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MN Stat § 383B.211 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 383B — Hennepin County|Section 383B.211 — Authorization.

383B.211 AUTHORIZATION. The Board of Commissioners of Hennepin County may establish, organize and reorganize a department, bureau or administration for the purpose of providing comprehensive health care and related services as required by law and as determined by the board to be in the best interests of the county. History:   1981 c 91 s 1
MN Stat § 383B.213 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 383B — Hennepin County|Section 383B.213 — Powers And Duties.

383B.213 POWERS AND DUTIES. All powers and duties pertaining to health care and related services now or hereafter exercisable or imposed by law upon Hennepin County shall be vested in the board of commissioners. If, by general statute, provision is made for separate health boards, the board of commissioners may assume the powers and duties of the boards or may create separate health boards and make appointments to them as provided by statute. The board may delegate authority and responsibility to the county administrator, who may designate a person or persons to perform the tasks empowered or assigned. The powers and duties of the board shall include, but not be limited to: (a) Those provided in chapter 145. (b) Those created by contract entered into with any other unit of government or the University of Minnesota for health care and related services. (c) Those relating to mental health in chapter 245. (d) Those authorized under section 471.59. (e) Those contained expressly or by necessary implication in special statutes applicable to Hennepin County. History:  1981 c 91 s 2; 2016 c 158 art 1 s 179
MN Stat § 383B.215 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 383B — Hennepin County|Section 383B.215 — Additional Authority.

383B.215 ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY. In addition to the powers and duties enumerated in sections 383B.211 to 383B.229, the county: (a) Shall maintain a system for the registration of vital records. (b) Shall prepare and publish an annual report of the health services provided and available in the preceding year. (c) Shall enforce all laws and regulations relating to public health within its jurisdiction and authority. (d) Shall establish fee schedules for services rendered. (e) May purchase services for health care and related services consistent with Laws 1979, chapter 198. History:  1981 c 91 s 3; 2015 c 21 art 1 s 109
MN Stat § 383B.218 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 383B — Hennepin County|Section 383B.218 — Bonding Authority; Hennepin County Medical Building.

383B.218 BONDING AUTHORITY; HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL BUILDING. Hennepin County may issue and sell not more than $16,000,000 of general obligation bonds to finance or refinance the construction and purchase of the Hennepin County Health Services Building. Issuance of the obligations is not subject to the election requirements of section 475.58. The obligations issued under this section and the property taxes levied to pay the obligations must be included in calculation of Hennepin County's bond and building fund levy limitations under section 373.40. History:   1988 c 519 s 5
MN Stat § 383B.219 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 383B — Hennepin County|Section 383B.219 — Ambulatory Health Centers And Clinics.

383B.219 AMBULATORY HEALTH CENTERS AND CLINICS. Subdivision 1. Authorization. In addition to the authority conferred in sections 383B.211 to 383B.229 to provide health and medical care, the county board may provide general or special medical care, service and treatment at health centers and clinics within the county. Subd. 2. Organization and management. With the advice and assistance of persons to whom health, medical and hospital administrative authority has been delegated by the county administrator, the county administrator, subject to approval of the county board, shall establish bylaws, rules and regulations for the organization and management of health centers and clinics. The county administrator may incorporate the bylaws, rules and regulations of the medical center as deemed appropriate and shall make the bylaws, rules and regulations as uniform as practicable. The county administrator may delegate to a person or persons the duties and powers necessary to assist in the management of ambulatory health centers and clinics. Subd. 3. Licensed professional staff. Section 383B.34 applies to this section. Subd. 4. Facilities. The county board may acquire, by purchase, gift or condemnation, or may lease, the property necessary, for the provision of ambulatory health center and clinical services as required under sections 383B.211 to 383B.229. Subd. 5. Purchases. Contracting and purchasing made on behalf of health centers and clinics of goods, materials, supplies and equipment and contracted services shall comply with sections 383B.41 to 383B.51. Subd. 6. Funds. The county may finance the medical care, service and treatment at health centers and clinics from the general revenue fund and other sources as authorized by law, or as authorized by the county board. History:  1981 c 91 s 5; 2014 c 275 art 1 s 110
MN Stat § 383B.221 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 383B — Hennepin County|Section 383B.221 — Emergency Medical Service.

383B.221 EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE. Subdivision 1. Authorization. The county board may provide for emergency medical service and training in connection with the purposes and in accordance with section 383B.211. Subd. 2. Compliance with state laws. Emergency medical service established under subdivision 1 shall comply with applicable provisions of sections 144E.001 to 144E.35, 145A.11 to 145A.131, and 383B.56. The county board may also establish and operate a communications system in connection with emergency medical services, may contract with other units of government or private entities and may exercise the authority provided in section 471.59 in the establishment, operation and maintenance of the system. History:  1981 c 91 s 6; 1987 c 309 s 26; 1995 c 186 s 119; 1997 c 199 s 14; 1Sp2003 c 14 art 8 s 31; 2014 c 291 art 7 s 29
MN Stat § 383B.223 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 383B — Hennepin County|Section 383B.223 — Food Service.

383B.223 FOOD SERVICE. The county may establish and operate a food service facility for the purposes stated in section 383B.211 and for other public institutions and facilities as determined by the county board. History:   1981 c 91 s 7
MN Stat § 383B.229 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 383B — Hennepin County|Section 383B.229 — Existing Health Service Programs Not Affected.

383B.229 EXISTING HEALTH SERVICE PROGRAMS NOT AFFECTED. Sections 383B.211 to 383B.229 do not affect the authority of any statutory or home rule charter city of the first or second class to operate or to continue to operate a health service program. History:  1981 c 91 s 10; 1989 c 209 art 2 s 37
MN Stat § 383B.235 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 383B — Hennepin County|Section 383B.235 — 80 Percent Of Council Must Ok Minneapolis Waste Burner.

383B.235 80 PERCENT OF COUNCIL MUST OK MINNEAPOLIS WASTE BURNER. Subdivision 1. If for 1,000 tons a day. A resource recovery facility that reclaims, burns, uses, processes, or disposes of more than 1,000 tons average daily throughput of mixed municipal solid waste may not be constructed within the boundaries of a city of the first class having a population in excess of 300,000 unless the city council approves the construction by a four-fifths vote. Subd. 2. One or two sites but not west riverbank. Provided all environmental laws or regulations administered by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency or federal agencies are followed, and notwithstanding any ordinance or municipal land use plan to the contrary, Hennepin County may acquire land and construct one or two resource recovery facilities, each not to exceed 1,000 tons average daily throughput within the county; provided however, a resource recovery facility shall not be built at the "west riverbank" site in the city of Minneapolis as identified in the final 1983 report of the city-county resource recovery siting committee. In choosing the two sites, Hennepin County shall fully consult in good faith with any affected municipality. In selecting sites, the county board shall evaluate reasonable alternatives for the resource recovery facilities, including any outside the city of Minneapolis. Subd. 3. Existing facility may use its capacity. Notwithstanding subdivisions 1 and 2, an existing resource recovery facility may reclaim, burn, use, process, or dispose of mixed municipal solid waste to the full extent of its maximum yearly capacity as of January 1, 2000. The facility must continue to comply with all federal and state environmental laws and regulations and must obtain a conditional use permit from the municipality where the facility is located. History:  1984 c 654 art 2 s 29; 2000 c 488 art 3 s 30
MN Stat § 383B.236 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 383B — Hennepin County|Section 383B.236 — Waste Management.

383B.236 WASTE MANAGEMENT. The Hennepin County Board of Commissioners may utilize money received from the sale of energy and recovered materials and placed in the county solid and hazardous waste fund under section 473.811, subdivision 9, for program expenses of the Department of Environmental Services, or the department or office succeeding to the functions of the Department of Environmental Services. This authority shall be in addition to the authority given in section 473.811, subdivision 9. History:   2009 c 37 art 1 s 58
MN Stat § 383B.237 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 383B — Hennepin County|Section 383B.237 — Library System.

383B.237 LIBRARY SYSTEM. The Hennepin County Board of Commissioners may establish and maintain a system of public libraries for the free use of the residents of the county. The board shall determine the locations of the libraries, and may levy taxes for library operations and maintenance on all taxable property within the county. The county may acquire, lease, construct, alter, or contract for the use of any real or personal property necessary for the establishment and operation of a free county library system. Acquisition of real property may be undertaken in accordance with chapter 117. History:  1981 c 48 s 1; 1987 c 384 art 2 s 86; 2007 c 121 art 2 s 2,6
MN Stat § 383B.239 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 383B — Hennepin County|Section 383B.239 — Board.

383B.239 BOARD. The county board shall direct, operate and manage the county library system. A county library board consisting of 11 members who reside in the county library service area shall be appointed by the county board. For the first three years following the merger of the Minneapolis Public Library and the Hennepin County library system, three of the members shall be residents of the city of Minneapolis. When appointing members of the county library board who are residents of the city of Minneapolis, the county board must consult with the Minneapolis mayor and city council. The library board shall provide advice and make recommendations on any matter pertaining to the library system to the county board and the library director and shall exercise the powers and perform the duties delegated to it by the county board, which may include, but are not limited to, the establishment of rules governing library operations, review of the annual operating budget for submission to the county board, development of a long-range plan and acceptance of gift and trust funds. The library board shall determine the contents of the collections of the library system and shall be responsible for the use of library meeting rooms. History:  1981 c 48 s 2; 2007 c 121 art 2 s 3,6
MN Stat § 383B.241 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 383B — Hennepin County|Section 383B.241 — Director.

383B.241 DIRECTOR. The library director shall perform administrative and technical duties for the library system and exercise the powers and perform the duties delegated to the director by the county board. The library director shall be appointed and removed by the county administrator, with approval by the county board, pursuant to section 383B.102. Prior to the appointment or removal of the library director, the library board shall make recommendations to the county administrator. The library director shall be qualified by experience and education. Preference shall be given to candidates with library experience. History:  1981 c 48 s 3; 2019 c 48 s 1
MN Stat § 383B.243 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 383B — Hennepin County|Section 383B.243 — Per Diems.

383B.243 PER DIEMS. Members of the library board shall be allowed a per diem not to exceed $50 for meetings relating to advice and recommendations concerning the library program. Each member may also be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred as a result of the meeting. Payment for meetings of the library board shall be authorized in an amount not to exceed two meetings monthly. History:   1981 c 48 s 4
MN Stat § 383B.245 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 383B — Hennepin County|Section 383B.245 — Library Levy.

383B.245 LIBRARY LEVY. (a) The county board may levy a tax on the taxable property within the county to acquire, better, and construct county library buildings and branches and to pay principal and interest on bonds issued for that purpose. (b) The county board may by resolution adopted by a five-sevenths vote issue and sell general obligation bonds of the county in the manner provided in sections 475.60 to 475.73. The bonds shall not be subject to the limitations of sections 475.51 to 475.59, but the maturity years and amounts and interest rates of each series of bonds shall be fixed so that the maximum amount of principal and interest to become due in any year, on the bonds of that series and of all outstanding series issued by or for the purposes of libraries, shall not exceed an amount equal to 0.01612 percent of estimated market value of all taxable property in the county as last finally equalized before the issuance of the new series. When the tax levy authorized in this section is collected it shall be appropriated and credited to a debt service fund for the bonds in amounts required each year in lieu of a countywide tax levy for the debt service fund under section 475.61. History:  1981 c 48 s 5; 1987 c 188 s 1; 1988 c 719 art 5 s 84; 1989 c 277 art 4 s 39; 1994 c 505 art 6 s 3; 2007 c 121 art 2 s 4,6; 2013 c 143 art 14 s 56
MN Stat § 383B.247 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 383B — Hennepin County|Section 383B.247 — Merger.

383B.247 MERGER. The county and the library board of the city of Minneapolis may agree to merge their public library systems at a time and in a manner as they may agree as enabled pursuant to Laws 2007, chapter 121. History:  1981 c 48 s 6; 2007 c 121 art 2 s 5,6
MN Stat § 383B.251 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 383B — Hennepin County|Section 383B.251 — License Bureau.

383B.251 LICENSE BUREAU. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, in the Hennepin County License Bureau, created pursuant to sections 373.32 to 373.38, the license bureau director shall have the following additional duties: issue and process marriage licenses and records, record veterinary licenses, record optometry licenses, record chiropractic licenses, record podiatrist licenses, record osteopathic licenses, record medical doctor (M.D.) certificates, record basic science certificates, record ministerial credentials, record notary commissions, record trade names, issue jurats and acknowledgments, issue and process birth and death records, and issue certified copies of any of the above as applicable. On July 1, 1974, all of the duties herein enumerated are transferred from the court administrator of the district court of Hennepin County to the director of the Hennepin County License Bureau. History:  1974 c 166 s 1; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82
MN Stat § 383B.255 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 383B — Hennepin County|Section 383B.255 — Public Safety Communications.

383B.255 PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS. Subdivision 1. Radio system. Hennepin County may establish and rent, lease, construct, equip, and maintain a radio broadcasting station or stations, with land-fixed repeater stations and other necessary communication equipment, to be used for public safety communications. It may acquire land by gift, purchase, lease, or condemnation for use as a site for public safety communications equipment. Public safety communications sites may be acquired by lease for a period of up to 25 years in duration. Public safety communications may include police, fire, highway maintenance, emergency medical service, local government, forestry conservation, and other communications as determined by the county board. Subd. 1a. Antenna site use agreements. Use of county-owned radio towers, building rooftops, lands, rights-of-way, and easements may be made available to commercial wireless service providers for the purpose of installing antennas and equipment necessary for construction of the national wireless telecommunications infrastructure. Hennepin county may acquire site use fees, or by gift or other means, improvements to public safety communications facilities, or other personal property, as compensation for antenna site use. Antenna site use agreements may be entered into by any means available and in the manner determined by the county board, with or without advertisement for bids. Subd. 2. Policy and operations. The public safety communications system shall be under the direction of the sheriff. Public safety communications policies may be established by the board of county commissioners. Subd. 3. Extension of services; charges. Public safety communications services may be extended to any statutory or home rule charter city within the county, and to any adjoining county or statutory or home rule charter city in an adjoining county, upon the written request of its governing body to the Hennepin County board. All the communications equipment used in connection with the extended service shall, unless otherwise provided by the Hennepin County board, be owned, maintained, and serviced by Hennepin County. The board with the advice of the sheriff may establish a charge for extended public safety communications services pursuant to section 383B.118. Subd. 4. Duties of sheriff. The sheriff shall broadcast all public safety dispatches and reports which, in the sheriff's opinion, relate to public safety communications. History:  1983 c 223 s 1-4; 1997 c 58 s 1,2
MN Stat § 383B.259 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 383B — Hennepin County|Section 383B.259 — Pistol Range.

383B.259 PISTOL RANGE. Subdivision 1. Establishment. 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. Subd. 2. Maintenance costs. 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. Subd. 3. Use. 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. Subd. 4. Control, supervision. 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. History:  1953 c 367 s 1-3; 1955 c 720 s 1; 1957 c 222 s 2; 1967 c 703 s 1
MN Stat § 383B.26 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 383B — Hennepin County|Section 383B.26 — Human Resources System; Purpose.

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. History:  1965 c 855 s 1; 1980 c 573 s 1; 1994 c 596 s 1; 2000 c 416 s 1