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Chapter 410 — Classification; Charters
Section 410.01 — Cities, Classes. - Cities are hereby divided, for legislative purposes, into classes as...
Section 410.015 — Definitions Relating To Cities. - The term "statutory city" means any city which has not...
Section 410.03 — Existing Charters Preserved. - Until otherwise provided in accordance with this chapter, all cities...
Section 410.04 — Home Rule Charters; Patrol Limits. - Any city in the state may frame a city charter...
Section 410.05 — Charter Commission. - Subdivision 1. Appointment. When the district court of the judicial...
Section 410.06 — Compensation; Expenses. - The members of the commission shall receive no compensation, but...
Section 410.07 — Determination Of Desirability; Framing Charter. - As soon as practicable after such appointment, the charter commission...
Section 410.09 — Regulation Of Franchises. - Such proposed charter may provide for regulating and controlling the...
Section 410.10 — Charter Election. - Subdivision 1. Timing; procedure; recall. Upon delivery of such draft,...
Section 410.11 — Adoption; Notice, Effective Date. - If 51 percent of the votes cast on the proposition...
Section 410.12 — Amendments. - Subdivision 1. Proposals. The charter commission may propose amendments to...
Section 410.121 — Sale Of Intoxicating Liquor Or Wine; Favorable Vote. - If the charter which is to be amended or replaced...
Section 410.14 — Alternative Proposals. - In submitting a charter or an amendment to the voters...
Section 410.15 — Succession; Subsisting Rights. - The new city so organized shall be in all respects...
Section 410.16 — Forms Of Government Incorporated In Charter. - The charter commission may incorporate as part of the proposed...
Section 410.18 — Distribution Of Administrative Powers. - Such charter commission may also provide that the administrative powers,...
Section 410.19 — Powers Of Mayor And Council. - The charter commission may incorporate in such charter provisions defining...
Section 410.191 — City Council Members; City Employment. - Notwithstanding any charter provision, neither the mayor nor any city...
Section 410.20 — Recall And Removal Of Officers; Ordinances. - Such commission may also provide for the recall of any...
Section 410.21 — Application Of General Election Laws. - The provisions of any charter of any such city adopted...
Section 410.24 — New Or Revised Charter. - Any city having a home rule charter may submit and...
Section 410.30 — City May Revert To Statutory City; Process; Transition. - Any city of any class having a home rule charter...
Section 410.32 — Cities May Issue Capital Notes For Capital Equipment. - (a) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of other law or charter,...
Section 410.325 — Tax Anticipation Certificates. - Notwithstanding a contrary provision of other law or charter, a...
Section 410.33 — Savings Clause. - If a city charter is silent on a matter that...
Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities
Section 412.013 — Additional Powers. - Any statutory city containing within its limits a plant for...
Section 412.014 — Power To Operate Telephone Lines. - Any statutory city heretofore or hereafter incorporated, in the territory...
Section 412.015 — Uniform Code Of Municipal Government. - Subdivision 1. [Repealed, 1996 c 310 s 1] Subd. 2....
Section 412.016 — Application; Statutory Cities. - Subdivision 1. Application and definition. This chapter applies to any...
Section 412.018 — Cities Under General Or Special Incorporation Acts. - Subdivision 1. Termination of government under incorporation acts. On July...
Section 412.02 — City Elections; Officers, Terms, Vacancies, City Employees. - 412.02 MS 1945 [Repealed, 1949 c 119 s 110] 412.02...
Section 412.021 — Officers. - Subdivision 1. Election. Upon the filing of the certificate with...
Section 412.022 — Council May Provide Four-year Term. - Subdivision 1. Procedure. The council may, by ordinance, establish a...
Section 412.023 — Transition Schedule. - Subdivision 1. Former villages. In any city which was a...
Section 412.081 — Separation From Town. - Subdivision 1. Election, assessment districts. Any statutory city hereafter organized...
Section 412.091 — Dissolution; Petition; Vote. - Whenever a number of voters equal to one-third of those...
Section 412.093 — Dissolution Secured By Claimants. - Subdivision 1. Grounds. Whenever a duly incorporated city has, for...
Section 412.111 — Departments, Boards. - The council may create departments and advisory boards and appoint...
Section 412.121 — Acting Mayor. - At its first meeting each year the council shall choose...
Section 412.131 — Assessor; Duties, Compensation. - The city assessor, if there is one, shall assess and...
Section 412.141 — Treasurer's Duties. - The treasurer shall receive and safely keep all moneys belonging...
Section 412.151 — Duties Of Clerk. - Subdivision 1. Listed; fees; deputy; absence. The clerk shall give...
Section 412.152 — Mayor; Fire Chief; Offices Not Incompatible. - The offices of mayor of a statutory city and the...
Section 412.153 — Housing Aid To Ensure Timely Public Safety Service. - Statutory cities may expend public funds to acquire or lease...
Section 412.191 — Members; Powers, Duties. - Subdivision 1. Composition. The city council in a standard plan...
Section 412.201 — Execution Of Instruments. - Every contract, conveyance, license, or other written instrument shall be...
Section 412.211 — General Statutory City Powers. - Every city shall be a municipal corporation having the powers...
Section 412.221 — Specific Powers Of Council. - Subdivision 1. Books; stationery; printing. The council shall have power...
Section 412.222 — Public Accountants In Statutory Cities. - The council of any city may employ public accountants on...
Section 412.231 — Penalties. - The council shall have the power to declare that the...
Section 412.241 — Council To Control Finances. - The council shall have full authority over the financial affairs...
Section 412.251 — Annual Tax Levy. - The council shall make its annual tax levy by resolution....
Section 412.261 — Tax Anticipation Certificates. - At any time after the first day of the year...
Section 412.271 — Disbursements. - Subdivision 1. Method. No disbursement of city funds, including funds...
Section 412.301 — Financing Purchase Of Certain Equipment. - (a) The council may issue certificates of indebtedness or capital...
Section 412.311 — Contracts. - Subdivision 1. Lowest responsible bidder. Except as provided in sections...
Section 412.321 — Municipal Utilities. - Subdivision 1. Authority to own and operate. Any statutory city...
Section 412.331 — Establishment Of Public Utilities Commission. - Any statutory city may by ordinance expressly accepting the provisions...
Section 412.341 — Commission; Membership, Organization. - Subdivision 1. Membership. The commission shall consist of three members...
Section 412.351 — Commission, Jurisdiction. - The council shall, in the ordinance establishing the commission, decide...
Section 412.361 — Public Utility; Commission Powers. - Subdivision 1. Contract; bid provisions apply. The commission shall have...
Section 412.371 — Separate City Fund For Each Utility. - Subdivision 1. For all utility money in and out. A...
Section 412.381 — Reports. - The accounting officer of the commission shall make such monthly...
Section 412.391 — Abolition Of Commission Or Utility Transfer. - Subdivision 1. To council; procedure. The public utilities commission of...
Section 412.491 — Parks; Parkways; Recreational Facilities. - Any statutory city may establish, improve, ornament, maintain, and manage...
Section 412.501 — City Of 1,000 May Have Or Continue Park Board; Formalities. - The council of any city of more than 1,000 population...
Section 412.511 — Acquisition And Control Of Park Property. - Either the park board or the council may acquire land...
Section 412.521 — Powers Of Board. - Subdivision 1. Generally. In order to carry out the general...
Section 412.531 — Park Funds. - Subdivision 1. Establishment, transfer; tax levies. For the purpose of...
Section 412.541 — Optional Plans. - Subdivision 1. Optional Plan A. Any statutory city may provide...
Section 412.551 — Election On Optional Plan. - Subdivision 1. One plan per election. The council may, and...
Section 412.561 — Applicable Law; Same Rights, Liabilities, Proceedings. - Subdivision 1. Consistent laws apply. All laws of the state...
Section 412.571 — Continuance In Office; Elections. - Subdivision 1. Composition of council. When an optional plan is...
Section 412.572 — Conversion To Optional Plan A. - Subdivision 1. Assumption of Plan A. Except as otherwise provided...
Section 412.581 — Officers. - In any city operating under Optional Plan A except a...
Section 412.591 — Duties Of Clerk And Treasurer; May Be Combined. - Subdivision 1. Clerk not on council; transition. The clerk shall...
Section 412.601 — Applications Of Sections 412.601 To 412.751. - Sections 412.601 to 412.751 shall apply only to statutory cities...
Section 412.611 — Council-manager Plan. - The form of government provided in Optional Plan B shall...
Section 412.621 — Boards And Commissions. - Subdivision 1. Limit on boards; powers of council. In any...
Section 412.631 — Composition Of Council. - In any city operating under Optional Plan B, the council...
Section 412.641 — Manager; Basis For Choice; Residency; Term; Probation. - Subdivision 1. Appointed by council. The city manager shall be...
Section 412.651 — City Manager; Powers And Duties. - Subdivision 1. Generally. The city manager shall have the powers...
Section 412.661 — Limit On Council Powers. - Neither the council nor any of its members shall dictate...
Section 412.671 — Creation Of Departments; Divisions And Bureaus. - The council may create such departments, divisions, and bureaus for...
Section 412.681 — Manager Runs City; Offices May Be Joined Or Abolished. - There shall be a clerk, a treasurer, and such other...
Section 412.691 — Manager Is Purchasing Agent; Audit And Approval. - The manager shall be the chief purchasing agent of the...
Section 412.701 — Budgeting. - The manager shall prepare the estimates for the annual budget....
Section 412.711 — Consideration Of Budget; Tax Levy. - The budget shall be the principal item of business at...
Section 412.721 — Budget Enforcement; Personal Liability. - It shall be the duty of the manager to enforce...
Section 412.731 — Modification Of Budget. - After the budget resolution has been adopted the council shall...
Section 412.741 — Disbursement Of Funds. - The provisions of section 412.271 shall apply to cities operating...
Section 412.751 — Emergency Debt Certificates. - If in any year the receipts from taxes or other...
Section 412.831 — Official Newspaper. - The council shall, annually at its first meeting of the...
Section 412.851 — Vacation Of Streets. - The council may by resolution vacate any street, alley, public...
Section 412.861 — Prosecutions, Violations Of Ordinances. - Subdivision 1. Complaint. All prosecutions for violation of ordinances shall...
Section 412.871 — Fines And Penalties. - All fines, forfeitures, and penalties recovered for the violation of...
Section 412.881 — President And Recorder Defined. - Whenever the term "president" or "president of the council" is...
Section 412.891 — Inconsistency With Cash Basis Law. - Any provision in this chapter inconsistent with any provision of...
Section 412.901 — Application. - This chapter shall apply to every statutory city, irrespective of...
Chapter 413 — Change Of City Name
Section 413.02 — Change Of City Name. - Subdivision 1. Procedure. When 20 percent of the legal voters...
Chapter 414 — Municipal Boundary Adjustments
Section 414.01 — Enabling Provisions For Municipal Boundary Adjustments. - Subdivision 1. A duty of chief administrative law judge. The...
Section 414.011 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Application. For the purposes of this chapter, the...
Section 414.012 — Filing Of Maps In Boundary Adjustment Proceedings. - Subdivision 1. Corporate boundary map. A municipality initiating any boundary...
Section 414.02 — Exclusive Method Of Municipal Incorporation. - Subdivision 1. Initiating the proceedings. This section provides the exclusive...
Section 414.031 — Annexing Unincorporated Property; Chief Administrative Law Judge's Order. - Subdivision 1. Initiating the proceeding. (a) A proceeding for the...
Section 414.0325 — Orderly Annexation In Designated Unincorporated Area. - Subdivision 1. Initiating the proceeding. (a) One or more townships...
Section 414.033 — Annexation By Ordinance. - Subdivision 1. Unincorporated property. Unincorporated property abutting a municipality may...
Section 414.0333 — Joint Informational Meeting. - There must be a joint informational meeting of the municipal...
Section 414.0335 — If Pca-ordered Governmental Service Extension. - Subdivision 1. Annexation-by-ordinance alternative. If a determination or order by...
Section 414.035 — Differential Taxation For Up To Six Years. - Whenever an order, under section 414.031, annexes part or all...
Section 414.036 — City Reimbursement To Town To Annex Taxable Property. - Unless otherwise agreed to by the annexing municipality and the...
Section 414.038 — Effect Of Annexation On Township Roads. - Whenever a municipality annexes property abutting one side of a...
Section 414.039 — Effect Of Annexation On Easements. - If a municipality annexes property in which the affected township...
Section 414.041 — Consolidation Of Municipalities. - Subdivision 1. Initiating the proceeding. (a) Two or more municipalities...
Section 414.051 — Townships Of More Than 2,000; Chief Administrative Law Judge Recommendations. - After each federal census the chief administrative law judge may...
Section 414.06 — Detachment Of Property From A Municipality. - Subdivision 1. Initiating the proceeding. Property which is situated within...
Section 414.061 — Incorporated Land; Concurrent Detachment, Annexation. - Subdivision 1. Initiating the proceeding. Property of one municipality which...
Section 414.063 — Part Of Joint Agreements May Be Put In Orders. - After notice and hearing as provided in section 414.09, the...
Section 414.065 — If State Is Fee Owner Of Proposed Boundary Adjustment Land. - In any case in which the state is the fee...
Section 414.067 — Apportioned Assets And Obligations. - Subdivision 1. Township or municipality divided. Whenever the chief administrative...
Section 414.07 — Appeals. - Subdivision 1. Orders, time limit. All orders in proceedings under...
Section 414.08 — Chief Administrative Law Judge May Appeal From District Court. - An appeal may be taken under the Rules of Civil...
Section 414.09 — Uniform Procedures. - Subdivision 1. Hearings. (a) Proceedings initiated by the submission of...
Section 414.12 — Chief Administrative Law Judge's Powers. - Subdivision 1. Alternative dispute resolution. (a) Notwithstanding anything to the...