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MN Stat § 398.10 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 398 — Park Systems|Section 398.10 — Park Superintendent; Employees.

398.10 PARK SUPERINTENDENT; EMPLOYEES. The board shall, by secret ballot, elect a park superintendent to serve as the chief administrative officer of the park district. Such election shall be for terms of not to exceed five years and the superintendent shall serve at the pleasure of the board. No person shall be elected superintendent unless the person has had at least ten years experience in business or in public administration, at least five years of which shall have been in a responsible administrative capacity and at least three years in the administration of parks or recreation. The salary of the superintendent shall be set by the board. The superintendent or a designee shall serve as secretary to the board. The secretary shall, promptly after selection, file with the board a bond in the penal sum of $10,000, with good and sufficient sureties acceptable to the board of park district commissioners. The board shall have power to appoint such officers, agents, and employees as it deems necessary for the proper administration of the district. The officers, agents, and employees shall perform such duties and receive such compensation as the board may determine and shall be removable at the pleasure of the board. History:  1955 c 806 s 10; 1986 c 444; 1991 c 326 s 22; 2004 c 251 s 21; 2005 c 82 s 10
MN Stat § 398.11 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 398 — Park Systems|Section 398.11 — Instruments, Execution.

398.11 INSTRUMENTS, EXECUTION. Every contract, conveyance, license, or other written instrument shall be executed on behalf of the board by the chair and secretary with the corporate seal affixed if the district has one, and only pursuant to authority from the board. History:  1955 c 806 s 11; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 398.12 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 398 — Park Systems|Section 398.12 — Ordinances, Resolutions; Enactment.

398.12 ORDINANCES, RESOLUTIONS; ENACTMENT. The board may, after public hearing held upon two weeks' published notice, enact such ordinances as it may deem necessary or convenient to carry out the general and special powers herein granted. It may also, without notice of hearing, adopt such resolutions as may be deemed necessary or convenient to carry out such powers, except where action is herein directed to be taken by ordinance. An ordinance or resolution shall be signed by the chair, attested by the secretary, and published once in one legal newspaper published within the district. Proof of the publication shall be attached to and be filed with the ordinance or resolution. Every ordinance shall be recorded in an ordinance book within 20 days after its publication. All ordinances shall be suitably entitled and shall be substantially in the style: "The Board of the Park District of ......... Ordains: ........" History:  1955 c 806 s 12; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 398.13 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 398 — Park Systems|Section 398.13 — Ordinances, Enforcement.

398.13 ORDINANCES, ENFORCEMENT. The board shall have authority to enforce its ordinances and to employ police officers and attorneys for such purposes. Any police officer, sheriff, or other public enforcement official having jurisdiction in the county, in which all or a part of a park district is located, shall have authority to arrest persons violating ordinances of the board and to serve warrants upon persons accused of violating an ordinance of the board, and to carry out the prosecution in any proper tribunal under such ordinance. Nothing herein contained shall prevent the enforcement within a park district of any ordinance or regulation of a municipality or county within such park district which is not inconsistent with the ordinances of the board. History:  1955 c 806 s 13; 2005 c 10 art 2 s 4
MN Stat § 398.14 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 398 — Park Systems|Section 398.14 — Records, Reports.

398.14 RECORDS, REPORTS. The board shall keep accurate and permanent records of all its proceedings and shall compile and publish reports and information relating to the park district and to the board's functions and proceedings. History:   1955 c 806 s 14
MN Stat § 398.15 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 398 — Park Systems|Section 398.15 — Public Highways In Park Districts.

398.15 PUBLIC HIGHWAYS IN PARK DISTRICTS. When a public highway extends into or through a park area, or when a public highway forms all or part of a suitable connection between two or more park areas, and it is advisable to make alterations in the route or width of the highway or to grade, drain, pave or otherwise improve the highway, the board may enter into agreements with the public authorities in charge or control of so much of the highway as lies within the park area or which forms the whole or a part of a connecting link between two or more park areas, providing for the doing of such things, under the procedure authorized by law in case of such public authorities, and for the payment by the board of so much of the cost thereof as is agreed upon. This section does not affect the legal status of the highway. History:   1955 c 806 s 15
MN Stat § 398.17 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 398 — Park Systems|Section 398.17 — Bonds.

398.17 BONDS. The park district board may by resolution provide for the issuance of negotiable general obligation bonds of the district in the manner specified in chapter 475, except as otherwise provided in this section, but only for the purpose of financing the acquisition and betterment of park properties and facilities or for refunding outstanding obligations of the district, and bonds shall at no time be issued in an amount such as to cause the net debt of the district to exceed five-tenths of one percent of the latest full and true valuation, as finally equalized in accordance with section 274.13. "Net debt" for the purpose of this chapter is defined as in section 475.51 except that tax anticipation notes shall be excluded therefrom. No bonds shall be issued in an amount which would cause the net debt to exceed one-tenth of one percent of such full and true valuation without first obtaining the approval of a majority of the electors voting on the question at an election called in the manner provided in section 398.16. The ballot at any bond election shall state the maximum amount and purpose or purposes of the proposed issue, and no issue shall be invalidated by reason of the inclusion in the ballot of more than one purpose. Taxes for the payment of principal and interest on bonds, whether levied before the issuance thereof or levied subsequently to restore deficiencies in the bond sinking fund, shall not be subject to any limitation as to rate or amount and shall not be included in determining the application of any statutory limitation to other tax levies. History:  1955 c 806 s 17; 1957 c 160 s 3
MN Stat § 398.18 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 398 — Park Systems|Section 398.18 — Depositories.

398.18 DEPOSITORIES. All funds under the control of the park district board are to be kept in depositories selected in the manner provided for the deposit of county funds insofar as those proceedings are applicable. Deposits are to be secured as provided in the case of county funds. The county treasurer shall serve as the treasurer of the board and in multicounty districts, the county treasurer of the county containing the largest portion of the district shall so serve. The treasurer shall receive and be responsible for all moneys of the district, from whatever source derived, and the same shall be considered public funds. The treasurer shall disburse the moneys of the district only on orders made by the secretary, countersigned by the chair, vice-chair, or other person authorized by the district showing the name of the claimant and the nature of the claim. No disbursements shall be certified by such officers until the same have been approved by the commissioners at a meeting thereof. The treasurer shall keep an account of all moneys received and disbursed, and at least once a year, at times to be designated by the commissioners, file with the secretary a financial statement of the district, showing in appropriate and identifiable groupings the receipts and disbursements since the last approved statement, the moneys on hand and the purposes for which the same are appropriated. History:  1955 c 806 s 18; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 398.19 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 398 — Park Systems|Section 398.19 — Plan For Development Of Parks; Recording.

398.19 PLAN FOR DEVELOPMENT OF PARKS; RECORDING. Within 18 months of the activation of a park district, the board for such park district shall develop and approve a written plan for development of parks within the district. Certified copies of such plan shall be recorded by the secretary of the board with the county recorders for the counties having land within the district and with the Department of Natural Resources. Such plans shall be revised and brought up to date at least every five years. History:  1955 c 806 s 19; 1976 c 181 s 2; 2005 c 4 s 103; 2018 c 182 art 1 s 95
MN Stat § 398.21 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 398 — Park Systems|Section 398.21 — Enlargement Of Districts.

398.21 ENLARGEMENT OF DISTRICTS. When conducive to the general welfare any territory adjacent and contiguous to an existing park district, whether located within any county in which the district was created or not, may be annexed to the district under the following procedure: A petition shall be filed with the board of park district commissioners requesting such annexation, containing an accurate description of the territory proposed to be annexed, accompanied by an accurate map or plat of the territory, and signed either by one percent of the electors residing within the territory or authorized by resolutions of a majority of the councils of the cities within the area to be annexed. The board shall determine whether the petition is sufficient and whether it is advisable that the annexation be made. If the board determines in favor of the annexation, it makes application to the county board of the county in which the territory is located, setting forth the fact of the filing of the petition and the reasons why it is advisable that the territory be annexed to the district. The board may on its own motion file such petition with the county board. Upon the filing of such petition, like proceedings shall be had as are provided in section 398.20 upon application for the creation of a park district. The territory annexed may not include any city of the first class, a part only of an existing town or municipal corporation and shall not include any territory situated in any other park district activated pursuant to this chapter unless the park district board of such district consents to the transfer of such territory. In the event of the annexation to a park district of territory located in a county other than the county or counties in which the district was created, the county board of the county in which the annexed territory is located shall exercise, with reference to the annexed territory, the powers conferred upon county boards by section 398.20 and the auditor and the treasurer of the county in which the annexed territory is located shall exercise, with reference to taxes levied and collected by the board of park district commissioners upon the annexed territory, the powers conferred upon auditors and treasurers by sections 398.16 to 398.19. History:  1955 c 806 s 21; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7
MN Stat § 398.31 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 398 — Park Systems|Section 398.31 — Application; Exercise Of Powers.

398.31 APPLICATION; EXERCISE OF POWERS. Except as otherwise expressly provided or indicated by the context, sections 398.31 to 398.36 apply to all counties other than Hennepin and Ramsey, in which no park districts have been activated as provided by this chapter, as amended, and the term "county" as used in said sections means any such county. Except as otherwise expressly provided, all powers vested in a county by sections 398.31 to 398.36 shall be exercised by the county board. History:  1961 c 512 s 1; 1973 c 76 s 1
MN Stat § 398.35 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 398 — Park Systems|Section 398.35 — Personnel.

398.35 PERSONNEL. Subdivision 1. Appointment. The county board of any county having or proposing to establish a county park or parks may appoint a superintendent thereof and such other personnel as may be necessary for the care, maintenance, and operation thereof or for other purposes authorized by sections 398.31 to 398.36, subject to other provisions of law relating to county employees so far as applicable. Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 2005 c 10 art 2 s 5] History:   1961 c 512 s 5
MN Stat § 398.36 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 398 — Park Systems|Section 398.36 — County Park Commission.

398.36 COUNTY PARK COMMISSION. Subdivision 1. Creation; delegation of authority. The county board of any county having or proposing to establish a county park or parks may by ordinance enacted as provided by section 398.34 create a county park commission, with such provisions for membership, terms of office, and other requirements as the county board may prescribe, and may delegate to such commission, under such conditions as the county board may prescribe, authority to exercise any of the powers conferred on the board by sections 398.32 to 398.35, except the power to acquire or sell land or water or interests therein, to levy taxes, to appropriate money, or to enact ordinances. The commission may make recommendations to the county board in the respect of any matter relating to county parks requiring action by the board. Subd. 2.  MS 2012 [Renumbered 398.37] History:   1961 c 512 s 6
MN Stat § 398.37 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 398 — Park Systems|Section 398.37 — Provisions Are Supplementary.

398.37 PROVISIONS ARE SUPPLEMENTARY. The provisions of sections 398.31 to 398.36 shall not repeal or supersede any existing law except so far as in direct conflict therewith, but shall be supplementary thereto. History:   1961 c 512 s 7
MN Stat § 398A.01 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 398A — Regional Railroad Authorities|Section 398A.01 — Definitions.

398A.01 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Application. The terms defined in this section are used in sections 398A.01 to 398A.08 with the following meanings, respectively. Subd. 2. Authority. "Authority" means a regional railroad authority organized and existing as a political subdivision and local government unit pursuant to section 398A.03. Subd. 3. Bonds. "Bonds" means any bonds, notes, or other obligations issued by an authority pursuant to section 398A.07. Subd. 4. Governing body. "Governing body" means the board, council, or other body authorized by law to exercise the governmental powers of a municipality. Subd. 5. Municipality. "Municipality" means any county, city, or town. Subd. 6. Project. "Project" means any railroad facilities proposed to be acquired, constructed, improved, or refinanced by an authority in whole or part by the issuance of bonds, including any real or personal property, structures, machinery, equipment, and appurtenances determined by the authority to be useful or convenient for railroad operations and handling passengers or freight. Subd. 7. Real property. "Real property" means lands, structures, improvements thereof, and water and riparian rights, and any and all interests and estates therein, legal or equitable, including but not limited to easements, rights-of-way, uses, leases, and licenses. Subd. 8. Regional Railroad Authorities Act. "Regional Railroad Authorities Act" means sections 398A.01 to 398A.09. History:  1980 c 616 s 1; 1983 c 216 art 1 s 66
MN Stat § 398A.02 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 398A — Regional Railroad Authorities|Section 398A.02 — Purpose.

398A.02 PURPOSE. The purpose of the Regional Railroad Authorities Act is to provide a means whereby one or more municipalities, with state and federal aids as may be available, may provide for the preservation and improvement of local rail service for agriculture, industry, or passenger traffic and provide for the preservation of abandoned rail right-of-way for future transportation uses, when determined to be practicable and necessary for the public welfare, particularly in the case of abandonment of local rail lines. History:  1980 c 616 s 2; 1983 c 326 s 11; 1989 c 299 s 10
MN Stat § 398A.05 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 398A — Regional Railroad Authorities|Section 398A.05 — Tax Exemption.

398A.05 TAX EXEMPTION. The property and income of an authority shall be exempt from all taxation, except that sections 272.01, subdivision 2, and 273.19 shall apply to any use or lease of the property, other than operation of a railroad line by a railroad company. History:   1980 c 616 s 5
MN Stat § 398A.06 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 398A — Regional Railroad Authorities|Section 398A.06 — Municipal Powers.

398A.06 MUNICIPAL POWERS. Subdivision 1. General. Any county named in the organization resolution of an authority, and any other municipality situated within a named county, may exercise the powers granted in this section, in aid or in consideration of the exercise of the authority's powers in ways which are determined by the governing body of the municipality to be for the benefit and welfare of its citizens. Subd. 2. Loans and donations. The municipality may lend or donate money to the authority and may levy taxes, appropriate money, and issue bonds for that purpose in the manner and within the limitations prescribed by law, including but not limited to chapter 475. Subd. 3. Joint action. The municipality may enter into an agreement with the authority respecting the joint exercise of their powers pursuant to section 471.59. Subd. 4. Public improvements. The municipality may cause water, sewer, storm sewer, drainage, street, highway and sidewalk, or other public improvements to be furnished adjacent to or in connection with property of the authority; but the property shall be exempt from special assessment as in the case of highway rights-of-way pursuant to section 435.19. Subd. 5. Conveyance of property. The municipality may dedicate, sell, convey, or lease to the authority its interest in any property and may grant easements, licenses, and other rights in it to the authority. History:  1980 c 616 s 6; 1992 c 511 art 5 s 12
MN Stat § 398A.08 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 398A — Regional Railroad Authorities|Section 398A.08 — Employment Preference.

398A.08 EMPLOYMENT PREFERENCE. Individuals who have been previously employed by railroads, any part of whose property or assets are acquired pursuant to Laws 1980, chapter 616, shall have priority, based upon their length of service with that railroad, in employment with a purchasing carrier or other operator of a railroad incorporating that property or those assets. History:   1980 c 616 s 8
MN Stat § 398A.09 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 398A — Regional Railroad Authorities|Section 398A.09 — Construction.

398A.09 CONSTRUCTION. Sections 398A.01 to 398A.08 shall be construed liberally to effectuate their legislative intent and purpose, as complete and independent authority for the performance of every act and thing authorized, and all powers granted shall be broadly interpreted to effectuate this intent and purpose and not as a limitation of powers. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency with any other law or charter provision, the provisions of sections 398A.01 to 398A.08 shall prevail. History:   1980 c 616 s 9
MN Stat § 398A.10 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 398A — Regional Railroad Authorities|Section 398A.10 — Transit Funding.

398A.10 TRANSIT FUNDING. Subdivision 1. Capital costs. A county regional railroad authority may not contribute more than ten percent of the capital costs of a light rail transit or commuter rail project. This subdivision does not apply to a light rail transit project for which a county regional railroad authority commits to providing an amount greater than ten percent of the capital costs, if the commitment (1) is made before October 2, 2008, (2) is made as part of an application for federal funds, and (3) is adjusted by the county regional railroad authority to meet the requirements of this subdivision as part of the next scheduled federal funding application for the project. Subd. 2. Operating and maintenance costs. A county regional railroad authority may not contribute any funds to pay the operating and maintenance costs for a light rail transit or commuter rail project. If a county regional railroad authority is contributing funds for operating and maintenance costs on a light rail transit or commuter rail project on February 25, 2008, the authority may continue to contribute funds for these purposes until January 1, 2009. Subd. 3. Application. This section only applies to a county that has imposed the metropolitan transportation sales and use tax under section 297A.992 and applies whether or not the tax is currently in effect. Subd. 4. Definition. For purposes of this section, "project" means the initial construction or extension of a minimum operable segment of a new light rail transit or commuter rail line, but does not include infill stations, project enhancements, or supportive infrastructure, constructed after the rail transit is operational. History:  2008 c 152 art 6 s 7; 2008 c 287 art 1 s 114; 2013 c 117 art 3 s 33; 1Sp2017 c 3 art 3 s 114,115
MN Stat § 400.01 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 400 — Solid Waste Management|Section 400.01 — Policy And Authorization.

400.01 POLICY AND AUTHORIZATION. In order to protect the state's water, air, and land resources so as to promote the public safety, health, welfare, and productive capacity of its population, it is in the public interest that counties conduct solid waste management programs. History:   1971 c 403 s 1
MN Stat § 400.02 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 400 — Solid Waste Management|Section 400.02 — Applicability.

400.02 APPLICABILITY. Sections 400.01 to 400.17 apply to all counties other than the counties of Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington, Anoka, Dakota, Scott, and Carver. History:   1971 c 403 s 2