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389.09 APPROVAL OF PLATS AND SURVEYS AND CONDOMINIUM PLATS.
In any county in which there is a county surveyor or other licensed land surveyor hired for this purpose by the county, the county board may, by ordinance adopted in accordance with section 375.51, require that each subdivision plat, registered land survey, and common interest community plat be approved by the county surveyor or other licensed land surveyor hired for this purpose by the county before recording. The county board shall establish a schedule of fees charged to proprietors of plats for this service.
MS 2014 [Repealed, 2015 c 7 s 15]
386.03 RECEPTION INDEX.
Every county recorder shall keep an index, to be denominated as a grantor's and grantee's reception index, which shall contain the following information: date of reception, year, month, day, hour and minute, grantor and grantee, where situated, to whom delivered after recording, fees received, instrument number, and kind of instrument.
The recorder shall enter in the index, in the order and manner aforesaid, as soon as the same are received, all deeds and other instruments authorized by law to be recorded. The reception index shall be maintained in alphabetical order, and every entry made therein shall be made in the reception index under the grantor's surname, and under the grantee's surname, and all such entries shall appear therein consecutively and in the order as to time in which the instruments were received. The recorder shall make an entry in the record immediately for each instrument recorded specifying the time of the day, month, and year when the same was recorded.
383E.28 PAYMENT PROCEDURES FOR COUNTY OBLIGATIONS.
The Anoka County Board may provide procedures for the payment of all or any class of county obligations by the county auditor without presentation to the board. The procedures shall include regular and frequent review of the auditor's action by the board.
383B.122 SUPERINTENDENT.
The board may employ a superintendent for the corrections facility. The superintendent shall manage the land, structures, and equipment of the corrections facility, and shall direct the work of all personnel employed at or in connection with the operation of the corrections facility and the conduct of all activities at the corrections facility.
388.10 ASSISTANTS.
The county attorney of any county in this state who has no assistant is hereby authorized to appoint, with the consent of the county board of the county, one or more attorneys for assistance in the performance of duties. Each assistant shall have the same duties and be subject to the same liabilities as the county attorney and hold office during the pleasure of the county attorney. Each assistant shall be appointed in writing and the assistant's oath and appointment shall be recorded with the county recorder. The county board of such county shall fix the salary of each assistant county attorney appointed pursuant to the provisions of this section, and the salary when so fixed by such county board shall thereafter be paid by the county in equal monthly installments upon the warrant of the county auditor during the period for which such salary is so fixed or during such portion thereof as an assistant county attorney continues in office.
390.011 AUTONOMY.
The coroner or medical examiner is an independent official of the county, subject only to appointment, removal, and budgeting by the county board.
383C.048 COMMISSION MAY SUBPOENA WITNESSES.
In an investigation conducted pursuant to sections 383C.03 to 383C.056 by the human resources director or designee, the civil service commission shall have the power to subpoena and require the attendance of witnesses and the production of evidence pertinent to the investigation and to administer oaths to such witnesses.
383D.49 AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, Dakota County may provide financial and accounting services, including payroll management and records, to the Dakota County Agricultural Society and may determine that employees of the society are county employees for the purposes of section 471.61. Dakota County Agricultural Society employees are not county employees for any other purpose.
387.11 COUNTY JAIL.
The sheriff shall have the charge and custody of the county jail and receive and safely keep therein all persons lawfully committed thereto and not release any person therefrom unless discharged by due course of law.
385.11 SURETIES.
The county board shall not accept, and shall not approve, as sureties upon the bonds of depositories, stockholders or owners of such depositories, unless they are satisfied, upon full investigation, that their responsibility would in no wise be affected by the failure of the bank or banker in behalf of which the stockholders or owners sign as sureties.
388.103 ASSISTANTS AND DEPUTY SHERIFFS.
The board of county commissioners of any county in which a training camp is established for active training of military or naval forces, or of any adjoining county, may declare an emergency and, in addition to any salaries heretofore authorized by law for assistant county attorneys and deputy sheriffs, may authorize, fix, and pay the salaries of such additional assistant county attorneys and deputy sheriffs as the board deems necessary during such emergency.
383B.123 RULES.
The superintendent of the corrections facility shall, subject to the approval of the board, adopt rules, regulations, and procedures necessary for:
(1) implementing the provisions of sections 383B.121 to 383B.123;
(2) providing for the secure confinement, health, and safety of, and the provision of programs and services for inmates of the corrections facility; and
(3) complying with the laws of the state and provisions of the federal and state constitutions applicable to the status and rights of inmates of corrections facilities.
386.04 NUMERICAL REGISTER AND RECEPTION INDEX.
The board of county commissioners of any county in this state wherein the recorder's office keeps a deed index and mortgage index are hereby authorized to combine the reception index required by section 386.03 and the consecutive index required by section 386.32, the record book to be designated the Numerical Register and Reception Indexes, or designated the Numerical Register and Reception Indexes for use with electronic media. The record shall include the date of reception; number of instrument; grantor; grantee; where the land is situated; the month, day, year, and hour and whether a.m. or p.m.; to whom it will be delivered; where it is recorded; kind of instrument; and fees received.
The recorder shall make the entries in this book or index in accordance with the requirements of sections 386.03 and 386.32 either by manual or electronic means.
410.03 EXISTING CHARTERS PRESERVED.
Until otherwise provided in accordance with this chapter, all cities existing at the time of the taking effect of the Revised Laws 1905 shall continue to be governed by the laws then applicable thereto.
384.154 REPEAL.
Except as otherwise herein provided, all existing acts or parts of acts, which relate to salaries of county auditors, in all counties of the state having less than 50,000 inhabitants according to the last federal census are hereby repealed in so far as they are inconsistent with section 384.151.
390.012 JURISDICTION.
The coroner or medical examiner of the county in which a person dies or is pronounced dead shall have jurisdiction over the death, regardless of where any injury that resulted in the death occurred. The place where death is pronounced is deemed to be the place where death occurred. If the place of death is unknown but the dead body is found in Minnesota, the place where the body is found is considered the place of death. If the date of death is unknown, the date the body is found is considered the date of death, but only for purposes of this chapter. When a death occurs in a moving conveyance and the body is first removed in Minnesota, documentation of death must be filed in Minnesota and the place of death is considered the place where the body is first removed from the conveyance.
410.04 HOME RULE CHARTERS; PATROL LIMITS.
Any city in the state may frame a city charter for its own government in the manner hereinafter prescribed; provided, that in such cities having patrol limits established by charter, such limits shall not be altered unless the charter proposing such alteration be adopted by a three-fourths majority.
383B.124 WORK RELEASE PROGRAM.
The provisions of the inmate work release program set out in section 631.425 shall be applicable to the inmates of the corrections facility and, for the purposes of application of the statute to the inmates and personnel of the corrections facility, the superintendent shall be a "sheriff," and the corrections facility shall be a "jail."
387.12 MAY CONVEY PRISONERS.
The sheriff or other officer who legally arrests a person in any county may pass through any other county by the sheriff deemed necessary to convey such person to the place commanded by the process under which the arrest was made.
383D.61 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
Notwithstanding any provision of section 394.23 to the contrary, the Board of County Commissioners of the county of Dakota may prepare a comprehensive plan for the orderly future physical development of any area of the county or parts thereof. The plan, which may include text and maps, shall be approved and certified by the board and when so certified by the board shall be referred to as the comprehensive plan. The plan may thereafter be amended or added to by the board.
386.05 TRACT INDEX BOOKS.
Every county board shall procure at the expense of its county, and keep in the office of the county recorder suitable books or electronic media so as to allow information to be arranged or retrieved by the description of each section of land or sectional lot, and town or city lot and block arranged in numerical order, give appropriate initial or abbreviation for the type of instrument, and recite the book and page or the recorded document number by which every record affecting the title to the whole or any part thereof may be found. Such tract index shall be kept as one of the records in the office of the county recorder, and such recorder shall note therein the date, time, and minute of every instrument affecting the title to any land filed for record, to be made opposite to each parcel of land the title to which may be affected by such instrument. Instead of causing a tract index to be made, the board may purchase any existing tract index or abstracts; and thereafter the recorder shall make the appropriate entries therein. In either case, the recorder may make abstracts for persons demanding the same.
385.12 DEPOSIT IN OFFICIAL CAPACITY; FAILURE.
No county treasurer shall deposit any public funds in the treasurer's individual name, or in any other capacity than as treasurer, under the penalty of $500 for each deposit so made.
385.13 PUBLIC FUNDS KEPT SEPARATE.
The public funds shall at all times be kept separate from any private funds of the treasurer or any private person, and all amounts found at any time in any of the county treasuries of the state, or officially deposited by the county treasurers, shall be deemed public funds, and, if in excess of the amount properly called for by the auditor's and treasurer's books and accounts, shall be turned over by the county board or by the state auditor to the county revenue fund.
387.13 PROHIBITIONS.
No sheriff or deputy sheriff shall appear or practice as an attorney, solicitor, or counselor at law in any court, or draw or fill up any process, pleading, or paper for any party in any action or proceeding, nor, with intent to be employed in the collection of any demand or the service of any process, advise or counsel any person to commence an action or proceeding. This prohibition does not apply to a deputy sheriff who is acting with the approval of the appointing sheriff and whose law enforcement duties do not have a material nexus with potential legal proceedings for which the deputy sheriff counsels clients. A sheriff is not eligible to hold other elective office. A sheriff or deputy sheriff violating this section is guilty of a petty misdemeanor.
383D.63 PLANNING ADVISORY COMMISSION.
Notwithstanding provisions of section 394.30, subdivision 1, to the contrary, the Dakota County Board of Commissioners may, if it wishes to avail itself of the authority granted by sections 394.21 to 394.37, create a planning advisory commission composed of two appointees from each Dakota County commissioner district. Such appointments shall be annual.
388.11 LAW PARTNER NOT TO DEFEND.
No law partner of the county attorney, or attorney having an office with the county attorney, shall appear for the defendant in any criminal action which it is the duty of the county attorney to prosecute.
383C.05 POLITICAL ACTIVITY.
No officer or employee in the classified service is under any obligation to contribute to any political fund or to render any political service to any person or body whatsoever and no person shall be removed, reduced in grade, or salary, or otherwise prejudiced for refusal to do so. No public officer whether elected or appointed shall discharge, promote, demote, or in any manner change the official rank of the employee or the compensation of any person in the classified service or promise or threaten to do so, for the giving or withholding or neglecting to make any contribution of money or services or any other valuable thing for any political purpose.
Except as herein provided, any officer or employee holding office or position in the classified service may become a candidate for nomination or election to any public office or may seek and accept election, nomination or appointment as an officer of a political group, or organization, or take part in a political campaign or serve as a member of a committee of any such club or organization, or circulate or seek signatures to any petition, or act as a worker at the polls, or distribute badges, colors, or materials favoring or opposing the candidate for election or nomination to a public office whether federal, state, county, or municipal, if the officer or employee does not engage in such activities during working hours or to such an extent off duty that the officer's or employee's efficiency during working hours is impaired or that tardiness or absence from work without notice or permitted leave results.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit or prevent any such officer or employee from becoming or continuing to be a member of a political club or organization or from attendance at political meetings or from enjoying entire freedom from all interference in casting a vote or from seeking or accepting election or appointment to public office.
383B.125 BOARD MAY RUN FACTORY WITH INMATES AND STAFF.
The board, upon the recommendations of the county administrator and the superintendent, is authorized to establish, equip, maintain, and operate at the corrections facility a factory for the manufacture, processing, repairing, and production of goods, wares, and merchandise and for that purpose to make use of the labor of inmates and to employ a staff which the board determines necessary for the proper instruction and employment of inmates.
Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 373.01, subdivision 1, clause (3) and 375.21, the board shall establish procedures for setting the terms and conditions under which the county will either sell the products manufactured or will charge for the production, repair, or processing of materials by inmates of the corrections facility.
The superintendent, with the approval of the board, shall provide for wages to inmates employed under this section as the superintendent may deem proper, the amount of the wage to depend upon the quality and character of the work performed as determined by the superintendent.
386.06 TRACT INDEX BOOKS; CONTRACTS FOR MAKING.
The board of county commissioners of any county in the state which does not have a tract index, belonging to the county, in the office of the county recorder, of lands within the county, is hereby authorized and empowered to cause or have a tract index made, and may hire, employ, or contract with any competent person, without advertising therefor, to prepare and make such tract index.
393.03 PER DIEM.
Except as provided in section 393.01, subdivisions 3 and 5, each member of the local social services agency, except county commissioners, may receive from the state, county, or a municipality, not to exceed $15 for each day spent in transacting the business of the agency, but for not exceeding 50 days in any year, or an amount equivalent to any per diem paid to county commissioners for such services pursuant to section 375.055, subdivision 1, whichever is greater; provided that where such local social services agency also serves as the county hospital board or as the county nursing home board, members, other than county commissioners, may be paid not to exceed $15 for each day spent in transacting the business of the board, but for not exceeding 75 days in any year, or an amount equivalent to any per diem paid to county commissioners for such services pursuant to section 375.055, subdivision 1, whichever is greater. This compensation is in addition to any salary the member may receive from any other source. The county may reimburse each member, including county commissioners, for expenses incurred in the performance of official duties. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the payment of a per diem to county commissioners pursuant to section 375.055, subdivision 1.
383C.051 DISCIPLINE LISTED IN THIS SECTION REQUIRES CAUSE.
(a) No person in the classified service who shall have been permanently appointed or inducted into the classified service under provisions of sections 383C.03 to 383C.056 shall be removed, suspended, demoted or discharged except for cause. Any person so removed, suspended, demoted, or discharged, may appeal to the county civil service commission within ten days from the written notification of the removal, suspension, demotion or discharge. The appeal shall be confined to the determination of the question of whether such removal, suspension, demotion or discharge was or was not made for cause. After a hearing, the commission may affirm or reverse the action being appealed.
(b) All appeals heard by the commission pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be by public hearing in accordance with section 13D.01. After notice to the appellant of the time and place of such hearing, the appellant shall be afforded the opportunity to appear and present the basis for the appeal in person. Either the appellant or the human resources director may appeal the commission's decision to the district court where the issue shall be heard de novo and determined in the same manner as a court case. The district court shall hear and determine the appeal in a summary manner, provided, however, that such hearing shall be confined to the determination of whether the decision of the commission was or was not made in good faith for cause, and no appeal to such court shall be taken except upon such grounds.
383D.65 APPROVAL OF PLATS; FEE; SURVEY FILING.
In the county of Dakota, each subdivision plat or licensed land survey plat shall be approved by the Dakota County surveyor before recording. The proprietor of such plat shall be charged a fee for such service in accordance with a schedule established by the board of commissioners.
Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, in the county of Dakota each subdivision plat or registered land survey plat which is contiguous with any existing or proposed county road shall be approved by the Dakota County Board of Commissioners before building permits are issued by the municipalities in which the subdivision or land survey is located.
Any licensed land surveyor who shall perform a survey of land for an individual or corporation shall file a true and correct copy of such survey in the office of the county surveyor within 30 days after completion of the survey. The manner of filing, and all incidents thereof, shall be determined by the county surveyor. All surveys so filed shall be public records and shall be available at all reasonable times for inspection by any person.
393.02 OATH.
Each member of the local social services agency, other than those holding some other public office for which they have qualified, shall take the oath of office prescribed in section 358.05 and file same in the office of the auditor of the county for which such member was appointed. No person shall be qualified to act as a member of the local social services agency until such oath has been filed.
386.07 TRACT INDEX FOR TORRENS TITLES; HENNEPIN, RAMSEY COUNTIES.
The county recorder in any county now having, or which may hereafter have, a population of 400,000 or over, and in which the business of the registrar of titles is conducted in a separate place from that of the county recorder, shall provide a tract index of all lands registered under what is known as the Torrens System of land titles, and the same shall be kept in the office of the county recorder in any such county for the use of receiving clerks in checking the properties listed therein with the properties described in the instruments presented for record.
383B.126 BOARD MAY LEASE SPACE OUT TO RUN FACTORY.
Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, the board, upon the recommendations of the administrator and the superintendent may lease space in any of the buildings of the corrections facility together with real estate needed for reasonable access to the leased building to a private person, firm or corporation for the purpose of establishing and operating a factory under written contract for the manufacture and processing of goods, wares, or merchandise, in a manner and upon terms determined by the board to be consistent with the proper training and employment of inmates of the corrections facility and in the best fiscal interests of the county.
The private person, firm, or corporation operating a factory or other business or commercial enterprise under this section shall:
(1) select the inmates to be employed, subject to the approval of the superintendent, consistent with the superintendent's responsibility for security, control, and public safety;
(2) provide coverage for workers' compensation benefits as provided in chapter 176;
(3) pay wages and benefits to the inmates employed at the prevailing minimum wages and benefits for work of a similar nature performed by employees with similar skills in the county;
(4) withhold from the wages of the inmates employed and pay all amounts in the manner required by law for state and federal income taxes and FICA taxes and keep and maintain records required by state and federal law in that connection; and
(5) be solely liable for and indemnify and save the county, its officers, agents, and employees harmless from all claims of every type, nature, or description that arise out of or are connected with the conduct of a factory, business, or commercial enterprise under this section. This provision shall be a part of all leases and contracts entered into hereunder irrespective of any references thereto in a lease and contract.
The authority of the superintendent over the corrections facility and its inmates shall not be diminished by this section.
The rents and costs to be paid by any person, firm, or corporation employing inmates under this section shall be fixed and determined by the board upon the recommendations of the administrator and the superintendent and shall be in an amount the board determines to be in the best interests of the county and consistent with the operations and programs of the corrections facility.
385.14 INSURANCE, LOSS BY ROBBERY OR BURGLARY.
The treasurer of each county of the state may procure insurance against loss by robbery or burglary or both of public moneys in the treasury of the county or in course of transportation for the purpose of deposit, in such amount as may be approved by the board of county commissioners. The cost of such insurance shall be a charge upon the county and shall be paid in the same manner as other claims against the county are paid.
387.14 DEPUTIES.
The county board shall determine the number of permanent full time deputies and other employees and fix the compensation for each position. The county board shall also budget for special deputies, jailers, matrons, bailiffs and other temporary employees and shall fix their rates of compensation. The sheriff shall appoint in writing the deputies and other employees, for whose acts the sheriff shall be responsible and whom the sheriff may remove at pleasure. Before entering upon official duties, the oath and appointment of each shall be filed with the county recorder.
388.12 ATTORNEY TO ASSIST.
The judge of any district court may by order entered in the minutes at any term of court appoint an attorney of such court to act as, or in the place of, or to assist the county attorney at such term, either before the court or grand jury. The person so appointed shall take the oath required by law of county attorneys and thereupon may perform all duties at such term of court, but shall receive no compensation where the county attorney is present at such term, except by the county attorney's consent, and to be paid from the county attorney's salary.
410.06 COMPENSATION; EXPENSES.
The members of the commission shall receive no compensation, but the commission may employ an attorney and other personnel to assist in framing the charter, and any amendment or revision of it. When so directed by the commission, the reasonable compensation of personnel, the cost of printing the charter or any amendment or revision of it, and the cost of informing the citizens of a suggested charter or suggested charter amendments or revisions, shall be paid by the city. The amount of reasonable and necessary charter commission expenses that shall be paid by the city is the greater of .07 percent of the city's current certified general property tax levy or $1,500, not to exceed $20,000 in any one year, but the council may authorize such additional charter commission expenses the commission considers necessary. Other statutory and charter provisions requiring budgeting of or limiting expenditures do not apply to charter commission expenses. The council may levy a tax in excess of charter tax limitations to pay the expenses.
390.04 PROVISION FOR TRANSFER OF JURISDICTION.
When the coroner or medical examiner, because of partiality, prejudice, consanguinity, or interest, is not able to perform the coroner or medical examiner's duties, the coroner or medical examiner shall have the authority to transfer jurisdiction to another coroner or medical examiner, as arranged by the county board.
385.15 PAYMENT.
All payments by treasurers of counties having designated depositories at their county seat, and by all others as far as practicable, shall be made by checks upon the depositories. Each depository shall furnish the auditor of the county to which the funds belong a true and itemized statement of the treasurer's account on the first day of each month, which statement shall be filed and preserved in the auditor's office. All sums of interest accruing upon the funds deposited in any bank or with any banker under the provisions of Laws 1881, chapter 124, shall be credited to such deposit account on the first day of each month, for the month preceding; and a monthly statement of such interest, as computed from the daily balances by the bank or banker, shall be rendered by such depository to the county auditor on the first day of each month, and the auditor shall charge the county treasurer with the amount thereof, and credit the same to the revenue fund of the county.
387.145 CHIEF DEPUTY; APPOINTMENT.
Notwithstanding the provision of any law to the contrary, the sheriff of any county may appoint a chief deputy or first assistant with the approval of the county board.
384.17 VERIFIED STATEMENT IN CERTAIN COUNTIES.
In counties having a population of more than 75,000, the county auditor shall file in the auditor's office, on the first Monday of each month, a verified statement, giving the name of every employee in the office, the general nature of the service rendered by that employee, and the amount paid therefor; also showing all business done in the office during the preceding month for which fees have been charged, the amount of fees received, and the amount of such fees remaining unpaid. All such fees shall, on the first Monday in each month, be turned into the county treasury.
388.13 ACCOUNTING; PAYMENT OF RECEIPTS TO TREASURER.
On or before January 1, in each year, the county attorney shall file in the office of the county auditor a verified account of all money received during the preceding year by virtue of office specifying therein the name of the person from whom received, the amount paid by each and on what account; and, unless previously paid, shall at the same time pay over such money to the county treasurer, and take duplicate receipts therefor, one of which shall be filed with the county auditor. If the county attorney shall refuse or neglect to account for and pay over any money so received, the auditor shall cause an action to be instituted upon the county attorney's bond to recover the same, and damages for failure to account.
386.071 DOCUMENTS MISFILED.
The county recorder may reasonably rely on the affirmative representation of the party presenting instruments for filing as to whether the land described in the instruments or any part of it is registered or unregistered. A party who requests that misfiled instruments be refiled with the registrar is responsible for paying any additional fees required to properly file any instrument misfiled because of an incorrect representation and, if applicable, to enter a new certificate of title.
410.07 DETERMINATION OF DESIRABILITY; FRAMING CHARTER.
As soon as practicable after such appointment, the charter commission shall deliver to the clerk of the city either (1) its report determining that a home rule charter for the city is not necessary or desirable, or (2) the draft of a proposed charter, in either case signed by at least a majority of its members. Such draft shall fix the corporate name and the boundaries of the proposed city, and provide for a mayor, and for a council to be elected by the people. Subject to the limitations in this chapter provided, it may provide for any scheme of municipal government not inconsistent with the constitution, and may provide for the establishment and administration of all departments of a city government, and for the regulation of all local municipal functions, as fully as the legislature might have done before home rule charters for cities were authorized by constitutional amendment in 1896. It may omit provisions in reference to any department contained in special or general laws then operative in the city, and provide that such special or general laws, or such parts thereof as are specified, shall continue and be in force therein, including any such special or general law authorizing the city to incur indebtedness or issue its bonds for municipal purposes. It may prescribe methods of procedure in respect to the operation of the government thereby created, and the duties thereunder of all courts and officers of the district and county in which the city is situated, which duties such courts and officers shall perform. By such charter the city may be authorized to acquire, by gift, devise, purchase, or condemnation, any property, within or without its boundaries, needed for the full discharge of any public function which it is permitted to exercise.
383B.127 DIMINUTION OF SENTENCE.
The provisions of section 643.29 shall be applicable to the diminution of sentences of inmates of the corrections facility.
393.04 ORGANIZATION.
The local social services agency shall, by resolution, establish a date in July for an annual meeting at which it shall organize by electing a chair, a vice-chair, and a secretary, except as provided in section 393.01, subdivision 3, each of whom shall perform the customary duties of office. The agency shall appoint a director and such assistants and clerical help as it may deem necessary to perform the work of the agency. The appointment of the director shall be made in accordance with rules to be adopted by the commissioner of human services and the director shall be chosen upon the basis of experience, training, and general qualifications for the work. The director's salary shall be fixed by the local social services agency, and the local social services agency shall fix the salary of such other employees as it may hire.
The local social services agency shall require its director and such other of its employees as it may determine, to execute and file with it a bond conditioned as are other official bonds, to the state, with corporate sureties to be approved by it, in such amount as it may fix, not less than $1,000, and the premium thereon shall be paid by the agency.
390.05 MEDICAL EXAMINER OR CORONER STAFF.
The coroner or medical examiner may appoint one or more assistant coroners or assistant medical examiners, as necessary to fulfill the duties of the office, subject to authorization by the county board. Such assistants shall have the same qualifications as a coroner or medical examiner. When the coroner or medical examiner is absent or unable to act, assistants shall have the same powers and duties and are subject to the same limitations as the coroner or medical examiner. The assistants shall be appointed in writing, shall take an oath that shall be recorded and filed with the county recorder, and shall be included in the county bond. The assistant shall act by name as assistant coroner or medical examiner and hold office at the pleasure of the coroner or medical examiner.
A coroner or medical examiner may appoint one or more investigators, with such qualifications as the coroner or medical examiner deems appropriate. Such investigators shall have the powers and duties that are delegated to them by the coroner or medical examiner. Unless they are public employees of that county, investigators shall be appointed in writing and take an oath, shall be included in the county bond, and the oath and appointment shall be recorded and filed with the county recorder. Subject to authorization of the county board, assistants may be appointed to the unclassified service and investigators to the classified service of the county.
383D.71 RESOURCE RECOVERY.
Dakota County may exercise the powers of a county under section 400.08, in addition to the powers that Dakota County may exercise under other law. The county may expend money for resource recovery purposes under sections 473.801 to 473.845.
MS 1994 [Repealed, 1995 c 247 art 2 s 55]
412.014 POWER TO OPERATE TELEPHONE LINES.
Any statutory city heretofore or hereafter incorporated, in the territory of which previous to such incorporation telephone lines have been constructed and operated by a town as authorized by Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 237.33 to 237.40, is hereby authorized to continue to operate such telephone lines and the city shall have all the powers granted to towns and the council shall have all of the powers granted to boards of supervisors under Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 237.33 to 237.40.
412.013 ADDITIONAL POWERS.
Any statutory city containing within its limits a plant for the concentration of taconite, either under construction or in operation, by resolution of its council may lease or purchase from the owners thereof sewer or water facilities or both and operate the same. Any such lease made by such city prior hereto, by action of the council, is hereby validated and such city may continue to provide sewer and water services to its inhabitants thereunder.
388.14 CONTINGENT FUND; EXPENSES.
The county board may set apart yearly a sum, not exceeding $7,500, except in counties containing cities of the first class, where the sum shall not exceed $10,000, as a contingent fund for defraying necessary expenses not especially provided for by law, in preparing and trying criminal cases, conducting investigations by the grand jury, making contributions to a statewide county attorney's organization, and paying the necessary expenses of the county attorney incurred in the business of the county. All disbursements from such fund shall be made upon written request of the county attorney by auditor's warrant, countersigned by a judge of the district court. Any balance remaining at the end of the year shall be transferred to the revenue fund.
387.15 TEMPORARY JURY BAILIFFS.
If the sex of any juror is different from the sex of all available jury bailiffs, the presiding judge of any district court at any time before the return of a verdict by a petit jury serving upon a case pending therein, by order issued to the sheriff and entered upon the minutes of the court, may direct the sheriff to appoint a person of the juror's sex who is a legal voter of the county as special deputy sheriff or bailiff to serve until the discharge of such jury from further service upon the pending case. The appointment shall forthwith be made and entered upon the minutes of the court and before entering upon the performance of duties, the person so appointed shall take and subscribe the oath by law required of deputy sheriffs and file the same with the court administrator.
393.05 COUNTY TO PROVIDE OFFICES.
The county shall provide suitable offices for the local social services agency and its employees. Any expenditures for rent, purchase, or construction and maintenance of the office may be paid from county welfare funds.
383B.128 PLACE OF CRIME MUST PAY WORKHOUSE INMATE DAILY EXPENSE.
Each municipality in which conduct alleged in a misdemeanor complaint occurs shall pay to Hennepin County for the maintenance cost of the inmate convicted thereon and sentenced to confinement in the corrections facility the sum per diem as it may cost the county for the average maintenance per inmate. The administrator and superintendent shall at the first meeting of the county board in August of each year submit for the board's approval a determination of the maintenance cost per diem per inmate of the corrections facility which shall be based upon the actual costs, records of receipts, disbursements, and other data for the preceding year, adjusted by applying to the preceding years' rate any cost of living increase or decrease for the year ending June 30 of the current year. The costs shall include the cost, not to exceed $1 per day per inmate, of the premises or structures of the corrections facility or of any permanent improvements or repairs. The superintendent shall render monthly bills to the municipalities for the maintenance costs provided for by this section.
The obligation to pay the maintenance cost per inmate for inmates serving concurrent sentences for misdemeanors committed shall be borne equally by the municipalities in which the misdemeanor conduct occurred. The obligation to pay the maintenance cost provided in this section for any inmate serving a misdemeanor sentence imposed by a court of Hennepin County concurrently with any sentence imposed by courts of another county or counties shall be borne equally by the different county or counties and the municipality within Hennepin County in which the misdemeanor conduct occurred.
The city of Plymouth shall not be liable for the maintenance cost of any inmate confined at the corrections facility for the service of a sentence imposed for conviction of any offense committed on or arising out of the inmate's confinement at or escape from the premises of the corrections facility in the city of Plymouth.
The superintendent shall collect from each inmate employed under the provisions of sections 383B.125 and 383B.126 and each inmate in the work release program provided for in section 631.425, a per diem amount as a contribution to the inmate's maintenance cost provided for in this section. The superintendent shall determine with the approval of the county board the per diem amount provided for herein. The per diem amount collected from each inmate shall be subtracted from any amount charged to a municipality or another county for the maintenance cost of the inmate.
384.19 STATEMENT OF UNPAID DELINQUENT TAXES.
Upon request of any person the county auditor shall search the official records of the office to determine if unpaid property taxes exist for any tax parcels of land listed in the request. The county auditor shall certify the results of the search for each parcel by showing the amount of tax unpaid for each tax year payable. For purposes of this section, "tax" includes penalty, interest, fees, and costs related to the unpaid tax.
At the option of the county auditor, magnetic tape or other electronic media may be employed to transmit the data request or the search results. For this service a fee may be charged in an amount established by the county board up to a maximum of $5 per parcel, to recover the reasonable costs incurred to furnish the service. The provisions of section 276.041 are not affected by this section.
387.16 CHARGE OF PETIT JURIES.
Upon taking the oath by law required by officers in charge of petit juries the person so appointed may be directed by the court to have charge of such jury conjointly with a deputy sheriff or bailiff of the other sex performing such duty. Special deputy sheriffs and bailiffs so appointed shall in all things perform the duties and be subject to the penalties by law prescribed for other officers having charge of petit juries.
388.15 FUNDS FOR INVESTIGATION.
The county board of any county in this state, upon the request of the county attorney of such county, may appropriate, for the use of the county attorney, such funds, not otherwise appropriated, as the county attorney deems necessary for the investigation and the procuring of evidence when the county attorney has reason to believe that any closed bank, savings bank, trust company, or savings association incorporated under the laws of the state of Minnesota, has violated any provision of law. Such amount shall be in addition to the contingent fund of such county now allowed by law and shall be disbursed only on order of a district judge of the district in which any such county is located, approving such expenditure.
The county board, if no funds are available, may borrow such money as it deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this section, but such loan shall not run over one year.
386.08 PREPARATION.
The county recorder of any such county may assign the duty of compiling such index to one or more deputies, who shall be paid for extra time so employed additional salary and compensation at the same rate and in the same manner as is paid them for regular service. The total sum for such extra service shall not exceed $1,600.
383D.73 ASSESSMENT REVIEW.
The governing body or town board of any home rule charter or statutory city or town in Dakota County may transfer the duties of the city or town board of review or board of equalization under chapter 274, to the county board of equalization. A transfer of duties as permitted by this section is permanent and must be communicated to the county assessor before December 1 of any year to be effective for the next year. The county board of equalization shall meet during April, May, and June at the places determined by the county board of commissioners. The county assessor shall attend each meeting of the county board of equalization at which public testimony is to be taken.
393.06 SALARY AND EXPENSES.
The salaries, office, traveling, and other necessary expenses of the local social services agency, including such amount as may be allowed in the discretion of the county board as compensation for cashing local social services agency checks, shall be paid by the county, and shall be subject to reimbursement out of state and federal funds as may be provided by law.
383B.129 INMATES FROM OTHER JURISDICTIONS.
To the extent that the proper confinement, health, and safety of inmates permit, the superintendent may accept for confinement for periods not exceeding 364 days persons ordered confined at the corrections facility for the execution of sentences imposed in any district court of the state or in a United States magistrate's court or a district court. The maintenance cost for the inmate shall be the same as that provided for in section 383B.128 and shall be borne by the county or counties wherein the offense for which the inmate was convicted occurred. With respect to any inmate convicted in a United States magistrate's court or a district court the maintenance cost of the inmate shall be the same as that provided in section 383B.128 and shall be borne by the United States. Prior to accepting any inmate for confinement pursuant to this section, the superintendent shall have completed an agreement with the appropriate county, state, or federal authority as to the terms, conditions, and duration of the confinement and for the payment of maintenance costs.
410.09 REGULATION OF FRANCHISES.
Such proposed charter may provide for regulating and controlling the exercise of privileges and franchises in or upon the streets and other public places of the city, whether granted by the city, by the legislature, or by any other authority; but no perpetual franchise or privilege shall ever be created, nor shall any exclusive franchise or privilege be granted, unless the proposed grant be first submitted to the voters of the city, and be approved by a majority of those voting thereon, nor in such case for a period of more than 25 years.
386.09 PAYMENT FOR FROM REVENUE FUND.
The county auditor of any such county shall, upon request of the county recorder, issue warrants in payment for such additional service, in amounts designated by the county recorder, and the same shall be drawn on the county revenue fund.
390.061 MORGUE.
Every county need not have a morgue, but there must be a system or process for receiving, storing, and releasing all dead bodies subject to this statute.
383C.055 PENALTY.
Any person who willfully or through culpable negligence violates any of provisions of sections 383C.03 to 383C.056, or of the rules of the county civil service commission, shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor. Conviction of same shall render the public office or position held by such person vacant.
385.18 EXEMPTION FROM LIABILITY.
When any portion of the funds of a county shall be deposited by any county treasurer hereunder, such treasurer and the sureties on the treasurer's bond shall be exempt from liability for the loss of any such deposited funds from the failure, bankruptcy, or other acts of the depository, to the extent and amount of such funds so lost then in the hands of such depository.
412.015 UNIFORM CODE OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT.
MS 1994 [Repealed, 1996 c 310 s 1]
It is the intention of Laws 1973, chapter 123, to simplify the statutes relating to municipal government by bringing the basic laws relating to all villages, boroughs and cities without home rule charters under a single code of statutes and to effect the transition with a maximum recognition of the desires of the citizens of such municipalities.
The legislature does not intend by Laws 1973, chapter 123:
(1) to affect, alter, repeal, or otherwise modify any law of special application other than special or general acts of incorporation and amendments thereto;
(2) to modify the application of other statutory codes relating to municipal government; or
(3) to impose new substantive powers and duties on cities, villages or boroughs.
Laws 1973, chapter 123, shall be interpreted liberally to carry out the intention set forth in this subdivision.
388.151 UNMARKED VEHICLES; LICENSE PLATES.
Vehicles used by county attorneys to investigate allegations of criminal wrongdoings, to assist crime victims or witnesses, to aid in prosecuting criminal offenses, and for other uses consistent with the duties of the county attorney which the county attorney elects to operate as unmarked must be registered and must display passenger vehicle classification license number plates. The registrar of motor vehicles shall furnish the license plates at cost upon application and certification signed by the county attorney that the vehicles will be used exclusively for the purposes authorized by this section.