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MN Stat § 471.57 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.57 — Public Works Reserve Fund.

471.57 PUBLIC WORKS RESERVE FUND. Subdivision 1. Tax levy. The council of any city, however organized, may establish by ordinance a public works reserve fund and may annually levy taxes within existing charter limits for the support of such fund. It may, by the ordinance establishing the fund, designate a specific capital improvement or a type of capital improvement for which the fund is to be used. The proceeds of taxes levied for its support shall be paid into the public works reserve fund. There may be paid into such fund any other revenue not required by statute or charter to be paid into some other fund or used for purposes other than those provided in this section for the use of the public works reserve fund. Subd. 2. Purposes. Except as provided in subdivision 3, the public works reserve fund shall be used only for the specific capital improvement or type of capital improvement designated by the ordinance establishing the fund. If not so designated, it shall be used only for capital improvements of a type for which the municipality establishing the fund is authorized to issue bonds. The term "capital improvement" does not include the construction or acquisition of any steam heat, telephone, gas or electric plant or system. No expenditures shall be made from the public works reserve fund before the first fiscal year following cessation of hostilities in the present war as declared by proper federal authority. Subd. 3. May use fund for other purposes upon vote. The council of any municipality which has established a public works reserve fund by an ordinance designating the specific improvement or type of capital improvement for which the fund may be used may submit to the voters of the municipality at any regular or special election the question of using the fund for some other purpose. If a majority of the votes cast on the question are in favor of such diversion from the original purpose of the fund, it may be used for any purpose so approved by the voters. History:  1943 c 437; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1994 c 505 art 3 s 14
MN Stat § 471.572 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.572 — Infrastructure Replacement Reserve Fund.

471.572 INFRASTRUCTURE REPLACEMENT RESERVE FUND. Subdivision 1. Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given: "Reserve fund" means the infrastructure replacement reserve fund. "City" means a statutory or home rule charter city. Subd. 2. Tax levy. The governing body of a city may establish, by a two-thirds vote of all its members, by ordinance or resolution a reserve fund and may annually levy a property tax for the support of the fund. The proceeds of taxes levied for its support must be paid into the reserve fund. Any other revenue from a source not required by law to be paid into another fund for purposes other than those provided for the use of the reserve fund may be paid into the fund. Before a tax is levied under this section, the city must publish in the official newspaper of the city an initial resolution authorizing the tax levy. If within ten days after the publication a petition is filed with the city clerk requesting an election on the tax levy signed by a number of qualified voters greater than ten percent of the number who voted in the city at the last general election, the tax may not be levied until the levy has been approved by a majority of the votes cast on it at a regular or special election. Subd. 3. Purposes. The reserve fund may be used only for the replacement of streets, bridges, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, trees, and storm sewers. Subd. 4. Use of fund for a specific purpose. If the city has established a reserve fund, it may submit to the voters at a regular or special election the question of whether use of the fund should be restricted to a specific improvement or type of capital improvement. If a majority of the votes cast on the question are in favor of the limitation on the use of the reserve fund, it may be used only for the purpose approved by the voters. Subd. 5. Hearing; notice. A reserve fund may not be established until after a public hearing is held on the question. Notice of the time, place, and purpose of the hearing must be published for two successive weeks in the official newspaper of the city. The second publication must be not later than seven days before the date of the hearing. Subd. 6. Termination of fund. The city may terminate a reserve fund at any time in the same manner as the fund was established. Upon termination of the fund any balance is irrevocably appropriated to the debt service fund of the city to be used solely to reduce tax levies for or bonded indebtedness of the city or, if the city has no bonded indebtedness, for capital improvements authorized by this section. History:  1986 c 465 art 2 s 14; 1988 c 419 s 1; 1Sp1989 c 1 art 5 s 37
MN Stat § 471.58 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.58 — Range Association Of Municipalities And Schools; Dues.

471.58 RANGE ASSOCIATION OF MUNICIPALITIES AND SCHOOLS; DUES. For the purpose of providing an areawide approach to problems which demand coordinated and cooperative actions and which are common to those areas of northeast Minnesota affected by operations involved in mining iron ore and taconite and producing concentrate therefrom, and for the purpose of promoting the general welfare and economic development of the cities, towns and school districts within the iron ranges area of northeast Minnesota, any city, town or school district in which the net tax capacity consists in part of iron ore, or lands containing taconite or semitaconite or which is located in whole or part in the tax relief area defined by section 273.134, paragraph (b), may pay annual dues in the Range Association of Municipalities and Schools. The association may sue, be sued, intervene and act in a civil action in which the outcome of the action will have an effect upon the interest of any of its members. History:  1943 c 517 s 1; 1965 c 309 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1978 c 575 s 1; 1979 c 124 s 1; 1983 c 64 s 1; 1988 c 719 art 5 s 84; 1989 c 329 art 13 s 20; 1Sp2001 c 5 art 6 s 37
MN Stat § 471.591 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.591 — Extension Of Municipal Services.

471.591 EXTENSION OF MUNICIPAL SERVICES. Subdivision 1. Early joint meeting. In the beginning stage of the planning process, and before preparation of any detailed technical plans for the extension of municipal services into an unincorporated area, a city shall meet at least once with the town board of the affected area and the county planning commission, in joint session, to review the plans and consider the comments of the town board and the county planning commission. The city may thereafter proceed to undertake the proposed extension in accordance with applicable law. Any duly organized sewer district or sanitary district created pursuant to special law or pursuant to chapter 115 or 116A, sections 473.501 to 473.549, or section 103F.801 is not affected by this section. Subd. 2. Municipal service defined. For the purposes of this section, "municipal service" means sewer, water, electrical, or other utility service. History:  1974 c 530 s 1,2; 1980 c 509 s 170; 1990 c 391 art 8 s 52
MN Stat § 471.611 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.611 — Retirees' Health Insurance Benefits.

471.611 RETIREES' HEALTH INSURANCE BENEFITS. Subdivision 1. Accounting. A unit of local government that agrees to make payments for health insurance benefits for retired employees shall identify the amount required to pay the cost of those benefits during the period in which the contract or personnel policy providing for those benefits is in effect and shall record the amount as an expenditure, according to generally accepted accounting principles, in the fiscal year or years during which the payments are to be made. A school district is in compliance with this subdivision if it complies with section 123B.77, subdivision 6. Provision of these benefits under a personnel policy must be approved, as a separate action, by the governing body of the employing governmental unit. Subd. 2. Coordination. A unit of local government that funds all or part of the cost of health care benefits for a retired employee must provide for coverage to be coordinated with applicable benefits provided through the federally sponsored Medicare program. History:  1988 c 605 s 11; 1998 c 397 art 11 s 3
MN Stat § 471.615 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.615 — Individual Annuity For Public Officer, Employee.

471.615 INDIVIDUAL ANNUITY FOR PUBLIC OFFICER, EMPLOYEE. At the request of an officer or employee and as part of a compensation arrangement, the governing body of any city, town, county, school district, public corporation, public authority, special district or other political subdivision, or the commissioner of administration of the state of Minnesota may negotiate and purchase an individual annuity contract from a company licensed to do business in the state of Minnesota for an officer or employee for retirement or other purposes and may make payroll allocations in accordance with such arrangement for the purpose of paying the entire premium due or to become due under such contract. The allocation shall be made in a manner which will qualify the annuity premiums, or a portion thereof, for the benefit afforded under Section 403(b) of the current Federal Internal Revenue Code or any equivalent provisions of subsequent federal income tax law. The officer or employee shall own such contract and have rights thereunder that shall be nonforfeitable except for failure to pay premiums. This section shall be applied in a nondiscriminatory manner to officers and employees of the political subdivisions herein named. History:  1971 c 266 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 471.6151 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.6151 — Contributions From Lawful Gambling Organizations.

471.6151 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM LAWFUL GAMBLING ORGANIZATIONS. Contributions of receipts derived from lawful gambling to a statutory or home rule charter city, county, or town made by an organization licensed to conduct lawful gambling under chapter 349 may not be used for the benefit of a pension or retirement fund. History:   1993 c 244 art 5 s 2
MN Stat § 471.62 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.62 — Statutes Or Rules May Be Adopted By Reference.

471.62 STATUTES OR RULES MAY BE ADOPTED BY REFERENCE. Any city or town, however organized, may incorporate in an ordinance by reference any statute of Minnesota, any administrative rule of any department of the state of Minnesota affecting the municipality, or any code. Any such municipality situated wholly or partly within 20 miles of the limits of a city of the first class may similarly adopt by reference any ordinance of such first class city or of any contiguous first class city regulating the construction, alteration, improvement, repair, or maintenance of buildings or the installation of equipment therein. All requirements of statutes and charters for the publication or posting of ordinances shall be satisfied in such case if the ordinance incorporating the statute, rule, ordinance or code is published or posted in the required manner and if, prior to such posting or publication, at least one copy of the ordinance or code is marked as the official copy and filed for use and examination by the public in the office of the municipal clerk or recorder. Provisions of the statute, rule, ordinance or code thus incorporated in such ordinance by reference shall be as much a part of the ordinance as if they had been set out in full therein. The clerk or recorder of the municipality shall furnish a copy of any such ordinance thus incorporated by reference at cost to any person upon request. This section does not authorize any municipality to adopt ordinances on any subject on which it does not have power by statute or charter to legislate. The term "code" as used herein means any compilation of regulations or standards or part thereof prepared by any governmental agency, including regional and county planning agencies or any trade or professional association for general distribution in printed form as a standard or model on the subject of building construction, plumbing, electric wiring, inflammable liquids, sanitary provisions, planning, zoning, subdivision, housing, public health, safety, or welfare. History:  1945 c 200 s 1; 1957 c 220 s 1; 1967 c 489 s 1; 1969 c 850 s 5; 1971 c 25 s 82; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1985 c 248 s 70
MN Stat § 471.63 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.63 — Promotion Of Safety And Preservation Of Human Life.

471.63 PROMOTION OF SAFETY AND PRESERVATION OF HUMAN LIFE. Subdivision 1. Authorization. In each county in this state not containing a city of the first class, and in any county having an excess of 5,000 square miles and a population in excess of 150,000 containing a city of the first class, the county board or the governing body of any municipality is hereby authorized and empowered to appropriate to set aside or to make a special levy to be included in its general revenue fund for the purpose of defraying the cost of necessary supplies, postage, materials, awards, expenses of safety workers, administration expenses, and incidentals in the promotion of general safety and the preservation of human life in this state. Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 1994 c 505 art 3 s 17] Subd. 3. Funds, payment to local safety council. Funds so appropriated or allocated may be paid to any local safety council which is a recognized affiliate of the Minnesota Safety Council. Subd. 4. General fund of safety council; payment therefrom. Such funds so appropriated shall be deposited in a state or national bank same as other public funds in the manner provided by law by the treasurer of the said local safety council and credited to a fund to be established and known as the general fund of the said safety council. Any moneys expended from such fund shall be on verified claims allowed by the safety council, to which such moneys are allocated, in meeting assembled and all checks signed by the chair and countersigned by the treasurer or secretary of such safety council. Subd. 5. Funds audited; annual report. Such funds and records shall be subject to audit the same as any other public funds, and the treasurer of the safety council shall, on the first Monday in January of each year, submit a statement in detail of receipts, expenditures, and balances for the preceding year to the county, or municipality making such appropriation. Subd. 6. Bond of treasurer. The treasurer of the safety council shall be required to give a corporate surety bond in favor of the county, or municipality making such appropriation in the amount so appropriated to the safety council by such governing body. The premium for such bond when approved shall be charged against the general fund of the safety council. The bond shall be approved by the legal advisor of the governing body as to form, legality, and surety. Subd. 7. Appropriation resolution filed with county auditor. A certified copy of the resolution appropriating such funds by any municipal governing body shall be filed with the county auditor in which county such appropriation is made, within 30 days after such appropriation. The county auditor shall keep a record of the total appropriations so made. History:  1945 c 6 s 1-7; 1949 c 486 s 2; 1969 c 150 s 1; 1973 c 583 s 34; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 471.631 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.631 — Rewards For Information About Felons.

471.631 REWARDS FOR INFORMATION ABOUT FELONS. A home rule charter or statutory city may offer and pay a reward or fund the payment of a reward offered by a nonprofit organization in an amount it deems appropriate for information leading to the apprehension and charging or conviction of a person alleged to have committed a felony within the city's limits. History:   1993 c 63 s 1
MN Stat § 471.633 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.633 — Firearms.

471.633 FIREARMS. The legislature preempts all authority of a home rule charter or statutory city including a city of the first class, county, town, municipal corporation, or other governmental subdivision, or any of their instrumentalities, to regulate firearms, ammunition, or their respective components to the complete exclusion of any order, ordinance or regulation by them except that: (a) a governmental subdivision may regulate the discharge of firearms; and (b) a governmental subdivision may adopt regulations identical to state law. Local regulation inconsistent with this section is void. History:   1985 c 144 s 1
MN Stat § 471.634 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.634 — Definition.

471.634 DEFINITION. For purposes of section 471.633, the terms "municipal corporation" and "governmental subdivision," or instrumentality thereof, do not include school districts and other entities composed exclusively of school districts when school boards or school administrators are regulating school grounds, school facilities, school transportation services, school programs, or the conduct of students at any activities conducted under the direct or indirect supervision or control of the school board or administration. History:   1Sp1985 c 12 art 7 s 24
MN Stat § 471.635 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.635 — Zoning Ordinances.

471.635 ZONING ORDINANCES. Notwithstanding section 471.633, a governmental subdivision may regulate by reasonable, nondiscriminatory, and nonarbitrary zoning ordinances, the location of businesses where firearms are sold by a firearms dealer. For the purposes of this section, a firearms dealer is a person who is federally licensed to sell firearms and a governmental subdivision is an entity described in sections 471.633 and 471.634. History:  1993 c 326 art 1 s 3; 1993 c 366 s 8
MN Stat § 471.64 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.64 — May Get, Dispose Of Property To, From U.s., State Agencies.

471.64 MAY GET, DISPOSE OF PROPERTY TO, FROM U.S., STATE AGENCIES. Subdivision 1. Ignore statutes, charter. Any county, city, town, school district, or other political subdivision of the state may enter into any contract with the United States of America or with any agency thereof, any state agency, or with any other political subdivision of the state for the purchase, lease, sale, or other acquisition or disposition of equipment, supplies, materials, or other property, including real property, without regard to statutory or charter provisions. The acquisition or disposition of such property from or to the federal government shall be in accordance with the rules and regulations which may be prescribed by the United States of America or any agency thereof. Subd. 2. Designation, authorization. The governing body of any political subdivision of the state may designate by appropriate resolution or order any officer or employee of its own to enter a bid or bids in its behalf at any sale of equipment, supplies, material or other property, including real property, owned by the United States of America or with any agency thereof, any state agency, or with any other political subdivision of the state and may authorize the officer or employee to make any down payment, or payment in full, required in connection with such bidding. History:  1945 c 167 s 1,2; 1955 c 637 s 1; 1957 c 148 s 1; 1974 c 260 s 8; 1986 c 327 s 4; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 471.65 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.65 — Grant, Advance, Or Loan From U.s. Or State Government.

471.65 GRANT, ADVANCE, OR LOAN FROM U.S. OR STATE GOVERNMENT. Subdivision 1. Acceptance. Notwithstanding inconsistent provisions of any other statute or home rule charter, any county, statutory or home rule charter city, town, school district or other political subdivision of the state, however organized, may accept from the government of the United States or the state of Minnesota grants, loans, or advances of money for: (1) energy conservation investments made from funds received under section 216C.37, and from money received from litigation or settlement of alleged violations of federal petroleum pricing regulations; and (2) the planning of public works projects, and may make agreements to repay any such loans or advances without submitting the proposal to a vote of the people. Funds received by any political subdivision under this subdivision shall not be used for the planning of public housing projects or housing authority projects. Subd. 2. Charter limitation on expenditures not to apply. Expenditures of grants, advances, or loans of money received by any city from the government of the United States or the state of Minnesota for projects under subdivision 1 by such municipality shall not be considered as part of the cost of government within the meaning of any statutory or charter limitation on expenditures. History:  1945 c 316 s 1,2; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1987 c 289 s 3; 1987 c 312 art 1 s 10 subd 1
MN Stat § 471.653 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.653 — Distribution Of Certain Federal Payments.

471.653 DISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN FEDERAL PAYMENTS. Federal payment in lieu of taxes on entitlement lands made pursuant to United States Code, title 31, sections 6901 to 6906 must be transferred by a county to the home rule or statutory city or town where the entitlement land is located if the county board determines that the statutory or home rule city or town is the principal provider of one or more governmental services affecting the use of entitlement lands and if the total annual federal payment to the county is $5,000 or more. The county board shall make its determination based on factors which must include: (1) whether the city or town has at least 60 acres of land within the entitlement lands; (2) whether city or town roads are the primary access to the entitlement lands; and (3) whether the city or town provides one or more specific services to the entitlement lands such as fire protection, police protection, search and rescue services, or land use planning and official controls. The distribution of federal payment in lieu funds shall be made by the county board to a qualifying city or town in the proportion that the acreage of entitlement land located in each bears to the total acreage of entitlement land in the county. If more than 25 percent of entitlement acreage in a county is located in qualifying cities or towns, there shall be a pro rata reduction in each qualifying city or town's share, so that only 30 percent of the total county payment is distributed. History:  1985 c 204 s 3; 1997 c 39 s 1