
2.3 	the appointment of a sewer commission, in accordance with the
2.4 	requirements of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116A.  Neither the
2.5 	approval nor the waiver of the county board, nor confirmation by
2.6 	order of the district court, shall be required for the sewer
2.7 	commission to exercise the powers set forth in Minnesota
2.8 	Statutes, section 116A.24; provided that the county board shall
2.9 	be reserved the power to:
2.10 	(1) levy special assessments for sewer improvements in the
2.11 	sewer district or portion thereof;
2.12 	(2) establish a system of rates and charges for use of the
2.13 	sewer system upon the recommendation of the commission; and 
2.14 	(3) issue general obligation bonds to defray in whole or in
2.15 	part the costs of establishment, construction, improvement, or
2.16 	extension of a sewer system.
2.17 	The county board by resolution may delegate to the sewer
2.18 	commission all or a portion of its administrative and
2.19 	enforcement obligations with respect to individual sewage
2.20 	treatment systems under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 115, or
2.21 	other law.
2.22 		Subd. 3.Charges. Upon adoption of the next annual
2.23 	budget following the appointment of the sewer commission, the
2.24 	county board may include in the budget appropriate provisions
2.25 	for the operation of the commission and its activities described
2.26 	in subdivision 2, including, as deemed appropriate by the county
2.27 	board upon the recommendation of the commission, either a
2.28 	property tax levied only on property within a system created
2.29 	pursuant to subdivision 1, or a levy of a service charge against
2.30 	the users of a service provided within the district or a portion
2.31 	thereof, or any combination of a property tax and a service
2.32 	charge.
2.33 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day after
2.34 	compliance with Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021, subdivision
2.35 	2.