Minnesota § 459.20 AUTHORITY OVER PUBLIC WATERS

Minnesota Statutes

§ 459.20 — AUTHORITY OVER PUBLIC WATERS

Minnesota § 459.20

PartLOCAL PUBLIC UTILITIES, ENTERPRISES

Ch. 459MUNICIPAL ACTIVITIES

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Minn. Stat. § 459.20 (2026).

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The governing body of any home rule charter or statutory city or town in the state has, with respect to any body of water situated wholly within its boundaries, all the powers to improve and regulate the use of such body of water subject to section86B.205, subdivision 6, as are conferred on county boards by sections86B.205and103F.801, and to establish and administer lake improvement districts under sections103B.501to103B.581. With respect to any body of water situated wholly within the contiguous boundaries of two or more home rule charter or statutory cities or towns or any combination thereof, the city councils and town boards may, under the provisions of section471.59, jointly exercise such powers to improve and regulate the use of the body of water subject to section103F.751, as are co

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The governing body of any home rule charter or statutory city or town in the state has, with respect to any body of water situated wholly within its boundaries, all the powers to improve and regulate the use of such body of water subject to section86B.205, subdivision 6, as are conferred on county boards by sections86B.205and103F.801, and to establish and administer lake improvement districts under sections103B.501to103B.581. With respect to any body of water situated wholly within the contiguous boundaries of two or more home rule charter or statutory cities or towns or any combination thereof, the city councils and town boards may, under the provisions of section471.59, jointly exercise such powers to improve and regulate the use of the body of water subject to section103F.751, as are conferred on county boards by sections86B.205and103F.801, and to establish and administer lake improvement districts as provided under sections103B.501to103B.581, provided that no home rule charter or statutory city or town may establish and administer a lake improvement district or exercise any of the powers granted in this section if a lake improvement district covering the same territory has been created by a county board under sections103B.501to103B.581. References in sections86B.205,103B.501to103B.581, and103F.801to the county board shall be construed to refer to the governing body of a home rule charter or statutory city or the board of supervisors of a town.