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MN Stat § 438.05 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 436 - 439 — Municipal Public Safety|Chapter 438 — Fire Prevention|Section 438.05 — Fire Marshal.

438.05 FIRE MARSHAL. In every city of the first class in the state which does not now have an official in its fire department designated and acting as fire marshal, under the charter of the city, there is hereby created the office of fire marshal and it shall be the duty of the chief of the fire department of the city to appoint from among the members of the fire department a fire marshal, who shall hold office until removed for cause. History:  (1423) 1911 c 94 s 1; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 438.06 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 436 - 439 — Municipal Public Safety|Chapter 438 — Fire Prevention|Section 438.06 — Duties, Powers, Compensation.

438.06 DUTIES, POWERS, COMPENSATION. It shall be the duty of the fire marshal to examine all property within the city and enforce the ordinances of the city relating to the care of chimneys, the storage and handling of explosives and enforce all other ordinances and laws of the state pertaining to precautions against danger from fires. The fire marshal shall have power to enter any dwelling or other building between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. for the purpose of making this examination, and shall examine into the cause of every fire which shall happen in the city and make a complete report of the same, and make a report thereof monthly to the chief of the fire department. The fire marshal shall report all violations of ordinances of the city and laws of the state relating to the public safety, in all public buildings, and shall sign and file complaints before the proper prosecuting officers for the enforcement of these ordinances. The fire marshal shall receive as compensation a sum to be fixed by the board of fire commissioners, not less than the salary paid a captain of the fire department of the city. History:  (1424) 1911 c 94 s 2; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 438.08 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 436 - 439 — Municipal Public Safety|Chapter 438 — Fire Prevention|Section 438.08 — Municipalities To Fight Fires Outside Of Limits.

438.08 MUNICIPALITIES TO FIGHT FIRES OUTSIDE OF LIMITS. The council or any other body of any municipality having control of its fire department may by resolution adopted by a five-sevenths vote authorize its fire department, or any portion thereof, to attend and serve at fires outside of the limits of the municipality either within or without the state. In case the fire department is controlled by an individual this authorization shall be by written notice posted at the headquarters of the fire department. History:  (1919-1) 1929 c 232 s 1
MN Stat § 438.09 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 436 - 439 — Municipal Public Safety|Chapter 438 — Fire Prevention|Section 438.09 — Fire Department May Get Compensated For Outside Fire.

438.09 FIRE DEPARTMENT MAY GET COMPENSATED FOR OUTSIDE FIRE. The body or person having control of a municipal fire department shall have authority to contract with other municipalities or private groups for compensation for services rendered in fighting fires as provided in section 438.08. The compensation agreed shall be a legal charge and collectible by the municipality rendering the service in any court of competent jurisdiction. History:  (1919-2) 1929 c 232 s 2
MN Stat § 438.10 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 436 - 439 — Municipal Public Safety|Chapter 438 — Fire Prevention|Section 438.10 — Firefighters At Outside Fires Are In Line Of Regular Duties.

438.10 FIREFIGHTERS AT OUTSIDE FIRES ARE IN LINE OF REGULAR DUTIES. All municipal firefighters attending and serving at fires outside of the limits of the municipality as authorized in section 438.08 shall be considered as serving in their regular line of duties as fully as if they were serving within the limits of their own municipality. History:  (1919-3) 1929 c 232 s 3; 1977 c 429 s 63
MN Stat § 438.11 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 436 - 439 — Municipal Public Safety|Chapter 438 — Fire Prevention|Section 438.11 — Cities; Expenses To Conventions, Payment.

438.11 CITIES; EXPENSES TO CONVENTIONS, PAYMENT. The governing body of any city of this state, however organized, may appropriate such reasonable sums of money as it deems proper to defray the expenses of members of its regularly organized fire department in attending the state convention of the Minnesota State Fire Department Association, the Minnesota State Fire School, and to meetings of regional firefighter's associations. The term "expenses" shall include payment of a reasonable per diem while in attendance at any such meeting to members of a fire department who are not on a fixed monthly salary. History:  (1919-4) 1931 c 150 s 1; 1953 c 429 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1977 c 429 s 63
MN Stat § 440.08 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 440 - 446A — Municipal Public Works|Chapter 440 — Acquisition Of Property For Streets|Section 440.08 — Acquiring Property And Easements For Streets, Highways.

440.08 ACQUIRING PROPERTY AND EASEMENTS FOR STREETS, HIGHWAYS. Each city of the first class in this state, acting through its council, in addition to all other powers possessed by the city, is hereby authorized and empowered to acquire by purchase, gift, devise, or condemnation any lands or property and any rights and easements therein which may be needed or required by the city for public street and highway uses or purposes; including among others easements for public streets and highways and bridges and approaches thereto, with necessary supports and abutments therefor, within its corporate boundaries notwithstanding the fact that the property so needed or required has been acquired by the owner under the power of eminent domain or is already devoted to a public use. History:  (1538-1) 1927 c 114 s 1
MN Stat § 440.09 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 440 - 446A — Municipal Public Works|Chapter 440 — Acquisition Of Property For Streets|Section 440.09 — Condemnation Proceedings.

440.09 CONDEMNATION PROCEEDINGS. Proceedings in eminent domain under sections 440.08 and 440.09 shall be in pursuance of chapter 117. The city, upon giving the notice required by section 117.042, or upon the filing of the report of the commissioners as provided in section 117.115 may enter upon and appropriate the lands so condemned or any distinct parcel thereof, without the giving of any bonds, but in case of such entry and appropriation the city shall be bound absolutely to pay all damages awarded, whether by commissioners acting under chapter 117, or by the court upon appeal from their award, together with all costs and expenses adjudged against it in the proceedings, and the court shall issue a writ to the sheriff of the county to put the city in possession. In case the city shall take appeal in any such proceedings it shall not be required to give or file any appeal bond. History:  (1538-2) 1927 c 114 s 2; 1973 c 35 s 71
MN Stat § 440.11 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 440 - 446A — Municipal Public Works|Chapter 440 — Acquisition Of Property For Streets|Section 440.11 — Street Name Change; Ordinance.

440.11 STREET NAME CHANGE; ORDINANCE. The council of each home rule charter city of the second, third, or fourth class may by ordinance change the name of and rename any of the streets, lanes, avenues, public highways, parks, and public grounds of the city. Immediately after publication, the ordinance shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the city is located. History:  1901 c 226 s 1; 1976 c 44 s 41; 1976 c 181 s 2
MN Stat § 440.13 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 440 - 446A — Municipal Public Works|Chapter 440 — Acquisition Of Property For Streets|Section 440.13 — Council May Vacate Streets In Cities Of The Fourth Class.

440.13 COUNCIL MAY VACATE STREETS IN CITIES OF THE FOURTH CLASS. In any city of the fourth class organized under a home rule charter, the council thereof shall have power by a majority vote of the council to vacate any street or highway, or any part of any street or highway therein, upon the petition of all the owners of lands abutting both sides of the street or highway, or part thereof, proposed to be vacated wherein one end of the street or highway, or part thereof proposed to be vacated does not connect with any other street or highway. If any part of the street or highway proposed to be vacated terminates at or abuts upon any public water, the petitioners shall serve notice of the petition by certified mail upon the commissioner of natural resources at least 30 days before the council hearing on the matter. The notice under this subdivision is for notification purposes only and does not create a right of intervention by the commissioner of natural resources. Except as herein provided all other provisions of the home rule charter shall apply to and govern the proceeding. History:  (1828-9 1/2) 1933 c 95 s 1; 1989 c 183 s 5
MN Stat § 440.135 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 440 - 446A — Municipal Public Works|Chapter 440 — Acquisition Of Property For Streets|Section 440.135 — Vacating Streets In Third Class Charter City.

440.135 VACATING STREETS IN THIRD CLASS CHARTER CITY. Subdivision 1. Application. This section applies to every home rule charter city of the third class. Subd. 2. Council may vacate; conditions. In addition to any other method provided by law, the council of such city, upon the presentation and filing of a verified petition signed by or on behalf of any owner, natural or corporate, of any real estate abutting thereon, may vacate any street or segment of street or any portion of the width thereof within its geographical limits, provided only that the street, segment, or portion thereof so vacated pursuant to such petition shall not be longer than the distance intervening between any two adjacent intersecting streets. If any street, segment, or portion thereof proposed to be vacated terminates at or abuts upon any public water, the petitioners shall serve notice of the petition by certified mail upon the commissioner of natural resources at least 30 days before the council hearing on the matter. The notice under this subdivision is for notification purposes only and does not create a right of intervention by the commissioner of natural resources. Subd. 3. Certified copy of resolution to be filed. Such action of such council may be taken at any regular or special meeting duly called for such purpose and shall be by resolution, and a copy of the resolution duly certified by the city clerk shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder in the county where such city is located before the action shall be effective. Subd. 4. Not to interfere with special improvements. The vacation of any street or segment thereof under this section shall not destroy or interfere with the right of any person, corporation, or municipality owning or having control of any electric light or telephone pole or lines existing upon such street at the time of the vacation thereof or with any sewer or water pipes, mains or hydrants thereon or thereunder to enter upon such street or portion thereof vacated for the purpose of repairing the same or otherwise attending thereto. History:  1945 c 224; 1965 c 45 s 59; 1976 c 44 s 42; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1989 c 183 s 6
MN Stat § 440.14 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 440 - 446A — Municipal Public Works|Chapter 440 — Acquisition Of Property For Streets|Section 440.14 — Contracts For Lighting Streets.

440.14 CONTRACTS FOR LIGHTING STREETS. In all cities of the first class, the council may award, enter into, and let contracts for lighting the city streets, parks, and other public places, or either or any of the same, for any term not exceeding two years under any one contract. It shall not be necessary, before awarding or entering into such contracts, that provision by budget appropriations or otherwise shall first have been made to meet the indebtedness incurred by these contracts, but provision for meeting the obligation or indebtedness may be made after the letting of the contracts. History:  (1479) 1911 c 179 s 1
MN Stat § 440.37 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 440 - 446A — Municipal Public Works|Chapter 440 — Acquisition Of Property For Streets|Section 440.37 — Roads Or Streets Outside First Class City Limits.

440.37 ROADS OR STREETS OUTSIDE FIRST CLASS CITY LIMITS. Any city of the first class in this state is hereby authorized and empowered to extend, lay out, open, build, maintain, and repair any road, street, avenue, boulevard, parkway, or other public highway or public park adjacent to any such highway, which may be authorized by ordinance of the city passed by a three-fourths vote of all the members of the council, whether the road, street, avenue, boulevard, parkway, or other public highway be wholly within or partly within and partly without, or wholly without, outside of, or beyond the corporate limits of the city. History:  (1535) 1909 c 485 s 1; 1921 c 21 s 2
MN Stat § 440.38 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 440 - 446A — Municipal Public Works|Chapter 440 — Acquisition Of Property For Streets|Section 440.38 — Acquisition Of Property.

440.38 ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY. Any city mentioned in section 440.37 may acquire by gift, devise, purchase, condemnation, or other means any property necessary or convenient or desirable for the purpose of extending, laying out, opening, building, maintaining, and repairing any road, street, avenue, boulevard, parkway, or other public highway or public park adjacent to any such highway authorized in section 440.37. History:  (1536) 1909 c 485 s 2; 1921 c 21 s 3
MN Stat § 440.40 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 440 - 446A — Municipal Public Works|Chapter 440 — Acquisition Of Property For Streets|Section 440.40 — Police Protection.

440.40 POLICE PROTECTION. Any city acquiring any property under sections 440.37 and 440.38 is empowered to afford police protection to any and every such property. History:  (1538) 1909 c 485 s 4; 1980 c 509 s 166
MN Stat § 441.26 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 440 - 446A — Municipal Public Works|Chapter 441 — Bridges|Section 441.26 — Road, Bridge, Ferry Beyond Fourth Class, Statutory City.

441.26 ROAD, BRIDGE, FERRY BEYOND FOURTH CLASS, STATUTORY CITY. The council of any statutory city or of any city of the fourth class may appropriate and expend such reasonable sums as it may deem proper to assist in the improvement and maintenance of roads lying beyond its boundaries and leading into it and to improve and maintain bridges and ferries thereon whether they are within or without the county in which it is situated. History:  (1842) RL s 775; 1913 c 111 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7
MN Stat § 441.47 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 440 - 446A — Municipal Public Works|Chapter 441 — Bridges|Section 441.47 — Cities May Acquire Toll Bridges.

441.47 CITIES MAY ACQUIRE TOLL BRIDGES. Any city of this state, however organized, bordering upon any navigable or nonnavigable stream, river, or body of water, including any international or interstate navigable or nonnavigable stream, river, or body of water, is authorized to acquire, purchase, construct, maintain, and operate bridges and approaches thereto across any such navigable or nonnavigable stream, river, or body of water, whether all or any portion of bridges and approaches be within or without the corporate limits of the city, and to exercise all such powers within its boundaries and in adjacent territory within this state, not in excess of two miles from the nearest boundary line thereof, and in any adjoining domestic or foreign state, after first having obtained authority, if any be necessary, from the United States. History:  1941 c 286 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7
MN Stat § 441.48 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 440 - 446A — Municipal Public Works|Chapter 441 — Bridges|Section 441.48 — May Purchase Or Construct Bridges.

441.48 MAY PURCHASE OR CONSTRUCT BRIDGES. Every city which shall by ordinance have determined to exercise the powers granted by sections 441.47 to 441.55 shall have the right to acquire, purchase, construct, maintain, and operate any such bridges and approaches thereto across, above, or under any railroad or public utility right-of-way and in, upon, under, or above any public or private road, highway, street, alley, or public ground, or upon any property owned by any municipality, political subdivision, or agency of this state, and any such city may acquire, occupy, possess, and use all real estate, easements, rights in land, structures, buildings, equipment, appurtenances, machinery, and other real, personal, or mixed property necessary or incidental in the acquisition, purchase, construction, maintenance, or operation of any such bridges and approaches thereto by purchase or by condemnation or expropriation, in accordance with the laws of the state governing the acquisition of private property for public purposes by condemnation or expropriation, and in accordance with the laws of any foreign state where it becomes necessary to so acquire real estate and other property needed for the acquisition, purchase, construction, operation, or maintenance of any such bridges and approaches thereto. History:  1941 c 286 s 2; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7
MN Stat § 441.50 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 440 - 446A — Municipal Public Works|Chapter 441 — Bridges|Section 441.50 — Sinking Fund.

441.50 SINKING FUND. Any ordinance authorizing the issuance of bonds under sections 441.47 to 441.55 shall provide for the creation of a sinking fund into which shall be payable from the revenues of any such bridges from month to month as such revenues are collected such sums in excess of the cost of the maintenance and operation of such bridges as may be sufficient to pay the interest upon and principal of such bonds at or before maturity, and the moneys in the sinking fund shall be applied solely to the payment of the maturing interest on bonds authorized under the provisions of sections 441.47 to 441.55 and for the retirement of such bonds at or prior to maturity. The governing body of any such city shall have power by ordinance to make, enact, and enforce all needful rules and regulations in connection with the acquisition, purchase, construction, maintenance, operation, and management, care or protection of any such bridge, and it shall be the duty of such governing body to establish rates of toll or charges for the use of any such bridges which shall be sufficient at all times to pay the cost of maintenance and operation thereof and to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds issued under the provisions of sections 441.47 to 441.55. Rates of toll or charges for the use of any such bridge shall be established, revised, and maintained and be payable and be enforced as the governing body of each such city may determine by ordinance. History:  1941 c 286 s 4; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7
MN Stat § 441.52 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 440 - 446A — Municipal Public Works|Chapter 441 — Bridges|Section 441.52 — Bonds Sold Notwithstanding Limitations.

441.52 BONDS SOLD NOTWITHSTANDING LIMITATIONS. The bonds authorized by sections 441.47 to 441.55 may be issued and sold by any such city in accordance with the terms of the ordinance adopted therefor, notwithstanding any limitation contained in the charter of the city or in any law of the state prescribing or fixing any limit upon the bonded indebtedness of any such city, and such bonds shall not create or constitute an indebtedness of any such city within the meaning of any constitutional, statutory, or charter limitation upon the incurring of indebtedness, but such bonds shall be payable only from the net income and revenues of any such bridges pledged to the payment thereof after payment of the actual operating expenses and actual cost of maintenance and repair of any such bridges under economical management, and while any of the bonds are outstanding, such net income and revenues shall be used solely for the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds, and the bonds and the interest thereon shall constitute a first and prior lien on and against such net income and revenues and on and against all funds, from whatever source, paid into or set apart for the sinking fund hereinabove designated. History:  1941 c 286 s 6; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7
MN Stat § 441.53 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 440 - 446A — Municipal Public Works|Chapter 441 — Bridges|Section 441.53 — Funds Kept In Separate Account.

441.53 FUNDS KEPT IN SEPARATE ACCOUNT. Every city owning and operating a toll bridge under sections 441.47 to 441.55 must keep all income and revenues derived from the operation thereof separate and distinct from all other revenues of the city, and keep books of account therefor distinct from all other city accounts and in such manner as to show the true and complete financial results of such public ownership and operation. These accounts shall be kept so as to show in detail the actual cost to the city of such bridges, the daily tolls collected therefrom, all costs of maintenance, repair, and improvement, all operating expenses of every description, and the amounts set aside for sinking fund purposes, and semiannual reports showing the financial results of such public ownership and operation shall be published by the governing body of any such city. History:  1941 c 286 s 7; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7
MN Stat § 441.54 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 440 - 446A — Municipal Public Works|Chapter 441 — Bridges|Section 441.54 — Bonds Not Indebtedness Of City.

441.54 BONDS NOT INDEBTEDNESS OF CITY. All bonds issued under sections 441.47 to 441.55 shall be exempt from and shall not constitute an indebtedness of any such city within the meaning of any provisions contained in the charter of the city or in any law of the state prescribing, limiting, or fixing the time and manner of payment of municipal bonds or prescribing, limiting, or fixing the time and manner of sale of municipal bonds, and all such bonds may be authorized, issued, and sold by any such city as provided in sections 441.47 to 441.55 notwithstanding any such charter or statutory provision. History:  1941 c 286 s 8; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7
MN Stat § 441.55 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 440 - 446A — Municipal Public Works|Chapter 441 — Bridges|Section 441.55 — Holders Of Bonds May Sue.

441.55 HOLDERS OF BONDS MAY SUE. Any holder of a bond or bonds, or any of the coupons of any bond or bonds, issued under the provisions of sections 441.47 to 441.55 may, either in law or in equity, by suit, action, mandamus, or other proceedings, enforce or compel the performance of all duties required by these sections, including the fixing, maintaining, and collecting of such rates of toll or charges for the use of any such bridges and approaches thereto as will be sufficient for all the purposes provided by these sections and the application of the income and revenue thereof. All bonds of the same authorization issued under the provisions of these sections shall enjoy equal rights in respect of the revenues of any such bridges, regardless of the time of actual issuance or delivery thereof. History:   1941 c 286 s 9