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424B.11 CONSOLIDATING DEFINED CONTRIBUTION RELIEF ASSOCIATIONS; INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTS; FUNDING.
This section applies when all of the volunteer firefighters relief associations involved in the consolidation are defined contribution relief associations as defined in section 424A.001, subdivision 1c.
The successor relief association following the consolidation of two or more defined contribution relief associations must be a defined contribution relief association and the successor relief association board shall establish individual accounts for every active member, inactive member, deferred member, or retired member receiving installment payments with that status as of the consolidation date. To each individual account the successor relief association must credit the amount to the credit of each person by a predecessor relief association as of the date of consolidation plus a proportional share, based on account value, of any subsequent net revenue during the consolidation process.
Unless the articles of incorporation or bylaws of the successor relief association specify that municipal contributions are wholly voluntary or unless the municipalities associated with the consolidating defined contribution relief associations agree in writing to a different municipal support arrangement, each municipality must continue to provide the same amount of municipal support to the successor relief association as the municipality provided to the applicable predecessor relief association in the calendar year immediately prior to the calendar year in which the consolidation occurs.
440.11 STREET NAME CHANGE; ORDINANCE.
The council of each home rule charter city of the second, third, or fourth class may by ordinance change the name of and rename any of the streets, lanes, avenues, public highways, parks, and public grounds of the city. Immediately after publication, the ordinance shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the city is located.
424B.12 MIXED CONSOLIDATING RELIEF ASSOCIATIONS; BENEFIT PLAN; FUNDING.
This section applies where one or more of the volunteer firefighters relief associations involved in the consolidation are defined benefit relief associations as defined in section 424A.001, subdivision 1b, and one or more of the volunteer firefighters relief associations involved in the consolidation are defined contribution relief associations as defined in section 424A.001, subdivision 1c.
The articles of incorporation or bylaws of the successor relief association must specify whether the relief association is a defined benefit relief association or whether the relief association is a defined contribution relief association. If the successor relief association is a defined benefit relief association, the relief association benefits must comply with sections 424A.02 and 424B.10. If the successor relief association is a defined contribution relief association, the relief association must comply with sections 424A.016 and 424B.11, subdivision 2.
If the successor relief association is a defined benefit relief association, the relief association funding is governed by section 424B.10, subdivision 2. If the successor relief association is a defined contribution relief association, the relief association funding is governed by section 424B.11, subdivision 3.
424A.06 RELIEF ASSOCIATION GENERAL FUND.
A firefighters relief association may establish and maintain a general fund within the relief association.
(a) The general fund, if established, must be credited with the following:
(1) all money received from dues other than dues payable as contributions under the bylaws of the relief association to the special fund;
(2) all money received from fines;
(3) all money received from initiation fees;
(4) all money received as entertainment revenues; and
(5) any money or property donated, given, granted or devised by any person, either for the support of the general fund of the relief association or for unspecified purposes.
(b) The treasurer of the relief association is the custodian of the assets of the general fund and must be the recipient on behalf of the general fund of all revenues payable to the general fund. The treasurer shall maintain adequate records documenting any transaction involving the assets or the revenues of the general fund. These records must be open for inspection by any member of the relief association at reasonable times and places.
Disbursements from the general fund may be made for any purpose that is authorized by either the articles of incorporation or bylaws of the relief association.
The assets of the general fund may be invested in any securities that are authorized by the bylaws of the relief association and may be certified for investment by the State Board of Investment in fixed income pools or in a separately managed account at the discretion of the State Board of Investment as provided in section 11A.14.
447.10 TAX LEVY FOR OPERATING AND MAINTAINING HOSPITAL.
The governing body of a city of the first class owning a hospital may annually levy a tax to operate and maintain the hospital. The tax must not exceed 0.00806 percent of estimated market value.
424A.07 NONPROFIT FIREFIGHTING CORPORATIONS; ESTABLISHMENT OF RELIEF ASSOCIATIONS.
Before paying any service pensions or retirement benefits under section 424A.02 or before becoming entitled to receive any amounts of fire state aid upon transmittal from a contracting municipality under section 477B.04, subdivision 3, an independent nonprofit firefighting corporation shall establish a firefighters relief association governed by this chapter.
440.13 COUNCIL MAY VACATE STREETS IN CITIES OF THE FOURTH CLASS.
In any city of the fourth class organized under a home rule charter, the council thereof shall have power by a majority vote of the council to vacate any street or highway, or any part of any street or highway therein, upon the petition of all the owners of lands abutting both sides of the street or highway, or part thereof, proposed to be vacated wherein one end of the street or highway, or part thereof proposed to be vacated does not connect with any other street or highway. If any part of the street or highway proposed to be vacated terminates at or abuts upon any public water, the petitioners shall serve notice of the petition by certified mail upon the commissioner of natural resources at least 30 days before the council hearing on the matter. The notice under this subdivision is for notification purposes only and does not create a right of intervention by the commissioner of natural resources. Except as herein provided all other provisions of the home rule charter shall apply to and govern the proceeding.
447.12 APPLICATION.
Sections 447.10 to 447.13 apply only to cities of the first class that are governed by a charter adopted under the Minnesota Constitution.
447.11 SPECIAL FUND.
The proceeds of the tax under section 447.10 must be placed in a separate fund in the city treasury used only to operate and maintain the hospital.
424A.08 MUNICIPALITY WITHOUT RELIEF ASSOCIATION; AUTHORIZED DISBURSEMENTS.
(a) Any municipality which is entitled to receive fire state aid but which has no firefighters relief association directly associated with its fire department and which has no full-time firefighters with retirement coverage by the public employees police and fire retirement plan shall deposit the fire state aid in a special account established for that purpose in the municipal treasury. Disbursement from the special account may not be made for any purpose except:
(1) payment of the fees, dues and assessments to the Minnesota State Fire Department Association and to the state Volunteer Firefighters Benefit Association in order to entitle its firefighters to membership in and the benefits of these state associations;
(2) payment of the cost of purchasing and maintaining needed equipment for the fire department; and
(3) payment of the cost of construction, acquisition, repair, or maintenance of buildings or other premises to house the equipment of the fire department.
(b) A municipality which is entitled to receive fire state aid, which has no firefighters relief association directly associated with its fire department, which does not participate in the statewide volunteer firefighter plan under chapter 353G, and which has full-time firefighters with retirement coverage by the public employees police and fire retirement plan may disburse the fire state aid as provided in paragraph (a), for the payment of the employer contribution requirement with respect to firefighters covered by the public employees police and fire retirement plan under section 353.65, subdivision 3, or for a combination of the two types of disbursements.
(c) A municipality that has no firefighters relief association directly associated with it and that participates in the statewide volunteer firefighter plan under chapter 353G shall transmit any fire state aid that it receives to the statewide volunteer firefighter fund.
440.135 VACATING STREETS IN THIRD CLASS CHARTER CITY.
This section applies to every home rule charter city of the third class.
In addition to any other method provided by law, the council of such city, upon the presentation and filing of a verified petition signed by or on behalf of any owner, natural or corporate, of any real estate abutting thereon, may vacate any street or segment of street or any portion of the width thereof within its geographical limits, provided only that the street, segment, or portion thereof so vacated pursuant to such petition shall not be longer than the distance intervening between any two adjacent intersecting streets. If any street, segment, or portion thereof proposed to be vacated terminates at or abuts upon any public water, the petitioners shall serve notice of the petition by certified mail upon the commissioner of natural resources at least 30 days before the council hearing on the matter. The notice under this subdivision is for notification purposes only and does not create a right of intervention by the commissioner of natural resources.
Such action of such council may be taken at any regular or special meeting duly called for such purpose and shall be by resolution, and a copy of the resolution duly certified by the city clerk shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder in the county where such city is located before the action shall be effective.
The vacation of any street or segment thereof under this section shall not destroy or interfere with the right of any person, corporation, or municipality owning or having control of any electric light or telephone pole or lines existing upon such street at the time of the vacation thereof or with any sewer or water pipes, mains or hydrants thereon or thereunder to enter upon such street or portion thereof vacated for the purpose of repairing the same or otherwise attending thereto.
447.13 POWER GRANTED ADDITIONAL TO EXISTING POWERS.
The power to levy the tax in sections 447.10 to 447.13 is in addition to all existing powers and taxes that the cities may now levy.
440.14 CONTRACTS FOR LIGHTING STREETS.
In all cities of the first class, the council may award, enter into, and let contracts for lighting the city streets, parks, and other public places, or either or any of the same, for any term not exceeding two years under any one contract. It shall not be necessary, before awarding or entering into such contracts, that provision by budget appropriations or otherwise shall first have been made to meet the indebtedness incurred by these contracts, but provision for meeting the obligation or indebtedness may be made after the letting of the contracts.
447.14 GIFTS FOR FREE MEDICAL DISPENSARIES, PUBLIC LIBRARIES.
A city of the first class may accept, in trust, gifts, devises, and bequests of money or property to set up and run free medical dispensaries for the poor of the city or the county in which the city is situated, and free public libraries for city or county residents.
447.16 APPLICATION.
Sections 447.14 to 447.16 apply to cities of the first class operating under a home rule charter adopted under the Minnesota Constitution.
447.15 ADMINISTRATION OF TRUST; DESIGNATION OF TRUSTEES.
A city of the first class may administer a gift, devise, or bequest to it in trust for the purposes in sections 447.14 to 447.16, as the donor or testator may designate in the will or trust instrument and in accordance with the terms of the will or instrument. Officers of the city or the county where the city is situated who are designated in the will or other instrument creating the trust shall administer it in accordance with the instrument's terms.
435.18 PROVISIONS SUPPLEMENTARY.
The provisions of section 435.17 are not intended to and shall not be construed to repeal or abrogate any of the provisions of the charter of any city of the first class, but are intended to be supplementary thereto and as conferring additional power upon these cities which may be exercised at their option. The cities' liabilities upon this guarantee shall not be taken into account as part of their indebtedness until the amount of the deficiency or collection is determined and only for the amount of the deficiency.
435.56 PROCEEDINGS.
When proceedings for any public improvement are instituted under any law authorizing the same, and all thereof are instituted to the governing body of the municipality at substantially the same dates and the governing body may by resolution determine that these various improvements, although separately instituted, can be more economically completed if consolidated and joined as one project, the governing body shall have the power by resolution to consolidate these various proceedings for these separate improvements, and after the consolidation all subsequent proceedings shall be conducted in all respects as if the various separate proceedings had originally been instituted as one proceeding.
435.191 TIME LIMIT ON IMPROVEMENTS.
When the governing body of a city determines to make any local improvement, it shall let the contract for all or part of the work, or order all or part of the work done by day labor or otherwise as may be authorized by law, no later than one year after the adoption of the resolution ordering such improvement, unless a different time limit is specifically stated in the resolution ordering the improvement.
448.21 EXCHANGE LANDS FOR PARKS OR PLAYGROUNDS.
Any city of the first class in this state, is hereby empowered to exchange for other lands to be used for parks or playgrounds, any lands acquired by the city for parks or playgrounds; provided that at least two-thirds of all the members of its council shall approve such exchange and the board of park commissioners, or other body having jurisdiction and control of parks and playgrounds in the city, shall, by a two-thirds vote thereof, request the council so to do.
435.193 HARDSHIP ASSESSMENT DEFERRAL FOR SENIORS, DISABLED, OR MILITARY PERSONS.
(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, any county, statutory or home rule charter city, or town, making a special assessment may, at its discretion, defer the payment of that assessment for any homestead property:
(1) owned by a person 65 years of age or older or retired by virtue of a permanent and total disability for whom it would be a hardship to make the payments; or
(2) owned by a person who is a member of the Minnesota National Guard or other military reserves who is ordered into active military service, as defined in section 190.05, subdivision 5b or 5c, as stated in the person's military orders, for whom it would be a hardship to make the payments.
(b) Any county, statutory or home rule charter city, or town electing to defer special assessments shall adopt an ordinance or resolution establishing standards and guidelines for determining the existence of a hardship and for determining the existence of a disability, but nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit the determination of hardship on the basis of exceptional and unusual circumstances not covered by the standards and guidelines where the determination is made in a nondiscriminatory manner and does not give the applicant an unreasonable preference or advantage over other applicants.
448.22 CITY MAY BUY U.S. PROPERTY FOR CIVIC CENTER, PARK.
Any city of the first class in the state, or any such city and the county in which it is located, acting jointly, are hereby authorized to buy from the federal government, upon such terms as may be agreed upon between the proper officials of the city or of the city and the county acting together, and the federal government, by written contract, any property owned by the federal government which is needed for a civic center or public park purposes, in the municipality.
435.194 PROCEDURE TO OBTAIN DEFERRED ASSESSMENT.
The homeowner shall make application for deferred payment of special assessments on forms prescribed by the county auditor of the county in which the homestead is located. Where the deferred assessment is granted, the auditor shall record a notice thereof with the county recorder of said county which shall set forth the amount of the assessment. The taxing authority may determine by ordinance or resolution the amount of interest, if any, on the deferred assessment and this rate shall be recorded by the auditor along with and in the same manner as the amount of the assessment.
448.23 COMPENSATION FOR LAND CONDEMNED FOR PARKS.
When any city of the first class in this state, shall cause to be condemned any land for public parks or parkway purposes, it shall thereupon cause to be paid to the owner of this property the amount of damages, over and above all benefits, which may have been awarded therefor, within one year after confirmation of the award or assessment, or the final determination of any appeals therefor, with interest at the rate of five percent per annum, but nothing in sections 448.23 to 448.25 shall take away any existing right to annul and abandon the proceedings.
435.195 TERMINATION OF RIGHT TO DEFERRED PAYMENT.
The option to defer the payment of special assessments shall terminate and all amounts accumulated plus applicable interest, shall become due upon the occurrence of any of the following events: (a) the death of the owner, provided that the spouse is otherwise not eligible for the benefits hereunder; (b) the sale, transfer or subdivision of the property or any part thereof; (c) if the property should for any reason lose its homestead status; or (d) if for any reason the taxing authority deferring the payments shall determine that there would be no hardship to require immediate or partial payment.
448.24 PAYMENT FROM PARK FUND.
Any city of the first class is hereby authorized to pay the whole, or any part, of any award or judgment for land condemned for park or parkway purposes out of the park fund, in case the city has on hand in the park fund, or can obtain by donation, bequest, or otherwise under lawful authority, moneys available therefor.
435.201 MUNICIPALITY DEFINED.
For the purposes of sections 435.201 to 435.203 "municipality" means any city, whether operating under general or special law or home rule charter provisions, and any town.
448.25 ABANDONMENT OF PROCEEDINGS.
Nothing contained in sections 448.23 to 448.25 shall deprive the city of the power to abandon proceedings as now provided by law.
435.202 IMPROVEMENTS ABANDONED.
When a local improvement proposed to be made by any municipality under any procedure is abandoned before it is completed to an extent sufficient to result in benefits equal to special assessments which have theretofore been levied for such improvement, the municipality shall notify the municipal treasurer or the county auditor, whichever is acting as collecting agent for such special assessments, of such fact. Upon such notification, all installments of such assessments and interest thereon which are not already collected or in the process of collection shall be canceled by such officers. However, nothing herein shall prevent the municipality from making a reassessment of any amount not exceeding the special benefits which actually accrue from the improvement to part or all of the properties originally assessed, and nothing herein shall affect the obligations of the municipality to provide funds sufficient to pay any bonds issued to finance the improvement and the interest thereon.
The governing body of the municipality shall also notify the municipal clerk or recorder of such fact, who shall forthwith provide notice appropriate to inform interested persons describing the improvement and stating that it has been abandoned and that any person who paid any special assessments levied on account of such improvement may file a claim, within six months following the date of the notice, for refund of such assessments paid by the person, together with any interest paid thereon. The municipality is not required to, but may, pay such claims filed after the period allowed, and it may require any claimant to furnish satisfactory evidence that the claimant paid the amounts claimed. Such claims may be paid out of moneys in the fund of the improvement which was abandoned, unless obligations have been issued payable therefrom, or they may be paid out of moneys in the general fund.
Any such assessments not canceled under subdivision 1, or not refunded under subdivision 2, shall be transferred to the general fund of the municipality, if not needed to pay costs of the improvement and if not held in a debt redemption fund.
435.203 TRANSFER OF FUND WHEN IMPROVEMENT COMPLETE; REFUND.
Any money now or hereafter remaining in a fund heretofore or hereafter created by a municipality for making one or more local improvements, after such improvement or improvements have been completed and all claims against and obligations of said fund have been satisfied, shall be transferred to the general fund of the municipality; provided that the council may in its discretion authorize and direct the municipal treasurer to refund all or part of such moneys to the persons who paid the assessments for the improvement or improvements, following the procedure set forth in section 435.202, subdivision 2. The amount to be refunded in respect of the assessment against each property shall be proportionate to the original principal amount thereof, and shall be paid to the claimant or claimants who paid the last installment or installments of the assessment aggregating more than the amount to be refunded. No refund shall be made in respect to any assessment which is delinquent as to either principal or interest. Any installment of any assessment which is not collected or in the process of collection at the time when refunds may be made under this section shall be canceled as provided in section 435.202, subdivision 1.
435.22 SPECIAL ASSESSMENT IMPROVEMENT BONDS, SALE BELOW PAR.
Each city of the first class in this state, in addition to all other powers and authorities possessed by it, is hereby authorized and shall have power and authority, acting by and through its council, to sell to the highest responsible bidder therefor for cash, for the par value thereof or for less than the par value thereof, any special certificates of indebtedness or any special street or parkway improvement bonds which the city is or shall be authorized by its charter or by any law of this state to issue and sell for the purpose of realizing funds for the acquisition of lands for and improvement of public streets, parks, or parkways in the city or for the purpose of improving existing public streets, parks, or parkways in the city, notwithstanding any provision of its charter or any provision of any law of this state providing for the sale of any such certificates of indebtedness or special street or parkway bonds at not less than their par value. These special certificates of indebtedness and special bonds may be made to bear interest not to exceed five percent per annum, payable annually or semiannually, the rate of interest to be fixed and determined by the council of the city issuing the same, and these certificates of indebtedness and special bonds shall be sold only at public sale or by sealed proposals upon giving at least two weeks' published notice of the sale.
435.23 REASSESS TAX-FORFEITED LAND BACK IN PRIVATE OWNERSHIP.
Any municipality, political subdivision, or other public authority may make a reassessment or new assessment pursuant to section 429.071, subdivision 4, notwithstanding that the original assessment may have been made pursuant to other general law or a special law.
435.26 CERTIFICATES OF INDEBTEDNESS.
In all cities of the first class where special assessments for sprinkling streets and other public places are collected through the county treasurer's office, the council may, as soon as these special assessments shall have been extended on the general tax lists by the county auditor, by ordinance adopted by a two-thirds vote of all the members of the council, cause to be issued and sold from time to time as money is actually needed for the payment of the expense of sprinkling the streets and other public places of these cities certificates of indebtedness in anticipation of the collection of these special assessments for sprinkling, but the total amount of the principal of all these certificates issued in any one year shall not exceed 80 percent of the total of the sprinkling assessments levied and assessed for the next preceding year.
No certificates shall be made to mature at a date later than the fifteenth day of November of the year following that in which the same shall be issued and the rate of interest shall not exceed six percent per year, payable semiannually. The certificates shall state upon the face thereof that the same are issued for the sprinkling fund and the principal sum of each certificate shall be in the amount the council may, in the ordinance directing the issue thereof, provide.
The interest and principal of the certificates of indebtedness shall be payable solely out of the special assessments on whose account the certificates were sold and the liability of the city on these certificates or the interest coupons issued therewith shall be limited to the faithful and ratable application to payment thereof of the amounts of the sprinkling assessments which shall be collected and paid into the city treasury and as the same are received by the treasury, but interest at the rate of six percent per year shall run upon any unpaid principal thereof after maturity until the principal and the interest accruing thereon shall have been fully paid. The interest and principal of the certificates sold in any year on account of the sprinkling fund shall be a first charge upon the moneys received by the city treasury from the special assessments levied for any other purpose until the principal and interest of the certificates shall have been fully paid or the moneys for the payment thereof have been set apart in the city treasury.
No part of the moneys arising from the sale of any certificates shall be used for any other purpose than that of the sprinkling fund on account of which the certificates were sold.
No certificates shall be sold for less than par and accrued interest or issued after the close of the year in which the special assessments against which the same were issued are payable and no certificate shall be sold or issued more than four weeks in advance of the actual need of the proceeds for payment of orders drawn upon the sprinkling fund to which the proceeds belong.
435.27 APPLICATION.
Section 435.26 shall be applicable to cities governed by a charter adopted pursuant to the Constitution of the state of Minnesota, article 4, section 36, article XI, section 4, or article XII, section 5.
447.33 POWERS.
Each hospital district created or reorganized under sections 447.31 to 447.37 has the powers necessary and convenient to acquire, improve, and run the hospital, nursing home facilities, and facilities described in section 447.45, subdivision 2, paragraph (b), as the hospital board finds expedient. The list of powers in this section does not restrict the power of the board. It may take any action reasonably necessary or convenient to further the purpose for which the district exists which is not otherwise prohibited by law.
Specifically, every district, acting through its hospital board, may:
(1) employ nursing, administrative, and other personnel, legal counsel, engineers, architects, accountants, and other qualified persons, who may be paid for their services by monthly salaries, hourly wages, and pension benefits, or by any fees agreed on;
(2) have reports, plans, studies, and recommendations prepared;
(3) lease, purchase, and contract for the purchase of real and personal property by option, contract for deed, conditional sales contract, or otherwise, and acquire real or personal property by gift;
(4) lease or construct, equip, furnish, and maintain necessary buildings and grounds;
(5) adopt, by resolution, rules for the operation and administration of the hospital and nursing home facilities under its control, and for the admission of patients;
(6) impose by resolution, and collect, charges for services and facilities provided and made available by it;
(7) levy taxes as prescribed in section 447.34;
(8) borrow money and issue bonds as prescribed in sections 447.345 and 447.35;
(9) buy liability insurance for the district or its officers and employees or both, for torts committed within the scope of their official duties, whether governmental or proprietary, and against damage to or destruction of any of its facilities, equipment, or other property;
(10) sell or lease its facilities or equipment as it finds expedient;
(11) have its accounts, books, vouchers, and funds audited by competent public accountants; and
(12) enter into agreements with a city or county with respect to the facilities described in section 447.45, subdivision 2, that are attached or related to a nursing home, are providing supportive services to elderly persons who are not yet in need of nursing home care, including congregate housing, adult day care, and respite care services, and are owned or operated by the city or county.
447.331 STUDENT LOAN; MEDICAL SCHOOL, HEALTH-FIELD PROGRAM.
A hospital district may provide loans for the cost of education and living expenses to students who:
(1) meet eligibility criteria established by resolution of the hospital board;
(2) are enrolled in an accredited medical school or health-related educational program; and
(3) agree in writing to practice medicine in, or accept employment with, the hospital district that has provided the loans for a specified period of time.
No loan may exceed $28,000 to any one applicant. It must be paid in annual installments not to exceed $7,000 per year. No loan may be made to a student who is receiving a similar loan under another program authorized by law. Each recipient shall execute a note to the hospital district payable on demand for the principal amount of the loan and for any interest agreed to by the parties. All other terms for fulfilling the obligation and of breach of the obligation must be determined by the parties and must be fully and clearly stated in the loan contract. If the recipient fails to fulfill the obligation to practice or accept employment, the principal and interest, if any, shall be payable according to the terms of the note.
Subdivision 1 applies to a hospital district organized under special law. A hospital district so organized may spend funds for the purposes authorized by subdivision 1.
447.34 PAYMENT OF EXPENSES; TAXATION.
Expenses of acquiring, improving, and running the hospital, nursing home facilities, and facilities described in section 447.45, subdivision 2, paragraph (b), operated by a hospital district, amounts payable with respect to facilities of the type described in section 447.45, subdivision 2, that are attached or related to a nursing home and are providing supportive services to elderly persons who are not yet in need of nursing home care, including congregate housing, adult day care, and respite care services, under an agreement between the hospital district and a city or county, expenses incurred under section 447.331, subdivision 1, and expenses of organization and administration of the district and of planning and financing the facilities, must be paid from the revenues derived from them, and to the extent necessary, from ad valorem taxes levied by the hospital board on all taxable property within the district, and, to the extent determined from time to time by the board of county commissioners of any county containing territory of the district, from appropriations made by the county board in accordance with section 376.08. Money appropriated by the board of county commissioners to acquire or improve facilities of the hospital district may be transferred in the discretion of the hospital board to a sinking fund for bonds issued for that purpose. The hospital board may agree to repay to the county any sums appropriated by the board of county commissioners for this purpose, out of the net revenues to be derived from operation of its facilities, and subject to the terms agreed on.
On or before September 15 of each year the hospital board shall decide the amount necessary to be raised from ad valorem tax levies to meet its expenses. No later than September 15 the secretary of the hospital board shall certify that amount to the county auditor of each county containing territory in the hospital district. Each county auditor shall assess and extend upon the tax rolls for the year that portion of the certified amount that bears the same ratio to the whole amount as the net tax capacity of taxable property in that part of the hospital district located in the auditor's county bears to the net tax capacity of all taxable property in the hospital district.
Each county auditor shall add the amount of any levy so determined to the other tax levies on property located in the auditor's county and the hospital district, for collection by the county treasurer with other taxes. When collected, the county treasurer shall settle the taxes with the treasurer of the hospital district in the same way as other taxes are distributed to other political subdivisions. The levies authorized by this section are in addition to other county taxes authorized by law.
447.345 TEMPORARY BORROWING AUTHORITY.
A hospital district located wholly outside the seven-county metropolitan area and created or reorganized under sections 447.31 to 447.37 may borrow money by issuing certificates of indebtedness in anticipation of taxes previously levied, revenues, and federal aids. Total indebtedness for the certificates must not exceed $50,000. The proceeds must be used for expenses of administration, operation, and maintenance of the district's hospital and nursing home facilities.
The district may authorize and borrow and issue the certificates of indebtedness on passage of a resolution specifying the amount and reasons for borrowing. The resolution must be adopted by a vote of at least two-thirds of its board members. The board shall fix the amount, date, maturity, form, denomination, and other details of the certificates and the date and place for receipt of bids for their purchase. The board shall direct the clerk to give notice of the date and place fixed.
Certificates must become due and payable no later than two years from the date of issuance. Certificates must be negotiable and payable to the order of the payee and have a definite due date but may be payable on or before the due date. Certificates must be sold for at least par and accrued interest and must bear interest at not more than eight percent a year. Interest must be payable at maturity or earlier as the board determines. The proceeds of the current tax levies and revenues derived from the facilities of the district and future federal aids and any other district funds that become available must be applied to the extent necessary to repay the certificates. The full faith and credit of the hospital district must be pledged for their payment.
435.44 SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS; COSTS SPLIT BY BENEFIT.
Any municipality may, by ordinance, establish sidewalk improvement districts within a municipality, and have authority to defray all or part of the total costs of sidewalk construction and repair by district benefits and apportioning the district's cost to all of the parcels located in the district on a direct or indirect benefit basis.
The governing body of any municipality may establish sidewalk districts on the basis that all areas within each district have safe pedestrian walkways to and from schools and school bus stops, public transportation facilities, and other services to the neighborhood and community.
The total costs of sidewalk district improvements may be apportioned and assessed to all parcels or tracts of land located in the established assessment district on a uniform basis as to each classification of real estate. Where sidewalk widths are wider than the standard width of the district, the additional costs may be assessed as a direct benefit to the abutting property. An indirect district benefit assessment may involve all parcels or tracts of land located in the assessment district without regard to location of sidewalks, as it is deemed that all parcels or tracts of land within the assessment district benefit equally.
The governing body may assess the costs on all district sidewalk improvements up to a maximum of five years on equal annual installments, plus interest on the unpaid balance.
447.35 BONDS.
A hospital district may borrow money by the issuance of its general obligation bonds:
(1) to acquire and better hospital and nursing home facilities including the provision of an adequate working capital for a new hospital or nursing home;
(2) for ambulances and related equipment;
(3) for refunding its outstanding bonds; and
(4) for funding valid outstanding orders.
Bonds must be issued by the procedure and subject to the limitations and conditions in chapter 475 for the issuance of bonds by municipalities. Except for revenue bonds issued under sections 447.45 to 447.50, no bonds of a hospital district are excluded from its net debt by virtue of section 475.51, subdivision 4, clause (5). Except as authorized by special law, the taxes initially levied by any district in accordance with section 475.61, for the payment of its bonds, upon property within each municipality included in the hospital district, must be included in computing the levy of the municipality; but nothing here limits the taxes required by section 475.74, to be levied by the district for payment of any deficiency in its bond sinking funds. An election is required before the issuance of all bonds except funding or refunding bonds. The proposition submitted at the election must be whether the hospital board shall be authorized to issue bonds of the district in a specified maximum amount, for the purpose of financing the acquisition and betterment of hospital and nursing home facilities, or of facilities of other stated types if it is not proposed to use the bond proceeds for hospital and nursing home facilities. Bonds issued by a hospital district do not constitute indebtedness for any purpose of any county, city, or town whose territory is included in the district.
440.37 ROADS OR STREETS OUTSIDE FIRST CLASS CITY LIMITS.
Any city of the first class in this state is hereby authorized and empowered to extend, lay out, open, build, maintain, and repair any road, street, avenue, boulevard, parkway, or other public highway or public park adjacent to any such highway, which may be authorized by ordinance of the city passed by a three-fourths vote of all the members of the council, whether the road, street, avenue, boulevard, parkway, or other public highway be wholly within or partly within and partly without, or wholly without, outside of, or beyond the corporate limits of the city.
435.51 EXTENSION TO PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
A city which is contiguous to any tract of land upon which is situated a public institution of the state is authorized:
(1) to extend the service facilities of any public utility or sewage system thereof beyond the corporate limits of the city to provide service for the public institution, provided the cost of construction of the extension is paid by the state if the state does not itself construct the extension;
(2) to operate and maintain such extension and provide the public utility and sewage services upon payment of compensation therefor by the state in such amount as may be agreed upon by the city and the state.
440.38 ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY.
Any city mentioned in section 440.37 may acquire by gift, devise, purchase, condemnation, or other means any property necessary or convenient or desirable for the purpose of extending, laying out, opening, building, maintaining, and repairing any road, street, avenue, boulevard, parkway, or other public highway or public park adjacent to any such highway authorized in section 440.37.
447.36 ANNEXATION OF TERRITORY.
After the creation or reorganization of a hospital district, a city or town whose territory is contiguous to the district or contiguous to a city or town that is contiguous to the district at any point may ask to be annexed to the district. The resolution is subject to referendum according to section 447.31, subdivision 3. Annexed territory is subject to taxation like other property in the district for the support of its facilities and for the payment of principal and interest becoming due after the annexation on bonds of the district, whether authorized or issued before or after the annexation. If the hospital district has outstanding bonds or has voted bonds that are not yet issued, the annexation must not be requested unless approved by a majority of the electors of the city or town voting on the question at a regular or special election. The hospital board may condition its approval of the annexation upon the contribution, by or on behalf of the city or town to be annexed, to the capital improvement fund or the bond sinking fund of the hospital district, of an amount agreed upon as a reasonable estimate of the proportionate share, properly applicable to the annexed territory, of capital costs previously paid by the district, having regard to contributions previously made by cities and towns in the district and their inhabitants, and principal and interest already paid on bonds of the district. A city or town asking to be annexed may appropriate money or may authorize, issue, and sell its bonds or may accept and spend contributions from private parties to pay the proportionate share agreed upon. Each annexation becomes effective upon the date of adoption of the hospital board's resolution approving the annexation, or on a later date as the resolution prescribes. A certified copy of the resolution must be filed as provided in section 447.31, subdivision 4, for resolutions creating the district.
447.37 POWERS SUPPLEMENTARY.
The powers granted here are supplementary to and not in substitution for other powers of counties, cities, and towns in connection with the acquisition, betterment, administration, operation, and maintenance of hospitals and nursing homes and the creation of hospital districts.
440.40 POLICE PROTECTION.
Any city acquiring any property under sections 440.37 and 440.38 is empowered to afford police protection to any and every such property.
447.38 DISSOLUTION: DETACHMENT OF TERRITORY.
A hospital district created or reorganized pursuant to sections 447.31 to 447.37 may be dissolved upon a petition to the hospital district board. The petition must state the grounds for dissolution, be signed by an authorized officer or officers of the governing body of any city or town included in the hospital district pursuant to a resolution of the governing body, and contain a proposal for distribution of the remaining funds of the district, if any, among the related governmental subdivisions. Except as otherwise provided, a proceeding for dissolution is governed by the provisions relating to proceedings for the organization of districts, so far as applicable. If the board determines that the conditions for the creation of the district no longer exist, that all indebtedness of the district has been paid, and that all property of the district except funds has been disposed of, it may make an order dissolving the district and directing the distribution of its remaining funds, if any, among the related governmental subdivisions on a basis the board determines to be just and equitable, to be specified in the order. Certified copies of the order for dissolution must be transmitted and filed as provided for an order creating a district. The clerk of the board shall also transmit a certified copy of the order to the treasurer of the district. The treasurer shall then distribute the remaining funds of the district as directed by the order, and is responsible for the funds until distributed.
A city or town included in the hospital district may be detached from it by the same procedure provided for dissolution of the district. On detachment, all taxable property within the detached area remains subject to taxation for any existing bonded indebtedness of the district to the same extent as it would have been if not detached. The property remains subject to taxation for any other existing indebtedness of the district incurred for any purpose beneficial to the area to the extent the board finds just and equitable, to be specified in the order for detachment. The proper officers shall levy further taxes on the property accordingly.
447.41 ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION; WITHDRAWAL.
Except cities of the first class, a city or town or any combination of them acting jointly may, by resolution or ordinance, establish and operate a nursing home or home for the aged, and may acquire by lease not to exceed 15 years, gift, devise, purchase, condemnation, or otherwise any property necessary or desirable and suitable for that purpose. The governing body of the city or town may by ordinance make rules and provide for a managing board as it deems necessary to operate the nursing home or home for the aged. A city or town may withdraw its interest in a nursing home or home for the aged with the consent of each city and town having an interest in the home, and shall be paid whatever sums may be agreed upon, having due regard for its investment in the home.
447.42 COMMUNITY HOUSE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.
Notwithstanding any provision of Minnesota Statutes to the contrary, any city, county, town, or nonprofit corporation approved by the commissioner of human services, or any combination of them may establish and operate a community residential facility for persons with developmental disabilities or related conditions, as defined in section 256B.02, subdivision 11.
Community residential facilities established under this section may be administered by a nonprofit corporation, by the political subdivision establishing them or by a community mental health center board organized under section 245.66.
The premises and facilities for any community residential facility may be acquired by purchase, lease, or gift and may be established and operated in connection with existing public and private facilities and institutions.
Any political subdivision described in subdivision 1 may use unspent funds, accept gifts, grants, and subsidies from any lawful source, or apply for federal funds and may use the money for a community residential facility. It may also grant or loan the money to any nonprofit corporation approved by the commissioner of human services for the establishment and operation of a community residential facility.
A community residential facility established and operated under this section must meet all applicable licensure standards established by the commissioners of health and human services.