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2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383B — Hennepin County › Section 383B.37 — Interference With Exam, Applicants; Political Activity.

383B.37 INTERFERENCE WITH EXAM, APPLICANTS; POLITICAL ACTIVITY.
Subdivision 1.
Consequences for employee; injunction.
No persons shall interfere with the rights of any person in the examination process, or falsely mark, grade, or report the examination or standing of any person examined or aid in so doing, or furnish to any person, except in answer to inquiries of the Human Resources Board, any information for the purpose of changing the rating of any person. No applicant or employee shall falsify an application or record for the purpose of improving prospects for employment. No person shall by means of threats or coercion induce or attempt to induce any person holding a position in the classified service to resign. A violation of this subdivision is cause for dismissal, other discipline, or disqualification from the classified service of the county. In addition to other legal remedies, violations may be enjoined.
Subd. 2.
Prohibited political activity.
Section 43A.32, subdivision 1, applies to sections 383B.26 to 383B.42.
History:
1965 c 855 s 12; 1980 c 573 s 12; 1987 c 384 art 2 s 1; 1994 c 596 s 10
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383B — Hennepin County › Section 383B.389 — Disaster Volunteer Leave.

383B.389 DISASTER VOLUNTEER LEAVE.
Subdivision 1.
Leave authorized.
A county employee who is a certified disaster services volunteer of the American Red Cross or emergency disaster services volunteer of the Salvation Army or similar volunteer of a disaster services organization approved by the Hennepin County board may be granted leave from work with 50 percent of pay, not to exceed 15 working days in each year, to participate in specialized disaster relief services for the American Red Cross or another approved disaster services organization. The employee must be released from work for this function upon the request of the approved disaster services organization for the services of that employee, and upon the approval of that employee's appointing authority. The appointing authority must compensate the employee granted leave under this section at 50 percent of the employee's regular rate of pay for those regular hours during which the employee is absent from work. This leave, if granted by the appointing authority, does not affect the employee's vacation leave, pension, compensatory time, personal vacation days, sick leave, earned overtime accumulation, or cause a loss of seniority.
Subd. 2.
Liability.
The county is not liable for workers' compensation claims arising from accident or injury while a county employee is on an approved assignment with an approved disaster services organization. Duties performed while on disaster leave are not considered to be a work assignment by the county. The employee is granted leave based on the need for expertise in the employee's certified area. Job functions, although similar or related to the employee's county job functions, are performed on behalf of and for the benefit of the disaster services organization.
History:
2001 c 40 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383B — Hennepin County › Section 383B.39 — Veterans To Be Given Preferential Rating.

383B.39 VETERANS TO BE GIVEN PREFERENTIAL RATING.
In all examinations veteran's preference shall be granted to every person who is a veteran as defined in section 197.447.
History:
1965 c 855 s 14; 1994 c 596 s 12
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383B — Hennepin County › Section 383B.41 — Discrimination.

383B.41 DISCRIMINATION.
All employment and personnel policies of the county shall be administered without regard to race, color, creed, national origin, religion, sex, marital status, disability, status in regard to public assistance or age.
History:
1965 c 855 s 16; 1980 c 573 s 16
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383B — Hennepin County › Section 383B.42 — Appropriation Of Funds.

383B.42 APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS.
The county board is hereby authorized and it shall make the necessary appropriation to carry out the provisions of sections 383B.26 to 383B.42.
History:
1965 c 855 s 18
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383B — Hennepin County › Section 383B.45 — County Board To Fix Time, Manner To Pay Salaries.

383B.45 COUNTY BOARD TO FIX TIME, MANNER TO PAY SALARIES.
Subdivision 1.
Monthly, semimonthly, or two-week period.
The governing body of the county of Hennepin shall fix the time and manner of payment of salaries to elective and appointive officers and employees paid in whole or in part from county funds. Such salaries may be paid either monthly, semimonthly, or for each two-week period, but no officer or employee whose salary is less than $500 a month shall be paid on a monthly basis.
Subd. 2.
Transitional practice.
Until the governing body of the county of Hennepin exercises the power herein conferred, the payment of salaries and their manner of payment to elective and appointive officers and employees paid in whole or in part with county funds shall continue to occur in the manner now provided by law.
Subd. 3.
Salary payments may be rounded.
In order to utilize modern accounting methods and equipment in processing salaries the governing body of the county of Hennepin may adjust salaries of elective and appointive officers and employees paid in whole or in part from county funds, whether fixed by statute or otherwise, on an annual, monthly, semimonthly, daily, or other basis so that they may be paid in equal payments throughout the year. The salaries so adjusted shall be based on a year of 2,080 working hours. Odd fractions may be dropped or added in order to permit equal payments throughout the year, regardless of whether the computation slightly decreases or increases the annual, monthly, semimonthly, daily, or other salary of such officers and employees.
Subd. 4.
Supersedes earlier county law.
This section supersedes the provisions of Laws 1957, chapter 945, section 5, relating to the payment of salaries in equal semimonthly installments and any other law relating to the county of Hennepin and governing the time or manner of payment of elective or appointive officers and employees paid in whole or in part from county funds.
History:
1965 c 466 s 1; 1973 c 230 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383B — Hennepin County › Section 383B.453 — Bond Of County Recorder Deputy.

383B.453 BOND OF COUNTY RECORDER DEPUTY.
In each county of this state now or hereafter having a population of 500,000 or more, all deputy county recorders and clerks in the office of the county recorder whose duties require the collecting and receiving of fees or the handling of any funds, shall, before entering upon their duties, give bond to the state in a sum to be fixed by the county board. The county shall pay the premiums on such bonds where the surety is a corporation duly authorized by law to be surety.
History:
1947 c 73 s 1; 1976 c 181 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383B — Hennepin County › Section 383B.455 — Legal Officers' Salaries.

383B.455 LEGAL OFFICERS' SALARIES.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, in the county of Hennepin the county attorney, court administrator of district court, and sheriff shall receive as compensation for all services of every kind and nature performed as such officials, annual salaries as shall be determined by the Board of County Commissioners of Hennepin County.
History:
1971 c 744 s 1; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383B — Hennepin County › Section 383B.457 — Officers' Salaries.

383B.457 OFFICERS' SALARIES.
In the county of Hennepin, the salaries of all nonelected officials shall be set and prescribed by the board of county commissioners of said county. Provided, however, in no event shall any salary be set for such officials which is an amount less than that prescribed by law or in effect on June 9, 1967.
History:
Ex1967 c 27 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383B — Hennepin County › Section 383B.46 — Supplemental Retirement Account.

383B.46 SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT.
Subdivision 1.
Eligibility for coverage.
Any person who was employed by the county of Hennepin or its agencies, boards, commissions, authorities and committees before April 14, 1982, as an employee or an officer in the classified service as defined in sections 383B.26 to 383B.42, or as an employee in the unclassified service, and who has served for five years as a county employee or an officer in the classified service, or as a county employee in the unclassified service, which need not necessarily be continuous, and which must include time served as a county employee before June 8, 1965, if the person is an employee in the classified service of the county or if the person is an employee of Hennepin Healthcare System, Inc., is entitled to elect to obtain coverage by the Hennepin County supplemental retirement program. The election to obtain coverage may be exercised only once and must be exercised within 30 days of the date on which the person first becomes entitled to elect to obtain coverage. No person hired, rehired, or reinstated by the county as an employee in the classified or unclassified service on or after April 14, 1982, is eligible for coverage by the Hennepin County supplemental retirement program.
Subd. 2.
Establishment of account; contributions.
The county of Hennepin or Hennepin Healthcare System, Inc., whichever applies, shall deduct from the salary of every person who is eligible for coverage and who elected to retain or obtain coverage by the Hennepin County supplemental retirement program a sum equal to one percent of the total salary of the person. The deduction shall be made in the same manner as other retirement deductions are made from the salary of the person. An amount equal to the amounts deducted during each payroll period must be contributed by the county of Hennepin or Hennepin Healthcare System, Inc., whichever applies. The total amount deducted and contributed must be deposited to the credit of the supplemental retirement account in a separate account administered by the Minnesota State Retirement System on behalf of Hennepin County. The Hennepin County supplemental retirement account is hereby established as an account separate and distinct from other funds, accounts, or assets of the county of Hennepin.
History:
1969 c 950 s 1; 1978 c 720 s 19; 1982 c 450 s 1; 1985 c 261 s 11; 2005 c 125 art 1 s 29; art 3 s 6,7; 1Sp2005 c 7 s 34; 1Sp2005 c 8 art 11 s 4,19
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383B — Hennepin County › Section 383B.47 — Investment Of Retirement Money.

383B.47 INVESTMENT OF RETIREMENT MONEY.
When moneys are deposited to the credit of the supplemental retirement account, the Minnesota State Retirement System shall make available those investments chosen by the State Board of Investment under section 356.645 in the manner as provided in section 383B.48.
History:
1969 c 950 s 2; 1982 c 450 s 2; 1Sp2005 c 8 art 11 s 5; 2018 c 211 art 15 s 9
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383B — Hennepin County › Section 383B.48 — Buying State Supplemental Investment Fund Shares.

383B.48 BUYING STATE SUPPLEMENTAL INVESTMENT FUND SHARES.
(a) A participant in the Hennepin County supplemental retirement program shall indicate the investments, from those made available pursuant to section 383B.47, in which the participant's salary deductions and county matching contributions attributable to salary deductions are to be invested for such time as allowed by the Minnesota State Retirement System. The Minnesota State Retirement System shall purchase with the salary deductions and county matching funds attributable to the salary deductions shares in the appropriate investment in accordance with the indicated preferences of the participant.
(b) The county of Hennepin has the authority to determine which investments made available pursuant to section 383B.47 will be available for participant investment. The shares purchased must stand in the name of the county of Hennepin.
(c) A record must be kept by the Minnesota State Retirement System indicating the number of shares in each investment purchased with the salary deductions and county matching funds attributable to the salary deductions of each participant. The record must be known as the "participant's share account record." The participant's share account record must show, in addition to the number of shares in the account, any cash balance of salary deductions or county matching funds attributable to those deductions which stand uninvested in shares.
(d) At the option of the county of Hennepin, and subject to any terms and conditions established and communicated in writing by the county to a participant, the participant may designate no more often than once each month that prior salary deductions and county matching contributions attributable to the salary deductions, together with any interest earned, be reinvested in another investment made available under this section.
History:
1969 c 950 s 3; 1975 c 153 s 1; 1982 c 450 s 3; 1986 c 356 s 10; 1995 c 141 art 3 s 17; 1Sp2005 c 8 art 11 s 6; 2018 c 211 art 15 s 10
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383B — Hennepin County › Section 383B.491 — Minnesota State Retirement System Billing Authority.

383B.491 MINNESOTA STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM BILLING AUTHORITY.
The Minnesota State Retirement System executive director is authorized to enter into an interagency agreement with Hennepin County under which the Minnesota State Retirement System would directly bill the county for the cost of the Minnesota State Retirement System's administration of the Hennepin County Supplemental Retirement Plan.
History:
1Sp2005 c 8 art 11 s 8
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383B — Hennepin County › Section 383B.493 — Withdrawal From Participation.

383B.493 WITHDRAWAL FROM PARTICIPATION.
Notwithstanding Laws 1982, chapter 450, or any other law to the contrary, a Hennepin County employee participating in the Hennepin County supplemental retirement program pursuant to Laws 1982, chapter 450, may, in the event of an unforeseeable emergency, apply to the county to discontinue participation in the program. Employees who are no longer participating in the program may apply for the redemption of all shares credited to their share account record. Applications are subject to approval of the Hennepin County administrator in the sole discretion of the administrator. For the purposes of this section, the term "unforeseeable emergency" shall mean a severe financial hardship to the participant resulting from a sudden and unexpected illness or accident of the participant or a person dependent upon the participant, loss of participant's property due to casualty, or other similar extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of events beyond the control of the participant. Applications based on foreseeable expenditures normally budgetable shall not be approved. A participant exercising the option provided by this section shall be ineligible for further participation in the supplemental retirement program.
History:
1983 c 100 s 1; 1985 c 261 s 13; 1Sp2003 c 12 art 10 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383B — Hennepin County › Section 383B.50 — Prospectus.

383B.50 PROSPECTUS.
The county of Hennepin shall distribute or otherwise make available to each participant a prospectus or other applicable information with respect to the investments authorized pursuant to sections 383B.47 and 383B.48.
History:
1969 c 950 s 5; 1982 c 450 s 5; 2018 c 211 art 15 s 12
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383B — Hennepin County › Section 383B.51 — No Assignment Or Garnishment.

383B.51 NO ASSIGNMENT OR GARNISHMENT.
The right of a participant who has shares to the credit of the participant's share account record to redeem all or any portion of the shares is a personal right only and shall be in the state of Minnesota or the State Board of Investment or the nominee of either, subject to the rights of the county of Hennepin. Any assignment or attempted assignment of shares to the credit of a participant's share account record by any person is null and void. The shares are exempt from garnishment or levy under attachment or execution or other legal process, except as provided in section 518.58, 518.581, or 518A.53. The shares are also exempt from all taxation, except individual income taxation, by the state of Minnesota.
History:
1969 c 950 s 6; 1982 c 450 s 6; 1988 c 668 s 7; 1996 c 471 art 1 s 11; 1997 c 203 art 6 s 92; 2005 c 164 s 29; 1Sp2005 c 7 s 28
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383B — Hennepin County › Section 383B.52 — Administration Costs.

383B.52 ADMINISTRATION COSTS.
The Board of County Commissioners of Hennepin County is hereby authorized to appropriate money for the administration of the supplementary benefit program created by sections 383B.46 to 383B.52. The Board of County Commissioners of Hennepin County may charge participants a fee to recover the administrative expenses of the supplementary benefit program. Annual total fees charged to administer the supplementary benefit program may not exceed 40/100 of one percent of the assets of the program.
History:
1969 c 950 s 7; 1998 c 390 art 2 s 15
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383B — Hennepin County › Section 383B.56 — Board May Regulate Public, Private Ambulances.

383B.56 BOARD MAY REGULATE PUBLIC, PRIVATE AMBULANCES.
Subdivision 1.
May license for operation standards.
The county board of Hennepin County may regulate the use of both public and private ambulances in such county. Such regulations may provide for the licensing of such vehicles providing for standards of operation including but not limited to requirements for equipment, sanitation, safety devices and such other requirements as the board may deem necessary.
Subd. 2.
Also drivers and attendants.
The county board shall also have authority to license and regulate the drivers and attendants operating such ambulances and to enact reasonable rules and regulations providing for personal health and such other standards as the board may deem necessary.
Subd. 3.
License fees.
The county board may impose reasonable yearly license fees not to exceed $25 for each such vehicle, and not to exceed $5 for each such operator or attendant. The fees for such licenses shall be paid into the general revenue fund of the county.
Subd. 4.
Appropriation.
The county board is hereby authorized to make the necessary appropriations to carry out the provisions of this section.
History:
1967 c 753 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383B — Hennepin County › Section 383B.562 — Government Center; Liquor.

383B.562 GOVERNMENT CENTER; LIQUOR.
Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, Hennepin County, by resolution of its county board, may issue, with or without fee, to a nonprofit organization or corporation, one-day on-sale licenses for the sale and serving of intoxicating liquor in the Hennepin County Government Center in connection with any convention, banquet, conference, meeting, or social event conducted by the nonprofit organization. The licensee may dispense intoxicating liquor only to persons attending the event. The licensee's authority shall expire upon termination of the event. All dispensing of intoxicating liquor shall be in accordance with the terms and conditions prescribed by resolution of the county board.
History:
1983 c 337 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383B — Hennepin County › Section 383B.565 — Plats And Surveys; Approval.

383B.565 PLATS AND SURVEYS; APPROVAL.
In the county of Hennepin, each subdivision plat or registered land survey plat shall be approved by the Hennepin county surveyor before recording. The proprietor of such plat shall be charged a fee for such service in accordance with a schedule established by the board of commissioners.
History:
1969 c 810 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383B — Hennepin County › Section 383B.60 — Special Permits; Seasonal Contractor's Permit; Fees.

383B.60 SPECIAL PERMITS; SEASONAL CONTRACTOR'S PERMIT; FEES.
The county of Hennepin, to cover administrative costs in issuing special permits under the provisions of section 169.86 may charge a fee of $5 for each such permit issued, except a seasonal transportation permit to contractors who move their own machinery and equipment for their own use, the fee for such seasonal permit shall be $25, provided that all contractors' equipment and machinery hauled by "for hire" carriers pursuant to a contract or lease with said contractor shall also be included in the issuance of said permits. All such fees for permits issued shall be deposited in the county treasury and credited to the county road and bridge fund.
History:
1967 c 774 s 1; 1971 c 819 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383B — Hennepin County › Section 383B.603 — Board May File County Highway Maps For Record.

383B.603 BOARD MAY FILE COUNTY HIGHWAY MAPS FOR RECORD.
Subdivision 1.
Need not comply with chapter 505.
In order to provide information to the public as to the location of county highways and county state-aid highways and the right-of-way thereof in Hennepin county, the county board of Hennepin County may file for record in the office of the county recorder and registrar of titles of said county such maps or plats showing such information as the board shall determine necessary. The map or plat shall be subscribed by the chair of the county board and any licensed land surveyor in the employ of Hennepin County, and is entitled to record without compliance with the provisions of chapter 505. Any amendments, alterations, or vacations or such maps or plats so filed may be entitled to record in like manner.
Subd. 2.
Descriptive; not to transfer title.
Maps or plats filed for record under this section shall not operate of themselves to transfer title to the property described but such maps or plats shall be for descriptive purposes.
History:
1967 c 512 s 1; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1986 c 444; 1998 c 324 s 9
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383B — Hennepin County › Section 383B.606 — Seasonal Load Limits.

383B.606 SEASONAL LOAD LIMITS.
The seasonal load restrictions imposed pursuant to section 169.87, subdivision 2, do not apply to county highways and county state-aid highways in Hennepin County unless the highway is so posted by the appropriate local authority as provided in section 169.87, subdivision 1.
History:
1967 c 511 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383B — Hennepin County › Section 383B.608 — Local Road Aid.

383B.608 LOCAL ROAD AID.
Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, the county board of Hennepin County may appropriate from its road and bridge fund to any town or city within the county, such sums of money as are available and which the county board deems advisable to aid any such town or city in the construction and maintenance of roads, streets or bridges therein. The appropriations may be directly expended by the county board on roads, streets or bridges designated by the governing body of the town or city, and may be expended in accordance with Laws 1905, chapter 164, as amended. No such town or city shall receive an appropriation hereunder exceeding 30 percent of the annual county tax levy for road and bridge purposes paid by the town or city.
History:
1975 c 289 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383B — Hennepin County › Section 383B.61 — Transfer Of Drainage Systems.

383B.61 TRANSFER OF DRAINAGE SYSTEMS.
Subdivision 1.
Applicability; definition.
(a) This section applies to transfers of management jurisdiction for the drainage systems listed in paragraph (b) from Hennepin County to a water management authority, as defined under section 103E.005, subdivision 29. The transfer procedure described in this section is an alternative to the procedure prescribed in section 103E.812. Section 103E.812 does not apply to transfers under this section, except as specified in this section.
(b) This section applies to transfer of the following drainage systems: Hennepin County Ditches 3, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 16, 18, 19, 21, 22, 25, 26, 30, J-6, and J-20.
(c) For purposes of this section, "board" means the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners.
Subd. 2.
Transfer procedure.
(a) A water management authority may petition for transfer if the drainage system or portion of the drainage system proposed to be transferred lies within the jurisdictional boundaries of the water management authority. The petition must be in a form prescribed by the board and must provide that the transferred drainage system be managed according to a plan adopted under sections 103B.205 to 103B.255.
(b) Upon receipt of a petition under paragraph (a), the board shall set a date and location for public hearing and shall publish notice of the hearing in newspapers with general circulation in the affected areas at least 30 days prior to the hearing. The notice shall include a statement that property owners have a right to object to the transfer at the hearing.
(c) The hearing shall be conducted according to procedures established by the board. Transfer shall be completed upon approval of the board.
(d) Costs of the transfer proceedings shall be attributable according to section 103E.812, subdivision 6.
Subd. 3.
Effect of transfer.
The transfer of a drainage system under this section is not a compromise of any property right held by an owner of assessed property on the transferred drainage system and the rights of the property owners are as provided in section 103E.812, subdivision 7. Transfer of a drainage system under this section has the effect given under section 103E.812, subdivision 8.
History:
2008 c 331 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383B — Hennepin County › Section 383B.611 — Probation And Investigation Department, Creation.

383B.611 PROBATION AND INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENT, CREATION.
There is hereby established in the county of Hennepin, a probation and investigation department in connection with the district court of any such county in charge of an officer to be known as director of court service.
History:
1929 c 326 s 1; 1955 c 504 s 1; 1961 c 527 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383B — Hennepin County › Section 383B.612 — Director Of Court Services; Other Employees.

383B.612 DIRECTOR OF COURT SERVICES; OTHER EMPLOYEES.
Such department shall consist of one director of court services and such assistants, deputies, probation officers, caseworkers, investigators, clerical help and other employees as the judges of said court shall from time to time appoint.
Such director of court services, assistants, deputies, officers, caseworkers, investigators, clerical help, and other employees shall be appointed and removed by the judges of the district court in any such county. They may be appointed either for a definite period of time or for an indeterminate period, in the discretion of the court. The salaries of all such persons shall be fixed by the judges of said court.
The judges may by order determine the necessary qualifications of applicants for positions in the department and may, in their discretion, provide that applicants shall undergo certain tests as to their qualifications.
The director of court services shall have general supervision of such department, subject to the direction of the judges of the court. The court may divide the duties of the department into branches or divisions, and appoint from such probation officers, investigators or other employees the heads of such branches or divisions. A juvenile division may be established distinct from all other divisions of such department.
History:
1929 c 326 s 2; 1939 c 183 s 1; 1955 c 504 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383B — Hennepin County › Section 383B.614 — Space, Supplies, Expenses, Officer's Powers, Bond; Records.

383B.614 SPACE, SUPPLIES, EXPENSES, OFFICER'S POWERS, BOND; RECORDS.
Subdivision 1.
Board to provide.
The county commissioners of such county shall provide the department with suitably furnished office rooms, record books, stationery, postage, expenses of investigation and transportation which shall include payment to any probation officer and employee of the department as compensation or reimbursement for the use of such officer's or employee's own automobile in the performance of county duties mileage at a rate per mile not exceeding the maximum rate fixed by law plus a reasonable allowance, not exceeding $10 per month, to defray cost of parking fees incidental to such use, and such other actual expenses as are required for the proper execution of the purposes of this section.
Subd. 2.
Peace officer powers; bond for money received.
Probation officers shall have the power of peace officers in the execution of their duties. Each probation officer, before entering on the duties of the office, shall take an oath of office to be administered by one of the judges making the appointment. Each probation officer or employee who collects or has the custody of money shall execute a bond, with appropriate sureties, in a penal sum to be fixed by the judges, at the expense of the county, conditioned for the true accounting of all money received by the officer as a probation officer.
Subd. 3.
Records may be withheld.
The records of all cases in said office may be withheld from indiscriminate public inspection at the discretion of the judges of the court.
Subd. 4.
By majority of judges.
Any act, order, or thing required or permitted to be done by the judges of the court by the provisions hereof may be done by a majority of the judges.
Subd. 5.
[Repealed, 1995 c 186 s 77]
History:
1929 c 326 s 4-7,9; 1953 c 385 s 1; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383B — Hennepin County › Section 383B.63 — Public Defender For Crimes, Misdemeanors, Ordinances.

383B.63 PUBLIC DEFENDER FOR CRIMES, MISDEMEANORS, ORDINANCES.
Subdivision 1.
[Repealed, 1991 c 345 art 3 s 30]
Subd. 2.
Represent financially unable, including juveniles.
The public defender of Hennepin County may appear for and defend all persons charged with any crime, petty misdemeanor or ordinance violation in such county, and may appear for and represent all persons in juvenile court in such county who are financially unable to employ counsel.
Subd. 3.
Do appeals, if state defender unable.
If the state public defender is unable to provide the service, the public defender of Hennepin County may appeal a conviction of any crime, petty misdemeanor or ordinance violation or an adverse decision in juvenile court where the party appealing is financially unable to employ counsel and to pay the expenses of an appeal.
Subd. 4.
[Repealed, 1989 c 335 art 3 s 57]
Subd. 5.
[Repealed, 1989 c 335 art 3 s 57]
Subd. 6.
Chief unclassified; others classified.
The employees of the office of the Hennepin County public defender shall be and are hereby placed in the classified service as set forth in Laws 1965, chapter 855, as amended; except that the public defender shall be in the unclassified service.
History:
1973 c 317 s 1; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383B — Hennepin County › Section 383B.65 — Contracts, Leases With Bloomington For Court Space.

383B.65 CONTRACTS, LEASES WITH BLOOMINGTON FOR COURT SPACE.
Subdivision 1.
Payments to retire debt first, then county may buy.
The county of Hennepin and the city of Bloomington may enter into contracts for terms not to exceed ten years and may enter into leases in connection with court and court-related activities. The term of any lease entered into by the county of Hennepin with the city of Bloomington shall not exceed the period required to service the debt on the bonds authorized by Laws 1983, chapter 523, article 12, section 1. Lease payments shall be irrevocably pledged to the payment of the debt. Upon the retirement of the debt created under Laws 1983, chapter 523, article 12, section 1, the city may lease space in the court building and related facilities to the county as the county may need for court purposes for periods not to exceed five years. If the city and the county deem it to be in the best interests of the public served by the facilities, the county may purchase them after retirement of the debt, or upon guaranteeing the servicing of the debt, at mutually agreed-upon terms.
Subd. 2.
[Repealed, 2009 c 59 art 3 s 5; 2009 c 83 art 2 s 50]
History:
1982 c 523 art 12 s 2,4; 2006 c 260 art 5 s 10
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383B — Hennepin County › Section 383B.70 — Compensation Of Commissioners.

383B.70 COMPENSATION OF COMMISSIONERS.
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 398.05 or any other law, the compensation of commissioners of the Three Rivers Park District must be set by the board of park commissioners.
History:
1977 c 101 s 1; 2001 c 44 s 1; 2005 c 82 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383B — Hennepin County › Section 383B.702 — Depositories.

383B.702 DEPOSITORIES.
Notwithstanding section 398.18, the Three Rivers Park District may exercise the powers of a municipality under chapter 118A.
History:
1Sp1985 c 14 art 7 s 6; 2001 c 7 s 90; 2005 c 82 s 5
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383B — Hennepin County › Section 383B.703 — District Renaming.

383B.703 DISTRICT RENAMING.
The Suburban Hennepin Regional Park District, a local government unit organized and existing under the provisions of sections 398.01 to 398.36, is renamed the Three Rivers Park District. The district so named is the legal successor in all respects of the Suburban Hennepin Regional Park District as previously named and constituted. All bonds, resolutions, contracts, and liabilities of the Suburban Hennepin Regional Park District are the bonds, resolutions, contracts, and liabilities of the Three Rivers Park District as so renamed and reconstituted. The boundaries of the Three Rivers Park District shall include all of Hennepin County except the city of Minneapolis.
History:
1Sp1985 c 14 art 7 s 7; 2001 c 44 s 2; 2005 c 82 s 6
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383B — Hennepin County › Section 383B.71 — Trail System.

383B.71 TRAIL SYSTEM.
In addition to the authority granted by chapter 398, the Three Rivers Park District is authorized to acquire, establish, operate, and maintain trail systems.
History:
1975 c 66 s 1; 2005 c 82 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383B — Hennepin County › Section 383B.72 — Land Acquisition; Town Consent.

383B.72 LAND ACQUISITION; TOWN CONSENT.
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 398.09, the Board of Park District Commissioners of the Three Rivers Park District, before acquiring by purchase or condemnation real estate located within the boundaries of any organized town in Hennepin County, shall secure the consent of the town board of such town to such acquisition, by resolution duly adopted by such board.
History:
1967 c 721 s 1; 2005 c 82 s 8; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 89
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383B — Hennepin County › Section 383B.73 — Park District Tax Levy.

383B.73 PARK DISTRICT TAX LEVY.
Subdivision 1.
Levy.
To provide funds for the purposes of the Three Rivers Park District as set forth in its annual budget, in lieu of the levies authorized by any other special law for such purposes, the board of park district commissioners may levy taxes on all the taxable property in the county and park district at a rate not exceeding 0.03224 percent of estimated market value. Notwithstanding section 398.16, on or before October 1 of each year, after public hearing, the board of park district commissioners shall adopt a budget for the ensuing year and shall determine the total amount necessary to be raised from ad valorem tax levies to meet its budget. The board of park district commissioners shall submit the budget to the county board. The county board may veto or modify an item contained in the budget. If the county board determines to veto or to modify an item in the budget, it must, within 15 days after the budget was submitted by the district board, state in writing the specific reasons for its objection to the item vetoed or the reason for the modification. The Park District Board, after consideration of the county board's objections and proposed modifications, may reapprove a vetoed item or the original version of an item with respect to which a modification has been proposed, by a two-thirds majority. If the district board does not reapprove a vetoed item, the item shall be deleted from the budget. If the district board does not reapprove the original version of a modified item, the item shall be included in the budget as modified by the county board. After adoption of the final budget and no later than October 1, the superintendent of the park district shall certify to the office of the Hennepin County director of tax and public records exercising the functions of the county auditor the total amount to be raised from ad valorem tax levies to meet its budget for the ensuing year. The director of tax and public records shall add the amount of any levy certified by the district to other tax levies on the property of the county within the district for collection by the director of tax and public records with other taxes. When collected, the director shall make settlement of such taxes with the district in the same manner as other taxes are distributed to the other political subdivisions in Hennepin County.
Subd. 2.
[Repealed, 2001 c 44 s 5]
History:
1967 c 721 s 2; 1969 c 885 s 1; 1971 c 954 s 1; 1973 c 473 s 1; 1979 c 288 s 1; 1Sp1985 c 14 art 7 s 1; 1988 c 719 art 5 s 84; 1989 c 277 art 4 s 40,41; 2005 c 82 s 9; 2013 c 143 art 14 s 57
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383B — Hennepin County › Section 383B.75 — Municipal Building Commission.

383B.75 MUNICIPAL BUILDING COMMISSION.
That from and after the first Monday in January, 1904, all of the completed portions of the Hennepin County and Minneapolis Courthouse and City Hall Building, erected pursuant to chapter 395 of the Special Laws of 1887, shall be under the exclusive care of a commission of four members, styled "the municipal building commission," which shall be constituted as follows: The chair of the Board of County Commissioners of Hennepin County, the mayor of the city of Minneapolis, a person appointed by the Board of County Commissioners of Hennepin County, who shall serve at its pleasure, and a person appointed by the city council of the city of Minneapolis, who shall serve at its pleasure. The chair of the Board of County Commissioners of Hennepin County shall be president of said commission, and the mayor of the city of Minneapolis, vice-president thereof. The person appointed by the Board of County Commissioners of Hennepin County shall be the secretary of said commission and as such shall keep the records and accounts thereof. The comptroller treasurer of the city of Minneapolis shall keep a correct account of the receipts and expenditures of the commission. The commission shall by resolution establish regular meeting dates.
History:
1903 c 247 s 1; 1977 c 77 s 1; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383B — Hennepin County › Section 383B.752 — Expenses; Warrants.

383B.752 EXPENSES; WARRANTS.
Said commission shall at the beginning of each calendar month render a detailed statement to the county auditor of Hennepin County and to the city controller of the city of Minneapolis, respectively, of all its expenses necessarily incurred for the purposes contemplated by sections 383B.75 to 383B.754 during the last preceding month in or with reference to portions of said building used or occupied by the county and by the city, respectively, including the proper portions of all expenses rendered for the common benefit of the county and city and properly chargeable to each of such municipalities; whereupon it shall become the duty of the proper officers of said county and of said city to forthwith draw warrants upon their respective treasurers, each for the amount of the account rendered against it by said commission, and it shall be the duty of the treasurer of said municipal building commission to forthwith pay to the parties properly entitled thereto the several amounts specified in said accounts rendered.
History:
1903 c 247 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383B — Hennepin County › Section 383B.753 — Exclusive Control.

383B.753 EXCLUSIVE CONTROL.
From and after the first Monday in January, 1904, neither the Board of County Commissioners of Hennepin County, nor the city council of the city of Minneapolis shall have anything to do with the care of any portion of the courthouse and city hall building, nor shall they have anything to do with the control of any portions of said building not specifically assigned for official use.
History:
1903 c 247 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383B — Hennepin County › Section 383B.754 — Budget Date.

383B.754 BUDGET DATE.
It shall be the duty of the municipal building commission to prepare a detailed statement of the estimated expenditures of such commission for the then ensuing year and transmit the same each year to the Board of County Commissioners of Hennepin County on the date specified by the board. The estimate shall specify what portion of the total expenditures of the commission shall be borne by the county and city, respectively, and it shall be the duty of the county commissioners to levy a tax at its proper meeting sufficient to meet the county share of the final statement of estimated expenditures. A like estimate shall be transmitted each year to the city council of the city of Minneapolis on the date specified by the council, and it shall be the duty of the city council to levy a tax at its proper meeting sufficient to meet the city's portion of the final statement of estimated expenditures. If the dates specified by the city and county are different, the commission shall transmit its budget estimate to both the city and the county on the earlier of the two dates. The commission shall submit a final statement of estimated expenditures ten days before the date Hennepin County and the city of Minneapolis are required to certify their tax levies.
History:
1903 c 247 s 5; 1983 c 76 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383B — Hennepin County › Section 383B.77 — Hennepin County Housing And Redevelopment Authority.

383B.77 HENNEPIN COUNTY HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.
Subdivision 1.
Creation.
The Hennepin County Housing and Redevelopment Authority is created in the county of Hennepin. It shall have all of the powers and duties of a housing and redevelopment authority under sections 469.001 to 469.047. For the purposes of applying the municipal housing and redevelopment act to Hennepin County, the county has all of the powers and duties of a city, the county board has all the powers and duties of a governing body, the chair of the county board has all of the powers and duties of a mayor, and, notwithstanding section 469.008, the area of operation includes the area within the territorial boundaries of the county.
Subd. 2.
Coordination with other authorities.
This section does not limit or restrict any existing housing and redevelopment authority or prevent a municipality from creating an authority. For purposes of this subdivision, "housing and redevelopment authority" includes any municipal department, agency, or authority of the city of Minneapolis which exercises the powers of a housing and redevelopment authority pursuant to section 469.003 or other law. The county authority shall notify a municipal authority by January 31 of each year as to the activities the county authority plans to participate in within the municipality. The municipal authority shall notify the county authority within 45 days of the date of the notice from the county authority, if the municipal authority does not consent to the activities of the county authority. If a city housing and redevelopment authority requests the county housing and redevelopment authority to exercise any power or perform any function of the municipal authority, the county authority may do so.
Subd. 3.
Local approval.
If a housing or redevelopment project is undertaken in Hennepin County pursuant to this section, the governing body of the city must approve the project before it is undertaken.
Subd. 4.
Commissioners.
Notwithstanding section 469.003, subdivision 5, the Hennepin County Housing and Redevelopment Authority shall consist of seven commissioners.
History:
1987 c 177 s 1; 1989 c 78 s 1; 1989 c 209 art 2 s 38; 1997 c 58 s 3; 2000 c 260 s 92; 2008 c 154 art 10 s 13,14