1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to local government; permitting delegation of
1.3 	duties to board of adjustment; amending Minnesota
1.4 	Statutes 2004, section 18.83, subdivision 3.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 18.83,
1.7 	subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.8 		Subd. 3.Appeal of individual notice; appeal committee.
 1.9 	(1) A recipient of an individual notice may appeal, in writing,
1.10 	the order for control or eradication of noxious weeds.  This
1.11 	appeal must be filed with a member of the appeal committee in
1.12 	the county where the land is located within two working days of
1.13 	the time the notice is received.  The committee must inspect the
1.14 	land specified in the notice and report back to the recipient
1.15 	and the inspector who issued the notice within five working
1.16 	days, either agreeing, disagreeing, or revising the order.  The
1.17 	decision may be appealed in district court.  If the committee
1.18 	agrees or revises the order, the control or eradication
1.19 	specified in the order, as approved or revised by the committee,
1.20 	may be carried out.
1.21 	(2) The county board of commissioners shall appoint members
1.22 	of the appeal committee.  The membership must include a county
1.23 	commissioner or municipal official and a landowner residing in
1.24 	the county.  The expenses of the members may be reimbursed by
1.25 	the county upon submission of an itemized statement to the
2.1 	county auditor. At its option the county board of
2.2 	commissioners, by resolution, may delegate the duties of the
2.3 	appeal committee to its board of adjustment established pursuant
2.4 	to section 394.27.  When carrying out the duties of the appeal
2.5 	committee, the zoning board of adjustment shall comply with all
2.6 	of the procedural requirements of this section.

2.7 	Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 2.8 	Section 1 is effective the day after final enactment.