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2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities › Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties › Section 471.653 — Distribution Of Certain Federal Payments.

471.653 DISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN FEDERAL PAYMENTS.
Federal payment in lieu of taxes on entitlement lands made pursuant to United States Code, title 31, sections 6901 to 6906 must be transferred by a county to the home rule or statutory city or town where the entitlement land is located if the county board determines that the statutory or home rule city or town is the principal provider of one or more governmental services affecting the use of entitlement lands and if the total annual federal payment to the county is $5,000 or more. The county board shall make its determination based on factors which must include: (1) whether the city or town has at least 60 acres of land within the entitlement lands; (2) whether city or town roads are the primary access to the entitlement lands; and (3) whether the city or town provides one or more specific services to the entitlement lands such as fire protection, police protection, search and rescue services, or land use planning and official controls.
The distribution of federal payment in lieu funds shall be made by the county board to a qualifying city or town in the proportion that the acreage of entitlement land located in each bears to the total acreage of entitlement land in the county. If more than 25 percent of entitlement acreage in a county is located in qualifying cities or towns, there shall be a pro rata reduction in each qualifying city or town's share, so that only 30 percent of the total county payment is distributed.
History:
1985 c 204 s 3; 1997 c 39 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities › Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties › Section 471.655 — Municipality's Economic Opportunity Program Powers.

471.655 MUNICIPALITY'S ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM POWERS.
With respect to programs funded in whole or in part under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, Public Law 88-452, as amended, any city, county, town, or other municipality, any school district, any special purpose district, or any other public body of this state shall have power to:
(1) plan, prepare for, and apply for any grant for which it may be eligible under the act, and to receive and expend the same in accordance with its terms;
(2) cooperate with any other unit of government or private agency, in connection with any grant received by such other unit or agency under the act, and to receive and expend funds under any subcontract with such other unit or agency in accordance with its terms;
(3) expend such public moneys and gifts as may be or become available to it, to the extent necessary to provide matching funds or services in connection with such grant or subcontract.
History:
1967 c 374 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities › Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties › Section 471.656 — Limits On Bond Issuance For Extraterritorial Projects.

471.656 LIMITS ON BOND ISSUANCE FOR EXTRATERRITORIAL PROJECTS.
Subdivision 1.
General rule.
Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, neither a municipality nor an authority may issue obligations to finance the acquisition or improvement of real property located outside of the corporate boundaries of the issuer.
Subd. 2.
Exemptions.
Subdivision 1 does not apply if:
(1) the issuing governmental unit is the owner of the property to be financed; or
(2) for property or two or more properties constituting a single project located in a city, the governing body of the city consents, by resolution, to issuance of the obligations; or
(3) for property or two or more properties constituting a single project located outside of a city or in two or more cities or towns, the governing body of the county in which the property is located consents, by resolution, to issuance of the obligations; or
(4) the obligations are issued under a joint powers agreement, whether issued by a joint powers board or by one or more of the parties to the joint powers agreement, and the property is located entirely within the boundaries of one or more of the parties to the joint powers agreement; or
(5) the issuer is a municipality or municipalities acting under a joint powers agreement and the financing is for the acquisition or improvement of property, facilities, or rights of use or access thereto which are necessary or useful in the operation of municipal public utilities; or
(6) the issuer is a municipal power agency established under chapter 453 or a municipal gas agency established under chapter 453A.
Subd. 3.
Definitions.
(a) The definitions in section 475.51 apply to this section and the following terms have the meanings given in this subdivision.
(b) "Authority" means, whether created under general or special law:
(1) a housing and redevelopment authority;
(2) an economic development authority;
(3) a port authority;
(4) a rural development financing authority; or
(5) other similar local government entities that are authorized by law to issue obligations.
(c) "Municipal public utilities" means the provision by a municipality of electricity, natural gas, water, wastewater removal and treatment, telecommunications, district heating, or cable television and related services.
(d) "Owner of the property" means the entity or entities that are the fee or equitable owners and that are economically at risk with regard to the property.
(e) "Real property" includes an easement and improvements made to a leasehold of real property.
History:
2002 c 390 s 14
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities › Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties › Section 471.66 — Vacations.

471.66 VACATIONS.
Subdivision 1.
With or without pay.
The governing body of each city and town in the state of Minnesota, however organized, may by resolution or ordinance provide for the granting of vacations, with or without pay, to all its regularly employed employees or officers, upon such terms and under such conditions as said governing body may determine, and subject to such requirements as to length of service with such municipality as said governing body may require.
Subd. 2.
No retroactivity.
Nothing in subdivision 1 shall be construed as retroactive in its purpose or intent so as to give the governing body of any such city or town the right to grant vacations based on service of its employees or officers rendered prior to the enactment of such ordinance or resolution.
Subd. 3.
Elected officials.
No elected official of a statutory or home rule charter city, county, town, school district, metropolitan or regional agency, or other political subdivision of this state, may receive monetary compensation for unused vacation or sick leave accruals. Nothing in this subdivision shall restrict an elected official from taking vacation or sick leave time that may be provided for by resolution or ordinance of the governing body of a statutory or home rule charter city, county, town, school district, metropolitan or regional agency, or other political subdivision of this state.
History:
1945 c 504 s 1,2; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1992 c 592 s 10
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities › Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties › Section 471.661 — Out-of-state Travel.

471.661 OUT-OF-STATE TRAVEL.
The governing body of each statutory or home rule charter city, county, school district, regional agency, or other political subdivision, except a town, must have on record a policy that controls travel outside the state of Minnesota for the applicable elected officials of the relevant unit of government. The policy must be approved by a recorded vote and specify:
(1) when travel outside the state is appropriate;
(2) applicable expense limits; and
(3) procedures for approval of the travel.
The policy must be made available for public inspection upon request. Subsequent changes to the policy must be approved by a recorded vote.
History:
2005 c 156 art 2 s 38; 2009 c 152 s 21
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities › Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties › Section 471.665 — Mileage Allowances.

471.665 MILEAGE ALLOWANCES.
Subdivision 1.
Governing body sets.
The maximum amount which shall be paid by any county, home rule charter or statutory city, town, or school district, to any officer or employee as compensation or reimbursement for the use by the officer or employee of the officer's or employee's own automobile in the performance of duties shall be set by the town board or other governing body of the unit in an amount to be determined by the governing body.
Subd. 2.
Base allowance, St. Paul, Hennepin County.
Except as provided in subdivision 3, the governing body of the city of St. Paul may determine to pay, and in counties having more than 550,000 inhabitants, the county board may determine that the county shall pay a base allowance of $1.50 per day for each day the employee or officer's automobile is officially used. This base allowance shall not be paid for more than 20 days in each month. The minimum base allowance shall be $20 per month for each employee or officer required to have a personal automobile available for official public business and using that automobile for such business periodically throughout the month. If a base allowance is paid it shall be in addition to a mileage allowance which shall not exceed 7-1/2 cents a mile for the first 500 miles in any one month and five cents a mile thereafter.
Subd. 3.
Monthly or periodic allowance.
In lieu of the mileage allowance provided in subdivision 1, the governing body or town board of any city, county, town, or school district may pay any officer or employee thereof as compensation or reimbursement for the use by the officer or employee of a personal automobile in the performance of official duties a monthly or periodic allowance; but no allowance in lieu of mileage shall be paid to the members of the governing body or town board except as otherwise provided by special law or home rule charter.
History:
(254-47, 254-48) 1931 c 331 s 1,2; 1933 c 13 s 1; 1935 c 225 s 1; 1949 c 681 s 1; 1951 c 641 s 1; 1953 c 159 s 1; 1955 c 796 s 1; 1957 c 904 s 1; 1965 c 510 s 1; 1967 c 851 s 1; Ex1971 c 3 s 76 subds 1,4; Ex1971 c 48 s 22; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1973 c 661 s 1,2; 1975 c 431 s 20; 1978 c 743 s 10; 1979 c 329 s 2; 1980 c 607 art 19 s 11,12; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities › Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties › Section 471.666 — Personal Use Of Publicly Owned Automobiles Prohibited.

471.666 PERSONAL USE OF PUBLICLY OWNED AUTOMOBILES PROHIBITED.
Subdivision 1.
Definitions.
For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply:
(a) "Local government vehicle" means a vehicle owned or leased by a political subdivision of the state of Minnesota or loaned to a political subdivision.
(b) "Political subdivision" means a statutory or home rule charter city, county, town, school district, metropolitan or regional agency, or other special purpose district of this state.
(c) "Local government employee" or "employee" means an individual who is appointed or employed by a political subdivision, including all elected officials of political subdivisions.
Subd. 2.
Restricted uses.
A local government vehicle may be used only for authorized local government business, including personal use that is clearly incidental to the use of the vehicle for local government business. A local government vehicle may not be used for transportation to or from the residence of a local government employee, except as provided in subdivision 3.
Subd. 3.
Permitted uses.
A local government vehicle may be used by a local government employee to travel to or from the employee's residence:
(1) in connection with work-related activities during hours when the employee is not working;
(2) if the employee has been assigned the use of a local government vehicle for authorized local government business on an extended basis, and the employee's primary place of work is not the local government work station to which the employee is permanently assigned; or
(3) if the employee has been assigned the use of a local government vehicle for authorized local government business away from the work station to which the employee is permanently assigned, and the number of miles traveled, or the time needed to conduct the business, will be minimized if the employee uses a local government vehicle to travel to the employee's residence before or after traveling to the place of local government business.
Subd. 4.
Exceptions.
This section does not apply to public safety vehicles that are owned or leased by a political subdivision.
History:
1993 c 315 s 16
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities › Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties › Section 471.67 — Agreement Between Commissioner Of Dnr And Municipality.

471.67 AGREEMENT BETWEEN COMMISSIONER OF DNR AND MUNICIPALITY.
Subdivision 1.
Terms and conditions.
The commissioner of natural resources and any city, however organized, by its governing body or duly authorized park board or park commission, may make an agreement under such terms and conditions as they deem advisable for the management, maintenance and improvement by such municipality of any lands lying wholly within its boundaries which were acquired by the state for park purposes by gift, purchase or condemnation not inconsistent with the terms and conditions or restrictions under which such lands were acquired.
Subd. 2.
Municipality to maintain.
Such municipality may appropriate and expend moneys from its general revenue or other fund available for the purposes authorized by this section.
History:
1947 c 555 s 1,2; 1969 c 1129 art 10 s 2; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities › Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties › Section 471.68 — Distribution Of Publications By Any County Or City.

471.68 DISTRIBUTION OF PUBLICATIONS BY ANY COUNTY OR CITY.
Subdivision 1.
Annual or biennial reports.
When any county or city, or any department, agency, or official thereof issues for public distribution an annual or biennial report, copies thereof shall upon request be delivered immediately as follows:
One copy to each public library serving such local area of government for which said report is made; provided that in counties containing no county library, such report shall be delivered to the public library serving the most populous city in the county;
One copy to the Minnesota Historical Society;
One copy to the general library of the University of Minnesota.
Additional copies may be delivered upon request.
Subd. 2.
Appearing in newspaper.
The publications enumerated in subdivision 1 shall not include publications appearing in newspapers.
Subd. 3.
[Repealed, 2005 c 156 art 2 s 52]
History:
1949 c 438 s 1,2; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1992 c 592 s 11
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities › Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties › Section 471.685 — Limit On Postsecondary Institution Fees.

471.685 LIMIT ON POSTSECONDARY INSTITUTION FEES.
A statutory or home rule charter city, county, or town may not impose a fee, assessment, or similar charge:
(1) on a person, based on the person's status as a student enrolled in a postsecondary educational institution; or
(2) on a postsecondary educational institution, based on the number of students attending the postsecondary institution.
History:
2006 c 185 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities › Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties › Section 471.69 — Limitation Of Tax Levies; Statement.

471.69 LIMITATION OF TAX LEVIES; STATEMENT.
No school district, county, statutory city, or town shall contract any debt or issue any warrant or order in any calendar year in anticipation of the collection of taxes levied or to be levied for that year in excess of the average amount actually received in tax collections on the levy for the three previous calendar years plus ten percent thereof, and an average of other income excluding gifts received by the school district for the past three years. This section shall not apply to any school district, county, statutory city, or town, wherein the mineral net tax capacity, exceeds 25 percent of the net tax capacity of real property in such taxing district. This section shall not apply to any school district in a city of the first class which constitutes one single school district.
As soon as practicable after the beginning of each calendar year, the clerk or other recording officer of any municipality described in this section shall present to the governing body of the municipality a statement of tax collections and other income excluding gifts credited to each fund of the municipality during each of the three previous fiscal years and the yearly average thereof. The auditor of the county shall be required to furnish information as appears in the office records to the clerk upon request.
History:
(1938-21, 1938-22) 1931 c 159 s 1,2; 1937 c 180 s 1; 1949 c 457 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1976 c 44 s 69; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 719 art 5 s 84; 1989 c 329 art 13 s 20
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities › Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties › Section 471.695 — City Defined For Sections 471.695 To 471.699.

471.695 CITY DEFINED FOR SECTIONS 471.695 TO 471.699.
For the purposes of sections 471.695 to 471.699, "city" means a statutory city or home rule charter city.
History:
1978 c 787 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities › Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties › Section 471.696 — Fiscal Year; Designation.

471.696 FISCAL YEAR; DESIGNATION.
Beginning in 1979, the fiscal year of a city and all of its funds shall be the calendar year, except that a city may, by resolution, provide that the fiscal year for city-owned nursing homes be the reporting year designated by the commissioner of human services. Beginning in 1994, the fiscal year of a town and all of its funds shall be the calendar year.
History:
1978 c 787 s 2; 1984 c 528 s 7; 1984 c 654 art 5 s 58; 1992 c 592 s 12; 1Sp2003 c 1 art 2 s 111
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities › Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties › Section 471.6965 — Publication Of Summary Budget Statement.

471.6965 PUBLICATION OF SUMMARY BUDGET STATEMENT.
Annually, upon adoption of the city budget, the city council shall publish a summary budget statement in either of the following:
(1) the official newspaper of the city, or if there is none, in a qualified newspaper of general circulation in the city; or
(2) a city newsletter or other city mailing sent to all households in the city.
If the summary budget statement is published in a city newsletter, it must be the lead story. If the summary budget statement is published through a city newsletter or other city mailing, a copy of the newsletter or mailing shall be sent on request to any nonresident. If the summary budget statement is published by a mailing to households other than a newsletter, the color of the paper on which the summary budget statement is printed must be distinctively different than the paper containing other printed material included in the mailing.
If the budget statement is mailed to households, the city may also include a notice notifying taxpayers when the city will begin its budget process for the current year and encouraging taxpayers to attend the hearings. A telephone number where taxpayers can check on the dates and times of those future hearings should be included.
The statement shall contain information relating to anticipated revenues and expenditures, in a form prescribed by the state auditor. The form prescribed shall be designed so that comparisons can be made between the current year and the budget year. A note shall be included that the complete budget is available for public inspection at a designated location within the city.
History:
1984 c 543 s 63; 1995 c 134 s 2; 1996 c 471 art 3 s 40
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities › Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties › Section 471.698 — Finance Report, File, Publish Or Post; Cities Under 2,500.

471.698 FINANCE REPORT, FILE, PUBLISH OR POST; CITIES UNDER 2,500.
Subdivision 1.
All operations except some hospitals, nursing homes.
In any city with a population of less than 2,500 according to the latest federal census, the city clerk or chief financial officer shall:
(a) prepare a detailed statement of the financial affairs of the city including operations of municipal hospitals and nursing homes, liquor stores, and public utility commissions in the style and form prescribed by the state auditor, for the preceding fiscal year showing all money received, with the sources, and respective amounts thereof; all disbursements for which orders have been drawn upon the treasurer; the amount of outstanding and unpaid orders; all accounts payable; all indebtedness; contingent liabilities; all accounts receivable; the amount of money remaining in the treasury; and all items necessary to show accurately the revenues and expenditures and financial position of the city;
(b) file the statement in the clerk's or financial officer's office for the public inspection and present it to the city council within 45 days after the close of the fiscal year;
(c)(1) publish the statement, or a summary of the statement in a form as prescribed by the state auditor, within 90 days after the close of the fiscal year in a qualified newspaper of general circulation in the city; or
(2) if there is no qualified newspaper of general circulation in the city, the clerk shall, at the direction of the city council, post copies in three of the most public places in the city. It is not necessary to publish individual disbursements of less than $500, if disbursements aggregating $1,000 or more to any person, firm, or other entity are set forth in a schedule of major disbursements showing amounts paid out, to whom, and for what purpose, and are made a part of and published with the financial statement; and
(d) submit within 90 days after the close of the fiscal year a copy of the statement to the state auditor in such summary form as the state auditor may prescribe.
A municipal hospital or nursing home established before June 6, 1979, whose fiscal year is not a calendar year on August 1, 1980, is not subject to this subdivision but shall submit to the state auditor a detailed statement of its financial affairs audited by a certified public accountant, a public accountant or the state auditor no later than 120 days after the close of its fiscal year. It may also submit a summary financial report for the calendar year.
Subd. 2.
May comply with section 471.697.
Any city described in subdivision 1 may comply with the provisions of section 471.697, in which case the provisions of subdivision 1 shall not apply to the city.
History:
1978 c 787 s 4; 1979 c 330 s 5; 1980 c 487 s 19; 1980 c 502 s 2; 1984 c 543 s 65; 1986 c 444; 2004 c 182 s 31; 2022 c 61 s 10
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities › Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties › Section 471.6985 — Municipal Liquor Store.

471.6985 MUNICIPAL LIQUOR STORE.
Subdivision 1.
Publish balance sheet, operations.
Any city operating a municipal liquor store shall publish a balance sheet using generally accepted accounting procedures and a statement of operations of the liquor store within 90 days after the close of the fiscal year in the official newspaper of the city. The statement shall be headlined, in a type size no smaller than 18-point: "Analysis of ......(city)...... municipal liquor store operations for ......(year)...." and shall be written in clear and easily understandable language. It shall contain the following information: total sales, cost of sales, gross profit, profit as percent of sales, operating expenses, operating income, contributions to and from other funds, capital outlay, interest paid and debt retired. The form and style of the statement shall be prescribed by the state auditor. Nonoperating expenses may not be extracted on the reporting form prior to determination of net profits for reporting purposes only. Administrative expenses charged to the liquor store by the city must be actual operating expenses and not used for any other public purpose prior to the determination of net profits. The publication requirements of this section shall be in addition to any publication or posting requirements for financial reports contained in sections 471.697 and 471.698. The statement may at the option of the city council be incorporated into the reports published pursuant to sections 471.697 and 471.698, in accordance with a form and style prescribed by the state auditor.
Subd. 2.
If $350,000 sales, audited statement.
Any city operating a municipal liquor store with total annual sales in excess of $350,000 shall submit to the state auditor audited financial statements for the liquor store that have been attested to by a certified public accountant or the state auditor within 180 days after the close of the fiscal year, except that the state auditor may extend the deadline upon request of a city and a showing of inability to conform. The state auditor may accept this report in lieu of the report required by subdivision 1.
History:
1981 c 331 s 3; 1984 c 543 s 66; 1992 c 592 s 14; 2010 c 191 s 11
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities › Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties › Section 471.699 — Enforcement Of Reporting Requirements.

471.699 ENFORCEMENT OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
Failure of a city to timely file a statement or report under section 471.697 or 471.698 shall, in addition to any other penalties provided by law, authorize the state auditor to send full-time personnel to the city or to contract with private persons, firms, or corporations pursuant to section 6.581, in order to complete and file the financial statement or report. The expenses related to the completion and filing of the financial statement or report shall be charged to the city. Upon failure by the city to pay the charge within 30 days of billing, the state auditor shall so certify to the commissioner of management and budget who shall forward the amount certified to the general fund and deduct the amount from any state funds due to the city under any shared taxes or aids. The state auditor's annual report on cities shall include a listing of all cities failing to file a statement or report.
History:
1978 c 787 s 5; 1989 c 335 art 4 s 89; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109; 2013 c 142 art 3 s 33
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities › Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties › Section 471.6995 — Extended Time To File Financial Report; Disaster Areas.

471.6995 EXTENDED TIME TO FILE FINANCIAL REPORT; DISASTER AREAS.
The time limit by which financial reports are required to be filed under section 471.697 or 471.698, is extended by 90 days for any city or town located in whole or in part within a presidentially declared disaster area, if the time period for which the area is so designated includes at least one of the 30 days immediately preceding the time limit.
History:
1Sp2001 c 5 art 20 s 17
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities › Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties › Section 471.70 — Annual Report Of Outstanding Obligations.

471.70 ANNUAL REPORT OF OUTSTANDING OBLIGATIONS.
For the purposes of this section "municipality" means a city, however organized; a school district, however organized; a town; or any other body corporate and politic created under Minnesota law.
An "obligation" as used in this section means an obligation as defined in chapter 475.
On or before February first each year, it shall be the duty of the principal accounting officer of each municipality to report to the auditor of each county in which such municipality is situate, the total amount of outstanding obligations, and the purpose for which issued as of December 31 of the preceding year. Such report shall be kept by the auditor of each county in a suitable record. On March first each year, it shall be the duty of the auditor of each county to make report to the state auditor of such obligations as reported to the county auditor by the principal accounting officer of the municipality, together with the amount and character of all outstanding obligations issued by the county.
History:
(1938-14, 1938-15) 1927 c 163 s 1,2; 1945 c 187 s 1; 1967 c 48 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1973 c 492 s 7; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities › Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties › Section 471.701 — Salary Data.

471.701 SALARY DATA.
A city or county with a population of more than 15,000 must annually notify its residents of the positions and base salaries of its three highest-paid employees. This notice may be provided on the home page of the primary website maintained by the political subdivision for a period of not less than 90 consecutive days, in a publication of the political subdivision that is distributed to all residents in the political subdivision, or as part of the annual notice of proposed property taxes prepared under section 275.065.
History:
2005 c 156 art 2 s 39
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities › Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties › Section 471.707 — Vending Machine License Fees; Notice.

471.707 VENDING MACHINE LICENSE FEES; NOTICE.
A home rule charter or statutory city or a town may increase the fee for a license to own or operate a vending machine or to dispense goods or services therefrom only after notice and hearing on the matter. Mailed notice of the proposed change shall be sent to the persons already licensed at least 30 days before the hearing. This section supersedes any inconsistent provision of other law or charter.
History:
1984 c 393 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities › Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties › Section 471.709 — Massage Therapist License; Permit.

471.709 MASSAGE THERAPIST LICENSE; PERMIT.
Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a municipality shall not require a massage therapist to obtain a license or permit when the therapist is hired or employed by, and exclusively provides treatment on the premises of, a medical professional licensed under chapter 147 or 148 or a dental professional licensed under chapter 150A. A massage therapist is not limited to providing treatment to patients of the medical or dental professional.
History:
2009 c 142 art 2 s 42; 2012 c 216 art 16 s 26
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities › Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties › Section 471.71 — Definitions.

471.71 DEFINITIONS.
Subdivision 1.
Terms.
For the purposes of sections 471.71 to 471.83 the terms defined in this section shall have the meanings ascribed to them unless the context otherwise requires.
Subd. 2.
Municipality.
"Municipality" includes cities, towns, and school districts.
Subd. 3.
City, town, school district.
"City," "town," or "school district" include only those of the class made subject to sections 471.71 to 471.83 by sections 471.72 and 471.73.
Subd. 4.
Unfunded indebtedness.
"Unfunded indebtedness" includes all general obligations and indebtedness except bonds and except indebtedness which is payable from special assessments against benefited property.
Subd. 5.
Year.
"Year" means calendar year, except that it means "fiscal year" in the case of any school district or city as to which both of the following conditions exist:
(1) in the case of a city, the charter or law under which it is organized provides for a fiscal year differing from the calendar year; in the case of a school district, the books of account are kept on the basis of a fiscal year differing from the calendar year;
(2) the governing body of such city or school district shall have adopted a resolution determining that its operation under sections 471.71 to 471.83 shall be on the basis of such fiscal year and giving the date of the beginning of that year.
History:
1943 c 526 s 1 subd (a); 1951 c 63 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities › Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties › Section 471.72 — Application; Purpose.

471.72 APPLICATION; PURPOSE.
Sections 471.71 to 471.83 apply to all cities, statutory cities, towns, and school districts in which more than 50 percent of the net tax capacity of taxable real and personal property, excluding money and credits, consists of unmined iron ore. Their purpose is to secure sound fiscal policies in, and remedy the financial condition of, municipalities, a large proportion of the property of which consists of a diminishing natural resource in which the state has a substantial interest.
History:
1943 c 526 s 1 subd (c); 1951 c 63 s 2; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1988 c 719 art 5 s 84; 1989 c 329 art 13 s 20
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities › Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties › Section 471.73 — Acceptance Of Provisions.

471.73 ACCEPTANCE OF PROVISIONS.
In the case of any city within the class specified in section 471.72 having an estimated market value in excess of $37,000,000; and in the case of any statutory city within such class having an estimated market value of less than $5,000,000; and in the case of any statutory city within such class which is governed by Laws 1933, chapter 211, or Laws 1937, chapter 356; and in the case of any statutory city within such class which is governed by Laws 1929, chapter 208, and has an estimated market value of less than $83,000,000; and in the case of any school district within such class having an estimated market value of more than $54,000,000; and in the case of all towns within said class; sections 471.71 to 471.83 apply only if the governing body of the city or statutory city, the board of the school district, or the town board of the town shall have adopted a resolution determining to issue bonds under the provisions of sections 471.71 to 471.83 or to go upon a cash basis in accordance with the provisions thereof.
History:
1943 c 526 s 1 subd (b); 1951 c 63 s 3; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1988 c 719 art 5 s 84; 1989 c 329 art 13 s 20; 1990 c 480 art 9 s 21; 2013 c 143 art 14 s 87
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities › Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties › Section 471.76 — Expenditures, Obligations; Clerk's Statement.

471.76 EXPENDITURES, OBLIGATIONS; CLERK'S STATEMENT.
The clerk or recording officer of each municipality subject to sections 471.71 to 471.83 shall prepare and present to the governing body, at its first meeting in each month, a statement showing expenditures made and estimated obligations or indebtedness incurred for the preceding month and for the preceding portion of the year; the amount allotted by the resolution referred to in section 471.75, for such month and quarter and the preceding quarters of the year; the amount allotted by such resolution and the probable expenditures for the remaining quarters of the year. If at any time it appears from such statement or from other evidence that the municipality is incurring obligations at a rate or upon a scale which would make it probable, if such rate or scale of expenditures be continued, that the total attempted expenditures for that year would exceed the available revenues, after allowance for probable tax delinquencies, the district court, in an action by any taxpayer, may enjoin expenditures during the remainder of the year in excess of probable available revenues.
History:
1943 c 526 s 4; 1951 c 63 s 6
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities › Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties › Section 471.77 — Indebtedness Contracted In Excess Of Revenue.

471.77 INDEBTEDNESS CONTRACTED IN EXCESS OF REVENUE.
Whenever any department, board, or commission of such municipality has power under the law to expend money, such department, board, or commission shall not contract any indebtedness or incur any obligations which, when added to other indebtedness, obligations, or liabilities, previously incurred during the year, would be in excess of the sum that may be allotted to the department, board, or commission for that year by the governing body of the municipality, plus available actual receipts from such other sources as are under its control.
History:
1943 c 526 s 5; 1951 c 63 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities › Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties › Section 471.78 — Indebtedness In Excess Of Revenue, Contracts Void.

471.78 INDEBTEDNESS IN EXCESS OF REVENUE, CONTRACTS VOID.
Each contract attempted to be entered into or indebtedness or pecuniary liability attempted to be incurred in violation of the provisions of sections 471.71 to 471.83 shall be null and void in regard to any obligation thereby sought to be imposed upon the municipality or any department thereof, and no claim therefor shall be allowed by the governing body or any officer, board, or commission; nor shall the clerk or any other officer issue or execute, nor shall the treasurer or other disbursing officer thereof pay, any check, warrant, or certificate of indebtedness issued on account thereof. Each member of the governing body, board, or commission, and each other officer of the municipality participating in or authorizing any violation of sections 471.71 to 471.83 shall be individually liable to the municipality for any damage that is caused thereby, and shall be liable to any person furnishing any labor, services, or materials on any contract entered into or obligations assumed in violation thereof. Each member of the governing body or of a board or commission who is present at any meeting thereof when any action is taken with reference to paying money or incurring indebtedness or entering into any contract in violation of the provisions of this section shall be deemed to have participated in and to have authorized the same unless the member shall have caused the member's dissent therefrom to be entered upon the minutes of the meeting.
History:
1943 c 526 s 6; 1951 c 63 s 8; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities › Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties › Section 471.79 — Enforcement.

471.79 ENFORCEMENT.
The district court may, at the suit of any taxpayer, enforce the performance by any governing body, board, commission, officer, or agent of any municipality of any action which it is directed to perform by sections 471.71 to 471.83, to the full extent necessary to carry out the purpose thereof.
History:
1943 c 526 s 7; 1951 c 63 s 9; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities › Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties › Section 471.80 — Application.

471.80 APPLICATION.
Sections 471.71 to 471.83 shall supersede inconsistent home rule charter provisions, but shall not supersede or repeal home rule charter provisions not inconsistent therewith which impose other and additional restrictions on the incurring of obligations or expenditures of moneys.
History:
1943 c 526 s 8; 1951 c 63 s 10
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities › Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties › Section 471.81 — Construction.

471.81 CONSTRUCTION.
Nothing in sections 471.71 to 471.83 shall be construed as restricting the power of a municipality to issue bonds for any purpose when authorized by any other law.
History:
1943 c 526 s 9; 1951 c 63 s 11
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities › Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties › Section 471.82 — Repealer, Exceptions.

471.82 REPEALER, EXCEPTIONS.
Laws 1929, chapter 303; Laws 1931, chapter 342; Laws 1933, chapters 210, 275, and 415; and Laws 1935, chapter 261, are hereby repealed, except that the provisions thereof regulating the making and allocating of levies for the payment of bonds issued thereunder and interest thereon, and any other provisions relating to tax levies, shall remain in force.
History:
1943 c 526 s 10; 1951 c 63 s 12
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities › Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties › Section 471.83 — Severable, Effect.

471.83 SEVERABLE, EFFECT.
The provisions of sections 471.71 to 471.83 are severable, and the unconstitutionality of any provision or the unconstitutionality of these sections as applied to any municipality shall not invalidate other provisions or prevent the application of these sections to other municipalities; provided, that if for any reason these sections be held to be inapplicable to any municipality which is now governed by any of the laws specifically repealed by section 471.82, such law shall not be repealed as to such municipality.
History:
1943 c 526 s 11; 1951 c 63 s 13
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities › Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties › Section 471.831 — Municipality May File Bankruptcy Petition.

471.831 MUNICIPALITY MAY FILE BANKRUPTCY PETITION.
Subdivision 1.
Any relief under bankruptcy code.
A municipality, as defined in subdivision 2, may file a petition and seek any relief available to it under United States Code, title 11, as amended.
Subd. 2.
Municipality defined.
In this section, "municipality" means a municipality as defined in United States Code, title 11, section 101, as amended, but limited to a county, statutory or home rule charter city, or town; or a housing and redevelopment authority, economic development authority, or rural development financing authority established under chapter 469, a home rule charter, or special law.
History:
1997 c 148 s 1; 1Sp2019 c 6 art 8 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities › Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties › Section 471.84 — Cemeteries; Appropriation By Certain Subdivisions.

471.84 CEMETERIES; APPROPRIATION BY CERTAIN SUBDIVISIONS.
The governing body of any city of the fourth class or statutory city or town may, in its discretion, appropriate a sum not to exceed $10,000 per annum to any public or privately owned cemetery located within or without its boundaries if the cemetery is used for the burial of the dead of any city of the fourth class or statutory city or town without restriction.
History:
1951 c 121 s 1; 1953 c 281 s 1; 1957 c 452 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 2008 c 187 s 8
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities › Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties › Section 471.85 — Property Transfer; Public Corporations.

471.85 PROPERTY TRANSFER; PUBLIC CORPORATIONS.
Any county, city, town, or school district may transfer its personal property for a nominal or without consideration to another public corporation for public use when duly authorized by its governing body.
History:
1951 c 176 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities › Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties › Section 471.86 — Protection For Firefighter Driver Sued For Damages.

471.86 PROTECTION FOR FIREFIGHTER DRIVER SUED FOR DAMAGES.
Subdivision 1.
Legal counsel, employment.
Every city, township, or other governmental subdivision of the state shall furnish legal counsel for any firefighter employed by it upon the firefighter's written request in all actions brought against such firefighter to recover damages for injury to person or property, or for wrongful death, when such action arose out of the operation of a motor vehicle by such firefighter in the performance of official duties, and pay the expenses of defending such suit, including witness and reasonable counsel fees, notwithstanding any contrary provision in the law or in the charter of any such governmental subdivision.
Subd. 2.
Judgment, payment authorized.
If judgment is rendered in favor of the firefighter, costs and disbursements included therein shall be assigned to such governmental subdivision by the firefighter, and all money collected thereon shall be paid to it. If judgment is rendered against the firefighter, such governmental subdivision shall appropriate money from any funds available to pay such judgment, or shall levy funds for the payment thereof pursuant to law.
Subd. 3.
Application.
The obligation of this section shall not apply in any case where such firefighter is fully indemnified against claims for such damages and for such expenses by contract with another, and this section shall not be construed to waive any existing immunity accorded by law to municipalities or governmental subdivisions from claims for damages sustained as the result of the negligence of its officers, agents or servants in the exercise or performance of governmental or public functions.
History:
1951 c 183 s 1-3; 1957 c 199 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1977 c 429 s 63; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities › Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties › Section 471.87 — Public Officers, Interest In Contract; Penalty.

471.87 PUBLIC OFFICERS, INTEREST IN CONTRACT; PENALTY.
Except as authorized in section 123B.195 or 471.88, a public officer who is authorized to take part in any manner in making any sale, lease, or contract in official capacity shall not voluntarily have a personal financial interest in that sale, lease, or contract or personally benefit financially therefrom. Every public officer who violates this provision is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
History:
1951 c 379 s 1; 1955 c 41 s 1; 1986 c 444; 2015 c 21 art 1 s 77
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities › Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties › Section 471.89 — Contract, When Void.

471.89 CONTRACT, WHEN VOID.
Subdivision 1.
Procedure followed.
A contract made pursuant to section 471.88, subdivision 5, is void unless the procedure prescribed by subdivisions 2 and 3 is followed.
Subd. 2.
Resolution by governing body.
Except in an emergency making such procedure impracticable, the governing body of the governmental unit shall authorize the contract in advance of its performance by adopting a resolution setting out the essential facts and determining that the contract price is as low as or lower than the price at which the commodity or services could be obtained elsewhere. In case of an emergency when the contract cannot be authorized in advance, payment of the claims shall be authorized by a like resolution in which the facts of the emergency are also stated.
Subd. 3.
Claims, affidavits filed.
Before such a claim is paid, the interested officer shall file with the clerk of the governing body an affidavit stating:
(1) the name of the officer and the office held by the officer;
(2) an itemization of the commodity or services furnished;
(3) the contract price;
(4) the reasonable value;
(5) the interest of the officer in the contract; and
(6) that to the best of the officer's knowledge and belief the contract price is as low as, or lower than, the price at which the commodity or services could be obtained from other sources.
History:
1951 c 379 s 3; 1965 c 45 s 64-66; 1967 c 125 s 1,2; 1978 c 651 s 2,3; 1986 c 444