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2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.234 — Removal Of Snow.

383C.234 REMOVAL OF SNOW.
Subdivision 1.
Authority.
The St. Louis County Board may by resolution provide for removal of snow from roadways as provided in this section, and upon conditions and terms and under restrictions as the board may deem proper.
Subd. 2.
Application.
Any person desiring to have snow removed from the person's roadway during the ensuing winter shall on or before August 31 of each year, file a petition in form approved by the county board with the board, providing among other things for the payment of the expense by the person, requesting it to render the service. The county board shall forthwith submit the petition to the county engineer who shall inspect the roadway to determine whether or not it would be advisable to permit snow removal equipment to work on it. The determination of the county engineer as to advisability shall be final and not subject to review. The engineer shall file a report with the county board approving or rejecting the petition, on or before October 31 each year.
Subd. 3.
File of petitioners.
The board shall, if the report of the engineer is favorable to the removal of snow from the roadway, place the name and address of the petitioners on file and shall forthwith notify each petitioner of the report.
Subd. 4.
Equipment not to be used until public highways are cleared.
No snow removal equipment shall be used for the purposes of this section unless and until snow is removed from all roads and highways which the county is charged by law with keeping clear.
Subd. 5.
Regulation.
The manner and number of times which machinery shall be used on the roadways shall be determined by the county board, and no person shall have the right to compel the removal of snow from any roadway as described in this section.
Subd. 6.
Expenses.
The amount of the expenses shall constitute and be a lien in favor of the county against the land involved, and, unless paid by July first following, shall be certified by the county engineer to the county auditor, and the auditor shall enter them upon the tax books, as an assessment, upon the land. They shall be collected in the same manner that other real estate taxes are collected. The amount of the expenses, when collected, shall be used to reimburse the county for its expenditure.
History:
1988 c 491 s 16
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.235 — Road And Bridge Money From Unorganized Townships.

383C.235 ROAD AND BRIDGE MONEY FROM UNORGANIZED TOWNSHIPS.
Notwithstanding section 163.06, subdivision 4, the road and bridge fund tax money collected from unorganized townships in St. Louis County need not be set apart in separate funds for each township. Notwithstanding section 163.06, subdivision 5, road and bridge fund tax money that is collected from the various unorganized townships may be expended by the St. Louis County Board in any of the unorganized townships in the county.
History:
1995 c 47 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.26 — Improvement Of Recreational Facilities.

383C.26 IMPROVEMENT OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.
In St. Louis County the board of county commissioners may appropriate and expend from the general revenue fund, such amount, not to exceed $75,000 annually, as it shall determine for the following purposes:
(1) for the improvement of trails and portages on established state water trails dedicated to public use lying wholly or partially within the county;
(2) for the cleaning, deepening, widening and straightening of the bed of any river or creek to prevent flooding of lands; and
(3) to improve navigable lakes within the county and to mark by buoys and other means, reefs and shallow places in such lakes.
The powers enumerated in this section shall be exercised in accordance with the requirements, if any, of chapter 103G.
History:
1969 c 434 s 1,3; 1988 c 491 s 17; 1990 c 391 art 10 s 3; 2010 c 361 art 4 s 82
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.261 — Water Improvements.

383C.261 WATER IMPROVEMENTS.
The St. Louis County Board may appropriate and expend out of the revenue fund of said county a sum annually for the improvement of navigable lakes and streams lying wholly or partly within such county, which improvement may include the marking of dangerous reefs and shallow places in said lakes with proper buoys.
History:
1939 c 42 s 1; 1988 c 491 s 18
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.28 — Off-sale Licenses In Certain Places.

383C.28 OFF-SALE LICENSES IN CERTAIN PLACES.
(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the St. Louis County Board may issue one off-sale liquor license to a premises located within Sturgeon Township, with the approval of the commissioner of public safety. The fee for the license shall be fixed by the county board in an amount not to exceed $500 per year. A license issued under this paragraph shall otherwise be governed by chapter 340A.
(b) The St. Louis County Board may issue one off-sale intoxicating liquor license to a premises located in Clinton Township notwithstanding the town powers requirement of section 340A.405, subdivision 2, paragraph (b). All other requirements of chapter 340A apply to a license issued under this paragraph.
History:
1987 c 24 s 1; 1987 c 24 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.29 — Angora Township; Off-sale License.

383C.29 ANGORA TOWNSHIP; OFF-SALE LICENSE.
Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the county board of St. Louis County may issue an off-sale liquor license to an establishment located within Angora Township, with the approval of the commissioner of public safety. The fee for the license shall be fixed by the county board in an amount not to exceed $500. A license issued pursuant to this section shall otherwise be governed by chapter 340.
History:
1983 c 337 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.293 — Seasonal On-sale Liquor Licenses.

383C.293 SEASONAL ON-SALE LIQUOR LICENSES.
In addition to the number of licenses permitted by law, the county board of St. Louis County may issue seasonal on-sale licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquor. The fee for such licenses, which shall be valid for a specified period of not to exceed six months, shall be fixed by the county board. Not more than one license shall be issued for any one premises during any consecutive 12-month period. All other provisions of chapter 340A governing the issuance of licenses and the sale of intoxicating liquor shall apply to a license issued pursuant to Laws 1986, chapter 437.
History:
1973 c 663 s 1; 1974 c 335 s 1; 1986 c 437 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.36 — County Board May Expend County Funds In Duluth.

383C.36 COUNTY BOARD MAY EXPEND COUNTY FUNDS IN DULUTH.
The St. Louis County Board may appropriate and expend within the limits of any city of the first class located in such county such sum or sums of money from the county road and bridge fund, as said board shall deem proper, not exceeding one-half the amount that may have been assessed and collected for such road and bridge fund on the taxable property within said city, for the building, repairing, maintaining, or otherwise improving of any road, highway, street or avenue, including the construction and repairing of any bridge thereon, within the limits of any such city, but said county shall in no event and under no circumstances become liable to keep up or maintain the roads, highways, streets, avenues or bridges, or any of them within the limits of such city, constructed, repaired or otherwise improved by said county board, or be liable in any manner for their want of repairs.
History:
1943 c 376 s 1; 1949 c 572 s 1; 1988 c 491 s 19
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.39 — Education; School Districts; Unorganized Territories.

383C.39 EDUCATION; SCHOOL DISTRICTS; UNORGANIZED TERRITORIES.
Sections 123A.64 to 123A.68 shall not apply to that unorganized territory of St. Louis County which was organized into Independent School District No. 710 pursuant to resolution of the St. Louis County Board of Commissioners June 23, 1970, as amended.
History:
1973 c 731 s 1; 1998 c 397 art 11 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.392 — Grants For Hot Lunches In Certain Rural Schools.

383C.392 GRANTS FOR HOT LUNCHES IN CERTAIN RURAL SCHOOLS.
Subdivision 1.
St. Louis County grants.
In St. Louis County, the social services board shall award grants each year for St. Louis County School District No. 710 to carry on a nutrition program in the schools and to provide hot lunches for needy school children. The total amount of the grants shall be not more than $20,000. The county shall appropriate the amount needed each year from the general fund to the social services department.
Subd. 2.
[Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26]
History:
1986 c 466 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.42 — Juvenile Detention Centers; Tax Levy.

383C.42 JUVENILE DETENTION CENTERS; TAX LEVY.
Subdivision 1.
Authority.
To provide necessary funds to construct and maintain county or regional juvenile detention and/or treatment centers and to provide matching funds for any federal, state, or regional grant, the county boards of St. Louis, Carlton, Cook, Lake, Itasca, Koochiching, and Aitkin Counties may levy, annually, a tax upon all taxable property in their respective counties.
Subd. 2.
No preclusion.
This section shall in no way preclude the use of any other funds available for this purpose under any existing state statute or any county ordinance or resolution.
Subd. 3.
Tax anticipation certificates.
To expedite construction and to avoid loss of federal or state funds, the counties may sell tax anticipation certificates or certificates of indebtedness against a levy to be made under this section or against a levy that has been made but which has not been collected.
History:
1971 c 592 s 1-3; 1988 c 719 art 5 s 84; 1989 c 277 art 4 s 42; 1994 c 505 art 6 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.421 — Special Investigator.

383C.421 SPECIAL INVESTIGATOR.
Subdivision 1.
Authority.
The county attorney of St. Louis County shall have authority to appoint, with the approval of the county board, a special investigator whose compensation shall be set by the county board and who shall be allowed necessary expenses and mileage incurred in connection with the employment as investigator.
Subd. 2.
Salary.
The local social services agency is authorized to pay from welfare funds, the proportionate share of the salary and expenses incurred on local social services agency matters as determined by the county attorney.
Subd. 3.
Validation.
The appointment heretofore made of an investigator on the staff of the St. Louis county attorney, and the payment of compensation and expenses as approved by the county board is hereby validated and declared to be legal.
History:
1967 c 134 s 1-3; 1986 c 444; 1994 c 631 s 31
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.422 — Bonds.

383C.422 BONDS.
The St. Louis County Board may bond deputy sheriffs as the sheriff requests at the expense of the county; when such deputies are so bonded, the sheriff shall be relieved of all financial responsibility for the acts of said deputies.
History:
1955 c 368 s 1; 1988 c 491 s 20
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.425 — Volunteer Rescue Squad.

383C.425 VOLUNTEER RESCUE SQUAD.
The Board of County Commissioners of St. Louis County may authorize the sheriff and any volunteer rescue squad of said county to enter into an agreement to aid and assist the sheriff in auto accidents, rescue work, and other duties of a similar nature; to appropriate money and expend same to carry out the purposes of the agreement including maintenance and replacement of equipment used in said service, but the final agreement must be approved by the said county board.
History:
1959 c 53 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.451 — Resurveys.

383C.451 RESURVEYS.
Whenever it shall be made to appear to the satisfaction of the county board that any section post or quarter-section post or other monuments originally fixed and established by the United States in its surveys of the public lands to mark section, quarter-sections and meandered corners have been destroyed or are becoming obscure, the county board may employ a competent surveyor or may direct the county surveyor to relocate and reestablish the same. Such surveyor shall mark each corner reestablished by a sufficient iron or stone landmark and make full and accurate notes and data from which the entire survey can be located, and shall file a certified copy of the same and a map of the same in the office of the county recorder. Such landmarks shall be prima facie evidence that the points where they are located are the section, quarter-section or meandered corners, as the case may be, established by the original United States survey. Before said county board shall employ a surveyor, or direct the county surveyor to relocate and reestablish any such section, quarter-section or meandered corner, the party applying to said board to have the said work done under the direction of said board shall execute and file with the county auditor of said county a good and sufficient bond or undertaking, with sufficient sureties to be approved by the county board, conditioned to pay to said county forthwith on the completion of said survey and the making of full and accurate notes and data from which the entire survey can be relocated, and the filing of a certified copy thereof and the map of said survey in the office of the county recorder, the cost of making the said survey and plat thereof as fixed by said board, and no county board shall order any such survey to be made until such bond or undertaking shall be so filed.
History:
1923 c 441 s 5; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.452 — Petition For Resurvey.

383C.452 PETITION FOR RESURVEY.
That on the petition of any town board in the case of a township, or at least two taxpayers owning land in any section in the case of a section, filed with the county auditor praying therefor, the county board may cause any such township or section be be surveyed or subdivided.
History:
1923 c 441 s 6
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.453 — Hearing On Petition.

383C.453 HEARING ON PETITION.
At its next regular meeting after such petition is filed, the county board shall fix a time and place of meeting to consider the same, of which three weeks' published notice, containing the substance of the petition, a description of the lands to be affected and the names of the owners thereof as they appeared in the last tax duplicate shall be given. Such notice shall also be personally served on each occupant of land to be affected by such survey.
History:
1923 c 441 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.454 — Survey May Be Ordered.

383C.454 SURVEY MAY BE ORDERED.
Upon the hearing of such petition all parties interested may appear and be heard and the board may grant or reject the application. If granted, it shall appoint a competent surveyor to make a survey, with whom a written contract for the performance of the work shall be made, secured by a sufficient bond executed by such surveyor and approved by such board. Two weeks' published notice of the appointment of such surveyor specifying the date when the survey will be begun shall be given. At the time so appointed the work shall be begun and shall continue without unnecessary delay until completed.
History:
1923 c 441 s 8
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.455 — Surveyor To Keep Field Notes.

383C.455 SURVEYOR TO KEEP FIELD NOTES.
Such surveyor shall keep complete and accurate field notes of all the work, giving dates, names of assistants, lengths and relative directions of all lines, a full description of the evidence by which corners are located, and full data by which the entire survey can be relocated. Distances shall be given in feet and decimals thereof. Substantial iron or stone monuments shall be planted at or near all government corners reestablished, and the names of at least three resident witnesses must be given in such notes for each monument. The surveyor shall make a plat upon a strong linen paper, showing all the above-mentioned facts, so far as practicable, and also all tracts of land affected, with the name of the owner and acreage of each tract. Such plat shall have endorsed thereon the affidavit of the surveyor to the effect that such survey and plat are correct and accurate.
History:
1923 c 441 s 9; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.456 — Plat And Field Notes To Be Filed.

383C.456 PLAT AND FIELD NOTES TO BE FILED.
If the board approves the plat, its certificate of approval, signed by the chair, shall be endorsed thereon, and thereupon the plat and field notes shall be filed in the office of the county recorder, and shall be prima facie evidence that the survey is correct. The surveyor shall pay to the recorder $1 for filing and recording said plat and field notes.
History:
1923 c 441 s 10; 1981 c 181 s 2; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.457 — Expense Of Survey.

383C.457 EXPENSE OF SURVEY.
The surveyor shall thereupon make a certified report to the board, showing in detail the entire expense of such survey, which shall be equitably apportioned and assessed by the board to the several tracts affected, which expense may include a reasonable attorney's fee for attending to such proceeding.
History:
1923 c 441 s 11
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.458 — Notice Of Assessment For Expense.

383C.458 NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT FOR EXPENSE.
Upon making such assessment, the board shall forthwith cause one week's published notice thereof to be given. Such notice shall contain a description of each tract of land affected, and specify the amount assessed against the same, the name of the supposed owner, and the time and place of meeting of the board to correct and confirm such assessment. At the time and place so fixed, the board, after making all proper corrections and adjustments, shall make an order confirming such assessment.
History:
1923 c 441 s 12
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.459 — Expense To Be Assessed Against Land.

383C.459 EXPENSE TO BE ASSESSED AGAINST LAND.
Upon the filing of such order of confirmation, the county auditor shall enter upon the tax duplicate for the current year, against each such tract of land, the amount so assessed against the same, which shall be collected as other taxes, and go into the county revenue fund.
History:
1923 c 441 s 13
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.46 — Expense To Be Paid From County Revenue Fund.

383C.46 EXPENSE TO BE PAID FROM COUNTY REVENUE FUND.
After the filing of the order of confirmation, the expense of such survey, not exceeding the amount of the assessment, shall be paid out of the general revenue fund of the county in the same manner as other claims.
History:
1923 c 441 s 14
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.461 — Appeal To District Court.

383C.461 APPEAL TO DISTRICT COURT.
Appeals from the order of confirmation may be taken to the district court by any person aggrieved, in like manner as from the determination of the board in laying out roads. On such appeal the court may inquire into and review all matters relating to the survey or assessment or expenses affecting the party appealing, which are specified in the notice of appeal.
History:
1923 c 441 s 15
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.462 — Not To Affect Agreed Lines Or Roads.

383C.462 NOT TO AFFECT AGREED LINES OR ROADS.
Nothing herein shall be construed to authorize the change of any line fixed by agreement of landowners or of any traveled road.
History:
1923 c 441 s 16
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.463 — County Board May Contract.

383C.463 COUNTY BOARD MAY CONTRACT.
That the county board, if it shall grant the petition for any survey or subdivision of any township or section as herein provided, may appoint the county surveyor of said county in lieu of any other competent surveyor to make the survey petitioned for, and if such county surveyor shall be appointed as the surveyor, it shall not be necessary to make a written contract for the performance of said work. That all the expenses of such survey as made under the direction of said county surveyor, including the value of services as fixed by the county board and a reasonable attorney's fee if one be employed to attend to the legal work in connection with such survey, by either the county surveyor or other surveyor, also to be fixed by said county board, shall be equitably apportioned and assessed by the county board to the several tracts of land affected, in the same manner as though incurred by a surveyor other than the county surveyor.
History:
1923 c 441 s 17; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.48 — Exemption From Property Tax For Leased Property.

383C.48 EXEMPTION FROM PROPERTY TAX FOR LEASED PROPERTY.
Property leased from Independent School District No. 692 by a nonprofit organization established for the purpose of providing services and rental space to community organizations and businesses and which donates its revenues that exceed its operating and maintenance costs and necessary reserves to the school district or to a community service fund to be used for educational and recreational purposes within the district, shall not be subject to taxation pursuant to section 272.01, subdivision 2 prior to the leasing or renting of the property from the nonprofit organization to a tenant.
History:
1983 c 342 art 12 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.522 — Tax-forfeited Lands; Easement.

383C.522 TAX-FORFEITED LANDS; EASEMENT.
Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, in St. Louis County when any legal highway or road lies over or adjacent to any parcel of tax-forfeited land which is to be offered for sale, the board of county commissioners may direct that the parcel of tax-forfeited land to be offered for sale shall be offered and sold subject to an easement for highway or road purposes of such government subdivision of the state as has jurisdiction over the road or highway, which easement shall be not less than 50 feet on one or both sides of the centerline of the road or highway, as such board may determine.
History:
1965 c 375 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.555 — May Levy To Maintain, Support County Extension Work.

383C.555 MAY LEVY TO MAINTAIN, SUPPORT COUNTY EXTENSION WORK.
Subdivision 1.
Levy.
Notwithstanding the limitation in section 38.36, the county board of St. Louis County may annually levy any amount necessary for maintenance and support of county extension work.
Subd. 2.
[Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26]
History:
1971 c 370 s 1; 1973 c 527 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.58 — Travel Expense Of Commissioners.

383C.58 TRAVEL EXPENSE OF COMMISSIONERS.
Each of the county commissioners shall be allowed and paid in addition to said salary, actual and necessary traveling expenses incurred and personally paid in the discharge of official duties. Such traveling expenses shall be allowed by the county board upon duly verified and itemized bills in the same manner as other claims against the county.
History:
1951 c 391 s 2; 1983 c 186 s 3; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.581 — Automobile Expense Of Commissioners.

383C.581 AUTOMOBILE EXPENSE OF COMMISSIONERS.
County commissioners of St. Louis County are hereby authorized to pay themselves when they submit a certified claim to the board, for the use of their privately owned cars used in county business at the rate permitted by law, from the road and bridge fund of their respective districts, and said payments shall be over and above their general expenses for county business authorized by section 383C.58.
History:
1959 c 301 s 1; 1977 c 60 s 1; 1983 c 186 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.582 — Commissioners; Travel Expense; Allocation.

383C.582 COMMISSIONERS; TRAVEL EXPENSE; ALLOCATION.
In St. Louis County the total of traveling expenses allowable to all the county commissioners in the discharge of their official duties by section 383C.58, may be apportioned and allocated to the individual commissioners according to their needs as determined by the county board.
History:
1969 c 166 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.70 — Promotional Bureau; Tort Liability.

383C.70 PROMOTIONAL BUREAU; TORT LIABILITY.
The St. Louis County promotional bureau discharges wholly public functions equivalent to those of a county agricultural society and its tort liability is that provided by section 38.013 and chapter 466.
History:
1984 c 395 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.71 — Warrants And Accounts.

383C.71 WARRANTS AND ACCOUNTS.
Notwithstanding any provision in Minnesota Statutes 1967, section 383.06, which may indicate the contrary, all of the provisions of such section shall apply to the county of St. Louis.
History:
1969 c 233 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.72 — Donation Of State Lands; Governor's Duties.

383C.72 DONATION OF STATE LANDS; GOVERNOR'S DUTIES.
Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, the governor after consulting with the commissioner of natural resources and, in regard to lands forfeited to the state for nonpayment of taxes and held in trust by the state for taxing districts, the commissioner of revenue, may donate and convey to the United States of America the state's interest in the following lands lying within township 57 north, range 13 west, township 57 north, range 14 west, township 58 north, range 13 west, and township 58 north, range 14 west, all within St. Louis County: (a) lands forfeited to the state for nonpayment of taxes and held in trust by the state for taxing districts; and (b) other lands acquired or otherwise owned by the state. Each conveyance of these lands shall contain the following:
(1) a provision that the lands shall revert to the state of Minnesota if the lands so conveyed are not used for national forest or national park purposes;
(2) a reservation to the state of all minerals and water power rights;
(3) a provision that the conveyance is subject to the rights of any person having an interest in the land on the date of conveyance pursuant to state lease, license, or permit; and
(4) any other provisions required by the laws of the state of Minnesota or the United States of America. Lands shall be conveyed and donated under this section only to the extent necessary to maximize the amount of funds available to St. Louis County from the United States of America for the construction and maintenance of proposed Forest Highway Number 11 between Hoyt Lakes, Minnesota, and County State Aid Highway Number 16 near Lake Codette.
History:
1973 c 276 s 1; 1973 c 582 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.721 — Trust Fund Land; Condemnation.

383C.721 TRUST FUND LAND; CONDEMNATION.
For the purpose of satisfying the public sale requirements of Minnesota Constitution, article VIII, section 4, and other applicable provisions of Minnesota's Constitution, including but not limited to article IV, section 32, and in keeping with the decision of the Minnesota Supreme Court in the case of Independent School District of Virginia v. State, 124 Minn. 271, where the court held that condemnation satisfied the public sale requirement of the Minnesota Constitution, the commissioner of administration shall acquire, by condemnation, fee title to all trust lands to be conveyed to the United States of America pursuant to section 383C.72. The commissioner of administration shall not condemn the interests of any person holding a lease, license, or permit from the state in the lands condemned. Before any parcel of trust fund land is donated to the United States, the commissioner of administration shall certify to the governor that the parcel has been condemned, the condemnation award has been paid, and the time to appeal from the award has expired. The commissioner of administration shall certify the payment of a condemnation award to the St. Louis County auditor, whereupon the St. Louis County auditor shall reimburse the state of Minnesota from county funds for the amount of that award.
History:
1973 c 276 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.722 — Add Section 383c.72 Land Value To Section 282.08 Split.

383C.722 ADD SECTION 383C.72 LAND VALUE TO SECTION 282.08 SPLIT.
The commissioner of administration shall also acquire fee title, free from any trust or other encumbrance, to all land to be conveyed and donated to the United States of America under section 383C.72, the title to which has vested or may vest in the state due to nonpayment of taxes and expiration of the period for redemption, after the giving of notice thereof as provided by law, and is held by the state pursuant to section 281.25, in trust for the respective taxing districts interested in the taxes, assessments, penalties, interest, and costs accrued against the land at the time of expiration of the period of redemption. The commissioner of administration, in cooperation with the commissioner of natural resources, shall appraise the land at its fair market value. Upon determining the value of the land, the commissioner of administration shall certify that value to the St. Louis County auditor. The St. Louis County auditor shall then apportion an amount of money equal to that certified valuation in the manner provided in section 282.08, for the apportionment of proceeds from the sale of tax-forfeited lands, whereupon fee title to the land, free from any trust or other encumbrance, shall vest in the state of Minnesota.
History:
1973 c 276 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.725 — Recorder's Fees.

383C.725 RECORDER'S FEES.
In St. Louis County the following fees supersede those provided by the cited provisions of Minnesota Statutes:
Section 357.18, clause (1), a minimum fee of $15.
History:
1989 c 240 s 8
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.73 — County Historical Societies.

383C.73 COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETIES.
St. Louis County may provide funds and facilities for more than one historical society of which shall be subject to the provisions of sections 138.051, 138.052, and 138.053 and other laws governing the conduct of county historical societies.
History:
1982 c 507 s 29
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.74 — Historical Work.

383C.74 HISTORICAL WORK.
Subdivision 1.
Appropriation.
The St. Louis County Board may appropriate from the treasury of the county a sum not to exceed $2,500 each year for the promotion of historical work within its borders.
Subd. 2.
Minnesota State Historical Society.
Said sum shall be so appropriated for the use of a historical society organized in said county and devoted to the collection, preservation and publication of historical material, the dissemination of historical information and in general carrying on historical work, said society to be designated by the Minnesota State Historical Society.
Subd. 3.
Purpose of appropriation.
The work of said historical society shall be done in the county making such appropriation and in reference to the history of said county and all facts relevant thereto.
Subd. 4.
Money to remain in county treasury.
The money appropriated as aforesaid shall remain in the treasury of the county and be paid out in payment of expense incurred by said county historical society for the purposes above indicated on verified bills approved by said local society according to its rules, in the same way that county bills are paid. Said appropriation shall be available for expense occurring in any year although not paid until the succeeding year. Any unused portion of any appropriation for any year shall revert to the funds of the county. Said appropriation shall be effective only for the year in which it is made.
Subd. 5.
Minnesota War Record Commission.
It shall be lawful for the county historical society, designated as aforesaid, by the Minnesota Historical Society to carry on the work of the Minnesota War Records Commission in its county and to receive, on and after the year 1923, possession of all local war records of any local war records commission of its county subject to the approval of the state war records commission and the Minnesota Historical Society.
History:
1923 c 202 s 1-5; 1988 c 491 s 22
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.75 — Automobile Garage And Repair Shop.

383C.75 AUTOMOBILE GARAGE AND REPAIR SHOP.
The St. Louis County Board, whenever it determines it to be necessary and for the best interests of the county, may erect and maintain on the courthouse grounds at the county seat, an automobile storage garage and repair shop with such equipment therein as may be found necessary by the county board, and without submitting the proposition to a vote of the people of said county, for the purpose of storing therein automobiles, trucks, and other equipment owned and used by the county in road work and for other purposes; and to pay the cost of erecting and equipping the building out of the general fund and the road and bridge fund of the county in the same manner as other general expenses of the county are paid.
History:
1919 c 217 s 1; 1953 c 231 s 1; 1988 c 491 s 23
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.79 — Temporary Toilets For Smelters; Dnr May Reimburse.

383C.79 TEMPORARY TOILETS FOR SMELTERS; DNR MAY REIMBURSE.
Subdivision 1.
Toilet facilities.
The county boards of Lake and St. Louis Counties acting separately or jointly shall provide temporary toilet facilities and other environmental protection measures in the most practical locations as they determine along the north shore of Lake Superior during the time when the smelt season is open. The counties in providing such toilet facilities shall contract for or lease such facilities for the period of time required.
Subd. 2.
Reimbursement.
The commissioner of natural resources may reimburse the county of St. Louis and the county of Lake for actual expenditures for carrying out the provisions of this section.
History:
1971 c 121 s 1,2; 1973 c 217 s 1; 1977 c 455 s 91
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.797 — St. Louis County; 7th County Commissioner District.

383C.797 ST. LOUIS COUNTY; 7TH COUNTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT.
The area of St. Louis County previously organized as the township of Payne and now part of the township of Meadowlands is assigned to the 7th county commissioner district for all purposes until the next decennial redistricting.
History:
1994 c 384 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.807 — May Contract For Solid Waste Management Services.

383C.807 MAY CONTRACT FOR SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT SERVICES.
Subdivision 1.
With or without bids.
Notwithstanding section 471.345 or other law, St. Louis County may contract for the acquisition, construction, improvement, maintenance, or management operation of solid waste facilities or property or property rights for solid waste facilities by any means available and in any manner determined by the St. Louis County Board, with or without advertisement for bids.
Subd. 2.
Cities, towns singly or jointly may provide.
Towns and home rule charter or statutory cities within service areas determined under section 400.08, subdivision 2, may contract with St. Louis County to provide solid waste management, maintenance, or operation services at solid waste facilities. Towns and cities within a service area may form a joint board to provide the solid waste services to the county by contract.
Subd. 3.
County board acts for unorganized territories.
For the purposes of solid waste management including, but not limited to, the acquisition, construction, improvement, maintenance, or operation of solid waste facilities or property or property rights for solid waste facilities, the St. Louis County Board acts for its unorganized territories. An act of the county board in providing solid waste management services to unorganized townships is as valid as a similar act of a town board or meeting.
History:
1990 c 400 s 1; 1993 c 157 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383C — St. Louis County › Section 383C.808 — Television Service; Costs.

383C.808 TELEVISION SERVICE; COSTS.
St. Louis County may assess the cost of maintenance of television relay service upon residents of the following townships in St. Louis County who use the service: T67N, R19W; T67N, R20W; T67N, R21W; T68N, R19W; T68N, R20W; T68N, R21W; T69N, R19W; T69N, R20W; T69N, R21W; T70N, R19W; T70N, R20W; T70N, R21W; T71N, R20W; T71N, R21W. The costs shall be assessed annually against improved property and may be billed directly to them or collected with the property tax levied on real property owned by users. The costs must not be apportioned on the value of the property, but on the basis of the services provided. If the assessment is billed directly, it may be collected in the same manner as any other debt. If the assessment is collected with the property tax, it shall be administered as far as possible in the same manner as the property tax and be subject to the same penalties and conditions.
History:
1989 c 240 s 9
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383D — Dakota County › Section 383D.05 — Commissioners' Expense Accounts.

383D.05 COMMISSIONERS' EXPENSE ACCOUNTS.
Each member of the board of county commissioners shall be allowed an annual sum as determined by the county board as and for expense account.
History:
1961 c 249 s 2; 1965 c 629 s 2; 1980 c 519 s 5
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383D — Dakota County › Section 383D.095 — County Administrator Serves As Clerk Of County Board.

383D.095 COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR SERVES AS CLERK OF COUNTY BOARD.
Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, in Dakota County the county administrator, by virtue of position, is the clerk of the county board and shall keep an accurate record of its official proceedings.
History:
1995 c 60 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383D — Dakota County › Section 383D.153 — Extension Committee Members.

383D.153 EXTENSION COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
The Dakota County Extension Committee shall include one member in addition to those provided by section 38.36. One each of the seven members, other than the commissioners and auditor, shall be appointed from the seven county commissioner districts. The members serving on July 20, 1993, who reside in the several districts shall serve until the end of their terms. If more than one member resides in the same district, the county board shall designate which shall continue to serve. A member who ceases to maintain a principal residence in the district from which appointed shall cease to serve as a member. The additional member appointed under this section shall serve until the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January 1996.
History:
1993 c 23 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383D — Dakota County › Section 383D.17 — Road And Bridge Aids.

383D.17 ROAD AND BRIDGE AIDS.
The county board of Dakota County may appropriate from its road and bridge fund to any town, statutory city, or home rule charter city of the second, third, or fourth class in the county such sums of money as are available and which it deems advisable to aid such towns, statutory cities, or home rule charter cities of the second, third, or fourth class in the construction and maintenance of roads, streets, or bridges therein, and such appropriations may be directly expended by the county board upon such roads, streets, or bridges as shall be designated by the governing bodies of such towns, statutory cities, or home rule charter cities of the second, third, or fourth classes. The county board shall determine the amount to be appropriated to such town, statutory city, or home rule charter city of the second, third, or fourth class, notwithstanding any limitation to the contrary.
History:
1959 c 457 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383D — Dakota County › Section 383D.21 — Resolution To Create Personnel System, Appeals Board.

383D.21 RESOLUTION TO CREATE PERSONNEL SYSTEM, APPEALS BOARD.
The Dakota County Board may establish a county personnel administration system by a resolution creating an employee relations department, establishing its effective date and appointing a personnel board of appeals pursuant to section 383D.30.
History:
1987 c 74 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383D — Dakota County › Section 383D.22 — Definitions.

383D.22 DEFINITIONS.
Subdivision 1.
For sections 383D.21 to 383D.35.
For the purpose of sections 383D.21 to 383D.35, unless the context clearly indicates that a different meaning is intended, the terms defined in this section have the following meanings.
Subd. 2.
Appointing authority.
"Appointing authority" means an official, employee, board, or commission, or other person or body empowered by law, ordinance, or resolution to make an appointment to a position as a county employee within the scope of sections 383D.21 to 383D.35.
Subd. 3.
Director.
"Director" means the director of the employee relations department.
Subd. 4.
Employee relations department.
"Employee relations department" means the employee relations director and the employees engaged in the administration of the employee relations department.
Subd. 5.
Board of appeals.
"Board of appeals" means the personnel board of appeals established pursuant to section 383D.30.
Subd. 6.
Classified service.
"Classified service" means all positions existing on July 2, 1987, or subsequently created that are under the jurisdiction of the employee relations department pursuant to section 383D.23, subdivision 1.
Subd. 7.
Unclassified service.
"Unclassified service" means all positions that are not in the classified service.
History:
1987 c 74 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 383D — Dakota County › Section 383D.24 — Employee Relations Director Appointment.

383D.24 EMPLOYEE RELATIONS DIRECTOR APPOINTMENT.
After the county board has adopted the resolution authorized in section 383D.21, it shall promptly appoint an employee relations director or assign the function of employee relations director to an existing officer or employee. If Dakota county elects to operate under an optional form of government pursuant to sections 375A.01 to 375A.13, the authority to appoint the employee relations director shall be the same as for the appointment of other department heads. The terms and conditions of employment of the person appointed as director or assigned the function of director shall be established by the county board.
History:
1987 c 74 s 4