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MN Stat § 471.44 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.44 — Municipality To Supply Counsel For Police, Peace Officers.

471.44 MUNICIPALITY TO SUPPLY COUNSEL FOR POLICE, PEACE OFFICERS. Subdivision 1. Costs in defense of legal action. On and after the passage of Laws 1937, chapter 442, every city, town, or county of this state employing sheriffs, police officers, or peace officers shall be required to furnish legal counsel to defend any sheriff, deputy sheriff, police officer, or peace officer employed by any such governmental subdivision in all actions brought against such officer to recover damages for alleged false arrest or alleged injury to person, property or character, when such alleged false arrest or alleged injury to person, property or character was the result of an arrest made by such officer in good faith and in the performance of official duties and pay the reasonable costs and expenses of defending such suit, including witness fees and reasonable counsel fees, notwithstanding any contrary provisions in the laws of this state or in the charter of any such governmental subdivision. Subd. 2. Costs in defense of civilian complaints. A home rule charter or statutory city, town, or county that establishes a peace officer civilian review authority to review civilian complaints about alleged peace officer misconduct shall pay the reasonable costs of legal counsel and reasonable fees incurred by the officer in defending against a complaint after a finding that the complaint is sustained by the authority, and if the complaint is subsequently not upheld. If a complaint against a peace officer is sustained, no payment may be made under this subdivision. History:  (1933-81) 1937 c 442 s 1; 1947 c 390 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1986 c 444; 1993 c 220 s 1; 2004 c 200 s 1
MN Stat § 471.45 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.45 — Costs And Disbursements To Be Assigned To Municipalities.

471.45 COSTS AND DISBURSEMENTS TO BE ASSIGNED TO MUNICIPALITIES. If, at the termination of such suit, judgment is rendered in favor of the defendant and against the plaintiff, such judgment for costs and disbursements shall be assigned to such governmental subdivision by such officer, and all moneys collected thereon shall be paid to such governmental subdivision. If judgment be rendered in such action against such officer, such governmental subdivision so employing such officer is hereby authorized to appropriate moneys from any funds available to pay such judgment, if, in the discretion of the governing body of such governmental subdivision, it seems fitting and proper to do so. History:  (1933-82) 1937 c 442 s 2
MN Stat § 471.46 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.46 — Vacancies; Persons Ineligible To Appointment.

471.46 VACANCIES; PERSONS INELIGIBLE TO APPOINTMENT. No county, city, town, or school district officer shall be appointed to fill a vacancy in any elective office if the officer has the power, either alone or as a member of a board, to make the appointment; and the ineligibility shall not be affected by resignation before such appointment is made. This section shall not prevent the appointment of a member of a city council to the office of mayor or clerk, but in that case the member shall not vote in the appointment. History:  (254-49) 1939 c 249; 1943 c 346 s 1; 1959 c 422 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 471.462 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.462 — Written Estimate Of Consultant Fees.

471.462 WRITTEN ESTIMATE OF CONSULTANT FEES. For the purposes of this section, "city" means a home rule charter or statutory city. When an applicant applies for a permit, license, or other approval relating to real estate development or construction, the applicant may request that the city provide a written nonbinding estimate of the consulting fees to be charged to the applicant based on information available at that time. If the applicant requests the estimate, the application shall not be deemed complete until the city has: (1) provided an estimate to the applicant; (2) received the required application fees, as specified by the city; (3) received a signed acceptance of the fee estimate from the applicant; and (4) received a signed statement that the applicant has not relied on the estimate of fees in its decision to proceed with the final application from the applicant. History:   2019 c 27 s 1
MN Stat § 471.464 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.464 — Ramps At Crosswalks.

471.464 RAMPS AT CROSSWALKS. Subdivision 1. At new installations. Every city shall install ramps at crosswalks, in both business and residential areas, when making new installations of sidewalks and curbs or gutters, or improving or replacing existing sidewalks and curbs or gutters, so as to make the transition from street to sidewalk easily negotiable for disabled persons in wheelchairs and for other persons who may have difficulty in making the required step up or down from curb level to street level. Subd. 2. Design specifications. All such ramps shall be constructed or installed in accordance with design specifications therefor prepared by the Department of Transportation. The Department of Transportation shall make available to such municipalities design standards for such ramps. History:  1973 c 50 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1976 c 166 s 7; 2005 c 56 s 1
MN Stat § 471.469 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.469 — Elevators In Apartment Buildings.

471.469 ELEVATORS IN APARTMENT BUILDINGS. Nothing herein shall be construed to require elevators in apartment buildings. History:   1971 c 466 s 5
MN Stat § 471.475 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.475 — Iron Range Cities Or Towns May Lease Out Hospital.

471.475 IRON RANGE CITIES OR TOWNS MAY LEASE OUT HOSPITAL. The governing body of any city or town, the valuation of which consists of more than 25 percent iron ore may lease, upon such terms as it deems to be in its best interests, whether for a direct monetary consideration or otherwise, any community or municipal hospital, or any lands, or buildings in connection therewith belonging to said city or town to any incorporated nonprofit hospital association. However, such hospital must be made and kept available to all inhabitants of such city or town on equal terms. Any such city or town may lease, sell, assign or donate to such hospital association upon such terms as it determines to be in its best interests, whether for monetary consideration or otherwise, any hospital supplies or equipment for use in such hospital, and may reimburse such association for any expenditures made for such hospital supplies out of the general or permanent improvement fund of the city or town or out of any special hospital fund which may be created, or out of moneys obtained as gifts for hospital purposes from individuals, corporations, foundations, or groups of any sort. History:  1957 c 116 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7
MN Stat § 471.476 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.476 — Ambulance Services, Hennepin County Exception.

471.476 AMBULANCE SERVICES, HENNEPIN COUNTY EXCEPTION. Subdivision 1. In or out of boundaries, also to nonresidents. Any county, except Hennepin County, city, however organized, town or hospital district, either singly or jointly in accordance with an agreement made pursuant to section 471.59, may provide general ambulance services. In providing such service the political subdivision may purchase, rent or lease ambulances and related equipment and supplies; may contract for such service with any person, firm, corporation or other political subdivision upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon and may employ and train personnel for such service. Ambulance service authorized by this section may be provided both inside and outside the boundaries of the political subdivision and may be furnished to nonresidents as well as residents. Subd. 2. Tax levy. Any such political subdivision providing a general ambulance service pursuant to this section may levy an annual tax over and above any statutory or charter limitation and may also impose reasonable charges for ambulance services in order to finance the cost of such service. Any governing body may appropriate money as necessary from funds received for the purposes of Laws 1969, chapter 333, or from any surplus in general revenue funds of the political subdivision. Subd. 3. City bonds for equipment. Any city, however organized, may issue bonds for the acquisition of ambulances and related equipment notwithstanding the provisions of any other statute or charter. Subd. 4. Town tax; conditions. Any organized town may in the manner hereinafter provided provide general ambulance service for a portion or portions of the territory within the town outside the boundaries of any incorporated municipality, and may levy the tax authorized by this section on the portion or portions so served. To establish such service, the town board shall adopt a resolution describing with particularity the territory to be served and shall transmit a certified copy of the resolution to the county auditor. The territory described in the resolution shall be compact and contiguous in nature. The town board may thereafter annually levy such tax on the territory described as may be necessary to provide the ambulance service. Upon the certification of such tax by the town board to the county auditor, the auditor shall thereupon spread the tax upon the property described in the resolution and the same shall be collected and distributed as other taxes for use by the town board for ambulance service within the territory described in the resolution. History:  1969 c 333 s 1,2; 1971 c 20 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1978 c 743 s 16
MN Stat § 471.49 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.49 — Definitions.

471.49 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Words, terms, and phrases. Unless the language or context clearly indicates that a different meaning is intended, the following words, terms, and phrases, for the purposes of this chapter, shall be given the meanings hereinafter subjoined to them. Subd. 2. Agreement. "Agreement" means "contract" and includes renewals and alterations of a contract. Subd. 3. Political subdivision. "Political subdivision" means any agency or unit of this state which now is, or hereafter shall be, authorized to levy taxes or empowered to cause taxes to be levied. Subd. 4. Services. "Services" means such public and municipal functions as are performed for property in and persons residing within a political subdivision. Subd. 5. United States. "United States" means the United States of America. Subd. 6. County board. "County board" means the county board of any county in this state. Subd. 7. Project. "Project" means any resettlement project or rural rehabilitation project for resettlement purposes of the United States located within a political subdivision and includes the persons inhabiting such a project. Subd. 8. Governing body. "Governing body" means the council, board, body, or persons in which the powers of a subdivision as a body corporate, or otherwise, are vested. Subd. 9. Fund. "Fund" means, unless otherwise expressed, the "government project fund" to be established pursuant to section 471.54. Subd. 10. Public accountant. "Public accountant" means a certified public accountant or a certified public accounting firm licensed in accordance with chapter 326A. History:  1941 c 480 s 1; 1992 c 592 s 9; 1995 c 186 s 119; 2001 c 109 art 2 s 8; 2010 c 191 s 10
MN Stat § 471.50 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.50 — County Board May Make Agreements In Regard To Taxes.

471.50 COUNTY BOARD MAY MAKE AGREEMENTS IN REGARD TO TAXES. The county board of any county in this state is hereby authorized and empowered to make requests of the United States for and on behalf of the county and the political subdivisions whose jurisdictional limits are within or coextensive with the limits of the county, for the payment of such sums in lieu of taxes as the United States may agree to pay, and to enter into agreements with the United States, in the name of the county, for the performance of services by the county and such political subdivisions for the benefit of the project and for the payment by the United States to the county, in one or more installments, of such sums in lieu of taxes; provided, that at least ten days' notice, in writing, of the meeting of the county board at which such proposed agreement will be considered and acted upon shall be given by the county auditor to the clerk of each political subdivision affected. History:   1941 c 480 s 2
MN Stat § 471.51 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.51 — Agreement To State Years Of Payments.

471.51 AGREEMENT TO STATE YEARS OF PAYMENTS. Every such agreement shall state the year or years for which the payments are to be made in lieu of the taxes that would have been levied upon the premises concerned for such year or years if the same has been subject to taxation. All payments made by the United States under any such agreement shall be received by the county treasurer and shall be distributed in the same manner and in the same proportions as such taxes for each year or years would have been distributed. History:   1941 c 480 s 3
MN Stat § 471.52 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.52 — Apportionment Of Payments.

471.52 APPORTIONMENT OF PAYMENTS. Each agreement entered into pursuant to section 471.50 shall contain the names of the political subdivisions with respect to which it is consummated, and a statement of the proportionate share of the payment by the United States to which each subdivision shall be entitled. History:   1941 c 480 s 4
MN Stat § 471.53 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.53 — Who May Make Requests.

471.53 WHO MAY MAKE REQUESTS. If the United States declines to deal with a county board with respect to any political subdivision whose jurisdictional limits are within or coextensive with the limits of the county, or in the event the jurisdictional limits of a political subdivision lie in more than one county, that subdivision is hereby authorized to make request of the United States for payment of such sums in lieu of taxes as the United States may agree to pay, and is hereby empowered to enter into agreements with the United States for the performance by the subdivision of services for the benefit of a project and for the payment by the United States to the subdivision, in one or more installments of such sums in lieu of taxes. The amount of such payment may be based upon the cost of performing such services during the period of the agreement, after taking into consideration the benefits to be derived by the subdivision from the project, but shall not be in excess of the taxes which would result to the political subdivision during such period if the real property of the project within the political subdivision were taxable. When any payment is received by a subdivision under an agreement entered into pursuant to this section, the governing body of such subdivision shall issue a receipt for such payment. History:   1941 c 480 s 5
MN Stat § 471.54 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.54 — Use Of Money.

471.54 USE OF MONEY. All money received by a political subdivision hereunder shall be used in like manner as the proceeds of taxes upon the premises concerned. History:   1941 c 480 s 6
MN Stat § 471.55 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.55 — Construction Of Sections 471.49 To 471.55.

471.55 CONSTRUCTION OF SECTIONS 471.49 TO 471.55. No provision of sections 471.49 to 471.55 shall be construed to relieve any political subdivision of this state, in the absence of an agreement for payment of sums in lieu of taxes by the United States as provided therein, of the duty of furnishing, for the benefit of a project, all services which the subdivision usually furnishes for property in and persons residing within the subdivision without a payment of sums in lieu of taxes. History:   1941 c 480 s 7
MN Stat § 471.562 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.562 — Definitions.

471.562 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Applicability. In sections 471.562 to 471.564, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given in this section. Subd. 2. Economic development loan repayment. "Economic development loan repayment" means any payment received or to be received by a municipality with respect to a loan made by the municipality for economic development purposes from the proceeds of a federal or state grant, from the proceeds of bonds issued pursuant to section 471.564 or from municipal resources appropriated for that purpose. Subd. 3. Municipality. "Municipality" means a statutory city, a home rule charter city, a housing and redevelopment authority created pursuant to, or exercising the powers of such an authority contained in, chapter 469, a port authority created pursuant to, or exercising the powers of such an authority contained in, chapter 469, or an economic development authority created pursuant to or exercising the powers of such an authority contained in chapter 469. Subd. 4. Project. "Project" means an industrial development district as defined in section 469.058, subdivision 1; a project as defined in section 469.002, subdivision 12; a development district as defined in sections 469.124 to 469.133 or any special law; or a project as defined in section 469.153, subdivision 2. Subd. 5. Secondary market. A municipality may sell, at private or public sale, at the price or prices determined by the municipality, a note, mortgage, lease, sublease, lease purchase, or other instrument or obligation evidencing or securing a loan described in subdivision 2. History:  1987 c 344 s 10; 1989 c 209 art 2 s 44; 1994 c 614 s 14,15; 2013 c 125 art 1 s 107
MN Stat § 471.563 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.563 — Uses Of Loan Repayments.

471.563 USES OF LOAN REPAYMENTS. Subject to any restrictions imposed on their use by any related federal or state grant, economic development loan repayments and the proceeds of any bonds issued pursuant to section 471.564 may be applied by a municipality to any of the following purposes: (1) to finance or otherwise pay the costs of a project; (2) to pay principal and interest on any bonds issued pursuant to section 469.178, with respect to a project, certification of which is requested before August 1, 1987, or pursuant to chapter 474, 458, 462, or section 471.564, to purchase insurance or other credit enhancement for any of those obligations or to create or maintain reserves therefor; or (3) for any other purpose authorized by law. If economic development loan repayments are used to pay principal or interest on any such obligations, the municipality may be reimbursed for the amount so applied with interest not exceeding the rate of interest on the obligations from subsequent collections of taxes or other revenues that had been designated as the primary source of payment of the obligations. History:  1987 c 344 s 11; 1989 c 209 art 2 s 45
MN Stat § 471.564 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities|Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties|Section 471.564 — Bonds.

471.564 BONDS. A municipality may by resolution authorize, issue, and sell revenue bonds payable from all or any portion of a municipality's economic development loan repayments to finance any expenditure the municipality is authorized to make under section 471.563. The bonds may be issued in one or more series and sold at public or private sale and at the prices the municipality may determine. The bonds may be secured, bear interest at the rate or rates, have the rank or priority, be executed in the manner, mature and be subject to the defaults, redemptions, repurchases, tender options, or other terms that the municipality determines. The municipality may enter into and perform all contracts deemed necessary or desirable by it to issue the bonds and apply the proceeds of the bonds, including an indenture of trust with a trustee within or without the state, a loan agreement, lease or installment sale contract in connection with the project to be financed, or a guaranty of the bonds or related instrument. The bonds may be further secured by any pledge or mortgage securing the economic development loan repayments pledged to the bonds. The bonds, and the bonds shall so state, shall not be payable from nor charged upon any funds other than the economic development loan repayments and property pledged or mortgaged to the payment thereof. The municipality shall not have the power to obligate itself to pay the bonds from funds other than the economic development loan repayments and properties pledged and mortgaged. No owner or owners of the bonds shall ever have the right to compel any exercise of the taxing powers of the municipality to pay the principal of or interest on any such bonds or to enforce payment thereof against any other property of the municipality. Bonds may be issued under this section and their proceeds loaned to a nongovernmental person or entity, only if the municipality estimates that the economic development loan repayments pledged to the payment of principal and interest, exclusive of economic development loan repayments to be made by the person or entity, if paid to the municipality in accordance with their terms, are sufficient to pay principal and interest on the bonds when due. History:   1987 c 344 s 12