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MN Stat § 365.33 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns|Chapter 365 — Town General Law|Section 365.33 — How County To Treat Town Cemetery Money.

365.33 HOW COUNTY TO TREAT TOWN CEMETERY MONEY. Subdivision 1. Like other funds. Deposits into the fund set up under section 365.29 must be treated the way other funds in the county treasury are treated. The deposit must not earn a lower rate of interest than is paid on county funds in the depository. Subd. 2. Time certificates. The directors of a cemetery association may require money to be deposited in time certificates in the depository. The certificates must be in the name of the county treasurer and must be payable to the county treasurer or successors in office. The county treasurer shall get the highest rate of interest that the depository will pay on the time certificates. The interest rate must not be less than the current rate paid on time certificates by the depository. The county treasurer is just as liable on the county treasurer's bond for the principal and interest on the time certificates as for deposits of county money. Subd. 3. Separate secured account. The town's cemetery fund money must be deposited in the depository in the name of the county. The bond or security given to the county by the depository is security for the fund money. The county treasurer shall keep an accurate and separate account of the fund money. Subd. 4. Withdrawal, use of money. Annually the county treasurer shall withdraw money from the fund as directed by the town board and pay it to the directors of the cemetery. The directors may use the money only for purposes of sections 365.29 to 365.36. History:  (1019, 1020) 1911 c 224 s 6,7; 1917 c 161 s 6,7; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 229 art 8 s 1; 2008 c 187 s 4
MN Stat § 365.34 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns|Chapter 365 — Town General Law|Section 365.34 — If Depository Changed, Fund To Be Changed.

365.34 IF DEPOSITORY CHANGED, FUND TO BE CHANGED. When a county changes its depository, the county's treasurer shall deposit its towns' cemetery funds in the new depository. History:  (1021) 1911 c 224 s 8; 1987 c 229 art 8 s 1
MN Stat § 365.35 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns|Chapter 365 — Town General Law|Section 365.35 — Fund Principal; Interest.

365.35 FUND PRINCIPAL; INTEREST. The principal of a town's cemetery fund must be used as directed by the town board. Interest earned by the fund that is not needed to care for or beautify the cemetery or its lots in any year must be added to the principal by the cemetery's directors. History:  (1022) 1911 c 224 s 9; 1917 c 161 s 8; 1987 c 229 art 8 s 1; 2008 c 187 s 5
MN Stat § 365.36 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns|Chapter 365 — Town General Law|Section 365.36 — Investment Of Cemetery Fund.

365.36 INVESTMENT OF CEMETERY FUND. Subdivision 1. Like school fund. A cemetery's directors or, if none, the town board shall invest the principal of the cemetery fund in the kind of securities that the permanent school fund may be invested in. This section controls the investment of the principal of the fund. Subd. 2. County treasurer's duties. The town board and the cemetery directors may require the county treasurer to withdraw money from the depository for investment under this section. The securities invested in must remain with the county treasurer. The bond of the county treasurer is security for the proper care of the securities. The bond is also security for the payment to the cemetery directors of interest earned by the securities and received by the treasurer. On receiving payments on the securities the county treasurer shall deposit the payments in the county depository. The county treasurer also shall collect the interest on money loaned from the fund. The county treasurer shall then pay the money received and collected to the directors of the cemetery when they ask for it. Annually the county treasurer shall pay the cemetery directors all interest on money received or collected on money deposited or invested under sections 365.29 to 365.36, and principal as directed by the town board. Subd. 3. Treasurer's report and statements. Before March 2 each year the county treasurer shall make a report to the town board. The report must have a statement of all money received by the treasurer under sections 365.29 to 365.36 during the last calendar year. The statement must include: (1) the amount of money and the amount of securities in the permanent fund on the first day of the calendar year; (2) the amount of money paid into the fund during the year; (3) the amount of money invested in securities in the year; (4) the amount of money and the amount of securities in the fund at the end of the calendar year; (5) the amount of interest collected on the fund and turned over to the directors; (6) the amount of excess interest returned by the directors, deposited in the treasury, and added to the permanent fund; and (7) the amount of principal in the fund turned over to the directors at the direction of the town board. History:  (1023) 1911 c 224 s 10; 1917 c 161 s 9; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 229 art 8 s 1; 2008 c 187 s 6,7
MN Stat § 365.37 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns|Chapter 365 — Town General Law|Section 365.37 — Conflicts, Bids, Emergencies, Penalty, Removal.

365.37 CONFLICTS, BIDS, EMERGENCIES, PENALTY, REMOVAL. Subdivision 1. No conflicts; exceptions. Except as provided in sections 471.87 to 471.89, a supervisor or town board must not be a party to, or be directly or indirectly interested in, a contract made or payment voted by the town board. Subd. 2. To lowest responsible bidder. A contract let on bid must be let to the lowest responsible bidder. Subd. 2a. Best value alternative. As an alternative to the procurement method described in subdivision 2, a contract for construction, building, alteration, improvement, or repair work may be awarded to the vendor or contractor offering the best value under a request for proposals as described in section 16C.28, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (2), and paragraph (c). Subd. 3. Notice. Before a contract is let on bid, ten days' public notice of the time and place of receiving bids must be given. The notice must be posted in the three most public places in the town or published for two weeks in a newspaper generally circulated in the town. Subd. 4. Special emergency exception. If a special emergency comes up, a contract may be let without notice or competitive bidding. A special emergency is a situation requiring immediate action essential to the health, safety, or welfare of the town. Subd. 5. Violation; misdemeanor and removal. A contract made or payment voted or made contrary to this section is void. A town officer who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and must leave office. History:  (1096) RL s 688; 1913 c 164 s 1; 1951 c 74 s 1; 1951 c 379 s 4; 1957 c 76 s 1; 1984 c 562 s 15; 1985 c 169 s 8; 1Sp1985 c 16 art 2 s 11; 1987 c 90 s 3; 1987 c 229 art 8 s 1; 2007 c 148 art 3 s 20
MN Stat § 365.38 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns|Chapter 365 — Town General Law|Section 365.38 — Notify Clerk Before Suit; Wait 30 Days On Order.

365.38 NOTIFY CLERK BEFORE SUIT; WAIT 30 DAYS ON ORDER. Subdivision 1. On most money claims; exceptions. If an action on a claim can demand only a money judgment the action cannot be brought against a town until a statement of the claim is filed with the town clerk. Filing is not required for actions on a town order, bond, coupon, or written promise to pay money. Subd. 2. Town orders. An action cannot be brought on a town order until the 31st day after payment of the order is demanded. History:  (1106) RL s 695; 1987 c 229 art 8 s 1
MN Stat § 365.39 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns|Chapter 365 — Town General Law|Section 365.39 — Lawsuit With Town As Party Is Like Any Lawsuit.

365.39 LAWSUIT WITH TOWN AS PARTY IS LIKE ANY LAWSUIT. An action or proceeding with a town as a party must be handled as other actions and proceedings are handled. A judgment has the same effect as a judgment in a similar action or proceeding between individuals. History:  (1104) RL s 693; 1987 c 229 art 8 s 1
MN Stat § 365.40 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns|Chapter 365 — Town General Law|Section 365.40 — Town Name In Suit; Exception; Service; Defense.

365.40 TOWN NAME IN SUIT; EXCEPTION; SERVICE; DEFENSE. Subdivision 1. Town or officers named. In all actions or proceedings the town shall sue and be sued in its name, except that town officers may sue in their official names for the town's benefit. Subd. 2. Serve chair or clerk. In an action against a town, process and papers must be served on the chair of the town board or on the town clerk. Subd. 3. Chair defends, tells board. The chair shall see that the action is defended. The chair shall also give the town board a full statement of the facts about the action or proceeding so that the board can decide how to defend it. The statement must be given at the first board meeting after the town is served. History:  (1105) RL s 694; 1974 c 394 s 4; 1978 c 497 s 2; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 229 art 8 s 1
MN Stat § 365.41 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns|Chapter 365 — Town General Law|Section 365.41 — Judgment Against Town; Payment; Execution.

365.41 JUDGMENT AGAINST TOWN; PAYMENT; EXECUTION. Subdivision 1. Paid by town treasurer. A judgment against a town, or a town officer in an official capacity, must be paid by the town treasurer on demand if there is enough unappropriated money on hand. The demand is made by giving the town treasurer a certified copy of the docket of the judgment. An execution of the judgment must not be issued at this time. Subd. 2. Unpaid if stayed, appealed. If the judgment is reversed or stayed the town treasurer must not pay it. Subd. 3. Personally liable. If a town has enough money but its treasurer does not pay the judgment, the treasurer is liable for the amount of the judgment. The personal liability is removed if the collection of the judgment is later stayed on appeal. Subd. 4. Tax levy; execution, if not paid. If the town does not have enough money on hand to pay the judgment, the town shall levy to pay it. The town treasurer then must pay the judgment within 30 days after the county treasurer has to pay the levy money to the town treasurer. If the payment is not made by then, execution on the judgment may be made. Only town property is liable on the execution. History:  (1107) RL s 696; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 229 art 8 s 1
MN Stat § 365.42 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns|Chapter 365 — Town General Law|Section 365.42 — Amount Of Unpaid Judgment Added To Tax Levy.

365.42 AMOUNT OF UNPAID JUDGMENT ADDED TO TAX LEVY. A certified copy of the docket of an unsatisfied money judgment may be presented to the first annual town meeting after the judgment is rendered. If proceedings on the judgment are not stopped the town board shall then add the amount of the judgment to the tax levy for that year. History:  (1108) RL s 697; 1987 c 229 art 8 s 1
MN Stat § 365.43 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns|Chapter 365 — Town General Law|Section 365.43 — No Debt, Spending Beyond Tax Limit Without Vote.

365.43 NO DEBT, SPENDING BEYOND TAX LIMIT WITHOUT VOTE. Subdivision 1. Total revenue defined. A town must not spend more money in a year than its total revenue without a favorable vote of a majority of the town's electors. In this section, "total revenue" means property taxes payable in that year as well as amounts received from all other sources and amounts carried forward from the last year. Subd. 2. Law limits levied amount. A town must not levy more taxes in a year than are authorized by law. History:  (1098) RL s 690; 1987 c 229 art 8 s 1; 2005 c 151 art 3 s 14
MN Stat § 365.431 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns|Chapter 365 — Town General Law|Section 365.431 — Amount Voted At Meeting Is Tax Limit.

365.431 AMOUNT VOTED AT MEETING IS TAX LIMIT. Except as otherwise authorized by law, the tax for town purposes must not be more than the amount voted to be raised at the annual town meeting. History:  1987 c 229 art 8 s 1; 2005 c 151 art 3 s 15
MN Stat § 365.44 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns|Chapter 365 — Town General Law|Section 365.44 — Petition For Separation; Ballot At Town Meeting.

365.44 PETITION FOR SEPARATION; BALLOT AT TOWN MEETING. The question of whether a town is to be separated for all purposes from a statutory city within the town may be voted on at the town's annual meeting. This section must be followed for the separation to take place. At least 50 of the town's electors must sign a notice stating that the question will be voted on at the next annual meeting. The signers may reside within or outside the city. The notice must be filed with the town clerk. The clerk shall include the question in the notice of the meeting. The question must then be voted on by ballot. If a majority of the votes on the question are in favor of the separation, the town is separated from the statutory city for all purposes. Only voters residing outside the statutory city may vote on the question. History:  (1099) RL s 691; 1949 c 95 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1985 c 169 s 9; 1987 c 229 art 8 s 1
MN Stat § 365.45 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns|Chapter 365 — Town General Law|Section 365.45 — Petition For Dissolution; By County Board.

365.45 PETITION FOR DISSOLUTION; BY COUNTY BOARD. When a petition signed by a majority of the registered voters of the town calling for the dissolution of the town organization is filed with the town clerk at least 60 days before a regular or special town election, the question of whether to dissolve the town shall be submitted to the voters at the regular or special town election in the same manner provided in section 368.47. The result of the election, duly certified by the town clerk, shall be presented to the board of county commissioners of the county in which the town is located. The board of county commissioners shall, or whenever the tax delinquency in any town exceeds 70 percent in any one year, the board of county commissioners of the county wherein the town is situated, on its own initiative, may, by resolution, dissolve the town and attach the territory formerly embraced therein to an adjoining town or towns, or provide for the government of the territory as unorganized territory of the county. If the dissolved territory is added to an adjoining town, the proposal shall first have the approval of a five-eighths majority of the voting electors of the town to which the dissolved territory is added. Upon the adoption of the resolution by the county board, the town shall be dissolved and no longer entitled to exercise any of the powers or functions of an organized town. The county auditor shall give ten days' notice, by one publication in the paper in which the proceedings of the county board are published, of the meeting of the county board at which the dissolution of the town will be considered. History:  (1002-9) 1931 c 96 s 1; 1933 c 235; 1987 c 147 s 1; 1987 c 229 art 8 s 1; art 11 s 1
MN Stat § 365.46 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns|Chapter 365 — Town General Law|Section 365.46 — Notice To Secretary Of State, Others; Recording.

365.46 NOTICE TO SECRETARY OF STATE, OTHERS; RECORDING. Subdivision 1. By county auditor. The county auditor shall immediately send a certified copy of the county board's resolution dissolving a town to the secretary of state. The secretary of state shall then record the dissolution. Subd. 2. Copies. The county auditor shall also send a copy of the notice of the dissolution to: (1) the state demographer, (2) the Minnesota Geospatial Information Office, (3) the chief administrative law judge of the state Office of Administrative Hearings, and (4) the commissioner of transportation. History:  (1002-10) 1931 c 96 s 2; 1984 c 618 s 53; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 229 art 8 s 1; 2003 c 2 art 5 s 6; 2008 c 196 art 2 s 5; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 107
MN Stat § 365.47 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns|Chapter 365 — Town General Law|Section 365.47 — County's Disposal Of Town's Funds; Debt Levy.

365.47 COUNTY'S DISPOSAL OF TOWN'S FUNDS; DEBT LEVY. Subdivision 1. This section controls. A dissolved town's money that remains in or comes into the county treasury must be disposed of under this section. Subd. 2. Road and bridge. Money in the road and bridge fund must be spent by the county board for road and bridge improvements wholly within the town. Subd. 3. Remainder for debt. The county auditor shall use all other town money to pay all outstanding bonds, warrants, and judgments against the town. Subd. 4. If short, levy, bond. If the county does not have enough town money to pay the holders for the outstanding bonds, warrants, and judgments, then the holders may petition the county auditor for a levy. The county auditor shall spread enough of a tax levy against the taxable property of the town to pay the holders off. The levy must not be more than the maximum amount that the town could levy to pay those debts if it were not dissolved. If one levy does not raise enough money to pay off the bonds, warrants, and judgments, the county auditor shall spread annual levies to pay them off. The levies must be for the maximum amount that the town could levy for the purpose if it were not dissolved. The levy must be made until the warrants, bonds, and judgments are paid in full, unless bonds are issued for them under section 365.48. History:  (1002-11) 1931 c 96 s 3; 1987 c 229 art 8 s 1
MN Stat § 365.48 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns|Chapter 365 — Town General Law|Section 365.48 — County May Bond To Pay Debt Of Dissolved Town.

365.48 COUNTY MAY BOND TO PAY DEBT OF DISSOLVED TOWN. Subdivision 1. If year's levy not enough. A county board may issue funding or refunding bonds to pay off the outstanding bonds, warrants, and judgments of a dissolved town if they amount to more than one year's maximum levy under this section. The bonds must be issued as provided by law for the issuing of county funding or refunding bonds. Subd. 2. No election. The bonds may be issued without first submitting the question of the issue to the electors residing in the town's territory or in the county. Subd. 3. Obligation of town territory only. The bonds are not an obligation of the county but are an obligation of the territory that used to be in the town. The bonds are payable out of levies made against the property in that territory under section 365.47. The restrictions in this subdivision must be printed on the face of the bonds. Subd. 4. Chapter 475 applies. The bonds must be issued according to sections 475.51, 475.53, 475.54, 475.58, 475.62, 475.63, and 475.72 unless this section has a different procedure. The tax levy required by section 475.61 must be made against the property of the territory obligated on the bonds. History:  (1002-12) 1931 c 96 s 4; 1935 c 189; 1987 c 229 art 8 s 1; 1996 c 399 art 2 s 12
MN Stat § 365.49 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns|Chapter 365 — Town General Law|Section 365.49 — Property Of Dissolved Town Belongs To County.

365.49 PROPERTY OF DISSOLVED TOWN BELONGS TO COUNTY. Subdivision 1. If needed by county: credit. A dissolved town's real or personal property that is needed for county purposes becomes the property of the county. The reasonable value of the property, as determined by the county board must be credited to the town and used to pay off outstanding bonds, warrants, or judgments. Subd. 2. If unneeded: no credit. Other property of the town becomes the property of the county without being credited to the town. Subd. 3. Surplus town money. Surplus money of the town after all obligations are paid must be credited to the county's general fund. History:  (1002-13) 1931 c 96 s 5; 1987 c 229 art 8 s 1
MN Stat § 365.50 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns|Chapter 365 — Town General Law|Section 365.50 — First Town Meeting; Notice, Officers, Powers.

365.50 FIRST TOWN MEETING; NOTICE, OFFICERS, POWERS. Subdivision 1. When, where. The first town meeting in a new town must be held within 20 days after the town is organized. The county board shall name the time and place of the meeting. The county auditor shall see that ten days' posted notice of the meeting is given in the town. Subd. 2. Meeting officers. The voters present at the meeting shall choose one of their number as moderator, two others as judges of election, and one as clerk. Each of these meeting officers shall take and sign the oath required of a judge of a general election. The oath may be administered to the judges by the moderator and to the moderator by one of the judges. The meeting officers shall then run the meeting. Subd. 3. Electors' powers. During the meeting, the electors have the powers they have at other town meetings. History:  1959 c 675 art 6 s 18; 1987 c 229 art 8 s 1
MN Stat § 365.52 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns|Chapter 365 — Town General Law|Section 365.52 — Special Meeting; For Any Lawful Purpose.

365.52 SPECIAL MEETING; FOR ANY LAWFUL PURPOSE. Subdivision 1. How called; statement; petition. A special town meeting may be held to conduct any lawful business. To call a special meeting, the supervisors and town clerk, or any two of them together with at least 12 other town landowners, shall file a statement in the town clerk's office. The statement must tell why the meeting is called, the particular business to be transacted, and that the interests of the town require the meeting. A special town meeting may also be called on petition of 20 percent of the electors of the town. The percentage is of the number of voters at the last general election. Subd. 2. Precincts; polling places. The town board may choose to use precincts and polling places to elect town officers or to decide any matter of town business requiring a ballot election. Precincts and polling places, if used, must be set up by the town board under sections 204B.14 and 204B.16. History:  1959 c 675 art 6 s 20; 1967 c 31 s 2; 1971 c 843 s 1; 1975 c 5 s 132; 1981 c 29 art 7 s 33; 1983 c 359 s 49; 1984 c 562 s 16; 1987 c 229 art 8 s 1; 2003 c 56 s 1; 2004 c 228 art 2 s 11
MN Stat § 365.53 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns|Chapter 365 — Town General Law|Section 365.53 — Clerk To Record Need To Meet; Give Notice.

365.53 CLERK TO RECORD NEED TO MEET; GIVE NOTICE. Subdivision 1. Clerk's duties. The clerk shall record the statement of need for a special town meeting after it is filed. The clerk shall also give ten days' published notice of the time, place, and purpose of the meeting. Subd. 2. Published or posted notice. The notice must be published in a qualified newspaper having general circulation in the town. An alternative to published notice is posted notice as directed by the town board unless the electors at an annual town meeting direct otherwise. Subd. 3. Vacancy details in notice. If a vacancy in an office is to be filled, the notice must name the office and tell how the vacancy occurred, who was the last incumbent, and when the term of the office expires. History:  1959 c 675 art 6 s 21; 1984 c 562 s 17; 1987 c 229 art 8 s 1