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2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.035 — Unclassified Civil Service.

383C.035 UNCLASSIFIED CIVIL SERVICE.
(a) The officers and employees of the county and of any agency, board, or commission, supported in whole or in part by taxation upon the taxable property of the county or appointed by the judges of the district court for the county, are divided into the unclassified and classified service.
(b) The unclassified service comprises:
(1) all officers elected by popular vote or persons appointed to fill vacancies in such offices;
(2) superintendent or principal administrative officer or comptroller of any separate department of county government which is now or hereafter created pursuant to law, who is directly responsible to the board of county commissioners or any other board or commission, as well as the county agricultural agents reporting to the county extension committee;
(3) members of nonpaid board, or commissioners appointed by the board of county commissioners or acting in an advisory capacity;
(4) assistant county attorneys or special investigators in the employ of the county attorney. For purposes of this section, special investigators are defined as all nonclerical positions in the employ of the county attorney;
(5) all common labor temporarily employed on an hourly basis;
(6) not more than a total of nine full-time equivalent clerical employees serving the county board and administrator;
(7) a legislative lobbyist/grant coordinator appointed by the county board to act as legislative liaison with the St. Louis County legislative delegation and pursue legislative concerns and grant opportunities for the county, and the clerk for that position;
(8) any department head and deputy director designated by the county board;
(9) three administrative assistants in the county administrator's office;
(10) the county administrator and two deputy administrators; and
(11) all court bailiffs.
(c) The classified service includes all other positions now existing and hereinafter created in the service of the county or any board or commission, agency, or offices of the county.
History:
1941 c 423 s 6; 1949 c 255 s 1; 1949 c 258 s 1; 1949 c 309 s 1; 1951 c 310 s 1; 1959 c 217 s 1; 1961 c 329 s 1; Ex1961 c 27 s 1; 1967 c 142 s 1; 1969 c 420 s 1; 1984 c 398 s 1; 1986 c 366 s 2; 1987 c 40 s 1; 1988 c 491 s 3; 1994 c 595 s 3; 1995 c 189 s 8; 1996 c 277 s 1; 1997 c 188 s 1; 2000 c 454 s 2; 2019 c 9 s 5
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.037 — Classification Plan.

383C.037 CLASSIFICATION PLAN.
The human resources director shall establish and maintain a classification plan, together with proposed rules for its administration. The classification plan shall show each class of positions in the classified and unclassified services, and when approved by the county civil service commission, shall be made public, together with the rules for its administration. Each such class shall include such positions requiring duties which are substantially similar in respect to duties and responsibilities and shall be designated by titles indicative of the duties; and that the same schedule of compensation can be made to apply with equity under like working conditions. The class titles shall be used in personnel, budget and financial records, and communications.
History:
1941 c 423 s 8; 2019 c 9 s 6
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.038 — Allocation Of Positions.

383C.038 ALLOCATION OF POSITIONS.
The human resources director shall allocate each position to its proper class and reallocate positions between classes as needed. Any employee whose position or title is affected by such allocation shall be notified thereof and may appeal the allocation to the county civil service commission within 30 calendar days of such notice, and after hearing such employee the civil service commission shall approve or modify such allocation.
History:
1941 c 423 s 9; 1986 c 444; 2019 c 9 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.039 — Additional Classes.

383C.039 ADDITIONAL CLASSES.
With the approval of the county civil service commission, the human resources director may create, merge, divide, and abolish classes, revise the descriptions of classes, and change the titles of classes as necessary to meet the needs of the county.
History:
1941 c 423 s 10; 2019 c 9 s 8
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.04 — Reemployment.

383C.04 REEMPLOYMENT.
Whenever any employee in the classified service, who has been performing all duties in a satisfactory manner, as shown by the records of the employing department or other agency, is laid off because of lack of work or lack of funds, or has been on authorized leave of absence for more than one year and is ready to report for duty when a position is open, or has resigned in good standing with the consent of the human resources director and the employing department, and has requested reemployment, the human resources director shall place the name of such employee on the reemployment list for the appropriate class. No reemployment list shall be valid for more than two years. The order in which names shall be placed on the reemployment list for any class shall be established by rule. No person shall be reinstated or be restored to a reemployment list unless such request is made within two years after the effective date of resignation.
History:
1941 c 423 s 11; 1986 c 444; 2019 c 9 s 9
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.041 — Tests.

383C.041 TESTS.
The human resources director shall hold tests for the purpose of establishing employment lists for the various positions in the classified service. Such tests shall be public, competitive and open to all persons who may be lawfully appointed to any position within the class for which such examinations are held with limitations specified in the rules of the commission as to prerequisite minimum qualifications of the job classification. Promotion tests shall be competitive to employees who have attained permanent status in the classified service by successfully completing a probationary period and who meet the prerequisite minimum qualifications of the job classification. The human resources director shall hold promotion tests for each job class whenever there is a lower-level class in the same classification series, the duties of which directly fit the incumbents thereof for the performance of the duties of the higher-level class. If fewer than two qualified persons submit themselves for a promotion test, or if after such test is held no applicants pass the test, the director may, at the request of the appointing authority, hold an original entrance test and refer names from the employment list resulting from the original entrance test.
All tests shall be practical, and shall consist only of subjects which will fairly determine the capacity of the persons examined to perform the duties of the class of work for which the examination is being conducted, and may include tests of physical fitness or of manual skill. No question in any test shall relate to religious or political opinions or affiliations. As many tests shall be held as may be necessary to provide qualified applicants for each vacancy. From the return and report of the examiners or from the tests provided by the human resources director, the director shall prepare a list of eligible persons who shall attain such minimum mark as may be fixed for the various parts of such test, and whose general average standing upon the test for such position is not less than the minimum fixed by the rules of the commission, and who may lawfully be appointed. Such persons shall take rank upon the list in the order of their relative excellence as determined by the tests. The markings of all tests shall be completed and the resulting employment list posted as soon as possible thereafter. The life of any promotional or open employment list shall not exceed one year, but may be extended an additional year.
The markings and test papers of the candidate shall be open to the candidate's inspection. An error in the markings of any test other than an error in judgment, if called to the attention of the commission within one month after the establishment of an employment list resulting from such test, shall be corrected by it; provided, however, that such correction shall not invalidate any certification or appointment previously made. Public notice of each examination shall be given.
History:
1941 c 423 s 12; 1986 c 444; 2019 c 9 s 10
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.042 — Rejection Of Application; Refusal To Test Or Refer.

383C.042 REJECTION OF APPLICATION; REFUSAL TO TEST OR REFER.
The human resources director may reject an application of any person for admission to a test or refuse to test any applicant, or to refer the name of an applicant for employment who is found to lack any of the established qualification requirements for the position applied for or tested on, or who is physically unable to effectively perform the duties of the position, with reasonable accommodation, or who has been dismissed from the public service for misconduct, or who has made a false statement of any material fact or practiced or attempted to practice deception or fraud in the application or in the test, or in securing eligibility or appointment. Any such person may appeal to the county civil service commission from the action of the human resources director in accordance with the rules established hereunder.
History:
1941 c 423 s 13; 1986 c 444; 2019 c 9 s 11
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.0425 — Prohibiting Or Obstructing Persons From Taking Tests.

383C.0425 PROHIBITING OR OBSTRUCTING PERSONS FROM TAKING TESTS.
No person shall deceive or obstruct any person in respect to the right of test under the provisions of sections 383C.03 to 383C.056; falsely mark, grade, estimate, or report upon the test or standing of any person tested under this chapter, or aid in so doing; or furnish to any person, except in answer to inquiries of the civil service commission, any special information for the purpose of influencing the rating of any such person for appointment or employment. No applicant shall deceive the county civil service commission for the purpose of improving the applicant's prospects for appointment. No person shall solicit, verbally or in writing, and no public officer or employee shall receive or be in any manner concerned in the receiving or soliciting of any money or item of value from any officer or employee holding a position in the classified service for any purpose. No person shall use or promise to use personal influence or official authority to secure appointment or prospect of appointment to a position classified under sections 383C.03 to 383C.056. No public officer or employee shall by means of threat or coercion influence any person holding a position in the classified service to resign the position, take a leave of absence from duty, or waive any right under sections 383C.03 to 383C.056.
History:
2019 c 9 s 12; 2020 c 83 art 1 s 102
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.043 — Vacancies.

383C.043 VACANCIES.
(a) Whenever a position in the classified service becomes vacant and the appointing authority desires to fill the vacancy, the appointing authority shall submit a requisition to the human resources director. The human resources director shall refer the names of candidates to the appointing authority in the order as follows:
(1) when the position is to be filled promotionally, the name of the person highest on the appropriate reemployment-layoff list. If there are no names on the reemployment-layoff list, then:
(i) the names of the persons on the reemployment list, if any; and
(ii) the names of the persons associated with the three highest scores on the promotional list; or
(2) when the position is to be filled from an open competitive employment list, the name of the person highest on the appropriate reemployment-layoff list. If there are no names on the reemployment-layoff list, then:
(i) the names of the persons on the reemployment list, if any; and
(ii) the names of the persons associated with the 20 highest scores on the open list.
(b) The hiring authority must interview all referred candidates if promotional, or ten candidates if open, unless fewer are available for referral from all applicable lists. When the director determines that there is significant underrepresentation of a protected group with respect to ethnicity or gender in the class, and the highest 20 scores on the open employment list do not include a member of the underrepresented group, the director shall refer the highest-ranking available individual on the list from that protected group.
(c) The appointing authority shall, at its discretion, appoint one of the persons so referred for the probationary period. At the end of the probationary period the appointing authority shall notify the human resources director in writing whether the individual is a satisfactory employee and should receive the status of a permanent employee. Upon such notice, the employee shall be deemed to have a permanent status in the classified service; otherwise the employee is automatically separated from the service.
(d) If there is no appropriate reemployment or employment list, the director may authorize a temporary appointment of a qualified individual pending the establishment of an employment list for the class.
(e) Temporary appointments shall not continue for a period longer than six months unless extended through mutual agreement with the exclusive bargaining unit.
(f) In case of an emergency, an appointment of a qualified individual may be made of not to exceed the full-time equivalent of ten days' duration without regard to the provisions of sections 383C.03 to 383C.056, the appointment shall be immediately reported to the human resources director. Successive emergency appointments shall not be made.
History:
1941 c 423 s 14; 1961 c 416 s 2; 1986 c 444; 2019 c 9 s 13; 2020 c 83 art 1 s 102
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.044 — Transfer And Demotion Of Employees.

383C.044 TRANSFER AND DEMOTION OF EMPLOYEES.
The human resources director may at any time authorize the transfer of any permanent qualified employee in the classified service from one position to another position in the same class or grade and may authorize the transfer of any qualified probationary employee from one position to another position within the same class and department. The human resources director may also authorize the voluntary demotion of a permanent qualified employee in the classified service from one position to another position in a lower class or grade. In all cases of transfer or demotion, the person to be transferred or demoted must be determined by the human resources director to meet the qualifications for the position into which they will be transferring or demoting and may, at the discretion of the director, be required to pass a qualifying test. Transfers shall be permitted only with the consent of the human resources director and the department concerned.
History:
1941 c 423 s 15; 1992 c 597 s 18; 2019 c 9 s 14
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.045 — Layoff Of Employees.

383C.045 LAYOFF OF EMPLOYEES.
In accordance with the rules, an appointing authority may lay off an employee in the classified service whenever the authority deems it necessary by reason of shortage of work or funds, or the elimination of a position or other material change in duties or organization. The seniority of employees shall be the factor in determining the order of layoffs. The appointing authority shall give written notice to the human resources director of every proposed layoff a reasonable time before the effective date thereof, and the human resources director shall make such orders relating thereto as the director considers necessary to secure compliance with the rules. The name of every regular employee so laid off shall be placed on the appropriate reemployment list.
History:
1941 c 423 s 16; 1951 c 425 s 2; 1986 c 444; 2019 c 9 s 15
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.046 — Certification Of Payrolls.

383C.046 CERTIFICATION OF PAYROLLS.
(a) The county auditor/treasurer, the board of county commissioners, and any other officer or employee of the county, shall not approve the payment of, or be in any manner concerned in paying, auditing, or approving any salary, wage or other compensation for services to any person holding a position in the classified service unless there shall first have been filed with the county:
(1) an employment record and supporting documentation;
(2) an approved wage or salary schedule;
(3) a completed time sheet;
(4) a payroll account for such salary, wage or other compensation containing the names of the persons to be paid; and
(5) a statement of the amount to be paid to each employee.
(b) The human resources director shall certify that the employees named in such payroll have been appointed pursuant to the provisions of sections 383C.03 to 383C.056.
(c) Before making any such certification the human resources director may investigate the nature of each item of such payroll account and on ascertaining that the provisions of the law in respect to any such item have not been strictly complied with, the director shall refuse to certify such item pursuant to section 43A.37.
History:
1941 c 423 s 17; 1986 c 444; 2019 c 9 s 16; 2020 c 83 art 1 s 102
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.048 — Commission May Subpoena Witnesses.

383C.048 COMMISSION MAY SUBPOENA WITNESSES.
In an investigation conducted pursuant to sections 383C.03 to 383C.056 by the human resources director or designee, the civil service commission shall have the power to subpoena and require the attendance of witnesses and the production of evidence pertinent to the investigation and to administer oaths to such witnesses.
History:
1941 c 423 s 19; 2019 c 9 s 17; 2020 c 83 art 1 s 102
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.05 — Political Activity.

383C.05 POLITICAL ACTIVITY.
No officer or employee in the classified service is under any obligation to contribute to any political fund or to render any political service to any person or body whatsoever and no person shall be removed, reduced in grade, or salary, or otherwise prejudiced for refusal to do so. No public officer whether elected or appointed shall discharge, promote, demote, or in any manner change the official rank of the employee or the compensation of any person in the classified service or promise or threaten to do so, for the giving or withholding or neglecting to make any contribution of money or services or any other valuable thing for any political purpose.
Except as herein provided, any officer or employee holding office or position in the classified service may become a candidate for nomination or election to any public office or may seek and accept election, nomination or appointment as an officer of a political group, or organization, or take part in a political campaign or serve as a member of a committee of any such club or organization, or circulate or seek signatures to any petition, or act as a worker at the polls, or distribute badges, colors, or materials favoring or opposing the candidate for election or nomination to a public office whether federal, state, county, or municipal, if the officer or employee does not engage in such activities during working hours or to such an extent off duty that the officer's or employee's efficiency during working hours is impaired or that tardiness or absence from work without notice or permitted leave results.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit or prevent any such officer or employee from becoming or continuing to be a member of a political club or organization or from attendance at political meetings or from enjoying entire freedom from all interference in casting a vote or from seeking or accepting election or appointment to public office.
History:
1941 c 423 s 21; 1957 c 340 s 1; 1973 c 256 s 1; 1986 c 444; 2003 c 70 s 1; 2019 c 9 s 18
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.051 — Discipline Listed In This Section Requires Cause.

383C.051 DISCIPLINE LISTED IN THIS SECTION REQUIRES CAUSE.
(a) No person in the classified service who shall have been permanently appointed or inducted into the classified service under provisions of sections 383C.03 to 383C.056 shall be removed, suspended, demoted or discharged except for cause. Any person so removed, suspended, demoted, or discharged, may appeal to the county civil service commission within ten days from the written notification of the removal, suspension, demotion or discharge. The appeal shall be confined to the determination of the question of whether such removal, suspension, demotion or discharge was or was not made for cause. After a hearing, the commission may affirm or reverse the action being appealed.
(b) All appeals heard by the commission pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be by public hearing in accordance with section 13D.01. After notice to the appellant of the time and place of such hearing, the appellant shall be afforded the opportunity to appear and present the basis for the appeal in person. Either the appellant or the human resources director may appeal the commission's decision to the district court where the issue shall be heard de novo and determined in the same manner as a court case. The district court shall hear and determine the appeal in a summary manner, provided, however, that such hearing shall be confined to the determination of whether the decision of the commission was or was not made in good faith for cause, and no appeal to such court shall be taken except upon such grounds.
History:
1941 c 423 s 22; 1979 c 151 s 1; 1986 c 444; 2019 c 9 s 19; 2020 c 83 art 1 s 102
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.055 — Penalty.

383C.055 PENALTY.
Any person who willfully or through culpable negligence violates any of provisions of sections 383C.03 to 383C.056, or of the rules of the county civil service commission, shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor. Conviction of same shall render the public office or position held by such person vacant.
History:
1941 c 423 s 26; 2020 c 83 art 1 s 102
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.056 — Inconsistent Acts Repealed.

383C.056 INCONSISTENT ACTS REPEALED.
All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with sections 383C.03 to 383C.056 are hereby repealed to the extent necessary to give effect to the provisions of sections 383C.03 to 383C.056.
History:
1941 c 423 s 27; 2019 c 9 s 20; 2020 c 83 art 1 s 102
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.07 — Members Of Boards And Commissions; Terms Of Office.

383C.07 MEMBERS OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS; TERMS OF OFFICE.
Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, in St. Louis County every lay member hereafter appointed by the county board to any board or commission heretofore or hereafter created by law, shall be appointed for a term of three years.
History:
1965 c 197 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.071 — Board Of Adjustment; Alternates.

383C.071 BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT; ALTERNATES.
In St. Louis County the Board of Adjustment created pursuant to Laws 1959, chapter 559, shall have two additional members designated as alternates, either of whom may serve in the place of any regular member who at any time may be unable to serve. The alternates shall be appointed by the county board for terms designated by the board. Alternates shall be compensated in the same amount and manner as regular members of the Board of Adjustment.
History:
1971 c 169 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.074 — Extension Committee.

383C.074 EXTENSION COMMITTEE.
The extension committee appointed under section 38.36 for St. Louis County shall consist of 11 members, of which eight shall be appointed at large by the St. Louis County Board of Commissioners.
History:
1981 c 100 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.081 — Housing And Redevelopment Authority.

383C.081 HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.
A resolution of the St. Louis County Board under section 469.004 may provide that the board will constitute the county housing and redevelopment authority or it may provide for the appointment of members. If members are appointed, the authority shall be composed of seven persons and individual members of the board may be appointed to be members of the authority.
History:
1988 c 491 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.09 — Members Serving On Commissions And Other Boards.

383C.09 MEMBERS SERVING ON COMMISSIONS AND OTHER BOARDS.
Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary in St. Louis County, the county board may elect for a term of one year two of its members to serve on any commission or any other board, except the civil service commission and board of education for the unorganized territory, now or hereafter created by law within the county and having charge of or jurisdiction over any county activities or institution supported in whole or in part by county tax revenues.
History:
1953 c 389 s 1; 1963 c 151 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.091 — Chair's Contingent Fund.

383C.091 CHAIR'S CONTINGENT FUND.
In addition to the amount authorized by section 375.16, the county board of St. Louis County may annually appropriate from the county revenue fund a sum not exceeding $5,000 as a contingent fund for use by the chair of the county board, or any member of the county board acting in the capacity of the chair, at the chair's discretion to pay for incidental costs and expenses incurred in expediting the business of the county of St. Louis. The fund shall be under the exclusive control of the chair of the county board or any member of the county board acting in the capacity of the chair, subject to postaudit by the county board.
History:
1971 c 249 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 491 s 5
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.092 — Borrowing From Federal Agencies.

383C.092 BORROWING FROM FEDERAL AGENCIES.
Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, St. Louis County is authorized by majority vote of its board of commissioners, without the necessity of any further action, to borrow moneys from any agency of the United States government for purposes of capital improvements, highways, and public works.
History:
1973 c 440 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.093 — County Printing.

383C.093 COUNTY PRINTING.
Subdivision 1.
County board to print and bind minutes of board.
In all counties now or hereafter having a population of over 150,000 inhabitants and an area of over 5,000 square miles, the county board is hereby authorized to cause to be printed and bound in permanent form, for the use of the county officials and employees of said county, such number of copies as said board shall deem advisable, of the monthly official proceedings of said board as the same are printed and published in the official paper of said county, and to pay the reasonable expense thereof on duly itemized and verified bills filed with and audited and allowed by said county board.
Subd. 2.
County board to print and bind copies of financial statements.
The county board of any such county is hereby authorized to cause copies of the financial statement of said county, after the same has been printed and published in the paper designated by said county board for such purpose, to be printed and bound in pamphlet form, in such number as the county board may deem advisable for use by the county officials and employees of said county and for exchange with other counties in the state and for other purposes, and to pay the reasonable cost of printing and binding such copies of said financial statement on duly itemized and verified bills filed with and audited and allowed by said county board.
Subd. 3.
County board to print and bind copies of county canvassing board.
The county board of any such county is hereby authorized to publish as part of its official proceedings the substance of the official canvass by the county canvassing board of the results of any primary or general elections in said county and to pay the cost thereof as part of said official proceeding.
Subd. 4.
Payments legalized.
Any and all payments heretofore made in good faith by the county board of any such county for printing and binding any pamphlets, or in permanent book form, of county board proceedings, or of the annual financial statement of said county, or for printing the official canvass of the county canvassing board of any primary or general election of said county as part of the official proceedings of the county board, are hereby legalized and confirmed as legal payments.
History:
1921 c 16 s 1-4; 1939 c 45 s 2-5
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.094 — Repair Of Ditches.

383C.094 REPAIR OF DITCHES.
Subdivision 1.
Authority.
In St. Louis County, where the state of Minnesota holds title pursuant to tax forfeiture laws or other laws to at least 30 percent of all the land in any one district of a drainage system subject to chapter 103E, the county board may clean or make repairs on any drain or ditch in any one district in said system when said drain or ditch, due to lack of repairs or cleaning, has caused or is causing great damage to county roads, property, crops or lands. It may appropriate and expend from the general revenue fund of said county a sum annually for the cost of cleaning and repairing said drains or ditches. Said cleaning and repairing may be done by the county with its own equipment and employees, or by contract, but if done by contract and said estimated cost exceeds $500, then bids for same shall be called for and the contract shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder pursuant to law.
Subd. 1a.
Contracts in excess of $500; best value alternative.
As an alternative to the procurement method described in subdivision 1, the contract may be awarded 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.
Acceptance of aid.
County boards are hereby authorized and empowered to accept gifts of money from the government of the United States and the state of Minnesota or any of its agencies, to carry out the provisions of this section, and said moneys shall be spent by said county boards only for such purpose.
Subd. 3.
In addition to existing power.
The authority granted in this section is in addition to all existing power and authority granted by law to county boards to repair or clean any drains and ditches in any county or judicial drainage system.
History:
1945 c 352 s 1-3; 1988 c 491 s 6; 1990 c 391 art 10 s 3; 2007 c 148 art 3 s 23
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.131 — Assistant County Attorneys And Clerks.

383C.131 ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEYS AND CLERKS.
The St. Louis County attorney may appoint, with the consent of the county board, assistant county attorneys and clerical help at such salaries as may be determined by the board. Those heretofore appointed shall be designated assistant county attorneys. They shall take the official oath of office and execute a bond in the same manner as the county attorney, said bonds to be paid by the county. The assistant county attorneys shall be fully authorized to do and perform the duties pertaining to the office as directed by the county attorney. The assistant county attorneys shall be paid semimonthly as is now done, and shall be reimbursed for their actual expenses and mileage according to law when on official business for the county.
History:
1955 c 369 s 1; 1988 c 491 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.134 — Elected Officials; Compensation.

383C.134 ELECTED OFFICIALS; COMPENSATION.
An elected officer of St. Louis County shall not be entitled to payment for accumulated vacation or sick leave days upon leaving office. This section supersedes any contrary provision of other law or ordinance.
History:
1983 c 186 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.135 — Surety Bonds.

383C.135 SURETY BONDS.
The St. Louis County Board shall allow and pay a reasonable amount paid by any county elective or appointive officer of such county as an annual or term premium on the officer's official corporate surety bond in the amount required by law or fixed by such county board, said premiums to be paid out of the revenue of such county, as legal claims against such county, and after the repayment of such reasonable premiums to any such officer for the current year or years in said term of office, said county board shall pay the reasonable premium on any such bond after the termination of existing terms of office.
History:
1935 c 180 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 491 s 9
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.136 — Organization Of Offices.

383C.136 ORGANIZATION OF OFFICES.
In St. Louis County, the duties and functions of the county treasurer shall be transferred to and be performed by the county auditor, and the office of county treasurer is abolished.
In St. Louis County, no person shall be elected after 1986 to succeed the county recorder. In 1991 the county board shall appoint a county recorder to serve at its discretion.
History:
1969 c 591 s 1; 1986 c 366 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.16 — County Fair; Maintaining.

383C.16 COUNTY FAIR; MAINTAINING.
Subdivision 1.
Appropriation.
The St. Louis County Board may annually appropriate funding to assist in maintaining one or more county fairs, which shall be under the management and control of a county agricultural society or another entity designated by the board. The appropriation shall be made either to the treasurer of such society or to some other suitable person, but before such money is paid to such treasurer or other person, the payee shall file with the county auditor a satisfactory bond in double the sum of said appropriation, conditioned upon a faithful disbursing and accounting for all of said funds so appropriated. Said funds so appropriated shall be used solely for the purpose of obtaining, preparing, and arranging exhibits and paying premiums to exhibitors. The treasurer or other person to whom said appropriation is paid shall within four months after the holding of any such aided annual fair, file with the county auditor a verified and detailed report showing the name and address of every person to whom any of said money was paid, together with the date of payment and a full description of the purposes for which the money was so paid and shall attach thereto receipts and subvouchers for each payment so made and shall return to the county treasurer all of the unexpended portion thereof. After said report and receipts and subvouchers have been audited by the county board and found to be correct, they may by resolution release said treasurer or other person and sureties from all further liabilities under such bond.
Subd. 2.
Site appropriation.
The county board may also annually appropriate such further sum as it may desire not exceeding $7,500, for the purpose of procuring a suitable site and the erection of a suitable county building thereon, for the building or repairing of a racetrack and for grading and improving the grounds, to be used in connection with such county fair, but said site and said building and improvements shall be and remain the property of such county and such annual appropriation shall be used only for the purpose of so acquiring such site and building and grading and for the necessary care, repair, maintenance and upkeep thereof.
History:
1917 c 311 s 1,2; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 491 s 10; 2011 c 112 art 11 s 10
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.161 — Community Fair Associations; Appropriation.

383C.161 COMMUNITY FAIR ASSOCIATIONS; APPROPRIATION.
The St. Louis County Board, in addition to the power it now possesses to appropriate money to county agricultural societies, is hereby authorized to appropriate, to not more than ten duly organized community fair associations of its county, not to exceed $500 each. In no event shall more than twice the sum paid out in premiums by any community fair association be appropriated to it by the county board. Where there is more than one community fair association in a county, the county board in determining which association shall receive county funds shall consider the geographical location of the fair maintained by each and shall so make its appropriations to such associations that each different community and part of the county will share therein and be equally benefited thereby.
That before the county auditor of any such county shall deliver a warrant to any community fair association for any funds allowed under this section, the treasurer of such community fair association shall file a bond in the amount of $500 running to the said county, to be approved by the county board as to form and sufficiency of sureties thereon, conditioned that said treasurer will disburse said funds according to law.
History:
1923 c 171 s 1; 1925 c 267 s 1; 1931 c 164 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 491 s 11
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.162 — Appropriation For County Fairgrounds.

383C.162 APPROPRIATION FOR COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS.
The St. Louis County Board is authorized to expend annually from the county revenue fund, out of any money not required to defray other expenses chargeable against such fund, such amount as the commissioners may determine to be necessary for the purpose of improving the county fairgrounds and erecting buildings thereon to be used for county and agricultural fairs.
History:
1947 c 272 s 1; 1988 c 491 s 12
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.163 — Reimbursement Of County Agricultural Society.

383C.163 REIMBURSEMENT OF COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
Whenever any county agricultural society or officer thereof has heretofore contributed funds for the purchase or condemnation of lands used for county fair purposes and title to such lands has been conveyed to the county, the county board of any such county is hereby authorized and empowered to appropriate to such society or officer thereof making such contribution an amount equal to the moneys so contributed by it or such officer in acquiring such land, such appropriation not to exceed in any event, the sum of $3,000.
History:
1915 c 140 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.164 — Fairgrounds; Exempt From Taxation.

383C.164 FAIRGROUNDS; EXEMPT FROM TAXATION.
Land and buildings used exclusively as the site for a county or community fair under section 383C.16 or 383C.161 are exempt from property taxation.
History:
2011 c 112 art 11 s 11
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.17 — Courthouse Building Commission.

383C.17 COURTHOUSE BUILDING COMMISSION.
The Board of County Commissioners of St. Louis County shall have the authority to assign and reassign space and rooms to the various offices in the courthouses and county office buildings in said county.
History:
1963 c 131 s 1; 1965 c 111 s 1; 1986 c 399 art 1 s 27; 1986 c 416 s 9; 1988 c 491 s 13
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.172 — Courthouse Closing.

383C.172 COURTHOUSE CLOSING.
The Board of County Commissioners of St. Louis County may by resolution close the county courthouse or houses and the public offices therein, except the criminal department of the sheriff's office, on Saturdays and Sundays of each week. In the event the offices of the county are so closed, any and all business that might otherwise be transacted with any such offices on any such Saturday, including the payment of taxes, may be performed on the next succeeding legal business day without penalty or any loss of personal or property rights.
History:
1959 c 404 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.173 — Conciliation Court; Personal Receiverships.

383C.173 CONCILIATION COURT; PERSONAL RECEIVERSHIPS.
A conciliation court which has been established in St. Louis County may upon the petition of a debtor within its jurisdiction appoint the court administrator to act as personal receiver to receive the personal income of the debtor and distribute it to the debtor and the debtor's creditors in the proportions determined by the court. The debtor must be employed for wages or commissions, have debts without an ability to pay them, have no income except that from the employment, and own only property exempt from execution. There must be a reasonable probability that all indebtedness can be discharged in 24 months. The supreme court shall provide by rule for the conduct of the receiverships.
History:
1975 c 142 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.19 — Emergency Jobs Program.

383C.19 EMERGENCY JOBS PROGRAM.
St. Louis County may establish an emergency employment program to meet the needs of its unemployed residents. The County Board of Commissioners shall establish rules governing the operation of the employment program. Rules shall include but not be limited to number of hours worked, wages, benefits, and methods and terms of payment. Limits imposed by civil service rules shall not apply to an emergency jobs program established under the authority of this section. Service in a St. Louis County emergency jobs program shall not constitute employment under chapter 268 but shall come within the exclusion established in section 268.035, subdivision 20, clause (9), and St. Louis County shall not be liable for contributions to the unemployment insurance program trust fund for participants of an emergency jobs program.
History:
1984 c 501 s 1; 1994 c 488 s 8; 1999 c 107 s 66; 2000 c 343 s 4; 2002 c 379 art 1 s 80; 2016 c 189 art 10 s 7; 2017 c 35 art 3 s 24
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.201 — Ambulance Service.

383C.201 AMBULANCE SERVICE.
The Board of County Commissioners of St. Louis County may contract with the owner, owners, or operators of a licensed ambulance upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon between them for the use of ambulance service in the county. The board may appropriate all money necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.
History:
1967 c 531 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.23 — Highway Load Limits.

383C.23 HIGHWAY LOAD LIMITS.
On all highways under the jurisdiction of the county of St. Louis, if weight and load limitations are imposed by the county board, or the county engineer if so authorized by the board, in accordance with sections 163.02, subdivision 3, and 169.87, no exception shall be made to the weight or load limitations for any vehicles except (1) school buses and (2) public utility vehicles used under emergency conditions, and (3) other vehicles used in an emergency of any nature.
History:
1969 c 425 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.232 — State And Other Road Numbers.

383C.232 STATE AND OTHER ROAD NUMBERS.
The St. Louis County Board may by resolution provide a suitable method of numbering or otherwise describing the state roads, county roads and town roads within its boundaries, erecting and maintaining an adequate system of road signs thereon and preparing and causing to be circulated an accurate road map of said county, showing thereon such of said roads as said county board shall deem in the public interest. The county board may distribute said road maps free of charge, or may sell the same at cost to civic organizations, automobile clubs or other parties desiring to purchase same for circulation. The expense of any and all such acts and things herein authorized may be paid for by said county board out of the county road and bridge fund and any collections made by said board for any such maps so sold shall be credited to said fund.
History:
1923 c 287 s 1; 1988 c 491 s 15
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.233 — Road Equipment; Rentals.

383C.233 ROAD EQUIPMENT; RENTALS.
Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, the county of St. Louis may enter into rental purchase agreements or conditional sales agreements for the acquisition of road equipment, provided that under such agreements the seller is confined to the remedy of recovery of property in case of nonpayment of all or part of the purchase price, which shall be payable over a period not to exceed five years.
History:
1971 c 224 s 1