reglab/housing_qa huggingface dataset:
MN Stat § 383A.47 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 383A — Ramsey County|Section 383A.47 — Reduction Of Appropriations.

383A.47 REDUCTION OF APPROPRIATIONS. If the maximum rate of taxation for the various purposes mentioned in the budget, for which the county may levy taxes, together with the estimated amount of the revenues of the county for the ensuing year, exclusive of those derived from taxation does not equal the total amount mentioned in the budget, or amendment thereof, the county shall reduce, proportionately, the several funds mentioned in the budget, except that the items for bonds, interest on bonds, salaries, and other items, the charges for which are fixed by law, shall remain at the full amount that the law requires. History:  1974 c 435 s 4.03
MN Stat § 383A.50 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 383A — Ramsey County|Section 383A.50 — Administration Of Budget.

383A.50 ADMINISTRATION OF BUDGET. Subdivision 1.  [Repealed, 1991 c 51 s 6] Subd. 2. Warrant-check. (a) On each warrant that Ramsey County draws on the county treasury, the county shall state the purpose for which it is issued. The warrant may be so designed that it becomes a check on the county depository and may be known as a "warrant-check." (b) The warrant-check need not show the fund from which drawn. Subd. 3.  [Repealed, 1991 c 51 s 6] Subd. 4. Illegal expenditure; gross misdemeanor. A county commissioner who knowingly authorizes or makes a payment or incurs an obligation in violation of the provisions of this section is guilty of a gross misdemeanor. Subd. 5. Lapse of appropriations. (a) Each appropriation, except an appropriation for a capital expenditure, lapses at the close of the fiscal year to the extent that it has not been expended or encumbered. (b) An appropriation for a capital expenditure continues in force until the purpose for which it was made has been accomplished or abandoned; the purpose of appropriation of this kind is abandoned if three years pass without a disbursement from or encumbrance of the appropriation. Subd. 6. Joint city-county liabilities. The city of Saint Paul and the county of Ramsey may agree to provide for a mutually satisfactory method of paying for services, materials or supplies for which they are jointly charged under law. Either the city or the county may pay for these services made from a joint fund established under the exclusive control of either the city or the county. If the agreement provides that one subdivision of government shall pay a joint obligation in full, it may provide that the other subdivision shall discharge its part of the joint obligation by paying its share of the obligation to the subdivision first paying the obligation in full. History:  1974 c 435 s 4.06; 1991 c 51 s 5
MN Stat § 383A.551 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 383A — Ramsey County|Section 383A.551 — Ramsey County; Charter Commission.

383A.551 RAMSEY COUNTY; CHARTER COMMISSION. Subdivision 1. Ramsey County legislative delegation. For purposes of sections 383A.551 to 383A.556, the Ramsey County legislative delegation means all elected members of the state house of representatives and state senate whose legislative district includes a portion of Ramsey County. Subd. 2. Chair of delegation. The chair of the Ramsey County state house of representatives delegation and the chair of the Ramsey County state senate delegation shall act as cochairs of the Ramsey County legislative delegation. History:   1987 c 103 s 1
MN Stat § 383A.552 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 383A — Ramsey County|Section 383A.552 — Charter Commission; Nominations And Appointments.

383A.552 CHARTER COMMISSION; NOMINATIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. Within 30 days of the effective date of Laws 1987, chapter 103, the Ramsey County legislative delegation shall nominate 41 persons as candidates for appointment to a Charter Commission to frame a charter to provide for the form of government for Ramsey County. Five persons who reside in the district shall be nominated for each of the county commissioner districts in the county. Six persons who reside in the county shall also be nominated without regard to county commissioner districts. Within 30 days of the selection of nominees the judges of the Second Judicial District shall appoint the Charter Commission of 17 members consisting of two appointees for each county commissioner district selected from those nominated from each county commissioner district and three appointees from those nominated at large to serve at large. The commission members must be qualified voters in Ramsey County. No person shall be disqualified from serving on the Charter Commission because of holding an elective or appointive office. History:   1987 c 103 s 2
MN Stat § 383A.553 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 383A — Ramsey County|Section 383A.553 — Charter Commission; Terms; Chair; Expenses And Administration.

383A.553 CHARTER COMMISSION; TERMS; CHAIR; EXPENSES AND ADMINISTRATION. Subdivision 1. Terms. Members of the charter commission shall hold office until December 31, 1990. Vacancies shall be filled by the appointing authority. Appointments shall be made by filing with the board of county commissioners. An appointee shall file acceptance of the appointment with the board of county commissioners within ten days or be considered to have declined the appointment. If a charter is adopted at the November 1990 election, the members shall continue to serve until a new commission is appointed or until the effective date of the charter in 1992, whichever occurs first. Subd. 2. Chair; rules. The charter commission shall meet within 30 days after the initial appointment, elect a chair from their number, and establish rules, including quorum requirements for its operation and procedures. Subd. 3. Expenses and administration. The members of the charter commission shall receive no compensation except reimbursement for expenses they actually incur in the course of their duties. The board of county commissioners may make an appropriation to the charter commission to be used to employ research and clerical assistance, for supplies, and to meet expenses considered necessary by the charter commission. Employees of the charter commission shall be in the unclassified service of the county. The charter commission shall have the right to request and receive assistance from any county official. If requested, the human resources director shall assist the charter commission to test and hire employees. The county attorney shall provide legal services as may be requested. History:  1987 c 103 s 3; 1990 c 609 s 1; 2017 c 28 s 2
MN Stat § 383A.554 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 383A — Ramsey County|Section 383A.554 — Powers And Duties.

383A.554 POWERS AND DUTIES. Before December 31, 1989, the Charter Commission shall deliver to the board of county commissioners either (1) its report determining that the present form of county government is adequate for the county and that a charter is not necessary or desirable, or (2) a draft of a proposed charter. The report must be signed by a majority of the members of the charter commission. The proposed charter may provide for any form of government consistent with the Constitution of the state of Minnesota. It may provide for the establishment and administration of all departments of a county government and for the regulation of all local county functions. It may abolish or consolidate any department or agency. The charter commission is required to hold at least one public hearing in each of the county commissioner districts. It shall provide for present functions to be assumed by new elective or appointive officers as shall be provided for in the charter and may provide for other powers consistent with other law. It shall provide methods of procedure in respect to the operation of the government created and the duties of all officers. It shall provide for a home rule charter commission consistent with article XII, section 5, of the Constitution of the state of Minnesota and may provide for alternative methods for amending or abandoning the charter consistent with the constitution. The county may be authorized to acquire by gift, devise, purchase, or condemnation or sell or lease any property needed for the full discharge of its duties and powers. All special and general laws authorizing the county to incur indebtedness or issue bonds shall be subject to the charter, provided that the charter provisions are not in conflict with general laws relating to public indebtedness. The county shall continue to have all the powers granted by law. Personnel matters relating to Ramsey County employees shall continue to be governed by sections 383A.281 to 383A.301 and sections 197.455 to 197.48. A charter proposed for adoption under sections 383A.551 to 383A.556 shall not apply to personnel matters. History:  1987 c 103 s 4; 1988 c 622 s 3
MN Stat § 383A.556 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 383A — Ramsey County|Section 383A.556 — Effective Date.

383A.556 EFFECTIVE DATE. If 51 percent of the votes cast on the proposition are in favor of the proposed charter, it shall be considered adopted. The charter shall take effect two years after the election. At that time the courts shall take judicial notice of the new charter and upon the election or appointment of officers under the charter the former officials of Ramsey County shall deliver to them all records, money, and other public property under their control. History:  1987 c 103 s 6; 1990 c 609 s 2
MN Stat § 383A.601 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 383A — Ramsey County|Section 383A.601 — Legislative Findings.

383A.601 LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS. The legislature finds that the lands and waters of Ramsey County are great natural resources; that as a result of erosion of lands and sediment deposition in waters of the region, waters are being polluted and despoiled to a degree that fish, aquatic life, recreation, and other uses of lands and waters are being adversely affected; that the rapid shift in land use from agricultural to nonagricultural uses has accelerated the processes of soil erosion and sedimentation. Implementation of the Metropolitan Surface Water Planning Act in Ramsey County requires a coordinated effort in that county, and the state of Minnesota may benefit from a pilot program within that county. The legislature further finds it is necessary to establish and implement through the soil and water conservation district in cooperation with water management organizations, cities, towns, and other public and private entities in that county, a countywide coordinated erosion and sediment control pilot program to conserve and to protect the land, water, and other natural resources of Ramsey County. History:   1988 c 497 s 1
MN Stat § 383A.602 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 383A — Ramsey County|Section 383A.602 — Definitions.

383A.602 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Applicability. The definitions in this section apply to sections 383A.601 to 383A.604. Subd. 2. Conservation specifications. "Conservation specifications" means management procedures, techniques, and methods to control soil erosion and sedimentation. Subd. 3. District. "District" means the soil and water conservation district operating under chapter 103C. Subd. 4. Land disturbance activity. "Land disturbance activity" means land change that may result in soil erosion from water or wind and the movement of sediments into or upon waters or lands of Ramsey County, including clearing, grading, excavating, transporting, and filling of land. Land disturbance activity does not mean: (1) minor land disturbance activities such as home gardens and individual home landscaping, repairs, and maintenance work; (2) construction, installation, maintenance of electric and telephone utility lines or individual service connection to the utility lines; (3) septic tank lines or drainage fields unless included in an overall plan for a land disturbance activity relating to construction of a building to be served by the septic tank system; (4) tilling, planting, or harvesting of agricultural, horticultural, or silvicultural crops; (5) preparation for single-family residences separately built, unless in conjunction with multiple construction in subdivision development; (6) disturbance of land areas of less than 10,000 square feet for commercial or noncommercial uses, except that the governing body of the statutory or home rule charter city, town, or organization may reduce this exception to a smaller area of disturbed land or qualify the conditions under which this exception applies; (7) installation of fence, sign, telephone, and electric poles and other kinds of posts or poles; and (8) emergency work to protect life, limb, or property and emergency repairs. Subd. 5. Organization. "Organization" means a watershed management organization as defined in section 103B.205 that has more than 25 percent of its area within Ramsey County. History:  1988 c 497 s 2; 1990 c 391 art 8 s 40,41
MN Stat § 383A.603 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 383A — Ramsey County|Section 383A.603 — District Erosion And Sediment Control Program.

383A.603 DISTRICT EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL PROGRAM. Subdivision 1. Establishment. The district shall develop a pilot program that contains a model ordinance and conservation specifications for the effective control of soil erosion and sediment deposition. To assist in the development of the pilot program, the district shall seek the advice of appropriate state and federal agencies, local units of government, and representatives of interests such as residential development and nonresidential development. Subd. 2. Program contents. The district pilot program shall contain: (1) relevant physical and developmental information concerning the region, including data relating to land use, soils, hydrology, geology, size of land area being disturbed, proximate water bodies and their characteristics, transportation, and public facilities and services; (2) a model ordinance; (3) principles for protecting existing vegetation, adequate revegetation schedules, and runoff control measures; and (4) conservation specifications and alternative methods for the control of erosion and sediment resulting from land disturbance activities. Subd. 3. Program adoption; implementation. The district shall adopt and implement the program by January 1, 1989. The district may revise its pilot program as necessary. The district shall give due notice and conduct at least one public hearing on the proposed pilot program before adoption or revision. Subd. 4. Inspection of program. The program shall be made available for public inspection at the office of the district. History:   1988 c 497 s 3
MN Stat § 383A.604 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 383A — Ramsey County|Section 383A.604 — Organization Soil Erosion And Sediment Control Programs.

383A.604 ORGANIZATION SOIL EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL PROGRAMS. Subdivision 1. Adoption. Each organization must, within one year after the adoption of the district program under section 383A.603, develop and adopt an organization soil erosion and sediment control program as part of its watershed plan under section 103B.231. The organization program must be consistent with the district program and must be submitted to the district for approval or disapproval. Upon written request of an organization, the district shall assist in the preparation of the organization program. The organization may choose to implement the program throughout its area of jurisdiction or only within the territory of the district. Subd. 2. Failure to adopt an organization program. After adoption of the district program under section 383A.603, the board of water and soil resources may not approve a watershed plan until the organization has included an organization program in accordance with this section. A watershed plan approved by the board before the adoption of the district program must be amended and submitted to the board of water and soil resources for approval within one year after the adoption of the district program. If the amendment is not submitted, plan approval must be withdrawn until the amendment is submitted. Subd. 3. Hearing requirement. Organizations that choose to adopt conservation specifications or an ordinance that are more stringent than the district program must conduct a public hearing after due notice. History:  1988 c 497 s 4; 1990 c 391 art 8 s 42
MN Stat § 383A.605 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 383A — Ramsey County|Section 383A.605 — Compliance.

383A.605 COMPLIANCE. Plans, rules, and ordinances adopted under sections 383A.601 to 383A.604 must be consistent with any applicable rules promulgated by the Board of Water and Soil Resources. History:   1988 c 497 s 5
MN Stat § 383A.606 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 383A — Ramsey County|Section 383A.606 — Discontinuance Of Ramsey Soil And Water Conservation District; Transfer Of Duties.

383A.606 DISCONTINUANCE OF RAMSEY SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT; TRANSFER OF DUTIES. Subdivision 1. Discontinuance. Notwithstanding section 103C.225, the Ramsey Soil and Water Conservation District is discontinued effective July 1, 2018, and its duties and authorities are transferred to the Ramsey County Board of Commissioners. Subd. 2. Transfer of duties and authorities. The Ramsey County Board of Commissioners has the duties and authorities of a soil and water conservation district. All contracts in effect on the date of the discontinuance of the district to which Ramsey Soil and Water Conservation District is a party remain in force and effect for the period provided in the contracts. The Ramsey County Board of Commissioners shall be substituted for the Ramsey Soil and Water Conservation District as party to the contracts and succeed to the district's rights and duties. Subd. 3. Transfer of assets. The Ramsey Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors shall transfer the assets of the district to the Ramsey County Board of Commissioners. The Ramsey County Board of Commissioners shall use the transferred assets for the purposes of implementing the transferred duties and authorities. Subd. 4. Reestablishment. The Ramsey County Board of Commissioners may petition the Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources to reestablish the Ramsey Soil and Water Conservation District. Alternatively, the Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources under its authority in section 103C.201, and after giving notice of corrective actions and time to implement the corrective actions, may reestablish the Ramsey Soil and Water Conservation District if it determines the goals established in section 103C.005 are not being achieved. The Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources may reestablish the Ramsey Soil and Water Conservation District under this subdivision without a referendum. History:   2018 c 169 s 1
MN Stat § 383A.62 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 383A — Ramsey County|Section 383A.62 — Elections Department Merger.

383A.62 ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT MERGER. The city of St. Paul and Ramsey County may, by agreement subject to this section, provide for the merger of the city elections office with the county election office. The consolidation shall be set to begin at the beginning of a fiscal year. In the preceding fiscal year and each year thereafter the county shall provide a budget and levy a property tax for the merged office that will defray the costs of the services provided throughout the county by the merged office. The county shall succeed to the obligations of the city under any collective bargaining agreements in existence at the time of the merger. Nothing in this section or in an agreement for merger under this section shall diminish any rights defined in collective bargaining agreements. The merger must not occur until bargaining units representing affected employees have completed negotiations on postmerger terms and conditions of employment. The county shall succeed to the other obligations and to the real and personal property of the merged city offices. History:   1993 c 375 art 17 s 16
MN Stat § 383A.75 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 383A — Ramsey County|Section 383A.75 — Joint Property Tax Advisory Committee.

383A.75 JOINT PROPERTY TAX ADVISORY COMMITTEE. Subdivision 1. Creation. There is created the joint property tax advisory committee. Subd. 2. Membership. The membership of the committee consists of the mayor and up to three members of the city council of the city of St. Paul; the county manager and up to three members of the county board of Ramsey County; and the superintendent and up to three members of the Board of Education of Independent School District No. 625. The chair of the Ramsey County league of local governments shall be a nonvoting ex officio member. The committee shall be convened by the mayor of St. Paul, and at the first meeting, the chair for the first year must be determined by lot, and thereafter, the chair must annually rotate among the mayor or designee, the superintendent or designee, and the county manager or designee. Subd. 3. Duties. The committee is authorized to and shall meet from time to time to make appropriate recommendations for the efficient and effective use of property tax dollars raised by the jurisdictions for programs, buildings, and operations. In addition, the committee shall: (1) identify trends and factors likely to be driving budget outcomes over the next five years with recommendations for how the jurisdictions should manage those trends and factors to increase efficiency and effectiveness; (2) agree, by October 1 of each year, on the appropriate level of overall property tax levy for the three jurisdictions and publicly report such to the governing bodies of each jurisdiction for ratification or modification by resolution; and (3) identify, by December 31 of each year, areas of the budget to be targeted in the coming year for joint review to improve services or achieve efficiencies. In carrying out its duties, the committee shall consult with public employees of each jurisdiction and with other stakeholders of the city, county, and school district, as appropriate. Subd. 4. Staff; funding. The committee must be staffed by employees as designated by each jurisdiction. The committee may also seek public or private funding from any source to assist its work and may utilize volunteer help as appropriate. Subd. 5. Recognition of innovative efforts by local employees. The committee may use public or private funding to recognize or reward efforts by local government employees to restructure service delivery to improve efficiency or achieve cost savings. History:  1993 c 375 art 7 s 14; 1994 c 587 art 5 s 21; 1997 c 231 art 4 s 11; 2009 c 88 art 3 s 6