It shall be unlawful for the authorities of any county, town, city, or school district, unless expressly authorized by law, to contract any debt or incur any pecuniary liability for the payment of either the principal or the interest of which, during the current or any subsequent year, it shall be necessary to levy a rate of taxes higher than the maximum prescribed by law. Every such contract shall be null and void in regard to any obligation thereby sought to be imposed upon such corporation; but every officer, agent, or member thereof who participates in or authorizes the making of such contract shall be individually liable for its performance. Every such officer or agent who is present when such contract is made or authorized shall be deemed to participate in or authorize the making thereof, as the case may be, unless the officer or agent enter or cause to be entered a dissent therefrom in the records of such corporation.
(2070) RL s 874; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1986 c 444
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 272 - 289 — Property Taxes
Chapter 275 — Taxes; Levy, Extension
Section 275.01 — Levy In Specific Amounts.
Section 275.011 — Mill Rate Levy Limitations; Conversion From Mills To Dollars.
Section 275.02 — State Levy For Bonded Debt; Certification Of Tax Rate.
Section 275.025 — State General Tax.
Section 275.065 — Proposed Property Taxes; Notice.
Section 275.066 — Special Taxing Districts; Definition.
Section 275.07 — City, Town, County, And School District Taxes.
Section 275.075 — Omission By Inadvertence; Correction.
Section 275.077 — Errors By County Auditor Affecting Township Levy.
Section 275.079 — County Auditor To Calculate Tax Rate.
Section 275.08 — Auditor To Fix Rate.
Section 275.092 — Local Acts Limiting County Levy Or Appropriation.
Section 275.124 — Report Of Certified Levy.
Section 275.16 — County Auditor To Fix Amount Of Levy.
Section 275.26 — Excessive Levy; Injunction.
Section 275.27 — Contracts In Excess Void; Liability Of Officers.
Section 275.48 — Additional Tax Levies In Certain Taxing Districts.
Section 275.60 — Levy Or Bond Referendum; Ballot Notice.
Section 275.61 — Voter-approved Levy; Market Value.
Section 275.62 — Tax Levies; Report To The Commissioner Of Revenue.
Section 275.70 — Levy Limitations; Definitions.
Section 275.72 — Levy Limit Adjustments For Consolidation And Annexation.
Section 275.73 — Elections For Additional Levies.
Section 275.74 — State Regulation Of Levies.
Section 275.75 — Charter Exemption For Aid Loss.
Section 275.761 — Maintenance Of Effort Requirements Reduced.