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2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383A — Ramsey County › Section 383A.81 — Environmental Response Fund.

383A.81 ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE FUND.
Subdivision 1.
Creation.
An environmental response fund is created for the purposes specified in this section. The taxes imposed by section 383A.80 must be deposited in the fund. The board of county commissioners shall administer the fund either as a county board or a housing and redevelopment authority.
Subd. 2.
Uses of fund.
(a) The fund created in subdivision 1 must be used for the following purposes:
(1) acquisition through purchase or condemnation of lands or property which are polluted or contaminated with hazardous substances;
(2) paying the costs associated with indemnifying or holding harmless the entity taking title to lands or property from any liability arising out of the ownership, remediation, or use of the land or property;
(3) paying for the costs of remediating the acquired land or property; or
(4) paying the costs associated with remediating lands or property which are polluted or contaminated with hazardous substances.
(b) No more than three percent of the fund may be used each year for the costs of administration.
Subd. 3.
Matching funds.
In expending funds under this section, the county shall seek matching funds from contamination cleanup funds administered by the commissioner of the Department of Employment and Economic Development, the Metropolitan Council, the federal government, the private sector, and any other source.
Subd. 4.
Bonds.
The county may pledge the proceeds from the taxes imposed by section 383A.80 to bonds issued under this chapter and chapters 398A, 462, 469, and 475.
Subd. 5.
Priorities.
The first priority for the use of the environmental response fund created in this section is to clean up the site located in the city of St. Paul known as the Dale Street Shops and Maxson Steel site or other sites at or near rail lines that are blighted and the clean up of which will lead to living wage jobs, and to improve the land for economic development.
Subd. 6.
Land sales.
Land or property acquired under this section may be resold at fair market value. Proceeds from the sale of the land must be deposited in the environmental response fund.
Subd. 7.
DOT assistance.
The commissioner of transportation shall collaborate with the county and any affected municipality by providing technical assistance and support in cleaning up a contaminated site related to a trunk highway or railroad improvement.
History:
1997 c 231 art 16 s 14; 1997 c 251 s 11,12; 1Sp2003 c 4 s 1; 2008 c 366 art 9 s 11,12
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383A — Ramsey County › Section 383A.90 — Definitions.

383A.90 DEFINITIONS.
Subdivision 1.
Scope.
In this section and section 383A.91, the definitions in this section apply.
Subd. 2.
Public corporation.
The "public corporation" means Ramsey Health Care, Inc., established by Minnesota Statutes 1986, section 246A.02.
Subd. 3.
Nonprofit corporation.
The "nonprofit corporation" means the entity formed in accordance with section 383A.91, subdivision 1.
History:
1994 c 549 s 1; 1995 c 186 s 76
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383B — Hennepin County › Section 383B.021 — Compensation.

383B.021 COMPENSATION.
No per diem payment shall be allowed county board members for service on the county board or any other county body. County board members shall pay for parking in county owned parking facilities where payment is required. County board members may be allowed mileage for use of their personal automobile at a rate per mile.
The Hennepin County board may set the salary of board members by resolution limited to that subject. The salary must be stated as a fixed dollar amount. Adjustments in commissioners' salaries shall be adopted by the county board by resolution prior to a general election to take effect January 1 of the succeeding year, except that a resolution adopted by the county board to decrease commissioners' salaries may take effect at any time. Any resolution that makes an adjustment must state the change and the resulting salary for a member as fixed dollar amounts.
History:
1982 c 577 s 14; 1985 c 66 s 1; 2009 c 152 s 11
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383B — Hennepin County › Section 383B.025 — County Board Appoints Auditor, Treasurer, Recorder.

383B.025 COUNTY BOARD APPOINTS AUDITOR, TREASURER, RECORDER.
Subdivision 1.
Board may abolish under subdivision 2.
In the county of Hennepin, the offices of county auditor, county treasurer and county recorder shall not be elective but shall be filled by appointment by the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners as hereinafter provided, unless such office is hereafter abolished pursuant to a reorganization or consolidation under subdivision 2.
Subd. 2.
Heads are unclassified; statutory duties remain.
The duties, functions and responsibilities which have been heretofore and which shall be hereafter required by statute to be performed by the various elected officials whose offices are by this section made appointive shall be vested in and performed by the Board of Commissioners of Hennepin County through department heads appointed by the board for that purpose. Any such department head shall be in the unclassified service as defined by sections 383B.26 to 383B.42. The Board of Commissioners of Hennepin County shall have the authority to initiate and direct any reorganization, consolidation, reallocation or delegation of such duties, functions, or responsibilities for the purpose of promoting efficiency in county government, and may make such other administrative changes, including the abolishing of the offices of auditor, treasurer and county recorder or the transfer of personnel, as are deemed necessary for this purpose. Such reorganization, reallocation or delegation or other administrative change or transfer shall not diminish, prohibit or avoid those specific duties required by statute to be performed by those officials whose office is now made appointive.
History:
1967 c 599 s 1,2; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1979 c 198 art 4 s 14
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383B — Hennepin County › Section 383B.031 — Board Vacancies: More Or Not More Than Six Months Out.

383B.031 BOARD VACANCIES: MORE OR NOT MORE THAN SIX MONTHS OUT.
Subdivision 1.
More than six months; special election.
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 375.101, if a vacancy occurs in a seat on the Board of County Commissioners of Hennepin County more than six months before the general election in which a commissioner will next be selected to occupy such seat the county auditor shall, within seven days after the vacancy occurs, call a special election within the affected district to fill such vacancy. The auditor shall specify a date for the election to be held on a date authorized by section 205.10, subdivision 3a. Candidates shall file with the county auditor prior to the 35th day before the election. The primary election shall be held 14 days before the election. If no more than two candidates file for the office, the primary election shall be canceled and the date of the general election advanced 14 days.
Subd. 2.
Minnesota Statutes controls; affidavit of candidacy.
Each person who wishes to file as a candidate in the election for which provision is made in subdivision 1 shall submit to the county auditor an affidavit for candidacy. Except as otherwise specifically provided in this section, the special election shall be held in accordance with the provisions of Minnesota Statutes 1965, chapter 203. The candidate who receives a plurality of the votes cast in the special election shall be certified the winner.
Subd. 3.
Not more than six months; general election.
A vacancy in a seat on a board of county commissioners which occurs not more than six months before the general election in which a commissioner will next be selected to occupy the seat shall be filled at the general election.
Subd. 4.
Elected for unexpired term.
A person elected to the office of commissioner pursuant to the provisions of this section shall hold office for the unexpired term of the person's predecessor.
History:
1967 c 719 s 1-4; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 384 art 2 s 1; 2017 c 92 art 2 s 21
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383B — Hennepin County › Section 383B.035 — County To Pay City, Town Special Election Expenses.

383B.035 COUNTY TO PAY CITY, TOWN SPECIAL ELECTION EXPENSES.
Subdivision 1.
County board must adopt resolution.
Notwithstanding section 204B.32, which relates to election expenses, whenever the Board of County Commissioners of Hennepin County shall duly provide for a special election to be held within said Hennepin County, all of the expenses necessarily incurred by the several municipalities, home rule charter or statutory cities, and townships within the county of Hennepin concerning such special election, shall be paid by the county of Hennepin upon a resolution duly adopted by the Board of County Commissioners for Hennepin County providing for such payment of special election expenses.
Subd. 2.
Unless local same-day election.
If the date for any special election set by the board of county commissioners pursuant to subdivision 1 falls on the same day as any other election to be held in any of the several municipalities, home rule charter or statutory cities, and townships within the county, then each such municipality, home rule charter or statutory city, or township shall pay for its own election expenses for such election and the county of Hennepin shall not be responsible therefor.
History:
1971 c 331 s 1,3; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1987 c 384 art 2 s 85
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383B — Hennepin County › Section 383B.058 — Local Ordinances And Charters Superseded.

383B.058 LOCAL ORDINANCES AND CHARTERS SUPERSEDED.
(a) Except as provided in this section, section 383B.041 supersedes the provisions of any ordinance or resolution of a jurisdiction governed by sections 383B.041 or 383B.058 or any existing special law or home rule charter provision requiring disclosure of information related to the financing of election campaigns or requiring disclosure of economic interests by candidates and elected officials of that jurisdiction.
(b) The governing body of Hennepin County, the governing body of any home rule charter city or statutory city located wholly in Hennepin County, and the school board of Special School District No. 1, Minneapolis may adopt or continue in force ordinances or resolutions that:
(1) impose limits on the amount that any individual or association may contribute to any candidate for elected office in that jurisdiction;
(2) require disclosure of economic interests; or
(3) require other public officials of that jurisdiction to make such disclosure.
(c) Any home rule charter city that adopts a charter provision modifying or superseding any provision of section 383B.041 shall file a copy of the charter provision with the Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board within 60 days of its adoption.
History:
1980 c 362 s 18; 1987 c 218 s 6; 1997 c 202 art 2 s 63; 2023 c 25 s 176
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383B — Hennepin County › Section 383B.061 — Legislative Research Committee.

383B.061 LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH COMMITTEE.
In Hennepin County there is hereby created a Legislative Research Committee. The committee shall consist of the senators and representatives in the legislature from the county.
The committee may investigate and study, accumulate, compile, analyze, and report on information concerning policies, plans, programs, and procedures relating to or affecting the fiscal and legislative needs of the county and any governmental or political subdivision within the county, including any school district, and any metropolitan or district authority having jurisdiction in any area of the county. The committee shall gather information and provide material to be used by senators and representatives from the county in their work while the legislature is in session and in connection with any legislative proposals affecting the county and such subdivisions. It may appoint subcommittees to perform any of its functions or duties.
The committee or any subcommittee appointed by it may sit at any time and place as it deems advisable. It shall meet at least once in each quarter and shall meet at any time upon the call of the chair. Nine members constitute a quorum. A majority of the quorum may act in any matter coming within the jurisdiction of the committee.
The committee shall select a chair and a vice-chair from its own members and may prescribe its rules of procedure. It may appoint a secretary who need not be a member. The committee may employ such other persons and obtain the assistance of such research agencies as its deems necessary.
The members of the committee and the members of any subcommittee shall be compensated for expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of their official duties.
The county board shall appropriate from the county general revenue fund for the purpose of this section the sum of $20,000 for the use of the committee during the biennium ending December 31, 1966, and the sum of $20,000 for the use of the committee during each biennium thereafter. For the payment of the expenses of the committee it shall draw its warrants upon the county treasurer. These warrants shall be signed by the chair and one other member of the committee and approved by the county auditor. The county treasurer shall pay them as and when presented but not exceeding in any year the amount provided therefor.
History:
1965 c 849 s 1-6; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383B — Hennepin County › Section 383B.063 — Fort Snelling Precinct.

383B.063 FORT SNELLING PRECINCT.
The county board of Hennepin County shall provide for and designate a polling place for the area known as Fort Snelling, which may be within the municipality of Richfield.
History:
1963 c 477 s 1,2; 2022 c 55 art 1 s 174
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383B — Hennepin County › Section 383B.101 — County Administrator's Office; Establishment.

383B.101 COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR'S OFFICE; ESTABLISHMENT.
The office of the Hennepin County administrator is created. The Hennepin County administrator shall be the chief administrative officer of the county government and shall be responsible to the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners for the administration of all departments, offices and agencies of county government which, by law, are subject to the authority of the board. The county administrator shall exercise all authority and shall perform all duties, which, by resolution, are delegated to the office of administrator by the board. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, all of the business of the county acted upon by the board shall be referred to the administrator, who shall implement such action as the board directs or authorizes.
History:
1979 c 198 art 1 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383B — Hennepin County › Section 383B.102 — Powers And Duties.

383B.102 POWERS AND DUTIES.
(a) The administrator shall exercise general supervision over all county institutions, departments and agencies, and with the approval of the board, coordinate the activities of the county and unify the management of its affairs.
(b) If directed by the board, the administrator may act as the head of any bureau or department, the appointment of which is made by the board, provided the administrator has the qualifications required by law.
(c) The administrator's powers and duties shall include, but are not limited to, the following:
(1) hire qualified office staff in the classified or unclassified service to assist in the performance of the administrator's duties as approved by the board;
(2) provide for the execution of all ordinances, resolutions and orders of the board and all laws of the state required to be enforced through the board by the administrator or by officers who are under the direction and supervision of the administrator;
(3) appoint, suspend and remove, with approval of the board, all personnel in the unclassified service who directly report to the administrator;
(4) provide for county purchases, including purchases of service, as directed by the county board;
(5) perform all duties, functions, and responsibilities provided by law of the offices enumerated in Laws 1967, chapter 599, notwithstanding contrary provisions therein as are provided by general and special law;
(6) prepare and submit to the board a proposed annual budget and long-range capital expenditure program as provided for in sections 383B.111 to 383B.119;
(7) prepare, submit and update, if directed by the board to do so, an administrative code incorporating the details of administrative procedures for the operation of the county;
(8) examine the books and papers of officers and departments of the county with the assistance of internal audit or independent audit, as the board may direct, and report the findings to the board;
(9) keep the board fully advised as to the financial condition and needs of the county and make such other reports as the board or the administrator deems advisable; and
(10) attend meetings of the board and make recommendations.
(d) The administrator may, with approval of the board, appoint and designate persons to carry out those duties, functions, and responsibilities referred to in paragraph (c), clause (5).
History:
1979 c 198 art 1 s 2; 1980 c 573 s 16
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383B — Hennepin County › Section 383B.103 — Compensation; Removal.

383B.103 COMPENSATION; REMOVAL.
The administrator shall be appointed by the board. The administrator shall serve at the pleasure of the board. The board may designate a properly qualified person to perform the duties of the administrator during the absence or disability of the administrator. The board shall set the administrator's compensation and provide for a termination allowance, which shall be equal to the severance pay allowable to employees of the unclassified service.
History:
1979 c 198 art 1 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383B — Hennepin County › Section 383B.111 — Budget And Financial Administration.

383B.111 BUDGET AND FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION.
Subdivision 1.
Duties of county board.
The Board of Commissioners of Hennepin County shall annually adopt a budget for the next fiscal year. The budget shall be a complete financial plan for the next year. The board may create fund accounts which shall be in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and such statutes and regulations issued by state or federal regulatory agencies as may be applicable to account for the assets, liabilities, revenues and expenditures of the county.
Subd. 2.
Duties of county administrator.
The county administrator shall prepare and present recommendations concerning the budget to be adopted for the next fiscal year, implement accounting practices consistent with generally accepted accounting principles and implement other matters of a budget, financial or accounting nature as required. The administrator may establish administrative guidelines and procedures necessary to carry out the purposes of sections 383B.111 to 383B.119.
History:
1979 c 198 art 2 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383B — Hennepin County › Section 383B.112 — Annual Budget.

383B.112 ANNUAL BUDGET.
Subdivision 1.
Format.
The board may utilize any combination of expenditure classifications by fund, organization, program, purpose or activity. The budget shall begin with a general summary of its contents and shall detail all estimated revenues, including the property tax levy, and all estimated expenditures, including debt service for the next fiscal year. The total of estimated expenditures for the next fiscal year shall not exceed the total of estimated revenues and any surplus amounts deemed to be available at the end of the current fiscal year. Amounts in funds unexpended at the end of the fiscal year which are permitted by generally accepted accounting principles to be carried over from one fiscal year to the next may be carried over in accordance with those principles. Unexpended amounts may be restricted by the board to finance contingent obligations which may become payable in subsequent fiscal years. The budget shall include both operating and capital revenues and expenditures as detailed in subdivisions 2 and 3.
Subd. 2.
Operating budget.
The budget shall include information showing operating revenues, expenditures and personnel for the applicable fiscal year.
Subd. 3.
Capital budget.
The budget shall include the capital expenditures proposed for the applicable fiscal year by project and the proposed method and plan of financing of each capital project.
History:
1979 c 198 art 2 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383B — Hennepin County › Section 383B.113 — Long-range Capital Program.

383B.113 LONG-RANGE CAPITAL PROGRAM.
Subdivision 1.
Format.
The board shall review and consider a long-range capital improvement program at the time of approval of the budget specified in section 383B.112. The capital program shall contain information specifying:
(a) a general summary of its contents;
(b) a list of all capital projects proposed to be undertaken during the term of the program, with appropriate supporting information as to the necessity for such proposed project; and
(c) cost estimates, method of financing and recommended time schedules for each project. Information may be revised and extended with regard to capital projects still pending or in the process of construction or acquisition.
Subd. 2.
Advisory committee.
The board may appoint a citizens advisory committee to assist the board in preparing the capital program. Advisory committee members shall be allowed a per diem not to exceed $50 for meetings relating to advice and recommendations concerning the capital program. In addition, each member may be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred as a result of the meetings.
History:
1979 c 198 art 2 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383B — Hennepin County › Section 383B.114 — Appropriations And Tax Levy.

383B.114 APPROPRIATIONS AND TAX LEVY.
Subdivision 1.
Budget adoption.
Adoption of the budget, pursuant to section 383B.111, by the board shall constitute appropriations of the amounts specified therein to the funds and departments indicated and shall constitute for each fund a levy of the tax therein as required.
Subd. 2.
Lapse of appropriations.
Each appropriation, except an appropriation for a capital expenditure and those restricted or varied forward pursuant to section 383B.112, subdivision 1, lapses at the close of the fiscal year to the extent that it has not been expended or encumbered. An appropriation for a capital expenditure continues in force until the purpose for which it was made has been accomplished or abandoned. The purpose of a capital expenditure appropriation shall be deemed abandoned if three years pass from the date of the appropriation without a disbursement from or encumbrance of the appropriation.
History:
1979 c 198 art 2 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383B — Hennepin County › Section 383B.115 — Amendments.

383B.115 AMENDMENTS.
Subdivision 1.
Supplemental appropriations.
The board may make supplemental appropriations during the course of a budget year. Such appropriations may authorize the use and expenditure of amounts accruing to the county which were not previously anticipated as revenues by the board in the adoption of the budget.
Subd. 2.
Changes in appropriations.
The board may by resolution make modifications in the adopted budget or in the appropriation to any department or fund, or may transfer amounts from one department or fund to another department or fund except as the transfers may be otherwise restricted by law.
History:
1979 c 198 art 2 s 5
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383B — Hennepin County › Section 383B.116 — Payment Procedures And Accounting.

383B.116 PAYMENT PROCEDURES AND ACCOUNTING.
Subdivision 1.
Payment of obligations.
The county shall pay for obligations in accordance with appropriations duly made. Payment and distribution shall be made in accordance with methods and procedures established by the county administrator, pursuant to section 383B.111 and consistent with sections 471.35 to 471.41.
Subd. 2.
Payment methods.
Payments of claims and obligations of the county may be made by warrant, check, or all forms of electronic or wire funds transfer. Section 471.38 does not apply to any claim for which payment is made by electronic or wire funds transfer. Where the county is authorized by law to make investments, the county may make electronic or wire transfers of funds notwithstanding any other law to the contrary.
Subd. 3.
Prohibited payments and obligations.
The making of payments or the incurring of obligations in excess of appropriations or when sufficient moneys are not or will not be available to cover claims or meet obligations when they become due and payable shall be prohibited. This subdivision shall not apply to investments authorized by law to be made on behalf of the county.
Subd. 4.
Illegal expenditure.
A commissioner who knowingly authorizes or makes a payment or incurs an obligation in violation of the provisions of sections 383B.111 to 383B.119 is guilty of a gross misdemeanor. When deficits are incurred or anticipated as a result of services required to be performed pursuant to chapters 393 and 401 and Laws 1963, chapter 738, as amended, this subdivision shall not apply.
Subd. 5.
Borrowing between funds.
Subject to procedures developed by the administrator, warrants issued on one fund in which there is a temporary insufficiency of money may be redeemed by the county treasury through temporary borrowing from any other fund in the treasury for a period not to exceed one year.
Subd. 6.
May take credit, debit card or funds transfer.
The county may accept payment by use of a credit card, debit card, or all forms of electronic or wire funds transfer. Subject to any other law to the contrary, the county may add to the amount due a service charge for the acceptance of a payment method authorized in this subdivision. The county shall adopt policies and procedures regarding the payments.
History:
1979 c 198 art 2 s 6; 2000 c 475 s 1,2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383B — Hennepin County › Section 383B.1161 — Electronic Approvals.

383B.1161 ELECTRONIC APPROVALS.
"Electronic approval" means any electronic identifier intended by the person making, executing, or adopting it to authenticate and validate a county administrative action. Notwithstanding any other general or special law to the contrary, the county may use electronic approvals. The electronic approval has the same validity and consequences as the actual signing by the person. The county shall establish policies and procedures to ensure the validity of electronic approvals.
History:
2000 c 475 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383B — Hennepin County › Section 383B.1162 — Credit Cards.

383B.1162 CREDIT CARDS.
The county may allow officials, officers, and employees of the county to incur charges for county purposes by use of county credit cards. The county shall adopt policies and procedures regarding such credit card usage to establish individual accountability.
History:
2000 c 475 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383B — Hennepin County › Section 383B.118 — Fees.

383B.118 FEES.
Subdivision 1.
Fee system.
Where the legislature does not by statute establish a charge or the imposition of a fee for the recording, filing, certification, or providing of copies of any instrument, document or other papers, or for the services of any county office, official, department, or employee thereof, or a court system located entirely within any county: the board of county commissioners after a public hearing may establish a system of fees or charges for such services.
Subd. 2.
Extraordinary services.
When in the discretion of the board of county commissioners, a service is requested of any county office or agent, beyond that which would normally be provided in the ordinary course of business of such office or agent, the board of county commissioners after a public hearing may establish a fee or charge therefor based upon the cost of providing such service.
History:
1979 c 198 art 2 s 8
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383B — Hennepin County › Section 383B.119 — Financial Statements And Audits.

383B.119 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND AUDITS.
Subdivision 1.
Financial statements.
Annually, the board of commissioners shall cause to be prepared a financial report, including financial statements for all of the funds of the county of Hennepin prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
Subd. 2.
[Repealed, 1991 c 345 art 1 s 117]
Subd. 3.
Publication and distribution.
The board of commissioners shall publish the annual financial statements in accordance with the requirements of section 375.17. The annual audited financial statements shall be made available for public inspection upon request.
History:
1979 c 198 art 2 s 9; 1991 c 345 art 1 s 91; 1992 c 363 art 1 s 16
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383B — Hennepin County › Section 383B.121 — Adult Corrections Facility.

383B.121 ADULT CORRECTIONS FACILITY.
Subdivision 1.
Authority to establish.
To implement the provisions of Laws 1975, chapter 402, section 1, and Laws 1977, chapter 453, section 4, subdivision 3, the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners is authorized to establish and operate a corrections facility in Hennepin County for the confinement of adult males and females as the district court for the Fourth Judicial District shall order confined there for the service of sentences which alone or in combination with any other sentence requires imprisonment for no longer than 364 days.
Subd. 2.
Name.
The corrections facility provided for in sections 383B.121 to 383B.129 shall be called the Hennepin County Adult Corrections Facility.
Subd. 3.
Location, land and buildings.
The corrections facility shall be located in Hennepin County and shall be maintained and operated upon lands and in buildings, structures, and appurtenances thereto as the county has acquired or shall acquire by transfer from or exchange with any municipality within the county, or by purchase, lease, gift, or by the provisions of section 375.181.
History:
1979 c 198 art 3 s 1-3; 1998 c 254 art 2 s 41; 2023 c 52 art 6 s 16
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383B — Hennepin County › Section 383B.122 — Superintendent.

383B.122 SUPERINTENDENT.
The board may employ a superintendent for the corrections facility. The superintendent shall manage the land, structures, and equipment of the corrections facility, and shall direct the work of all personnel employed at or in connection with the operation of the corrections facility and the conduct of all activities at the corrections facility.
History:
1979 c 198 art 3 s 4,5; 1980 c 573 s 17
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383B — Hennepin County › Section 383B.123 — Rules.

383B.123 RULES.
The superintendent of the corrections facility shall, subject to the approval of the board, adopt rules, regulations, and procedures necessary for:
(1) implementing the provisions of sections 383B.121 to 383B.123;
(2) providing for the secure confinement, health, and safety of, and the provision of programs and services for inmates of the corrections facility; and
(3) complying with the laws of the state and provisions of the federal and state constitutions applicable to the status and rights of inmates of corrections facilities.
History:
1979 c 198 art 3 s 6
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383B — Hennepin County › Section 383B.124 — Work Release Program.

383B.124 WORK RELEASE PROGRAM.
The provisions of the inmate work release program set out in section 631.425 shall be applicable to the inmates of the corrections facility and, for the purposes of application of the statute to the inmates and personnel of the corrections facility, the superintendent shall be a "sheriff," and the corrections facility shall be a "jail."
History:
1979 c 198 art 3 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383B — Hennepin County › Section 383B.125 — Board May Run Factory With Inmates And Staff.

383B.125 BOARD MAY RUN FACTORY WITH INMATES AND STAFF.
Subdivision 1.
At corrections facility.
The board, upon the recommendations of the county administrator and the superintendent, is authorized to establish, equip, maintain, and operate at the corrections facility a factory for the manufacture, processing, repairing, and production of goods, wares, and merchandise and for that purpose to make use of the labor of inmates and to employ a staff which the board determines necessary for the proper instruction and employment of inmates.
Subd. 2.
Must set procedures for sales, price, service charge.
Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 373.01, subdivision 1, clause (3) and 375.21, the board shall establish procedures for setting the terms and conditions under which the county will either sell the products manufactured or will charge for the production, repair, or processing of materials by inmates of the corrections facility.
Subd. 3.
Wages set by superintendent; how.
The superintendent, with the approval of the board, shall provide for wages to inmates employed under this section as the superintendent may deem proper, the amount of the wage to depend upon the quality and character of the work performed as determined by the superintendent.
History:
1979 c 198 art 3 s 8; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383B — Hennepin County › Section 383B.126 — Board May Lease Space Out To Run Factory.

383B.126 BOARD MAY LEASE SPACE OUT TO RUN FACTORY.
Subdivision 1.
Written contract; fiscal interests of county.
Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, the board, upon the recommendations of the administrator and the superintendent may lease space in any of the buildings of the corrections facility together with real estate needed for reasonable access to the leased building to a private person, firm or corporation for the purpose of establishing and operating a factory under written contract for the manufacture and processing of goods, wares, or merchandise, in a manner and upon terms determined by the board to be consistent with the proper training and employment of inmates of the corrections facility and in the best fiscal interests of the county.
Subd. 2.
Duties of operator; indemnify county.
The private person, firm, or corporation operating a factory or other business or commercial enterprise under this section shall:
(1) select the inmates to be employed, subject to the approval of the superintendent, consistent with the superintendent's responsibility for security, control, and public safety;
(2) provide coverage for workers' compensation benefits as provided in chapter 176;
(3) pay wages and benefits to the inmates employed at the prevailing minimum wages and benefits for work of a similar nature performed by employees with similar skills in the county;
(4) withhold from the wages of the inmates employed and pay all amounts in the manner required by law for state and federal income taxes and FICA taxes and keep and maintain records required by state and federal law in that connection; and
(5) be solely liable for and indemnify and save the county, its officers, agents, and employees harmless from all claims of every type, nature, or description that arise out of or are connected with the conduct of a factory, business, or commercial enterprise under this section. This provision shall be a part of all leases and contracts entered into hereunder irrespective of any references thereto in a lease and contract.
Subd. 3.
Superintendent's authority undiminished.
The authority of the superintendent over the corrections facility and its inmates shall not be diminished by this section.
Subd. 4.
Rents, costs to be in best interest of county.
The rents and costs to be paid by any person, firm, or corporation employing inmates under this section shall be fixed and determined by the board upon the recommendations of the administrator and the superintendent and shall be in an amount the board determines to be in the best interests of the county and consistent with the operations and programs of the corrections facility.
History:
1979 c 198 art 3 s 9
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383B — Hennepin County › Section 383B.127 — Diminution Of Sentence.

383B.127 DIMINUTION OF SENTENCE.
The provisions of section 643.29 shall be applicable to the diminution of sentences of inmates of the corrections facility.
History:
1979 c 198 art 3 s 10
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383B — Hennepin County › Section 383B.128 — Place Of Crime Must Pay Workhouse Inmate Daily Expense.

383B.128 PLACE OF CRIME MUST PAY WORKHOUSE INMATE DAILY EXPENSE.
Subdivision 1.
Includes building overhead; monthly bills.
Each municipality in which conduct alleged in a misdemeanor complaint occurs shall pay to Hennepin County for the maintenance cost of the inmate convicted thereon and sentenced to confinement in the corrections facility the sum per diem as it may cost the county for the average maintenance per inmate. The administrator and superintendent shall at the first meeting of the county board in August of each year submit for the board's approval a determination of the maintenance cost per diem per inmate of the corrections facility which shall be based upon the actual costs, records of receipts, disbursements, and other data for the preceding year, adjusted by applying to the preceding years' rate any cost of living increase or decrease for the year ending June 30 of the current year. The costs shall include the cost, not to exceed $1 per day per inmate, of the premises or structures of the corrections facility or of any permanent improvements or repairs. The superintendent shall render monthly bills to the municipalities for the maintenance costs provided for by this section.
Subd. 2.
Cost-sharing for concurrent sentences.
The obligation to pay the maintenance cost per inmate for inmates serving concurrent sentences for misdemeanors committed shall be borne equally by the municipalities in which the misdemeanor conduct occurred. The obligation to pay the maintenance cost provided in this section for any inmate serving a misdemeanor sentence imposed by a court of Hennepin County concurrently with any sentence imposed by courts of another county or counties shall be borne equally by the different county or counties and the municipality within Hennepin County in which the misdemeanor conduct occurred.
Subd. 3.
Nonliability for city of Plymouth.
The city of Plymouth shall not be liable for the maintenance cost of any inmate confined at the corrections facility for the service of a sentence imposed for conviction of any offense committed on or arising out of the inmate's confinement at or escape from the premises of the corrections facility in the city of Plymouth.
Subd. 4.
Inmate per diem contribution.
The superintendent shall collect from each inmate employed under the provisions of sections 383B.125 and 383B.126 and each inmate in the work release program provided for in section 631.425, a per diem amount as a contribution to the inmate's maintenance cost provided for in this section. The superintendent shall determine with the approval of the county board the per diem amount provided for herein. The per diem amount collected from each inmate shall be subtracted from any amount charged to a municipality or another county for the maintenance cost of the inmate.
History:
1979 c 198 art 3 s 11; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 665 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383B — Hennepin County › Section 383B.129 — Inmates From Other Jurisdictions.

383B.129 INMATES FROM OTHER JURISDICTIONS.
To the extent that the proper confinement, health, and safety of inmates permit, the superintendent may accept for confinement for periods not exceeding 364 days persons ordered confined at the corrections facility for the execution of sentences imposed in any district court of the state or in a United States magistrate's court or a district court. The maintenance cost for the inmate shall be the same as that provided for in section 383B.128 and shall be borne by the county or counties wherein the offense for which the inmate was convicted occurred. With respect to any inmate convicted in a United States magistrate's court or a district court the maintenance cost of the inmate shall be the same as that provided in section 383B.128 and shall be borne by the United States. Prior to accepting any inmate for confinement pursuant to this section, the superintendent shall have completed an agreement with the appropriate county, state, or federal authority as to the terms, conditions, and duration of the confinement and for the payment of maintenance costs.
History:
1979 c 198 art 3 s 12; 1998 c 254 art 2 s 42; 2023 c 52 art 6 s 16
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383B — Hennepin County › Section 383B.141 — Authorization.

383B.141 AUTHORIZATION.
The county of Hennepin is authorized to establish, organize and reorganize central purchasing within the county for the purpose of purchasing all goods, materials, supplies, equipment and contracted services required by any department, board, commission or agency, and to perform or cause to be performed all acts necessary and incidental to the acquisition, handling, utilization and disposition of goods, materials, supplies, equipment and contracted services.
History:
1979 c 198 art 4 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383B — Hennepin County › Section 383B.142 — Procedure.

383B.142 PROCEDURE.
Subdivision 1.
Delegation of authority.
The county board may by resolution delegate the powers and duties enumerated in sections 383B.141 to 383B.1511, and those powers and duties necessary to the implementation of the purposes of central purchasing specifying the nature, scope and extent of the delegation. The authority and responsibility subject to delegation shall include, but not be limited to the following:
(a) purchasing and contracting for all goods, materials, supplies, equipment and contracted services, as provided in section 383B.143;
(b) preparation, review, modification and approval of all plans and specifications for goods, materials, supplies, equipment and contracted services;
(c) the transfer of any goods, materials, supplies, equipment or contracted services to or between departments, boards, commissions and agencies;
(d) selling or otherwise disposing of goods, materials, supplies, equipment and contracted services which are unusable or no longer required; and
(e) periodically reviewing and requiring department heads to supply necessary data concerning inventories and surpluses and monitoring compliance by department heads with purchasing laws, rules, regulations and procedures.
Subd. 2.
Administrator's duties.
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 373.02, the county board may delegate its purchasing powers and duties to the county administrator. The county administrator, wherever referred to in sections 383B.141 to 383B.1511, may designate and delegate a purchasing manager or other person to perform the tasks empowered or assigned to the county administrator. Any purchase in excess of $3,500 shall require the signature of the county administrator or designee.
History:
1979 c 198 art 4 s 2; 1986 c 444; 2016 c 151 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383B — Hennepin County › Section 383B.143 — Contracts For Purchases.

383B.143 CONTRACTS FOR PURCHASES.
Subdivision 1.
Contracts.
Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 373.01 and 373.02, the administrator has authority to enter into contracts for the purchase of goods, materials, supplies, equipment or services under the terms, conditions or restrictions contained in sections 383B.141 to 383B.151 or of any resolution of the board. Authority to enter into price agreements may be delegated to the administrator, who may authorize heads of departments to make purchases within the scope of the agreements.
Subd. 2.
MS 2022 [Repealed, 2023 c 62 art 3 s 22]
Subd. 3.
MS 2022 [Repealed, 2023 c 62 art 3 s 22]
Subd. 4.
Small purchases; rules.
The board may authorize, subject to rules promulgated by the administrator, purchases other than those defined in subdivision 1.
Subd. 5.
Joint power agreements.
The board shall have sole authority for entering into joint powers agreements or cooperative purchase agreements under the provisions of section 471.59. Upon the execution of agreements thereunder, the board may delegate authority relating to purchases of goods, materials, supplies, equipment or services.
History:
1979 c 198 art 4 s 3; 1998 c 259 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383B — Hennepin County › Section 383B.144 — Prequalification.

383B.144 PREQUALIFICATION.
Subdivision 1.
Rules.
Upon establishment of rules and regulations defining the criteria and conditions for prequalification of a bidder, the criteria and conditions and lists of qualified bidders shall be made available for public inspection by the administrator.
Subd. 2.
Wrongful exclusion.
Any prospective bidder who claims to have been wrongfully deleted from the list of qualified bidders shall have the right to receive in writing, upon request, the reasons for such deletion.
History:
1979 c 198 art 4 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383B — Hennepin County › Section 383B.146 — Purchases Consistent With Law.

383B.146 PURCHASES CONSISTENT WITH LAW.
The board, or the person or persons to whom purchasing and contracting authority may be delegated, shall exercise the authority consistent with sections 383B.141 to 383B.151.
History:
1979 c 198 art 4 s 6