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2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 375 — County Boards › Section 375.168 — Undercover Buy Fund; Expenditure Of Money By Counties.

375.168 UNDERCOVER BUY FUND; EXPENDITURE OF MONEY BY COUNTIES.
A county board may appropriate money for investigation of criminal activity relating to receiving or selling stolen goods, including the setting aside of money for "buy funds."
History:
1982 c 536 s 4; 1984 c 629 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 375 — County Boards › Section 375.169 — Publication Of Summary Budget Statement.

375.169 PUBLICATION OF SUMMARY BUDGET STATEMENT.
Annually, upon adoption of the county budget, the county board shall cause a summary budget statement to be published in the official newspaper of the county, or if there is none, in a qualified newspaper of general circulation in the county. The statement shall contain information relating to anticipated revenues and expenditures in a form prescribed by the state auditor. The form prescribed shall be designed so that comparisons can be made between the current year and the budget year. A note shall be included that the complete budget is available for public inspection at a designated location within the county.
History:
1984 c 543 s 41
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 375 — County Boards › Section 375.1691 — Judicial Order After Budget Preparation.

375.1691 JUDICIAL ORDER AFTER BUDGET PREPARATION.
Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a judicial order compelling payment out of county funds shall not be paid unless approved by the county board, if a budget request for the item was not submitted to the county board prior to adoption of the budget in effect for the fiscal year. If the county board refuses to approve payment, the order may be paid in the first fiscal year for which a budget is approved after receipt of the order. This section does not apply to a judgment or other award against the county that is a result of litigation to which the county or a county official in an official capacity was a party.
History:
1988 c 719 art 6 s 15
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 375 — County Boards › Section 375.17 — Publication Of Financial Statements.

375.17 PUBLICATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
Subdivision 1.
Statement contents; summaries.
Annually, not later than the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March, the county board shall make a full and accurate statement of the receipts and expenditures of the preceding year, which shall contain a statement of the assets and liabilities, a summary of receipts, disbursements, and balances of all county funds together with a detailed statement of each fund account, under the form and style prescribed by and on file with the state auditor. The prescribed form and any changes or modifications of it shall so far as practical be uniform for all counties. Annually the board shall publish the statement or a summary of the statement in a form as prescribed by the state auditor, for one issue in a duly qualified legal newspaper in the county.
Subd. 2.
Full statement; publication conditions.
If the board elects to publish the full statement, it may refrain from publishing:
(1) an itemized account of amounts paid out, to whom and for what purpose to the extent that the published proceedings of the county board contain the information, if all disbursements aggregating $5,000 or more to any person are set forth in a schedule of major disbursements showing amounts paid out, to whom and for what purpose and are made a part of, and published with, the financial statement;
(2) the names and amounts of salaries and expenses paid to employees but shall publish the totals of disbursements for salaries and expenses; and
(3) the names of persons receiving human services aid and the amounts paid to each, but the totals of the disbursements for those purposes must be published.
This subdivision does not apply to a summary published pursuant to subdivision 1.
Subd. 3.
Filing.
In addition to the publication in the newspaper designated by the board as the official newspaper for publication of the financial statement, the statement shall be published in one other newspaper, if one of general circulation is located in a different municipality in the county than the official newspaper. The county board shall call for separate bids for each publication. If a provision of this section is inconsistent with section 393.07, the provisions of that section shall prevail. The financial statement must be filed with the county auditor for public inspection.
History:
(667) RL s 433; 1907 c 205 s 1; 1933 c 410; 1941 c 370 s 1; 1945 c 170 s 1; 1947 c 235 s 1; 1957 c 543; 1973 c 492 s 7; 1975 c 278 s 1; 1979 c 252 s 4; 1980 c 379 s 1; 1981 c 320 s 1; 1984 c 543 s 42; 1984 c 629 s 2; 1993 c 158 s 3; 2004 c 182 s 29
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 375 — County Boards › Section 375.171 — Credit Cards.

375.171 CREDIT CARDS.
A county board may authorize the use of a credit card by any county officer or employee otherwise authorized to make a purchase on behalf of the county. If a county officer or employee makes a purchase by credit card that is not approved by the county board, the officer or employee is personally liable for the amount of the purchase. A purchase by credit card must otherwise comply with all statutes, rules, or county policy applicable to county purchases.
History:
2000 c 328 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 375 — County Boards › Section 375.181 — County Building Sites.

375.181 COUNTY BUILDING SITES.
If the board of county commissioners at any regular or extra meeting adopts and enters in the minutes of its proceedings a resolution declaring that it is necessary to acquire for the use of the county any land, describing it, to be used as a site for a courthouse or other public building or to enlarge the site of a courthouse or other public building already owned by the county, and the board of county commissioners is unable to purchase the land at a reasonable price, the land may be acquired by condemnation as provided in chapter 117.
History:
(6558) 1905 c 7 s 1; 1961 c 561 s 7; 1984 c 629 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 375 — County Boards › Section 375.182 — Neglect Of Duty.

375.182 NEGLECT OF DUTY.
Every member of the county board who shall neglect or omit to discharge any of the duties imposed by law shall be deemed guilty of a gross misdemeanor; and, upon conviction, punished by a fine of not less than $100, nor more than $3,000.
History:
(855) RL s 509; 1969 c 9 s 82; 1984 c 628 art 3 s 11
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 375 — County Boards › Section 375.19 — Additional Powers.

375.19 ADDITIONAL POWERS.
A county board may accept for its county real or personal property by gift, bequest, devise, conveyance, or otherwise from any person whose care, support, treatment, or maintenance, in whole or part, is or may be chargeable to or furnished or provided by the county, and hold or dispose of it for the benefit of the county, as in the case of other county property. It may permit use of county equipment for soil conservation projects and make annual expenditures from the general revenue fund for soil conservation purposes.
History:
(669) 1923 c 241; 1947 c 255 s 1; 1951 c 645 s 1; 1969 c 637 s 1; 1974 c 72 s 1; 1984 c 629 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 375 — County Boards › Section 375.195 — Sale Of Buildings On Public Property.

375.195 SALE OF BUILDINGS ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.
Subdivision 1.
County auditor may sell property.
Upon resolution of the county board, the county auditor may sell at public auction for cash at not less than the value appraised by the county board, buildings or improvements upon lands held by the state in trust for the taxing districts. If the buildings are not sold at the public auction, they may, at any time within one year from the date of the auction, be sold at private sale by the county auditor at not less than the appraised value.
Subd. 2.
Sale on request of DNR commissioner.
The county auditor may sell at public auction any buildings or improvements upon state lands or platted lots under the control of the commissioner of natural resources not held in trust for the taxing districts, at not less than the value appraised by the county board and approved by the commissioner of natural resources, if requested to do so by the commissioner of natural resources. If the buildings or improvements are not sold when offered at the public sale, they may within one year from the date of the auction be sold at private sale by the county auditor at not less than their appraised value.
Subd. 3.
Finding by county board.
The buildings or improvements shall not be offered for sale or sold until the county board has, by resolution, found that they constitute a fire hazard, an inducement to trespass, or a public nuisance. At least two weeks before the sale, the county auditor shall publish in a legal newspaper in the county and post on the bulletin board in the auditor's office and at least one other prominent place in the courthouse, a notice of the sale, which shall include the date of the sale, a description of the buildings and improvements and the lands upon which they are situated and their appraised value.
Subd. 4.
Sale conditioned upon removal.
All sales under subdivisions 1 or 2 shall be conditioned upon the removal from the land by the purchaser of all buildings and improvements within 90 days of the date of purchase. Upon failure to so remove them, the buildings shall revert to the state and may be resold as provided in subdivision 1 or 2.
Subd. 5.
Disposition of proceeds.
The proceeds from the sale of buildings or improvements located on lands held by the state in trust for the taxing districts, shall be deposited in the forfeited tax fund of the county and distributed in the same manner as if the parcel of land on which the buildings or improvements were situated had been sold. The proceeds from the sale of buildings or improvements on lands held by the state free of any trust for the taxing districts shall be remitted by the county auditor to the commissioner of natural resources to be deposited in the state treasury in the fund to which the proceeds from the sale of the lands from which the buildings are removed would properly be credited.
History:
1945 c 465; 1947 c 181 s 1-4; 1969 c 1129 art 3 s 1; 1984 c 629 s 2; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 375 — County Boards › Section 375.20 — Ballot Questions.

375.20 BALLOT QUESTIONS.
If the county board may do an act, incur a debt, appropriate money for a purpose, or exercise any other power or authority, only if authorized by a vote of the people, the question may be submitted at a special or general election, by a resolution specifying the matter or question to be voted upon. If the question is to authorize the appropriation of money, creation of a debt, or levy of a tax, it shall state the amount. Notice of the election shall be given as in the case of special elections. If the question submitted is adopted, the board shall pass an appropriate resolution to carry it into effect. In the election the form of the ballot shall be: "Shall (here state the substance of the resolution to be submitted)?, Yes ...... No......,". The county board may call a special county election upon a question to be held within 74 days after a resolution to that effect is adopted by the county board. Upon the adoption of the resolution the county auditor shall post and publish notices of the election, as required by section 204D.22, subdivisions 2 and 3. The election shall be conducted and the returns canvassed in the manner prescribed by sections 204D.20 to 204D.27, so far as practicable.
History:
(786) RL s 450; 1931 c 384; 1961 c 560 s 32; 1975 c 5 s 133; 1981 c 29 art 7 s 34; 1984 c 629 s 2; 1986 c 444; 2013 c 131 art 2 s 79
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 375 — County Boards › Section 375.21 — Contracts Of County Boards.

375.21 CONTRACTS OF COUNTY BOARDS.
Subdivision 1.
Procedure, conditions.
When required by the dollar limitations of section 471.345, a contract for work or labor, or to purchase furniture, fixtures, or other property, or to construct or repair roads, bridges, or buildings shall be made by a county board only after advertising for bids or proposals in a qualified legal newspaper of the county. For the purchase of property or for work and labor, two weeks' published notice that proposals will be received, stating the time and place, shall be given. For the construction or repair of roads, bridges, or buildings, three weeks' published notice shall be given. The notice shall state the time and place of awarding the contract and contain a brief description of the work. Every contract shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder and duly executed in writing. The person to whom a contract is awarded for work or labor or for the construction or repair of roads, bridges, or buildings shall give a sufficient bond to the board for its faithful performance. If no satisfactory bid is received, the board may readvertise.
An advertised standard requirement price contract for supplies or services established by competitive bids may contain an escalation clause and may provide for a negotiated price increase or decrease. The escalation or negotiated change shall be based upon a demonstrable industrywide or regional increase or decrease in the vendor's costs.
Every contract made without compliance with this section is void.
In case of an emergency arising from the destruction or impassability of roads or bridges by floods, rain or snow, or other casualty, or from the breaking or damaging of any property in the county, if the public health, safety, or welfare would suffer by delay, contracts for purchase or repairs may be made without advertising for bids, but in that case the action of the board shall be recorded in its official proceedings.
Subd. 1a.
Except Hennepin County.
This section does not apply to Hennepin County.
Subd. 1b.
Best value alternative.
As an alternative to the procurement method described in subdivision 1, a county board may award a contract for construction, building, alteration, improvement, or repair work to the vendor or contractor offering the best value under a request for proposals as described in section 16C.28, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (2), and paragraph (c).
Subd. 2.
[Repealed, 1967 c 364 s 2]
Subd. 3.
[Repealed, 1967 c 364 s 2]
History:
(991, 992, 993-1) RL s 618,619; 1919 c 355; 1921 c 376; 1923 c 80; Ex1933 c 69; 1935 c 17; 1939 c 5; 1939 c 246; 1947 c 138 s 1; 1957 c 497 s 1; 1959 c 337 s 1; 1967 c 364 s 1; 1969 c 153 s 1; 1969 c 613 s 3; 1979 c 198 art 4 s 13; 1981 c 45 s 1; 1984 c 629 s 2; 1987 c 164 s 2; 1990 c 389 s 1; 2007 c 148 art 3 s 22
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 375 — County Boards › Section 375.22 — Repairs Without Bids In Emergency.

375.22 REPAIRS WITHOUT BIDS IN EMERGENCY.
Subdivision 1.
Procedure.
In case of an emergency arising from breakage, damage, or decay in county property that cannot be allowed to wait for the time required to advertise for bids, repairs may be made without advertising for bids if the work is authorized by a majority of the board of county commissioners, and the action is ratified and recorded in the official proceedings of the board at its next meeting.
Subd. 2.
Except Ramsey County.
This section does not apply to Ramsey County.
History:
(993) 1905 c 189 s 1; 1974 c 435 art 7 s 1; 1984 c 629 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 375 — County Boards › Section 375.25 — County Bonds May Be Bought By Funds In Treasury; Resale.

375.25 COUNTY BONDS MAY BE BOUGHT BY FUNDS IN TREASURY; RESALE.
When a fund in the treasury of a county having not more than 50,000 population is of a size that, in the opinion of the county board, it will not be necessary to be spent for the purpose for which it was paid in within the next two years the board may authorize the auditor and treasurer of the county to purchase out of the fund any outstanding bonds of the county at not more than their face value and accrued interest to the date of purchase. The bonds shall be kept by the treasurer as an asset of the fund. The bonds may again be sold by the board at not less than their face value when, in its judgment, it is necessary to replenish the fund out of which they were purchased.
History:
(669-1, 669-2) 1907 c 214 s 1,2; 1984 c 629 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 375 — County Boards › Section 375.26 — Gifts, Acceptance.

375.26 GIFTS, ACCEPTANCE.
A county may receive by grant, gift, devise, or bequest, and take charge of, own, hold, control, invest, and administer free from taxation, in accordance with the terms of the trust or the conditions of the gift, personal property, and real property in one county, for the use and benefit of the inhabitants of the county or as a park or recreation grounds, and to encourage, aid, and maintain the county cooperative work and education in agriculture and home economics. The county may, from time to time, by resolution of the county board, appropriate from the county revenue fund the sums deemed necessary by the board to suitably maintain, improve, and care for the property.
History:
(669-12) 1925 c 13 s 1; 1933 c 59 s 1; 1939 c 30 s 1; 1949 c 481 s 1; 1951 c 158 s 1; 1957 c 8 s 1; 1980 c 379 s 2; 1984 c 629 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 375 — County Boards › Section 375.27 — Liabilities, Limitations, And Conditions Of Gifts Of Realty.

375.27 LIABILITIES, LIMITATIONS, AND CONDITIONS OF GIFTS OF REALTY.
No county, by receiving a grant, gift, devise, or bequest of property pursuant to section 375.26 and holding and managing it, shall incur or be subject to any liability of any kind or nature growing out of its ownership or management, but limitations and conditions may be imposed by the deed of gift as to the use of the property and it shall be the duty of the county to comply with them.
History:
(669-13) 1925 c 13 s 2; 1984 c 629 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 375 — County Boards › Section 375.273 — Acceptance Of Donations For Care Of Cemeteries.

375.273 ACCEPTANCE OF DONATIONS FOR CARE OF CEMETERIES.
Subdivision 1.
Acceptance of donations.
The board of county commissioners may accept money from private sources or from any person, firm, or corporation, including fiduciaries, donated for the perpetual care of cemeteries located either wholly or partly in the county, and use the funds for the purposes provided in subdivision 2.
Subd. 2.
Use of public money for cemeteries.
The board may expend public funds under its control to maintain and improve, and otherwise permanently care for cemeteries located either wholly or partly in the county. The expenditures shall be included in, and shall not be in excess of, limitations on expenditures fixed by law.
Subd. 3.
Donations deposited with county treasurer.
The money donated or made available for use by the board to permanently care for cemeteries, shall be paid into the county treasury, and kept in a separate fund and disbursed only as authorized by the county board.
History:
1945 c 364 s 1; 1984 c 629 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 375 — County Boards › Section 375.28 — Rewards For Capture.

375.28 REWARDS FOR CAPTURE.
A county board may offer and pay rewards in the amounts, not exceeding $500 in any one case, as it deems advisable for the apprehension, arrest, or conviction, or for information leading to the apprehension, arrest, or conviction, of persons accused of crime in any court in the county or for the apprehension, or for information leading to the apprehension, of any prisoner escaped from a jail in the county.
History:
(669-15) 1925 c 23 s 1; 1984 c 629 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 375 — County Boards › Section 375.30 — County Board May Appropriate Money For Certain Purposes.

375.30 COUNTY BOARD MAY APPROPRIATE MONEY FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES.
Subdivision 1.
Rust-producing bushes.
A county board may appropriate, annually, a sum of money to eradicate and remove rust-producing bushes, including barberry and mahonia and excluding Japanese barberry. The money appropriated shall be spent as the county board may, by resolution, provide.
Subd. 2.
Wild hemp.
A county board, by resolution, may appropriate and spend money as necessary to spray and otherwise eradicate wild hemp on private property within the county. The county board may authorize the use of county equipment, personnel and supplies and materials to spray or otherwise eradicate wild hemp on private property, and may pro rate the expenses involved between the county and owner or occupant of the property. Industrial hemp grown by a person licensed under chapter 18K is not wild hemp.
History:
(671) 1921 c 142; 1971 c 812 s 1; 1984 c 629 s 2; 1Sp2015 c 4 art 2 s 79
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 375 — County Boards › Section 375.31 — Motor Vehicles, Damage From Operation.

375.31 MOTOR VEHICLES, DAMAGE FROM OPERATION.
A county board may indemnify any county officer or employee for loss or expense arising or resulting from any claim made against the officer or employee because of bodily injury, death or property damage sustained by reason of the officer's or employee's operation of a motor vehicle while performing official duties. The county board may defend any suit brought against an officer or employee to enforce such a claim. The county board may settle the claim or suit and pay the amount of the settlement or the amount of any final judgment rendered against an officer or employee on the claim without first requiring the officer or employee to pay it.
History:
(672-1) 1931 c 330 s 1; 1951 c 131 s 1; 1984 c 629 s 2; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 375 — County Boards › Section 375.32 — Insurance Policies; Premium, Payment.

375.32 INSURANCE POLICIES; PREMIUM, PAYMENT.
Subdivision 1.
Payment of premium.
A county board may pay the premium on an insurance policy which insures a county officer or employee or a group of county officers or employees against liability for injuries to person or property within the limitations of section 375.31. The payment shall not impose any liability upon the county. The insurance may be written by any insurance company authorized to transact business in Minnesota.
Subd. 2.
Automobile insurance coverage.
A county board may take action as necessary to bring the county and its officers and employees within the provisions and limitations of chapter 65B.
History:
(672-2) 1931 c 330 s 2; 1951 c 131 s 2,3; 1984 c 629 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 375 — County Boards › Section 375.34 — Memorial Day, Appropriation For Observance.

375.34 MEMORIAL DAY, APPROPRIATION FOR OBSERVANCE.
The county board of each county may appropriate from the revenue fund of the county not more than $3,500 annually to aid in the observance of Memorial Day in commemoration of the noble and valiant deeds of the nation's soldier dead.
History:
(762) 1911 c 109 s 1; 1955 c 24 s 1; 1979 c 310 s 1; 1984 c 629 s 2; 2008 c 192 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 375 — County Boards › Section 375.35 — $300 To Military Service Organizations For Memorial Day.

375.35 $300 TO MILITARY SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS FOR MEMORIAL DAY.
A county board may also appropriate annually not more than $300 to each post of a recognized military service persons' organization or society, holding charter from Congress or incorporated in this state, organized and existing in the county, to defray the expenses of Memorial Day exercises.
History:
(762-1) 1921 c 233 s 1; 1927 c 407; 1949 c 120 s 1; 1974 c 161 s 14; 1979 c 310 s 2; 1984 c 629 s 2; 2008 c 192 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 375 — County Boards › Section 375.36 — May Buy And Keep Up Part Of Cemetery As Soldiers' Rest.

375.36 MAY BUY AND KEEP UP PART OF CEMETERY AS SOLDIERS' REST.
Subdivision 1.
County powers; soldiers' rest.
A county board may purchase a plot of ground in any duly organized cemetery lying, in whole or part, in the county, or in a contiguous county, to be designated and used exclusively as a soldiers' rest. The county may appropriate money for its cost, embellishment, and upkeep, and for the opening and the closing of graves in it.
Subd. 2.
Veteran may run.
The board may use the portion of the appropriation as it deems necessary for compensation and expenses of an agent, who shall be a veteran, to care for the burial ground and to issue permits for burial in it.
Subd. 3.
Except Ramsey County.
This section does not apply to Ramsey County.
History:
(763) 1917 c 60 s 1; 1923 c 335 s 1; 1937 c 178 s 1; 1945 c 257 s 1; 1974 c 435 art 7 s 1; 1984 c 629 s 2; 2006 c 176 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 375 — County Boards › Section 375.37 — "soldiers' Rest" Used Only For Veterans And Spouses.

375.37 "SOLDIERS' REST" USED ONLY FOR VETERANS AND SPOUSES.
Any plot of ground secured and designated as a "soldiers' rest" shall be used exclusively for the interment of deceased veterans, as defined in section 197.447, and spouses of veterans without charge for space in it.
History:
(764) 1917 c 60 s 2; 1933 c 336; 1937 c 178 s 2; 1945 c 145 s 1; 1984 c 629 s 2; 1993 c 100 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 375 — County Boards › Section 375.38 — Violation A Misdemeanor.

375.38 VIOLATION A MISDEMEANOR.
A person who inters or causes to be interred a body, or makes a charge for a burial lot in a soldiers' rest, except as provided by section 375.37, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
History:
(765) 1917 c 60 s 3; 1937 c 178 s 3; 1984 c 629 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 375 — County Boards › Section 375.39 — Change Of Name Of County; Order Of County Board.

375.39 CHANGE OF NAME OF COUNTY; ORDER OF COUNTY BOARD.
A county board may change the name of the county upon a petition signed by a number of the legal voters of the county equal to 55 percent of the votes cast at the last preceding general election, and shall adopt the new name suggested in the petition as the official name of the county. The petition shall be filed with the county auditor who shall then promptly give public notice of the filing of the petition by publishing it in the official newspaper of the county. The petition shall be considered at the next meeting of the board held not less than 30 days after the date of the notice.
The petition being granted, the board shall make a formal order to that effect, which shall be filed with the auditor. After filing, the official name of the county shall be the one adopted.
History:
(674, 675) 1905 c 23 s 1,2; 1984 c 629 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 375 — County Boards › Section 375.40 — County Board May License Exhibitions And Shows.

375.40 COUNTY BOARD MAY LICENSE EXHIBITIONS AND SHOWS.
A county board may license and regulate itinerant shows, carnivals, circuses, endurance contests, and exhibitions of any nature whatsoever. Sections 375.40 to 375.42 do not apply to shows, carnivals, circuses, contests, and exhibitions held within the incorporated limits of a city.
The fee for a license shall be fixed by the county board in the amount it deems advisable.
The board may require, as a condition for granting the license, the posting of a penal bond in the amount it shall determine.
Application for a license shall be made on the form the county board determines. Upon approval of an application and the payment of the license fee and the posting of the required bond, the county auditor shall issue the license.
History:
(10536-11, 10536-12, 10536-13, 10536-14) 1937 c 331 s 1-4; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1984 c 629 s 2; 2001 c 22 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 375 — County Boards › Section 375.41 — Misdemeanor To Take Part In Unlicensed Itinerant Show.

375.41 MISDEMEANOR TO TAKE PART IN UNLICENSED ITINERANT SHOW.
A person, partnership, association, or corporation who conducts, or takes part in, any itinerant show, carnival, circus, endurance contest, or exhibition not licensed, as provided in section 375.40, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
History:
(10536-15) 1937 c 331 s 5; 1984 c 629 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 375 — County Boards › Section 375.42 — Exceptions.

375.42 EXCEPTIONS.
Sections 375.40 and 375.41 do not apply to any itinerant show, carnival, circus, endurance contest, or exhibition held in connection with an agricultural association fair.
History:
(10536-16) 1937 c 331 s 6; 1984 c 629 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 375 — County Boards › Section 375.44 — Mileage, County Hospital Board Members.

375.44 MILEAGE, COUNTY HOSPITAL BOARD MEMBERS.
The county board of any county in which a county hospital is located may by resolution authorize the members of any county hospital board who are not members of the county board to receive reimbursement for each mile necessarily traveled in attending meetings in the performance of their duties.
History:
1957 c 83 s 1; 1984 c 629 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 375 — County Boards › Section 375.45 — Change Funds, Establishment.

375.45 CHANGE FUNDS, ESTABLISHMENT.
The county board shall establish funds in the county offices and departments as it deems necessary for the purpose of making change only. The change funds shall be established by making an appropriation for them from the proper fund in whatever amounts the county board shall determine. The officer receiving a change fund shall be its custodian and responsible for its safekeeping and use. The change fund shall not be used to make payments of expenses provided for in section 375.16.
History:
1959 c 502 s 1; 1967 c 44 s 1; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1984 c 629 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 375 — County Boards › Section 375.46 — May Give General Fund Money To Sheriff For Patrols.

375.46 MAY GIVE GENERAL FUND MONEY TO SHERIFF FOR PATROLS.
Subdivision 1.
On county roads, highways.
A county board may appropriate, out of its general fund, money to permit the sheriff to patrol the roads and highways of the county to investigate conditions respecting observances of laws.
Subd. 2.
Must patrol if asked.
Upon request by the county board the sheriff shall provide a patrol of roads and highways as provided in subdivision 1.
History:
1961 c 258 s 1; 1977 c 158 s 1; 1984 c 629 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 375 — County Boards › Section 375.47 — Expense Allowances For Members Of Boards And Agencies.

375.47 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES FOR MEMBERS OF BOARDS AND AGENCIES.
Subdivision 1.
Reasonable allowance.
The board of county commissioners of each county may, by resolution, set a reasonable allowance for expenses or a per diem allowance in lieu of expenses and a mileage allowance to be paid the members of boards or agencies authorized by statute, and members of advisory boards or committees, performing duties for all or part of the county, when the board or agency does not itself have power to make expense allowances for its members. The allowances shall be paid from the funds under the administration of the boards or agencies. Members of the board of county commissioners shall not receive any per diem pursuant to this subdivision.
Subd. 2.
No doubling of expenses.
No member of a board, agency, advisory board, or committee shall receive an allowance for expenses, or a per diem allowance in lieu of expenses, or a mileage allowance pursuant to subdivision 1, if in another capacity the member receives from the county under authority of any other statute or resolution either:
(a) an allowance for or per diem allowance in lieu of the same expenses or mileage; or
(b) a fixed amount, whether as part of a salary or otherwise, for expenses of like kind incurred in the performance of duties in the other capacity.
History:
1967 c 78 s 1,2; 1975 c 301 s 10; 1978 c 481 s 1; 1984 c 629 s 2; 1986 c 444; 2000 c 454 s 1; 2022 c 71 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 375 — County Boards › Section 375.471 — Land Conservation And Utilization; Federal Aid.

375.471 LAND CONSERVATION AND UTILIZATION; FEDERAL AID.
The county boards of the several counties which have been designated as a resource conservation and development project area under United States Code, title 7, section 1011(e) and acts amendatory thereof, may enter into agreements as necessary with the secretary of agriculture of the United States and other agencies of the federal government for the program of land conservation and land utilization authorized by United States Code, title 7, section 1010 and acts amendatory thereof, to accept assistance for the program under United States Code, title 7, section 1011 and acts amendatory thereof, to engage in works of improvement as necessary for the purpose of the acts and to cooperate with the secretary of agriculture and federal agencies so that residents of this state obtain the benefits and advantages available to them and intended by Congress to be available by the acts. The county boards shall comply with the requirements of federal law and any rules and regulations promulgated under it and with appropriate state laws to accomplish the purposes intended by this section. If a proceeding is instituted by petition for an improvement under this section, it may be conducted by a board in the same manner provided for the establishment of a drainage system under chapter 103E. A majority of the landowners as defined in section 103E.212, subdivision 2, shall be required for a valid petition. They may also proceed under authority provided by other law.
History:
1967 c 581 s 1; 1976 c 2 s 136; 1984 c 629 s 2; 1985 c 172 s 128; 1990 c 391 art 8 s 39
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 375 — County Boards › Section 375.48 — May Appoint County Coordinator To Serve At Its Pleasure.

375.48 MAY APPOINT COUNTY COORDINATOR TO SERVE AT ITS PLEASURE.
Subdivision 1.
Terms; title; salary; qualifications.
Notwithstanding sections 375A.01 and 375A.12, a county board may employ a county coordinator upon terms it considers advisable. It may assign whatever title to the county coordinator that it decides is appropriate. It may appropriate funds and provide suitable office space for the office. The county board shall set the salary of the county coordinator. The coordinator shall be chosen solely on the basis of training, experience and administrative qualifications and need not be a resident of the county at the time of appointment. The county coordinator serves at the pleasure of the board and employment may be terminated by the board without notice. The board may provide for a termination allowance.
Subd. 2.
May be officer or employee.
The county board may appoint as county coordinator any county officer or employee except a county commissioner during the term for which the commissioner was elected. If a county officer or employee is appointed county coordinator, the board may provide that the duties of county coordinator are in addition to the duties as an officer or employee.
Subd. 3.
Except Hennepin County.
This section does not apply to Hennepin County.
History:
1967 c 585 s 1; 1973 c 542 s 14; 1978 c 462 s 2; 1979 c 198 art 4 s 13; 1984 c 629 s 2; 1985 c 109 s 6; 1987 c 164 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 375 — County Boards › Section 375.49 — County Coordinator Duties; Considered Department Head.

375.49 COUNTY COORDINATOR DUTIES; CONSIDERED DEPARTMENT HEAD.
Subdivision 1.
County board to prescribe.
(a) The county board shall prescribe the duties of the county coordinator.
(b) Insofar as required by the county board, the county coordinator is responsible to the board for the proper administration and management of any assigned duty and for these purposes is considered the head of a department.
Subd. 2.
Possible duties and responsibilities.
(a) The county coordinator may be assigned any of the following duties and responsibilities:
(1) to manage any or all of the affairs of the county which the county board has authority to control;
(2) to examine regularly the books, papers and accounts of each department, office, and agency of the county under the control of the county board and to report to the board the condition in which the county coordinator finds them and other information as the board directs;
(3) to submit to the board recommendations concerning the affairs of the county, its future financial needs, and its offices, departments and agencies as the county coordinator considers proper;
(4) to see that all orders, resolutions and regulations of the county board are faithfully executed;
(5) to initiate and present a proposed annual budget to the county board for its review and consideration; and
(6) to serve as clerk of the county board.
(b) When a resolution is adopted directing the county coordinator to assume the responsibilities of clerk of the board, the county auditor shall no longer be held responsible for the duties as clerk to the board imposed by section 384.09.
Subd. 3.
Except Hennepin County.
This section does not apply to Hennepin County.
History:
1967 c 585 s 2; 1973 c 542 s 14; 1979 c 198 art 4 s 13; 1984 c 629 s 2; 1985 c 109 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 375 — County Boards › Section 375.50 — May Rescind County Coordinator Resolution.

375.50 MAY RESCIND COUNTY COORDINATOR RESOLUTION.
Subdivision 1.
Anytime.
The board at any time may rescind the resolution establishing the office of county coordinator. Any duties and responsibilities previously assigned to the county coordinator, upon adoption of the rescinding resolution, shall be vested in the officer or department which had responsibility for the function before the transfer of the function to the county coordinator.
Subd. 2.
Except Hennepin County.
This section does not apply to Hennepin County.
History:
1967 c 585 s 3; 1973 c 542 s 14; 1979 c 198 art 4 s 13; 1984 c 629 s 2; 1985 c 109 s 8
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 375 — County Boards › Section 375.52 — Revision And Codification.

375.52 REVISION AND CODIFICATION.
A county may revise and codify and print in book, pamphlet or newspaper form any general and special laws, ordinances, resolutions and rules in force in the county. The codification shall be a sufficient publication of any ordinance included in it and not previously published in a newspaper if a substantial quantity of the codification is printed for general distribution to the public. The county board may make a reasonable charge for the cost of printing and distribution of ordinances or a codification of ordinances. A copy of any ordinances adopted by the county must be furnished to the county law library or its designated depository. A county, upon request, shall be reimbursed a reasonable charge by the county law library for a copy furnished.
History:
1967 c 698 s 2; 1984 c 543 s 44; 1984 c 629 s 2; 1995 c 105 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 375 — County Boards › Section 375.53 — Violations Of Ordinances, Penalties.

375.53 VIOLATIONS OF ORDINANCES, PENALTIES.
The county board may declare that the violation of any ordinance shall be a penal offense and prescribe penalties for a violation. The penalties shall not exceed those permitted for conviction of a misdemeanor as defined by law.
History:
1967 c 698 s 3; 1984 c 629 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 375 — County Boards › Section 375.54 — Prosecutions Under Ordinance.

375.54 PROSECUTIONS UNDER ORDINANCE.
All prosecutions for violation of county ordinances shall be brought by the county attorney in the name of the county upon complaint and warrant as in other criminal cases.
History:
1967 c 698 s 4; 1984 c 629 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 375 — County Boards › Section 375.55 — Disposition Of Fines Recovered For Ordinance Violations.

375.55 DISPOSITION OF FINES RECOVERED FOR ORDINANCE VIOLATIONS.
All fines, forfeitures, and penalties recovered for the violation of a county ordinance shall be paid into the county treasury. Every court or officer receiving such money, on or before the tenth day after the last day of the month in which the money is collected, shall make a return of it under oath and be given duplicate receipts for the amounts paid. One of the receipts shall be filed with the county auditor.
History:
1967 c 698 s 5; 1984 c 629 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 375 — County Boards › Section 375.551 — County Emergency Jobs Program.

375.551 COUNTY EMERGENCY JOBS PROGRAM.
A county board of a county experiencing chronic high unemployment may establish an emergency employment program to meet the needs of its economically disadvantaged, unemployed residents.
History:
1983 c 307 s 1; 1984 c 629 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 375 — County Boards › Section 375.552 — Definitions.

375.552 DEFINITIONS.
Subdivision 1.
Application.
For the purposes of sections 375.551 to 375.555, the following terms have the meanings given them.
Subd. 2.
Employment program.
"Employment program" means a program offering job training programs or jobs through public works projects to economically disadvantaged, unemployed residents of a county.
Subd. 3.
Economically disadvantaged, unemployed resident.
"Economically disadvantaged, unemployed resident" means a person (a) who is not eligible for or who refuses to accept financial assistance pursuant to chapter 256, 256B, 256D, or 268; (b) whose income or household income is at or below 25 percent of the statewide median household income as determined by the 1980 federal census; (c) who is a bona fide resident of the county; and (d) who is unemployed.
Subd. 4.
Wage.
"Wage" means the basic minimum wage pursuant to section 177.24.
Subd. 5.
Chronic high unemployment.
"Chronic high unemployment" means an unemployment rate, as defined by the Department of Employment and Economic Development, in a county or portion of a county that exceeds the national unemployment rate for four consecutive months in the 12-month period immediately preceding September 1.
History:
1983 c 307 s 2; 1984 c 629 s 2; 1Sp1985 c 14 art 9 s 75; 1994 c 483 s 1; 2004 c 206 s 52
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 375 — County Boards › Section 375.553 — County Emergency Employment Program.

375.553 COUNTY EMERGENCY EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM.
The funds authorized in section 375.555 shall be expended by the county for job training programs or for jobs through public works projects submitted to the county by its departments and agencies and those of cities, towns, school districts, state and federal agencies, park reserve districts, and other special districts, including metropolitan agencies that are located totally or partially within the county. The funds shall be expended only for training programs or public works projects located within the county. The projects shall be beneficial to the submitting local unit and may include permanent improvements or maintenance of public property, residential weatherization programs, landscaping of public grounds or parks, planting or trimming trees, improving open space areas, playgrounds, and recreational facilities owned or operated by the sponsoring unit of government, and reclamation and reforestation. The sponsoring unit of government shall provide the administration, supervision, supplies, and materials for its training program or public works project. All funds available through the authority granted in section 375.555 shall be expended for wages and benefits for program participants except that up to two percent of the total amount shall be available to reimburse the county for its actual cost of administering the program.
History:
1983 c 307 s 3; 1984 c 629 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 375 — County Boards › Section 375.554 — Program Rules.

375.554 PROGRAM RULES.
The county board shall establish rules governing the operation of the employment program. Rules shall include but not be limited to number of hours worked, benefits, and methods and terms of payment.
History:
1983 c 307 s 4; 1984 c 629 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 375 — County Boards › Section 375.555 — Funding.

375.555 FUNDING.
To implement the county emergency jobs program, the county board may expend an amount equal to what would be generated by a levy of 0.01209 percent of estimated market value. The money to be expended may be from any available funds not otherwise earmarked.
History:
1983 c 307 s 5; 1984 c 629 s 2; 1989 c 277 art 4 s 34; 2013 c 143 art 14 s 54
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 375 — County Boards › Section 375.56 — Create Department; Appoint Appeals Board To Establish.

375.56 CREATE DEPARTMENT; APPOINT APPEALS BOARD TO ESTABLISH.
A county board may establish a county personnel administration system by adopting a resolution creating a personnel department, establishing an effective date and appointing a personnel appeals board pursuant to section 375.65.
History:
1976 c 182 s 1; 1984 c 629 s 2