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MN Stat § 471.895 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.895 — Certain Gifts By Interested Persons Prohibited.

471.895 CERTAIN GIFTS BY INTERESTED PERSONS PROHIBITED. Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) The definitions in this subdivision apply to this section. (b) "Gift" has the meaning given it in section 10A.071, subdivision 1. (c) "Interested person" means a person or a representative of a person or association that has a direct financial interest in a decision that a local official is authorized to make. (d) "Local official" means: (1) an elected or appointed official of a county or city or of an agency, authority, or instrumentality of a county or city; and (2) an elected or appointed member of a school board, a school superintendent, a school principal, or a district school officer of any independent school district. Subd. 2. Prohibition. An interested person may not give a gift or request another to give a gift to a local official. A local official may not accept a gift from an interested person. Subd. 3. Exceptions. (a) The prohibitions in this section do not apply if the gift is: (1) a contribution as defined in section 211A.01, subdivision 5; (2) services to assist an official in the performance of official duties, including but not limited to providing advice, consultation, information, and communication in connection with legislation, and services to constituents; (3) services of insignificant monetary value; (4) a plaque or similar memento recognizing individual services in a field of specialty or to a charitable cause; (5) a trinket or memento costing $5 or less; (6) informational material of unexceptional value; or (7) food or a beverage given at a reception, meal, or meeting away from the recipient's place of work by an organization before whom the recipient appears to make a speech or answer questions as part of a program. (b) The prohibitions in this section do not apply if the gift is given: (1) because of the recipient's membership in a group, a majority of whose members are not local officials, and an equivalent gift is given or offered to the other members of the group; (2) by an interested person who is a member of the family of the recipient, unless the gift is given on behalf of someone who is not a member of that family; or (3) by a national or multistate organization of governmental organizations or public officials, if a majority of the dues to the organization are paid from public funds, to attendees at a conference sponsored by that organization, if the gift is food or a beverage given at a reception or meal and an equivalent gift is given or offered to all other attendees. History:  1994 c 377 s 6; 2001 c 93 s 1; 2005 c 156 art 6 s 66; 2014 c 279 s 13
MN Stat § 471.90 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.90 — Statutory Cities, Hospital; Transfer To County.

471.90 STATUTORY CITIES, HOSPITAL; TRANSFER TO COUNTY. Subdivision 1. Authorization. When duly authorized by unanimous vote of its governing body any statutory city owning real estate and a hospital building situated thereon and equipment jointly with the county in which said statutory city is located, may, for a nominal consideration or without consideration, transfer its title and interest in the real estate, hospital building, and equipment to said county. Subd. 2. County may accept. Said county, when authorized by a majority vote of its governing body, may accept such grant and conveyance. Subd. 3. Statutory city obligations not assumed by county. Such county does not assume and shall not be liable for any part of the obligations incurred by said statutory city in the joint enterprise of the statutory city and county in the construction or operation of said hospital. History:  1951 c 497 s 1-3; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7
MN Stat § 471.91 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.91 — Air Travel Accounts.

471.91 AIR TRAVEL ACCOUNTS. The governing body of any city of the first class or any county containing a city of the first class is authorized to enter into a contract with any airline company regularly engaged in carrying passengers on schedule flights in interstate commerce for the establishment of an air travel account for any such city or county, subject to such terms and conditions as may be necessary and proper to facilitate air travel by the officers and employees of the city or county, and to deposit with the airline company a sum not exceeding $500 to the credit of such account. History:   1951 c 630 s 1
MN Stat § 471.92 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.92 — Dangerous Excavations.

471.92 DANGEROUS EXCAVATIONS. Subdivision 1. Wells, pools, cisterns, basins as nuisance. The governing body of any county, city or town may regulate the maintenance or abandonment of open wells, cesspools, cisterns, recharging basins, catch basins and may provide penalties for the violation thereof. The use, maintenance, or abandonment of any such installation so as to endanger the safety of any considerable number of persons, may be defined as a public nuisance and abated pursuant to the laws relating to public nuisances. Subd. 2. Abate by cover, fence. The abatement of any such nuisance may include suitably covering such installation or surrounding the same with a suitable protective fence. History:  1955 c 601 s 1,2; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7
MN Stat § 471.924 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.924 — County Regulation Of Secondhand And Junk Dealers.

471.924 COUNTY REGULATION OF SECONDHAND AND JUNK DEALERS. Subdivision 1. Authority. For the purpose of promoting the health, safety, morals, and general welfare of its residents, any county in the state may regulate the activities of secondhand and junk dealers. Subd. 2. Implementation. The purposes and objectives of the authority granted by this section shall be furthered by the adoption and passage of countywide regulations or ordinance provisions. History:  1985 c 289 s 9; 1996 c 404 s 15
MN Stat § 471.925 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.925 — Definitions.

471.925 DEFINITIONS. For purposes of sections 471.924 to 471.929, "secondhand goods" or "junk dealer" means a person engaged in the business of buying secondhand goods of any kind, including but not limited to coins, gold, silver, jewelry, metals, guns, and wrecked or dismantled motor vehicles or motor vehicles intended to be wrecked or dismantled, but not including used goods and merchandise taken as part or full payment for new goods and merchandise. History:  1985 c 289 s 10; 1996 c 404 s 16
MN Stat § 471.926 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.926 — Relation To Other County Authority.

471.926 RELATION TO OTHER COUNTY AUTHORITY. Any ordinance adopted by a county pursuant to sections 471.924 to 471.929 shall complement and be in addition to any other authority granted to a county pursuant to state statute or rule. History:   1985 c 289 s 11
MN Stat § 471.927 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.927 — Cooperation With Municipalities.

471.927 COOPERATION WITH MUNICIPALITIES. The governing body of any municipality may continue to exercise the authority to regulate secondhand or junk dealers as provided by law, but may contract with the county board of commissioners for administration and enforcement of countywide regulations or ordinance provisions within the borders of the municipality. History:  1985 c 289 s 12; 1996 c 404 s 17
MN Stat § 471.928 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.928 — Recording.

471.928 RECORDING. Any ordinance adopted pursuant to sections 471.924 to 471.929 must be recorded with the county recorder. The county auditor shall file a certified copy of the ordinance. History:  1985 c 289 s 13; 2005 c 4 s 115
MN Stat § 471.929 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.929 — Enforcement.

471.929 ENFORCEMENT. The duties of enforcing an ordinance adopted pursuant to this section shall be imposed by the county board upon the county sheriff's department. History:   1985 c 289 s 14
MN Stat § 471.93 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.93 — Appropriations For Historical Work By Municipalities.

471.93 APPROPRIATIONS FOR HISTORICAL WORK BY MUNICIPALITIES. In cities of the second, third or fourth class, and statutory cities at any regular or properly called special meeting of the council, it may appropriate money for the purpose of collecting, preserving, storing, housing, printing, publishing, distributing and exhibiting data and material pertaining to the history of the city, for the purpose of commemorating the anniversary of any important and outstanding event in such history, and to preserve such history data and material for future generations. History:  1957 c 358 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1977 c 86 s 1; 1999 c 155 s 1
MN Stat § 471.935 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.935 — Appropriations For Senior, Youth Centers.

471.935 APPROPRIATIONS FOR SENIOR, YOUTH CENTERS. A statutory or home rule charter city, county, or town may appropriate money to support the facilities, programs, and services of a public or private, not-for-profit senior citizen center or youth center. History:   1999 c 155 s 2
MN Stat § 471.941 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.941 — Appropriation For Artistic Activities.

471.941 APPROPRIATION FOR ARTISTIC ACTIVITIES. For the purposes of this section, "artistic organization" means an association, corporation, or other group of persons that provides an opportunity for persons to participate in the creation, performance, or appreciation of artistic activities which include but are not limited to: music, dance, drama, folk art, architecture and allied fields, painting, sculpture, photography, graphic and craft arts, costume and fashion design, motion pictures, television, radio, tape and sound records, activities related to the presentation, performance, execution, and exhibition of the art forms, and the study of the arts and their application to the human environment. A county, statutory or home rule charter city, or town may appropriate money to support artistic organizations. The appropriation may be divided among organizations in the proportions that the county board, city council, or town board determines. History:   1989 c 39 s 1
MN Stat § 471.95 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.95 — Patients In Public Hospitals, Extension Of Credit.

471.95 PATIENTS IN PUBLIC HOSPITALS, EXTENSION OF CREDIT. The body or bodies authorized by law to levy taxes for the maintenance and operation of any county, city, or town hospital, sanitarium, or nursing home; hospital district; or of any such facility operated jointly by any combination of county, city, or town, may authorize the furnishing of care, treatment, and maintenance to the persons cared for in such hospital, sanitarium, or nursing home without requiring that such services be paid for in advance. Such body or bodies may authorize the employment of whatever legal and other services which may be deemed necessary and appropriate to secure the collection of any accounts unpaid and due the hospital, sanitarium, nursing home, or hospital district for services rendered to the persons cared for therein, and may compromise and settle said accounts for such amounts as in their discretion may be collectible. History:  1961 c 58 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7
MN Stat § 471.96 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.96 — Members Of Civic Educational Associations.

471.96 MEMBERS OF CIVIC EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS. Subdivision 1. Dues, expenses. The governing bodies of cities, counties, and towns are hereby authorized to appropriate necessary funds to provide membership of their respective municipal corporations or political subdivisions respectively in county, regional, state, and national associations of a civic, educational, or governmental nature which have as their purpose the betterment and improvement of municipal governmental operations. Cities, counties, and towns are also authorized to participate through duly designated representatives in the meetings and activities of such associations, and the governing bodies of cities, counties, and towns respectively are authorized to appropriate necessary funds to defray the actual and necessary expenses of such representatives in connection therewith. For purposes of this section, the governing body of a town is the town board. Subd. 2. Common law unaffected. This section does not affect any statutory, charter or common law power of cities to provide for membership in and to participate through duly designated representatives in the meetings and activities of state and national associations, nor the power to appropriate money therefor. History:  1961 c 714 s 1; 1963 c 529 s 1,2; 1967 c 329 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1975 c 288 s 1; 1987 c 90 s 10
MN Stat § 471.97 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.97 — Authority To Advance Expense Money.

471.97 AUTHORITY TO ADVANCE EXPENSE MONEY. The governing bodies of cities and counties may advance to any authorized person the estimated costs of traveling to and attending meetings both within and outside the state on official business, including but not limited to attending meetings under the provisions of sections 465.58 and 471.96. Every person who receives advances under this section shall present a properly verified itemized claim to the governing body promptly after the expenses are incurred. If the actual and necessary expenses of the person were more than the amount of the advance, the governing body shall reimburse the person for the difference between the advance and the actual and necessary expenses. If the advance exceeded the actual and necessary expenses, the person who received the advance shall promptly return the excess funds to the governing body, and the governing body may deduct the amount of the excess funds from any moneys which may become due to the person, including wages or salary. History:   1975 c 288 s 2
MN Stat § 471.98 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.98 — Self-insurance; Definitions.

471.98 SELF-INSURANCE; DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Scope. Unless the context indicates otherwise, as used in sections 471.981 and 471.982 the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them. Subd. 2. Political subdivision. "Political subdivision" includes a statutory or home rule charter city, a county, a school district, a town, a watershed management organization as defined in section 103B.205, subdivision 13, or an instrumentality thereof, including but not limited to instrumentalities incorporated under chapter 317A, having independent policy-making and appropriating authority. For the purposes of this section and section 471.981, the governing body of a town is the town board. The term also includes the Nonprofit Insurance Trust incorporated under chapter 317A and its members incorporated under chapter 317A. Subd. 3. Pool. "Pool" means any self-insurance fund or agreement for the reciprocal assumption of risk established by or among two or more political subdivisions for coverage of their respective risks including, but not limited to, the pools described in section 471.982, subdivision 3. Except in connection with provisions in sections 471.981 and 471.982 that relate to bonding, "pool" does not include a self-insurance pool for employee health benefits under section 471.617. History:  1980 c 529 s 5; 1982 c 507 s 28; 1985 c 236 s 5; 1987 c 97 s 1; 1987 c 260 s 3; 1987 c 337 s 124; 1989 c 304 s 137; 1990 c 391 art 8 s 53; 1995 c 256 s 19; 1996 c 446 art 3 s 3; 2009 c 53 s 1
MN Stat § 471.985 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.985 — County And City Ordinances Prohibiting Trespassing.

471.985 COUNTY AND CITY ORDINANCES PROHIBITING TRESPASSING. Subdivision 1. Authority. The county board of any county or the city council of any home rule charter or statutory city may enact ordinances to prohibit persons from entering uninvited onto the land of another to consume alcohol or controlled substances. The county board or city council may enact ordinances to prohibit a person from bringing a motor vehicle onto the land of another without invitation to facilitate the consumption of alcohol or controlled substances on that land. Subd. 2. Determination of purpose. To determine the purpose of an uninvited entry of a person or motor vehicle, factors to be considered shall include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) time of day; (2) presence of containers intended to contain or containing alcohol; (3) presence of equipment used to dispense alcoholic beverages; (4) presence of paraphernalia containing identifiable residues of a controlled substance; (5) noise level; (6) lighting; (7) identified physiological responses; and (8) conduct of persons in the presence of a peace officer. Subd. 3. Violations. A person who violates an ordinance enacted pursuant to subdivision 1 is guilty of a misdemeanor. Subd. 4. Defenses. Express consent, endorsement, or ratification by a landowner of an entry onto land is an absolute defense to charges under an ordinance enacted pursuant to subdivision 1. A landowner who expressly consents to, endorses, or ratifies an entry onto land shall not be presumed to be in control of the persons gathered on land, nor is the landowner presumed to have knowledge of an unlawful act merely because of the express consent, endorsement, or ratification. History:   1984 c 620 s 1
MN Stat § 471.99 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.99 — Notice Of Government Action.

471.99 NOTICE OF GOVERNMENT ACTION. Except when other notice is required by law, the state, or any of its political subdivisions, shall give any affected town, statutory or home rule charter city, and county 30 days prior written notice of any action by the state or political subdivision that will directly affect the use of land in the town, statutory or home rule charter city, or county relating to sanitary landfills, waste disposal sites, construction of new buildings, roads, and related facilities where the cost exceeds $15,000, and park establishments or boundary expansions. Master plans prepared pursuant to section 86A.09 shall be considered adequate notice as required by this section. Failure to give any notice required by this section shall not be grounds for a civil or criminal action of any nature against any party, for the imposition of a civil or criminal penalty against any party or for the challenge or invalidation of any action taken by the state, a political subdivision or any other party. History:   1983 c 218 s 1
MN Stat § 471.991 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.991 — Definitions.

471.991 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Terms. For the purposes of Laws 1984, chapter 651, the following terms have the meanings given them. Subd. 2. Balanced class. "Balanced class" means any class in which no more than 80 percent of the members are male and no more than 70 percent of the members are female. Subd. 3. Comparable work value. "Comparable work value" means the value of work measured by the skill, effort, responsibility, and working conditions normally required in the performance of the work. Subd. 4. Class. "Class" means one or more positions that have similar duties, responsibilities, and general qualifications necessary to perform the duties, with comparable selection procedures used to recruit employees, and use of the same compensation schedule. Subd. 5. Equitable compensation relationship. "Equitable compensation relationship" means that the compensation for female-dominated classes is not consistently below the compensation for male-dominated classes of comparable work value, as determined under section 471.994, within the political subdivision. Subd. 6. Female-dominated class. "Female-dominated class" means any class in which 70 percent or more of the members are female. Subd. 7. Male-dominated class. "Male-dominated class" means any class in which 80 percent or more of the members are male. Subd. 8. Position. "Position" means a group of current duties and responsibilities assigned or delegated by a supervisor to an individual. History:  1984 c 651 s 1; 1990 c 512 s 1
MN Stat § 471.992 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.992 — Equitable Compensation Relationships.

471.992 EQUITABLE COMPENSATION RELATIONSHIPS. Subdivision 1. Establishment. Subject to sections 179A.01 to 179A.25 and sections 177.41 to 177.44 but notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, every political subdivision of this state shall establish equitable compensation relationships between female-dominated, male-dominated, and balanced classes of employees in order to eliminate sex-based wage disparities in public employment in this state. A primary consideration in negotiating, establishing, recommending, and approving compensation is comparable work value in relationship to other employee positions within the political subdivision. This law may not be construed to limit the ability of the parties to collectively bargain in good faith. Subd. 2. Arbitration. In all interest arbitration involving a class other than a balanced class held under sections 179A.01 to 179A.25, the arbitrator shall consider the equitable compensation relationship standards established in this section and the standards established under section 471.993, together with other standards appropriate to interest arbitration. The arbitrator shall consider both the results of a job evaluation study and any employee objections to the study. In interest arbitration for a balanced class, the arbitrator may consider the standards established under this section and the results of, and any employee objections to, a job evaluation study, but shall also consider similar or like classifications in other political subdivisions. Subd. 3.  [Repealed, 1990 c 512 s 13] Subd. 4. Collective bargaining. In collective bargaining for a balanced class, the parties may consider the equitable compensation relationship standards established by this section and the results of a job evaluation study, but shall also consider similar or like classifications in other political subdivisions. History:  1984 c 462 s 27; 1984 c 651 s 2; 1986 c 459 s 1; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 2 s 18; 1990 c 512 s 2-4