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2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 382 — County Officers › Section 382.01 — Officers Elected; Terms.

382.01 OFFICERS ELECTED; TERMS.
In every county in this state there shall be elected at the general election in 1918 a county auditor, a county treasurer, sheriff, county recorder, county attorney, and coroner.
The terms of office of these officers shall be four years and shall begin on the first Monday in January next succeeding their election. They shall hold office until their successors are elected and qualified. Each of these offices must be filled by election every four years thereafter, unless an office is consolidated with another county office or made appointive under chapter 375A or other general or special law.
History:
(820, 821) 1913 c 458 s 1,2; 1915 c 168 s 1,2; 1959 c 700 s 1; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1978 c 706 s 67; 1Sp2019 c 10 art 2 s 21
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 382 — County Officers › Section 382.02 — Vacancies, How Filled.

382.02 VACANCIES, HOW FILLED.
Any appointment made to fill a vacancy in any of the offices named in section 382.01 that has not been made appointive under chapter 375A or other general or special law shall be for the balance of such entire term, and be made by the county board.
History:
(822) 1915 c 168 s 3; 1Sp2019 c 10 art 2 s 22
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 382 — County Officers › Section 382.03 — Transportation Furnished.

382.03 TRANSPORTATION FURNISHED.
In any county of this state now or hereafter having a population of 400,000 or over, the county board may provide and maintain, at the expense of the county, transportation facilities for the use of the county surveyor and deputies, the sheriff and deputies, and the members of the county board in and about the performance of the duties of their respective offices; provided, that the total amount which may be expended in any one year for transportation of the members of the county board shall not exceed $3,000; provided, further, that the providing of transportation facilities to members of county boards within the provisions of this section shall include and permit reasonable allowances on a monthly basis to members for the use of their own automobiles in the performance of their official duties notwithstanding the provisions of any law fixing allowances for use of their own automobiles by public officers in the performance of their duties on a mileage basis.
History:
(822-3) 1927 c 220 s 1; 1939 c 361 s 2; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 382 — County Officers › Section 382.04 — Offices At County Seat.

382.04 OFFICES AT COUNTY SEAT.
Every county auditor, treasurer, county recorder, court administrator of district court, sheriff, and court commissioner shall keep office at the county seat. In any county where general terms of the district court are established and held at a place other than the county seat, the court commissioner may keep office at such other place. In any county the judge of the district court may make an order which will permit such court commissioner's office to be at some other place than the county seat of such county.
History:
(975) RL s 602; 1909 c 447 s 1; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82; 1995 c 189 s 8; 1996 c 277 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 382 — County Officers › Section 382.08 — Recording Fees Paid By County.

382.08 RECORDING FEES PAID BY COUNTY.
The fees for recording official bonds, oaths of office, certificates, or other evidences of election or qualification for office, required by law to be recorded with the county recorder or court administrator of the district court, shall be paid by the county.
History:
(979) RL s 606; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82; 2005 c 4 s 68
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 382 — County Officers › Section 382.10 — Bonds Recorded.

382.10 BONDS RECORDED.
Official bonds of county officers when approved by the county board, and their oaths of office and the bonds and oaths of their deputies, except county recorder, shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder.
History:
(981) RL s 608; 1909 c 115 s 1; 1973 c 524 s 2; 1976 c 181 s 2; 2005 c 4 s 69
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 382 — County Officers › Section 382.12 — Bonds Not Withdrawn.

382.12 BONDS NOT WITHDRAWN.
No bond filed with the secretary of state shall be removed except upon the written order of a judge of a court of record before whom an action is pending to enforce the conditions thereof.
History:
(983) RL s 610; 1973 c 524 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 382 — County Officers › Section 382.13 — New Bond; Notice.

382.13 NEW BOND; NOTICE.
When the county board of any county shall deem the official bond of any county officer insufficient, or when any surety upon any such bond shall file with the board a written request that such officer be required to give a new bond, stating therein reasons, such board shall give such officer written notice to furnish a new official bond, to be approved by them, before the first day of their next regular, special, or adjourned meeting to be held more than 20 days from the date of such notice, under penalty of forfeiting the office. Such notice shall be personally served and returned in the same manner as a summons in a civil action.
History:
(984) RL s 611; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 382 — County Officers › Section 382.14 — Failure To Give; Office Vacant.

382.14 FAILURE TO GIVE; OFFICE VACANT.
If any county officer served with notice to furnish a new bond, as provided in section 382.13, fails or neglects to do so, the office shall be deemed vacant. If it shall be made to appear to the board that such officer has been unable to furnish such bond by reason of physical disability, it may give the officer such further reasonable time to furnish the same as it deems proper, not later than the next meeting of the board. If such bond is not furnished within the further time so granted, such office shall be deemed vacant as before provided.
History:
(985) RL s 612; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 382 — County Officers › Section 382.15 — Original, How Affected By New Bond.

382.15 ORIGINAL, HOW AFFECTED BY NEW BOND.
The rights and liabilities of the parties to the original bond of any such officer, existing or incurred at or prior to the time of the approval and filing of such new bond, shall not be in any wise affected or impaired by the giving of such new bond; but such original bond and the sureties thereon shall not be liable for the acts of such officer done or performed after the new bond is approved, recorded, and filed as required by law.
History:
(986) RL s 613
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 382 — County Officers › Section 382.153 — Counties Of 250,000; Bonding Of Officers And Employees.

382.153 COUNTIES OF 250,000; BONDING OF OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES.
Subdivision 1.
County may pay premium.
In counties now or hereafter having a population of more than 250,000, when a corporate surety bond has been furnished by any county officer or employee pursuant to statute or resolution of the county board, the premium therefor shall be paid by the county, provided that the county board may designate the surety.
Subd. 1a.
Bids required.
The county board shall cause to be published in its official publication, a notice for bids for the furnishing of all such bonds and shall award a contract to the lowest responsible bidder.
Subd. 2.
Schedule or position bonds.
In any county, in lieu of the individual bonds required to be furnished by county officers or by county employees, a schedule or position bond or undertaking may be given by county officers or by the employees of each county office or department, or a single corporate surety fidelity, schedule or position bond or undertaking covering all the officers and employees of any such county including officers and employees required by law to furnish an individual bond or undertaking may be furnished, in the respective amounts fixed by law, or by the person or board authorized by law to fix the same, conditioned substantially as provided in section 574.13.
Subd. 3.
Except Ramsey County.
This section does not apply to Ramsey County.
History:
1943 c 537 s 1; 1945 c 57 s 1; 1947 c 69 s 1; 1963 c 563 s 1; 1974 c 435 art 7 s 1; 1975 c 281 s 1; 1988 c 613 s 28
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 382 — County Officers › Section 382.154 — Premium For Bonds, Officers And Employees, Payment.

382.154 PREMIUM FOR BONDS, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, PAYMENT.
The premium upon any bond now or hereafter required of any elected or appointed county officer or employee, and their respective deputies or assistants, together with the expense of recording or filing such bonds, shall be paid by the county in which such officers or employees are elected or appointed; provided that this section shall not apply in counties having more than 250,000 inhabitants.
History:
1945 c 32 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 382 — County Officers › Section 382.16 — Records Are Public; Copies.

382.16 RECORDS ARE PUBLIC; COPIES.
The several judges having probate jurisdiction, county auditors, county recorders, and court administrators of the district court, during the hours when their respective offices are open, or are required by law to be kept open, shall exhibit any papers, files, or records of their office or in their official custody, for the inspection of any person demanding the same, free of charge, except in cases where fees are provided by law, and then upon tender of such fees.
The several county auditors, judges having probate jurisdiction, and clerks of the district court, during the hours when their respective offices are required by law to be open, shall furnish to any person demanding the same a certified copy of any record, file, or paper in their office or in their official custody upon tender of such fees therefor as are by law allowed to county recorders for like services.
History:
(987, 988) RL s 614,615; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82; 1995 c 189 s 8; 1996 c 277 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 382 — County Officers › Section 382.18 — Officials Not To Be Interested In Contracts.

382.18 OFFICIALS NOT TO BE INTERESTED IN CONTRACTS.
No county official, or deputy or clerk or employee of such official; and no commissioner for tax-forfeited lands or commissioner's assistants, shall be directly or indirectly interested in any contract, work, labor, or business to which the county is a party or in which it is or may be interested or in the furnishing of any article to, or the purchase or sale of any property, real or personal, by, the county, or of which the consideration, price, or expense is payable from the county treasury. Nothing in this section shall prevent a person from receiving reimbursement from a county for providing licensed or tribally approved family foster care. This section does not prevent a coroner, deputy coroner, coroner's investigator, or medical examiner from receiving compensation for professional services from a professional corporation or medical provider under contract to provide coroner services to a county. Any violation of the provisions of this section shall be a gross misdemeanor.
History:
(990) RL s 617; 1947 c 360 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1997 c 107 s 18; 2000 c 360 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 382 — County Officers › Section 382.20 — Salaries Not Affected By Net Tax Capacity Reduction.

382.20 SALARIES NOT AFFECTED BY NET TAX CAPACITY REDUCTION.
When the salary or clerk hire of any county officer shall be decreased during the term for which elected because of a reduction in the net tax capacity of the county the board of county commissioners are hereby authorized to fix such salary and clerk hire in an amount equal to that received prior to the reduction in the net tax capacity of the county.
History:
(997-2) 1929 c 313; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 719 art 5 s 84; 1989 c 329 art 13 s 20
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 382 — County Officers › Section 382.265 — Clerk Hire In Certain Counties.

382.265 CLERK HIRE IN CERTAIN COUNTIES.
In all counties of this state where the amount of clerk hire now or hereafter provided by law for any county office shall be insufficient to meet the requirements of said office, the county officer in need of additional clerk hire shall prepare a petition and statement setting forth therein the amount of additional clerk hire needed and file the same with the county auditor, who shall present the same to the board of county commissioners at the next meeting of said board. If the board of county commissioners shall grant said petition by majority vote of all members elected to the board, then the amount of additional clerk hire requested in said petition shall thereupon become effective for said office. Said board shall act on any such petition within 60 days from the time it has been filed with the county auditor. If the board of county commissioners shall determine that the amount of additional clerk hire requested in said petition is excessive and more than is necessary for said office, it shall fix the amount of such additional clerk hire to be allowed, if any, and notify such officer thereof.
History:
1939 c 319 s 1; 1945 c 330 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1995 c 189 s 8; 1996 c 277 s 1; 2009 c 152 s 10
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 382 — County Officers › Section 382.27 — Reimbursement Of Peace Officers.

382.27 REIMBURSEMENT OF PEACE OFFICERS.
When any sheriff, deputy sheriff, or other peace officer of this state shall hereafter receive physical injury while in the discharge of an official duty as such peace officer the county board of the county wherein such officer resides may audit and allow bills for physicians' services, nurse, and hospital expenses rendered necessary because of such injury and may appropriate money out of the revenue fund of the county for payment thereof.
History:
(761) 1911 c 268 s 1; 1986 c 444; 2005 c 10 art 2 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 382 — County Officers › Section 382.31 — Acceptance And Dealing With Negotiable Paper; Definition.

382.31 ACCEPTANCE AND DEALING WITH NEGOTIABLE PAPER; DEFINITION.
As used in this section negotiable paper means any check, draft, or express or post office money orders.
History:
1967 c 616 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 382 — County Officers › Section 382.32 — Acceptance Of Checks.

382.32 ACCEPTANCE OF CHECKS.
Subdivision 1.
Board may authorize.
Except as provided in subdivision 2, the county board of any county may by resolution give any county officer discretion to accept negotiable paper in payment of any moneys required by law to be paid to the officer on behalf of the county, the state of Minnesota or any political subdivision.
Subd. 2.
Treasurer may accept.
The county treasurer of any county may accept negotiable paper in payment of any tax, assessment, license, penalty or interest or costs or claim due the county, the state of Minnesota, or any political subdivision the payment of which is made to the county treasurer.
History:
1967 c 616 s 2; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 382 — County Officers › Section 382.33 — Receipt For Payment.

382.33 RECEIPT FOR PAYMENT.
When negotiable paper is accepted in accordance with section 382.32 and a receipt demanded the treasurer or other county officer shall issue a conditional receipt with the words "Paid By Check - Not A Valid Receipt Until Check Is Paid" stamped boldly on its face.
History:
1967 c 616 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 382 — County Officers › Section 382.34 — Presentation For Payment; Nonpayment Effect; Purchaser.

382.34 PRESENTATION FOR PAYMENT; NONPAYMENT EFFECT; PURCHASER.
Subdivision 1.
Lien if check bad.
After accepting negotiable paper the treasurer shall present it promptly for payment. If any negotiable paper is not paid on due presentation for any reason, any record of payment made on any official record because of the acceptance of the negotiable paper shall be canceled and the tax, assessment, license, penalty or interest remains a lien as though no payment had been accepted, and such lien shall be enforceable against a bona fide purchaser or encumbrancer who erroneously relied upon any conditional record of payment.
Subd. 2.
Conditional receipt.
If negotiable paper is accepted by the treasurer and within ten days of such acceptance the county treasurer is requested to issue a current tax certificate, the treasurer shall issue such certificate with the words "taxes paid - conditional receipt issued" stamped thereon.
Subd. 3.
Notice of power to cancel.
The treasurer's powers to cancel tax receipts shall appear on every person's tax statement as provided for in section 276.04 stamped boldly on its face with the words "All Tax Receipts Subject to Cancellation By County Treasurer For Dishonor Of Negotiable Paper Offered In Payment."
History:
1967 c 616 s 4; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 382 — County Officers › Section 382.35 — Liability Of Officer; Return Without Payment.

382.35 LIABILITY OF OFFICER; RETURN WITHOUT PAYMENT.
Subdivision 1.
Nonliability.
A county officer accepting negotiable instruments shall not be personally liable for the nonpayment of any negotiable paper accepted pursuant to section 382.32.
Subd. 2.
Memoranda to cancel.
Any county officer accepting negotiable paper shall make any memoranda necessary to enable the officer to make proper cancellation of any record on the return of the negotiable paper without payment.
History:
1967 c 616 s 5; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 382 — County Officers › Section 382.36 — Presentment For Payment.

382.36 PRESENTMENT FOR PAYMENT.
When negotiable paper is accepted by any county officer the county treasurer shall promptly present it for payment. If the negotiable paper is not paid on due presentation for any reason, the treasurer shall return it to the county officer who accepted it. If a statutory procedure is prescribed for the collection of the amount represented by the negotiable paper, such paper shall be returned to the person submitting it and the amount collected pursuant to such procedure. If no special statutory procedure is prescribed for the collection of the amount represented by the negotiable paper, the county attorney shall use all legal means available to compel payment of the amount represented by the negotiable paper.
History:
1967 c 616 s 6; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 382 — County Officers › Section 382.37 — Training Expenses.

382.37 TRAINING EXPENSES.
The county board may reimburse a newly elected county officer for expenses incurred prior to assuming office for attendance at a training or educational program which will familiarize the officer with official duties.
History:
1985 c 109 s 12
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383A — Ramsey County › Section 383A.01 — Boundaries.

383A.01 BOUNDARIES.
The county of Ramsey is established and bounded as follows:
(a) Beginning at the northwest corner of town thirty north, of range twenty-three west of the fourth principal meridian; thence east, on the line between townships thirty and thirty-one, to the northeast corner of town thirty of range twenty-two; thence south, on the line between ranges twenty-one and twenty-two, to the southeast corner of section twenty-four, in town twenty-eight, of range twenty-two; thence west, on the section line, to the middle of the main channel of the Mississippi River; thence up the middle of said channel to the mouth of the Minnesota River; thence following the western channel of said Mississippi River, so as to include in Ramsey County the islands in said Mississippi River at and above the mouth of the said Minnesota River, to the line between sections thirty-one and thirty-two of town twenty-nine, in range twenty-three; thence north, on the section line, to the northwest corner of section five in said town; thence west, on the north line of said town, to the northwest corner thereof; thence north, on the line between ranges twenty-three and twenty-four, to the place of beginning.
(b) That all of that part of Dakota County lying north of the south boundary line of sections seven and eight and nine, of township number twenty-eight, range twenty-two west, and section twelve of township twenty-eight, range twenty-three west, are detached from the county of Dakota, and attached to the county of Ramsey, for all purposes whatsoever. The southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section seven, town twenty-eight, range twenty-two west, is excepted from the provisions of this subsection, and remains a part and portion of Dakota County.
History:
1974 c 435 s 1.01
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383A — Ramsey County › Section 383A.011 — Session Laws That Do Not Apply To Ramsey County.

383A.011 SESSION LAWS THAT DO NOT APPLY TO RAMSEY COUNTY.
Special Laws 1881, chapter 376, as amended by Special Laws 1889, chapter 64; Special Laws 1887, chapter 108; Laws 1951, chapter 707, as amended by Laws 1953, chapters 390 and 706; Laws 1953, chapter 637; Laws 1955, chapter 160; Laws 1957, chapters 237, 389, and 938; Laws 1959, chapters 201, 372, and 542; Laws 1967, chapters 505 and 797; and Laws 1971, chapter 718, do not apply to Ramsey County.
History:
1974 c 435 art 7 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383A — Ramsey County › Section 383A.02 — Powers And Duties.

383A.02 POWERS AND DUTIES.
In addition to the powers and duties that Ramsey County has under the general laws of the state of Minnesota, Ramsey County has the following powers and duties.
History:
1974 c 435 s 1.02
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383A — Ramsey County › Section 383A.05 — Assessment.

383A.05 ASSESSMENT.
Subdivision 1.
Appropriation for assessment.
Ramsey County may, each year, appropriate enough money to defray the expense of making a proper assessment of all property in the county for the purpose of general taxation.
Subd. 2.
Expenditures; experts.
Ramsey County shall appropriate and expend, in the manner and in the amount that it considers necessary, the money needed to defray the expense of properly conducting the office of the county assessor; the expenditure to include the hiring of experts upon property values for any period considered necessary, the payment of the transportation expense of these experts or other employees in traveling from place to place in the county, and generally any expense reasonably and directly tending to the procurement of a fair and true assessment of property inside the county; but all expenses of this kind shall be made under the supervision of, and with the consent of, the county assessor.
History:
1974 c 435 s 1.0203
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383A — Ramsey County › Section 383A.06 — Welfare.

383A.06 WELFARE.
Subdivision 1.
Financing.
Ramsey County shall pay all of the costs of relief of the poor therein and be responsible for all welfare programs within the county, the cost of which is not met from federal, state or private sources.
Subd. 2.
Borrowing.
(a)
Authority.
Ramsey County is granted authority to borrow funds and pledge the credit of the county for repayment of the funds for the support of the poor; the governing body of Ramsey County may issue bonds or other evidences of indebtedness to pay therefor when authorized to do so as provided in this subdivision or the charter.
(b)
Bonds.
All bonds issued pursuant to this subdivision are to be sold in the manner prescribed by chapter 475, and mature serially, the first installment of which becoming due in not more than three years and the last of which becoming due and payable in not more than ten years from the date of issue. These bonds shall bear interest at an annual rate of not to exceed six percent, payable semiannually, and the governing body of Ramsey County shall provide for the payment thereof in the manner prescribed by chapter 475, and the governing body of Ramsey County shall negotiate and sell the bonds, from time to time, in the amounts that the board of county commissioners sees fit.
While any of these bonds are outstanding and unpaid, there shall be annually levied and collected a tax upon all real and personal property in Ramsey County, sufficient to pay the principal and interest of these bonds as they respectively become due and payable.
(c)
Emergency borrowing.
The provisions of this subdivision requiring the submission of the question of issuing bonds for the relief of the poor to a vote of the people does not supersede any law of the state, or charter provision, permitting, in cases of emergency, the issuance of bonds or the borrowing of funds for the relief of the poor without obtaining such a vote.
Subd. 3.
[Repealed, 1991 c 51 s 6]
History:
1974 c 435 s 1.0204; 1978 c 743 s 1; 1991 c 51 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383A — Ramsey County › Section 383A.08 — Detention And Corrections.

383A.08 DETENTION AND CORRECTIONS.
Subdivision 1.
Authority.
Ramsey County may maintain, operate and manage a detention facility, workhouse, work farm or juvenile detention facility, or a combination of them.
Subd. 2.
Home schools.
The county has the exclusive power to construct, maintain, operate and administer, or combine or abolish, the county home schools for boys and girls existing under Minnesota Statutes 1971, section 260.094.
Subd. 3.
Acquisition of land.
The county shall bear the cost and expense of acquiring land for erecting, equipping and furnishing a facility.
Subd. 4.
Education.
The board of education, commissioner of education, or others having charge of the public schools where a juvenile detention facility is located may furnish the necessary instructors, school books and school supplies for the boys and girls placed in the juvenile detention facility.
Subd. 5.
Detention of minors.
No sheriff, municipal police officer or other person having charge of a minor under the age of 18 years chargeable with a crime may detain the minor in a public facility other than a county juvenile detention facility.
Subd. 6.
Rules and regulations.
The county may promulgate rules and regulations for the proper operation and maintenance of each facility and the proper care and discipline of inmates detained in the facility. These rules and regulations may, among other things, provide for the diminution of sentences of inmates for good behavior in accordance with section 643.29.
Subd. 7.
Confinement of inmates from other counties.
The county may accept an inmate for confinement at a county correction facility when the inmate is committed to the facility by order of a judge of a municipality or county outside Ramsey County if the county is paid the amount of compensation for board, confinement, and maintenance of the inmate that it determines. A county outside Ramsey County or a municipality outside Ramsey County may enter into and agree with Ramsey County for the incarceration of prisoners.
History:
1974 c 435 s 1.0206; 1Sp1995 c 3 art 16 s 13; 2003 c 130 s 12; 2007 c 54 art 6 s 14,15
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383A — Ramsey County › Section 383A.11 — Morgue.

383A.11 MORGUE.
Ramsey County shall construct or otherwise provide, equip, maintain and operate a public morgue.
History:
1974 c 435 s 1.0207; 1978 c 743 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383A — Ramsey County › Section 383A.14 — Air Quality.

383A.14 AIR QUALITY.
Subdivision 1.
Appropriation.
Ramsey County may appropriate and spend money in each year for the improvement and preservation of the purity and quality of the air.
Subd. 2.
Joint powers.
Ramsey County may enter into contractual agreements with another governmental unit, body or group of bodies inside or outside the county without regard to whether the other governmental unit, body or group of bodies be a unit of state, county or municipal government or a school district, authority, or special district to perform on behalf of that unit, body or group of bodies the improvement and preservation of the purity and quality of the air.
Subd. 3.
Ordinance.
Ramsey County may, by ordinance, enact and enforce rules controlling the purity and quality of the air. No rule adopted by the county pursuant to this subdivision is effective within a governmental unit until ratified by the governing body of the governmental unit affected.
History:
1974 c 435 s 1.0207; 1978 c 743 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383A — Ramsey County › Section 383A.155 — Housing Improvement Areas.

383A.155 HOUSING IMPROVEMENT AREAS.
Subdivision 1.
Powers of a housing improvement authority.
The Ramsey County Housing and Redevelopment Authority shall have the powers of a city under sections 428A.11 to 428A.21 to establish housing improvement areas in Ramsey County.
Subd. 2.
Definitions.
(a) For purposes of exercising the powers in sections 428A.11 to 428A.21, references in those sections to the terms in paragraphs (b) to (e) have the meanings given them for purposes of this section.
(b) "Mayor" means the chair of the Ramsey County Housing and Redevelopment Authority.
(c) "Council" or "governing body of the city" means the Ramsey County Housing and Redevelopment Authority.
(d) "City clerk" means the person designated by the Ramsey County Housing and Redevelopment Authority to carry out the duties of the city clerk under sections 428A.11 to 428A.21.
(e) "Enabling ordinance" means a resolution adopted under subdivision 3 by the Ramsey County Housing and Redevelopment Authority.
Subd. 3.
Establishment of housing improvement areas.
The Ramsey County Housing and Redevelopment Authority may adopt a resolution establishing one or more housing improvement areas within the county under this section. The Ramsey County Housing and Redevelopment Authority shall send a copy of each petition for the establishment of a housing improvement area to the city in which the proposed housing improvement area is located. The public hearings under sections 428A.13 and 428A.14 may be held at the times and places determined by the Ramsey County Housing and Redevelopment Authority, except that they must be held at least 30 days after the date the applicable petition was sent to the city. If the city council adopts a resolution opposing the establishment within 30 days of the date the copy of the petition was sent to the city under this subdivision, the Ramsey County Housing and Redevelopment Authority may not establish the proposed housing improvement area.
Subd. 4.
Applicability.
Except as otherwise provided in this section, sections 428A.11 to 428A.21 apply to the establishment of a housing improvement area by the Ramsey County Housing and Redevelopment Authority.
History:
2014 c 308 art 6 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383A — Ramsey County › Section 383A.16 — Highway Improvements.

383A.16 HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENTS.
Subdivision 1.
[Repealed, 1994 c 439 s 4]
Subd. 2.
Duty to appropriate for municipal streets; formula.
(a) Ramsey County shall appropriate $100,000 annually and pay it to the municipalities in the county who do not receive municipal state-aid street funds, to aid these municipalities in the maintenance of former county roads and county state-aid highways that have been transferred to municipal jurisdiction or town roads as a result of implementation of the recommendation for functional consolidation by the Ramsey County Local Government Services Study Commission in its March 1992 report of the Ramsey County Local Government Services Study Commission.
(b) This appropriation shall be apportioned by allocating $8,000 per mile for each mile of former county roads and county state-aid highways received by each municipality. These funds shall be spent on municipal roads, streets, or bridges by the governing body of each municipality.
(c) The $8,000 appropriation shall increase or decrease each year by an amount equal to the overall increase or decrease reflected in the Engineering News Record Index.
(d) Failure to provide the appropriation will result in the cities returning the "turnback roads" to Ramsey County, if the city so chooses.
Subd. 3.
Certificate.
On or before March 15 of each year, the county engineer shall certify the actual number of miles of roads inside and maintained exclusively by the municipalities outside the city of Saint Paul. The mileage so certified shall not include undeveloped roads, even though the plat thereof may have been filed for record.
Subd. 4.
May authorize work without bids.
In Ramsey County, the governing body of a city, village or town therein may authorize the county to construct and maintain any or all of its highways without advertising for bids.
Subd. 5.
[Repealed, 1991 c 51 s 6]
Subd. 6.
Condition of highways transferred.
Ramsey County shall, before transferring any highway jurisdiction under subdivision 2, improve each highway to be transferred to a condition consistent with a Ramsey County pavement management system score of 90.
Subd. 7.
Definition.
For purposes of this section "municipality" means a home rule or statutory city and the town of White Bear.
History:
1974 c 435 s 1.0209; 1975 c 426 s 5; 1977 c 402 s 1; 1988 c 719 art 5 s 84; 1989 c 329 art 13 s 20; 1991 c 51 s 2; 1994 c 439 s 1-3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383A — Ramsey County › Section 383A.165 — Seasonal Highway Load Restrictions.

383A.165 SEASONAL HIGHWAY LOAD RESTRICTIONS.
Despite section 169.87, subdivision 2, seasonal load restrictions from March 20 to May 15 of each year do not apply to county highways and county state-aid highways in Ramsey County unless otherwise restricted and posted by the appropriate Ramsey County authority as provided in section 169.87, subdivision 1.
History:
1985 c 29 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383A — Ramsey County › Section 383A.17 — Capitol Approach.

383A.17 CAPITOL APPROACH.
Ramsey County shall withdraw from repurchase each parcel of land within the Capitol Area that has been forfeited to the state for taxes.
History:
1974 c 435 s 1.0210
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383A — Ramsey County › Section 383A.18 — Soldiers' Rest.

383A.18 SOLDIERS' REST.
Subdivision 1.
Authority to buy cemetery lots.
Ramsey County may purchase a plot of ground in an organized cemetery lying, in whole or in part, in the county, or in a contiguous county, to be used as a soldiers' rest for the interment of honorably discharged deceased military veterans of the United States and their spouses and minor children.
Subd. 2.
Authority to hire an agent.
Ramsey County may compensate the expenses of an agent, who must be a veteran, to care for the soldiers' rest and to issue permits for burial in it.
History:
1974 c 435 s 1.0212; 1981 c 42 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383A — Ramsey County › Section 383A.19 — Codification Of Special Laws.

383A.19 CODIFICATION OF SPECIAL LAWS.
Ramsey County may collect and publish the special laws pertaining to Ramsey County.
History:
1974 c 435 s 1.0213; 1978 c 743 s 5
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383A — Ramsey County › Section 383A.201 — Officials Not To Be Interested In Contracts.

383A.201 OFFICIALS NOT TO BE INTERESTED IN CONTRACTS.
No Ramsey County official or the official's deputy, clerk, or employee and no commissioner for tax-forfeited lands or the commissioner's assistants, may have a personal financial interest (1) in a contract, work, labor, or business to which the county is a party or in which it is or may be interested, (2) or in the furnishing of an article to, or the purchase or sale of any real or personal property by the county, or of which the consideration, price, or expense is payable from the county treasury. A violation of this section is a gross misdemeanor.
History:
1988 c 500 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383A — Ramsey County › Section 383A.21 — Fees Of The Court Administrator Of District Court, Coroner And County Recorder.

383A.21 FEES OF THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR OF DISTRICT COURT, CORONER AND COUNTY RECORDER.
The board of county commissioners shall set the fees to be charged and collected for the services of the court administrator of district court, coroner and county recorder. These officers shall file schedules of the fees in their offices.
History:
1978 c 743 s 7; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383A — Ramsey County › Section 383A.22 — Fee System For County Services, Document Processing.

383A.22 FEE SYSTEM FOR COUNTY SERVICES, DOCUMENT PROCESSING.
Subdivision 1.
After hearing.
The board of county commissioners, after a public hearing, may establish a system of fees or charges for recording, filing, certification or providing copies of an instrument, document or other paper, or for the services of a county office, official, department, or employee thereof, or a court system located entirely inside the county.
Subd. 2.
Not for uniform state fees, shared fees.
Subdivision 1 does not apply to a fee or charge concerning a service, license, permit or document established by law as uniformly applicable to all counties of the state. Subdivision 1 does not amend any law that provides that a charge or fee is returnable in whole or part to the state, or any of its subdivisions or any other agency.
Subd. 3.
Extra service based on cost.
When a service is requested of a county office or agent, beyond that which would normally be provided in the ordinary course of business of the office or agent, the board of county commissioners, after a public hearing, may establish a fee or charge for it based upon the cost of providing the service.
History:
1978 c 743 s 8
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383A — Ramsey County › Section 383A.23 — Commissioners; Composition; Redistricting.

383A.23 COMMISSIONERS; COMPOSITION; REDISTRICTING.
Subdivision 1.
[Repealed, 1991 c 51 s 6]
Subd. 2.
[Repealed, 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 48]
Subd. 3.
[Repealed, 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 48]
Subd. 4.
[Repealed, 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 48]
Subd. 5.
Future redistricting.
The redistricting of Ramsey County is governed by section 375.025.
History:
1977 c 291 s 1; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 49
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383A — Ramsey County › Section 383A.26 — Organization.

383A.26 ORGANIZATION.
In addition to the election of a vice-chair as prescribed by the general laws of this state, the county board shall elect a second vice-chair, who shall perform the duties of the chair and vice-chair in their absence.
History:
1974 c 435 s 2.04; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383A — Ramsey County › Section 383A.27 — Procedure.

383A.27 PROCEDURE.
Subdivision 1.
Meetings.
In addition to meeting on the days prescribed by the general laws of this state, the Board of County Commissioners of Ramsey County shall meet at least twice each month at the times and dates established by the board at its first meeting in January of each year to transact any business that may properly come before the board.
Subd. 2.
Rules; journal.
The board shall determine its own rules and order of business and shall provide for keeping a journal of its official proceedings. This journal shall be a public record and shall be published according to section 375.12, in a newspaper having in the county its own office of issue and doing its typographic composition and presswork in the county.
History:
1974 c 435 s 2.05; 1977 c 291 s 3; 1979 c 313 s 1; 1984 c 543 s 45
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383A — Ramsey County › Section 383A.282 — County Board Responsibilities.

383A.282 COUNTY BOARD RESPONSIBILITIES.
Subject to sections 383A.281 to 383A.301 and other law, the county board shall fix the annual salary of county officials and determine the number and compensation of all employees in the county personnel system.
History:
1985 c 89 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383A — Ramsey County › Section 383A.283 — Human Resources Department.

383A.283 HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT.
Subdivision 1.
Creation.
The Human Resources Department is created under the supervision of the director of human resources.
Subd. 2.
Director.
The director shall be appointed by the Ramsey County executive director, on the basis of merit and fitness as a result of a competitive examination, subject to the approval of the county board. The director shall be in the classified service and shall report directly to and be supervised by the Ramsey County executive director.
Subd. 3.
Responsibilities.
The human resources director shall provide personnel management services and assistance to all county departments, enforce any personnel rules and regulations adopted by the county board, and carry out the responsibilities set forth in sections 383A.281 to 383A.301.
History:
1985 c 89 s 3; 2017 c 28 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383A — Ramsey County › Section 383A.287 — Personnel Review Board.

383A.287 PERSONNEL REVIEW BOARD.
Subdivision 1.
Creation.
The Ramsey County Personnel Review Board is created to review disciplinary appeals and conduct performance reviews of the Human Resources Department.
Subd. 2.
Organization.
The county board, by a majority vote, shall appoint seven persons to the Personnel Review Board to serve four-year staggered terms. Any vacancies shall be filled by a majority vote of the county board for the unexpired term. Each member shall hold office until a successor has been appointed. Membership on the Personnel Review Board shall be limited as follows:
(a) each member shall take an oath of office before assuming the duties of office;
(b) no person shall be a member of the Personnel Review Board while holding a public office, or while holding office in a political party above the state legislative district level, nor for two years after having held that kind of public or political office; and
(c) each member shall be a resident of the county and if a member becomes a nonresident, the member forfeits the office.
Subd. 3.
Removal from office.
A Personnel Review Board member may be removed from office by the county board for cause, after a copy of the charges has first been given to the member and opportunity of being publicly heard before the county board, upon not less than ten days' written notice. A majority vote of the county board shall be required for removal.
Subd. 4.
Compensation.
Compensation for members of the Personnel Review Board shall be set by resolution of the county board.
Subd. 5.
Responsibilities.
(a)
Nondisciplinary appeals.
The Personnel Review Board shall hear all nondisciplinary personnel appeals as defined in the rules adopted by the county board pursuant to section 383A.284, subdivision 1.
(b)
Grievances and disciplinary appeals.
All appeals or grievances relating to discharge, suspension, demotion for cause, salary decrease, or other disciplinary action shall be heard by an administrative law judge appointed pursuant to section 14.55. The administrative law judge shall hear the grievance or appeal and report a recommendation to the Personnel Review Board in a timely manner consistent with section 383A.294 and the rules and regulations promulgated by the county board.
(c)
Review of Human Resources Department performance.
Periodically, as requested by the county board, the Personnel Review Board shall review, report, and make recommendations to the county board regarding Human Resources Department services, procedures, and practices.
History:
1985 c 89 s 7; 1986 c 444; 1989 c 162 s 1; 2017 c 28 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383A — Ramsey County › Section 383A.289 — Eligible Lists.

383A.289 ELIGIBLE LISTS.
Subdivision 1.
General.
The human resources director shall prepare eligible lists as provided in this section.
Subd. 2.
Rank.
On competitive open and competitive promotional lists eligibles shall be ranked according to their ratings in examinations and any veteran's preference required by law.
Subd. 3.
Term of eligibility.
The term of eligibility of eligibles on lists shall be determined by the human resources director.
History:
1985 c 89 s 9; 2017 c 28 s 1,2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383A — Ramsey County › Section 383A.291 — Certification Of Eligibles.

383A.291 CERTIFICATION OF ELIGIBLES.
Subdivision 1.
[Repealed, 1997 c 40 s 2]
Subd. 1a.
Under county rules.
Upon request of the appointing authority, the human resources director shall certify eligibles in accordance with rules adopted under section 383A.284, subdivision 1.
Subd. 2.
[Repealed, 1997 c 40 s 2]
Subd. 3.
[Repealed, 1997 c 40 s 2]
Subd. 4.
[Repealed, 1997 c 40 s 2]
History:
1985 c 89 s 10; 1986 c 444; 1991 c 50 s 1; 1992 c 383 s 1; 1997 c 40 s 1; 2017 c 28 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383A — Ramsey County › Section 383A.292 — Noncompetitive Appointments.

383A.292 NONCOMPETITIVE APPOINTMENTS.
Subdivision 1.
Temporary appointments.
The human resources director may authorize the appointing authority to make a temporary appointment of not more than six months in any 12-month period. When practicable, the human resources director may certify any qualified eligible from an eligible list for the temporary appointment, but may authorize the appointment of any person deemed qualified by the appointing authority.
Subd. 2.
Provisional appointments.
The human resources director may authorize the appointing authority to make a provisional appointment for a position for which there is no eligible list for a period of time determined by the human resources director not to exceed six months.
History:
1985 c 89 s 11; 2017 c 28 s 2