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� From MN Sta.tute 160.21 Subd. 6.Uncompleted subdivisions. (a)A road authority, including a statutory or home r��le cha.rter city, may remove snow from unopened or private roads in uncompleted subdivisions containing five or more lots, upon adoption of an annual resolution finding that the subdivision developer, due to general insolvency or pending foreclosure, is unable to tnaintain the roads and that public safety may be jeopardized if the access of school buses, public works vehicles, or authorized emergency vehicles, as defined in section 169.011, subdivision 3, is obstri.icted. Snow removal activities are limited to streets reasonably tiecessary for access by these buses or vehicles. (b) Snow removal under this subdivision does not constitute: (1) acceptance of the road fram the developer by the road authority for public use; (2)the opening of the road to public use; nor (3) a use, repair, or maintenance of the road sufficient for the purposes of dedication of roads under section 160.05. (c) The road authority may impose a reasonable and proportionate charge on all properties within the subd.ivision for services provided under this subdivisioii. These charges, if unpaid, may constitute a lien upon the properties within the subdivision and may be collected as a special assessment as provided by section 429.101 or by charter. (d) Where a road has been maintained pursuant to this subdivision,the road authority with jurisdiction over the road, and its officers and employees, are exempt from liability for any tort claim for injury to person or property arising from plowing, maintaining, or otllerwise working on the road and from traveling on the road and related to its rnaintenance or condition. This paragraph does not apply to a claim for inju�y that is aftirmatively caused by a negligent act of the road authority or its officers and employees.