Subdivision 1. General authority. Notwithstanding chapter 103D, a local government unit or a watershed management organization which has an approved and adopted plan may undertake and perform emergency projects under this section.
Subd. 2. Declaring emergency. If the joint powers board, watershed district managers, or local government unit find that conditions exist that present a clear and imminent danger to the health or welfare of the people of the watershed management organization or local government unit, and that to delay action would prejudice the interests of the people of the watershed management organization or local government unit, or would likely cause permanent harm, the joint powers board, watershed district managers, or local government unit may declare the existence of an emergency and designate the location, watershed or subwatershed unit, nature, and extent of the emergency.
Subd. 3. Project order. If an emergency has been declared to the extent necessary to protect the interests of the watershed management organization or the local government unit, the joint powers board, watershed district managers, or local government unit may order that the work be done under the direction of the joint powers board, watershed district managers, or local government unit and their engineer, without a contract.
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Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapter 103B — Water Planning And Project Implementation
Section 103B.001 — Citation; Water Law.
Section 103B.101 — Board Of Water And Soil Resources.
Section 103B.102 — Local Water Management; Accountability And Oversight.
Section 103B.103 — Easement Stewardship Accounts.
Section 103B.151 — Coordinating Water Resource Planning.
Section 103B.155 — State Water And Related Land Resource Plan.
Section 103B.201 — Metropolitan Water Management Program; Purpose.
Section 103B.205 — Definitions.
Section 103B.211 — Joint Powers Watershed Management Organization.
Section 103B.215 — Boundary Change Of Watershed Districts.
Section 103B.221 — Terminating Watershed District.
Section 103B.225 — Boundary Change And Termination; Effect On Benefits And Damages.
Section 103B.227 — Watershed Management Organizations.
Section 103B.231 — Watershed Plans.
Section 103B.235 — Local Water Management Plans.
Section 103B.239 — Rule Review.
Section 103B.245 — Special Tax District; Local Government Unit.
Section 103B.251 — Capital Improvements By Watershed Management Organizations.
Section 103B.252 — Emergency Projects.
Section 103B.253 — County Levy Authority.
Section 103B.255 — Groundwater Plans.
Section 103B.305 — Definitions.
Section 103B.311 — County Water Planning And Management.
Section 103B.312 — Identifying Priority Concerns.
Section 103B.313 — Plan Development.
Section 103B.314 — Contents Of Plan.
Section 103B.315 — Comprehensive Water Plan Review And Adoption.
Section 103B.321 — Duties Of The Board.
Section 103B.325 — Consistency Of Local Plans And Controls With Local Water Management Plan.
Section 103B.331 — Authority Under Approved Local Water Management Plans.
Section 103B.335 — Tax Levy Authority.
Section 103B.3355 — Wetland Functions For Determining Public Values.
Section 103B.3363 — Definitions.
Section 103B.3367 — Water Plan Extensions.
Section 103B.3369 — Local Water Resources Restoration, Protection, And Management Program.
Section 103B.341 — Public Drainage.
Section 103B.345 — Resolving Disputes.
Section 103B.355 — Application.
Section 103B.451 — South Dakota-minnesota Boundary Waters Commission.
Section 103B.501 — Lake Improvement Districts.
Section 103B.505 — Definitions.
Section 103B.511 — Administration By Commissioner.
Section 103B.515 — Initiation And Establishment By County Board.
Section 103B.521 — Initiation By Petition And Establishment By County Board.
Section 103B.525 — Establishing District In More Than One County.
Section 103B.531 — Creation By Commissioner Of Natural Resources.
Section 103B.535 — Order Establishing District.
Section 103B.541 — Publication And Effective Date.
Section 103B.545 — Referendum On Establishment.
Section 103B.551 — Board Of Directors.
Section 103B.561 — Voting By Joint County Boards.
Section 103B.565 — Enforcing Ordinances.
Section 103B.571 — Annual Meeting Of District.
Section 103B.575 — Expanding Lake Improvement District.
Section 103B.581 — Termination.
Section 103B.601 — Definitions.
Section 103B.615 — District Officers.
Section 103B.625 — Executive Director.
Section 103B.631 — Performance Of Duties And Expenses.
Section 103B.635 — District Funding.
Section 103B.641 — District Regulations.
Section 103B.645 — Prosecuting Violations.
Section 103B.651 — Definitions.
Section 103B.665 — District Officers And Employees.
Section 103B.675 — Executive Director.
Section 103B.683 — Prosecuting Violations.
Section 103B.685 — Performance Of Duties And Expenses.
Section 103B.691 — District Funding.
Section 103B.801 — Comprehensive Watershed Management Planning Program.