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SF3678 • 2026

Eminent domain procedures exemptions removal for certain takings of property by a watershed district or drainage authority

Eminent domain procedures exemptions removal for certain takings of property by a watershed district or drainage authority

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Sponsor
Green
Last action
2026-02-19
Official status
Introduction and first reading
Effective date
Not listed

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Eminent domain procedures exemptions removal for certain takings of property by a watershed district or drainage authority

Eminent domain procedures exemptions removal for certain takings of property by a watershed district or drainage authority

What This Bill Does

  • Eminent domain procedures exemptions removal for certain takings of property by a watershed district or drainage authority

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-19 House

    Introduction and first reading

Official Summary Text

Eminent domain procedures exemptions removal for certain takings of property by a watershed district or 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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