Purpose of the Bill

The primary purpose of this bill is to simplify the rules regarding the maintenance of town roads in Minnesota by removing a specific provision that allows for decisions to be made by town electors regarding abandoned town roads.

Main Provisions

• Repeal of Statutory Provision: The bill seeks to repeal Minnesota Statutes 2024 section 365.10, subdivision 11. This provision allowed local town electors to decide through a resolution whether to open or maintain town roads that have been unused and unmaintained for 25 years or more.
• Implications for Town Boards: Without this provision, town boards will no longer have elector-driven resolutions determining the maintenance of long-abandoned roads.

Significant Changes to Existing Law

• The bill eliminates the elector's power to influence decisions about the maintenance of roads under the town board's jurisdiction through a resolution.
• Existing rights for voters or landowners to petition for establishing a cartway remain unaffected by this repealed provision; such actions can still be pursued under a different statute section 164.08.

Relevant Terms

• Roads
• Maintenance
• Abandoned town roads
• Repeal
• Town board
• Cartway
• Electors
• Resolution