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2021 Minnesota Statutes 83A.04 COUNTY BOARDS NAMING GEOGRAPHIC FEATURES MUST HAVE APPROVAL OF COMMISSIONER OF NATURAL RESOURCES. No county board shall order the change of or establish the name of any lake, river, or other body of water without the written approval of the commissioner of natural resources endorsed on any resolution determining or fixing such name, which endorsement must be made on the same prior to recording with the county recorder. 83A.05 CHANGING AND GIVING NAMES TO WATER BODIES. Subdivision 1.Applicability. A name of a lake, river, stream, or other body of water may be given or changed under sections 83A.05 to 83A.07 except that a name which has existed for 40 years may not be changed under the provisions of sections 83A.05 to 83A.07 . Subd. 2.Petition for name. (a) Fifteen or more legal voters residing in a county where all or a part of a body of wate r is located may petition the county board of the county where the petitioners reside or the body of water is located to change the name of or give a name to a previously unnamed lake, river, stream, or other body of water located within the state. (b) The petition may include any number of lakes, rivers, streams, or other bodies of water to have names changed, or if unnamed to be given a name by the county board. (c) The petition must describe: (1) the location of the body of water; (2) the name, if any, that the body of water has been referred to or known by, or if there is not a name, it must be stated that a known name does not exist; (3) the name that the petitioners desire to be given to the body of water; and (4) the reason for the change of name or f or giving the designated name to a previously unnamed body of water. (d) The petitioners must sign their names and state their place of residence. (e) The petition must be filed with the auditor of the county where the petitioners reside or the body of wat er is located. 83A.06 HEARING ON PETITION. Subdivision 1.Time and location. After receiving the petition to name a body of water, the auditor must present the petition to the county board. The county board must, by order, set the time and location for a hearing on the petition to be held more than 30 days after the order is made. The hearing may be held at any convenient place within the county as determined by the county board. Subd. 2.Water body in more than one county. (a) If the petition describes a body of water located within more than one county, the county boards of the several affected counties must act jointly and as one body and the majority of the joint body must determine the name of the water body under sections 83A.05 to 83A.07 in the same manner as prescribed for the county board. (b) For a water body located within more than one county, the county auditor with whom the petition is filed must forward by mail a certified copy of the petition to the auditor of each affected county who shall present the petition to the respective county boards, and the notice of hearing the petition determined by the joint body shall be published in each county as provided in subdivision 4. (c) The auditor of the county where the petition was filed must make and file certified copies of the adopted resolution in the office of the county recorder of each affected county at the expense of the petitioners. Subd. 3.Petitioners' bond.