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386.65 EXAMINATION OF APPLICANTS FOR LICENSE.
Applications for a license shall be made to the commissioner and shall be upon a form to be prepared by the commissioner and contain such information as may be required by it. Each applicant must pass an examination approved for use by the commissioner. The examination must be of sufficient scope to establish the applicant as capable of performing the duties of an abstracter whose work will be for the use and protection of the public. If application is made by a firm or corporation, one of the members or managing officials thereof shall take such examination. If the applicant successfully passes the examination and complies with all the provisions of sections 386.62 to 386.76, the commissioner shall issue a license to the applicant.
MS 1974 [Repealed, 1976 c 222 s 209]
MS 1990 [Repealed, 1991 c 100 s 3]
383B.257 COUNTY MAY RUN CENTRAL MOBILE EQUIPMENT DIVISION.
The county board in any county now or hereafter having a population of 600,000 or more may establish and operate a central mobile equipment division upon property owned by any such county.
The county board may place the general supervision of the central mobile equipment division under the jurisdiction of the county highway engineer, hereinafter designated the "county engineer." The county board may provide the county engineer with office space, equipment, supplies, and assistants to perform the duties of the office.
Upon the establishment of the central mobile equipment division, all mobile, maintenance and construction equipment then owned by the county or any department thereof shall be transferred to the central mobile equipment division. Equipment needed by the central mobile equipment division which has not been acquired either by transfer or purchase may be rented until acquired under the provisions of this section.
It shall be the duty of the county engineer to provide for the service, maintenance and repair of all equipment transferred to or acquired by the central mobile equipment division, and to make such periodic reports with respect to the operation thereof as the county board may require.
Any county department or any town, home rule charter or statutory city, school district, or other public corporation within such county that may require the use of any mobile, maintenance or construction equipment within the jurisdiction of the central mobile equipment division may requisition for its use to the central mobile equipment division.
The county engineer shall have authority to determine and calculate the cost of furnishing the equipment requisitioned, which cost shall be designated "rental charge," and shall be sufficient to provide for the cost of maintenance, operation, repair, depreciation and replacement of such equipment, and such rental charge shall be paid to the central mobile equipment division by the department, or the town, home rule charter or statutory city, school district, or other public corporation using such equipment.
The county engineer shall at the same time and in the same manner as other county departments submit to the county board an annual statement of receipts and disbursements of the central mobile equipment division. Such report shall include the estimated cost of acquiring new construction and maintenance equipment needed by the central mobile equipment division, and the cost of replacing obsolete and outworn equipment. The county board shall examine the report and may appropriate from the general revenue funds of the county the amounts necessary to operate the central mobile equipment division and to purchase new and replace obsolete and outworn construction and maintenance equipment.
All contracts and purchases made under the authority of this section shall be made subject to and in compliance with existing laws regulating the manner of purchases and contracts applicable to such county.
383C.29 ANGORA TOWNSHIP; OFF-SALE LICENSE.
Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the county board of St. Louis County may issue an off-sale liquor license to an establishment located within Angora Township, with the approval of the commissioner of public safety. The fee for the license shall be fixed by the county board in an amount not to exceed $500. A license issued pursuant to this section shall otherwise be governed by chapter 340.
386.66 BOND OR ABSTRACTER'S LIABILITY INSURANCE POLICY.
Before a license shall be issued, the applicant shall file with the commissioner an annual bond or abstracter's liability insurance policy for each license year, to be approved by the commissioner, running to the state of Minnesota in the penal sum of at least $100,000 conditioned for the payment by such abstracter of any damages that may be sustained by or accrue to any person by reason of or on account of any error, deficiency or mistake arising wrongfully or negligently in any abstract, or continuation thereof, or in any certificate showing ownership of, or interest in, or liens upon any lands in the state of Minnesota, whether registered or not, made by and issued by such abstracter, provided however, that the aggregate liability of the surety to all persons under such bond shall in no event exceed the amount of such bond. If the applicant intends to engage in the business of abstracting in any county having more than 200,000 inhabitants, the bond or insurance policy required herein shall be in the penal sum of at least $250,000. Applicants that are title insurers regulated by chapter 68A and licensed pursuant to sections 60A.02 and 60A.06, subdivision 1, clause (7), and their employees or those having cash or securities on deposit with the state of Minnesota in an amount equal to the said bond or insurance policy shall be exempt from furnishing the bond or an insurance policy herein required but shall be liable to the same extent as if a bond or insurance policy has been given and filed. The bond or insurance policy required hereunder shall be written by some surety or other company authorized to do business in this state issuing bonds or abstracter's liability insurance policies and shall be issued for a period of one or more years, and renewed for one year at the date of expiration as principal continues in business.
383B.259 PISTOL RANGE.
The county board of Hennepin County is hereby authorized and empowered to establish and maintain on any property owned by the county a pistol range for the training of sheriff's deputies and other law enforcement officers in the use of firearms, as well as encouraging marksmanship by permitting National Rifle Association sanctioned or approved pistol matches to be held at such range.
Annual maintenance cost shall include the furnishing of targets and ammunition, except for National Rifle Association matches, said costs to be included in the sheriff's budget.
The county board of any such county is also authorized and empowered to agree with any state agency or department, and with any home rule charter or statutory city, town, or organization affiliated with the National Rifle Association in such county for the use of such pistol range by its law enforcement officers and members of the National Rifle Association on such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon.
The county board of any such county shall have complete control of any pistol range so established and shall be charged with the supervision thereof and may appoint any competent law enforcement officer, who shall be a resident of such county, in charge of the range and may establish and impose rules and regulations for its use and may deny any person or persons the use of such range as a penalty for violation of such rules or regulations.
412.222 PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS IN STATUTORY CITIES.
The council of any city may employ public accountants on a monthly or yearly basis for the purpose of auditing, examining, and reporting upon the books and records of account of such city. For the purpose of this section, "public accountant" means a certified public accountant or a certified public accounting firm licensed in accordance with chapter 326A. All expenditures for these purposes shall be within the statutory limits upon tax levies in such cities.
383B.26 HUMAN RESOURCES SYSTEM; PURPOSE.
The purpose of sections 383B.26 to 383B.42 is to establish a Human Resources Board and a Human Resources Department in the county of Hennepin to promote and improve the economy and effectiveness of the governmental departments under its jurisdiction by the improvement of methods of human resources administration.
386.68 FEES.
The following fees must be paid to the commissioner: an initial licensing fee of $50; and a license renewal fee of $40.
386.67 LICENSED ABSTRACTER, SEAL.
A licensed abstracter furnishing abstracts of title to real property under the provisions hereof shall provide a seal, which seal shall show the name of such licensed abstracter, and shall file with the commissioner the signatures of persons authorized to sign certificates on abstracts and continuations of abstracts and certificates showing ownership of, or interest in, or liens upon any lands in the state of Minnesota, whether registered or not, issued by such licensed abstracter.
383C.293 SEASONAL ON-SALE LIQUOR LICENSES.
In addition to the number of licenses permitted by law, the county board of St. Louis County may issue seasonal on-sale licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquor. The fee for such licenses, which shall be valid for a specified period of not to exceed six months, shall be fixed by the county board. Not more than one license shall be issued for any one premises during any consecutive 12-month period. All other provisions of chapter 340A governing the issuance of licenses and the sale of intoxicating liquor shall apply to a license issued pursuant to Laws 1986, chapter 437.
386.69 LICENSES.
Licenses issued by the commissioner under the provisions hereof shall recite that such bond or insurance policy has been duly filed and approved, and the license shall authorize the official, person, firm or corporation named in it to engage in and carry on the business of an abstracter of real estate titles in the state of Minnesota. The license shall be issued for a period as determined by the commissioner, and shall thereafter be renewed upon conditions prescribed by the commissioner.
383B.28 HUMAN RESOURCES BOARD.
The Hennepin County Human Resources Board and Human Resources Department are created.
(a) The county board shall by majority vote appoint seven persons to serve for four-year terms. As the term of each member expires, the board of county commissioners shall by majority vote fill the vacancy for a term of four years.
(b) The expiration date of all expiring terms shall be January 2.
(c) Any vacancies shall be filled by majority vote of the county board for the unexpired term.
(d) Each member shall take an oath of office before assuming the duties of office.
(e) Each member shall hold office until a successor has been appointed and qualified.
(f) No person shall be appointed or be a member of the board while holding any public office or having filed as a candidate for any office.
(g) No person shall be appointed or be a member of the board while holding or within one year of holding employment with Hennepin county or a position in a political party, except as a political party delegate.
(h) Each member of the board shall be a resident of the county and in the event the member becomes a nonresident, the member thereby forfeits the office.
(i) A board member may be removed from office by the county board for cause, after a copy of the charges has first been given to the member and opportunity of being publicly heard before the county board, upon not less than ten days' written notice. A majority vote of the county board shall be required for removal.
Compensation for members of the Human Resources Board shall be set by the county board. Members of the board shall be compensated at the rate not to exceed $50 per day spent on board meetings and human resources activities when authorized by the board to represent the board. Expenses shall be allowed in the same manner and amount as received by county employees.
The board shall organize by electing one of its members as chair and one as vice-chair. The human resources director shall serve as secretary.
The board shall maintain records and hold public meetings as required for the discharge of its duties.
412.231 PENALTIES.
The council shall have the power to declare that the violation of any ordinance shall be a penal offense and to prescribe penalties therefor. No such penalty shall exceed a fine of $1,000 or imprisonment in a city or county jail for a period of 90 days, or both, but in either case the costs of prosecution may be added.
383B.30 DIRECTOR; SELECTION.
The county administrator, with the approval of the county board, shall appoint a human resources director. The director shall be in the classified service and shall not be removed by the board except under written charges in accordance with sections 383B.26 to 383B.42 and after a public hearing by the board.
412.241 COUNCIL TO CONTROL FINANCES.
The council shall have full authority over the financial affairs of the city, and shall provide for the collection of all revenues and other assets, the auditing and settlement of accounts, and the safekeeping and disbursement of public money.
386.705 ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS AND PENALTIES.
An abstracter licensed under sections 386.62 to 386.76 is subject to the penalties imposed pursuant to section 45.027. The commissioner has all the powers provided in section 45.027 and shall proceed in the manner provided by that section in actions against abstracters.
412.251 ANNUAL TAX LEVY.
The council shall make its annual tax levy by resolution. The following taxes may be levied as authorized:
(1) a tax for the payment of principal and interest on outstanding obligations of the city as provided by sections 475.61, 475.73, and 475.74;
(2) a tax for the payment of judgments as authorized by section 465.14;
(3) a tax to provide musical entertainment to the public in public buildings or on public grounds;
(4) a tax for band purposes as authorized by section 449.09;
(5) a tax for the support of a municipal forest, as authorized by section 459.06;
(6) a tax for advertising purposes, as authorized by section 469.189;
(7) a tax for forest fire protection in any city in a forest area, as authorized by section 88.04;
(8) a tax for the utilities fund in any city whose utilities are under the jurisdiction of a public utilities commission. The tax shall be levied for the purpose of paying the cost of the utility service or other services supplied to the city;
(9) a tax for the support of a public library, as authorized by section 134.07;
(10) a tax for firefighters' relief association purposes as authorized by sections 424A.092, subdivision 4, 424A.093, subdivision 5, or other statutes; and
(11) other special taxes authorized by law.
386.706 RULES.
The commissioner may adopt rules necessary for the administration of sections 386.62 to 386.76.
412.261 TAX ANTICIPATION CERTIFICATES.
At any time after the first day of the year following the making of an annual tax levy, the council may issue certificates of indebtedness in anticipation of the collection of taxes levied for any fund and not yet collected. The total of all certificates issued against any fund for any year with interest thereon until maturity, together with all orders outstanding against the fund, shall not exceed the total current taxes for the fund uncollected at the time of issuance plus the cash on hand in the fund. If certificates are issued against the anticipated tax levy for any fund, any unpaid orders outstanding against the fund shall be redeemed from the proceeds of the certificates. All tax anticipation certificates shall be negotiable and shall be payable to the order of the payee and shall have a definite due date but may be payable on or before that date. No certificate shall be issued to become due and payable later than the 1st day of April of the year following the year of issuance. Certificates shall be sold for not less than par and accrued interest and shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed seven percent per annum, payable at maturity or at such earlier times as the council may determine. Each certificate shall state upon its face the fund for which the proceeds of the certificate shall be used, the total amount of the certificates so issued against the fund, and the total amount embraced in the tax levy for that fund. They shall otherwise be issued on such terms and conditions as the council may determine. The proceeds of the taxes assessed on account of the fund against which tax-anticipation certificates are issued and the full faith and credit of the city shall be irrevocably pledged for the redemption of the certificates in the order of issuance against the fund.
386.71 LICENSED ABSTRACTERS, ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS.
Licensed abstracters shall have access during ordinary office hours to the public records in the office of the county recorder in the county in which such abstracter is authorized to function, to make such memoranda, microfilm, photostats, photographs, or notations from the records thereof as may be necessary for the purpose of making or compiling abstracts, continuations thereof, or issuing certificates showing ownership of, or interest in, or liens upon any lands in the state, whether registered or not, and the compiling, posting, copying and keeping up their abstract books, indices, or other records necessary to carry on or perform the duties and functions of a licensed abstracter, provided that such access during ordinary office hours shall in no manner hinder or interfere with the public officer in the performance of official duties.
383B.33 TENURE.
MS 1992 [Repealed, 1994 c 596 s 13]
In the event a lower salary is assigned to a class, the salary of an employee in such class shall not be affected. However, no salary increase shall be granted such employee until the salary range of the employee's class exceeds the employee's present salary.
When a permanent employee transfers from the classified service into the unclassified service of the county, the employee shall retain tenure in the classified service with the class from which the transfer occurred.
386.72 ABSTRACTER'S CERTIFICATE AS PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE.
Any abstract of title, continuation thereof, or certificate showing ownership of, or interest in, or liens upon any lands in the state of Minnesota, whether registered or not, certified to be true and correct by any licensed abstracter under the signature and seal of such abstracter shall be received by the courts of this state as prima facie evidence of the existence or nonexistence of records, the content and filing indicated on such abstract, continuation thereof, or certificate hereinbefore described.
383B.36 PARTY TO LITIGATION.
In any litigation under sections 383B.26 to 383B.42, the board may sue or be sued. The board shall be represented in any such action by the county attorney. Any taxpayer of the county may maintain an action in the district court to enjoin a person or persons from authorizing or making payment in violation of sections 383B.26 to 383B.42 or rules enacted under them.
The board or director shall have the power to subpoena and to require the attendance of witnesses and the production of evidence and to administer oaths. The board or director may apply to the district court for an order requiring attendance or production of evidence.
Board hearings shall be conducted in an informal and impartial manner in compliance with sections 383B.26 to 383B.42 and in accordance with procedures established by the board.
386.73 COUNTY RECORDERS, MAY EMPLOY LICENSED ABSTRACTERS.
Nothing herein shall prohibit any county recorder who does not hold a certificate of authority pursuant to the provisions hereof from employing a licensed abstracter and issuing abstracts pursuant to sections 386.62 to 386.76.
386.74 RIGHTS OF COUNTY RECORDERS NOT ABRIDGED.
Sections 386.62 to 386.76 shall not apply to nor abridge the rights of county recorders, as set forth in section 386.37.
383B.37 INTERFERENCE WITH EXAM, APPLICANTS; POLITICAL ACTIVITY.
No persons shall interfere with the rights of any person in the examination process, or falsely mark, grade, or report the examination or standing of any person examined or aid in so doing, or furnish to any person, except in answer to inquiries of the Human Resources Board, any information for the purpose of changing the rating of any person. No applicant or employee shall falsify an application or record for the purpose of improving prospects for employment. No person shall by means of threats or coercion induce or attempt to induce any person holding a position in the classified service to resign. A violation of this subdivision is cause for dismissal, other discipline, or disqualification from the classified service of the county. In addition to other legal remedies, violations may be enjoined.
Section 43A.32, subdivision 1, applies to sections 383B.26 to 383B.42.
386.75 PRACTICE OF ATTORNEYS NOT ABRIDGED.
Nothing herein shall limit or abridge the rights of a duly licensed attorney at law in the attorney's practice in the state of Minnesota.
386.76 VIOLATION A MISDEMEANOR.
Any person who violates any of the provisions of sections 386.62 to 386.76 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
386.78 SECURITY DEPOSITS.
The county recorder in each county may accept security deposits to guarantee payment of charges. The county recorder shall deposit any accepted security deposit in a security fund with the county treasurer. The county treasurer may invest said funds and the income therefrom shall be deposited in the general fund of the county.
The county recorder shall extend credit to any person who has made such deposit up to the amount of the deposit.
Any person may withdraw any such deposit provided that any unpaid items shall first be deducted therefrom, except that the county recorder may require a reasonable minimum deposit be maintained based on anticipated monthly charges of the depositor.
383B.389 DISASTER VOLUNTEER LEAVE.
A county employee who is a certified disaster services volunteer of the American Red Cross or emergency disaster services volunteer of the Salvation Army or similar volunteer of a disaster services organization approved by the Hennepin County board may be granted leave from work with 50 percent of pay, not to exceed 15 working days in each year, to participate in specialized disaster relief services for the American Red Cross or another approved disaster services organization. The employee must be released from work for this function upon the request of the approved disaster services organization for the services of that employee, and upon the approval of that employee's appointing authority. The appointing authority must compensate the employee granted leave under this section at 50 percent of the employee's regular rate of pay for those regular hours during which the employee is absent from work. This leave, if granted by the appointing authority, does not affect the employee's vacation leave, pension, compensatory time, personal vacation days, sick leave, earned overtime accumulation, or cause a loss of seniority.
The county is not liable for workers' compensation claims arising from accident or injury while a county employee is on an approved assignment with an approved disaster services organization. Duties performed while on disaster leave are not considered to be a work assignment by the county. The employee is granted leave based on the need for expertise in the employee's certified area. Job functions, although similar or related to the employee's county job functions, are performed on behalf of and for the benefit of the disaster services organization.
383B.39 VETERANS TO BE GIVEN PREFERENTIAL RATING.
In all examinations veteran's preference shall be granted to every person who is a veteran as defined in section 197.447.
383C.36 COUNTY BOARD MAY EXPEND COUNTY FUNDS IN DULUTH.
The St. Louis County Board may appropriate and expend within the limits of any city of the first class located in such county such sum or sums of money from the county road and bridge fund, as said board shall deem proper, not exceeding one-half the amount that may have been assessed and collected for such road and bridge fund on the taxable property within said city, for the building, repairing, maintaining, or otherwise improving of any road, highway, street or avenue, including the construction and repairing of any bridge thereon, within the limits of any such city, but said county shall in no event and under no circumstances become liable to keep up or maintain the roads, highways, streets, avenues or bridges, or any of them within the limits of such city, constructed, repaired or otherwise improved by said county board, or be liable in any manner for their want of repairs.
386.77 FILING FEE FOR STATE, CITY, TOWN ITEM MAY BE BILLED.
An instrument of conveyance, assignment, or release; a judgment; or other document, which is entitled to recording or filing, and which by its terms is for the benefit of the state or any county, city, or town, shall be recorded or filed by any county recorder or registrar of titles without the payment of fees when offered for filing or recording by the state or any of its agencies, or by the benefited subdivision. The fee for the recording or filing shall be paid by the state, its agency, or by the benefited subdivision, but not by another department or agency of that county, upon submission of a statement of charges by the county recorder or registrar of titles.
412.301 FINANCING PURCHASE OF CERTAIN EQUIPMENT.
(a) The council may issue certificates of indebtedness or capital notes subject to the city debt limits to purchase capital equipment.
(b) For purposes of this section, "capital equipment" means:
(1) public safety equipment, ambulance and other medical equipment, road construction and maintenance equipment, and other capital equipment;
(2) computer hardware and software, whether bundled with machinery or equipment or unbundled, together with application development services and training related to the use of the computer hardware or software; and
(3) projects that eliminate R-22, as defined in section 240A.09, paragraph (b), clause (2).
(c) The equipment or software must have an expected useful life at least as long as the terms of the certificates or notes.
(d) Such certificates or notes shall be payable in not more than 20 years and shall be issued on the terms and in the manner determined by the council.
(e) If the amount of the certificates or notes to be issued to finance any such purchase exceeds 0.25 percent of the estimated market value of taxable property in the city, they shall not be issued for at least ten days after publication in the official newspaper of a council resolution determining to issue them; and if before the end of that time, a petition asking for an election on the proposition signed by voters equal to ten percent of the number of voters at the last regular municipal election is filed with the clerk, such certificates or notes shall not be issued until the proposition of their issuance has been approved by a majority of the votes cast on the question at a regular or special election.
(f) A tax levy shall be made for the payment of the principal and interest on such certificates or notes, in accordance with section 475.61, as in the case of bonds.
383B.41 DISCRIMINATION.
All employment and personnel policies of the county shall be administered without regard to race, color, creed, national origin, religion, sex, marital status, disability, status in regard to public assistance or age.
383B.42 APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS.
The county board is hereby authorized and it shall make the necessary appropriation to carry out the provisions of sections 383B.26 to 383B.42.
383C.39 EDUCATION; SCHOOL DISTRICTS; UNORGANIZED TERRITORIES.
Sections 123A.64 to 123A.68 shall not apply to that unorganized territory of St. Louis County which was organized into Independent School District No. 710 pursuant to resolution of the St. Louis County Board of Commissioners June 23, 1970, as amended.
412.311 CONTRACTS.
Except as provided in sections 471.87 to 471.89, no member of a council shall be directly or indirectly interested in any contract made by the council. Whenever the amount of a contract for the purchase of merchandise, materials or equipment or for any kind of construction work undertaken by the city is estimated to exceed the amount specified by section 471.345, subdivision 3, the contract shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder, after notice has been published once in the official newspaper at least ten days in advance of the last day for the submission of bids. If the amount of the contract exceeds $1,000, it shall be entered into only after compliance with section 471.345.
As an alternative to the procurement method described in subdivision 1, a contract for construction, building, alteration, improvement, or repair work may be awarded to the vendor or contractor offering the best value under a request for proposals as described in section 16C.28, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (2), and paragraph (c).
383B.45 COUNTY BOARD TO FIX TIME, MANNER TO PAY SALARIES.
The governing body of the county of Hennepin shall fix the time and manner of payment of salaries to elective and appointive officers and employees paid in whole or in part from county funds. Such salaries may be paid either monthly, semimonthly, or for each two-week period, but no officer or employee whose salary is less than $500 a month shall be paid on a monthly basis.
Until the governing body of the county of Hennepin exercises the power herein conferred, the payment of salaries and their manner of payment to elective and appointive officers and employees paid in whole or in part with county funds shall continue to occur in the manner now provided by law.
In order to utilize modern accounting methods and equipment in processing salaries the governing body of the county of Hennepin may adjust salaries of elective and appointive officers and employees paid in whole or in part from county funds, whether fixed by statute or otherwise, on an annual, monthly, semimonthly, daily, or other basis so that they may be paid in equal payments throughout the year. The salaries so adjusted shall be based on a year of 2,080 working hours. Odd fractions may be dropped or added in order to permit equal payments throughout the year, regardless of whether the computation slightly decreases or increases the annual, monthly, semimonthly, daily, or other salary of such officers and employees.
This section supersedes the provisions of Laws 1957, chapter 945, section 5, relating to the payment of salaries in equal semimonthly installments and any other law relating to the county of Hennepin and governing the time or manner of payment of elective or appointive officers and employees paid in whole or in part from county funds.
383C.392 GRANTS FOR HOT LUNCHES IN CERTAIN RURAL SCHOOLS.
In St. Louis County, the social services board shall award grants each year for St. Louis County School District No. 710 to carry on a nutrition program in the schools and to provide hot lunches for needy school children. The total amount of the grants shall be not more than $20,000. The county shall appropriate the amount needed each year from the general fund to the social services department.
MS 1986 [Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26]
383C.42 JUVENILE DETENTION CENTERS; TAX LEVY.
To provide necessary funds to construct and maintain county or regional juvenile detention and/or treatment centers and to provide matching funds for any federal, state, or regional grant, the county boards of St. Louis, Carlton, Cook, Lake, Itasca, Koochiching, and Aitkin Counties may levy, annually, a tax upon all taxable property in their respective counties.
This section shall in no way preclude the use of any other funds available for this purpose under any existing state statute or any county ordinance or resolution.
To expedite construction and to avoid loss of federal or state funds, the counties may sell tax anticipation certificates or certificates of indebtedness against a levy to be made under this section or against a levy that has been made but which has not been collected.
383B.453 BOND OF COUNTY RECORDER DEPUTY.
In each county of this state now or hereafter having a population of 500,000 or more, all deputy county recorders and clerks in the office of the county recorder whose duties require the collecting and receiving of fees or the handling of any funds, shall, before entering upon their duties, give bond to the state in a sum to be fixed by the county board. The county shall pay the premiums on such bonds where the surety is a corporation duly authorized by law to be surety.
383B.455 LEGAL OFFICERS' SALARIES.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, in the county of Hennepin the county attorney, court administrator of district court, and sheriff shall receive as compensation for all services of every kind and nature performed as such officials, annual salaries as shall be determined by the Board of County Commissioners of Hennepin County.
383B.457 OFFICERS' SALARIES.
In the county of Hennepin, the salaries of all nonelected officials shall be set and prescribed by the board of county commissioners of said county. Provided, however, in no event shall any salary be set for such officials which is an amount less than that prescribed by law or in effect on June 9, 1967.
412.331 ESTABLISHMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION.
Any statutory city may by ordinance expressly accepting the provisions of sections 412.331 to 412.391 establish a public utilities commission with the powers and duties set out in those sections. Any water, light, power and building commission now in existence in any statutory city shall hereafter operate as a public utilities commission under sections 412.321 to 412.391.
383C.421 SPECIAL INVESTIGATOR.
The county attorney of St. Louis County shall have authority to appoint, with the approval of the county board, a special investigator whose compensation shall be set by the county board and who shall be allowed necessary expenses and mileage incurred in connection with the employment as investigator.
The local social services agency is authorized to pay from welfare funds, the proportionate share of the salary and expenses incurred on local social services agency matters as determined by the county attorney.
The appointment heretofore made of an investigator on the staff of the St. Louis county attorney, and the payment of compensation and expenses as approved by the county board is hereby validated and declared to be legal.
383B.47 INVESTMENT OF RETIREMENT MONEY.
When moneys are deposited to the credit of the supplemental retirement account, the Minnesota State Retirement System shall make available those investments chosen by the State Board of Investment under section 356.645 in the manner as provided in section 383B.48.
383C.422 BONDS.
The St. Louis County Board may bond deputy sheriffs as the sheriff requests at the expense of the county; when such deputies are so bonded, the sheriff shall be relieved of all financial responsibility for the acts of said deputies.
383B.48 BUYING STATE SUPPLEMENTAL INVESTMENT FUND SHARES.
(a) A participant in the Hennepin County supplemental retirement program shall indicate the investments, from those made available pursuant to section 383B.47, in which the participant's salary deductions and county matching contributions attributable to salary deductions are to be invested for such time as allowed by the Minnesota State Retirement System. The Minnesota State Retirement System shall purchase with the salary deductions and county matching funds attributable to the salary deductions shares in the appropriate investment in accordance with the indicated preferences of the participant.
(b) The county of Hennepin has the authority to determine which investments made available pursuant to section 383B.47 will be available for participant investment. The shares purchased must stand in the name of the county of Hennepin.
(c) A record must be kept by the Minnesota State Retirement System indicating the number of shares in each investment purchased with the salary deductions and county matching funds attributable to the salary deductions of each participant. The record must be known as the "participant's share account record." The participant's share account record must show, in addition to the number of shares in the account, any cash balance of salary deductions or county matching funds attributable to those deductions which stand uninvested in shares.
(d) At the option of the county of Hennepin, and subject to any terms and conditions established and communicated in writing by the county to a participant, the participant may designate no more often than once each month that prior salary deductions and county matching contributions attributable to the salary deductions, together with any interest earned, be reinvested in another investment made available under this section.
412.341 COMMISSION; MEMBERSHIP, ORGANIZATION.
The commission shall consist of three members appointed by the council. No more than one member may be chosen from the council membership. Each member shall serve for a term of three years and until a successor is appointed and qualified except that of the members initially appointed in any city, one shall serve for a term of one year, one for a term of two years, and one for a term of three years. Residence shall not be a qualification for membership on the commission unless the council so provides. A vacancy shall be filled by the council for the unexpired term.
The commission shall adopt rules for its own proceedings which shall provide among other things for at least one regular meeting by the commission each month. It shall annually choose a president from among its own members. It shall also appoint a secretary for an indefinite term. The secretary need not be a member of the commission and may be the city clerk. No member of the commission shall receive a salary except as fixed by the council. The secretary shall receive a salary fixed by the commission.
383B.46 SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT.
Any person who was employed by the county of Hennepin or its agencies, boards, commissions, authorities and committees before April 14, 1982, as an employee or an officer in the classified service as defined in sections 383B.26 to 383B.42, or as an employee in the unclassified service, and who has served for five years as a county employee or an officer in the classified service, or as a county employee in the unclassified service, which need not necessarily be continuous, and which must include time served as a county employee before June 8, 1965, if the person is an employee in the classified service of the county or if the person is an employee of Hennepin Healthcare System, Inc., is entitled to elect to obtain coverage by the Hennepin County supplemental retirement program. The election to obtain coverage may be exercised only once and must be exercised within 30 days of the date on which the person first becomes entitled to elect to obtain coverage. No person hired, rehired, or reinstated by the county as an employee in the classified or unclassified service on or after April 14, 1982, is eligible for coverage by the Hennepin County supplemental retirement program.
The county of Hennepin or Hennepin Healthcare System, Inc., whichever applies, shall deduct from the salary of every person who is eligible for coverage and who elected to retain or obtain coverage by the Hennepin County supplemental retirement program a sum equal to one percent of the total salary of the person. The deduction shall be made in the same manner as other retirement deductions are made from the salary of the person. An amount equal to the amounts deducted during each payroll period must be contributed by the county of Hennepin or Hennepin Healthcare System, Inc., whichever applies. The total amount deducted and contributed must be deposited to the credit of the supplemental retirement account in a separate account administered by the Minnesota State Retirement System on behalf of Hennepin County. The Hennepin County supplemental retirement account is hereby established as an account separate and distinct from other funds, accounts, or assets of the county of Hennepin.
383C.425 VOLUNTEER RESCUE SQUAD.
The Board of County Commissioners of St. Louis County may authorize the sheriff and any volunteer rescue squad of said county to enter into an agreement to aid and assist the sheriff in auto accidents, rescue work, and other duties of a similar nature; to appropriate money and expend same to carry out the purposes of the agreement including maintenance and replacement of equipment used in said service, but the final agreement must be approved by the said county board.
383B.491 MINNESOTA STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM BILLING AUTHORITY.
The Minnesota State Retirement System executive director is authorized to enter into an interagency agreement with Hennepin County under which the Minnesota State Retirement System would directly bill the county for the cost of the Minnesota State Retirement System's administration of the Hennepin County Supplemental Retirement Plan.
412.351 COMMISSION, JURISDICTION.
The council shall, in the ordinance establishing the commission, decide which of the following public utilities shall be within the commission's jurisdiction: (1) the city water system; (2) light and power system, including any system then in use or later acquired for the production and distribution of steam heat; (3) gas system; (4) sanitary or storm sewer system or both, including the city sewage disposal plant; (5) public buildings owned or leased by the city; (6) district heating system. As used subsequently in sections 412.351 to 412.391, the term "public utility" means any water, light and power, gas or sewer system, or public buildings thus placed by ordinance under the jurisdiction of the public utilities commission. Any public utility not placed under the jurisdiction of the public utilities commission by the ordinance establishing the commission may be placed under the jurisdiction of the commission by an amendment to the original ordinance.
383C.451 RESURVEYS.
Whenever it shall be made to appear to the satisfaction of the county board that any section post or quarter-section post or other monuments originally fixed and established by the United States in its surveys of the public lands to mark section, quarter-sections and meandered corners have been destroyed or are becoming obscure, the county board may employ a competent surveyor or may direct the county surveyor to relocate and reestablish the same. Such surveyor shall mark each corner reestablished by a sufficient iron or stone landmark and make full and accurate notes and data from which the entire survey can be located, and shall file a certified copy of the same and a map of the same in the office of the county recorder. Such landmarks shall be prima facie evidence that the points where they are located are the section, quarter-section or meandered corners, as the case may be, established by the original United States survey. Before said county board shall employ a surveyor, or direct the county surveyor to relocate and reestablish any such section, quarter-section or meandered corner, the party applying to said board to have the said work done under the direction of said board shall execute and file with the county auditor of said county a good and sufficient bond or undertaking, with sufficient sureties to be approved by the county board, conditioned to pay to said county forthwith on the completion of said survey and the making of full and accurate notes and data from which the entire survey can be relocated, and the filing of a certified copy thereof and the map of said survey in the office of the county recorder, the cost of making the said survey and plat thereof as fixed by said board, and no county board shall order any such survey to be made until such bond or undertaking shall be so filed.
412.361 PUBLIC UTILITY; COMMISSION POWERS.
The commission shall have power to extend and to modify or rebuild any public utility and to do anything it deems necessary for its proper and efficient operation; and it may enter into necessary contracts for these purposes. The provisions of section 412.311 relating to advertisement for bids shall apply to contracts of the public utilities commission.
The commission shall have power to employ all necessary help for the management and operation of the public utility, prescribe duties of officers and employees and fix their compensation.
The commission shall have power to buy all fuel and supplies, and it may purchase wholesale electric energy, steam heat, hot water energy, gas or water, as the case may be, for municipal distribution.
The commission shall have power to fix rates and to adopt reasonable rules and regulations for utility service supplied by the municipally owned public utilities within its jurisdiction.
The commission shall have power to enter into agreements with the council for payments by the city for utility service, compensation for the use by either the commission or the city of buildings, equipment, and personnel under the control of the other, payments to the city in lieu of taxes, transfers of surplus utility funds to the general fund, and also agreements on other subjects of relationships between the commission and the council.
383B.493 WITHDRAWAL FROM PARTICIPATION.
Notwithstanding Laws 1982, chapter 450, or any other law to the contrary, a Hennepin County employee participating in the Hennepin County supplemental retirement program pursuant to Laws 1982, chapter 450, may, in the event of an unforeseeable emergency, apply to the county to discontinue participation in the program. Employees who are no longer participating in the program may apply for the redemption of all shares credited to their share account record. Applications are subject to approval of the Hennepin County administrator in the sole discretion of the administrator. For the purposes of this section, the term "unforeseeable emergency" shall mean a severe financial hardship to the participant resulting from a sudden and unexpected illness or accident of the participant or a person dependent upon the participant, loss of participant's property due to casualty, or other similar extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of events beyond the control of the participant. Applications based on foreseeable expenditures normally budgetable shall not be approved. A participant exercising the option provided by this section shall be ineligible for further participation in the supplemental retirement program.
412.371 SEPARATE CITY FUND FOR EACH UTILITY.
A separate fund or a separate account shall be established in the city treasury for each utility. Into this fund or account shall be paid all the receipts from the utility and from it shall be paid all disbursements attributable to the utility.
The commission shall, in the same manner as the council under section 412.271, subdivision 1, and to the same extent, audit claims to be paid from the public utilities fund. The secretary of the commission shall draw an order upon the treasurer for the proper amount allowed by the commission.
Upon counter signature by the president of the commission and presentation orders shall be paid by the treasurer.
383C.452 PETITION FOR RESURVEY.
That on the petition of any town board in the case of a township, or at least two taxpayers owning land in any section in the case of a section, filed with the county auditor praying therefor, the county board may cause any such township or section be be surveyed or subdivided.