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MN Stat § 471.18 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.18 — Education Commissioner To Establish Qualifications.

471.18 EDUCATION COMMISSIONER TO ESTABLISH QUALIFICATIONS. In all cases where school funds or property are utilized, the commissioner of education shall: (1) establish minimum qualifications of local recreational directors and instructors; (2) prepare or cause to be prepared, published, and distributed adequate and appropriate manuals and other materials as it may deem necessary or suitable to carry out the provisions of sections 471.15 to 471.19. History:  (1933-9d) 1937 c 233 s 4; 1998 c 398 art 5 s 55; 2003 c 130 s 12
MN Stat § 471.19 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.19 — Recreation Program To Be For Education Purposes.

471.19 RECREATION PROGRAM TO BE FOR EDUCATION PURPOSES. The facilities of any school district, operating a recreation program pursuant to the provisions of sections 471.15 to 471.19 shall be used primarily for the purpose of conducting the regular school curriculum and related activities and the use of school facilities for recreational purposes authorized by those sections shall be secondary. History:  (1933-9e) 1937 c 233 s 5
MN Stat § 471.1911 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.1911 — Validation Of School District Agreements.

471.1911 VALIDATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT AGREEMENTS. Agreements entered into by school districts pursuant to the provisions of sections 471.15 to 471.191 or Laws 1967, chapter 33, prior to May 15, 1978, without a referendum, are not void and are hereby validated. History:   1978 c 764 s 126
MN Stat § 471.1912 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.1912 — Public Beaches; Lifeguards.

471.1912 PUBLIC BEACHES; LIFEGUARDS. Subdivision 1. Definitions. For the purposes of this section: (1) "political subdivision" means a statutory or home rule charter city, county, town, or other political subdivision; and (2) "public swimming beach" means an area abutting a body of water, other than a swimming pool governed by section 144.1222, owned or operated by the political subdivision, whether directly or under agreement with another public or private entity, intended to be open to the public for swimming. Subd. 2. Lifeguards. If a political subdivision provides for lifeguards to be present at a public swimming beach, each lifeguard must be certified in first aid and adult, child, and infant cardiopulmonary resuscitation, have American Red Cross lifeguard certification or the equivalent, and be responsible for the supervision and safety of persons at the public swimming beach while on duty. Subd. 3. Citation. This section may be cited as "Tony Caine's Law." History:   2014 c 179 s 1
MN Stat § 471.195 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.195 — Unclaimed Property; Disposal.

471.195 UNCLAIMED PROPERTY; DISPOSAL. (1) Any city may by ordinance provide for the custody and disposal of property lawfully coming into its possession in the course of municipal operations and remaining unclaimed by the owner. Such ordinance may provide for the sale of such property to the highest bidder at public auction or sale or by a private sale through a nonprofit organization that has a significant mission of community service, after the property has been in the possession of the municipality for a period of at least 60 days. If the sale is to be by public auction, the city shall give ten days' published notice describing the property found or recovered and to be sold, and specifying the time and place of the sale. The notice must be published at least once in a legal newspaper published in the city or, if there is none in the city, published in the county. Consistent with other applicable statutory or charter provision, the ordinance shall designate the fund into which the proceeds of any such sale shall be placed, subject to the right of the former owner to payment of the sale price from the fund upon application and satisfactory proof of ownership within six months of the sale or such longer period as provided by ordinance. (2) This section does not limit the power of any municipality under any other statutory or charter authority. History:  1957 c 382 s 1,2; 1967 c 295 s 2; 1971 c 923 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1995 c 79 s 1
MN Stat § 471.198 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.198 — Expenditures; National Night Out; Law Enforcement Community Events.

471.198 EXPENDITURES; NATIONAL NIGHT OUT; LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY EVENTS. (a) Any home rule charter or statutory city or any town, county, or school district may spend money for National Night Out events held in the jurisdiction of the local government spending the money. (b) Any home rule charter or statutory city or any town, county, or school district may spend money for any event or purpose that the governing body determines will foster positive relationships between law enforcement and the community. (c) Notwithstanding any law or ordinance to the contrary, any home rule charter or statutory city, or any town, county, or school district may, by resolution, authorize officials and staff to solicit contributions for the purposes authorized in paragraphs (a) and (b). History:   2017 c 26 s 1
MN Stat § 471.24 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.24 — Towns, Statutory Cities; Joint Maintenance Of Cemetery.

471.24 TOWNS, STATUTORY CITIES; JOINT MAINTENANCE OF CEMETERY. Where a statutory city or town owns and maintains an established cemetery or burial ground, either within or without the municipal limits, the statutory city or town may, by mutual agreement with contiguous statutory cities and towns, each having an estimated market value of not less than $2,000,000, join together in the maintenance of such public cemetery or burial ground for the use of the inhabitants of each of such municipalities; and each such municipality is hereby authorized, by action of its council or governing body, to levy a tax or make an appropriation for the annual support and maintenance of such cemetery or burial ground; provided, the amount thus appropriated by each municipality shall not exceed a total of $10,000 in any one year. History:  (1933-64) 1931 c 262 s 1; 1945 c 213 s 1; 1957 c 75 s 1; 1963 c 609 s 1; 1969 c 506 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1980 c 356 s 1; 1985 c 52 s 1; 1988 c 719 art 5 s 84; 1989 c 329 art 13 s 20; 1990 c 480 art 9 s 20; 1994 c 505 art 4 s 6; 2013 c 143 art 14 s 84
MN Stat § 471.342 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.342 — Inflow And Infiltration Program.

471.342 INFLOW AND INFILTRATION PROGRAM. Subdivision 1. City. In this section, "city" means a home rule charter or statutory city. Subd. 2. Inflow and infiltration. In this section, "inflow and infiltration" means water other than wastewater that enters a sanitary sewer system, including sewer service connections, from the ground through defective pipes, pipe joints, connections, or manholes, or from sources such as, but not limited to, roof borders, cellar drains, yard drains, area drains, drains from springs and swampy areas, manhole covers, cross connections between storm sewers, catch basins, cooling towers, storm waters, surface runoff, street wastewaters, or drainage. Subd. 3. Program authority. A city may establish an inflow and infiltration prevention program and provide loans and grants to property owners to assist the owners in financing the cost of abating inflow and infiltration on their property. Subd. 4. Program guidelines. The city shall establish guidelines to govern the program. The guidelines shall establish criteria for program eligibility and standards for compliance with the program. Prior to adoption of the program guidelines, the city council must conduct a public hearing on the proposed guidelines after giving at least ten days' published notice of the hearing. Subd. 5. Program financing. The city may finance the program with federal, state, private, or city funds. City funds include, but are not limited to, general fund appropriations, sanitary or storm sewer utility funds, and fees or charges. History:   1996 c 317 s 1
MN Stat § 471.3455 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.3455 — Public Safety Equipment Purchase Or Lease.

471.3455 PUBLIC SAFETY EQUIPMENT PURCHASE OR LEASE. Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) "Local government" means a statutory or home rule charter city, county, town, special taxing district, or any other political subdivision that acquires public safety equipment. (b) "Public safety equipment" means vehicles and specialized equipment used by a fire department, as defined in section 299N.01, subdivision 2, in firefighting, ambulance and emergency medical treatment services, rescue, and hazardous materials response. Subd. 2. Single source acquisition. Notwithstanding section 465.71 or 471.345, a local government may acquire by purchase or lease used public safety equipment without competitive bidding or proposals if the equipment is clearly and legitimately limited to a single source of supply, and the contract price may be best established by direct negotiation. Subd. 3. Long-term leases authorized. Notwithstanding section 366.095, 410.32, 412.301, or 465.71, a local government may issue certificates of indebtedness or capital notes to acquire new or used public safety equipment by lease for a term of up to 15 years. The obligation created by a long-term lease agreement for public safety equipment must not be included in the calculation of net debt for purposes of section 475.53, and does not constitute debt under any other statutory provision. No election is required in connection with the execution of a lease agreement authorized by this section. History:   2011 c 33 s 1
MN Stat § 471.3457 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.3457 — Veteran-owned Small Business Contracts.

471.3457 VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS CONTRACTS. Subdivision 1. Definitions. For the purposes of this section: (1) "local government" means a town or home rule charter or statutory city; and (2) "governing body" means the town board of supervisors or city council. Subd. 2. Authority. The governing body of a local government may implement a program within its jurisdiction to provide a bid preference in awarding contracts as defined in section 471.345, and in awarding contracts for services, to designated veteran-owned small businesses, as provided in section 375.771. History:   2013 c 142 art 4 s 10
MN Stat § 471.3459 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.3459 — Donation Of Surplus Equipment.

471.3459 DONATION OF SURPLUS EQUIPMENT. Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given them. (b) "Local government" means a county, home rule or statutory city, town, or joint powers entity formed by any of these local governmental units. (c) "Nonprofit organization" means an organization formed under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. (d) "Surplus equipment" means equipment used by a local government public works department, and cellular phones and emergency medical and firefighting equipment that is no longer needed by the local government because it does not meet industry standards for emergency medical services, police, or fire departments or has minimal or no resale value. Subd. 2. Donation. A local government may donate surplus equipment to one or more nonprofit organizations. Before the local government makes any donations, it must adopt a policy on how it will determine what equipment is surplus eligible for donation and how it will determine which nonprofit organizations may receive donations. The policy must address the obligations of the local government to disclose to the nonprofit that the surplus equipment may be defective and cannot be relied upon for safety purposes. History:   2016 c 87 s 2
MN Stat § 471.346 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.346 — Publicly Owned And Leased Vehicles Identified.

471.346 PUBLICLY OWNED AND LEASED VEHICLES IDENTIFIED. All motor vehicles owned or leased by a statutory or home rule charter city, county, town, school district, metropolitan or regional agency, or other political subdivision, except for unmarked vehicles used in general police and fire work, arson investigations, Department of Human Services investigations conducted by central office staff, and county fraud prevention investigations conducted by county or contract fraud prevention investigators, shall have the name of the political subdivision plainly displayed on both sides of the vehicle in letters not less than 2-1/2 inches high and one-half inch wide. The identification must be in a color that contrasts with the color of the part of the vehicle on which it is placed and must remain on and be clean and visible throughout the period of which the vehicle is owned or leased by the political subdivision. The identification must not be on a removable plate or placard except on leased vehicles but the plate or placard must not be removed from a leased vehicle at any time during the term of the lease. History:  1994 c 635 art 1 s 29; 2014 c 228 art 3 s 4; 2015 c 78 art 4 s 58
MN Stat § 471.35 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.35 — Specifications Of Supplies Or Equipment.

471.35 SPECIFICATIONS OF SUPPLIES OR EQUIPMENT. When any county, city, town, or school district calls for bids for the purchase of supplies or equipment, specifications shall not be so prepared as to exclude all but one type or kind but shall include competitive supplies and equipment. History:  (1933-77) 1937 c 416 s 2; 1959 c 261 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1975 c 157 s 1
MN Stat § 471.36 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.36 — Noncompetitive Supplies And Equipment.

471.36 NONCOMPETITIVE SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT. The provisions of sections 471.35 to 471.37 shall not apply to noncompetitive types and kinds of supplies and equipment. History:  (1933-78) 1937 c 416 s 3; 1959 c 261 s 2
MN Stat § 471.37 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.37 — Violations.

471.37 VIOLATIONS. The violation of any of the provisions of sections 471.35 to 471.36 shall be a gross misdemeanor. History:  (1933-79) 1937 c 416 s 4; 1959 c 261 s 3
MN Stat § 471.381 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.381 — City, Town, And County Obligations And Payments.

471.381 CITY, TOWN, AND COUNTY OBLIGATIONS AND PAYMENTS. Subdivision 1. Payment methods. Payments of claims and obligations of a statutory or home rule charter city, town, or county may be made by warrant, check, or all forms of electronic or wire funds transfer. If the city, town, or county may make investments, it may make electronic or wire transfers of funds notwithstanding any other law to the contrary. Subd. 2. Authority to accept payment by credit card or other methods. A statutory or home rule charter city, town, or a county may accept payment by use of a credit card, debit card, or all forms of electronic or wire funds transfer. Subject to any other law to the contrary, the city, town, or county may add to the amount due a service charge for the acceptance of a payment method authorized in this subdivision. The city, town, or county shall adopt policies and procedures regarding the payments. The payment of property taxes by credit card is subject to section 276.02. Subd. 3. Electronic approval. "Electronic approval" means any electronic identifier intended by the person making, executing, or adopting it to authenticate and validate a city, town, or county administrative action. Notwithstanding any other general or special law to the contrary, a statutory or home rule charter city, a town, or a county may use electronic approvals, which have the same validity and consequences as an actual signature. The city, town, or county must establish policies and procedures to ensure the validity of electronic approvals. History:  2001 c 13 s 2; 2004 c 152 s 1
MN Stat § 471.382 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.382 — Credit Cards.

471.382 CREDIT CARDS. A city council or town board may authorize the use of a credit card by any city or town officer or employee otherwise authorized to make a purchase on behalf of the city or town. If a city or town officer or employee makes or directs a purchase by credit card that is not approved by the city council or town board, the officer or employee is personally liable for the amount of the purchase. A purchase by credit card must otherwise comply with all statutes, rules, or city or town policy applicable to city or town purchases. History:   2001 c 13 s 3
MN Stat § 471.391 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.391 — Declaration Form.

471.391 DECLARATION FORM. Subdivision 1.  [Repealed, 2017 c 52 s 2] Subd. 2. Above check endorsement. The check or order-check by which the claim is paid may have printed on its reverse side, above the space for endorsement thereof by the payee, the following statement: "The undersigned payee, in endorsing this check (or order-check) declares that the same is received in payment of a just and correct claim against the county (county board of education for unorganized territory, school district, town or city), and that no part of it has heretofore been paid." When endorsed by the payee named in the check or order-check, such statement shall operate and shall be deemed sufficient as the required declaration of the claim. History:  1949 c 416 s 2; 1951 c 350 s 2; 1959 c 56 s 2
MN Stat § 471.392 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.392 — Penalty.

471.392 PENALTY. Any person who willfully and falsely makes the declaration provided for in sections 471.38 and 471.391 is guilty of a felony. History:   1951 c 350 s 3
MN Stat § 471.40 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.40 — Auditing Claims.

471.40 AUDITING CLAIMS. When any account, claim, or demand against any municipality shall have been verified in the manner prescribed in this chapter, the board or officer to whom it shall be presented may receive and consider it, and allow or disallow the same, in whole or in part, as shall appear just or lawful, saving to the claimant the right of appeal. History:  (768) RL s 440
MN Stat § 471.41 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.41 — Auditing Accounts Not Itemized A Gross Misdemeanor.

471.41 AUDITING ACCOUNTS NOT ITEMIZED A GROSS MISDEMEANOR. Every member of such board who shall audit and allow any claim required to be itemized, without the same having been first duly itemized and verified, shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor. History:  (769) RL s 441
MN Stat § 471.415 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.415 — Duplicate Warrants Or Orders.

471.415 DUPLICATE WARRANTS OR ORDERS. Subdivision 1. Issuance. When any order or warrant of any county, city, town, or school district in the state shall become lost or destroyed, a duplicate thereof may be issued by the officers authorized by law to issue such orders or warrants under the regulations and restrictions hereinafter prescribed. Such duplicate shall correspond in number, date, and amount with the original order or warrant and shall have endorsed on its face by the officers issuing the same the word "duplicate," together with the date of its issuance. Subd. 2. Affidavit filed before warrant issues. A duplicate for a lost or destroyed order or warrant shall not issue until there shall have been filed with the proper officer an affidavit of the owner thereof setting forth the ownership of the order or warrant, the description thereof, and the manner of its loss or destruction, and until there shall have been executed and filed with the same officer an indemnifying bond, with sureties to be approved by such officer, in a sum equal to the amount of such order or warrant, conditioned that the parties thereto shall pay all damages which the county, city, town, or school district may sustain if compelled to pay such lost or destroyed order or warrant. The governing body of any county, city, town, or school district may in its discretion dispense with the requirement of an indemnifying bond. Subd. 3. Record to be kept. Any officer issuing duplicates under this section shall keep a record showing the number, dates, and amounts of such mutilated, lost, or destroyed orders or warrants, together with the date of issuance of the duplicates therefor, and the names of the persons to whom issued. History:  (1058, 1059, 1060, 1061) 1915 c 36 s 1-4; 1961 c 60 s 1; 1961 c 325 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 2002 c 379 art 1 s 96
MN Stat § 471.426 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.426 — Direct Deposit.

471.426 DIRECT DEPOSIT. Notwithstanding sections 177.23, subdivision 4, and 181.02, the governing body of a municipality as defined in section 471.425, may require direct deposit for all its employees who are being paid by its payroll system. History:   2004 c 292 s 1