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MN Stat § 424B.11 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 419 - 425 — Municipal Personnel, Retirement|Chapter 424B — Volunteer Firefighters, Consolidation, Dissolution, Conversion|Section 424B.11 — Consolidating Defined Contribution Relief Associations; Individual Accounts; Funding.

424B.11 CONSOLIDATING DEFINED CONTRIBUTION RELIEF ASSOCIATIONS; INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTS; FUNDING. Subdivision 1. Applicability. This section applies when all of the volunteer firefighters relief associations involved in the consolidation are defined contribution relief associations as defined in section 424A.001, subdivision 1c. Subd. 2. Individual accounts. The successor relief association following the consolidation of two or more defined contribution relief associations must be a defined contribution relief association and the successor relief association board shall establish individual accounts for every active member, inactive member, deferred member, or retired member receiving installment payments with that status as of the consolidation date. To each individual account the successor relief association must credit the amount to the credit of each person by a predecessor relief association as of the date of consolidation plus a proportional share, based on account value, of any subsequent net revenue during the consolidation process. Subd. 3. Funding. Unless the articles of incorporation or bylaws of the successor relief association specify that municipal contributions are wholly voluntary or unless the municipalities associated with the consolidating defined contribution relief associations agree in writing to a different municipal support arrangement, each municipality must continue to provide the same amount of municipal support to the successor relief association as the municipality provided to the applicable predecessor relief association in the calendar year immediately prior to the calendar year in which the consolidation occurs. History:   2009 c 169 art 10 s 54
MN Stat § 424B.12 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 419 - 425 — Municipal Personnel, Retirement|Chapter 424B — Volunteer Firefighters, Consolidation, Dissolution, Conversion|Section 424B.12 — Mixed Consolidating Relief Associations; Benefit Plan; Funding.

424B.12 MIXED CONSOLIDATING RELIEF ASSOCIATIONS; BENEFIT PLAN; FUNDING. Subdivision 1. Applicability. This section applies where one or more of the volunteer firefighters relief associations involved in the consolidation are defined benefit relief associations as defined in section 424A.001, subdivision 1b, and one or more of the volunteer firefighters relief associations involved in the consolidation are defined contribution relief associations as defined in section 424A.001, subdivision 1c. Subd. 2. Benefit plan. The articles of incorporation or bylaws of the successor relief association must specify whether the relief association is a defined benefit relief association or whether the relief association is a defined contribution relief association. If the successor relief association is a defined benefit relief association, the relief association benefits must comply with sections 424A.02 and 424B.10. If the successor relief association is a defined contribution relief association, the relief association must comply with sections 424A.016 and 424B.11, subdivision 2. Subd. 3. Funding. If the successor relief association is a defined benefit relief association, the relief association funding is governed by section 424B.10, subdivision 2. If the successor relief association is a defined contribution relief association, the relief association funding is governed by section 424B.11, subdivision 3. History:  2009 c 169 art 10 s 55; 2014 c 275 art 2 s 19; 2014 c 296 art 12 s 18
MN Stat § 426.04 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 426 - 435 — Municipal Finance, Taxation, Special Assessments|Chapter 426 — Finance, Taxation|Section 426.04 — General Levy Authority For 3rd, 4th Class Charter Cities.

426.04 GENERAL LEVY AUTHORITY FOR 3RD, 4TH CLASS CHARTER CITIES. Subdivision 1. All general fund purposes. The governing body of any home rule charter city of the third or fourth class in this state may levy taxes for all general fund purposes. Subd. 2. Does not apply to these cities. This section does not apply to a third class city which is contiguous to a city of the first class located in a different county or to a fourth class city in a county containing a first class city. History:  (1727) 1911 c 318 s 1; 1951 c 317 s 1; 1957 c 709; 1973 c 123 art 4 s 6; 1973 c 773 s 1; 1988 c 719 art 5 s 84; 1989 c 277 art 4 s 48; 1Sp1989 c 1 art 5 s 30
MN Stat § 426.11 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 426 - 435 — Municipal Finance, Taxation, Special Assessments|Chapter 426 — Finance, Taxation|Section 426.11 — Board Or Department Defined.

426.11 BOARD OR DEPARTMENT DEFINED. The terms "board" or "department," as used in sections 426.11 to 426.13, mean and embrace the board of education, the library board, the park board, the board of charities and corrections, and all other boards or departments of every kind and nature expending public funds for the use and benefit of the city. History:  (1444) 1909 c 374 s 1
MN Stat § 426.12 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 426 - 435 — Municipal Finance, Taxation, Special Assessments|Chapter 426 — Finance, Taxation|Section 426.12 — Statements To City Comptroller; Contracts.

426.12 STATEMENTS TO CITY COMPTROLLER; CONTRACTS. It shall be the duty of every board or department, on the first day of each calendar month and at such other times as the city comptroller, in writing, may demand, including such further information as the city comptroller may demand, to furnish the city comptroller with an accurate and complete statement, properly attested by the proper officer, of all its acts, including all the names, addresses, kind of labor, and compensation to be paid to each of its employees and duration thereof, and when any board or department expends, or is about to expend, money for the purchase of any lands, goods, materials, labor, supplies, or anything of value, and enters into a written contract therefor, the board or department shall immediately furnish the city comptroller with a certified duplicate copy thereof; and no contract shall be valid unless countersigned by the city comptroller. History:  (1445) 1909 c 374 s 2
MN Stat § 426.13 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 426 - 435 — Municipal Finance, Taxation, Special Assessments|Chapter 426 — Finance, Taxation|Section 426.13 — Access To Books, Papers.

426.13 ACCESS TO BOOKS, PAPERS. For the purpose of fully complying with sections 426.11 to 426.13, the city comptroller, or any person the city comptroller may designate, shall have full and complete access to all books, papers, documents, statements, or accounts on file or of record with any of these boards or departments, at any and all times and any officer, agent, employee, or other person in charge of any board or department refusing the city comptroller full and complete access to all such books, papers, documents, statements, or accounts shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. History:  (1446) 1909 c 374 s 3
MN Stat § 426.14 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 426 - 435 — Municipal Finance, Taxation, Special Assessments|Chapter 426 — Finance, Taxation|Section 426.14 — Deputy Comptroller In Cities Of First Class.

426.14 DEPUTY COMPTROLLER IN CITIES OF FIRST CLASS. In cities of the first class, the comptroller may appoint and at pleasure may remove a deputy comptroller, who shall perform such duties as the comptroller may prescribe. During the absence of the comptroller from the city, or an inability for any reason to discharge the duties of office, the deputy comptroller shall act in the comptroller's place and stead, and shall have the same powers and duties, and the comptroller and the sureties on the comptroller's bond shall be liable for the acts of the deputy comptroller the same as if they were done by the comptroller. History:  (1447) 1911 c 112 s 1; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 426.19 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 426 - 435 — Municipal Finance, Taxation, Special Assessments|Chapter 426 — Finance, Taxation|Section 426.19 — Municipal Liquor Store Profits.

426.19 MUNICIPAL LIQUOR STORE PROFITS. Subdivision 1. Use of. Any city which operates a municipal liquor store from which a revenue is derived in excess of the cost of operation may use and apply such revenue for the construction, operation, repair, and maintenance of sewers and sewage disposal plants and waterworks and water mains, and for the construction, operation, repair, and maintenance of public buildings, and may irrevocably pledge any part of such revenues to the payment of bonds, warrants, or certificates of indebtedness issued for any of such purposes, including any bonds, warrants, or certificates of indebtedness which would otherwise be payable solely from a limited or special fund. Subd. 2. Referendum in certain cases. Before the pledge of any such revenues to the payment of any such bonds, warrants or certificates of indebtedness, except bonds, warrants or certificates of indebtedness to construct, reconstruct, enlarge or equip a municipal liquor store shall be made, the governing body shall submit to the voters of the city the question of whether such revenues shall be so pledged and such pledge shall not be binding on the city until it shall have been approved by a majority of the voters voting on the question at either a general election or special election called for that purpose. No election shall be required for pledge of such revenues for payment of bonds, warrants or certificates of indebtedness to construct, reconstruct, enlarge or equip a municipal liquor store. History:  1945 c 273; 1963 c 33 s 1; 1965 c 92 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7
MN Stat § 426.20 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 426 - 435 — Municipal Finance, Taxation, Special Assessments|Chapter 426 — Finance, Taxation|Section 426.20 — Appropriation Or Expenditure Of Funds.

426.20 APPROPRIATION OR EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS. No city owning and operating a municipal liquor store shall appropriate any funds to, or authorize the expenditure of any funds under its control for, the operation of the municipal liquor store unless the city council has first held a public hearing on the proposed transfer. Exceptions to the provisions of this section shall include funds for capital improvements, bonding costs and construction and repairs which can be amortized and paid from funds generated by the operation of the liquor store. History:   1981 c 331 s 2
MN Stat § 427.01 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 426 - 435 — Municipal Finance, Taxation, Special Assessments|Chapter 427 — Depositories, City And Statutory City Funds|Section 427.01 — Deposit Of Public Funds.

427.01 DEPOSIT OF PUBLIC FUNDS. The council of any statutory city or of any city of the fourth class shall designate as a depository of city funds such national, state, or private banks as it may deem proper. Except as to deposits insured by the federal deposit insurance corporation or protected by collateral or a corporate surety bond furnished under section 118A.03, each shall give bond to the municipality in at least double the amount authorized to be deposited therein, to be approved by the council, conditioned to repay all sums deposited therein upon proper demand therefor or at such time, not exceeding one year, as fixed by the terms of the deposit, and for the performance of such other duties as the council may require. The council shall require the city treasurer to deposit all or any part of the public funds in hand in such banks and to withdraw the same when so directed. All the terms and conditions of deposit shall be set forth in the resolution designating the several depositories, which resolution shall be filed with the clerk or recorder. The treasurer shall not be liable on the treasurer's bond for any money so deposited by direction of the council and lost through the failure, bankruptcy, or other default of the bank. All interest accruing upon these deposits shall belong to the city. History:  RL s 774; 1957 c 367 s 5; 1957 c 518 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1986 c 444; 1996 c 399 art 2 s 12
MN Stat § 427.02 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 426 - 435 — Municipal Finance, Taxation, Special Assessments|Chapter 427 — Depositories, City And Statutory City Funds|Section 427.02 — Depositories.

427.02 DEPOSITORIES. The council of any city in this state, but not including cities when governed under a charter adopted under and pursuant to the Constitution of the state of Minnesota, article IV, section 36, article XI, section 4, or article XII, section 5, and sections 410.03 to 410.24, and all acts supplemental thereto, in which charter the matter of designating depositories for city funds and the protection thereof is provided for, or in which charter it shall hereafter be provided for, shall have the power and authority to designate or redesignate at the beginning of each calendar year, or from time to time, the banks or other legal depositories of any city in which the treasurer of the city shall deposit and keep the moneys of the city, designating in each instance the maximum amount which may at any time be kept in any one of these depositories, which maximum amount shall in no case exceed 25 percent of the paid-up capital and surplus of the depository, unless the depository shall deposit with the treasurer of the city United States government bonds to secure the deposit of the funds of the city; and, in that event, the amount so deposited shall not exceed the amount of the United States government bonds so deposited. No depository shall deposit United States government bonds which mature within one year from the date such bonds were first considered as a part of the bank's reserve and which reserves are required by section 48.221. The council of each city shall, at all times, designate depositories in the city, or elsewhere in the United States, sufficient for the depository of all funds which are likely to be in the hands of the treasurer of the city at any one time and shall, so far as consistent with the best interest of the city, designate these depositories in the city and require from these depositories good and sufficient bonds payable to the city in a penal sum not to exceed the amount designated as the limit of deposit therein, and conditioned for the safekeeping and payment of funds so deposited, or, in lieu thereof, good and sufficient collateral as provided for by section 118A.03. History:  (1327) 1907 c 17 s 1; 1933 c 179; 1935 c 124 s 1; 1969 c 78 s 2; 1971 c 24 s 50; 1987 c 384 art 2 s 1; 1996 c 399 art 2 s 12; 1997 c 7 art 1 s 139; art 4 s 2
MN Stat § 427.03 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 426 - 435 — Municipal Finance, Taxation, Special Assessments|Chapter 427 — Depositories, City And Statutory City Funds|Section 427.03 — Duty Of Treasurer; Exemption From Liability.

427.03 DUTY OF TREASURER; EXEMPTION FROM LIABILITY. The treasurer of each city where depositories have been designated in accordance with sections 427.02 to 427.07 shall keep the funds of the city as far as possible in the depositories so designated and when so deposited the treasurer and the sureties on the official bond of such treasurer shall be exempt from all liability for the loss of any such funds so deposited as provided in sections 427.02 to 427.07, if such loss is caused by the failure, bankruptcy, or any other act of default of such depository. History:  (1328) 1907 c 17 s 2
MN Stat § 427.04 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 426 - 435 — Municipal Finance, Taxation, Special Assessments|Chapter 427 — Depositories, City And Statutory City Funds|Section 427.04 — Failure To Designate.

427.04 FAILURE TO DESIGNATE. The failure of the council of any city to designate depositories, as provided in sections 427.02 to 427.07, shall not exempt or relieve the treasurer of the city or the sureties on the treasurer's official bond from any liability. History:  (1329) 1907 c 17 s 3; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 427.05 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 426 - 435 — Municipal Finance, Taxation, Special Assessments|Chapter 427 — Depositories, City And Statutory City Funds|Section 427.05 — Duty Of Council; Interest.

427.05 DUTY OF COUNCIL; INTEREST. The council of any city authorized under sections 427.02 to 427.07 to designate depositories shall exercise all possible care to secure safe depositories for the funds of the city and to obtain the highest rate of interest possible consistent with safety for such moneys. All interest received in any way for the use or keeping of moneys or on account of the same shall be the property of the city and credited to the current expense fund of the city. History:  (1330) 1907 c 17 s 4
MN Stat § 427.06 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 426 - 435 — Municipal Finance, Taxation, Special Assessments|Chapter 427 — Depositories, City And Statutory City Funds|Section 427.06 — Money, How Deposited; Checks, How Drawn.

427.06 MONEY, HOW DEPOSITED; CHECKS, HOW DRAWN. (a) All money of any city kept in accordance with sections 427.02 to 427.07 in any depository designated by the council of the city shall be kept and deposited in the name of the city and the depository shall have no authority to pay out this money except upon checks drawn upon the depository signed by the city treasurer and countersigned by the city comptroller or recording officer of the city. (b) In addition to the authority for deposit of city money pursuant to paragraph (a) or other provisions of this chapter, the city treasurer may deposit city money in a designated depository in accordance with the following conditions: (1) The designated depository is authorized by the city treasurer to (i) arrange for the redeposit of the money into deposit accounts in one or more banks, savings and loan associations, or credit unions that are located in the United States, and (ii) serve as custodian for the city with respect to the money redeposited into such accounts. (2) The full amount of the redeposited city funds, plus accrued interest, if any, must be insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund. Any entity serving as subcustodian for the designated depository shall have had at least five years' experience serving in that capacity. History:  (1331) 1907 c 17 s 5; 2012 c 209 s 4
MN Stat § 427.07 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 426 - 435 — Municipal Finance, Taxation, Special Assessments|Chapter 427 — Depositories, City And Statutory City Funds|Section 427.07 — Withdrawal Of Funds.

427.07 WITHDRAWAL OF FUNDS. The treasurer of any city, who has city funds deposited in accordance with sections 427.02 to 427.07, shall, when notified so to do by the sureties on the treasurer's official bond or by the council of the city, withdraw all funds from any designated depository and it shall be the duty of the city comptroller or other recording officer of such city to countersign all checks for such withdrawal. The city treasurer shall thereupon, upon such withdrawal, notify the council of the city thereof and thenceforth the city treasurer shall deposit no more funds in the depository until authorized so to do by the council of the city. Upon this withdrawal, it shall be the duty of the council of the city to proceed forthwith to redesignate, in accordance with the provisions of sections 427.02 to 427.07. History:  (1332) 1907 c 17 s 6; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 427.09 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 426 - 435 — Municipal Finance, Taxation, Special Assessments|Chapter 427 — Depositories, City And Statutory City Funds|Section 427.09 — Failure To Designate Depository.

427.09 FAILURE TO DESIGNATE DEPOSITORY. If the council of any home rule charter city of the fourth class or any statutory city shall refuse or fail to act, as provided in section 427.01, within 30 days after the beginning of the fiscal year the treasurer shall select one or more depositories, not exceeding four in number, for the safekeeping of city funds and deposit such funds therein, in the name of the city, to the extent authorized by chapter 118A in each depository so selected without requiring security therefor. History:  (1049-2) 1931 c 216 s 2; 1933 c 62 s 2; 1957 c 367 s 6; 1959 c 289 s 3; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1976 c 44 s 35; 1Sp1981 c 4 art 1 s 175; 2001 c 7 s 90
MN Stat § 427.10 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 426 - 435 — Municipal Finance, Taxation, Special Assessments|Chapter 427 — Depositories, City And Statutory City Funds|Section 427.10 — Treasurer, Liability.

427.10 TREASURER, LIABILITY. The city treasurer, in the absence of negligence, shall not be liable for the loss of money while so deposited within the limits above specified occasioned by the closing or insolvency of a designated depository. History:  (1049-3) 1931 c 216 s 3; 1933 c 62 s 3; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1976 c 44 s 36
MN Stat § 427.11 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 426 - 435 — Municipal Finance, Taxation, Special Assessments|Chapter 427 — Depositories, City And Statutory City Funds|Section 427.11 — Interest On Funds.

427.11 INTEREST ON FUNDS. All interest received on funds deposited under the provisions of sections 427.09 and 427.10 shall be credited to the respective city funds. History:  (1049-4) 1931 c 216 s 4; 1933 c 62 s 4; 1971 c 24 s 51; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1976 c 44 s 37
MN Stat § 427.12 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 426 - 435 — Municipal Finance, Taxation, Special Assessments|Chapter 427 — Depositories, City And Statutory City Funds|Section 427.12 — Warrant As Check On City Depository.

427.12 WARRANT AS CHECK ON CITY DEPOSITORY. When a disbursement is made by order or warrant in any home rule charter city of the second, third, or fourth class, the order or warrant for the disbursement shall be so drawn that when signed in an appropriate place by the treasurer or other officer to whom it is directed, it becomes a check on the city depository. History:  1953 c 319 s 6; 1976 c 44 s 38
MN Stat § 428A.01 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 426 - 435 — Municipal Finance, Taxation, Special Assessments|Chapter 428A — Special Service Districts; Housing Improvement Areas|Section 428A.01 — Special Service District Procedures; Definitions.

428A.01 SPECIAL SERVICE DISTRICT PROCEDURES; DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Applicability. As used in sections 428A.01 to 428A.10, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them. Subd. 2. City. "City" means a home rule charter or statutory city. Subd. 3. Special services. "Special services" has the meaning given in the city's ordinance but special services may not include a service that is ordinarily provided throughout the city from general fund revenues of the city unless an increased level of the service is provided in the special service district. Subd. 4. Special service district. "Special service district" means a defined area within the city where special services are rendered and the costs of the special services are paid from revenues collected from service charges imposed within that area. Subd. 5. Net tax capacity. Except as provided in section 428A.05, "net tax capacity" means the net tax capacity most recently certified by the county auditor under section 428A.03, subdivision 1a, before the effective date of the ordinance or resolution adopted under section 428A.02 or 428A.03. Subd. 6. Land area. "Land area" means the land area in the district that is subject to property taxes. History:  1988 c 719 art 5 s 84; art 14 s 1; 1989 c 329 art 13 s 20; 1995 c 264 art 16 s 16; 1996 c 471 art 8 s 3,4