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374.001 DO NOT APPLY TO RAMSEY OR HENNEPIN COUNTY.
Sections 374.01 to 374.21 do not apply to Ramsey or Hennepin County.
360.93 MINIMAL INSURANCE COVERAGE REQUIRED; MISDEMEANOR.
Any person engaged in commercial operations as defined by section 360.013, subdivision 45, who causes or authorizes the operation of aircraft, with or without the right of legal control (in capacity of owner, lessee, or otherwise) of the aircraft, shall be responsible for determining that there is in force such minimal insurance coverages required by this chapter for the protection of passengers and third persons from damages for personal injury or death, or property damage, resulting in the operation of any such aircraft; provided that in any case and subject to the penalties provided for herein, every commercial operator causing or authorizing the operation of such aircraft shall disclose to such authorized pilot using or operating such aircraft both the limits and extent of any liability insurance coverages that may be applicable to the operation of such aircraft. Whoever violates or fails to comply with this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
381.01 PETITION.
On petition of a town board in the case of a township, or of at least two taxpayers in a section, in the case of a section, filed with the county auditor requesting it, the county board may direct that the township or section be surveyed or subdivided.
360.90 STRUCTURE HEIGHT RULES; FORMS.
The commissioner shall adopt and promulgate, and may from time to time amend or rescind, reasonable rules for the administration of sections 360.81 to 360.91. The commissioner shall prescribe and furnish forms necessary for the administration of sections 360.81 to 360.91.
375.01 MEMBERS, NUMBER OF.
Each county shall have a board of five commissioners who shall be known as the county board and whose terms of office shall be four years and until their successors qualify. In Anoka, Hennepin, Ramsey, and St. Louis Counties the board shall have seven members.
360.91 MISDEMEANOR.
Whoever violates or fails to comply with the provisions of sections 360.81 to 360.91 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and each day a violation continues to exist shall constitute a separate offense.
375A.001 CHAPTER DOES NOT APPLY TO HENNEPIN COUNTY.
This chapter does not apply to Hennepin County.
365.01 1906 BOUNDARIES REMAIN UNLESS CHANGED BY COUNTY.
A town's boundaries on March 1, 1906, remain its boundaries unless the county board changes them according to law.
376.009 COUNTY HOSPITAL DEFINED; MAY HAVE MANY BUILDINGS, SITES.
For the purposes of sections 376.01 to 376.06, "county hospital" means any hospital owned or operated by a county which may consist of any number of buildings at one location or any number of buildings at different locations within the county. The county board of any county that has not established a county hospital may by resolution authorize a statutory or home rule charter city in the county and its city council to exercise the powers of a county and the county board under sections 376.01 to 376.07, in which case references in sections 376.01 to 376.07 to "county" and "county board" refer to the city so designated and its governing body, respectively.
371.01 COUNTIES MAY CONSOLIDATE.
Two or more counties may be consolidated into a single county in the manner provided in this chapter.
372.01 PETITION.
When a petition is presented to the auditor of any county in the following form: "To the county board of the county of ......................, Minnesota: The undersigned legal voters of this county request that the county seat be changed to (here designate the place)," signed by at least 60 percent of those voting in the county at the last preceding general election, accompanied by affidavits of at least two of the signers stating that
(a) the petition signatures are genuine,
(b) they were signed within 60 days before the date of the affidavits, and
(c) when signing the petition the petitioners were legal voters of the county,
and the notice of intention to circulate the petition under section 372.02 was given, the auditor shall immediately file the petition and affidavits, and make, seal, and file in the auditor's office an order for a special meeting of the county board to consider the petition. The order shall specify the time of the meeting, which shall be between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., and at least 15 but not more than 20 days after the filing. The auditor shall also serve a copy of the order upon each member of the board, personally or by mail, at least five days before the meeting.
374.01 COUNTY AND CITY OF FIRST CLASS MAY BUILD COURTHOUSE.
Any county having within its limits a city of the first class may, together with the city, jointly acquire land for, construct, equip, furnish, maintain, and operate a joint courthouse and city hall building.
379.01 ORGANIZATION.
When a majority of the registered voters of any congressional township containing not less than 25 legal voters petition the county board to be organized as a town such board shall forthwith call an election on the question. If a majority of the vote in the township is in favor of organization, the county board shall proceed to fix and determine the boundaries of such new town and name the same and make and file with the auditor a full report of its proceedings in relation to the establishment thereof. Towns thus formed shall be named in accordance with the expressed wish of a majority of its voters. If they fail to request a name, the board shall select one.
When a majority of the resident freeholders of any one, two, three, four, or five congressional townships containing in the aggregate not less than 25 freeholders who are legal voters petition the county board to be organized as a town such board shall forthwith call an election on the question. If a majority of the vote in the townships is in favor of organization, the county board shall proceed to fix and determine the boundaries of such new town and name the same and make and file with the county auditor a full report of its proceedings in relation to the establishment thereof. For the purposes of this section, the word "freeholders" shall be construed to include any person who is a legal voter in any such town occupying real estate therein under the homestead or preemption laws of the United States or under contract of purchase from any person or corporation or from the state of Minnesota.
If the result of an election held under this section is in the affirmative, the county shall arrange for the holding of the first organizational meeting not more than 30 days after the election in the township to be organized.
The county auditor shall have the ballots printed for an election under this section and shall otherwise make preparation for the election including having a notice published in the official newspaper of the county once a week for two successive weeks stating the date of the election and the question to be voted on. The last publication shall be no later than ten days before the election. The cost of the election shall be borne by the county.
372.02 FORM OF NOTICE.
When the order is filed the auditor shall make, seal, subscribe, and file in the auditor's office a notice in the following form: "To the legal voters of the county of (here name the county), Minnesota: Notice is given that a petition is on file in my office, signed by legal voters of the county to the number of (here state number as shown by the petition and affidavits), requesting that the county seat of the county be changed to (here designate the place), and that a special meeting of the county board will be held at (name the place of meeting), on the (state time), to consider the petition, at which time and place any legal voter of the county may appear, in person or by counsel, and be heard." The auditor shall have ten days' posted notice of the meeting given in each town. Proof of posting may be by the affidavit of any person having personal knowledge of the posting. The affidavit shall be filed in the auditor's office and is prima facie evidence that the notice was posted. Two weeks' posted notice of the intention to circulate the petition must be given at the county seat. Proof of the posting shall be made in the same manner as notice of the special meeting of the board.
375A.01 AUTHORIZATION AND ENUMERATION.
Any county may adopt one or more of the optional forms of government provided for in sections 375A.01 to 375A.13. Until the adoption of one or more of the options, each county shall operate under the plan of county government in effect for that county on July 1, 1973. Any of the options may be adopted or abandoned by a county by following the procedures set forth in sections 375A.01 to 375A.13.
(a) An optional form of county government may include any of the following:
(1) an elected county executive to be known as the elected executive plan;
(2) a county manager, to be known as the county manager plan;
(3) the chair of the county board elected at large by all the voters of the county, to be known as the at-large chair plan;
(4) a county administrator, to be known as the county administrator plan;
(5) a county auditor to have the additional powers and duties of county administrator, to be known as the county auditor-administrator plan.
(b) The elected executive, county manager, and at-large chair plans are mutually exclusive, and a county may adopt only one of these plans.
(c) A county may not adopt the county administrator or the auditor-administrator plan while it is operating under either the elected executive or the county manager plan; and a county may not adopt the auditor-administrator plan while it is operating under the at-large chair plan.
(d) A county may adopt the at-large chair plan and the county administrator plan either concurrently or while the other is in force.
371.02 PETITION.
A petition for each affected county, signed by at least one-fourth of those voting in the county at the last preceding general election, giving the residence of each signer, shall be filed with the secretary of state at least 90 days before any general election, requesting the consolidation of the counties named, specifying the name of the proposed new county and the name and location of the proposed county seat.
376.01 ACQUISITION OF LAND.
A county board may acquire land in the county for hospital purposes for patients, other than for persons who are mentally ill.
365.02 TOWN CORPORATION MAY SUE, OWN PROPERTY, MAKE CONTRACTS.
(a) A town is a public corporation.
(b) A town may:
(1) sue and be sued in its corporate name;
(2) buy, take, and hold real and personal property for a public purpose, and convey and dispose of the property;
(3) enter into any contract that is necessary for the town to use any of its powers; and
(4) dispose of, control, and use town property as its residents consider expedient.
379.02 TOWNS, CHANGE OF BOUNDARIES AND NAMES.
The county board may alter the boundaries of towns, or partition any town among other towns within the county by attaching a part of one town to another, or by dividing one town and attaching the parts to other towns, or by forming a new town from the territory of one or more towns, or from territory not before included in a town, whenever it is made to appear necessary or expedient, by a petition for that purpose signed by not less than 20 legal voters residing within the territory to be affected. The county board may, upon notice as provided in section 379.03, alter the boundaries or change the name of any town within the county by attaching thereto unorganized territory abutting thereon within the county, after a petition for that purpose, signed by not less than 20 legal voters residing within the unorganized territory proposed to be attached, is approved by the town board of the town to which the territory is proposed to be attached. No town shall be so formed, having less than 36 square miles, nor have its boundaries so changed as to reduce its territory below that area, unless after such division it shall have at least 25 qualified voters therein, and real estate valued at the last preceding assessment at $30,000 or more; and no town shall be divided or have any part detached therefrom so as to make its area less than 36 square miles, except upon the petition of at least two-thirds of the legal voters residing in one or both subdivisions or parts. The county auditor must notify the state demographer of any boundary or name changes. The county shall prepare an estimate of the population and the number of households in the attached or detached area. The estimate must be certified by the state demographer. The estimate must estimate the population as of the effective date of the county board's resolution and must be so dated.
375B.02 DEFINITION.
"Subordinate service district" means a compact and contiguous district within the county in which one or more governmental services or additions to countywide services are provided by the county and financed from revenues secured from within that district. The boundaries of a single subordinate service district may not embrace an entire county.
381.02 MEETING; NOTICE.
At its next regular meeting after the petition is filed, the county board shall fix a time and place of meeting to consider it, of which three weeks' published notice, containing the substance of the petition, a description of the lands to be affected, and the names of the owners thereof as they appear in the last tax duplicate, must be given. The notice must also be personally served on each occupant of land to be affected by the survey.
374.02 EXPENSE DIVIDED.
The county and city shall share equally in the cost of acquiring land for constructing, equipping, and furnishing the building. The building shall not be constructed or contracted to be constructed, no land shall be acquired, and no bonds shall be issued or sold by the county until the city has been authorized to issue bonds to pay its share of the cost and the ordinances providing for the bond issue have been ratified by the vote of the electors of the city in the manner provided in the city charter or by law.
371.03 PROCLAMATION.
If each petition is signed by the requisite number of persons who are voters in each of the affected counties and, if the petition conforms to the requirements of section 371.02, the secretary of state shall notify the governor of the filing. The affidavits of persons obtaining the signatures shall be prima facie evidence that each petition is signed by persons who are voters in each of the affected counties. The governor shall issue a proclamation at least 60 days before the election, stating that the petitions have been filed, the substance of the petitions, and directing that the question of consolidation shall be submitted to the voters of the affected counties at the election.
376.02 BUILDINGS.
A county board may purchase or construct suitable buildings for hospital purposes for patients, other than for persons who are mentally ill, on any land acquired under section 376.01, and may improve, equip, and maintain these buildings for hospital purposes. The county board may pay for these buildings out of any fund in the county treasury not otherwise appropriated or issue warrants or bonds of the county for payment. The county board may fix the time and terms of payment of these warrants or bonds and the amount of interest to be paid.
365.025 CONTRACTS; TIME PAYMENTS; PETITION ON BIG BUYS.
Notwithstanding other law, a town board may enter into any contract it considers necessary or desirable to use any town power.
The town may buy personal property on a conditional sales contract and real property on a contract for deed. The town must pay for the property within five years.
The seller's only remedy for nonpayment on a contract entered into under subdivision 2 is recovery of the property.
Before buying anything under subdivision 2 that costs more than 0.24177 percent of the estimated market value of the town, the town must follow this subdivision.
The town must publish in its official newspaper the board's resolution to pay for the property over time. Then a petition for an election on the contract may be filed with the clerk. The petition must be filed within ten days after the resolution is published. To require the election the petition must be signed by a number of voters equal to ten percent of the voters at the last regular town election. The contract then must be approved by a majority of those voting on the question. The question may be voted on at a regular or special election.
379.03 NOTICE OF HEARING.
Before acting on any petition mentioned in section 379.02, the county board shall cause 30 days' posted notice of the time of hearing the same to be given within the bounds of the territory proposed to be partitioned, altered, or formed into a new town. Such notice shall include a copy of the petition, and be served on the clerk of each town whose territory may be affected.
372.03 DUTIES OF COUNTY BOARD.
At the time and place specified in the notice, proof of its service having been filed, the county board shall meet to act on the petition. The board shall inquire and determine if any of the petition signatures are not genuine; the signers were not, at the time of signing legal voters of the county; the signatures were not attached within 60 days before the filing; and if any of the signatures have been withdrawn. All such signatures shall be stricken from the petition and deducted from the count, and a list, certified by the board, shall be filed with the auditor. Any competent evidence offered bearing upon the matters committed to the determination of the board shall be received; and any voter of the county may appear, in person or by counsel, and be heard in respect to these matters, under reasonable rules as the board may prescribe.
381.03 HEARING; CONTRACT WITH SURVEYOR.
On the hearing of the petition, all parties interested may appear and be heard, and the county board may grant or reject the application. If granted, it shall appoint a licensed surveyor to make the survey, with whom a written contract for the performance of the work must be made, secured by a sufficient bond executed by the surveyor and approved by the board. Two weeks' published notice of the appointment of the surveyor, specifying the date when the survey will begin, must be given. At the appointed time, the work shall begin, and shall continue without unnecessary delay until completed.
365A.01 TOWNS; SUBORDINATE SERVICE DISTRICTS; PURPOSE.
It is the purpose of sections 365A.01 to 365A.10 to provide a means by which a town as a unit of general local government can effectively provide and finance various governmental services for its residents.
371.04 NOTICE OF PROCLAMATION.
After the proclamation is issued, the secretary of state shall record the petitions, affidavits, and proclamation, and transmit a certified copy of the proclamation, by mail, to the auditor of each county.
375B.03 ESTABLISHMENT OF SERVICE DISTRICTS.
Notwithstanding any provision of law requiring uniform property tax rates on real or personal property within the county, any county in this state, except a metropolitan county as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 4, and any other county containing a city of the first class, may establish subordinate service districts to provide and finance any governmental service or function which it is otherwise authorized to undertake. A function or service to be provided shall not include a function or service which the county generally provides throughout the county unless an increase in the level of the service is to be supplied in the service district.
373.02 POWERS, HOW EXERCISED.
The powers of the county as a body politic and corporate shall only be exercised by the county board or in pursuance of a resolution adopted by the county board. Deeds and other written instruments made by the county shall be executed in its name by the chair of the county board and by the clerk of the board.
379.04 IF GRANTED, BOARD TO FIX BOUNDARIES; MAKE, FILE REPORT.
If such application is granted, the county board shall forthwith fix and determine the boundaries of such town or towns, and make and file with the county auditor a full report of its proceedings in the matter.
375.03 TERMS IN NEW COUNTY OR IF BOARD ENLARGED.
In each new county, and in each county that has an increase of the number of commissioners, a commissioner shall be elected from each odd-numbered district for a term of two years, and from each even-numbered district for a term of four years. Thereafter all commissioners shall be elected for a term of four years, except that elections to fill vacancies shall be for the unexpired term only.
This section does not apply to Ramsey County.
372.04 ORDER SETTING TIME OF ELECTION.
If the names of at least 60 percent of those voting at the last preceding general election remain on the petition, the auditor, after filing the certificate, shall make, under official seal, and file in the auditor's office, an order setting the time for a special election upon the question of changing the county seat to the place designated in the petition, at least 20 but not more than 30 days after filing the certificate.
375B.04 CREATION BY COUNTY BOARD.
The county board of commissioners of any county, except a metropolitan county as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 4, and any other county containing a city of the first class, may establish a subordinate service district in a portion of the county by adoption of an appropriate resolution. Before the adoption of the resolution, the county board shall hold a public hearing on the question of whether or not a subordinate service district shall be established. The resolution shall specify the service or services to be provided within the subordinate service district and shall specify the territorial boundaries of the district.
365A.02 DEFINITIONS.
"Subordinate service district" means a defined area within the town in which special services are provided. The boundaries of a single subordinate service district may not embrace an entire town.
"Special services" means one or more governmental services or additions to townwide services provided by the town specially for the area and financed from revenues from the area.
381.04 DUTIES OF SURVEYOR.
The surveyor shall keep complete and accurate records and field notes of all the work, giving dates, names of assistants, lengths and relative directions of all lines, a full description of the evidence and method by which corners are located or restored, and complete data by which the entire survey can be relocated. Distances must be given in feet and decimals thereof. Durable magnetic monuments must be placed at all restored government corners or as references to the government corners. The surveyor shall make a plat on durable reproducible material, showing the above mentioned facts, so far as practicable, and also all tracts of land affected, with the name of the owner and acreage of each tract. The plat must have endorsed thereon the affidavit of the surveyor to the effect that the survey and plat are correct and accurate.
371.05 NOTICE OF ELECTION.
The notice of the general election must specify that the question of consolidating the counties will be voted upon at the election, and shall state substantially the facts in the petition. The ballots for the proposition shall include the words:
"Shall the following named counties (inserting the names) be consolidated into a single county?
365.04 PROPERTY TO OR FOR USE OF TOWN IS TOWN PROPERTY.
Real or personal property conveyed to a town or to its residents or any person for the use of the town or its residents is town property. The conveyance has the same effect as if made directly to the town by name.
373.03 CONVEYANCES TO COUNTY; EFFECT.
All real and personal estate conveyed by any form of conveyance to a county or its inhabitants, or to any person for the use and benefit of a county or its inhabitants, shall be deemed to be the property thereof. The conveyances shall have the same force and effect as if made to the county by its corporate name.
381.05 PLAT AS EVIDENCE.
If the board approves the plat, its certificate of approval, signed by the chair, must be endorsed thereon. The surveyor shall then file the plat, records and field notes in the office of the county recorder. If an office for the county surveyor is maintained in a building maintained by the county for county purposes on a full-time basis, the plat, records and field notes must be filed in the surveyor's office with a copy of the plat filed in the office of the county recorder. The plats, records and field notes filed under this provision are prima facie evidence that the survey is correct. The surveyor shall pay to the recorder the current fee for filing and recording the plat, records and field notes or plat, as the case may be.
372.05 NOTICE; MANNER OF SERVICE.
When the order is filed, the auditor shall have two weeks' published notice of the election given in all the newspapers in the county, and ten days' posted notice in each town. The notice must be substantially in the following form: "To the legal voters of the county of (here name the county), Minnesota: Notice is given that a special election will be held in the election districts in the county on the (here insert the time), to vote upon the question of changing the county seat of the county to (here designate the place)." The auditor shall serve the clerk of each town and city in the county personally or by mail a copy of the notice, at least 15 days before the election.
375.04 TIE DETERMINED BY LOT.
If two or more persons have an equal and the highest number of votes for the office of county commissioner in a district, the auditor shall give written notice to them to attend at the auditor's office at a time specified. The auditor shall then and there, in their presence, publicly decide by lot which shall be declared elected. The person selected shall be the commissioner from the district.
371.06 JUDGES; CANVASS OF VOTES.
The election judges, in addition to the returns required in other cases, shall canvass, count, certify, and return, as in other cases, to the county auditor the votes cast upon the proposition. The county canvassing board shall canvass and make return of the votes as in the case of votes for state officers. The return must show the result of the vote for and against the proposition submitted.
379.045 FIRST TOWN MEETING; ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
The first town meeting and election of officers in each new town shall be held as provided in sections 365.50 and 367.03, subdivision 1.
373.04 CERTAIN COUNTIES AUTHORIZED TO CONSTRUCT BRANCH RAILROAD TRACKS.
When county buildings, or buildings in which a county is interested with other counties, are on land adjacent to or near a railway track, the county where the buildings are located, may pay from its general revenue fund, or from any money raised by it in excess of its proportionate share for the institution, the costs of procuring a right-of-way for and the building of a branch track suitable for transportation from the railway track to the buildings of the articles and commodities needed by the institution and of persons going to and from it.
376.04 ELECTION.
The question of purchasing and constructing hospital buildings shall be submitted to the voters of any county at a general election. This election must be called by a resolution of the county board. The resolution must state the time of the election, that a county hospital is proposed to be established, the proposed location, and the cost, including equipment, for not more than the amount stated in the resolution. When the resolutions are passed, the county auditor shall immediately notify each town or city clerk in the county that the question of constructing hospital buildings will be voted upon at the time stated in the resolution, in the manner provided under the state election laws.
The ballot must be in the following form:
"For the purchase and construction of hospital buildings, including equipment, to be located at ............... (state location), at a cost not more than .............. (state amount), pursuant to the resolution of the board of county commissioners passed .................. (state date).
To the left of each of the last two words, "yes" and "no," shall be printed an oval or similar target shape so that the voter may indicate by a mark either a negative or affirmative vote. These votes shall be cast in the same manner as votes cast at the general election and counted by the same officers. Returns must be made to the county auditor, and canvassed in the same manner as the returns on county officers.
365A.03 ESTABLISHMENT OF SERVICE DISTRICT.
Notwithstanding any provision of law requiring uniform property tax rates on real or personal property within the town, a town may establish subordinate service districts to provide and finance a governmental service or function that it is otherwise authorized to undertake. A function or service to be provided may include a function or service that the town ordinarily provides throughout the town only to the extent that there is an increase in the level of the function or service provided in the service district over that provided throughout the town.
375B.05 CREATION BY PETITION.
A petition signed by ten percent of the qualified voters within the portion of the county proposed for the subordinate service district may be submitted to the county board requesting the establishment of a subordinate county service district to provide any service or services which the county is otherwise authorized by law to provide. The petition shall include the territorial boundaries of the proposed district and shall specify the types of services to be provided within the district.
Upon receipt of the petition, and verification of the signatures by the county auditor, the county board shall, within 30 days following verification, hold a public hearing on the question of whether or not the requested district shall be established.
Within 30 days following the holding of a public hearing, the county board, by resolution, shall approve or disapprove the establishment of the requested district. A resolution approving the creation of the district may contain amendments or modifications of the district's boundaries or functions as set forth in the petition.
375A.04 EFFECT OF COUNTY MANAGER AND ELECTED EXECUTIVE PLANS.
In any county which has adopted either the elected executive or county manager plan there shall be no community health board as defined in section 145A.02, subdivision 5, library board, park board, hospital board, nursing committee, extension committee, welfare board, community mental health board, day care center board, sheltered workshop board or nursing home board if there be any in the county, or any other administrative board, committee or commission, except for the administration of a function jointly with another political subdivision. The county board shall itself be and perform the duties and exercise the powers of each board, committee or commission enumerated in this subdivision and shall govern and administer the functions of such boards, committees and commissions as fully as other county functions for the administration of which no independent boards, committees or commissions are authorized by statute for counties generally. The county board at its discretion may create boards or commissions to advise the county board with respect to any county function or activity or to investigate any subject of interest to the county. Any such boards, committees or commissions in existence in any county when either the elected executive or county manager plan is adopted shall continue to operate in all respects as formerly until the election and qualification of the first elected county executive or the qualification of the first county manager, at which time they shall cease to exist and their powers shall be vested in the county board. Any existing civil service commission shall not be affected by the change. After abandonment of either the elected executive or county manager plans any board, committee or commission authorized by statute in counties generally may be established as provided by law.
Notwithstanding other provisions of law to the contrary, when a county has adopted either the elected executive or county manager plan, the offices of county auditor, county treasurer, and county recorder are abolished and the offices of county coroner and county surveyor shall be made appointive, unless the changes here enumerated have previously been accomplished or the office in question has been abolished or terminated. Each of the officers whose office has been made appointive shall serve until the officer's term of office expires, or upon the expiration of the officer's present term until the successor is appointed and qualifies. Each of the officers whose office has been abolished shall serve as the head of any department created to perform the functions formerly performed by this office until the end of the officer's term or the first Monday in January following the next general election after the adoption of the elected executive or county manager plan, whichever occurs first.
365.05 DEED OF TOWN LAND; FORMALITIES; INTEREST GIVEN.
A deed conveying real estate owned by a town must be signed by the chair of the town board in an official capacity and attested by the clerk. The deed, witnessed and acknowledged, must give the grantee all of the town's interest in the real estate.
376.05 HOSPITAL AUTHORIZED, CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS.
If a majority of the electors voting upon the proposition vote in favor of purchasing and constructing the hospital buildings, the county board shall immediately purchase, construct, and equip the buildings.
375A.05 AT-LARGE CHAIR PLAN.
Subject to the exclusions cited in section 375A.01, subdivision 2, any county may provide for the office of chair of the board with candidates for the office nominated and elected by all the voters of the county separate and apart from other members of the board, except that the chair of the board selected by this method shall be a member of the county board in all other respects. This option shall be known as the at-large chair plan. Upon the adoption of the at-large chair plan, the county shall be redistricted to reflect the change in number of commissioners on the board. Unless a county had adopted either the at-large chair or the elected executive plan, each board shall elect a chair from among its membership pursuant to the provisions of section 375.13.
The at-large chair plan may be adopted only in those counties which have county boards of five or seven members. The change to a county board of five or seven members may be instituted concurrently with the change to the at-large chair plan in which case the county board resolution, the study commission recommendation or the petition by the voters initiating the plan shall indicate the number of members to be on the board including the at-large chair. If the resolution, the recommendation or the petition does not specify the number to be on the board, the board shall consist of the same number, including the at-large chair as before the adoption of an option, unless the number of the board is greater than seven. If the board is less than five, it shall be increased to five; and if greater than seven, it shall be reduced to seven.
The first at-large chair shall be elected at the county general election following the adoption of the at-large chair plan and every four years thereafter. The chair shall hold office for a term of four years commencing on the first Monday of January following election. The chair shall be a resident of the county and shall be nominated and elected by all the voters of the county in the manner provided by law for the election of county officers.
The salary of the at-large chair for the first year of the term shall be set by the county board not less than 30 days before the first day candidates may file for the office; thereafter, the salary of the at-large chair shall be set annually by the county board at the January meeting of the board; provided that the salary of the at-large chair shall not be less than 120 percent of the salary of the highest paid member of the board of county commissioners. A minimum salary for each subsequent term of the at-large chair shall be fixed by the county board not less than 30 days before the first day candidates may file for the office in an amount not less than the minimum provided in this section.
379.05 AUDITOR TO SUM UP REPORT FOR STATE, MAKE TOWN RECORD.
Each county auditor shall within 30 days after any such town is organized transmit by mail or appropriate digital technology to the secretary of state an abstract of such report, giving the name and boundaries of such town and record in a book kept for that purpose a full description of each such town. The secretary of state shall distribute copies of the abstract to the commissioner of revenue, the state demographer, the Minnesota Geospatial Information Office, the chief administrative law judge of the state Office of Administrative Hearings, and the commissioner of transportation.
372.06 PLACE OF ELECTION; NOTICE.
When the notice is received, every clerk shall have ten days' posted notice of the election given in each election district in the town, substantially in the following form: "To the legal voters of the (here insert specifically the election district), in the county of (here name county), Minnesota: Notice is given that a special election will be held at (here specify the place), in the election district, on the (here insert the time), to vote upon the question of changing the county seat of the county to (here designate the place)." The clerk shall file one copy of the notice, with proof of the posting, in the clerk's office.
375B.06 PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE.
Upon passage of a resolution authorizing the creation of a subordinate service district, the county board shall cause the resolution to be published once in the official newspaper. The resolution shall include a general description of the territory to be included within the district, the type of service or services to be undertaken in the district, a statement of the means by which the service or services will be financed, and a designation of the county agency or officer who will be responsible for supervising the provision of the service or services. The district shall be deemed established 30 days after publication or at a later date as may be specified in the resolution.
371.07 STATE CANVASSING BOARD TO CANVASS RETURNS.
The State Canvassing Board shall canvass the returns at the time of canvassing the votes cast for state officers, and in the same manner. When the canvass is completed the board shall file a certificate declaring the result of the vote with the secretary of state, showing the number of votes cast in each county for and against consolidation. If 60 percent of the votes cast in each affected county is for the consolidation, the secretary of state shall record the certificate and shall deliver a certified copy to the governor, who shall issue a proclamation declaring the result. After the proclamation is issued by the governor, the consolidation is effective January 1 following the general election.
381.06 EXPENSES; ASSESSMENT.
The surveyor shall then make a certified report to the board, showing in detail the entire expense of the survey, which must be equitably apportioned and assessed by the board to the several tracts affected.
373.041 POLICE-OPERATED BROADCASTING STATIONS.
A county may establish, construct, equip and maintain a radio broadcasting station, with land-fixed repeater stations and two-way communication mobile units as necessary, to be used for public safety purposes under the direction of the sheriff. The county may acquire land by gift, purchase or condemnation for use as a site or sites for the station or stations. The county shall exercise its powers under this subdivision in conformance with any statewide plan for a coordinated system of radio communications adopted by the Department of Public Safety after consultation with the professional communications officers representing law enforcement agencies involved in the plan. The Department of Public Safety shall adopt rules to implement the statewide plan.
A county owning and maintaining a broadcasting station under subdivision 1 may, subject to the rules and regulations of the Federal Communications Commission, extend its facilities to any city located in the county, and to any adjoining county and any city in an adjoining county, upon application of its governing body to the county board requesting radio communication and service. All mobile radio equipment and apparatus for two-way communication used for the extended service shall be owned, maintained and serviced by the county owning the broadcasting station. Charges for the service extended to counties and municipalities shall be made on a cost-sharing basis.
All money received as charges for the service rendered under subdivision 2 shall be kept in an account designated the "Sheriff Radio and Maintenance Account," shall not be transferred or apportioned to any other fund or account, and shall be used for no other purpose than the purchase of radio equipment and maintenance of radio equipment and apparatus.
The sheriff of the county owning the radio facilities shall broadcast all police dispatches and reports submitted which, in the opinion of the sheriff, have a reasonable relation to or connection with the apprehension of criminals, the prevention of crime and the maintenance of peace and order throughout the area serviced by the broadcasting station or stations.
365A.04 CREATION.
A petition signed by at least 50 percent of the property owners in the part of the town proposed for the subordinate service district may be submitted to the town board requesting the establishment of a subordinate service district to provide a service that the town is otherwise authorized by law to provide. The petition must include the territorial boundaries of the proposed district and specify the kinds of services to be provided within the district.
Upon receipt of the petition, and the verification of the signatures by the town clerk, the town board shall, within 30 days following verification, hold a public hearing on the question of whether or not the requested district shall be established. The notice of public hearing must specify the special services to be provided within the subordinate service district and must specify the territorial boundaries of the requested district. The notice of public hearing must be published once in a newspaper of general circulation in the town at least 14 days prior to the date of the public hearing.
Within 30 days after the public hearing, the town board by resolution shall approve or disapprove the establishment of the requested district. An approving resolution must specify the special services to be provided within the subordinate service district and must specify the territorial boundaries of the district. A resolution approving the establishment of the district may contain amendments or modifications of the district's boundaries or functions as set forth in the petition.
375.055 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS' COMPENSATION.
(a) The county commissioners in all counties, except Hennepin and Ramsey, shall receive as compensation for services rendered by them for their respective counties, annual salaries and in addition may receive per diem payments and reimbursement for necessary expenses in performing the duties of the office as set by resolution of the county board. The salary and schedule of per diem payments shall not be effective until January 1 of the next year. The resolution shall contain a statement of the new salary on an annual basis. The board may establish a schedule of per diem payments for service by individual county commissioners on any board, committee, or commission of county government including committees of the board, or for the performance of services by individual county commissioners when required by law. In addition to its publication in the official newspaper of the county as part of the proceedings of the meeting of the county board, the resolution setting the salary and schedule of per diem payments shall be published in one other newspaper of the county, if there is one located in a different municipality in the county than the official newspaper. The salary of a county commissioner or the schedule of per diem payments shall not change except in accordance with this subdivision.
(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a resolution adopted by the county board to decrease commissioners' salaries or per diem payments may take effect at any time.
MS 1965 [Repealed, 1967 c 716 s 5]
MS 1974 [Repealed, 1975 c 301 s 16]
Except as otherwise herein provided, all acts or parts of acts, which relate to salaries of county commissioners, in any county having a population of less than 100,000 according to the 1960 federal census, are superseded as of January 1, 1969 insofar as they are inconsistent with this section.
Except as provided herein nothing in this section shall limit the right of a county commissioner to collect and retain any fees, per diem payment made pursuant to subdivision 1, or any mileage or expense allowance, or reimbursement of expenses in attending meetings or in the conduct of the business of a board, commission or committee of county government on which the commissioner serves, which the commissioner is now authorized by any other law to collect and retain in addition to the stated annual salary; or to participate in any group insurance program instituted by the county board for county officers and employees. Members of the county board shall not receive a per diem for service on the board of auditors, the board of equalization, or the canvassing board.
The salary heretofore paid any county commissioner under any existing law insofar as it is inconsistent with this section, which may be found to be unconstitutional or invalid for any reason by a court, is legalized and made valid.
MS 1949 [Repealed, 1951 c 327 s 6]
MS 1965 [Repealed, 1967 c 716 s 5]
The county board may reimburse a newly elected county commissioner for expenses incurred prior to assuming office for attendance at a training or education program which will familiarize the commissioner with official duties.
376.06 SUPERINTENDENT, HOSPITAL BOARD; DUTIES.
A county board which has purchased and constructed buildings for hospital purposes may operate these buildings as a hospital and may appoint a superintendent. The board shall set the superintendent's salary, term of employment, and powers and duties; provide for the management and operation of the hospital; and operate, control, and manage the hospital. The superintendent shall serve at the pleasure of the board. If the board determines that it is in the public interest, it may appoint a hospital board of at least three, but not more than nine members, who may include some or all of the county commissioners except as otherwise provided in subdivision 2. Persons appointed to the hospital board must reside in the hospital's service area and 80 percent of the board members, including any commissioners appointed to serve on the hospital board, must be residents of the county. The hospital board serves without compensation unless the county board authorizes the payment of compensation and reimbursement of expenses for service on the hospital board. Notwithstanding section 375.44, if compensation and reimbursement are authorized, they shall be the same as authorized for service on the local social services agency. Subject to its supervision, the county board may commit the care, management, and operation of the hospital to the hospital board. The county board may provide for the organization and regulation of the hospital board, its duties and the duties of the members, and regulations for the management, operation, and control of the hospital. The county board may lease the hospital grounds and buildings to a nonprofit or governmental hospital organization for terms it considers advisable.
A county commissioner may be appointed by the county board to any hospital board under sections 376.009 to 376.09 except for any hospital board operating a county hospital located in a city of the first class.