Subdivision 1. Annexation by ordinance alternative. If a determination or order by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency under section 115.49 or other similar statute is made that cooperation by contract is necessary and feasible between a sanitary district and an unincorporated area located outside the existing corporate limits of the sanitary district, the sanitary district required to provide or extend through a contract a governmental service to an unincorporated area, during the statutory 90-day period provided in section 115.49 to formulate a contract, may, in the alternative to formulating a service contract to provide or extend the service, declare the unincorporated area described in the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency's determination letter or order annexed to the sanitary district by adopting an ordinance and submitting it to the chief administrative law judge.
Subd. 2. Chief administrative law judge's role. The chief administrative law judge may review and comment on the ordinance but shall approve the ordinance within 30 days of receipt. The ordinance is final and the annexation is effective on the date the chief administrative law judge approves the ordinance.
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Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 440 - 446A — Municipal Public Works
Chapter 442A — Sanitary Districts
Section 442A.01 — Definitions.
Section 442A.015 — Applicability.
Section 442A.02 — Sanitary Districts; Procedures And Authority.
Section 442A.03 — Filing Of Maps In Sanitary District Proceedings.
Section 442A.04 — Sanitary District Creation.
Section 442A.05 — Sanitary District Annexation.
Section 442A.06 — Sanitary District Detachment.
Section 442A.07 — Sanitary District Dissolution.
Section 442A.08 — Joint Public Informational Meeting.
Section 442A.09 — Annexation By Order Of Pollution Control Agency.
Section 442A.10 — Petitioners To Pay Expenses.
Section 442A.11 — Time Limits For Orders; Appeals.
Section 442A.12 — Chief Administrative Law Judge May Appeal From District Court.
Section 442A.13 — Uniform Procedures.
Section 442A.14 — District Board Of Managers.
Section 442A.15 — Board Organization And Procedures.
Section 442A.16 — District Status And Powers.
Section 442A.17 — Specific Purposes And Powers.
Section 442A.18 — District Projects And Facilities.
Section 442A.19 — Control Of Sanitary Facilities.
Section 442A.20 — District Programs, Surveys, And Studies.
Section 442A.21 — General And Municipality Powers.
Section 442A.22 — Advisory Committee.
Section 442A.23 — Board Powers.
Section 442A.24 — Tax Levies, Assessments, And Service Charges.
Section 442A.25 — Borrowing Powers; Bonds.
Section 442A.26 — Funds; District Treasury.
Section 442A.27 — Effect Of District Ordinances And Facilities.