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MN Stat § 471.699 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.699 — Enforcement Of Reporting Requirements.

471.699 ENFORCEMENT OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. Failure of a city to timely file a statement or report under section 471.697 or 471.698 shall, in addition to any other penalties provided by law, authorize the state auditor to send full-time personnel to the city or to contract with private persons, firms, or corporations pursuant to section 6.581, in order to complete and file the financial statement or report. The expenses related to the completion and filing of the financial statement or report shall be charged to the city. Upon failure by the city to pay the charge within 30 days of billing, the state auditor shall so certify to the commissioner of management and budget who shall forward the amount certified to the general fund and deduct the amount from any state funds due to the city under any shared taxes or aids. The state auditor's annual report on cities shall include a listing of all cities failing to file a statement or report. History:  1978 c 787 s 5; 1989 c 335 art 4 s 89; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109; 2013 c 142 art 3 s 33
MN Stat § 471.6995 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.6995 — Extended Time To File Financial Report; Disaster Areas.

471.6995 EXTENDED TIME TO FILE FINANCIAL REPORT; DISASTER AREAS. The time limit by which financial reports are required to be filed under section 471.697 or 471.698, is extended by 90 days for any city or town located in whole or in part within a presidentially declared disaster area, if the time period for which the area is so designated includes at least one of the 30 days immediately preceding the time limit. History:   1Sp2001 c 5 art 20 s 17
MN Stat § 471.70 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.70 — Annual Report Of Outstanding Obligations.

471.70 ANNUAL REPORT OF OUTSTANDING OBLIGATIONS. For the purposes of this section "municipality" means a city, however organized; a school district, however organized; a town; or any other body corporate and politic created under Minnesota law. An "obligation" as used in this section means an obligation as defined in chapter 475. On or before February first each year, it shall be the duty of the principal accounting officer of each municipality to report to the auditor of each county in which such municipality is situate, the total amount of outstanding obligations, and the purpose for which issued as of December 31 of the preceding year. Such report shall be kept by the auditor of each county in a suitable record. On March first each year, it shall be the duty of the auditor of each county to make report to the state auditor of such obligations as reported to the county auditor by the principal accounting officer of the municipality, together with the amount and character of all outstanding obligations issued by the county. History:  (1938-14, 1938-15) 1927 c 163 s 1,2; 1945 c 187 s 1; 1967 c 48 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1973 c 492 s 7; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 471.701 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.701 — Salary Data.

471.701 SALARY DATA. A city or county with a population of more than 15,000 must annually notify its residents of the positions and base salaries of its three highest-paid employees. This notice may be provided on the home page of the primary website maintained by the political subdivision for a period of not less than 90 consecutive days, in a publication of the political subdivision that is distributed to all residents in the political subdivision, or as part of the annual notice of proposed property taxes prepared under section 275.065. History:   2005 c 156 art 2 s 39
MN Stat § 471.707 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.707 — Vending Machine License Fees; Notice.

471.707 VENDING MACHINE LICENSE FEES; NOTICE. A home rule charter or statutory city or a town may increase the fee for a license to own or operate a vending machine or to dispense goods or services therefrom only after notice and hearing on the matter. Mailed notice of the proposed change shall be sent to the persons already licensed at least 30 days before the hearing. This section supersedes any inconsistent provision of other law or charter. History:   1984 c 393 s 1
MN Stat § 471.709 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.709 — Massage Therapist License; Permit.

471.709 MASSAGE THERAPIST LICENSE; PERMIT. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a municipality shall not require a massage therapist to obtain a license or permit when the therapist is hired or employed by, and exclusively provides treatment on the premises of, a medical professional licensed under chapter 147 or 148 or a dental professional licensed under chapter 150A. A massage therapist is not limited to providing treatment to patients of the medical or dental professional. History:  2009 c 142 art 2 s 42; 2012 c 216 art 16 s 26
MN Stat § 471.71 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.71 — Definitions.

471.71 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Terms. For the purposes of sections 471.71 to 471.83 the terms defined in this section shall have the meanings ascribed to them unless the context otherwise requires. Subd. 2. Municipality. "Municipality" includes cities, towns, and school districts. Subd. 3. City, town, school district. "City," "town," or "school district" include only those of the class made subject to sections 471.71 to 471.83 by sections 471.72 and 471.73. Subd. 4. Unfunded indebtedness. "Unfunded indebtedness" includes all general obligations and indebtedness except bonds and except indebtedness which is payable from special assessments against benefited property. Subd. 5. Year. "Year" means calendar year, except that it means "fiscal year" in the case of any school district or city as to which both of the following conditions exist: (1) in the case of a city, the charter or law under which it is organized provides for a fiscal year differing from the calendar year; in the case of a school district, the books of account are kept on the basis of a fiscal year differing from the calendar year; (2) the governing body of such city or school district shall have adopted a resolution determining that its operation under sections 471.71 to 471.83 shall be on the basis of such fiscal year and giving the date of the beginning of that year. History:  1943 c 526 s 1 subd (a); 1951 c 63 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7
MN Stat § 471.72 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.72 — Application; Purpose.

471.72 APPLICATION; PURPOSE. Sections 471.71 to 471.83 apply to all cities, statutory cities, towns, and school districts in which more than 50 percent of the net tax capacity of taxable real and personal property, excluding money and credits, consists of unmined iron ore. Their purpose is to secure sound fiscal policies in, and remedy the financial condition of, municipalities, a large proportion of the property of which consists of a diminishing natural resource in which the state has a substantial interest. History:  1943 c 526 s 1 subd (c); 1951 c 63 s 2; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1988 c 719 art 5 s 84; 1989 c 329 art 13 s 20
MN Stat § 471.73 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.73 — Acceptance Of Provisions.

471.73 ACCEPTANCE OF PROVISIONS. In the case of any city within the class specified in section 471.72 having an estimated market value in excess of $37,000,000; and in the case of any statutory city within such class having an estimated market value of less than $5,000,000; and in the case of any statutory city within such class which is governed by Laws 1933, chapter 211, or Laws 1937, chapter 356; and in the case of any statutory city within such class which is governed by Laws 1929, chapter 208, and has an estimated market value of less than $83,000,000; and in the case of any school district within such class having an estimated market value of more than $54,000,000; and in the case of all towns within said class; sections 471.71 to 471.83 apply only if the governing body of the city or statutory city, the board of the school district, or the town board of the town shall have adopted a resolution determining to issue bonds under the provisions of sections 471.71 to 471.83 or to go upon a cash basis in accordance with the provisions thereof. History:  1943 c 526 s 1 subd (b); 1951 c 63 s 3; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1988 c 719 art 5 s 84; 1989 c 329 art 13 s 20; 1990 c 480 art 9 s 21; 2013 c 143 art 14 s 87
MN Stat § 471.76 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.76 — Expenditures, Obligations; Clerk's Statement.

471.76 EXPENDITURES, OBLIGATIONS; CLERK'S STATEMENT. The clerk or recording officer of each municipality subject to sections 471.71 to 471.83 shall prepare and present to the governing body, at its first meeting in each month, a statement showing expenditures made and estimated obligations or indebtedness incurred for the preceding month and for the preceding portion of the year; the amount allotted by the resolution referred to in section 471.75, for such month and quarter and the preceding quarters of the year; the amount allotted by such resolution and the probable expenditures for the remaining quarters of the year. If at any time it appears from such statement or from other evidence that the municipality is incurring obligations at a rate or upon a scale which would make it probable, if such rate or scale of expenditures be continued, that the total attempted expenditures for that year would exceed the available revenues, after allowance for probable tax delinquencies, the district court, in an action by any taxpayer, may enjoin expenditures during the remainder of the year in excess of probable available revenues. History:  1943 c 526 s 4; 1951 c 63 s 6
MN Stat § 471.77 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.77 — Indebtedness Contracted In Excess Of Revenue.

471.77 INDEBTEDNESS CONTRACTED IN EXCESS OF REVENUE. Whenever any department, board, or commission of such municipality has power under the law to expend money, such department, board, or commission shall not contract any indebtedness or incur any obligations which, when added to other indebtedness, obligations, or liabilities, previously incurred during the year, would be in excess of the sum that may be allotted to the department, board, or commission for that year by the governing body of the municipality, plus available actual receipts from such other sources as are under its control. History:  1943 c 526 s 5; 1951 c 63 s 7
MN Stat § 471.78 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.78 — Indebtedness In Excess Of Revenue, Contracts Void.

471.78 INDEBTEDNESS IN EXCESS OF REVENUE, CONTRACTS VOID. Each contract attempted to be entered into or indebtedness or pecuniary liability attempted to be incurred in violation of the provisions of sections 471.71 to 471.83 shall be null and void in regard to any obligation thereby sought to be imposed upon the municipality or any department thereof, and no claim therefor shall be allowed by the governing body or any officer, board, or commission; nor shall the clerk or any other officer issue or execute, nor shall the treasurer or other disbursing officer thereof pay, any check, warrant, or certificate of indebtedness issued on account thereof. Each member of the governing body, board, or commission, and each other officer of the municipality participating in or authorizing any violation of sections 471.71 to 471.83 shall be individually liable to the municipality for any damage that is caused thereby, and shall be liable to any person furnishing any labor, services, or materials on any contract entered into or obligations assumed in violation thereof. Each member of the governing body or of a board or commission who is present at any meeting thereof when any action is taken with reference to paying money or incurring indebtedness or entering into any contract in violation of the provisions of this section shall be deemed to have participated in and to have authorized the same unless the member shall have caused the member's dissent therefrom to be entered upon the minutes of the meeting. History:  1943 c 526 s 6; 1951 c 63 s 8; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 471.79 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.79 — Enforcement.

471.79 ENFORCEMENT. The district court may, at the suit of any taxpayer, enforce the performance by any governing body, board, commission, officer, or agent of any municipality of any action which it is directed to perform by sections 471.71 to 471.83, to the full extent necessary to carry out the purpose thereof. History:  1943 c 526 s 7; 1951 c 63 s 9; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 471.80 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.80 — Application.

471.80 APPLICATION. Sections 471.71 to 471.83 shall supersede inconsistent home rule charter provisions, but shall not supersede or repeal home rule charter provisions not inconsistent therewith which impose other and additional restrictions on the incurring of obligations or expenditures of moneys. History:  1943 c 526 s 8; 1951 c 63 s 10
MN Stat § 471.81 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.81 — Construction.

471.81 CONSTRUCTION. Nothing in sections 471.71 to 471.83 shall be construed as restricting the power of a municipality to issue bonds for any purpose when authorized by any other law. History:  1943 c 526 s 9; 1951 c 63 s 11
MN Stat § 471.82 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.82 — Repealer, Exceptions.

471.82 REPEALER, EXCEPTIONS. Laws 1929, chapter 303; Laws 1931, chapter 342; Laws 1933, chapters 210, 275, and 415; and Laws 1935, chapter 261, are hereby repealed, except that the provisions thereof regulating the making and allocating of levies for the payment of bonds issued thereunder and interest thereon, and any other provisions relating to tax levies, shall remain in force. History:  1943 c 526 s 10; 1951 c 63 s 12
MN Stat § 471.83 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.83 — Severable, Effect.

471.83 SEVERABLE, EFFECT. The provisions of sections 471.71 to 471.83 are severable, and the unconstitutionality of any provision or the unconstitutionality of these sections as applied to any municipality shall not invalidate other provisions or prevent the application of these sections to other municipalities; provided, that if for any reason these sections be held to be inapplicable to any municipality which is now governed by any of the laws specifically repealed by section 471.82, such law shall not be repealed as to such municipality. History:  1943 c 526 s 11; 1951 c 63 s 13
MN Stat § 471.831 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.831 — Municipality May File Bankruptcy Petition.

471.831 MUNICIPALITY MAY FILE BANKRUPTCY PETITION. Subdivision 1. Any relief under bankruptcy code. A municipality, as defined in subdivision 2, may file a petition and seek any relief available to it under United States Code, title 11, as amended. Subd. 2. Municipality defined. In this section, "municipality" means a municipality as defined in United States Code, title 11, section 101, as amended, but limited to a county, statutory or home rule charter city, or town; or a housing and redevelopment authority, economic development authority, or rural development financing authority established under chapter 469, a home rule charter, or special law. History:  1997 c 148 s 1; 1Sp2019 c 6 art 8 s 7
MN Stat § 471.84 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.84 — Cemeteries; Appropriation By Certain Subdivisions.

471.84 CEMETERIES; APPROPRIATION BY CERTAIN SUBDIVISIONS. The governing body of any city of the fourth class or statutory city or town may, in its discretion, appropriate a sum not to exceed $10,000 per annum to any public or privately owned cemetery located within or without its boundaries if the cemetery is used for the burial of the dead of any city of the fourth class or statutory city or town without restriction. History:  1951 c 121 s 1; 1953 c 281 s 1; 1957 c 452 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 2008 c 187 s 8
MN Stat § 471.85 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.85 — Property Transfer; Public Corporations.

471.85 PROPERTY TRANSFER; PUBLIC CORPORATIONS. Any county, city, town, or school district may transfer its personal property for a nominal or without consideration to another public corporation for public use when duly authorized by its governing body. History:  1951 c 176 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7
MN Stat § 471.86 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.86 — Protection For Firefighter Driver Sued For Damages.

471.86 PROTECTION FOR FIREFIGHTER DRIVER SUED FOR DAMAGES. Subdivision 1. Legal counsel, employment. Every city, township, or other governmental subdivision of the state shall furnish legal counsel for any firefighter employed by it upon the firefighter's written request in all actions brought against such firefighter to recover damages for injury to person or property, or for wrongful death, when such action arose out of the operation of a motor vehicle by such firefighter in the performance of official duties, and pay the expenses of defending such suit, including witness and reasonable counsel fees, notwithstanding any contrary provision in the law or in the charter of any such governmental subdivision. Subd. 2. Judgment, payment authorized. If judgment is rendered in favor of the firefighter, costs and disbursements included therein shall be assigned to such governmental subdivision by the firefighter, and all money collected thereon shall be paid to it. If judgment is rendered against the firefighter, such governmental subdivision shall appropriate money from any funds available to pay such judgment, or shall levy funds for the payment thereof pursuant to law. Subd. 3. Application. The obligation of this section shall not apply in any case where such firefighter is fully indemnified against claims for such damages and for such expenses by contract with another, and this section shall not be construed to waive any existing immunity accorded by law to municipalities or governmental subdivisions from claims for damages sustained as the result of the negligence of its officers, agents or servants in the exercise or performance of governmental or public functions. History:  1951 c 183 s 1-3; 1957 c 199 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1977 c 429 s 63; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 471.87 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.87 — Public Officers, Interest In Contract; Penalty.

471.87 PUBLIC OFFICERS, INTEREST IN CONTRACT; PENALTY. Except as authorized in section 123B.195 or 471.88, a public officer who is authorized to take part in any manner in making any sale, lease, or contract in official capacity shall not voluntarily have a personal financial interest in that sale, lease, or contract or personally benefit financially therefrom. Every public officer who violates this provision is guilty of a gross misdemeanor. History:  1951 c 379 s 1; 1955 c 41 s 1; 1986 c 444; 2015 c 21 art 1 s 77
MN Stat § 471.881 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.881 — Exceptions; Application.

471.881 EXCEPTIONS; APPLICATION. The exceptions provided in section 471.88 shall apply notwithstanding the provisions of any other statute or city charter. History:   1967 c 18 s 1
MN Stat § 471.89 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.89 — Contract, When Void.

471.89 CONTRACT, WHEN VOID. Subdivision 1. Procedure followed. A contract made pursuant to section 471.88, subdivision 5, is void unless the procedure prescribed by subdivisions 2 and 3 is followed. Subd. 2. Resolution by governing body. Except in an emergency making such procedure impracticable, the governing body of the governmental unit shall authorize the contract in advance of its performance by adopting a resolution setting out the essential facts and determining that the contract price is as low as or lower than the price at which the commodity or services could be obtained elsewhere. In case of an emergency when the contract cannot be authorized in advance, payment of the claims shall be authorized by a like resolution in which the facts of the emergency are also stated. Subd. 3. Claims, affidavits filed. Before such a claim is paid, the interested officer shall file with the clerk of the governing body an affidavit stating: (1) the name of the officer and the office held by the officer; (2) an itemization of the commodity or services furnished; (3) the contract price; (4) the reasonable value; (5) the interest of the officer in the contract; and (6) that to the best of the officer's knowledge and belief the contract price is as low as, or lower than, the price at which the commodity or services could be obtained from other sources. History:  1951 c 379 s 3; 1965 c 45 s 64-66; 1967 c 125 s 1,2; 1978 c 651 s 2,3; 1986 c 444