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MN Stat § 375.06 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 375 — County Boards|Section 375.06 — Compensation For Committee Work; Travel Expenses.

375.06 COMPENSATION FOR COMMITTEE WORK; TRAVEL EXPENSES. Subdivision 1. Per diem, travel expense. The members of the county boards in counties other than Hennepin, Ramsey, and St. Louis, may be paid a per diem pursuant to section 375.055, subdivision 1, for each day necessarily occupied in the discharge of their official duties while acting on any committee under the direction of the board, and may be paid their actual and necessary traveling expenses in accordance with section 471.665 for travel incurred in the discharge of the committee work. Any committee may be comprised of all of the members of the county board. The members of the county boards in addition to any compensation authorized for their duties may be allowed and paid their actual and necessary traveling expenses in accordance with section 471.665 for travel incurred in attending meetings of the board. The chair of the county board may receive mileage reimbursement in accordance with section 471.665 for going to the county seat to sign warrants during recess of the county board. Subd. 2. Travel reimbursement conditions. If a county commissioner is authorized to be reimbursed for traveling expenses while performing official duties as a county commissioner or while serving on a board, commission or committee, the reimbursement shall be limited to expenses actually paid or incurred. If authorized to be paid mileage or receive reimbursement for expenses in performing a duty and the commissioner uses a private automobile, the commissioner may be reimbursed for its use at not more than the rate specified for reimbursement in section 471.665 for each mile actually traveled. This subdivision does not supersede any law specifying a maximum mileage or expense allowance for a commissioner or for all commissioners on a county board. History:  (657) 1907 c 296 s 1; 1911 c 283 s 1; 1913 c 456 s 1; 1951 c 487 s 1; 1957 c 612; 1963 c 387 s 4; 1965 c 286 s 1; 1967 c 716 s 4; 1975 c 301 s 9; 1984 c 629 s 2; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 375.065 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 375 — County Boards|Section 375.065 — Meetings, Pay.

375.065 MEETINGS, PAY. A member of the county board of a county who is paid a salary that is more than 50 percent of the salary of the governor may not be paid any amount, by per diem or otherwise, except as reimbursement for expenses, for attendance at meetings related to the business of any local government unit. History:   1990 c 460 s 6
MN Stat § 375.07 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 375 — County Boards|Section 375.07 — Meetings; Quorum.

375.07 MEETINGS; QUORUM. The board shall meet at the county seat for the transaction of business on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January, and may meet on other days and at other locations within the county it prescribes as necessary for the interests of the county. A majority shall constitute a quorum, and no business shall be done unless voted for by a majority of the whole board, but less than a majority may adjourn. Sessions shall be called by a majority of the board and the clerk shall give at least ten days' notice of them to each of the commissioners. History:  (658) RL s 424; 1982 c 435 s 1; 1984 c 629 s 2; 2005 c 42 s 1
MN Stat § 375.08 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 375 — County Boards|Section 375.08 — Board To Fill Vacancies In County Offices.

375.08 BOARD TO FILL VACANCIES IN COUNTY OFFICES. When a vacancy occurs in the office of an elected county auditor, county treasurer, county recorder, sheriff, county attorney, county surveyor, or coroner, the county board shall fill it by appointment. For that purpose it shall meet at the usual place of meeting, upon one day's notice from the chair or clerk, which shall be served personally upon each member in the same manner as a district court summons. The person appointed shall give the bond and take the oath required by law, and serve the remainder of the term, and until a successor qualifies. When a vacancy occurs in an office that has a chief deputy or first assistant, the chief deputy or first assistant may perform all the duties and functions of the office until it is filled by appointment by the county board. History:  (659) RL s 425; 1939 c 153; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1978 c 706 s 65; 1984 c 629 s 2; 1986 c 444; 1Sp2019 c 10 art 2 s 17
MN Stat § 375.09 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 375 — County Boards|Section 375.09 — Commissioner's Malfeasance; Affected Actions Are Void.

375.09 COMMISSIONER'S MALFEASANCE; AFFECTED ACTIONS ARE VOID. Subdivision 1. No county employment or other elected office. No county commissioner shall hold another elected office during tenure as commissioner nor be employed by the county. Subd. 2. No bribery. No commissioner shall receive any money or other valuable thing as a condition of voting or inducement to vote for any contract or other thing under consideration by the board. Subd. 3. Affected elections, contracts, votes to pay are void. Every election and every contract or payment voted for or made contrary to this section is void. Subd. 4. Violation is malfeasance. Any violation of this section is a malfeasance in office. History:  (778) RL s 447; 1981 c 163 s 1; 1984 c 629 s 2; 1986 c 399 art 1 s 19; 1986 c 416 s 1; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 375.11 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 375 — County Boards|Section 375.11 — Board Seal; Rebuttable Evidence Of Board Proceedings.

375.11 BOARD SEAL; REBUTTABLE EVIDENCE OF BOARD PROCEEDINGS. Subdivision 1. Auditor's seal is board seal. The seal of the county auditor shall be the seal of the board. Subd. 2. Authenticated proceedings are evidence. Copies of its proceedings, authenticated as required by law, shall be prima facie evidence of them in all cases. History:  (661) RL s 427; 1984 c 629 s 2
MN Stat § 375.12 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 375 — County Boards|Section 375.12 — Proceedings In Qualified Paper Within 30 Days; Let By Bid.

375.12 PROCEEDINGS IN QUALIFIED PAPER WITHIN 30 DAYS; LET BY BID. Subdivision 1. Summary; in daily or weekly. The county board shall have the official proceedings of its sessions published in a qualified newspaper of general circulation in the county. The publication shall be let annually by contract to the lowest bidder, at the first regular session of the board in January each year. If the county board determines that publication of a summary of the proceedings would adequately inform the public of the substance of the proceedings, the county board may direct that only a summary be published, conforming to the requirements of section 331A.01, subdivision 10. In each county whose population exceeds 600,000, the proceedings shall be published in a daily newspaper. The board may reject any offer if, in its judgment, the public interests require, and may then designate a newspaper without regard to any rejected offer. In any county whose population exceeds 50,000, and is less than 250,000, the proceedings may be published in one daily and one weekly newspaper at the county seat. If the official newspaper of the county ceases to exist for any reason except consolidation with another newspaper, the county board may designate another newspaper for the remainder of the year. The publication shall occur within 30 days of the meeting to which the proceedings relate. Subd. 2. Small claims totaled. Individualized itemized accounts, claims or demands allowed by the county board pursuant to section 471.38, subdivision 1, need not be published pursuant to subdivision 1, if the amount allowed from each claim is $2,000 or less. The official proceedings following the itemization of accounts required shall contain a statement showing the total number of claims that did not exceed $2,000 and their total dollar amount. History:  (662) RL s 428; 1907 c 447; 1941 c 507; 1947 c 161 s 1; 1949 c 69 s 1; 1967 c 532 s 1; 1971 c 532 s 1; 1978 c 743 s 14; 1979 c 252 s 3; 1982 c 572 s 1; 1984 c 543 s 40; 1984 c 629 s 2; 2004 c 182 s 28; 2009 c 152 s 9
MN Stat § 375.13 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 375 — County Boards|Section 375.13 — Chair.

375.13 CHAIR. The county board, at its first session in each year, shall elect from its members a chair and a vice-chair. The chair shall preside at its meetings and sign all documents requiring signature on its behalf. The chair's signature, attested by the clerk of the county board, shall be binding as the signature of the board. In case of the absence or incapacity of the chair, the vice-chair shall perform the chair's duties. If the chair or vice-chair are absent from any meeting, all documents requiring the signature of the board shall be signed by a majority of it and attested by the clerk. History:  (663) RL s 429; 1937 c 165 s 1; 1978 c 743 s 15; 1982 c 435 s 2; 1984 c 629 s 2; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 375.14 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 375 — County Boards|Section 375.14 — Offices And Supplies Furnished For County Officers.

375.14 OFFICES AND SUPPLIES FURNISHED FOR COUNTY OFFICERS. The county board shall provide offices at the county seat for the auditor, treasurer, county recorder, sheriff, court administrator of the district court, and an office for the county engineer at a site determined by the county board, with suitable furniture and safes and vaults for the security and preservation of the books and papers of the offices, and provide heating, lighting, and maintenance of the offices. The board shall furnish all county officers with all books, stationery, letterheads, envelopes, postage, telephone service, office equipment, electronic technology, and supplies necessary to the discharge of their respective duties. The board is not required to furnish any county officer with professional or technical books or instruments except when the board deems them directly necessary to the discharge of official duties as part of the permanent equipment of the office. History:  (664) RL s 430; 1927 c 346; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1978 c 706 s 66; 1980 c 560 s 2; 1984 c 629 s 2; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82; 1995 c 189 s 8; 1996 c 277 s 1; 2005 c 4 s 66; 2009 c 83 art 2 s 27
MN Stat § 375.15 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 375 — County Boards|Section 375.15 — Damaged Records Transcribed.

375.15 DAMAGED RECORDS TRANSCRIBED. If the records of any office named in section 375.14 are damaged so as to render any portion of them liable to become illegible, destroyed, or lost, the county board shall provide suitable books, and cause the records to be transcribed, so that the new volumes will correspond, in designation, letter or number, and page, to the original records. The fees for the work shall be fixed by the board, and shall not exceed seven cents per folio for the whole work done. Printed record books shall be used when practicable for both original and transcribed records. History:  (666) RL s 432; 1984 c 629 s 2
MN Stat § 375.16 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 375 — County Boards|Section 375.16 — County Appropriation For Incidental Expenses.

375.16 COUNTY APPROPRIATION FOR INCIDENTAL EXPENSES. Subdivision 1. Procedure. At its regular meetings the county board may appropriate from the county revenue fund a sum to pay incidental expenses of county officers incurred for postage, and for necessary express, freight, telephone, telegraph, water, light, other utility charges, and the mileage and per diem of town officers making election returns, to be paid on the warrant of the county auditor upon the presentation of a properly itemized and verified bill. On considering the sum charged excessive, the county auditor shall file the bill, if requested by the person presenting it, for action by the board at its next meeting. Subd. 2. Except Hennepin County. This section does not apply to Hennepin County. History:  (665) RL s 431; 1907 c 390 s 1; 1919 c 305; 1947 c 149 s 1; 1957 c 55; 1961 c 538 s 1; 1973 c 100 s 1; 1979 c 198 art 4 s 13; 1984 c 629 s 2; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 375.161 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 375 — County Boards|Section 375.161 — Incidental Costs And Expenses; Contingent Fund.

375.161 INCIDENTAL COSTS AND EXPENSES; CONTINGENT FUND. Subdivision 1. Up to $1,500. In addition to the amount authorized by section 375.16, each county board may annually appropriate from the county revenue fund not more than $1,500 as a contingent fund for use by the county board to pay for incidental costs and expenses incurred by them in expediting the business of the county. Subd. 2. Special act. Nothing in subdivision 1 shall operate to lessen the amount of a contingent fund available to the county board or the chair of a county board under the authority of a special act for a single county enacted before August 1, 1973. Subd. 3. Except Hennepin County. This section does not apply to Hennepin County. History:  1973 c 373 s 1; 1979 c 198 art 4 s 13; 1984 c 629 s 2; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 375.162 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 375 — County Boards|Section 375.162 — Imprest Cash Funds.

375.162 IMPREST CASH FUNDS. Subdivision 1. Procedure. The county board may establish one or more imprest funds for the payment in cash of any proper claim against the county which it is impractical to pay in any other manner. No claim for salary or personal expenses of a county officer or employee shall be paid from an imprest fund. The county board shall appoint a custodian of each imprest fund who shall be responsible for its safekeeping and disbursement according to law. Money for the operation of an imprest fund shall be secured by a warrant issued on the general revenue fund. A claim itemizing all the various demands for which disbursements have been made from the fund shall be presented to the county board at the next county board meeting after the month in which the disbursements have been made. The county board shall act upon it as in the case of other claims and a warrant shall be issued to the custodian for the amount allowed. The custodian shall use the proceeds of the warrant to replenish the fund, and if the county board fails to approve the claim in full for any sufficient reason, the custodian shall be personally responsible for the difference. Subd. 2. For travel. The county board may authorize an imprest fund for the purpose of advancing money to officers or employees to pay their actual and necessary expenses in attending meetings outside the county or for other travel that is related to the performance of their job duties. The county board shall appoint a custodian of the fund who shall be responsible for its safekeeping and disbursement according to law. Attendance at meetings and other travel outside the county shall be authorized in advance by the county board. At a meeting of the county board in the month after approved travel outside the county, the officer or employee shall submit an itemized claim for the actual and necessary expenses incurred and paid related to the approved travel. The county board shall act upon it as in the case of other claims and a warrant shall be issued to the officer or employee for the amount allowed. The officer or employee shall use the proceeds of the warrant to repay the amount advanced from the fund. If the amount approved by the county board is insufficient to repay the advance, the officer or employee shall be personally responsible for the difference. History:  1974 c 254 s 1; 1984 c 629 s 2; 1986 c 444; 1993 c 315 s 8
MN Stat § 375.163 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 375 — County Boards|Section 375.163 — Association Of Minnesota Counties; Dues, Expenses.

375.163 ASSOCIATION OF MINNESOTA COUNTIES; DUES, EXPENSES. The county board may appropriate money to pay the annual dues of the county for membership in the Association of Minnesota Counties and the actual necessary expense of delegates designated by the county board to attend meetings of the association. History:  1955 c 364 s 1; 1984 c 629 s 2
MN Stat § 375.164 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 375 — County Boards|Section 375.164 — Broadcast Facilities.

375.164 BROADCAST FACILITIES. The county board may appropriate annually from the county general revenue fund an amount necessary to fund the construction, acquisition, improvement, operation, or maintenance of a translator station or a noncommercial television broadcast facility to receive and transmit television broadcasting signals that can be received by residents of the county. History:  1973 c 213 s 1; 1984 c 629 s 2; 1991 c 155 s 1
MN Stat § 375.165 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 375 — County Boards|Section 375.165 — County Translator Systems; Funding.

375.165 COUNTY TRANSLATOR SYSTEMS; FUNDING. Notwithstanding section 375.164, or any other contrary law, the county board of any county owning, operating or maintaining a translator system on April 14, 1976, may singly or jointly with contiguous counties appropriate from the general revenue fund an amount necessary to fund the construction, acquisition, improvement, maintenance and operations of a translator system either in or outside of the county to receive and transmit television broadcasting signals. The county may singly or jointly with contiguous counties acquire, by gift, lease or purchase, any real estate or interest in real estate upon the terms or conditions, including contracts for fees, it determines, either in or outside of the county, to establish, improve or operate a television translator system. No real estate located in another county may be acquired unless the county board of the county where the real estate is located approves the proposed acquisition. The county may issue bonds in accordance with chapter 475, for the acquisition, construction or improvement of television translator systems and the acquisition of real estate for them. History:  1976 c 249 s 17; 1984 c 629 s 2
MN Stat § 375.167 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 375 — County Boards|Section 375.167 — Nonprofit Legal Assistance Corporations.

375.167 NONPROFIT LEGAL ASSISTANCE CORPORATIONS. Subdivision 1. Appropriations. Notwithstanding any contrary law, a county board may appropriate from the general revenue fund to any nonprofit corporation a sum not to exceed 0.00604 percent of estimated market value to provide legal assistance to persons who are unable to afford private legal counsel. Subd. 2. Contiguous counties may combine appropriations. Any two or more contiguous counties may by concurrent resolution of their county boards combine their appropriations to a single nonprofit corporation to serve the purpose of subdivision 1 in their counties. History:  1974 c 321 s 1,2; 1Sp1981 c 1 art 5 s 10; 1982 c 489 s 1; 1984 c 593 s 39; 1984 c 629 s 2; 1987 c 384 art 2 s 1; 1988 c 719 art 5 s 84; 1989 c 277 art 4 s 32; 1994 c 505 art 2 s 4; 2013 c 143 art 14 s 52
MN Stat § 375.168 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 375 — County Boards|Section 375.168 — Undercover Buy Fund; Expenditure Of Money By Counties.

375.168 UNDERCOVER BUY FUND; EXPENDITURE OF MONEY BY COUNTIES. A county board may appropriate money for investigation of criminal activity relating to receiving or selling stolen goods, including the setting aside of money for "buy funds." History:  1982 c 536 s 4; 1984 c 629 s 2
MN Stat § 375.169 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 375 — County Boards|Section 375.169 — Publication Of Summary Budget Statement.

375.169 PUBLICATION OF SUMMARY BUDGET STATEMENT. Annually, upon adoption of the county budget, the county board shall cause a summary budget statement to be published in the official newspaper of the county, or if there is none, in a qualified newspaper of general circulation in the county. The statement shall contain information relating to anticipated revenues and expenditures in a form prescribed by the state auditor. The form prescribed shall be designed so that comparisons can be made between the current year and the budget year. A note shall be included that the complete budget is available for public inspection at a designated location within the county. History:   1984 c 543 s 41
MN Stat § 375.1691 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 375 — County Boards|Section 375.1691 — Judicial Order After Budget Preparation.

375.1691 JUDICIAL ORDER AFTER BUDGET PREPARATION. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a judicial order compelling payment out of county funds shall not be paid unless approved by the county board, if a budget request for the item was not submitted to the county board prior to adoption of the budget in effect for the fiscal year. If the county board refuses to approve payment, the order may be paid in the first fiscal year for which a budget is approved after receipt of the order. This section does not apply to a judgment or other award against the county that is a result of litigation to which the county or a county official in an official capacity was a party. History:   1988 c 719 art 6 s 15