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2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions › Chapter 465 — Rights, Powers And Duties; Municipalities › Section 465.33 — Mailing Notices.

465.33 MAILING NOTICES.
A copy of all subsequent notices relating to the proceeding which are required to be published, shall be mailed by the city clerk immediately after the first publication thereof to such persons as shall have appeared in the proceedings and requested in writing that such notices be mailed to them.
History:
(1516) 1905 c 18 s 8
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions › Chapter 465 — Rights, Powers And Duties; Municipalities › Section 465.34 — Meeting Of Appraisers; Damages And Benefits.

465.34 MEETING OF APPRAISERS; DAMAGES AND BENEFITS.
At the time and place mentioned in the notice, the appraisers shall meet and thence proceed to view the premises, and hear any evidence or proof offered by the parties interested and may adjourn from time to time for the purpose aforesaid. When their view and hearing shall be concluded they shall determine the amount of damages, if any, suffered by each piece or parcel of land affected by the improvement. They shall determine the amount of special benefits, if any, occurring by reason of diversion of water, drainage, or otherwise, to each piece or parcel of land wherever situate and whether contiguous to the improvement or not. If the damages exceed the benefits to any particular piece, the excess shall be awarded as damages. If the benefits exceed the damages to any particular piece, the difference shall be assessed as benefits, but the total assessment for benefits shall not be greater than the aggregate net award of damages added to the estimated cost of construction; and in every case the benefits assessed upon the several parcels shall be in proportion to the actual benefits received, and no assessment upon any particular piece shall exceed the amount of actual special benefits after deducting the damages, if any.
History:
(1517) 1905 c 18 s 9
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions › Chapter 465 — Rights, Powers And Duties; Municipalities › Section 465.35 — Buildings.

465.35 BUILDINGS.
If there be any buildings standing, in whole or in part, upon any parcel of the land to be taken, the appraisers shall, in such case, determine the amount of damages which should be paid to the owners thereof, in case such building, or so much as may be necessary, should be taken, and shall appraise and determine the amount of damages to be paid such owners in case they shall elect to remove such buildings.
History:
(1518) 1905 c 18 s 10
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions › Chapter 465 — Rights, Powers And Duties; Municipalities › Section 465.36 — Different Owners Or Interests.

465.36 DIFFERENT OWNERS OR INTERESTS.
If the land and buildings belong to different persons or if the land be subject to lease, mortgage, or judgment, or if there be any estate less than an estate in fee, the injury or damage done to such person, or interests, respectively, may be awarded to them separately by the appraisers. Neither such award of the appraisers, nor the confirmation thereof by the city council, shall be deemed to require the payment of such damages to the person or persons named in such award, in case it shall transpire that such persons are not entitled to receive the same.
History:
(1519) 1905 c 18 s 11
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions › Chapter 465 — Rights, Powers And Duties; Municipalities › Section 465.37 — Report.

465.37 REPORT.
The appraisers having ascertained and appraised the damages and assessed the benefits, as aforesaid, shall make and file with the city clerk a written report of their action in the premises, embracing a schedule and appraisement of the damages awarded and benefits assessed, with descriptions of the lands, and the names of the owners, if known to them, and a statement of the costs of the proceeding.
History:
(1520) 1905 c 18 s 12
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions › Chapter 465 — Rights, Powers And Duties; Municipalities › Section 465.38 — Notice Of Appraisement; Confirmation Or Annulment.

465.38 NOTICE OF APPRAISEMENT; CONFIRMATION OR ANNULMENT.
Upon such report being filed, the city clerk shall give notice that such appraisement has been returned and that the same will be considered by the city council at a meeting thereof to be named in the notice, which notice shall contain the schedule of damages awarded and benefits assessed and be given in a manner appropriate to inform the public. Any person interested in any building standing in whole or in part upon any land required to be taken by such improvement shall, on or before the time specified for the meeting in such notice, notify the city council in writing of the person's election to remove such building, if the person so elect. The city council, upon the day fixed for the consideration of such report, or at any subsequent meeting to which the same may stand over or be referred, shall have power in their discretion to confirm, revise, or annul the appraisement and assessment, giving due consideration to any objections interposed by parties interested in the manner hereinafter specified; provided that the city council shall not have the power to reduce the amount of any award nor increase any assessment. In case the appraisement and assessment is annulled, the city council may thereupon appoint new appraisers, who shall proceed in like manner as in case of the first appraisement, and upon the coming in of their report, the city council shall proceed in a like manner and with the same powers as in the case of the first appraisement.
History:
(1521) 1905 c 18 s 13; 1984 c 543 s 62; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions › Chapter 465 — Rights, Powers And Duties; Municipalities › Section 465.39 — Award; Appeal.

465.39 AWARD; APPEAL.
If not annulled or set aside, such award shall be final and a charge upon the city, for the payment of which the credit of the city shall be pledged. Such assessments shall be and remain a lien and charge upon the respective lands until paid. The award shall be paid to the persons entitled thereto or deposited and set apart in the treasury of the city for the use of the persons entitled thereto within six months after the confirmation of the appraisement and award. In case any appeal shall be taken from the order confirming the appraisement and assessment, as hereinafter provided, the time for payment of the awards shall be extended until and including 60 days after the final determination of all appeals taken in the proceedings, and in case of any change in the awards or assessment upon appeal, the city council may, by resolution duly adopted, at any time within 60 days after the determination of all appeals, set aside the entire proceeding. Any awards so set aside shall not be paid, and the proceedings as to the tracts for which the awards are so set aside shall be deemed abandoned. Any awards not so set aside shall be a charge upon the city, for the payment of which the credit of the city shall be pledged. All awards shall bear interest at the rate of six percent per annum from the time of the filing of the original appraisers' report, and all subsequent awards and awards upon appeals shall be made as of the day and date of filing of such original reports.
History:
(1522) 1905 c 18 s 14
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions › Chapter 465 — Rights, Powers And Duties; Municipalities › Section 465.40 — Vesture Of Title.

465.40 VESTURE OF TITLE.
Upon the conclusion of the proceedings and the payment of the awards, the several tracts of land shall be deemed to be taken and appropriated for the purposes of sections 465.26 to 465.48, and the title thereto shall vest in the city. In case the city council shall in any case be unable to determine to whom the damages should in any particular case be paid, or in case of adverse claim in relation thereto, or in case of the legal disability of any person interested, the city council shall, and in any and every case the city council may in its discretion deposit the amount of damages with the district court of the county in which such city is situate, for the use of the parties entitled thereto, and the court shall, upon the application of any person interested, and upon such notice as the court shall prescribe, determine who is entitled to the award, and shall order the same paid accordingly. Any such deposit shall have the same effect as the payment to the proper persons.
History:
(1523) 1905 c 18 s 15
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions › Chapter 465 — Rights, Powers And Duties; Municipalities › Section 465.41 — Removal Of Buildings.

465.41 REMOVAL OF BUILDINGS.
In case any owner of buildings, as aforesaid, shall have elected to remove the buildings they shall be removed within 30 days from the confirmation of the report or within such further time as the city council may allow for the purpose and shall be entitled to the payment of the amount of damages awarded in such case in case of removal. When such person shall not have elected to remove such buildings, or shall have neglected (after having elected) to remove the same within the time above specified, such buildings, or so much thereof as may be necessary, upon paying or depositing the damages awarded for such taking in manner aforesaid, may be taken and appropriated, sold, or disposed of as the city council shall elect.
History:
(1524) 1905 c 18 s 16; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions › Chapter 465 — Rights, Powers And Duties; Municipalities › Section 465.42 — Appeal; Objections; Notice; Record.

465.42 APPEAL; OBJECTIONS; NOTICE; RECORD.
Any person whose property is proposed to be taken or interfered with or assessed under any provisions of sections 465.26 to 465.48, or who claims to be damaged by the improvement, and who deems that there is any irregularity in the proceedings of the city council, or action of the appraisers, by reason of which the award of the appraisers ought not to be confirmed, or who is dissatisfied with the amount of damages awarded for the taking of, or interference with the person's property, or the assessment thereon, may, at any time before the time specified for the consideration of the award and assessment by the city council, file with the city clerk in writing objections to such confirmation, setting forth therein specifically the particular irregularities complained of, and the particular objection to the award or assessment, and containing a description of the property, affected by such proceedings and the person's interest therein, and if, notwithstanding such objections, the city council shall confirm the award or assessment, such persons so objecting shall have the right to appeal from such order of confirmation of the city council to the district court of the county in which the city is situate within 20 days after such order. Such appeal shall be made by serving a written notice of appeal upon the city clerk, which shall specify the property of the appellant affected by such award or improvement, and refer to the objection filed, as aforesaid, thereupon the city clerk, at the expense of the appellant, shall make out and transmit to the court administrator of the district court a copy of the record of the entire proceedings and of the award of the appraisers as confirmed by the city council, and of the order of the city council confirming the same, and of the objections filed by the appellant, as aforesaid, and of the notice of appeal, all certified by the city clerk to be true copies, within ten days after the taking of such appeal. If more than one appeal be taken in the same proceeding, it shall not be necessary that the city clerk in appeals subsequent to the first shall send up anything but a certified copy of the appellant's objections. There shall be no pleading on any appeal, but the court shall determine in the first instance whether there was in the proceedings any such irregularity or omission of duty prejudicial to the appellant and specified in the written objection that as to that appellant the award or assessment of the appraisers ought not to stand, and whether the appraisers had jurisdiction to take action in the premises.
History:
(1525) 1905 c 18 s 17; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions › Chapter 465 — Rights, Powers And Duties; Municipalities › Section 465.43 — Hearing; Appraisers; Award; Appeal.

465.43 HEARING; APPRAISERS; AWARD; APPEAL.
The case may be brought on for hearing on eight days' notice, at any general or special term of the court, and the judgment of the court shall be to confirm or annul the proceedings, only so far as the proceedings affect the property of the appellant proposed to be taken or damaged or assessed, and described in the written objection. In case the amount of damages or benefits assessed is complained of by the appellant, the court shall, if the proceedings be confirmed in other respects, appoint three disinterested freeholders, residents of the county, appraisers, to reappraise the damages, and reassess benefits as to the property of appellant. The parties to the appeal shall be heard by the court upon the appointment of the appraisers. The court shall fix the time and place of meeting of the appraisers. They shall be sworn to the faithful discharge of their duties as appraisers, and shall proceed to view the premises and to hear the parties interested, with their allegations and proofs pertinent to the question of the amount of damages or benefits, and proceed in all other material respects as are provided in sections 465.26 to 465.48 for the government of appraisers appointed by the city council. They shall, after the hearing and view of the premises, report to the court their award of damages and assessments of benefits in respect to the property of the appellant. The appellant shall, within five days of notice of filing the award, file a written election to remove the buildings if the appellant so elect. The election shall not affect the appellant's right to a review. The award shall be final unless set aside by the court. The motion to set aside shall be made within 15 days. If the report is set aside, the court may, in its discretion, recommit it to the same appraisers, or appoint new appraisers, as it deems best. The court shall allow to the appraisers a reasonable compensation for their services, and make such awards of costs on the appeal, including the compensation of appraisers, as it deems just in the premises, and enforce them by execution. If the court is of the opinion that the appeal was frivolous or vexatious, it may adjudge double costs against the appellant. An appeal may be taken to the court of appeals from any final order of the district court in the proceedings.
History:
(1526) 1905 c 18 s 18; 1983 c 247 s 159; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions › Chapter 465 — Rights, Powers And Duties; Municipalities › Section 465.44 — Time Of Payment.

465.44 TIME OF PAYMENT.
In case of any appeal the time for making payment of awards shall be extended as to all tracts embraced in the proceeding to 60 days after final determination of all appeals.
History:
(1527) 1905 c 18 s 19
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions › Chapter 465 — Rights, Powers And Duties; Municipalities › Section 465.45 — Notice Of Pendency; Persons Affected.

465.45 NOTICE OF PENDENCY; PERSONS AFFECTED.
The notice prescribed in section 465.32 shall be sufficient to charge all persons whose rights or interests may be affected by the diversion of such waters, but whose lands are not otherwise taken, with notice of the pendency of the proceeding, and all such persons may present to the appraisers evidence of the damages which they will suffer, and the appraisers shall determine and award such damages as they may find, particularly specifying in their award the location and the nature of such damages, and all persons failing to present their claims for damages arising from the diversion of waters, shall be concluded by the proceeding hereunder, whether any award of damages is made to them or not, and shall be barred from claiming damages afterwards in any other form of action or proceeding.
History:
(1528) 1905 c 18 s 20
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions › Chapter 465 — Rights, Powers And Duties; Municipalities › Section 465.46 — Award, Assessment Certified; Assessment Process.

465.46 AWARD, ASSESSMENT CERTIFIED; ASSESSMENT PROCESS.
Upon the final determination of all appeals in such proceeding, the city clerk shall transmit to the auditor of the county or counties in which the respective lands lie a copy duly certified by the clerk of the awards and assessment of the appraisers as confirmed by the city council; and the court administrator of the district court shall, in like manner, certify the award and assessment as finally made upon all appeals; and the county auditors shall include such assessments of benefits against each tract of land assessed, with and as a part of the taxes upon such respective tracts of land in the next annual list of taxes for general, state, county and other purposes, and the same proceedings shall be had for the collection and enforcement thereof, as for such general taxes, including like penalties in case of nonpayment, and including also proceedings for the collection and enforcement of delinquent taxes. When any of such assessments are collected, they shall be credited to the city conducting such proceedings, and paid over and accounted for in like manner as other taxes.
History:
(1529) 1905 c 18 s 21; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions › Chapter 465 — Rights, Powers And Duties; Municipalities › Section 465.47 — Duty Of City.

465.47 DUTY OF CITY.
It shall be the duty of such city to proceed with all reasonable dispatch to complete such improvements, unless the proceedings are set aside by the city council as provided in sections 465.26 to 465.46.
History:
(1530) 1905 c 18 s 22
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions › Chapter 465 — Rights, Powers And Duties; Municipalities › Section 465.48 — Powers And Duties Of Council; Penalties.

465.48 POWERS AND DUTIES OF COUNCIL; PENALTIES.
The city council shall have power and it shall be its duty after the construction of such works to maintain the same and to prevent injury or obstruction to the channel or works and contamination of the waters. For such purposes the city council may enact suitable ordinances and prescribe penalties for their violation, not exceeding a fine of $100 for each offense or confinement in the city workhouse not exceeding 90 days. The district court having chambers in the county in which the city is located shall have jurisdiction of the offenses.
History:
(1531) 1905 c 18 s 23; 1998 c 254 art 2 s 48
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions › Chapter 465 — Rights, Powers And Duties; Municipalities › Section 465.49 — May Sell Lake Water, Ice; Spend, Get Gifts To Keep Up Lake.

465.49 MAY SELL LAKE WATER, ICE; SPEND, GET GIFTS TO KEEP UP LAKE.
All cities of the fourth class and the city councils of the same, in addition to all powers now possessed by such cities, shall have the power to dredge lakes wholly or partly within the corporate limits of such cities, to park the shores thereof, maintain a water level in such lakes, and expend money therefor.
Such cities are given the right to accept donations from any person, firm, or corporation to aid in defraying such expenses and such cities and the city councils thereof shall have the power to make contracts with any person, firm, or corporation for the taking of water and ice from such lake upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon between such city council and the person, firm, or corporation acquiring the right to the use of the water and ice.
History:
(1746) 1913 c 331 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions › Chapter 465 — Rights, Powers And Duties; Municipalities › Section 465.50 — Observance Of Memorial Day.

465.50 OBSERVANCE OF MEMORIAL DAY.
The council of each and every city in the state, in addition to all other powers now possessed by it, is hereby empowered and authorized to set apart, appropriate, and expend, or cause to be expended, in such manner as it may deem best, from any funds in the city treasury available therefor, an amount not to exceed the sum of $300 annually for each 75,000 of population of such city for the purpose of aiding in the appropriate observance of Memorial Day on the last Monday in May of each year and in the annual commemoration of the noble and valiant deeds of the nation's soldier dead.
History:
(1318) 1909 c 365 s 1; 1923 c 375; 1971 c 25 s 81
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions › Chapter 465 — Rights, Powers And Duties; Municipalities › Section 465.54 — May Pay Expenses From General Fund Of Statutory City.

465.54 MAY PAY EXPENSES FROM GENERAL FUND OF STATUTORY CITY.
The council of any statutory city may pay from the general fund of the municipality, for the purposes of section 469.186, expenses incurred by the governing officers in the performance of their official duties. Trips for lobbying purposes or trips to meetings or conventions not in connection with specific municipal projects pending before the officer making the trip are not authorized for payment under this section.
History:
(1192-4, 1192-5) 1933 c 60 s 4,5; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1977 c 50 s 2; 1987 c 291 s 223; 1994 c 505 art 4 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions › Chapter 465 — Rights, Powers And Duties; Municipalities › Section 465.58 — Members Of The League Of Cities.

465.58 MEMBERS OF THE LEAGUE OF CITIES.
Subdivision 1.
Dues, annual meeting expense.
Any city of this state, whether organized under the general laws or a special or home rule charter, or any town having the powers of a statutory city under section 368.01, may appropriate through its council or town board, out of its general fund, money to pay the annual dues in the League of Minnesota Cities and the actual and necessary expenses of such delegates as such council or town board may designate to attend meetings of the league.
Subd. 2.
[Repealed, 1957 c 935 s 27]
History:
(1933-4) 1923 c 211 s 1; 1951 c 259 s 1; 1961 c 49 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1977 c 347 s 54
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions › Chapter 465 — Rights, Powers And Duties; Municipalities › Section 465.69 — Training Of School Safety Patrol Members.

465.69 TRAINING OF SCHOOL SAFETY PATROL MEMBERS.
Any statutory city of this state may provide for the training of members of the school safety patrol at any authorized school patrol camp located in this state and may pay the expense necessarily incurred in providing such training, out of any funds available for said purpose.
History:
1955 c 316 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 4 s 11
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions › Chapter 465 — Rights, Powers And Duties; Municipalities › Section 465.70 — Television Signal Distribution Systems, Certain Cities.

465.70 TELEVISION SIGNAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS, CERTAIN CITIES.
Any statutory city or any home rule charter city of the third or fourth class more than 50 miles from the boundaries of a city of the first class, or any two or more of such cities acting under an agreement accepted by the governing body of each such participating municipality, may own, construct, acquire, purchase, maintain and operate within its corporate limits a television signal distribution system for the purpose of receiving, transmitting, and distributing television impulses and television energy, including audio signals and transient visual images, to the inhabitants of the city. This system shall be considered a public utility. The city may erect, construct, operate, repair, and maintain in, upon, along, over, across, through and under its streets, alleys, highways and public grounds, poles, cross-arms, cables, wires, guy wires, stubs, anchors, towers, antennas, pipes, connections, and other appliances, fixtures, and equipment necessary, expedient, or useful in connection therewith. It may prescribe reasonable rates and charges for the use of these facilities and the services furnished. It may prescribe, make and maintain rules for the operation thereof and do all things necessary and incidental to accomplish such purpose. Subject to and in accordance with chapter 475, the city may issue obligations in a maximum amount of $100,000 for acquisition and betterment of the system.
History:
1957 c 100 s 1; 1959 c 257 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1976 c 44 s 66
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions › Chapter 465 — Rights, Powers And Duties; Municipalities › Section 465.71 — Installment, Lease Purchase; City, County, Town, School.

465.71 INSTALLMENT, LEASE PURCHASE; CITY, COUNTY, TOWN, SCHOOL.
A home rule charter city, statutory city, county, town, or school district may purchase personal property under an installment contract, or lease real or personal property with an option to purchase under a lease-purchase agreement, by which contract or agreement title is retained by the seller or vendor or assigned to a third party as security for the purchase price, including interest, if any, but such purchases are subject to statutory and charter provisions applicable to the purchase of real or personal property. For purposes of the bid requirements contained in section 471.345, "the amount of the contract" shall include the total of all lease payments for the entire term of the lease under a lease-purchase agreement. The obligation created by an installment contract or a lease-purchase agreement for personal property, or an installment contract or a lease-purchase agreement for real property if the amount of the contract for purchase of the real property is less than $1,000,000, shall not be included in the calculation of net debt for purposes of section 475.53, and shall not constitute debt under any other statutory provision. No election shall be required in connection with the execution of an installment contract or a lease-purchase agreement authorized by this section. The city, county, town, or school district must have the right to terminate a lease-purchase agreement at the end of any fiscal year during its term.
History:
1965 c 266 s 1; 1976 c 44 s 67; 1979 c 3 s 1; 1982 c 523 art 15 s 4; 1988 c 639 s 6; 1989 c 329 art 5 s 16; 1990 c 562 art 5 s 12; 1997 c 231 art 2 s 33; 1Sp2021 c 14 art 10 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions › Chapter 465 — Rights, Powers And Duties; Municipalities › Section 465.717 — Creation Of Corporations.

465.717 CREATION OF CORPORATIONS.
Subdivision 1.
Statutory authorization required.
A county, home rule charter city, statutory city, town, school district, or other political subdivision, including a joint powers entity operating under section 471.59, may not create a corporation, whether for profit or not for profit, unless explicitly authorized to do so by law.
Subd. 2.
Authority to incorporate a joint powers entity.
A joint powers entity created under section 471.59 may incorporate itself as a nonprofit under chapter 317A. A corporation created under this subdivision shall comply with every law that applies to the participating political subdivisions and shall possess no greater authority or power than that held by the joint powers entity itself.
History:
2000 c 455 art 1 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions › Chapter 465 — Rights, Powers And Duties; Municipalities › Section 465.72 — Severance Pay.

465.72 SEVERANCE PAY.
Subdivision 1.
Payment; limits.
Except as may otherwise be provided in Laws 1959, chapter 690, as amended, a county, city, township, school district or other governmental subdivision may pay severance pay to its employees and adopt rules for the payment of severance pay to an employee who leaves employment. Severance pay does not include compensation for accumulated sick leave or other payments in the form of periodic contributions by an employer toward premiums for group insurance policies for a former employee. The severance pay must be excluded from retirement deductions and from any calculations in retirement benefits. Severance pay must be paid in a manner mutually agreeable to the employee and employer over a period not to exceed five years from retirement or termination of employment. If a retired or terminated employee dies before all or a portion of the severance pay has been disbursed, that balance due must be paid to a named beneficiary or, lacking one, to the deceased's estate. Severance pay provided for an employee leaving employment may not exceed an amount equivalent to one year of pay.
Subd. 2.
[Repealed, 1988 c 605 s 14]
History:
1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1973 c 298 s 1; 1979 c 334 art 6 s 24; 1980 c 614 s 151; 1Sp1981 c 4 art 2 s 37; 1986 c 455 s 91; 1988 c 605 s 10
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions › Chapter 465 — Rights, Powers And Duties; Municipalities › Section 465.721 — Funding.

465.721 FUNDING.
No county, city, township, or other governmental subdivision shall implement a plan for payment of severance pay pursuant to section 465.72 until a plan providing for full funding has been developed and approved by the governing body. This section does not apply to school districts.
History:
1980 c 600 s 9; 1984 c 463 art 7 s 21
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions › Chapter 465 — Rights, Powers And Duties; Municipalities › Section 465.73 — Loan From, Secured By U.s. Agriculture Department Agency.

465.73 LOAN FROM, SECURED BY U.S. AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT AGENCY.
For purposes of constructing, repairing, or acquiring city halls, town halls, fire halls or fire or rescue equipment, or libraries or child care facilities if otherwise authorized by law, a city, county, or town may borrow not to exceed $450,000 from (i) funds granted to a rural electric cooperative organized under chapter 308A by the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Business-Cooperative Service or (ii) directly from or in the form of funds guaranteed by the Rural Housing Service or other agency of the United States Department of Agriculture by a note secured by a mortgage or other security agreement on the property purchased with the borrowed funds. The city, county, or town may pledge its full faith and credit and assign or pledge the revenues, if any, from the facilities or equipment so financed together with any other properly available funds to secure the loan. The obligation of the note is not to be included when computing the net debt of the city, county, or town, nor is the approval of the voters required for the issuance of the note.
History:
1976 c 140 s 1; 1977 c 210 s 1; 1978 c 476 s 1; 1Sp1989 c 1 art 5 s 34; 1991 c 120 s 1; 1995 c 256 s 6; 2002 c 390 s 5
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions › Chapter 465 — Rights, Powers And Duties; Municipalities › Section 465.76 — May Pay For Officer Or Employee's Criminal Defense.

465.76 MAY PAY FOR OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE'S CRIMINAL DEFENSE.
Subdivision 1.
If lawfully doing duty.
If reimbursement is requested by the officer or employee, the governing body of a home rule charter or statutory city, a town or a county may, after consultation with its legal counsel, reimburse the city, town or county officer or employee for any costs and reasonable attorney's fees incurred by the person to defend charges of a criminal nature brought against the person that arose out of the reasonable and lawful performance of duties for the city, town or county.
Subd. 2.
When judge must approve.
If less than a quorum of the governing body is disinterested, the reimbursement under subdivision 1 shall be approved by a judge of the district court.
History:
1984 c 650 s 1; 1999 c 30 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions › Chapter 465 — Rights, Powers And Duties; Municipalities › Section 465.77 — May Regulate Drilling Of Mined Underground Space.

465.77 MAY REGULATE DRILLING OF MINED UNDERGROUND SPACE.
A home rule charter city or statutory city may regulate drilling for the purposes and in the manner provided in section 469.141.
History:
1985 c 194 s 25; 1987 c 291 s 225
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions › Chapter 465 — Rights, Powers And Duties; Municipalities › Section 465.78 — Participate In Economic Development Secondary Market.

465.78 PARTICIPATE IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SECONDARY MARKET.
(a) A municipality may sell at private or public sale, at the price or prices determined by the municipality, any note, mortgage, lease, sublease, lease purchase, or other instrument or obligation evidencing or securing a loan made for the purpose of economic development, job creation, redevelopment, or community revitalization to a business, for-profit or nonprofit organization, or an individual.
(b) Sales under this section must be made through arrangements whereby the ultimate sale of the instrument is to be made as part of a pool of instruments on behalf of one or more other municipalities, port authorities, housing and redevelopment authorities, or rural development finance authorities (other than a port authority or housing and redevelopment authority located wholly or partly within the municipality). The restrictions of the previous sentence do not apply if the sale is a public sale or if the proposed sale is submitted to and approved by the commissioner of commerce. The commissioner shall review the proposed sale to determine if the agreed-upon price adequately compensates the municipality, given the maturity, risk, and yield of the instrument. If a proposed sale is submitted to the commissioner of commerce and the sale is not disapproved in writing by the commissioner within 30 days, the sale is deemed approved. The restrictions contained in this paragraph apply to sales made under sections 469.059, subdivision 17; 469.101, subdivision 22; and 469.146, subdivision 3.
(c) This section does not apply to an obligation to make payments to the municipality, if the underlying obligation arose out of a transaction in which the proceeds of the loan were financed by revenues derived from tax increments from a tax increment financing district that includes property owned by the borrower. For the purpose of this section, a "municipality" is any home rule charter city, statutory city, county, or town.
History:
1989 c 317 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions › Chapter 465 — Rights, Powers And Duties; Municipalities › Section 465.79 — Establishment Of Boundary Commission.

465.79 ESTABLISHMENT OF BOUNDARY COMMISSION.
Subdivision 1.
City council, town or county board.
By resolution, the city council of a statutory or home rule charter city, town board, or county board may create a boundary commission. Members of the commission shall be residents of the county or counties in which the city or town is located who are familiar with real property.
Subd. 2.
Duties of boundary commission.
Upon initiation by resolution of the governing body or upon petition of an adjoining or affected property owner, the boundary commission shall review property descriptions of the disputed areas in the respective jurisdiction. Upon mailed notice to all known parties in interest, the commission shall attempt to establish agreements between adjoining landowners as to the location of common boundaries as delineated by a certified land survey. If agreement cannot be reached, the commission shall make a recommendation as to the location of the common boundaries within the disputed area. The commission shall prepare a plan designating all agreed and recommended boundary lines and report to the city council, town board, or county board.
Subd. 3.
Hearing.
Upon receipt of the plan and a report from the commission, the city council, town board, or county board shall hold a public hearing. The council, town board, or county board shall give mailed notice to all known parties in interest and published notice 20 days prior to the hearing. The council, town board, or county board shall hear all interested parties and may make adjustments to the proposed plan that it deems just and necessary.
Subd. 4.
Judicial review.
Following the public hearing, the council or board may petition the district court for judicial approval of the proposed plan. If any affected parcel is land registered under chapter 508, the petition must be referred to the examiner of titles for a report. The council or board shall provide sufficient information to identify all parties in interest and shall give notice to parties in interest as the court may order. The court shall determine the location of any contested, disputed, or unagreed boundary and shall determine adverse claims to each parcel as provided in chapter 559. After hearing and determining all disputes, the court shall issue its judgment in the form of a plat complying with chapter 505 and an order designating the owners and encumbrancers of each lot. Real property taxes need not be paid or current as a condition of filing the plat, notwithstanding the requirements of section 505.04.
Subd. 5.
Special assessments.
The city or board may assess part or all of the cost incurred by it against the benefited properties on a per parcel basis as provided in chapter 429.
History:
1990 c 386 s 1; 1992 c 493 s 9,10; 1997 c 78 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions › Chapter 465 — Rights, Powers And Duties; Municipalities › Section 465.81 — Cooperation And Combination.

465.81 COOPERATION AND COMBINATION.
Subdivision 1.
Scope.
Sections 465.81 to 465.86 establish procedures to be used by counties, cities, or towns that adopt by resolution an agreement providing a plan to provide combined services during an initial cooperation period that may not exceed two years and then:
(1) to merge into a single unit of government over the succeeding two-year period; or
(2) to agree to apportion the entire area of at least one local government unit between or among two or more local government units contiguous to the unit to be apportioned, resulting in the elimination of at least one local government unit over the succeeding two years.
Subd. 2.
Definitions.
As used in sections 465.81 to 465.86, the words defined in this subdivision have the meanings given them in this subdivision.
"City" means home rule charter or statutory cities.
"Governing body" means, in the case of a county, the county board; in the case of a city, the city council; and, in the case of a town, the town board.
"Local government unit" or "unit" includes counties, cities, and towns.
Subd. 3.
Combination requirements.
Counties may combine with one or more other counties. Cities may combine with one or more other cities or with one or more towns. Towns may combine with one or more other towns or with one or more cities. Units that combine must be contiguous. A county, through the adoption of a resolution by all county boards that are affected by the combination, may apportion its territory between or among two or more counties contiguous to the county that is to be apportioned. A city, through the adoption of a resolution by all city councils that are affected by the combination, may apportion its territory between or among two or more cities contiguous to the city that is to be apportioned. A township, through the adoption of a resolution by all town boards or city councils that are affected by the combination, may apportion its territory between or among two or more townships or cities contiguous to the township that is to be apportioned.
History:
1991 c 291 art 14 s 2; 1993 c 375 art 15 s 10; 1995 c 264 art 8 s 7; 1997 c 231 art 2 s 34,35; 2003 c 2 art 6 s 1,2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions › Chapter 465 — Rights, Powers And Duties; Municipalities › Section 465.84 — Referendum.

465.84 REFERENDUM.
During the first or second year of cooperation, a referendum on the question of combination must be conducted. The referendum must be on a date called by the governing bodies of the units that propose to combine. The referendum must be conducted according to the Minnesota Election Law, as defined in section 200.01. If the referendum fails, the same question or a modified question may be submitted the following year. If the referendum fails again, the same question may not be submitted. Referendums shall be conducted on the same date in all local government units.
History:
1991 c 291 art 14 s 5; 1995 c 264 art 8 s 9; 2003 c 2 art 6 s 5
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions › Chapter 465 — Rights, Powers And Duties; Municipalities › Section 465.85 — County Auditor To Prepare Plat.

465.85 COUNTY AUDITOR TO PREPARE PLAT.
Upon the request of two or more local government units that have adopted a resolution to cooperate and combine, the county auditor shall prepare a plat. If the proposed combined local government unit is located in more than one county, the request must be submitted to the county auditor of the county that has the greatest land area in the proposed district. The plat must show:
(1) the boundaries of each of the present units;
(2) the boundaries of the proposed unit;
(3) the boundaries of proposed election districts, if requested; and
(4) other information deemed pertinent by the governing bodies or the county auditor.
History:
1991 c 291 art 14 s 6; 1995 c 264 art 8 s 10
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions › Chapter 465 — Rights, Powers And Duties; Municipalities › Section 465.86 — Bonded Debt At The Time Of Combination.

465.86 BONDED DEBT AT THE TIME OF COMBINATION.
Debt service for bonds outstanding at the time of the combination may be levied by the combined governing body consistent with the plan adopted according to section 465.82, and any subsequent modifications, subject to section 475.61. The primary obligation to pay the bonded indebtedness outstanding on the effective date of combination remains with the local government unit that issued the bonds, but a combined unit may make debt service payments on behalf of a preexisting unit.
History:
1991 c 291 art 14 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions › Chapter 465 — Rights, Powers And Duties; Municipalities › Section 465.90 — Municipal Authority To Permit Solicitation By Firefighters.

465.90 MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY TO PERMIT SOLICITATION BY FIREFIGHTERS.
Notwithstanding any law or ordinance to the contrary, a municipality may by resolution permit full-time permanent firefighters employed by the municipality while on duty, or volunteer firefighters serving the municipality while not on duty, to solicit charitable contributions from motorists if the following conditions are met:
(1) the solicitation is for only one charitable organization annually, and that charitable organization is qualified under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and is registered as a charity under state law;
(2) the solicitation does not occur for more than three days, whether or not consecutively, in any calendar year; and
(3) the charitable organization provides to the municipality proof of commercial general liability insurance against claims for bodily injury and property damage if the injury or damage occurs (i) on public streets, roads, or rights-of-way, or (ii) as a result of the solicitor's activities. The insurance must have a limit of no less than $1,500,000 per occurrence and an endorsement to the policy naming the municipality as an additional insured.
History:
2010 c 227 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions › Chapter 466 — Tort Liability, Political Subdivisions › Section 466.01 — Definitions.

466.01 DEFINITIONS.
Subdivision 1.
Municipality.
For the purposes of sections 466.01 to 466.15, "municipality" means any city, whether organized under home rule charter or otherwise, any county, town, public authority, public corporation, nonprofit firefighting corporation that has associated with it a relief association as defined in section 424A.001, subdivision 4, special district, school district, however organized, county agricultural society organized pursuant to chapter 38, joint powers board or organization created under section 471.59 or other statute, public library, regional public library system, multicounty multitype library system, the following local collaboratives whose plans have been approved by the Children's Cabinet: family services collaboratives established under section 124D.23, children's mental health collaboratives established under sections 245.491 to 245.495, or a collaborative established by the merger of a children's mental health collaborative and a family services collaborative, other political subdivision, community action agency, or a limited partnership in which a community action agency is the sole general partner.
Subd. 2.
Governing body of a town, school district.
For the purposes of sections 466.01 to 466.15, the "governing body of a town" means the board of supervisors thereof; "school district" includes an unorganized territory as defined in Minnesota Statutes 1961, section 120.02, subdivision 17.
Subd. 3.
Release, hazardous substance.
For the purposes of sections 466.01 to 466.15, "release" and "hazardous substance" have the meanings given in section 115B.02.
Subd. 4.
[Repealed, 1997 c 7 art 1 s 140]
Subd. 5.
[Repealed, 1997 c 7 art 1 s 140]
Subd. 6.
Employee, officer, or agent.
For the purposes of sections 466.01 to 466.15, "employee," "officer," or "agent" means a present or former employee, officer, or agent of a municipality, or other person acting on behalf of the municipality in an official capacity, temporarily or permanently, with or without compensation, but does not include an independent contractor other than a nonprofit firefighting corporation that has associated with it a relief association as defined in section 424A.001, subdivision 4. "Employee" includes court administrators who are not under section 480.181, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), and their staff under chapter 485, district administration staff in the Second and Fourth Judicial Districts, and other employees within the court system whose salaries are paid by the county, other than employees who remain on the county payroll under section 480.181, subdivision 2.
History:
1963 c 798 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1978 c 659 s 3; 1983 c 121 s 27; 1983 c 280 s 2; 1986 c 395 s 12,13; 1986 c 455 s 64; 1988 c 708 s 7; 1989 c 335 art 3 s 12; 1994 c 632 art 4 s 75; 1996 c 412 art 3 s 34; 1996 c 448 art 6 s 1,2; 1997 c 203 art 5 s 23; 1998 c 397 art 11 s 3; 1999 c 205 art 1 s 59; 1999 c 216 art 7 s 25; 1Sp2003 c 14 art 11 s 11; 2004 c 193 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions › Chapter 466 — Tort Liability, Political Subdivisions › Section 466.02 — Tort Liability.

466.02 TORT LIABILITY.
Subject to the limitations of sections 466.01 to 466.15, every municipality is subject to liability for its torts and those of its officers, employees and agents acting within the scope of their employment or duties whether arising out of a governmental or proprietary function.
History:
1963 c 798 s 2; 1976 c 2 s 142