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MN Stat § 383A.80 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 383A — Ramsey County|Section 383A.80 — Ramsey County Deed And Mortgage Tax.

383A.80 RAMSEY COUNTY DEED AND MORTGAGE TAX. Subdivision 1. Authority to impose; rate. (a) The governing body of Ramsey County may impose a mortgage registry and deed tax. (b) The rate of the mortgage registry tax equals .0001 of the principal. (c) The rate of the deed tax equals .0001 of the amount. Subd. 2. General law provisions apply. The taxes under this section apply to the same base and must be imposed, collected, administered, and enforced in the same manner as provided under chapter 287 for the state mortgage registry and deed taxes. All the provisions of chapter 287 apply to these taxes, except the rate is as specified in subdivision 1, the term "Ramsey County" must be substituted for "the state," and the revenue must be deposited as provided in subdivision 3. Subd. 3. Deposit of revenues. All revenues from the tax are for the use of the Ramsey County Board of Commissioners and must be deposited in the county's environmental response fund under section 383A.81. Subd. 4. Expiration. The authority to impose the tax under this section expires January 1, 2028. History:  1997 c 231 art 16 s 13; 1997 c 251 s 10; 1Sp2001 c 5 art 7 s 61; 2002 c 390 s 3; 2008 c 366 art 9 s 10; 2013 c 143 art 4 s 28
MN Stat § 383A.81 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 383A — Ramsey County|Section 383A.81 — Environmental Response Fund.

383A.81 ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE FUND. Subdivision 1. Creation. An environmental response fund is created for the purposes specified in this section. The taxes imposed by section 383A.80 must be deposited in the fund. The board of county commissioners shall administer the fund either as a county board or a housing and redevelopment authority. Subd. 2. Uses of fund. (a) The fund created in subdivision 1 must be used for the following purposes: (1) acquisition through purchase or condemnation of lands or property which are polluted or contaminated with hazardous substances; (2) paying the costs associated with indemnifying or holding harmless the entity taking title to lands or property from any liability arising out of the ownership, remediation, or use of the land or property; (3) paying for the costs of remediating the acquired land or property; or (4) paying the costs associated with remediating lands or property which are polluted or contaminated with hazardous substances. (b) No more than three percent of the fund may be used each year for the costs of administration. Subd. 3. Matching funds. In expending funds under this section, the county shall seek matching funds from contamination cleanup funds administered by the commissioner of the Department of Employment and Economic Development, the Metropolitan Council, the federal government, the private sector, and any other source. Subd. 4. Bonds. The county may pledge the proceeds from the taxes imposed by section 383A.80 to bonds issued under this chapter and chapters 398A, 462, 469, and 475. Subd. 5. Priorities. The first priority for the use of the environmental response fund created in this section is to clean up the site located in the city of St. Paul known as the Dale Street Shops and Maxson Steel site or other sites at or near rail lines that are blighted and the clean up of which will lead to living wage jobs, and to improve the land for economic development. Subd. 6. Land sales. Land or property acquired under this section may be resold at fair market value. Proceeds from the sale of the land must be deposited in the environmental response fund. Subd. 7. DOT assistance. The commissioner of transportation shall collaborate with the county and any affected municipality by providing technical assistance and support in cleaning up a contaminated site related to a trunk highway or railroad improvement. History:  1997 c 231 art 16 s 14; 1997 c 251 s 11,12; 1Sp2003 c 4 s 1; 2008 c 366 art 9 s 11,12
MN Stat § 383A.90 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 383A — Ramsey County|Section 383A.90 — Definitions.

383A.90 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Scope. In this section and section 383A.91, the definitions in this section apply. Subd. 2. Public corporation. The "public corporation" means Ramsey Health Care, Inc., established by Minnesota Statutes 1986, section 246A.02. Subd. 3. Nonprofit corporation. The "nonprofit corporation" means the entity formed in accordance with section 383A.91, subdivision 1. History:  1994 c 549 s 1; 1995 c 186 s 76
MN Stat § 383B.021 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 383B — Hennepin County|Section 383B.021 — Compensation.

383B.021 COMPENSATION. No per diem payment shall be allowed county board members for service on the county board or any other county body. County board members shall pay for parking in county owned parking facilities where payment is required. County board members may be allowed mileage for use of their personal automobile at a rate per mile. The Hennepin County board may set the salary of board members by resolution limited to that subject. The salary must be stated as a fixed dollar amount. Adjustments in commissioners' salaries shall be adopted by the county board by resolution prior to a general election to take effect January 1 of the succeeding year, except that a resolution adopted by the county board to decrease commissioners' salaries may take effect at any time. Any resolution that makes an adjustment must state the change and the resulting salary for a member as fixed dollar amounts. History:  1982 c 577 s 14; 1985 c 66 s 1; 2009 c 152 s 11
MN Stat § 383B.025 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 383B — Hennepin County|Section 383B.025 — County Board Appoints Auditor, Treasurer, Recorder.

383B.025 COUNTY BOARD APPOINTS AUDITOR, TREASURER, RECORDER. Subdivision 1. Board may abolish under subdivision 2. In the county of Hennepin, the offices of county auditor, county treasurer and county recorder shall not be elective but shall be filled by appointment by the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners as hereinafter provided, unless such office is hereafter abolished pursuant to a reorganization or consolidation under subdivision 2. Subd. 2. Heads are unclassified; statutory duties remain. The duties, functions and responsibilities which have been heretofore and which shall be hereafter required by statute to be performed by the various elected officials whose offices are by this section made appointive shall be vested in and performed by the Board of Commissioners of Hennepin County through department heads appointed by the board for that purpose. Any such department head shall be in the unclassified service as defined by sections 383B.26 to 383B.42. The Board of Commissioners of Hennepin County shall have the authority to initiate and direct any reorganization, consolidation, reallocation or delegation of such duties, functions, or responsibilities for the purpose of promoting efficiency in county government, and may make such other administrative changes, including the abolishing of the offices of auditor, treasurer and county recorder or the transfer of personnel, as are deemed necessary for this purpose. Such reorganization, reallocation or delegation or other administrative change or transfer shall not diminish, prohibit or avoid those specific duties required by statute to be performed by those officials whose office is now made appointive. History:  1967 c 599 s 1,2; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1979 c 198 art 4 s 14
MN Stat § 383B.031 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 383B — Hennepin County|Section 383B.031 — Board Vacancies: More Or Not More Than Six Months Out.

383B.031 BOARD VACANCIES: MORE OR NOT MORE THAN SIX MONTHS OUT. Subdivision 1. More than six months; special election. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 375.101, if a vacancy occurs in a seat on the Board of County Commissioners of Hennepin County more than six months before the general election in which a commissioner will next be selected to occupy such seat the county auditor shall, within seven days after the vacancy occurs, call a special election within the affected district to fill such vacancy. The auditor shall specify a date for the election to be held on a date authorized by section 205.10, subdivision 3a. Candidates shall file with the county auditor prior to the 35th day before the election. The primary election shall be held 14 days before the election. If no more than two candidates file for the office, the primary election shall be canceled and the date of the general election advanced 14 days. Subd. 2. Minnesota Statutes controls; affidavit of candidacy. Each person who wishes to file as a candidate in the election for which provision is made in subdivision 1 shall submit to the county auditor an affidavit for candidacy. Except as otherwise specifically provided in this section, the special election shall be held in accordance with the provisions of Minnesota Statutes 1965, chapter 203. The candidate who receives a plurality of the votes cast in the special election shall be certified the winner. Subd. 3. Not more than six months; general election. A vacancy in a seat on a board of county commissioners which occurs not more than six months before the general election in which a commissioner will next be selected to occupy the seat shall be filled at the general election. Subd. 4. Elected for unexpired term. A person elected to the office of commissioner pursuant to the provisions of this section shall hold office for the unexpired term of the person's predecessor. History:  1967 c 719 s 1-4; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 384 art 2 s 1; 2017 c 92 art 2 s 21
MN Stat § 383B.035 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 383B — Hennepin County|Section 383B.035 — County To Pay City, Town Special Election Expenses.

383B.035 COUNTY TO PAY CITY, TOWN SPECIAL ELECTION EXPENSES. Subdivision 1. County board must adopt resolution. Notwithstanding section 204B.32, which relates to election expenses, whenever the Board of County Commissioners of Hennepin County shall duly provide for a special election to be held within said Hennepin County, all of the expenses necessarily incurred by the several municipalities, home rule charter or statutory cities, and townships within the county of Hennepin concerning such special election, shall be paid by the county of Hennepin upon a resolution duly adopted by the Board of County Commissioners for Hennepin County providing for such payment of special election expenses. Subd. 2. Unless local same-day election. If the date for any special election set by the board of county commissioners pursuant to subdivision 1 falls on the same day as any other election to be held in any of the several municipalities, home rule charter or statutory cities, and townships within the county, then each such municipality, home rule charter or statutory city, or township shall pay for its own election expenses for such election and the county of Hennepin shall not be responsible therefor. History:  1971 c 331 s 1,3; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1987 c 384 art 2 s 85
MN Stat § 383B.058 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 383B — Hennepin County|Section 383B.058 — Local Ordinances And Charters Superseded.

383B.058 LOCAL ORDINANCES AND CHARTERS SUPERSEDED. (a) Except as provided in this section, sections 383B.041 to 383B.057 supersede the provisions of any ordinance or resolution of a jurisdiction governed by sections 383B.041 to 383B.058 or any existing special law or home rule charter provision requiring disclosure of information related to the financing of election campaigns or requiring disclosure of economic interests by candidates and elected officials of that jurisdiction. (b) The governing body of Hennepin County, the governing body of any home rule charter city or statutory city located wholly in Hennepin County, and the school board of Special School District No. 1, Minneapolis may adopt or continue in force ordinances or resolutions that: (1) impose limits on the amount that any individual or association may contribute to any candidate for elected office in that jurisdiction; (2) require disclosure of economic interests in addition to those required to be disclosed under section 383B.053; or (3) require other public officials of that jurisdiction to make such disclosure. (c) Any home rule charter city that adopts a charter provision modifying or superseding any provision of sections 383B.041 to 383B.057 shall file a copy of the charter provision with the Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board within 60 days of its adoption. History:  1980 c 362 s 18; 1987 c 218 s 6; 1997 c 202 art 2 s 63
MN Stat § 383B.061 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 383B — Hennepin County|Section 383B.061 — Legislative Research Committee.

383B.061 LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH COMMITTEE. In Hennepin County there is hereby created a Legislative Research Committee. The committee shall consist of the senators and representatives in the legislature from the county. The committee may investigate and study, accumulate, compile, analyze, and report on information concerning policies, plans, programs, and procedures relating to or affecting the fiscal and legislative needs of the county and any governmental or political subdivision within the county, including any school district, and any metropolitan or district authority having jurisdiction in any area of the county. The committee shall gather information and provide material to be used by senators and representatives from the county in their work while the legislature is in session and in connection with any legislative proposals affecting the county and such subdivisions. It may appoint subcommittees to perform any of its functions or duties. The committee or any subcommittee appointed by it may sit at any time and place as it deems advisable. It shall meet at least once in each quarter and shall meet at any time upon the call of the chair. Nine members constitute a quorum. A majority of the quorum may act in any matter coming within the jurisdiction of the committee. The committee shall select a chair and a vice-chair from its own members and may prescribe its rules of procedure. It may appoint a secretary who need not be a member. The committee may employ such other persons and obtain the assistance of such research agencies as its deems necessary. The members of the committee and the members of any subcommittee shall be compensated for expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of their official duties. The county board shall appropriate from the county general revenue fund for the purpose of this section the sum of $20,000 for the use of the committee during the biennium ending December 31, 1966, and the sum of $20,000 for the use of the committee during each biennium thereafter. For the payment of the expenses of the committee it shall draw its warrants upon the county treasurer. These warrants shall be signed by the chair and one other member of the committee and approved by the county auditor. The county treasurer shall pay them as and when presented but not exceeding in any year the amount provided therefor. History:  1965 c 849 s 1-6; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 383B.063 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 383B — Hennepin County|Section 383B.063 — Fort Snelling Precinct.

383B.063 FORT SNELLING PRECINCT. That part of Fort Snelling Reservation in the 32nd legislative district of the state of Minnesota shall constitute one precinct for the electors resident therein. The county board of Hennepin County shall provide for and designate a polling place for this precinct, which may be within the municipality of Richfield. History:  1963 c 477 s 1,2
MN Stat § 383B.101 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 383B — Hennepin County|Section 383B.101 — County Administrator's Office; Establishment.

383B.101 COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR'S OFFICE; ESTABLISHMENT. The office of the Hennepin County administrator is created. The Hennepin County administrator shall be the chief administrative officer of the county government and shall be responsible to the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners for the administration of all departments, offices and agencies of county government which, by law, are subject to the authority of the board. The county administrator shall exercise all authority and shall perform all duties, which, by resolution, are delegated to the office of administrator by the board. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, all of the business of the county acted upon by the board shall be referred to the administrator, who shall implement such action as the board directs or authorizes. History:   1979 c 198 art 1 s 1
MN Stat § 383B.102 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 383B — Hennepin County|Section 383B.102 — Powers And Duties.

383B.102 POWERS AND DUTIES. (a) The administrator shall exercise general supervision over all county institutions, departments and agencies, and with the approval of the board, coordinate the activities of the county and unify the management of its affairs. (b) If directed by the board, the administrator may act as the head of any bureau or department, the appointment of which is made by the board, provided the administrator has the qualifications required by law. (c) The administrator's powers and duties shall include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) hire qualified office staff in the classified or unclassified service to assist in the performance of the administrator's duties as approved by the board; (2) provide for the execution of all ordinances, resolutions and orders of the board and all laws of the state required to be enforced through the board by the administrator or by officers who are under the direction and supervision of the administrator; (3) appoint, suspend and remove, with approval of the board, all personnel in the unclassified service who directly report to the administrator; (4) provide for county purchases, including purchases of service, as directed by the county board; (5) perform all duties, functions, and responsibilities provided by law of the offices enumerated in Laws 1967, chapter 599, notwithstanding contrary provisions therein as are provided by general and special law; (6) prepare and submit to the board a proposed annual budget and long-range capital expenditure program as provided for in sections 383B.111 to 383B.119; (7) prepare, submit and update, if directed by the board to do so, an administrative code incorporating the details of administrative procedures for the operation of the county; (8) examine the books and papers of officers and departments of the county with the assistance of internal audit or independent audit, as the board may direct, and report the findings to the board; (9) keep the board fully advised as to the financial condition and needs of the county and make such other reports as the board or the administrator deems advisable; and (10) attend meetings of the board and make recommendations. (d) The administrator may, with approval of the board, appoint and designate persons to carry out those duties, functions, and responsibilities referred to in paragraph (c), clause (5). History:  1979 c 198 art 1 s 2; 1980 c 573 s 16
MN Stat § 383B.103 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 383B — Hennepin County|Section 383B.103 — Compensation; Removal.

383B.103 COMPENSATION; REMOVAL. The administrator shall be appointed by the board. The administrator shall serve at the pleasure of the board. The board may designate a properly qualified person to perform the duties of the administrator during the absence or disability of the administrator. The board shall set the administrator's compensation and provide for a termination allowance, which shall be equal to the severance pay allowable to employees of the unclassified service. History:   1979 c 198 art 1 s 3
MN Stat § 383B.111 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 383B — Hennepin County|Section 383B.111 — Budget And Financial Administration.

383B.111 BUDGET AND FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION. Subdivision 1. Duties of county board. The Board of Commissioners of Hennepin County shall annually adopt a budget for the next fiscal year. The budget shall be a complete financial plan for the next year. The board may create fund accounts which shall be in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and such statutes and regulations issued by state or federal regulatory agencies as may be applicable to account for the assets, liabilities, revenues and expenditures of the county. Subd. 2. Duties of county administrator. The county administrator shall prepare and present recommendations concerning the budget to be adopted for the next fiscal year, implement accounting practices consistent with generally accepted accounting principles and implement other matters of a budget, financial or accounting nature as required. The administrator may establish administrative guidelines and procedures necessary to carry out the purposes of sections 383B.111 to 383B.119. History:   1979 c 198 art 2 s 1
MN Stat § 383B.112 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 383B — Hennepin County|Section 383B.112 — Annual Budget.

383B.112 ANNUAL BUDGET. Subdivision 1. Format. The board may utilize any combination of expenditure classifications by fund, organization, program, purpose or activity. The budget shall begin with a general summary of its contents and shall detail all estimated revenues, including the property tax levy, and all estimated expenditures, including debt service for the next fiscal year. The total of estimated expenditures for the next fiscal year shall not exceed the total of estimated revenues and any surplus amounts deemed to be available at the end of the current fiscal year. Amounts in funds unexpended at the end of the fiscal year which are permitted by generally accepted accounting principles to be carried over from one fiscal year to the next may be carried over in accordance with those principles. Unexpended amounts may be restricted by the board to finance contingent obligations which may become payable in subsequent fiscal years. The budget shall include both operating and capital revenues and expenditures as detailed in subdivisions 2 and 3. Subd. 2. Operating budget. The budget shall include information showing operating revenues, expenditures and personnel for the applicable fiscal year. Subd. 3. Capital budget. The budget shall include the capital expenditures proposed for the applicable fiscal year by project and the proposed method and plan of financing of each capital project. History:   1979 c 198 art 2 s 2