HF3567 • 2026

Exemptions removed from eminent domain procedures for certain takings of property by a watershed district or a drainage authority.

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Burkel
Last action: 2026-02-23
Official status: Introduction and first reading, referred to Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
Effective date: Not listed

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Exemptions removed from eminent domain procedures for certain takings of property by a watershed district or a drainage authority.

What This Bill Does

Exemptions removed from eminent domain procedures for certain takings of property by a watershed district or a drainage authority.

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Bill History

2026-02-23 House
Introduction and first reading, referred to Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Official Summary Text

Exemptions removed from eminent domain procedures for certain takings of property by a watershed district or a drainage authority.

Current Bill Text

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A bill for an act

relating to eminent domain; removing exemptions from eminent domain procedures

for certain takings of property by a watershed district or a drainage authority;

amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 117.012, subdivision 3.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 117.012, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

Exceptions.

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Notwithstanding chapters 103D and 103E,
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this chapter
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does not

apply
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applies
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to the taking of property under laws relating to drainage or to town roads
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when

those laws themselves expressly provide for the taking and specifically prescribe the

procedure
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. The taking of property for a project undertaken by a watershed district under

chapter 103D or for a project undertaken by a drainage authority under chapter 103E
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may

be carried out under the procedure provided by those chapters
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is legally null and void unless

the district or authority complied with the procedures under this chapter
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.

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EFFECTIVE DATE.

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This section is effective August 1, 2026, and applies to a taking

of property on or after that date.

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