Subdivision 1. Fixed by county board. (a) The county commissioners in all counties, except Hennepin and Ramsey, shall receive as compensation for services rendered by them for their respective counties, annual salaries and in addition may receive per diem payments and reimbursement for necessary expenses in performing the duties of the office as set by resolution of the county board. The salary and schedule of per diem payments shall not be effective until January 1 of the next year. The resolution shall contain a statement of the new salary on an annual basis. The board may establish a schedule of per diem payments for service by individual county commissioners on any board, committee, or commission of county government including committees of the board, or for the performance of services by individual county commissioners when required by law. In addition to its publication in the official newspaper of the county as part of the proceedings of the meeting of the county board, the resolution setting the salary and schedule of per diem payments shall be published in one other newspaper of the county, if there is one located in a different municipality in the county than the official newspaper. The salary of a county commissioner or the schedule of per diem payments shall not change except in accordance with this subdivision.
(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a resolution adopted by the county board to decrease commissioners' salaries or per diem payments may take effect at any time.
Subd. 2. [Repealed, 1967 c 716 s 5]
Subd. 3. [Repealed, 1975 c 301 s 16]
Subd. 4. Inconsistent provisions superseded. Except as otherwise herein provided, all acts or parts of acts, which relate to salaries of county commissioners, in any county having a population of less than 100,000 according to the 1960 federal census, are superseded as of January 1, 1969 insofar as they are inconsistent with this section.
Subd. 5. Other benefits. Except as provided herein nothing in this section shall limit the right of a county commissioner to collect and retain any fees, per diem payment made pursuant to subdivision 1, or any mileage or expense allowance, or reimbursement of expenses in attending meetings or in the conduct of the business of a board, commission or committee of county government on which the commissioner serves, which the commissioner is now authorized by any other law to collect and retain in addition to the stated annual salary; or to participate in any group insurance program instituted by the county board for county officers and employees. Members of the county board shall not receive a per diem for service on the board of auditors, the board of equalization, or the canvassing board.
Subd. 6. Validation. The salary heretofore paid any county commissioner under any existing law insofar as it is inconsistent with this section, which may be found to be unconstitutional or invalid for any reason by a court, is legalized and made valid.
Subd. 7. MS 1949 [Repealed, 1951 c 327 s 6]
Subd. 7. MS 1965 [Repealed, 1967 c 716 s 5]
Subd. 8. Training expenses. The county board may reimburse a newly elected county commissioner for expenses incurred prior to assuming office for attendance at a training or education program which will familiarize the commissioner with official duties.
1945 c 526 s 1,2, 4-6; 1947 c 259 s 1; 1949 c 423 s 1; Ex1959 c 4 s 1; 1967 c 716 s 1-3; 1969 c 1133 s 1; 1975 c 301 s 7,8; 1981 c 230 s 1; 1984 c 629 s 2; 1985 c 109 s 5; 1986 c 444; 2009 c 152 s 8
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities
Section 375.01 — Members, Number Of.
Section 375.025 — Commissioner Districts.
Section 375.03 — Terms In New County Or If Board Enlarged.
Section 375.04 — Tie Determined By Lot.
Section 375.055 — County Commissioners' Compensation.
Section 375.056 — Seven-member Board.
Section 375.057 — Special Acts Providing For Payment Of Per Diems.
Section 375.06 — Compensation For Committee Work; Travel Expenses.
Section 375.065 — Meetings, Pay.
Section 375.07 — Meetings; Quorum.
Section 375.08 — Board To Fill Vacancies In County Offices.
Section 375.09 — Commissioner's Malfeasance; Affected Actions Are Void.
Section 375.101 — Vacancy In Office Of County Commissioner.
Section 375.11 — Board Seal; Rebuttable Evidence Of Board Proceedings.
Section 375.12 — Proceedings In Qualified Paper Within 30 Days; Let By Bid.
Section 375.14 — Offices And Supplies Furnished For County Officers.
Section 375.15 — Damaged Records Transcribed.
Section 375.16 — County Appropriation For Incidental Expenses.
Section 375.161 — Incidental Costs And Expenses; Contingent Fund.
Section 375.162 — Imprest Cash Funds.
Section 375.163 — Association Of Minnesota Counties; Dues, Expenses.
Section 375.164 — Broadcast Facilities.
Section 375.165 — County Translator Systems; Funding.
Section 375.167 — Nonprofit Legal Assistance Corporations.
Section 375.168 — Undercover Buy Fund; Expenditure Of Money By Counties.
Section 375.169 — Publication Of Summary Budget Statement.
Section 375.1691 — Judicial Order After Budget Preparation.
Section 375.17 — Publication Of Financial Statements.
Section 375.171 — Credit Cards.
Section 375.18 — General Powers.
Section 375.181 — County Building Sites.
Section 375.182 — Neglect Of Duty.
Section 375.19 — Additional Powers.
Section 375.192 — Reductions Or Abatements Of Valuation Or Taxes.
Section 375.194 — Economic Development Tax Abatement.
Section 375.195 — Sale Of Buildings On Public Property.
Section 375.20 — Ballot Questions.
Section 375.21 — Contracts Of County Boards.
Section 375.22 — Repairs Without Bids In Emergency.
Section 375.25 — County Bonds May Be Bought By Funds In Treasury; Resale.
Section 375.26 — Gifts, Acceptance.
Section 375.27 — Liabilities, Limitations, And Conditions Of Gifts Of Realty.
Section 375.273 — Acceptance Of Donations For Care Of Cemeteries.
Section 375.28 — Rewards For Capture.
Section 375.30 — County Board May Appropriate Money For Certain Purposes.
Section 375.31 — Motor Vehicles, Damage From Operation.
Section 375.32 — Insurance Policies; Premium, Payment.
Section 375.34 — Memorial Day, Appropriation For Observance.
Section 375.35 — $300 To Military Service Organizations For Memorial Day.
Section 375.36 — May Buy And Keep Up Part Of Cemetery As Soldiers' Rest.
Section 375.37 — "soldiers' Rest" Used Only For Veterans And Spouses.
Section 375.38 — Violation A Misdemeanor.
Section 375.39 — Change Of Name Of County; Order Of County Board.
Section 375.40 — County Board May License Exhibitions And Shows.
Section 375.41 — Misdemeanor To Take Part In Unlicensed Itinerant Show.
Section 375.44 — Mileage, County Hospital Board Members.
Section 375.45 — Change Funds, Establishment.
Section 375.46 — May Give General Fund Money To Sheriff For Patrols.
Section 375.47 — Expense Allowances For Members Of Boards And Agencies.
Section 375.471 — Land Conservation And Utilization; Federal Aid.
Section 375.48 — May Appoint County Coordinator To Serve At Its Pleasure.
Section 375.49 — County Coordinator Duties; Considered Department Head.
Section 375.50 — May Rescind County Coordinator Resolution.
Section 375.51 — Ordinances; Enactment, Publication.
Section 375.52 — Revision And Codification.
Section 375.53 — Violations Of Ordinances, Penalties.
Section 375.54 — Prosecutions Under Ordinance.
Section 375.55 — Disposition Of Fines Recovered For Ordinance Violations.
Section 375.551 — County Emergency Jobs Program.
Section 375.552 — Definitions.
Section 375.553 — County Emergency Employment Program.
Section 375.554 — Program Rules.
Section 375.56 — Create Department; Appoint Appeals Board To Establish.
Section 375.58 — Jurisdiction.
Section 375.59 — Personnel Director Appointment.
Section 375.60 — Duties And Powers Of Director.
Section 375.61 — Payrolls Approved By Director.
Section 375.62 — Civil Service And Merit System Relationships.
Section 375.63 — Veterans To Be Given Preference.
Section 375.64 — Collective Bargaining Relationships.
Section 375.65 — Personnel Board Of Appeals.
Section 375.66 — Duties Of Board Of Appeals.
Section 375.67 — Judicial Review.
Section 375.68 — Abolition Of System.
Section 375.69 — Appropriation By County Board.
Section 375.70 — Federal Aid For Manpower Services.
Section 375.71 — Protection Of Rights Under State And Federal Laws.
Section 375.72 — County Purchasing Department.
Section 375.73 — Duties Of Purchasing Department.
Section 375.74 — Director Of Purchasing; Employees.
Section 375.75 — Rules And Regulations.
Section 375.76 — Voidable Purchases, Contracts, And Sales.
Section 375.77 — Laws Not Affected.
Section 375.771 — Veteran-owned Small Business Contracts.
Section 375.78 — Aid To Poultry Associations.
Section 375.79 — Exhibits At State Fair.
Section 375.80 — Appointment Of Person To Supervise.
Section 375.81 — Appropriation; Bond.
Section 375.82 — Statement To Board.
Section 375.83 — Economic And Agricultural Development.
Section 375.84 — Prepay Software, Subscriptions, United States Documents.
Section 375.85 — Counties May Market Software Products.
Section 375.86 — Application Of Other Law.
Section 375.87 — Radio Systems For Public Safety Communications.