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2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities › Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties › Section 471.41 — Auditing Accounts Not Itemized A Gross Misdemeanor.

471.41 AUDITING ACCOUNTS NOT ITEMIZED A GROSS MISDEMEANOR.
Every member of such board who shall audit and allow any claim required to be itemized, without the same having been first duly itemized and verified, shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
History:
(769) RL s 441
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities › Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties › Section 471.415 — Duplicate Warrants Or Orders.

471.415 DUPLICATE WARRANTS OR ORDERS.
Subdivision 1.
Issuance.
When any order or warrant of any county, city, town, or school district in the state shall become lost or destroyed, a duplicate thereof may be issued by the officers authorized by law to issue such orders or warrants under the regulations and restrictions hereinafter prescribed. Such duplicate shall correspond in number, date, and amount with the original order or warrant and shall have endorsed on its face by the officers issuing the same the word "duplicate," together with the date of its issuance.
Subd. 2.
Affidavit filed before warrant issues.
A duplicate for a lost or destroyed order or warrant shall not issue until there shall have been filed with the proper officer an affidavit of the owner thereof setting forth the ownership of the order or warrant, the description thereof, and the manner of its loss or destruction, and until there shall have been executed and filed with the same officer an indemnifying bond, with sureties to be approved by such officer, in a sum equal to the amount of such order or warrant, conditioned that the parties thereto shall pay all damages which the county, city, town, or school district may sustain if compelled to pay such lost or destroyed order or warrant. The governing body of any county, city, town, or school district may in its discretion dispense with the requirement of an indemnifying bond.
Subd. 3.
Record to be kept.
Any officer issuing duplicates under this section shall keep a record showing the number, dates, and amounts of such mutilated, lost, or destroyed orders or warrants, together with the date of issuance of the duplicates therefor, and the names of the persons to whom issued.
History:
(1058, 1059, 1060, 1061) 1915 c 36 s 1-4; 1961 c 60 s 1; 1961 c 325 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 2002 c 379 art 1 s 96
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities › Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties › Section 471.426 — Direct Deposit.

471.426 DIRECT DEPOSIT.
Notwithstanding sections 177.23, subdivision 4, and 181.02, the governing body of a municipality as defined in section 471.425, may require direct deposit for all its employees who are being paid by its payroll system.
History:
2004 c 292 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities › Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties › Section 471.44 — Municipality To Supply Counsel For Police, Peace Officers.

471.44 MUNICIPALITY TO SUPPLY COUNSEL FOR POLICE, PEACE OFFICERS.
Subdivision 1.
Costs in defense of legal action.
On and after the passage of Laws 1937, chapter 442, every city, town, or county of this state employing sheriffs, police officers, or peace officers shall be required to furnish legal counsel to defend any sheriff, deputy sheriff, police officer, or peace officer employed by any such governmental subdivision in all actions brought against such officer to recover damages for alleged false arrest or alleged injury to person, property or character, when such alleged false arrest or alleged injury to person, property or character was the result of an arrest made by such officer in good faith and in the performance of official duties and pay the reasonable costs and expenses of defending such suit, including witness fees and reasonable counsel fees, notwithstanding any contrary provisions in the laws of this state or in the charter of any such governmental subdivision.
Subd. 2.
Costs in defense of civilian complaints.
A home rule charter or statutory city, town, or county that establishes a peace officer civilian review authority to review civilian complaints about alleged peace officer misconduct shall pay the reasonable costs of legal counsel and reasonable fees incurred by the officer in defending against a complaint after a finding that the complaint is sustained by the authority, and if the complaint is subsequently not upheld. If a complaint against a peace officer is sustained, no payment may be made under this subdivision.
History:
(1933-81) 1937 c 442 s 1; 1947 c 390 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1986 c 444; 1993 c 220 s 1; 2004 c 200 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities › Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties › Section 471.45 — Costs And Disbursements To Be Assigned To Municipalities.

471.45 COSTS AND DISBURSEMENTS TO BE ASSIGNED TO MUNICIPALITIES.
If, at the termination of such suit, judgment is rendered in favor of the defendant and against the plaintiff, such judgment for costs and disbursements shall be assigned to such governmental subdivision by such officer, and all moneys collected thereon shall be paid to such governmental subdivision. If judgment be rendered in such action against such officer, such governmental subdivision so employing such officer is hereby authorized to appropriate moneys from any funds available to pay such judgment, if, in the discretion of the governing body of such governmental subdivision, it seems fitting and proper to do so.
History:
(1933-82) 1937 c 442 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities › Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties › Section 471.46 — Vacancies; Persons Ineligible To Appointment.

471.46 VACANCIES; PERSONS INELIGIBLE TO APPOINTMENT.
No county, city, town, or school district officer shall be appointed to fill a vacancy in any elective office if the officer has the power, either alone or as a member of a board, to make the appointment; and the ineligibility shall not be affected by resignation before such appointment is made. This section shall not prevent the appointment of a member of a city council to the office of mayor or clerk, but in that case the member shall not vote in the appointment.
History:
(254-49) 1939 c 249; 1943 c 346 s 1; 1959 c 422 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities › Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties › Section 471.462 — Written Estimate Of Consultant Fees.

471.462 WRITTEN ESTIMATE OF CONSULTANT FEES.
For the purposes of this section, "city" means a home rule charter or statutory city. When an applicant applies for a permit, license, or other approval relating to real estate development or construction, the applicant may request that the city provide a written nonbinding estimate of the consulting fees to be charged to the applicant based on information available at that time. If the applicant requests the estimate, the application shall not be deemed complete until the city has:
(1) provided an estimate to the applicant;
(2) received the required application fees, as specified by the city;
(3) received a signed acceptance of the fee estimate from the applicant; and
(4) received a signed statement that the applicant has not relied on the estimate of fees in its decision to proceed with the final application from the applicant.
History:
2019 c 27 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities › Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties › Section 471.464 — Ramps At Crosswalks.

471.464 RAMPS AT CROSSWALKS.
Subdivision 1.
At new installations.
Every city shall install ramps at crosswalks, in both business and residential areas, when making new installations of sidewalks and curbs or gutters, or improving or replacing existing sidewalks and curbs or gutters, so as to make the transition from street to sidewalk easily negotiable for disabled persons in wheelchairs and for other persons who may have difficulty in making the required step up or down from curb level to street level.
Subd. 2.
Design specifications.
All such ramps shall be constructed or installed in accordance with design specifications therefor prepared by the Department of Transportation. The Department of Transportation shall make available to such municipalities design standards for such ramps.
History:
1973 c 50 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1976 c 166 s 7; 2005 c 56 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities › Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties › Section 471.475 — Iron Range Cities Or Towns May Lease Out Hospital.

471.475 IRON RANGE CITIES OR TOWNS MAY LEASE OUT HOSPITAL.
The governing body of any city or town, the valuation of which consists of more than 25 percent iron ore may lease, upon such terms as it deems to be in its best interests, whether for a direct monetary consideration or otherwise, any community or municipal hospital, or any lands, or buildings in connection therewith belonging to said city or town to any incorporated nonprofit hospital association. However, such hospital must be made and kept available to all inhabitants of such city or town on equal terms. Any such city or town may lease, sell, assign or donate to such hospital association upon such terms as it determines to be in its best interests, whether for monetary consideration or otherwise, any hospital supplies or equipment for use in such hospital, and may reimburse such association for any expenditures made for such hospital supplies out of the general or permanent improvement fund of the city or town or out of any special hospital fund which may be created, or out of moneys obtained as gifts for hospital purposes from individuals, corporations, foundations, or groups of any sort.
History:
1957 c 116 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities › Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties › Section 471.476 — Ambulance Services, Hennepin County Exception.

471.476 AMBULANCE SERVICES, HENNEPIN COUNTY EXCEPTION.
Subdivision 1.
In or out of boundaries, also to nonresidents.
Any county, except Hennepin County, city, however organized, town or hospital district, either singly or jointly in accordance with an agreement made pursuant to section 471.59, may provide general ambulance services. In providing such service the political subdivision may purchase, rent or lease ambulances and related equipment and supplies; may contract for such service with any person, firm, corporation or other political subdivision upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon and may employ and train personnel for such service. Ambulance service authorized by this section may be provided both inside and outside the boundaries of the political subdivision and may be furnished to nonresidents as well as residents.
Subd. 2.
Tax levy.
Any such political subdivision providing a general ambulance service pursuant to this section may levy an annual tax over and above any statutory or charter limitation and may also impose reasonable charges for ambulance services in order to finance the cost of such service. Any governing body may appropriate money as necessary from funds received for the purposes of Laws 1969, chapter 333, or from any surplus in general revenue funds of the political subdivision.
Subd. 3.
City bonds for equipment.
Any city, however organized, may issue bonds for the acquisition of ambulances and related equipment notwithstanding the provisions of any other statute or charter.
Subd. 4.
Town tax; conditions.
Any organized town may in the manner hereinafter provided provide general ambulance service for a portion or portions of the territory within the town outside the boundaries of any incorporated municipality, and may levy the tax authorized by this section on the portion or portions so served. To establish such service, the town board shall adopt a resolution describing with particularity the territory to be served and shall transmit a certified copy of the resolution to the county auditor. The territory described in the resolution shall be compact and contiguous in nature. The town board may thereafter annually levy such tax on the territory described as may be necessary to provide the ambulance service. Upon the certification of such tax by the town board to the county auditor, the auditor shall thereupon spread the tax upon the property described in the resolution and the same shall be collected and distributed as other taxes for use by the town board for ambulance service within the territory described in the resolution.
History:
1969 c 333 s 1,2; 1971 c 20 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1978 c 743 s 16
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities › Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties › Section 471.49 — Definitions.

471.49 DEFINITIONS.
Subdivision 1.
Words, terms, and phrases.
Unless the language or context clearly indicates that a different meaning is intended, the following words, terms, and phrases, for the purposes of this chapter, shall be given the meanings hereinafter subjoined to them.
Subd. 2.
Agreement.
"Agreement" means "contract" and includes renewals and alterations of a contract.
Subd. 3.
Political subdivision.
"Political subdivision" means any agency or unit of this state which now is, or hereafter shall be, authorized to levy taxes or empowered to cause taxes to be levied.
Subd. 4.
Services.
"Services" means such public and municipal functions as are performed for property in and persons residing within a political subdivision.
Subd. 5.
United States.
"United States" means the United States of America.
Subd. 6.
County board.
"County board" means the county board of any county in this state.
Subd. 7.
Project.
"Project" means any resettlement project or rural rehabilitation project for resettlement purposes of the United States located within a political subdivision and includes the persons inhabiting such a project.
Subd. 8.
Governing body.
"Governing body" means the council, board, body, or persons in which the powers of a subdivision as a body corporate, or otherwise, are vested.
Subd. 9.
Fund.
"Fund" means, unless otherwise expressed, the "government project fund" to be established pursuant to section 471.54.
Subd. 10.
Public accountant.
"Public accountant" means a certified public accountant or a certified public accounting firm licensed in accordance with chapter 326A.
History:
1941 c 480 s 1; 1992 c 592 s 9; 1995 c 186 s 119; 2001 c 109 art 2 s 8; 2010 c 191 s 10
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities › Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties › Section 471.50 — County Board May Make Agreements In Regard To Taxes.

471.50 COUNTY BOARD MAY MAKE AGREEMENTS IN REGARD TO TAXES.
The county board of any county in this state is hereby authorized and empowered to make requests of the United States for and on behalf of the county and the political subdivisions whose jurisdictional limits are within or coextensive with the limits of the county, for the payment of such sums in lieu of taxes as the United States may agree to pay, and to enter into agreements with the United States, in the name of the county, for the performance of services by the county and such political subdivisions for the benefit of the project and for the payment by the United States to the county, in one or more installments, of such sums in lieu of taxes; provided, that at least ten days' notice, in writing, of the meeting of the county board at which such proposed agreement will be considered and acted upon shall be given by the county auditor to the clerk of each political subdivision affected.
History:
1941 c 480 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities › Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties › Section 471.51 — Agreement To State Years Of Payments.

471.51 AGREEMENT TO STATE YEARS OF PAYMENTS.
Every such agreement shall state the year or years for which the payments are to be made in lieu of the taxes that would have been levied upon the premises concerned for such year or years if the same has been subject to taxation. All payments made by the United States under any such agreement shall be received by the county treasurer and shall be distributed in the same manner and in the same proportions as such taxes for each year or years would have been distributed.
History:
1941 c 480 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities › Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties › Section 471.52 — Apportionment Of Payments.

471.52 APPORTIONMENT OF PAYMENTS.
Each agreement entered into pursuant to section 471.50 shall contain the names of the political subdivisions with respect to which it is consummated, and a statement of the proportionate share of the payment by the United States to which each subdivision shall be entitled.
History:
1941 c 480 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities › Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties › Section 471.53 — Who May Make Requests.

471.53 WHO MAY MAKE REQUESTS.
If the United States declines to deal with a county board with respect to any political subdivision whose jurisdictional limits are within or coextensive with the limits of the county, or in the event the jurisdictional limits of a political subdivision lie in more than one county, that subdivision is hereby authorized to make request of the United States for payment of such sums in lieu of taxes as the United States may agree to pay, and is hereby empowered to enter into agreements with the United States for the performance by the subdivision of services for the benefit of a project and for the payment by the United States to the subdivision, in one or more installments of such sums in lieu of taxes. The amount of such payment may be based upon the cost of performing such services during the period of the agreement, after taking into consideration the benefits to be derived by the subdivision from the project, but shall not be in excess of the taxes which would result to the political subdivision during such period if the real property of the project within the political subdivision were taxable. When any payment is received by a subdivision under an agreement entered into pursuant to this section, the governing body of such subdivision shall issue a receipt for such payment.
History:
1941 c 480 s 5
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities › Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties › Section 471.55 — Construction Of Sections 471.49 To 471.55.

471.55 CONSTRUCTION OF SECTIONS 471.49 TO 471.55.
No provision of sections 471.49 to 471.55 shall be construed to relieve any political subdivision of this state, in the absence of an agreement for payment of sums in lieu of taxes by the United States as provided therein, of the duty of furnishing, for the benefit of a project, all services which the subdivision usually furnishes for property in and persons residing within the subdivision without a payment of sums in lieu of taxes.
History:
1941 c 480 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities › Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties › Section 471.562 — Definitions.

471.562 DEFINITIONS.
Subdivision 1.
Applicability.
In sections 471.562 to 471.564, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given in this section.
Subd. 2.
Economic development loan repayment.
"Economic development loan repayment" means any payment received or to be received by a municipality with respect to a loan made by the municipality for economic development purposes from the proceeds of a federal or state grant, from the proceeds of bonds issued pursuant to section 471.564 or from municipal resources appropriated for that purpose.
Subd. 3.
Municipality.
"Municipality" means a statutory city, a home rule charter city, a housing and redevelopment authority created pursuant to, or exercising the powers of such an authority contained in, chapter 469, a port authority created pursuant to, or exercising the powers of such an authority contained in, chapter 469, or an economic development authority created pursuant to or exercising the powers of such an authority contained in chapter 469.
Subd. 4.
Project.
"Project" means an industrial development district as defined in section 469.058, subdivision 1; a project as defined in section 469.002, subdivision 12; a development district as defined in sections 469.124 to 469.133 or any special law; or a project as defined in section 469.153, subdivision 2.
Subd. 5.
Secondary market.
A municipality may sell, at private or public sale, at the price or prices determined by the municipality, a note, mortgage, lease, sublease, lease purchase, or other instrument or obligation evidencing or securing a loan described in subdivision 2.
History:
1987 c 344 s 10; 1989 c 209 art 2 s 44; 1994 c 614 s 14,15; 2013 c 125 art 1 s 107
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities › Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties › Section 471.563 — Uses Of Loan Repayments.

471.563 USES OF LOAN REPAYMENTS.
Subject to any restrictions imposed on their use by any related federal or state grant, economic development loan repayments and the proceeds of any bonds issued pursuant to section 471.564 may be applied by a municipality to any of the following purposes:
(1) to finance or otherwise pay the costs of a project;
(2) to pay principal and interest on any bonds issued pursuant to section 469.178, with respect to a project, certification of which is requested before August 1, 1987, or pursuant to chapter 474, 458, 462, or section 471.564, to purchase insurance or other credit enhancement for any of those obligations or to create or maintain reserves therefor; or
(3) for any other purpose authorized by law.
If economic development loan repayments are used to pay principal or interest on any such obligations, the municipality may be reimbursed for the amount so applied with interest not exceeding the rate of interest on the obligations from subsequent collections of taxes or other revenues that had been designated as the primary source of payment of the obligations.
History:
1987 c 344 s 11; 1989 c 209 art 2 s 45
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities › Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties › Section 471.564 — Bonds.

471.564 BONDS.
A municipality may by resolution authorize, issue, and sell revenue bonds payable from all or any portion of a municipality's economic development loan repayments to finance any expenditure the municipality is authorized to make under section 471.563. The bonds may be issued in one or more series and sold at public or private sale and at the prices the municipality may determine. The bonds may be secured, bear interest at the rate or rates, have the rank or priority, be executed in the manner, mature and be subject to the defaults, redemptions, repurchases, tender options, or other terms that the municipality determines. The municipality may enter into and perform all contracts deemed necessary or desirable by it to issue the bonds and apply the proceeds of the bonds, including an indenture of trust with a trustee within or without the state, a loan agreement, lease or installment sale contract in connection with the project to be financed, or a guaranty of the bonds or related instrument. The bonds may be further secured by any pledge or mortgage securing the economic development loan repayments pledged to the bonds. The bonds, and the bonds shall so state, shall not be payable from nor charged upon any funds other than the economic development loan repayments and property pledged or mortgaged to the payment thereof. The municipality shall not have the power to obligate itself to pay the bonds from funds other than the economic development loan repayments and properties pledged and mortgaged. No owner or owners of the bonds shall ever have the right to compel any exercise of the taxing powers of the municipality to pay the principal of or interest on any such bonds or to enforce payment thereof against any other property of the municipality. Bonds may be issued under this section and their proceeds loaned to a nongovernmental person or entity, only if the municipality estimates that the economic development loan repayments pledged to the payment of principal and interest, exclusive of economic development loan repayments to be made by the person or entity, if paid to the municipality in accordance with their terms, are sufficient to pay principal and interest on the bonds when due.
History:
1987 c 344 s 12
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities › Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties › Section 471.57 — Public Works Reserve Fund.

471.57 PUBLIC WORKS RESERVE FUND.
Subdivision 1.
Tax levy.
The council of any city, however organized, may establish by ordinance a public works reserve fund and may annually levy taxes within existing charter limits for the support of such fund. It may, by the ordinance establishing the fund, designate a specific capital improvement or a type of capital improvement for which the fund is to be used. The proceeds of taxes levied for its support shall be paid into the public works reserve fund. There may be paid into such fund any other revenue not required by statute or charter to be paid into some other fund or used for purposes other than those provided in this section for the use of the public works reserve fund.
Subd. 2.
Purposes.
Except as provided in subdivision 3, the public works reserve fund shall be used only for the specific capital improvement or type of capital improvement designated by the ordinance establishing the fund. If not so designated, it shall be used only for capital improvements of a type for which the municipality establishing the fund is authorized to issue bonds. The term "capital improvement" does not include the construction or acquisition of any steam heat, telephone, gas or electric plant or system. No expenditures shall be made from the public works reserve fund before the first fiscal year following cessation of hostilities in the present war as declared by proper federal authority.
Subd. 3.
May use fund for other purposes upon vote.
The council of any municipality which has established a public works reserve fund by an ordinance designating the specific improvement or type of capital improvement for which the fund may be used may submit to the voters of the municipality at any regular or special election the question of using the fund for some other purpose. If a majority of the votes cast on the question are in favor of such diversion from the original purpose of the fund, it may be used for any purpose so approved by the voters.
History:
1943 c 437; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1994 c 505 art 3 s 14
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities › Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties › Section 471.572 — Infrastructure Replacement Reserve Fund.

471.572 INFRASTRUCTURE REPLACEMENT RESERVE FUND.
Subdivision 1.
Definitions.
For purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given:
"Reserve fund" means the infrastructure replacement reserve fund.
"City" means a statutory or home rule charter city.
Subd. 2.
Tax levy.
The governing body of a city may establish, by a two-thirds vote of all its members, by ordinance or resolution a reserve fund and may annually levy a property tax for the support of the fund. The proceeds of taxes levied for its support must be paid into the reserve fund. Any other revenue from a source not required by law to be paid into another fund for purposes other than those provided for the use of the reserve fund may be paid into the fund. Before a tax is levied under this section, the city must publish in the official newspaper of the city an initial resolution authorizing the tax levy. If within ten days after the publication a petition is filed with the city clerk requesting an election on the tax levy signed by a number of qualified voters greater than ten percent of the number who voted in the city at the last general election, the tax may not be levied until the levy has been approved by a majority of the votes cast on it at a regular or special election.
Subd. 3.
Purposes.
The reserve fund may be used only for the replacement of streets, bridges, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, trees, and storm sewers.
Subd. 4.
Use of fund for a specific purpose.
If the city has established a reserve fund, it may submit to the voters at a regular or special election the question of whether use of the fund should be restricted to a specific improvement or type of capital improvement. If a majority of the votes cast on the question are in favor of the limitation on the use of the reserve fund, it may be used only for the purpose approved by the voters.
Subd. 5.
Hearing; notice.
A reserve fund may not be established until after a public hearing is held on the question. Notice of the time, place, and purpose of the hearing must be published for two successive weeks in the official newspaper of the city. The second publication must be not later than seven days before the date of the hearing.
Subd. 6.
Termination of fund.
The city may terminate a reserve fund at any time in the same manner as the fund was established. Upon termination of the fund any balance is irrevocably appropriated to the debt service fund of the city to be used solely to reduce tax levies for or bonded indebtedness of the city or, if the city has no bonded indebtedness, for capital improvements authorized by this section.
History:
1986 c 465 art 2 s 14; 1988 c 419 s 1; 1Sp1989 c 1 art 5 s 37
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities › Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties › Section 471.58 — Range Association Of Municipalities And Schools; Dues.

471.58 RANGE ASSOCIATION OF MUNICIPALITIES AND SCHOOLS; DUES.
For the purpose of providing an areawide approach to problems which demand coordinated and cooperative actions and which are common to those areas of northeast Minnesota affected by operations involved in mining iron ore and taconite and producing concentrate therefrom, and for the purpose of promoting the general welfare and economic development of the cities, towns and school districts within the iron ranges area of northeast Minnesota, any city, town or school district in which the net tax capacity consists in part of iron ore, or lands containing taconite or semitaconite or which is located in whole or part in the tax relief area defined by section 273.134, paragraph (b), may pay annual dues in the Range Association of Municipalities and Schools. The association may sue, be sued, intervene and act in a civil action in which the outcome of the action will have an effect upon the interest of any of its members.
History:
1943 c 517 s 1; 1965 c 309 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1978 c 575 s 1; 1979 c 124 s 1; 1983 c 64 s 1; 1988 c 719 art 5 s 84; 1989 c 329 art 13 s 20; 1Sp2001 c 5 art 6 s 37
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities › Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties › Section 471.585 — Municipal Hotel Licensing.

471.585 MUNICIPAL HOTEL LICENSING.
(a) A statutory or home rule charter city or a town may adopt an ordinance requiring hotels as defined in section 327.70, subdivision 3, operating within the boundaries of the city or town to have a valid license issued by the city or town. An annual fee for a license under this section may not exceed $150.
(b) An ordinance adopted under this section is limited to requiring compliance with state and local laws as a condition of licensure. No other licensing conditions or requirements are permitted.
(c) A city or town that has adopted an ordinance under this section may refuse to issue a license, or may revoke an existing license, if the hotel fails to comply with the conditions of the license.
History:
2023 c 62 art 3 s 16
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities › Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties › Section 471.591 — Extension Of Municipal Services.

471.591 EXTENSION OF MUNICIPAL SERVICES.
Subdivision 1.
Early joint meeting.
In the beginning stage of the planning process, and before preparation of any detailed technical plans for the extension of municipal services into an unincorporated area, a city shall meet at least once with the town board of the affected area and the county planning commission, in joint session, to review the plans and consider the comments of the town board and the county planning commission. The city may thereafter proceed to undertake the proposed extension in accordance with applicable law. Any duly organized sewer district or sanitary district created pursuant to special law or pursuant to chapter 115 or 116A, sections 473.501 to 473.549, or section 103F.801 is not affected by this section.
Subd. 2.
Municipal service defined.
For the purposes of this section, "municipal service" means sewer, water, electrical, or other utility service.
History:
1974 c 530 s 1,2; 1980 c 509 s 170; 1990 c 391 art 8 s 52
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities › Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties › Section 471.611 — Retirees' Health Insurance Benefits.

471.611 RETIREES' HEALTH INSURANCE BENEFITS.
Subdivision 1.
Accounting.
A unit of local government that agrees to make payments for health insurance benefits for retired employees shall identify the amount required to pay the cost of those benefits during the period in which the contract or personnel policy providing for those benefits is in effect and shall record the amount as an expenditure, according to generally accepted accounting principles, in the fiscal year or years during which the payments are to be made. A school district is in compliance with this subdivision if it complies with section 123B.77, subdivision 6. Provision of these benefits under a personnel policy must be approved, as a separate action, by the governing body of the employing governmental unit.
Subd. 2.
Coordination.
A unit of local government that funds all or part of the cost of health care benefits for a retired employee must provide for coverage to be coordinated with applicable benefits provided through the federally sponsored Medicare program.
History:
1988 c 605 s 11; 1998 c 397 art 11 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities › Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties › Section 471.615 — Individual Annuity For Public Officer, Employee.

471.615 INDIVIDUAL ANNUITY FOR PUBLIC OFFICER, EMPLOYEE.
At the request of an officer or employee and as part of a compensation arrangement, the governing body of any city, town, county, school district, public corporation, public authority, special district or other political subdivision, or the commissioner of administration of the state of Minnesota may negotiate and purchase an individual annuity contract from a company licensed to do business in the state of Minnesota for an officer or employee for retirement or other purposes and may make payroll allocations in accordance with such arrangement for the purpose of paying the entire premium due or to become due under such contract. The allocation shall be made in a manner which will qualify the annuity premiums, or a portion thereof, for the benefit afforded under Section 403(b) of the current Federal Internal Revenue Code or any equivalent provisions of subsequent federal income tax law. The officer or employee shall own such contract and have rights thereunder that shall be nonforfeitable except for failure to pay premiums. This section shall be applied in a nondiscriminatory manner to officers and employees of the political subdivisions herein named.
History:
1971 c 266 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities › Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties › Section 471.6151 — Contributions From Lawful Gambling Organizations.

471.6151 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM LAWFUL GAMBLING ORGANIZATIONS.
Contributions of receipts derived from lawful gambling to a statutory or home rule charter city, county, or town made by an organization licensed to conduct lawful gambling under chapter 349 may not be used for the benefit of a pension or retirement fund.
History:
1993 c 244 art 5 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities › Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties › Section 471.62 — Statutes Or Rules May Be Adopted By Reference.

471.62 STATUTES OR RULES MAY BE ADOPTED BY REFERENCE.
Any city or town, however organized, may incorporate in an ordinance by reference any statute of Minnesota, any administrative rule of any department of the state of Minnesota affecting the municipality, or any code. Any such municipality situated wholly or partly within 20 miles of the limits of a city of the first class may similarly adopt by reference any ordinance of such first class city or of any contiguous first class city regulating the construction, alteration, improvement, repair, or maintenance of buildings or the installation of equipment therein. All requirements of statutes and charters for the publication or posting of ordinances shall be satisfied in such case if the ordinance incorporating the statute, rule, ordinance or code is published or posted in the required manner and if, prior to such posting or publication, at least one copy of the ordinance or code is marked as the official copy and filed for use and examination by the public in the office of the municipal clerk or recorder. Provisions of the statute, rule, ordinance or code thus incorporated in such ordinance by reference shall be as much a part of the ordinance as if they had been set out in full therein. The clerk or recorder of the municipality shall furnish a copy of any such ordinance thus incorporated by reference at cost to any person upon request. This section does not authorize any municipality to adopt ordinances on any subject on which it does not have power by statute or charter to legislate. The term "code" as used herein means any compilation of regulations or standards or part thereof prepared by any governmental agency, including regional and county planning agencies or any trade or professional association for general distribution in printed form as a standard or model on the subject of building construction, plumbing, electric wiring, inflammable liquids, sanitary provisions, planning, zoning, subdivision, housing, public health, safety, or welfare.
History:
1945 c 200 s 1; 1957 c 220 s 1; 1967 c 489 s 1; 1969 c 850 s 5; 1971 c 25 s 82; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1985 c 248 s 70
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities › Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties › Section 471.63 — Promotion Of Safety And Preservation Of Human Life.

471.63 PROMOTION OF SAFETY AND PRESERVATION OF HUMAN LIFE.
Subdivision 1.
Authorization.
In each county in this state not containing a city of the first class, and in any county having an excess of 5,000 square miles and a population in excess of 150,000 containing a city of the first class, the county board or the governing body of any municipality is hereby authorized and empowered to appropriate to set aside or to make a special levy to be included in its general revenue fund for the purpose of defraying the cost of necessary supplies, postage, materials, awards, expenses of safety workers, administration expenses, and incidentals in the promotion of general safety and the preservation of human life in this state.
Subd. 2.
[Repealed, 1994 c 505 art 3 s 17]
Subd. 3.
Funds, payment to local safety council.
Funds so appropriated or allocated may be paid to any local safety council which is a recognized affiliate of the Minnesota Safety Council.
Subd. 4.
General fund of safety council; payment therefrom.
Such funds so appropriated shall be deposited in a state or national bank same as other public funds in the manner provided by law by the treasurer of the said local safety council and credited to a fund to be established and known as the general fund of the said safety council. Any moneys expended from such fund shall be on verified claims allowed by the safety council, to which such moneys are allocated, in meeting assembled and all checks signed by the chair and countersigned by the treasurer or secretary of such safety council.
Subd. 5.
Funds audited; annual report.
Such funds and records shall be subject to audit the same as any other public funds, and the treasurer of the safety council shall, on the first Monday in January of each year, submit a statement in detail of receipts, expenditures, and balances for the preceding year to the county, or municipality making such appropriation.
Subd. 6.
Bond of treasurer.
The treasurer of the safety council shall be required to give a corporate surety bond in favor of the county, or municipality making such appropriation in the amount so appropriated to the safety council by such governing body. The premium for such bond when approved shall be charged against the general fund of the safety council. The bond shall be approved by the legal advisor of the governing body as to form, legality, and surety.
Subd. 7.
Appropriation resolution filed with county auditor.
A certified copy of the resolution appropriating such funds by any municipal governing body shall be filed with the county auditor in which county such appropriation is made, within 30 days after such appropriation. The county auditor shall keep a record of the total appropriations so made.
History:
1945 c 6 s 1-7; 1949 c 486 s 2; 1969 c 150 s 1; 1973 c 583 s 34; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities › Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties › Section 471.631 — Rewards For Information About Felons.

471.631 REWARDS FOR INFORMATION ABOUT FELONS.
A home rule charter or statutory city may offer and pay a reward or fund the payment of a reward offered by a nonprofit organization in an amount it deems appropriate for information leading to the apprehension and charging or conviction of a person alleged to have committed a felony within the city's limits.
History:
1993 c 63 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities › Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties › Section 471.633 — Firearms.

471.633 FIREARMS.
The legislature preempts all authority of a home rule charter or statutory city including a city of the first class, county, town, municipal corporation, or other governmental subdivision, or any of their instrumentalities, to regulate firearms, ammunition, or their respective components to the complete exclusion of any order, ordinance or regulation by them except that:
(a) a governmental subdivision may regulate the discharge of firearms; and
(b) a governmental subdivision may adopt regulations identical to state law.
Local regulation inconsistent with this section is void.
History:
1985 c 144 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities › Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties › Section 471.634 — Definition.

471.634 DEFINITION.
For purposes of section 471.633, the terms "municipal corporation" and "governmental subdivision," or instrumentality thereof, do not include school districts and other entities composed exclusively of school districts when school boards or school administrators are regulating school grounds, school facilities, school transportation services, school programs, or the conduct of students at any activities conducted under the direct or indirect supervision or control of the school board or administration.
History:
1Sp1985 c 12 art 7 s 24
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities › Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties › Section 471.635 — Zoning Ordinances.

471.635 ZONING ORDINANCES.
Notwithstanding section 471.633, a governmental subdivision may regulate by reasonable, nondiscriminatory, and nonarbitrary zoning ordinances, the location of businesses where firearms are sold by a firearms dealer. For the purposes of this section, a firearms dealer is a person who is federally licensed to sell firearms and a governmental subdivision is an entity described in sections 471.633 and 471.634.
History:
1993 c 326 art 1 s 3; 1993 c 366 s 8
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities › Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties › Section 471.64 — May Get, Dispose Of Property To, From U.s., State Agencies.

471.64 MAY GET, DISPOSE OF PROPERTY TO, FROM U.S., STATE AGENCIES.
Subdivision 1.
Ignore statutes, charter.
Any county, city, town, school district, or other political subdivision of the state may enter into any contract with the United States of America or with any agency thereof, any state agency, or with any other political subdivision of the state for the purchase, lease, sale, or other acquisition or disposition of equipment, supplies, materials, or other property, including real property, without regard to statutory or charter provisions. The acquisition or disposition of such property from or to the federal government shall be in accordance with the rules and regulations which may be prescribed by the United States of America or any agency thereof.
Subd. 2.
Designation, authorization.
The governing body of any political subdivision of the state may designate by appropriate resolution or order any officer or employee of its own to enter a bid or bids in its behalf at any sale of equipment, supplies, material or other property, including real property, owned by the United States of America or with any agency thereof, any state agency, or with any other political subdivision of the state and may authorize the officer or employee to make any down payment, or payment in full, required in connection with such bidding.
History:
1945 c 167 s 1,2; 1955 c 637 s 1; 1957 c 148 s 1; 1974 c 260 s 8; 1986 c 327 s 4; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 471 - 472B — Municipalities › Chapter 471 — Municipal Rights, Powers, Duties › Section 471.65 — Grant, Advance, Or Loan From U.s. Or State Government.

471.65 GRANT, ADVANCE, OR LOAN FROM U.S. OR STATE GOVERNMENT.
Subdivision 1.
Acceptance.
Notwithstanding inconsistent provisions of any other statute or home rule charter, any county, statutory or home rule charter city, town, school district or other political subdivision of the state, however organized, may accept from the government of the United States or the state of Minnesota grants, loans, or advances of money for:
(1) energy conservation investments made from funds received under section 216C.37, and from money received from litigation or settlement of alleged violations of federal petroleum pricing regulations; and
(2) the planning of public works projects, and may make agreements to repay any such loans or advances without submitting the proposal to a vote of the people. Funds received by any political subdivision under this subdivision shall not be used for the planning of public housing projects or housing authority projects.
Subd. 2.
Charter limitation on expenditures not to apply.
Expenditures of grants, advances, or loans of money received by any city from the government of the United States or the state of Minnesota for projects under subdivision 1 by such municipality shall not be considered as part of the cost of government within the meaning of any statutory or charter limitation on expenditures.
History:
1945 c 316 s 1,2; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1987 c 289 s 3; 1987 c 312 art 1 s 10 subd 1