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MN Stat § 375.37 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 375 — County Boards|Section 375.37 — "soldiers' Rest" Used Only For Veterans And Spouses.

375.37 "SOLDIERS' REST" USED ONLY FOR VETERANS AND SPOUSES. Any plot of ground secured and designated as a "soldiers' rest" shall be used exclusively for the interment of deceased veterans, as defined in section 197.447, and spouses of veterans without charge for space in it. History:  (764) 1917 c 60 s 2; 1933 c 336; 1937 c 178 s 2; 1945 c 145 s 1; 1984 c 629 s 2; 1993 c 100 s 4
MN Stat § 375.38 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 375 — County Boards|Section 375.38 — Violation A Misdemeanor.

375.38 VIOLATION A MISDEMEANOR. A person who inters or causes to be interred a body, or makes a charge for a burial lot in a soldiers' rest, except as provided by section 375.37, is guilty of a misdemeanor. History:  (765) 1917 c 60 s 3; 1937 c 178 s 3; 1984 c 629 s 2
MN Stat § 375.39 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 375 — County Boards|Section 375.39 — Change Of Name Of County; Order Of County Board.

375.39 CHANGE OF NAME OF COUNTY; ORDER OF COUNTY BOARD. A county board may change the name of the county upon a petition signed by a number of the legal voters of the county equal to 55 percent of the votes cast at the last preceding general election, and shall adopt the new name suggested in the petition as the official name of the county. The petition shall be filed with the county auditor who shall then promptly give public notice of the filing of the petition by publishing it in the official newspaper of the county. The petition shall be considered at the next meeting of the board held not less than 30 days after the date of the notice. The petition being granted, the board shall make a formal order to that effect, which shall be filed with the auditor. After filing, the official name of the county shall be the one adopted. History:  (674, 675) 1905 c 23 s 1,2; 1984 c 629 s 2
MN Stat § 375.40 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 375 — County Boards|Section 375.40 — County Board May License Exhibitions And Shows.

375.40 COUNTY BOARD MAY LICENSE EXHIBITIONS AND SHOWS. A county board may license and regulate itinerant shows, carnivals, circuses, endurance contests, and exhibitions of any nature whatsoever. Sections 375.40 to 375.42 do not apply to shows, carnivals, circuses, contests, and exhibitions held within the incorporated limits of a city. The fee for a license shall be fixed by the county board in the amount it deems advisable. The board may require, as a condition for granting the license, the posting of a penal bond in the amount it shall determine. Application for a license shall be made on the form the county board determines. Upon approval of an application and the payment of the license fee and the posting of the required bond, the county auditor shall issue the license. History:  (10536-11, 10536-12, 10536-13, 10536-14) 1937 c 331 s 1-4; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1984 c 629 s 2; 2001 c 22 s 1
MN Stat § 375.41 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 375 — County Boards|Section 375.41 — Misdemeanor To Take Part In Unlicensed Itinerant Show.

375.41 MISDEMEANOR TO TAKE PART IN UNLICENSED ITINERANT SHOW. A person, partnership, association, or corporation who conducts, or takes part in, any itinerant show, carnival, circus, endurance contest, or exhibition not licensed, as provided in section 375.40, is guilty of a misdemeanor. History:  (10536-15) 1937 c 331 s 5; 1984 c 629 s 2
MN Stat § 375.42 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 375 — County Boards|Section 375.42 — Exceptions.

375.42 EXCEPTIONS. Sections 375.40 and 375.41 do not apply to any itinerant show, carnival, circus, endurance contest, or exhibition held in connection with an agricultural association fair. History:  (10536-16) 1937 c 331 s 6; 1984 c 629 s 2
MN Stat § 375.44 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 375 — County Boards|Section 375.44 — Mileage, County Hospital Board Members.

375.44 MILEAGE, COUNTY HOSPITAL BOARD MEMBERS. The county board of any county in which a county hospital is located may by resolution authorize the members of any county hospital board who are not members of the county board to receive reimbursement for each mile necessarily traveled in attending meetings in the performance of their duties. History:  1957 c 83 s 1; 1984 c 629 s 2
MN Stat § 375.45 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 375 — County Boards|Section 375.45 — Change Funds, Establishment.

375.45 CHANGE FUNDS, ESTABLISHMENT. The county board shall establish funds in the county offices and departments as it deems necessary for the purpose of making change only. The change funds shall be established by making an appropriation for them from the proper fund in whatever amounts the county board shall determine. The officer receiving a change fund shall be its custodian and responsible for its safekeeping and use. The change fund shall not be used to make payments of expenses provided for in section 375.16. History:  1959 c 502 s 1; 1967 c 44 s 1; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1984 c 629 s 2
MN Stat § 375.46 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 375 — County Boards|Section 375.46 — May Give General Fund Money To Sheriff For Patrols.

375.46 MAY GIVE GENERAL FUND MONEY TO SHERIFF FOR PATROLS. Subdivision 1. On county roads, highways. A county board may appropriate, out of its general fund, money to permit the sheriff to patrol the roads and highways of the county to investigate conditions respecting observances of laws. Subd. 2. Must patrol if asked. Upon request by the county board the sheriff shall provide a patrol of roads and highways as provided in subdivision 1. History:  1961 c 258 s 1; 1977 c 158 s 1; 1984 c 629 s 2
MN Stat § 375.47 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 375 — County Boards|Section 375.47 — Expense Allowances For Members Of Boards And Agencies.

375.47 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES FOR MEMBERS OF BOARDS AND AGENCIES. Subdivision 1. Reasonable. Except in Hennepin County, the board of county commissioners of each county may, by resolution, set a reasonable allowance for expenses or a per diem allowance in lieu of expenses and a mileage allowance to be paid the members of boards or agencies authorized by statute, and members of advisory boards or committees, performing duties for all or part of the county, when the board or agency does not itself have power to make expense allowances for its members. The allowances shall be paid from the funds under the administration of the boards or agencies. Members of the board of county commissioners shall not receive any per diem pursuant to this subdivision. Subd. 2. No doubling of expenses. No member of a board, agency, advisory board, or committee shall receive an allowance for expenses, or a per diem allowance in lieu of expenses, or a mileage allowance pursuant to subdivision 1, if in another capacity the member receives from the county under authority of any other statute or resolution either: (a) an allowance for or per diem allowance in lieu of the same expenses or mileage; or (b) a fixed amount, whether as part of a salary or otherwise, for expenses of like kind incurred in the performance of duties in the other capacity. History:  1967 c 78 s 1,2; 1975 c 301 s 10; 1978 c 481 s 1; 1984 c 629 s 2; 1986 c 444; 2000 c 454 s 1
MN Stat § 375.471 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 375 — County Boards|Section 375.471 — Land Conservation And Utilization; Federal Aid.

375.471 LAND CONSERVATION AND UTILIZATION; FEDERAL AID. The county boards of the several counties which have been designated as a resource conservation and development project area under United States Code, title 7, section 1011(e) and acts amendatory thereof, may enter into agreements as necessary with the secretary of agriculture of the United States and other agencies of the federal government for the program of land conservation and land utilization authorized by United States Code, title 7, section 1010 and acts amendatory thereof, to accept assistance for the program under United States Code, title 7, section 1011 and acts amendatory thereof, to engage in works of improvement as necessary for the purpose of the acts and to cooperate with the secretary of agriculture and federal agencies so that residents of this state obtain the benefits and advantages available to them and intended by Congress to be available by the acts. The county boards shall comply with the requirements of federal law and any rules and regulations promulgated under it and with appropriate state laws to accomplish the purposes intended by this section. If a proceeding is instituted by petition for an improvement under this section, it may be conducted by a board in the same manner provided for the establishment of a drainage system under chapter 103E. A majority of the landowners as defined in section 103E.212, subdivision 2, shall be required for a valid petition. They may also proceed under authority provided by other law. History:  1967 c 581 s 1; 1976 c 2 s 136; 1984 c 629 s 2; 1985 c 172 s 128; 1990 c 391 art 8 s 39
MN Stat § 375.48 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 375 — County Boards|Section 375.48 — May Appoint County Coordinator To Serve At Its Pleasure.

375.48 MAY APPOINT COUNTY COORDINATOR TO SERVE AT ITS PLEASURE. Subdivision 1. Terms; title; salary; qualifications. Notwithstanding sections 375A.01 and 375A.12, a county board may employ a county coordinator upon terms it considers advisable. It may assign whatever title to the county coordinator that it decides is appropriate. It may appropriate funds and provide suitable office space for the office. The county board shall set the salary of the county coordinator. The coordinator shall be chosen solely on the basis of training, experience and administrative qualifications and need not be a resident of the county at the time of appointment. The county coordinator serves at the pleasure of the board and employment may be terminated by the board without notice. The board may provide for a termination allowance. Subd. 2. May be officer or employee. The county board may appoint as county coordinator any county officer or employee except a county commissioner during the term for which the commissioner was elected. If a county officer or employee is appointed county coordinator, the board may provide that the duties of county coordinator are in addition to the duties as an officer or employee. Subd. 3. Except Hennepin County. This section does not apply to Hennepin County. History:  1967 c 585 s 1; 1973 c 542 s 14; 1978 c 462 s 2; 1979 c 198 art 4 s 13; 1984 c 629 s 2; 1985 c 109 s 6; 1987 c 164 s 3
MN Stat § 375.49 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 375 — County Boards|Section 375.49 — County Coordinator Duties; Considered Department Head.

375.49 COUNTY COORDINATOR DUTIES; CONSIDERED DEPARTMENT HEAD. Subdivision 1. County board to prescribe. (a) The county board shall prescribe the duties of the county coordinator. (b) Insofar as required by the county board, the county coordinator is responsible to the board for the proper administration and management of any assigned duty and for these purposes is considered the head of a department. Subd. 2. Possible duties and responsibilities. (a) The county coordinator may be assigned any of the following duties and responsibilities: (1) to manage any or all of the affairs of the county which the county board has authority to control; (2) to examine regularly the books, papers and accounts of each department, office, and agency of the county under the control of the county board and to report to the board the condition in which the county coordinator finds them and other information as the board directs; (3) to submit to the board recommendations concerning the affairs of the county, its future financial needs, and its offices, departments and agencies as the county coordinator considers proper; (4) to see that all orders, resolutions and regulations of the county board are faithfully executed; (5) to initiate and present a proposed annual budget to the county board for its review and consideration; and (6) to serve as clerk of the county board. (b) When a resolution is adopted directing the county coordinator to assume the responsibilities of clerk of the board, the county auditor shall no longer be held responsible for the duties as clerk to the board imposed by section 384.09. Subd. 3. Except Hennepin County. This section does not apply to Hennepin County. History:  1967 c 585 s 2; 1973 c 542 s 14; 1979 c 198 art 4 s 13; 1984 c 629 s 2; 1985 c 109 s 7
MN Stat § 375.50 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 375 — County Boards|Section 375.50 — May Rescind County Coordinator Resolution.

375.50 MAY RESCIND COUNTY COORDINATOR RESOLUTION. Subdivision 1. Anytime. The board at any time may rescind the resolution establishing the office of county coordinator. Any duties and responsibilities previously assigned to the county coordinator, upon adoption of the rescinding resolution, shall be vested in the officer or department which had responsibility for the function before the transfer of the function to the county coordinator. Subd. 2. Except Hennepin County. This section does not apply to Hennepin County. History:  1967 c 585 s 3; 1973 c 542 s 14; 1979 c 198 art 4 s 13; 1984 c 629 s 2; 1985 c 109 s 8
MN Stat § 375.52 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 375 — County Boards|Section 375.52 — Revision And Codification.

375.52 REVISION AND CODIFICATION. A county may revise and codify and print in book, pamphlet or newspaper form any general and special laws, ordinances, resolutions and rules in force in the county. The codification shall be a sufficient publication of any ordinance included in it and not previously published in a newspaper if a substantial quantity of the codification is printed for general distribution to the public. The county board may make a reasonable charge for the cost of printing and distribution of ordinances or a codification of ordinances. A copy of any ordinances adopted by the county must be furnished to the county law library or its designated depository. A county, upon request, shall be reimbursed a reasonable charge by the county law library for a copy furnished. History:  1967 c 698 s 2; 1984 c 543 s 44; 1984 c 629 s 2; 1995 c 105 s 1
MN Stat § 375.53 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 375 — County Boards|Section 375.53 — Violations Of Ordinances, Penalties.

375.53 VIOLATIONS OF ORDINANCES, PENALTIES. The county board may declare that the violation of any ordinance shall be a penal offense and prescribe penalties for a violation. The penalties shall not exceed those permitted for conviction of a misdemeanor as defined by law. History:  1967 c 698 s 3; 1984 c 629 s 2
MN Stat § 375.54 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 375 — County Boards|Section 375.54 — Prosecutions Under Ordinance.

375.54 PROSECUTIONS UNDER ORDINANCE. All prosecutions for violation of county ordinances shall be brought by the county attorney in the name of the county upon complaint and warrant as in other criminal cases. History:  1967 c 698 s 4; 1984 c 629 s 2
MN Stat § 375.55 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 375 — County Boards|Section 375.55 — Disposition Of Fines Recovered For Ordinance Violations.

375.55 DISPOSITION OF FINES RECOVERED FOR ORDINANCE VIOLATIONS. All fines, forfeitures, and penalties recovered for the violation of a county ordinance shall be paid into the county treasury. Every court or officer receiving such money, on or before the tenth day after the last day of the month in which the money is collected, shall make a return of it under oath and be given duplicate receipts for the amounts paid. One of the receipts shall be filed with the county auditor. History:  1967 c 698 s 5; 1984 c 629 s 2
MN Stat § 375.551 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 375 — County Boards|Section 375.551 — County Emergency Jobs Program.

375.551 COUNTY EMERGENCY JOBS PROGRAM. A county board of a county experiencing chronic high unemployment may establish an emergency employment program to meet the needs of its economically disadvantaged, unemployed residents. History:  1983 c 307 s 1; 1984 c 629 s 2
MN Stat § 375.552 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 375 — County Boards|Section 375.552 — Definitions.

375.552 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Application. For the purposes of sections 375.551 to 375.555, the following terms have the meanings given them. Subd. 2. Employment program. "Employment program" means a program offering job training programs or jobs through public works projects to economically disadvantaged, unemployed residents of a county. Subd. 3. Economically disadvantaged, unemployed resident. "Economically disadvantaged, unemployed resident" means a person (a) who is not eligible for or who refuses to accept financial assistance pursuant to chapter 256, 256B, 256D, or 268; (b) whose income or household income is at or below 25 percent of the statewide median household income as determined by the 1980 federal census; (c) who is a bona fide resident of the county; and (d) who is unemployed. Subd. 4. Wage. "Wage" means the basic minimum wage pursuant to section 177.24. Subd. 5. Chronic high unemployment. "Chronic high unemployment" means an unemployment rate, as defined by the Department of Employment and Economic Development, in a county or portion of a county that exceeds the national unemployment rate for four consecutive months in the 12-month period immediately preceding September 1. History:  1983 c 307 s 2; 1984 c 629 s 2; 1Sp1985 c 14 art 9 s 75; 1994 c 483 s 1; 2004 c 206 s 52
MN Stat § 375.553 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 375 — County Boards|Section 375.553 — County Emergency Employment Program.

375.553 COUNTY EMERGENCY EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM. The funds authorized in section 375.555 shall be expended by the county for job training programs or for jobs through public works projects submitted to the county by its departments and agencies and those of cities, towns, school districts, state and federal agencies, park reserve districts, and other special districts, including metropolitan agencies that are located totally or partially within the county. The funds shall be expended only for training programs or public works projects located within the county. The projects shall be beneficial to the submitting local unit and may include permanent improvements or maintenance of public property, residential weatherization programs, landscaping of public grounds or parks, planting or trimming trees, improving open space areas, playgrounds, and recreational facilities owned or operated by the sponsoring unit of government, and reclamation and reforestation. The sponsoring unit of government shall provide the administration, supervision, supplies, and materials for its training program or public works project. All funds available through the authority granted in section 375.555 shall be expended for wages and benefits for program participants except that up to two percent of the total amount shall be available to reimburse the county for its actual cost of administering the program. History:  1983 c 307 s 3; 1984 c 629 s 2
MN Stat § 375.554 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 375 — County Boards|Section 375.554 — Program Rules.

375.554 PROGRAM RULES. The county board shall establish rules governing the operation of the employment program. Rules shall include but not be limited to number of hours worked, benefits, and methods and terms of payment. History:  1983 c 307 s 4; 1984 c 629 s 2
MN Stat § 375.555 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 375 — County Boards|Section 375.555 — Funding.

375.555 FUNDING. To implement the county emergency jobs program, the county board may expend an amount equal to what would be generated by a levy of 0.01209 percent of estimated market value. The money to be expended may be from any available funds not otherwise earmarked. History:  1983 c 307 s 5; 1984 c 629 s 2; 1989 c 277 art 4 s 34; 2013 c 143 art 14 s 54
MN Stat § 375.56 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 375 — County Boards|Section 375.56 — Create Department; Appoint Appeals Board To Establish.

375.56 CREATE DEPARTMENT; APPOINT APPEALS BOARD TO ESTABLISH. A county board may establish a county personnel administration system by adopting a resolution creating a personnel department, establishing an effective date and appointing a personnel appeals board pursuant to section 375.65. History:  1976 c 182 s 1; 1984 c 629 s 2
MN Stat § 375.57 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 375 — County Boards|Section 375.57 — Definitions.

375.57 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Application. For the purpose of sections 375.56 to 375.71, unless the context clearly indicates that a different meaning is intended, the terms defined in this section have the following meanings. Subd. 2. Appointing authority. "Appointing authority" means the official, employee, board, or commission, or the person or group of persons empowered by statute, ordinance or resolution to make an appointment to positions as county employees within the scope of sections 375.56 to 375.69. Subd. 3. Director. "Director" means the director of the department of personnel. Subd. 4. Personnel department. "Personnel department" means the personnel director and the employees engaged in the administration of the personnel department. Subd. 5. Board of appeals. "Board of appeals" means the personnel board of appeals established pursuant to section 375.65. History:  1976 c 182 s 2; 1984 c 629 s 2