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MN Stat § 410.16 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization|Chapter 410 — Classification; Charters|Section 410.16 — Forms Of Government Incorporated In Charter.

410.16 FORMS OF GOVERNMENT INCORPORATED IN CHARTER. The charter commission may incorporate as part of the proposed charter for any city the commission, mayor-council, council-manager form of city government or any other form not inconsistent with constitution or statute, and may provide that all elective city officers, including mayor and members of the council, shall be elected at large or otherwise. History:  (1290) 1909 c 170 s 1; 1959 c 305 s 5; 1961 c 608 s 7
MN Stat § 410.18 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization|Chapter 410 — Classification; Charters|Section 410.18 — Distribution Of Administrative Powers.

410.18 DISTRIBUTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE POWERS. Such charter commission may also provide that the administrative powers, authority, and duties in any such city shall be distributed into and among departments and may provide that the council may determine the powers and duties to be performed by and assign them to the appropriate department and determine who shall be the head of each department and prescribe the powers and duties of all officers and employees thereof, and may assign particular officers or employees to perform duties in two or more departments, and make such other rules and regulations as may be necessary or proper for the efficient and economical conduct of the business of the city. History:  (1292) 1909 c 170 s 3; 1959 c 305 s 5
MN Stat § 410.19 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization|Chapter 410 — Classification; Charters|Section 410.19 — Powers Of Mayor And Council.

410.19 POWERS OF MAYOR AND COUNCIL. The charter commission may incorporate in such charter provisions defining the powers and duties of the mayor and each member of the council, and may provide that each member of the council shall perform such administrative duties as may be designated in such charter. History:  (1293) 1909 c 170 s 4; 1959 c 305 s 5
MN Stat § 410.191 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization|Chapter 410 — Classification; Charters|Section 410.191 — City Council Members; City Employment.

410.191 CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS; CITY EMPLOYMENT. Notwithstanding any charter provision, neither the mayor nor any city council member may be employed by the city. For purposes of this section, "employed" refers to full-time permanent employment as defined by the city's employment policy. History:   2010 c 206 s 1
MN Stat § 410.20 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization|Chapter 410 — Classification; Charters|Section 410.20 — Recall And Removal Of Officers; Ordinances.

410.20 RECALL AND REMOVAL OF OFFICERS; ORDINANCES. Such commission may also provide for the recall of any elective municipal officer and for removal of the officer by vote of the electors of such city, and may also provide for submitting ordinances to the council by petition of the electors of such city and for the repeal of ordinances in like manner; and may also provide that no ordinance passed by the council, except an emergency ordinance, shall take effect within a certain time after its passage, and that if, during such time, a petition be made by a certain percentage of the electors of the city protesting against the passage of such ordinance until the same be voted on at an election held for such purpose, and then such ordinance to take effect or not as determined by such vote. History:  (1294) 1909 c 170 s 5; 1959 c 305 s 5; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 410.21 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization|Chapter 410 — Classification; Charters|Section 410.21 — Application Of General Election Laws.

410.21 APPLICATION OF GENERAL ELECTION LAWS. The provisions of any charter of any such city adopted pursuant to this chapter shall be valid and shall control as to nominations, primary elections, and elections for municipal offices, notwithstanding that such charter provisions may be inconsistent with any general law relating thereto, and such general laws shall apply only in so far as consistent with such charter. History:  (1295) 1909 c 170 s 6
MN Stat § 410.24 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization|Chapter 410 — Classification; Charters|Section 410.24 — New Or Revised Charter.

410.24 NEW OR REVISED CHARTER. Any city having a home rule charter may submit and adopt a new or revised charter in the manner provided by law for the original adoption of such home rule charter. History:  (1298) 1909 c 236 s 2; 1961 c 608 s 8
MN Stat § 410.30 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization|Chapter 410 — Classification; Charters|Section 410.30 — City May Revert To Statutory City; Process; Transition.

410.30 CITY MAY REVERT TO STATUTORY CITY; PROCESS; TRANSITION. Any city of any class having a home rule charter may abandon such charter and become a statutory city. A proposal to abandon the charter shall be presented, adopted, and become effective in the same manner as a charter amendment, and all statutory provisions relating to home rule charter amendments shall apply to a proposal to abandon a charter. Such proposal shall include a schedule containing all necessary provisions for transition to a statutory city form of government, including such provisions with reference to terms of incumbent officers as are deemed appropriate to place the municipality on the regular statutory city election schedule as soon as practicable. The proposal may provide in effect for continuance of specified provisions of the home rule charter for an interim period and shall specify the standard plan or the optional plan under which the municipality is to operate as a statutory city. History:  1965 c 561 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1973 c 503 s 5
MN Stat § 410.32 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization|Chapter 410 — Classification; Charters|Section 410.32 — Cities May Issue Capital Notes For Capital Equipment.

410.32 CITIES MAY ISSUE CAPITAL NOTES FOR CAPITAL EQUIPMENT. (a) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of other law or charter, a home rule charter city may, by resolution and without public referendum, issue capital notes subject to the city debt limit to purchase capital equipment. (b) For purposes of this section, "capital equipment" means: (1) public safety equipment, ambulance and other medical equipment, road construction and maintenance equipment, and other capital equipment; and (2) computer hardware and software, whether bundled with machinery or equipment or unbundled, together with application development services and training related to the use of the computer hardware and software. (c) The equipment or software must have an expected useful life at least as long as the term of the notes. (d) The notes shall be payable in not more than ten years and be issued on terms and in the manner the city determines, provided that notes issued for projects that eliminate R-22, as defined in section 240A.09, paragraph (b), clause (2), must be payable in not more than 20 years. The total principal amount of the capital notes issued in a fiscal year shall not exceed 0.03 percent of the estimated market value of taxable property in the city for that year. (e) A tax levy shall be made for the payment of the principal and interest on the notes, in accordance with section 475.61, as in the case of bonds. (f) Notes issued under this section shall require an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the governing body of the city. (g) Notwithstanding a contrary provision of other law or charter, a home rule charter city may also issue capital notes subject to its debt limit in the manner and subject to the limitations applicable to statutory cities pursuant to section 412.301. History:  1983 c 361 s 1; 1988 c 702 s 2; 1988 c 719 art 5 s 84; 1989 c 1 s 4; 1990 c 612 s 15; 2003 c 127 art 12 s 15; 1Sp2003 c 21 art 10 s 11; 2005 c 152 art 1 s 8; 2008 c 154 art 10 s 15; 2013 c 143 art 12 s 8; art 14 s 64; 1Sp2017 c 1 art 7 s 3
MN Stat § 410.325 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization|Chapter 410 — Classification; Charters|Section 410.325 — Tax Anticipation Certificates.

410.325 TAX ANTICIPATION CERTIFICATES. Notwithstanding a contrary provision of other law or charter, a home rule charter city may issue tax anticipation certificates in the manner and subject to the limitations applicable to statutory cities under section 412.261. The certificates may also be issued in anticipation of federal and state aids, but the total amount of certificates issued against any fund for any year with interest on them must not exceed any limits in the charter relating to the total of the anticipated tax levy and the anticipated state aids for any fund not yet collected or received. History:   1995 c 264 art 9 s 10
MN Stat § 410.33 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization|Chapter 410 — Classification; Charters|Section 410.33 — Savings Clause.

410.33 SAVINGS CLAUSE. If a city charter is silent on a matter that is addressed for statutory cities by chapter 412 or other general law and general law does not prohibit a city charter from addressing the matter or expressly provide that a city charter prevails over general law on the matter, then the city may apply the general law on the matter. History:   1994 c 446 s 1
MN Stat § 412.013 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization|Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities|Section 412.013 — Additional Powers.

412.013 ADDITIONAL POWERS. Any statutory city containing within its limits a plant for the concentration of taconite, either under construction or in operation, by resolution of its council may lease or purchase from the owners thereof sewer or water facilities or both and operate the same. Any such lease made by such city prior hereto, by action of the council, is hereby validated and such city may continue to provide sewer and water services to its inhabitants thereunder. History:  1957 c 72 s 1; 1959 c 686 s 12; 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1 subd 2
MN Stat § 412.014 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization|Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities|Section 412.014 — Power To Operate Telephone Lines.

412.014 POWER TO OPERATE TELEPHONE LINES. Any statutory city heretofore or hereafter incorporated, in the territory of which previous to such incorporation telephone lines have been constructed and operated by a town as authorized by Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 237.33 to 237.40, is hereby authorized to continue to operate such telephone lines and the city shall have all the powers granted to towns and the council shall have all of the powers granted to boards of supervisors under Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 237.33 to 237.40. History:  1957 c 58 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1 subd 2; 2015 c 21 art 1 s 75
MN Stat § 412.015 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization|Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities|Section 412.015 — Uniform Code Of Municipal Government.

412.015 UNIFORM CODE OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT. Subdivision 1.  [Repealed, 1996 c 310 s 1] Subd. 2. Legislative intent. It is the intention of Laws 1973, chapter 123, to simplify the statutes relating to municipal government by bringing the basic laws relating to all villages, boroughs and cities without home rule charters under a single code of statutes and to effect the transition with a maximum recognition of the desires of the citizens of such municipalities. Subd. 3. Limitations upon uniform code. The legislature does not intend by Laws 1973, chapter 123: (1) to affect, alter, repeal, or otherwise modify any law of special application other than special or general acts of incorporation and amendments thereto; (2) to modify the application of other statutory codes relating to municipal government; or (3) to impose new substantive powers and duties on cities, villages or boroughs. Subd. 4. Liberal interpretation. Laws 1973, chapter 123, shall be interpreted liberally to carry out the intention set forth in this subdivision. History:  1973 c 123 art 1 s 1-4
MN Stat § 412.016 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization|Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities|Section 412.016 — Application; Statutory Cities.

412.016 APPLICATION; STATUTORY CITIES. Subdivision 1. Application and definition. This chapter applies to any city which has not adopted a home rule charter pursuant to the constitution and the laws of this state. Such a city is defined as a "statutory city," and the term includes every city which was a village on January 1, 1974. Subd. 2. Use of the term village. Except as provided in Laws 1973, chapter 123, article 4, the term "village" shall not be applied to any municipal corporation operating under the authority of this chapter. In the next and subsequent editions of Minnesota Statutes, the revisor of statutes shall delete the term "village" from this chapter except where necessary to effect the provisions of Laws 1973, chapter 123, article 4. History:   1973 c 123 art 2 s 1
MN Stat § 412.018 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization|Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities|Section 412.018 — Cities Under General Or Special Incorporation Acts.

412.018 CITIES UNDER GENERAL OR SPECIAL INCORPORATION ACTS. Subdivision 1. Termination of government under incorporation acts. On July 1, 1975, any city incorporated under and governed by General Statutes 1894, sections 1045 to 1195, Laws of 1895, chapter 8, or Minnesota Statutes 1971, chapter 411; and the cities and borough of Belle Plaine, Special Laws 1868, chapter 36; Chaska, Special Laws 1891, chapter 2; Henderson, Special Laws 1891, chapter 3; St. Peter, Special Laws 1891, chapter 5; New Prague, Special Laws 1891, chapter 46; Shakopee, Special Laws 1875, chapter 6; and St. Charles, Special Laws 1879, chapter 57, shall cease to be governed by the general or special incorporation acts specified in this subdivision and will thenceforth be governed and controlled and derive their corporate legislative and other powers from the laws applicable to statutory cities generally and from such other special laws as may be applicable to them. Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 1996 c 310 s 1] Subd. 3. Fiscal year; former cities. In any city which was a statutory city or borough prior to 1973, and in which the fiscal year has not coincided with the calendar year, the calendar year shall become the fiscal year in 1976. The clerk, subject to the direction of the council, shall make such adjustments for accounts and reports during the transitional year as are necessary to provide the basis for accurate and comparable accounting and reporting. History:  1973 c 123 art 5 s 3 subds 2,3; art 5 s 4; 1974 c 406 s 103
MN Stat § 412.021 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization|Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities|Section 412.021 — Officers.

412.021 OFFICERS. Subdivision 1. Election. Upon the filing of the certificate with the secretary of state, if the vote is in favor of incorporation, the judges of election appointed by the chief administrative law judge of the state Office of Administrative Hearings or the county board as the case may be, shall fix a day at least 15 and not more than 30 days thereafter and a place for the holding of an election for officers. The judges shall also fix the time, not less than three hours, during which the polls shall remain open at the election and shall post a notice setting forth the time and place of such election in three public places in the city for at least ten days preceding the election. Subd. 2. Officers to be elected. There shall be elected at the election a mayor for a term expiring the first business day of January of the next odd-numbered year and four or six council members, for terms so arranged that half expire the first business day of January of the next odd-numbered year and half the first business day of January of the second odd-numbered year. No candidate for council member shall run for a particular term but the number of years in the term of each successful candidate shall be determined by the relative standing among the candidates for office, the longest terms going to the half of the elected candidates who received the highest number of votes. If the election occurs in the last four months of the even-numbered year, no election shall be held in the city on the annual city election day that year, and the next following year shall be disregarded in fixing the expiration of terms of officers chosen under this subdivision at the initial election. Subd. 3.  [Repealed, 1969 c 1146 s 20] Subd. 4.  [Repealed, 1969 c 1146 s 20] Subd. 5. Initial salaries. After the qualification of its members, the council may by ordinance fix the salaries of the mayor and council members. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 415.11, subdivision 2, the ordinance shall not become effective for at least ten days after publication in the official newspaper; and if, before the end of that time a petition asking for an election on the ordinance signed by voters equal to ten percent of the number of voters at the incorporation election is filed with the clerk, the ordinance shall not become effective until it is approved by a majority of the votes cast on the question at a regular or special election. History:  1949 c 119 s 5; 1951 c 378 s 1; 1959 c 686 s 13; 1965 c 417 s 5; 1965 c 856 s 1; 1967 c 289 s 3; 1973 c 34 s 2; 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1 subd 2; 1974 c 337 s 6,7; 1975 c 271 s 6; 1983 c 359 s 63; 1986 c 444; 1989 c 30 s 3; 2003 c 2 art 5 s 8; 2008 c 196 art 2 s 7
MN Stat § 412.022 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization|Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities|Section 412.022 — Council May Provide Four-year Term.

412.022 COUNCIL MAY PROVIDE FOUR-YEAR TERM. Subdivision 1. Procedure. The council may, by ordinance, establish a four-year term or reestablish a two-year term for the office of mayor commencing with the ensuing term, except that in a standard plan city which establishes a four-year term for mayor, the first mayor to serve a four-year term shall be elected at the first election when the clerk is not to be elected. In any case the ordinance shall not affect the term of the mayor elected in the year in which it is adopted unless it is adopted at least four weeks before the closing date for the filing of affidavits of candidacy for such election. Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 1976 c 44 s 70] Subd. 3.  [Repealed, 1976 c 44 s 70] History:  1967 c 289 s 16; 1969 c 238 s 1; 1973 c 34 s 3; 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1 subd 2; 1976 c 44 s 22; 1984 c 655 art 1 s 64
MN Stat § 412.091 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization|Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities|Section 412.091 — Dissolution; Petition; Vote.

412.091 DISSOLUTION; PETITION; VOTE. Whenever a number of voters equal to one-third of those voting at the last preceding city election petition the chief administrative law judge of the state Office of Administrative Hearings to dissolve the city, a special election shall be called to vote upon the question. Before the election, the chief administrative law judge shall designate a time and place for a hearing in accordance with section 414.09. After the hearing, the chief administrative law judge shall issue an order which shall include a date for the election, a determination of what town or towns the territory of the city shall belong to if the voters favor dissolution, and other necessary provisions. The ballots used at such election shall be substantially in the following form: "Shall the city of ... be dissolved?" If a majority of those voting on the question favor dissolution, the clerk shall file a certificate of the result with the chief administrative law judge, the secretary of state, and the county auditor of the county in which the city is situated. Six months after the date of such election, the city shall cease to exist. Within such six months, the council shall audit all claims against the city, settle with the treasurer, and other city officers, and apply the assets of the city to the payment of its debts. If any debts remain unpaid, other than bonds, the city clerk shall file a schedule of such debts with the county treasurer and the council shall levy a tax sufficient for their payment, the proceeds of which, when collected, shall be paid by the county treasurer to the creditors in proportion to their several claims until all are discharged. The principal and interest on outstanding bonds shall be paid when due by the county treasurer from a tax annually spread by the county auditor against property formerly included within the city until the bonds are fully paid. All city property and all rights of the city shall, upon dissolution, inure in the town or towns designated as the legal successor to the city. If the city territory goes to more than one town, surplus cash assets and unsold city property shall be distributed as provided by the order for the election. History:  1949 c 119 s 12; 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1 subd 2; 1985 c 30 s 1; 1986 c 444; 2003 c 2 art 5 s 9; 2008 c 196 art 2 s 8; 2014 c 264 s 29
MN Stat § 412.111 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization|Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities|Section 412.111 — Departments, Boards.

412.111 DEPARTMENTS, BOARDS. The council may create departments and advisory boards and appoint officers, employees, and agents for the city as deemed necessary for the proper management and operation of city affairs. The council may prescribe the duties and fix the compensation of all officers, both appointive and elective, employees, and agents, when not otherwise prescribed by law. The council may require any officer or employee to furnish a bond conditioned for the faithful exercise of duties and the proper application of, and payment upon demand of, all moneys officially received. Unless otherwise prescribed by law, the amount of the bonds shall be fixed by the council. The bonds furnished by the clerk and treasurer shall be corporate surety bonds. The council may provide for the payment from city funds of the premium on the official bond of any officer or employee of the city. The council may, except as otherwise provided, remove any appointive officer or employee when in its judgment the public welfare will be promoted by the removal. This provision does not modify the laws relating to veterans preference or to members of a city police or fire civil service commission or public utilities commission. History:  1949 c 119 s 14; 1951 c 378 s 4; 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1 subd 2; 1983 c 359 s 65; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 412.121 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization|Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities|Section 412.121 — Acting Mayor.

412.121 ACTING MAYOR. At its first meeting each year the council shall choose an acting mayor from the council members. The acting mayor shall perform the duties of mayor during the disability or absence of the mayor from the city or, in case of vacancy in the office of mayor, until a successor has been appointed and qualifies. History:  1949 c 119 s 15; 1969 c 9 s 83; 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1 subd 2; 1986 c 444