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2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 375B — County Subordinate Service Districts › Section 375B.03 — Establishment Of Service Districts.

375B.03 ESTABLISHMENT OF SERVICE DISTRICTS.
Notwithstanding any provision of law requiring uniform property tax rates on real or personal property within the county, any county in this state, except a metropolitan county as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 4, and any other county containing a city of the first class, may establish subordinate service districts to provide and finance any governmental service or function which it is otherwise authorized to undertake. A function or service to be provided shall not include a function or service which the county generally provides throughout the county unless an increase in the level of the service is to be supplied in the service district.
History:
1982 c 507 s 10
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 375B — County Subordinate Service Districts › Section 375B.04 — Creation By County Board.

375B.04 CREATION BY COUNTY BOARD.
The county board of commissioners of any county, except a metropolitan county as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 4, and any other county containing a city of the first class, may establish a subordinate service district in a portion of the county by adoption of an appropriate resolution. Before the adoption of the resolution, the county board shall hold a public hearing on the question of whether or not a subordinate service district shall be established. The resolution shall specify the service or services to be provided within the subordinate service district and shall specify the territorial boundaries of the district.
History:
1982 c 507 s 11
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 375B — County Subordinate Service Districts › Section 375B.05 — Creation By Petition.

375B.05 CREATION BY PETITION.
Subdivision 1.
Petition.
A petition signed by ten percent of the qualified voters within the portion of the county proposed for the subordinate service district may be submitted to the county board requesting the establishment of a subordinate county service district to provide any service or services which the county is otherwise authorized by law to provide. The petition shall include the territorial boundaries of the proposed district and shall specify the types of services to be provided within the district.
Subd. 2.
Public hearing.
Upon receipt of the petition, and verification of the signatures by the county auditor, the county board shall, within 30 days following verification, hold a public hearing on the question of whether or not the requested district shall be established.
Subd. 3.
Approval; disapproval.
Within 30 days following the holding of a public hearing, the county board, by resolution, shall approve or disapprove the establishment of the requested district. A resolution approving the creation of the district may contain amendments or modifications of the district's boundaries or functions as set forth in the petition.
History:
1982 c 507 s 12
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 375B — County Subordinate Service Districts › Section 375B.06 — Publication And Effective Date.

375B.06 PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE.
Upon passage of a resolution authorizing the creation of a subordinate service district, the county board shall cause the resolution to be published once in the official newspaper. The resolution shall include a general description of the territory to be included within the district, the type of service or services to be undertaken in the district, a statement of the means by which the service or services will be financed, and a designation of the county agency or officer who will be responsible for supervising the provision of the service or services. The district shall be deemed established 30 days after publication or at a later date as may be specified in the resolution.
History:
1982 c 507 s 13
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 375B — County Subordinate Service Districts › Section 375B.07 — Referendum.

375B.07 REFERENDUM.
Subdivision 1.
Petition.
Upon receipt of a petition signed by five percent of the qualified voters within the territory of the proposed district prior to the effective date of its creation as specified in section 375B.06, the creation shall be held in abeyance pending referendum vote of all qualified electors residing within the boundaries of the proposed district.
Subd. 2.
Election.
The county board shall make arrangements for the holding of a special election on a date authorized by section 205.10, subdivision 3a, within the boundaries of the proposed district. The question to be submitted and voted upon by the qualified voters within the territory of the proposed district shall be phrased substantially as follows:
"Shall a subordinate service district be established in order to provide (service or services to be provided) financed by (revenue sources)?"
If a majority of those voting on the question favor creation of the proposed district, the district shall be deemed created upon certification of the vote by the county auditor. The county auditor shall administer the election.
History:
1982 c 507 s 14; 2017 c 92 art 2 s 19
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 375B — County Subordinate Service Districts › Section 375B.08 — Enlarging A Subordinate Service District.

375B.08 ENLARGING A SUBORDINATE SERVICE DISTRICT.
The county board, on its own motion or pursuant to petition, may enlarge any existing subordinate service district pursuant to the procedures specified in sections 375B.04 to 375B.07. Only qualified voters residing in the district to be added shall be eligible to participate in the election, but if five percent of the qualified voters residing in the existing service district petition to participate in the election, all qualified voters residing in the proposed service district shall be eligible.
History:
1982 c 507 s 15
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 375B — County Subordinate Service Districts › Section 375B.10 — Withdrawal; Election.

375B.10 WITHDRAWAL; ELECTION.
Upon receipt of a petition signed by ten percent of the qualified voters within the territory of the subordinate service district requesting the removal of the district, or pursuant to its own resolution, the county board shall make arrangements for the holding of a special election within the boundaries of the service district on a date authorized by section 205.10, subdivision 3a. The question to be submitted and voted upon by the qualified voters within the territory of the district shall be phrased substantially as follows:
"Shall the subordinate service district presently established be removed and the service or services of the county as provided for the service district be discontinued?"
If a majority of those voting on the question favor the removal and discontinuance of the services, the service district shall be removed and the services shall be discontinued upon certification of the vote by the county auditor. The county auditor shall administer the election.
History:
1982 c 507 s 17; 2017 c 92 art 2 s 20
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 375B — County Subordinate Service Districts › Section 375B.11 — Withdrawal; By Resolution Of County Board.

375B.11 WITHDRAWAL; BY RESOLUTION OF COUNTY BOARD.
The county board may by resolution withdraw a subordinate service district from the provisions of this chapter and discontinue the service provided within the service district. The county board shall cause notice of its intention to withdraw the service district to be published at least once in the official newspaper not more than six months or less than three months before the resolution is adopted. If a joint powers agreement is a part of the subordinate service district arrangement no withdrawal shall be effective under this section unless all parties to the joint powers agreement agree to the withdrawal.
History:
1982 c 507 s 18
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 375B — County Subordinate Service Districts › Section 375B.12 — Local Laws Superseded.

375B.12 LOCAL LAWS SUPERSEDED.
A special law for a single county, except a metropolitan county as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 4, and any other county containing a city of the first class, which authorizes the county to establish subordinate service districts or areas is hereby superseded. Any service being provided pursuant to the special law on or before the effective date of Laws 1982, chapter 507, sections 1 to 12 may continue to be provided pursuant to the special law.
History:
1982 c 507 s 19
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 376 — County Hospitals And Nursing Homes › Section 376.009 — County Hospital Defined; May Have Many Buildings, Sites.

376.009 COUNTY HOSPITAL DEFINED; MAY HAVE MANY BUILDINGS, SITES.
For the purposes of sections 376.01 to 376.06, "county hospital" means any hospital owned or operated by a county which may consist of any number of buildings at one location or any number of buildings at different locations within the county. The county board of any county that has not established a county hospital may by resolution authorize a statutory or home rule charter city in the county and its city council to exercise the powers of a county and the county board under sections 376.01 to 376.07, in which case references in sections 376.01 to 376.07 to "county" and "county board" refer to the city so designated and its governing body, respectively.
History:
1955 c 808 s 1; 1985 c 109 s 10; 2003 c 127 art 12 s 11; 1Sp2003 c 21 art 10 s 11
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 376 — County Hospitals And Nursing Homes › Section 376.01 — Acquisition Of Land.

376.01 ACQUISITION OF LAND.
A county board may acquire land in the county for hospital purposes for patients, other than for persons who are mentally ill.
History:
(677) 1913 c 392 s 1; 1955 c 808 s 2; 1985 c 109 s 10; 2002 c 221 s 42
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 376 — County Hospitals And Nursing Homes › Section 376.02 — Buildings.

376.02 BUILDINGS.
A county board may purchase or construct suitable buildings for hospital purposes for patients, other than for persons who are mentally ill, on any land acquired under section 376.01, and may improve, equip, and maintain these buildings for hospital purposes. The county board may pay for these buildings out of any fund in the county treasury not otherwise appropriated or issue warrants or bonds of the county for payment. The county board may fix the time and terms of payment of these warrants or bonds and the amount of interest to be paid.
History:
(678) 1913 c 392 s 2; 1955 c 808 s 3; 1985 c 109 s 10; 2002 c 221 s 43
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 376 — County Hospitals And Nursing Homes › Section 376.04 — Election.

376.04 ELECTION.
The question of purchasing and constructing hospital buildings shall be submitted to the voters of any county at a general election. This election must be called by a resolution of the county board. The resolution must state the time of the election, that a county hospital is proposed to be established, the proposed location, and the cost, including equipment, for not more than the amount stated in the resolution. When the resolutions are passed, the county auditor shall immediately notify each town or city clerk in the county that the question of constructing hospital buildings will be voted upon at the time stated in the resolution, in the manner provided under the state election laws.
The ballot must be in the following form:
"For the purchase and construction of hospital buildings, including equipment, to be located at ............... (state location), at a cost not more than .............. (state amount), pursuant to the resolution of the board of county commissioners passed .................. (state date).
Yes .
No . "
To the left of each of the last two words, "yes" and "no," shall be printed an oval or similar target shape so that the voter may indicate by a mark either a negative or affirmative vote. These votes shall be cast in the same manner as votes cast at the general election and counted by the same officers. Returns must be made to the county auditor, and canvassed in the same manner as the returns on county officers.
History:
(680) 1913 c 392 s 4; 1955 c 808 s 5; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1985 c 109 s 10; 2015 c 70 art 1 s 59
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 376 — County Hospitals And Nursing Homes › Section 376.05 — Hospital Authorized, Construction Of Buildings.

376.05 HOSPITAL AUTHORIZED, CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS.
If a majority of the electors voting upon the proposition vote in favor of purchasing and constructing the hospital buildings, the county board shall immediately purchase, construct, and equip the buildings.
History:
(681) 1913 c 392 s 5; 1955 c 808 s 6; 1985 c 109 s 10
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 376 — County Hospitals And Nursing Homes › Section 376.06 — Superintendent, Hospital Board; Duties.

376.06 SUPERINTENDENT, HOSPITAL BOARD; DUTIES.
Subdivision 1.
Procedure, powers, pay, election.
A county board which has purchased and constructed buildings for hospital purposes may operate these buildings as a hospital and may appoint a superintendent. The board shall set the superintendent's salary, term of employment, and powers and duties; provide for the management and operation of the hospital; and operate, control, and manage the hospital. The superintendent shall serve at the pleasure of the board. If the board determines that it is in the public interest, it may appoint a hospital board of at least three, but not more than nine members, who may include some or all of the county commissioners except as otherwise provided in subdivision 2. Persons appointed to the hospital board must reside in the hospital's service area and 80 percent of the board members, including any commissioners appointed to serve on the hospital board, must be residents of the county. The hospital board serves without compensation unless the county board authorizes the payment of compensation and reimbursement of expenses for service on the hospital board. Notwithstanding section 375.44, if compensation and reimbursement are authorized, they shall be the same as authorized for service on the local social services agency. Subject to its supervision, the county board may commit the care, management, and operation of the hospital to the hospital board. The county board may provide for the organization and regulation of the hospital board, its duties and the duties of the members, and regulations for the management, operation, and control of the hospital. The county board may lease the hospital grounds and buildings to a nonprofit or governmental hospital organization for terms it considers advisable.
Subd. 2.
Commissioner on board, exception.
A county commissioner may be appointed by the county board to any hospital board under sections 376.009 to 376.09 except for any hospital board operating a county hospital located in a city of the first class.
History:
(682) 1913 c 392 s 6; 1951 c 326 s 1; 1955 c 808 s 7; 1959 c 291 s 1; 1963 c 308 s 1; 1971 c 24 s 48; 1985 c 109 s 10; 1994 c 631 s 31; 2001 c 214 s 5
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 376 — County Hospitals And Nursing Homes › Section 376.07 — Changes To County Hospital Buildings; Financing.

376.07 CHANGES TO COUNTY HOSPITAL BUILDINGS; FINANCING.
(a) The county board, hospital board, or board of directors of a nonprofit or governmental hospital organization that has leased a county hospital may authorize the remodeling, improvement, alteration, or construction of an addition to the county hospital or of another building on the county hospital's existing premises by a majority vote of the board.
(b) Financing for any project under this section is governed by other law, including sections 373.40 and 447.45 and chapter 475.
History:
(682-1) 1927 c 106 s 1; 1985 c 109 s 10; 2001 c 214 s 6
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 376 — County Hospitals And Nursing Homes › Section 376.08 — Counties Of Not More Than 50,000; Hospitals And Municipally Owned Nursing Homes.

376.08 COUNTIES OF NOT MORE THAN 50,000; HOSPITALS AND MUNICIPALLY OWNED NURSING HOMES.
Subdivision 1.
County appropriations.
Except as provided in subdivision 2, the board of county commissioners in any county with a population of 50,000 or less may appropriate up to $65,000 annually from the general revenue fund of the county for the acquisition of lands for hospital purposes, and the construction, improvement, alterations, equipment and maintenance of hospitals within the county, including public or nonprofit hospitals that are not county hospitals. The board may also appropriate up to $25,000 from the general revenue fund of the county for the acquisition of land and construction of municipally owned nursing homes within the county.
Subd. 2.
Hospital remodeling or additions; financing.
A county hospital may by majority vote of its board of commissioners, or if the hospital has been leased to another entity under section 376.06, subdivision 1, or 447.47, by majority vote of the board of directors of that entity, enter into projects for the construction of an addition or remodeling to its presently existing facility or the acquisition of equipment as described in this subdivision without complying with the dollar limitation of subdivision 1. This subdivision applies to projects in which the funds for the project are derived from dedicated, restricted, or other designated accounts, from the hospital's depreciation fund, or from the issuance of bonds authorized under other law. An addition to a current hospital under this subdivision may include construction of buildings physically separate from the present hospital building, as well as additions to the present building, if the new buildings are constructed on the hospital's existing premises.
This subdivision does not affect the ability of the hospital board to approve funds for improvements or remodeling of a hospital facility under other law.
Subd. 3.
Limitation on hospital capacity.
Section 144.551 applies to any project authorized by subdivision 2. Subdivision 2 does not authorize an increase in the license capacity of the hospital or the licensing, relocation, or redistribution of hospital beds except as provided by section 144.551, subdivision 1, paragraph (b).
History:
(684, 685) 1909 c 210 s 1,2; 1915 c 326 s 1,2; 1949 c 419 s 1; 1955 c 275 s 1; 1957 c 453 s 1; 1965 c 72 s 1; 1967 c 372 s 1; 1985 c 109 s 10; 1992 c 380 s 1; 2001 c 214 s 7,8; 2002 c 379 art 1 s 79
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 376 — County Hospitals And Nursing Homes › Section 376.09 — Hospital Aid By County With Leased Or No County Hospital.

376.09 HOSPITAL AID BY COUNTY WITH LEASED OR NO COUNTY HOSPITAL.
In any county in which there is no county hospital, or a county hospital is leased to a nonprofit or governmental hospital organization pursuant to section 376.06, subdivision 1, or 447.47, the county board may appropriate and pay money from the general fund of the county, for the construction, maintenance, and operation of a private, nonprofit, or public hospital in the county for the treatment of sick, diseased, and injured persons. Admission preference shall always be given to patients who are, in whole or in part, public charges, and are sent to the hospital by the county board.
History:
(683) 1913 c 123 s 1; 1985 c 109 s 10; 1989 c 92 s 1; 2001 c 214 s 9
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 376 — County Hospitals And Nursing Homes › Section 376.56 — Tax Levies And Bonds.

376.56 TAX LEVIES AND BONDS.
Subdivision 1.
Levy purposes.
The county board establishing or participating in establishing a nursing home under section 376.55 may annually levy a tax to pay all or its proportion of the net costs of maintenance and operation of the nursing home after taking into consideration payments received for care of residents. The board may levy an additional tax to repay the cost of acquiring, establishing, equipping, furnishing, enlarging, or adding to a county nursing home, and to pay the principal of and interest on general obligation bonds issued for that purpose.
Subd. 2.
County nursing home fund.
The proceeds of taxes for costs of maintenance and operation shall be paid into a county nursing home fund, which, in the case of counties operating jointly, shall be kept in the treasury of the county in which the nursing home is located and spent as provided in sections 376.55 to 376.60.
Subd. 3.
Chapter 475 bonds.
Bonds issued under section 376.55, subdivision 3, may be general obligations of the county and may be issued and sold, and taxes levied for their payment as provided under chapter 475. No election shall be required to authorize the bond issue for acquiring, improving, remodeling, or replacing an existing nursing home without increasing the total number of accommodations for residents in all nursing homes in the county. The revenues of the nursing home shall also be pledged for the payment of the bonds and for any interest and premium. Part of the proceeds may be deposited in the debt service fund for the issue, to capitalize interest and create a reserve to reduce or eliminate the tax otherwise required by section 475.61 to be levied before issuing the bonds. The remaining proceeds from the sale of the bonds and any surplus funds transferred under section 376.55, subdivision 3 must be credited to and deposited in the county nursing home building fund of the county in which the nursing home is located.
Subd. 4.
County treasurer's duties.
The county treasurer of the county in which the nursing home is located shall make payments out of the county nursing home fund and county nursing home building fund on properly authenticated vouchers of the county nursing home administrative board, as provided in sections 376.58 and 376.59. The county treasurer of each county issuing general obligation bonds under subdivision 3 shall pay the bonds and interest from the county's debt service fund and be the custodian of net revenues transmitted by the administrative board for the payment of the bonds.
History:
1951 c 610 s 2; 1959 c 146 s 2; 1984 c 528 s 2; 1985 c 109 s 10; 1987 c 384 art 2 s 1; 2003 c 127 art 12 s 14; 1Sp2003 c 21 art 10 s 11
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 376 — County Hospitals And Nursing Homes › Section 376.57 — Jointly Owned And Operated Nursing Facilities; Establishment.

376.57 JOINTLY OWNED AND OPERATED NURSING FACILITIES; ESTABLISHMENT.
In establishing a jointly owned and operated county nursing home or facility for supportive services, each of the cooperating counties shall determine by a majority vote of the county board that it is in favor of the establishment of the home or of the facility, the place of its location, and the approximate amount to be spent for the establishment of the proposed nursing home or facility. Each county shall authorize the payment by that county of its proportionate share of the cost of the establishment. The proportion of costs of the establishment, and of costs of maintenance and operation of the nursing home or facility to be paid by each county shall be set by terms agreed upon by each of the participating counties.
History:
1951 c 610 s 3; 1957 c 865 s 3; 1984 c 528 s 3; 1985 c 109 s 10
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 376 — County Hospitals And Nursing Homes › Section 376.59 — County Building Funds.

376.59 COUNTY BUILDING FUNDS.
When the county nursing home administrative board is satisfied that each county in a cooperating group of counties has available its share of the cost of establishing the nursing home and facility for supportive services, it shall certify this information to the county board of each cooperating county. The county board shall order the county treasurer of that county to pay the treasurer of the county in which the nursing home is to be located the county nursing home building funds in the possession of the county treasurer. The county nursing home administrative board shall then carry out the purposes of sections 376.55 to 376.60.
History:
1951 c 610 s 5; 1984 c 528 s 5; 1985 c 109 s 10
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 376 — County Hospitals And Nursing Homes › Section 376.60 — Administrative Board Or Executive Committee; Powers.

376.60 ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD OR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE; POWERS.
The county nursing home administrative board or its executive committee may:
(1) hire an administrator and all necessary employees for the management and control of the nursing home and to prescribe their compensation and duties;
(2) arrange for physicians' services and other medical care for the residents in the home;
(3) purchase equipment, supplies and services necessary in the care and maintenance of the nursing home and the residents;
(4) exercise the county powers authorized under section 376.55, subdivision 2;
(5) institute condemnation proceedings in the name of the county or counties involved, conducted in the manner provided under chapter 117, in the case of other condemnation proceedings by counties; and
(6) perform all other acts necessary to carry out the provisions of sections 376.55 to 376.60, except those with which the county board or boards are specifically charged, unless otherwise provided by law.
History:
1951 c 610 s 6; 1984 c 528 s 6; 1985 c 109 s 10
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 379 — Organization, Formation, And Partition Of Towns › Section 379.01 — Organization.

379.01 ORGANIZATION.
Subdivision 1.
Manner; petition; name.
When a majority of the registered voters of any congressional township containing not less than 25 legal voters petition the county board to be organized as a town such board shall forthwith call an election on the question. If a majority of the vote in the township is in favor of organization, the county board shall proceed to fix and determine the boundaries of such new town and name the same and make and file with the auditor a full report of its proceedings in relation to the establishment thereof. Towns thus formed shall be named in accordance with the expressed wish of a majority of its voters. If they fail to request a name, the board shall select one.
Subd. 2.
Petition by freeholders.
When a majority of the resident freeholders of any one, two, three, four, or five congressional townships containing in the aggregate not less than 25 freeholders who are legal voters petition the county board to be organized as a town such board shall forthwith call an election on the question. If a majority of the vote in the townships is in favor of organization, the county board shall proceed to fix and determine the boundaries of such new town and name the same and make and file with the county auditor a full report of its proceedings in relation to the establishment thereof. For the purposes of this section, the word "freeholders" shall be construed to include any person who is a legal voter in any such town occupying real estate therein under the homestead or preemption laws of the United States or under contract of purchase from any person or corporation or from the state of Minnesota.
Subd. 3.
Organizational meeting.
If the result of an election held under this section is in the affirmative, the county shall arrange for the holding of the first organizational meeting not more than 30 days after the election in the township to be organized.
Subd. 4.
Conduct of election; costs.
The county auditor shall have the ballots printed for an election under this section and shall otherwise make preparation for the election including having a notice published in the official newspaper of the county once a week for two successive weeks stating the date of the election and the question to be voted on. The last publication shall be no later than ten days before the election. The cost of the election shall be borne by the county.
History:
(787, 788) RL s 451; 1905 c 143 s 1; 1931 c 19; 1987 c 147 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 379 — Organization, Formation, And Partition Of Towns › Section 379.02 — Towns, Change Of Boundaries And Names.

379.02 TOWNS, CHANGE OF BOUNDARIES AND NAMES.
The county board may alter the boundaries of towns, or partition any town among other towns within the county by attaching a part of one town to another, or by dividing one town and attaching the parts to other towns, or by forming a new town from the territory of one or more towns, or from territory not before included in a town, whenever it is made to appear necessary or expedient, by a petition for that purpose signed by not less than 20 legal voters residing within the territory to be affected. The county board may, upon notice as provided in section 379.03, alter the boundaries or change the name of any town within the county by attaching thereto unorganized territory abutting thereon within the county, after a petition for that purpose, signed by not less than 20 legal voters residing within the unorganized territory proposed to be attached, is approved by the town board of the town to which the territory is proposed to be attached. No town shall be so formed, having less than 36 square miles, nor have its boundaries so changed as to reduce its territory below that area, unless after such division it shall have at least 25 qualified voters therein, and real estate valued at the last preceding assessment at $30,000 or more; and no town shall be divided or have any part detached therefrom so as to make its area less than 36 square miles, except upon the petition of at least two-thirds of the legal voters residing in one or both subdivisions or parts. The county auditor must notify the state demographer of any boundary or name changes. The county shall prepare an estimate of the population and the number of households in the attached or detached area. The estimate must be certified by the state demographer. The estimate must estimate the population as of the effective date of the county board's resolution and must be so dated.
History:
(789) RL s 452; 1955 c 3 s 1; 1997 c 87 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 379 — Organization, Formation, And Partition Of Towns › Section 379.03 — Notice Of Hearing.

379.03 NOTICE OF HEARING.
Before acting on any petition mentioned in section 379.02, the county board shall cause 30 days' posted notice of the time of hearing the same to be given within the bounds of the territory proposed to be partitioned, altered, or formed into a new town. Such notice shall include a copy of the petition, and be served on the clerk of each town whose territory may be affected.
History:
(790) RL s 453
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 379 — Organization, Formation, And Partition Of Towns › Section 379.04 — If Granted, Board To Fix Boundaries; Make, File Report.

379.04 IF GRANTED, BOARD TO FIX BOUNDARIES; MAKE, FILE REPORT.
If such application is granted, the county board shall forthwith fix and determine the boundaries of such town or towns, and make and file with the county auditor a full report of its proceedings in the matter.
History:
(791) RL s 454
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 379 — Organization, Formation, And Partition Of Towns › Section 379.045 — First Town Meeting; Election Of Officers.

379.045 FIRST TOWN MEETING; ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
The first town meeting and election of officers in each new town shall be held as provided in sections 365.50 and 367.03, subdivision 1.
History:
1985 c 169 s 14
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 379 — Organization, Formation, And Partition Of Towns › Section 379.05 — Auditor To Sum Up Report For State, Make Town Record.

379.05 AUDITOR TO SUM UP REPORT FOR STATE, MAKE TOWN RECORD.
Each county auditor shall within 30 days after any such town is organized transmit by mail or appropriate digital technology to the secretary of state an abstract of such report, giving the name and boundaries of such town and record in a book kept for that purpose a full description of each such town. The secretary of state shall distribute copies of the abstract to the commissioner of revenue, the state demographer, the Minnesota Geospatial Information Office, the chief administrative law judge of the state Office of Administrative Hearings, and the commissioner of transportation.
History:
(792) RL s 455; 1973 c 492 s 14; 1976 c 231 s 27; 1984 c 618 s 54; 2003 c 2 art 5 s 7; 2008 c 196 art 2 s 6; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 107 ; 2010 c 392 art 1 s 15
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 379 — Organization, Formation, And Partition Of Towns › Section 379.06 — Apportionment Of Funds; Taxes.

379.06 APPORTIONMENT OF FUNDS; TAXES.
In case of the division or partition of any town, the funds in its treasury and undistributed town taxes shall be apportioned to the town or towns to which the portions thereof shall be attached, or to the new town or towns established, to the extent the same are collected from the territory so attached or established into a new town. All taxes collected after the division or partition of such town shall when collected be paid to the town in which the property upon which the taxes are collected is located; but taxes levied for the payment of outstanding bonds shall be paid to the town issuing such bonds until such time as the same are paid. When any such county board shall have heretofore or shall hereafter divide or partition any such town it shall apportion to the several parts thereof that portion of the debts of the town represented by outstanding orders or otherwise and the property thereof as may seem to it right and proper, and the apportionment when so made shall be binding upon the parts affected, but shall be subject to review by the district court.
History:
(793) RL s 456; 1909 c 123 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 379 — Organization, Formation, And Partition Of Towns › Section 379.07 — Towns With Same Name.

379.07 TOWNS WITH SAME NAME.
If the commissioner of revenue, on comparing the abstracts of the reports from the several counties, finds that two or more towns have the same name, the commissioner shall transmit to the auditor of the proper county the name to be altered, and the county board shall, at its next meeting thereafter, adopt for such town a different name. When such name is adopted the county auditor shall inform the commissioner of revenue, as before directed.
History:
(794) RL s 457; 1973 c 492 s 14; 1976 c 231 s 28; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 379 — Organization, Formation, And Partition Of Towns › Section 379.08 — Change Of Name Of Town.

379.08 CHANGE OF NAME OF TOWN.
The board of county commissioners of any county in this state may change the name of any town within such county upon a petition signed by a number of the legal voters of such town equal to 55 percent of the votes cast in such town at the last preceding general election and the new name suggested in such petition shall be adopted as the official name of such town. Such petition shall be filed with the county auditor and it shall be the duty of the auditor thereupon to give three weeks' published notice of the filing of such petition by publishing the same in the official newspaper of the county, and the petition shall be taken up and considered at the next meeting of the board of county commissioners held not less than 30 days after the date of publication of such notice.
History:
(795) 1907 c 88 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 379 — Organization, Formation, And Partition Of Towns › Section 379.09 — Order Of Board.

379.09 ORDER OF BOARD.
Petition being granted, the board shall make a formal order to that effect, which shall be filed with the county auditor and thereupon the official name of such town shall be the one so adopted. The auditor shall within 20 days after any such change of name of town transmit by mail to the commissioner of revenue an abstract of all the proceedings and orders of the county commissioners relative to such change of name.
History:
(796) 1907 c 88 s 2; 1973 c 492 s 14; 1976 c 231 s 29
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 381 — Surveys, Section Corners, Township Landmarks › Section 381.01 — Petition.

381.01 PETITION.
On petition of a town board in the case of a township, or of at least two taxpayers in a section, in the case of a section, filed with the county auditor requesting it, the county board may direct that the township or section be surveyed or subdivided.
History:
(797) RL s 458; 1986 c 365 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 381 — Surveys, Section Corners, Township Landmarks › Section 381.02 — Meeting; Notice.

381.02 MEETING; NOTICE.
At its next regular meeting after the petition is filed, the county board shall fix a time and place of meeting to consider it, of which three weeks' published notice, containing the substance of the petition, a description of the lands to be affected, and the names of the owners thereof as they appear in the last tax duplicate, must be given. The notice must also be personally served on each occupant of land to be affected by the survey.
History:
(798) RL s 459; 1986 c 365 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 381 — Surveys, Section Corners, Township Landmarks › Section 381.03 — Hearing; Contract With Surveyor.

381.03 HEARING; CONTRACT WITH SURVEYOR.
On the hearing of the petition, all parties interested may appear and be heard, and the county board may grant or reject the application. If granted, it shall appoint a licensed surveyor to make the survey, with whom a written contract for the performance of the work must be made, secured by a sufficient bond executed by the surveyor and approved by the board. Two weeks' published notice of the appointment of the surveyor, specifying the date when the survey will begin, must be given. At the appointed time, the work shall begin, and shall continue without unnecessary delay until completed.
History:
(799) RL s 460; 1986 c 365 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 381 — Surveys, Section Corners, Township Landmarks › Section 381.04 — Duties Of Surveyor.

381.04 DUTIES OF SURVEYOR.
The surveyor shall keep complete and accurate records and field notes of all the work, giving dates, names of assistants, lengths and relative directions of all lines, a full description of the evidence and method by which corners are located or restored, and complete data by which the entire survey can be relocated. Distances must be given in feet and decimals thereof. Durable magnetic monuments must be placed at all restored government corners or as references to the government corners. The surveyor shall make a plat on durable reproducible material, showing the above mentioned facts, so far as practicable, and also all tracts of land affected, with the name of the owner and acreage of each tract. The plat must have endorsed thereon the affidavit of the surveyor to the effect that the survey and plat are correct and accurate.
History:
(800) RL s 461; 1986 c 365 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 381 — Surveys, Section Corners, Township Landmarks › Section 381.05 — Plat As Evidence.

381.05 PLAT AS EVIDENCE.
If the board approves the plat, its certificate of approval, signed by the chair, must be endorsed thereon. The surveyor shall then file the plat, records and field notes in the office of the county recorder. If an office for the county surveyor is maintained in a building maintained by the county for county purposes on a full-time basis, the plat, records and field notes must be filed in the surveyor's office with a copy of the plat filed in the office of the county recorder. The plats, records and field notes filed under this provision are prima facie evidence that the survey is correct. The surveyor shall pay to the recorder the current fee for filing and recording the plat, records and field notes or plat, as the case may be.
History:
(801) RL s 462; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1986 c 365 s 5; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 381 — Surveys, Section Corners, Township Landmarks › Section 381.06 — Expenses; Assessment.

381.06 EXPENSES; ASSESSMENT.
The surveyor shall then make a certified report to the board, showing in detail the entire expense of the survey, which must be equitably apportioned and assessed by the board to the several tracts affected.
History:
(802) RL s 463; 1986 c 365 s 6
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 381 — Surveys, Section Corners, Township Landmarks › Section 381.07 — Assessment; Notice; Confirmation.

381.07 ASSESSMENT; NOTICE; CONFIRMATION.
On making the assessment, the board shall give one week's published notice thereof. The notice must contain a description of each tract of land affected, and specify the amount assessed against each tract, the name of the supposed owner, and the time and place of meeting of the board to correct and confirm the assessment. At the time and place given in the notice, the board, after making all proper corrections and adjustments, shall make an order confirming the assessment.
History:
(803) RL s 464; 1986 c 365 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 381 — Surveys, Section Corners, Township Landmarks › Section 381.08 — Assessment Entered On Tax Duplicate.

381.08 ASSESSMENT ENTERED ON TAX DUPLICATE.
On the filing of the order of confirmation, the county auditor shall enter on the tax duplicate for the current year, against each such tract of land, the amount so assessed against it, which shall be collected as other taxes, and be deposited in the county revenue fund.
History:
(804) RL s 465; 1986 c 365 s 8
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 381 — Surveys, Section Corners, Township Landmarks › Section 381.09 — Expenses, How Paid.

381.09 EXPENSES, HOW PAID.
After the filing of the order of confirmation, the expenses of the survey, not exceeding the amount of the assessment, must be paid out of the general revenue fund of the county in the same manner as other claims.
History:
(805) RL s 466; 1986 c 365 s 9
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 381 — Surveys, Section Corners, Township Landmarks › Section 381.10 — Appeals.

381.10 APPEALS.
Appeals from the order of confirmation may be taken to the district court by any person aggrieved, in the same manner as from the determination of the board in laying out roads. On an appeal the court may inquire into and review all matters relating to the survey or assessment or expenses affecting the party appealing, which are specified in the notice of appeal.
History:
(806) RL s 467; 1986 c 365 s 10
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 381 — Surveys, Section Corners, Township Landmarks › Section 381.11 — Not To Affect Lines Fixed By Agreement.

381.11 NOT TO AFFECT LINES FIXED BY AGREEMENT.
Nothing in sections 381.01 to 381.10 shall be construed to authorize the change of any line fixed by agreement of land owners or of any traveled road.
History:
(807) RL s 468
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 381 — Surveys, Section Corners, Township Landmarks › Section 381.125 — Public Land Survey System Monument Grant Program.

381.125 PUBLIC LAND SURVEY SYSTEM MONUMENT GRANT PROGRAM.
Subdivision 1.
Grant program.
The chief geospatial information officer, through the Geospatial Advisory Council established under section 16E.30, subdivision 8, shall work with the stakeholders licensed as land surveyors under section 326.02, to develop a process for accepting applications from counties for funding for the perpetuation of monuments established by the United States in the public lands survey to mark public land survey corners, as provided in section 381.12, subdivision 2, clause (1). Grants may also be used to update records and data regarding monuments. The chief geospatial information officer must establish criteria for prioritizing applicants when resources available for grants are not sufficient to award grants to all applicants. The criteria must favor providing grants to counties that demonstrate financial need for assistance.
Subd. 2.
Report.
By October 1, in each odd-numbered year, the chief geospatial information officer must submit a report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the committees in the senate and the house of representatives with jurisdiction over state government and local government. The report must include the following:
(1) a summary of the chief geospatial information officer activities regarding administration of this grant program for the previous fiscal year, including the amount of money requested and disbursed by county;
(2) an assessment of the progress toward completion of necessary monument restoration and certification by county; and
(3) a forecast of the amount needed to complete monument recertification in all counties.
Subd. 3.
Nonstate match.
No nonstate match is required for grants made under this program.
History:
2023 c 62 art 2 s 111
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 381 — Surveys, Section Corners, Township Landmarks › Section 381.13 — Township Landmarks.

381.13 TOWNSHIP LANDMARKS.
In every county, the county board shall cause to be placed by a licensed surveyor at the northeast corner of each congressional township a durable magnetic monument having a head not less than 3-1/2 inches in diameter and a length of 20 inches. The monument must be embedded its full length in the ground. The county board shall pay from the treasury the expense of installing the monuments, and the place where the monument is located is prima facie evidence of the northeast corner of such township.
History:
(785) RL s 449; 1986 c 365 s 12
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 381 — Surveys, Section Corners, Township Landmarks › Section 381.19 — Violations; Penalty.

381.19 VIOLATIONS; PENALTY.
Any person who willfully removes, destroys, or defaces a monument lawfully erected is guilty of a misdemeanor.
History:
1986 c 365 s 13