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MN Stat § 375.81 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 375 — County Boards|Section 375.81 — Appropriation; Bond.

375.81 APPROPRIATION; BOND. The appropriation shall be paid on the county auditor's warrant to the person in charge of the exhibit after filing a bond with the auditor in double the amount of the appropriation, on the condition that the appropriation is properly disbursed for the purpose intended, and that a true account is made to the county board as provided in section 375.82. The auditor shall approve the bond. History:  (735) 1907 c 99 s 3; 1985 c 109 s 14,16
MN Stat § 375.82 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 375 — County Boards|Section 375.82 — Statement To Board.

375.82 STATEMENT TO BOARD. The person in charge of the exhibit shall give a detailed statement to the county board of all the person's expenditures made to maintain the exhibit. The statement shall be given before November 2 of the year in which the exhibit is made. If the statement shows that any part of the appropriation is not spent, the balance shall be paid into the treasury of the county. When the county board approves the report, the person shall be relieved and discharged from all liability under the bond provided for in section 375.81. History:  (736) 1907 c 99 s 4; 1985 c 109 s 14,16
MN Stat § 375.83 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 375 — County Boards|Section 375.83 — Economic And Agricultural Development.

375.83 ECONOMIC AND AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT. A county board may appropriate money out of the general revenue fund of the county to be paid to any incorporated development society or organization of this state which, in the board's opinion, will use the money for the best interests of the county in promoting, advertising, improving, or developing the economic and agricultural resources of the county. History:  (739) 1913 c 77 s 1; 1919 c 205; 1921 c 128; 1929 c 295; 1933 c 174; 1945 c 136; 1971 c 188 s 1; 1980 c 487 s 15; 1982 c 381 s 1; 1985 c 109 s 14,16; 1986 c 399 art 2 s 11; 1986 c 400 s 11; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 2 s 41; 1988 c 702 s 1; 1995 c 264 art 5 s 9
MN Stat § 375.84 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 375 — County Boards|Section 375.84 — Prepay Software, Subscriptions, United States Documents.

375.84 PREPAY SOFTWARE, SUBSCRIPTIONS, UNITED STATES DOCUMENTS. A county may make advance deposits or payments for software development or maintenance services for county-owned or leased electronic data processing equipment and for newspaper, magazine, and other subscription fees customarily paid for in advance, and may allow advance deposits by any department or agency of the county with the Library of Congress and federal Supervisor of Documents for items to be purchased from these federal agencies. History:  1986 c 399 art 1 s 21; 1986 c 416 s 3
MN Stat § 375.85 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 375 — County Boards|Section 375.85 — Counties May Market Software Products.

375.85 COUNTIES MAY MARKET SOFTWARE PRODUCTS. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a county or group of counties acting jointly under section 471.59 may sell or license self-developed or vendor custom-developed computer software products or systems either on competitive bids or in the open market, in the discretion of the county or joint powers board. Prices for the software products or systems may be based on market considerations. A county or group of counties may make agreements with private persons or entities to assist with marketing software products or systems. History:  1986 c 399 art 1 s 22; 1986 c 416 s 4; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 2 s 31
MN Stat § 375.86 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 375 — County Boards|Section 375.86 — Application Of Other Law.

375.86 APPLICATION OF OTHER LAW. County software product programming source code, object code, and all material relating to product or system development and distribution is "trade secret information" for purposes of classification under section 13.37, subdivision 2. History:  1986 c 399 art 1 s 23; 1986 c 416 s 5
MN Stat § 375.87 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 375 — County Boards|Section 375.87 — Radio Systems For Public Safety Communications.

375.87 RADIO SYSTEMS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS. Subdivision 1. Establishment. A county may establish and rent, lease, construct, equip, and maintain a radio broadcasting station or stations, with land-fixed repeater stations and other necessary communication equipment, to be used for public safety communications. It may acquire land, towers, or equipment by gift, purchase, lease, exchange, condemnation, or other means for use as a site for public safety communications equipment. Public safety communications sites may be acquired by lease for a period of up to 25 years in duration. Public safety communications may include police, fire, highway maintenance, emergency medical service, local government, forestry conservation, and other communications as determined by the county board. Subd. 2. Antenna site use agreements. Use of county-owned radio towers, building rooftops, lands, and easements may be made available to commercial wireless service providers or other users for the purpose of installing antennas and equipment. The county may charge site use fees for the value of the real property or structure made available and for public safety communications systems costs. In lieu of a site use fee, the county may make agreements with commercial wireless service providers or other tower owners to place county equipment on privately owned towers and may accept improvements such as tower reinforcement, reconstruction, site development, or other site improvements to the county's communications system facilities or real or personal property. Antenna site use agreements and leases may be entered into by any means available and in the manner determined by the county board, with or without advertisement for bids. History:   2003 c 43 s 1
MN Stat § 375A.001 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 375A — Optional Forms Of County Government|Section 375A.001 — Chapter Does Not Apply To Hennepin County.

375A.001 CHAPTER DOES NOT APPLY TO HENNEPIN COUNTY. This chapter does not apply to Hennepin County. History:   1979 c 198 art 4 s 13
MN Stat § 375A.01 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 375A — Optional Forms Of County Government|Section 375A.01 — Authorization And Enumeration.

375A.01 AUTHORIZATION AND ENUMERATION. Subdivision 1. General. Any county may adopt one or more of the optional forms of government provided for in sections 375A.01 to 375A.13. Until the adoption of one or more of the options, each county shall operate under the plan of county government in effect for that county on July 1, 1973. Any of the options may be adopted or abandoned by a county by following the procedures set forth in sections 375A.01 to 375A.13. Subd. 2. Options; conditions. (a) An optional form of county government may include any of the following: (1) an elected county executive to be known as the elected executive plan; (2) a county manager, to be known as the county manager plan; (3) the chair of the county board elected at large by all the voters of the county, to be known as the at-large chair plan; (4) a county administrator, to be known as the county administrator plan; (5) a county auditor to have the additional powers and duties of county administrator, to be known as the county auditor-administrator plan. (b) The elected executive, county manager, and at-large chair plans are mutually exclusive, and a county may adopt only one of these plans. (c) A county may not adopt the county administrator or the auditor-administrator plan while it is operating under either the elected executive or the county manager plan; and a county may not adopt the auditor-administrator plan while it is operating under the at-large chair plan. (d) A county may adopt the at-large chair plan and the county administrator plan either concurrently or while the other is in force. History:  1973 c 542 s 1; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 375A.05 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 375A — Optional Forms Of County Government|Section 375A.05 — At-large Chair Plan.

375A.05 AT-LARGE CHAIR PLAN. Subdivision 1. Elected countywide. Subject to the exclusions cited in section 375A.01, subdivision 2, any county may provide for the office of chair of the board with candidates for the office nominated and elected by all the voters of the county separate and apart from other members of the board, except that the chair of the board selected by this method shall be a member of the county board in all other respects. This option shall be known as the at-large chair plan. Upon the adoption of the at-large chair plan, the county shall be redistricted to reflect the change in number of commissioners on the board. Unless a county had adopted either the at-large chair or the elected executive plan, each board shall elect a chair from among its membership pursuant to the provisions of section 375.13. Subd. 2. County board of five or seven required. The at-large chair plan may be adopted only in those counties which have county boards of five or seven members. The change to a county board of five or seven members may be instituted concurrently with the change to the at-large chair plan in which case the county board resolution, the study commission recommendation or the petition by the voters initiating the plan shall indicate the number of members to be on the board including the at-large chair. If the resolution, the recommendation or the petition does not specify the number to be on the board, the board shall consist of the same number, including the at-large chair as before the adoption of an option, unless the number of the board is greater than seven. If the board is less than five, it shall be increased to five; and if greater than seven, it shall be reduced to seven. Subd. 3. Term, qualifications. The first at-large chair shall be elected at the county general election following the adoption of the at-large chair plan and every four years thereafter. The chair shall hold office for a term of four years commencing on the first Monday of January following election. The chair shall be a resident of the county and shall be nominated and elected by all the voters of the county in the manner provided by law for the election of county officers. Subd. 4. Salary. The salary of the at-large chair for the first year of the term shall be set by the county board not less than 30 days before the first day candidates may file for the office; thereafter, the salary of the at-large chair shall be set annually by the county board at the January meeting of the board; provided that the salary of the at-large chair shall not be less than 120 percent of the salary of the highest paid member of the board of county commissioners. A minimum salary for each subsequent term of the at-large chair shall be fixed by the county board not less than 30 days before the first day candidates may file for the office in an amount not less than the minimum provided in this section. History:  1973 c 542 s 5; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 375A.08 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 375A — Optional Forms Of County Government|Section 375A.08 — County Auditor-administrator Plan.

375A.08 COUNTY AUDITOR-ADMINISTRATOR PLAN. Subdivision 1. Authorization; duties. Subject to the exclusions recited in section 375A.01, subdivision 2, any county which has not provided for the appointment of the county auditor and has not combined the offices of auditor and treasurer may adopt the auditor-administrator plan. In any county adopting the county auditor-administrator plan, the elected county auditor shall serve also as county administrator pursuant to section 375A.06 and shall continue to perform all the duties of a county auditor as provided by law, except that the duties of the office of county auditor established by law appertaining to computation of taxes, delinquent taxes and receipt and disbursement of moneys shall be transferred to and vested in the office of county treasurer. Subd. 2. Election. In any county adopting the county auditor-administrator plan, the office of county auditor shall become the office of auditor-administrator and the auditor-administrator shall be nominated and elected by all voters of the county in the manner provided by law for the election of county offices. History:   1973 c 542 s 8
MN Stat § 375A.09 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 375A — Optional Forms Of County Government|Section 375A.09 — How To Change The Number Of County Board Members.

375A.09 HOW TO CHANGE THE NUMBER OF COUNTY BOARD MEMBERS. Subdivision 1. This chapter controls; benchmark; abandonment. Notwithstanding any other provision of law specifying the number of members of the board of county commissioners and except as otherwise provided in sections 375A.01 to 375A.13, any county may alter the number of members on the board of county commissioners in accordance with the provisions of this section. Until the adoption of a modification of the number of the members of the board of county commissioners, each county shall elect the number of county commissioners by the method in effect for that county on July 1, 1973. Any of the modifications may be adopted or abandoned by a county by following the procedures set forth in sections 375A.01 to 375A.13. Subd. 2. Three, five, seven, or nine members. Any county may provide that the board of county commissioners shall consist of three, five, seven or nine members. Subd. 3. Must be district resident. Every county commissioner shall be a resident of the county and shall be a resident of the district from which nominated and elected. Subd. 4. Apportionment, redistricting, staggering, timing. The county shall be divided into the number of districts from which commissioners are nominated and elected and the population of the county shall be apportioned to the several districts so that each commissioner represents the same number of persons as nearly as may be possible. When the number of commissioners has been changed, the county board shall proceed to redistrict the county accordingly and it shall follow as nearly as possible the times and procedures specified in section 375.025, including determining the two-year and four-year terms first assigned to districts in order to provide as nearly as possible for an equal number of overlapping four-year terms in the future. The resolution redistricting the county shall be adopted not less than 30 days before the first day candidates may file for the office of county commissioner. Commissioners to be elected pursuant to the modification of the county board shall be elected at the general election following the adoption of the modification. History:  1973 c 542 s 9; 1976 c 239 s 113; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 375A.11 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 375A — Optional Forms Of County Government|Section 375A.11 — Consolidation Of Duties Of County Offices.

375A.11 CONSOLIDATION OF DUTIES OF COUNTY OFFICES. Subdivision 1. Procedure. Without restriction of the authority of the county board to assign additional duties to the county auditor, county treasurer, court administrator of the district court and county recorder for which additional compensation may be paid, and provided that the office of county auditor, county treasurer, court administrator of district court, county attorney, sheriff or county recorder may not be consolidated with another elective office listed in this subdivision except pursuant to the provisions of section 375A.10, the county board may consolidate the duties of any two or more county offices and may provide additional compensation for the additional duties. The county board shall effect a consolidation by ordinance and may by this means consolidate any two or more county offices provided that the person holding the consolidated office possesses the qualifications required by law. Subd. 2. Performance of duties. If the duties of officers are consolidated pursuant to this section, the county board by ordinance may elect to separate the duties so consolidated and reconsolidate them in any other manner permitted by law or separate the duties without reconsolidation and provide that the duties of each office shall be performed by a separate person, if it deems the change to be in the public interest. When the duties of offices are united and consolidated, the person filling the consolidated offices shall take the oath of each office and give the bond required by the county board for each office and shall discharge all the duties pertaining to each office. Subd. 3. Vacancies in certain elective offices. (a) If any of the offices of county auditor, treasurer or county recorder shall become vacant before the expiration of the term for the office, a county board may appoint either of the holders of the other two offices to fill the vacancy for the unexpired term. The board may provide additional compensation for the added duties imposed on the appointee by virtue of holding two offices for that period. If the office of county auditor or treasurer becomes vacant, the county board may initiate a referendum by resolution to consolidate the two offices into one elected office. The referendum shall be conducted according to section 375A.12, subdivisions 4 and 5. (b) The authority granted by paragraph (a) shall be in addition to the authorities granted by existing law or statute and by the provisions of sections 375A.01 to 375A.13 relating to consolidation and appointment of county offices; the authority granted by this subdivision may be exercised notwithstanding any prohibitions against the holding of two offices that may exist in the laws or statutes of this state. History:  1973 c 542 s 11; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1986 c 399 art 1 s 24; 1986 c 416 s 6; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82
MN Stat § 375A.12 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 375A — Optional Forms Of County Government|Section 375A.12 — How, When To Adopt, Abandon Options.

375A.12 HOW, WHEN TO ADOPT, ABANDON OPTIONS. Subdivision 1. This section governs; exceptions. Except as otherwise provided in sections 375A.01 to 375A.13 the options provided in sections 375A.01 to 375A.10 shall be adopted in the manner and at the times specified in this section. Subd. 2. Form of government options. Except as provided in section 375A.1205 or by special law, the options provided in sections 375A.01 to 375A.10 shall be adopted in any county only after an affirmative vote of the voters in the county on the question of the adoption of the option. Except as provided in section 375A.01, only one such plan may be submitted at any one election. Subd. 3. Referenda; procedure. Any referendum required to be held as a condition of the adoption of an option may be initiated by a resolution by the county board, a recommendation of a county government study commission or a petition signed by voters equal in number to five percent of the electors voting at the last previous election for the office of governor requesting that a referendum be held on the adoption of one or more of the options provided in sections 375A.01 to 375A.10. If a study commission has been established, a referendum on an option may not be initiated by a resolution of the county board or a petition of voters until after the study commission has completed its study provided for in section 375A.13, subdivision 3. Subd. 4. Conduct of election. When a referendum is required to be held, the county auditor shall conduct the referendum following the procedures provided in section 375.20, as far as practicable, and not inconsistent with sections 375A.01 to 375A.10. The referendum may be held at any primary, general or special election held not less than 30 days before the first day on which candidates may file for county office. Subd. 5. Form of ballot. In the submission of any proposal pursuant to subdivision 2 the ballot shall be substantially in the following form: "Shall the office(s) of ....... be appointed rather than elected at the expiration of the(ir) current term(s)?" Subd. 6. Optional forms; abandonment. Any optional plan or other option provided for in sections 375A.01 to 375A.13 may be abandoned by the same procedures required for the adoption of the optional plan or the option. Except as otherwise provided in sections 375A.01 to 375A.13 any plan or option shall remain in effect until abandoned or another plan or option is adopted, but a plan or option shall remain in effect not less than three years after its adoption before proceedings to abandon may be commenced, except that options consistent with the at-large chair plan and the administrator plan may be adopted at any time after either the at-large chair plan or the administrator plan has been adopted. History:  1973 c 542 s 12; 1986 c 399 art 1 s 25,26; 1986 c 416 s 7,8; 1986 c 444; 1998 c 349 s 1; 2014 c 264 s 28; 1Sp2019 c 10 art 2 s 19
MN Stat § 375A.121 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 375A — Optional Forms Of County Government|Section 375A.121 — Modifying Duties Of County Auditor And Treasurer.

375A.121 MODIFYING DUTIES OF COUNTY AUDITOR AND TREASURER. A county board, with the concurrence of the county auditor and treasurer, may by resolution assign to the county treasurer all or some of the duties of the county auditor in sections 272.115, 272.12, 272.121, 279.02, 279.025, and 279.03. A county board, with the concurrence of the county auditor and treasurer, may assign to the county auditor all or some of the duties of the county treasurer in sections 272.115, 272.12, 272.121, 279.02, 279.025, and 279.03. If any duties of the county auditor or the county treasurer are assigned under this section, the county board shall notify the commissioner of revenue of the assignment of duties. A county board may not rescind its assignment of duties under this section for at least two years after the initial resolution of assignment of duties. Upon the election of a county auditor or treasurer, the elected official may require that the duties of the county auditor and treasurer be reestablished as provided by sections 272.115, 272.12, 272.121, 279.02, 279.025, and 279.03. History:   1997 c 89 s 1
MN Stat § 375B.01 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 375B — County Subordinate Service Districts|Section 375B.01 — Purpose Of Subordinate Governmental Service Districts.

375B.01 PURPOSE OF SUBORDINATE GOVERNMENTAL SERVICE DISTRICTS. It is the purpose of this chapter to provide a means by which a county as a unit of general local government can effectively provide and finance various governmental services for its residents. History:  1982 c 507 s 8; 1983 c 216 art 1 s 63
MN Stat § 375B.02 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 375B — County Subordinate Service Districts|Section 375B.02 — Definition.

375B.02 DEFINITION. "Subordinate service district" means a compact and contiguous district within the county in which one or more governmental services or additions to countywide services are provided by the county and financed from revenues secured from within that district. The boundaries of a single subordinate service district may not embrace an entire county. History:   1982 c 507 s 9