Subdivision 1. Committee composition. A county must have an extension committee. The committee must have nine members. Two members must be county commissioners appointed by the county board. The county auditor or the auditor's designee must be a member. If the county has no office of auditor, the county board shall appoint a member from the county administration. Six members must be appointed at large by the county board as provided in this section. The county board at its annual meeting shall appoint for a term of three years the number of members required to fill the memberships on that committee expiring at that time.
Subd. 2. Budget recommendations. In cooperation with the director of extension, or the director's designee, the county extension committee, each year, in accordance with county budgetary deadlines, shall prepare a budget showing the total funds available and needed and shall recommend to the county board the amount of county funds necessary to maintain, support, and pay the expenses of county extension work during the following year. A copy of the budget must be presented to the county board.
Subd. 3. County appropriations, how spent. The county board shall consider the recommended county share of money necessary to maintain, support, and pay the expenses of county extension work during the following year. For these purposes, the county board may appropriate money annually from its general revenue fund and may include the amount of the county's share in the annual levy of county taxes or may make a special levy for county extension purposes or both. The money set aside and appropriated by the county board for these purposes is the county extension fund. Money from the fund may be paid out by orders of the director of extension, or the director's designee, to pay a part of the compensation of the agents employed, to pay directly the compensation of county support employees, and to pay other expenses incident to county extension work. An order to pay money from the fund must not be issued until the expenditure has been audited and signed by the county auditor or other appropriate county official. A balance in the county extension fund at the end of a year must be carried over or reappropriated.
(6125) 1923 c 423 s 5; 1947 c 157 s 1; 1951 c 390 s 1; 1951 c 412 s 1; 1953 c 202 s 4; 1957 c 208 s 1; 1963 c 198 s 1; 1969 c 1081 s 1; 1973 c 528 s 1; 1973 c 583 s 5; 1986 c 444; 1990 c 376 s 5
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture
Chapter 38 — County Agricultural Societies, Fairs, Extension Service
Section 38.01 — County Agricultural Societies; Formation, Powers.
Section 38.013 — Tort Liability.
Section 38.02 — Aid, Distribution.
Section 38.03 — Lease Of County Lands.
Section 38.04 — Annual Meetings; Reports.
Section 38.05 — Power Of Eminent Domain.
Section 38.12 — Appropriations By Municipalities.
Section 38.14 — Appropriations For County Fairs.
Section 38.15 — Sites And Buildings.
Section 38.16 — Exemption From Zoning Ordinances.
Section 38.18 — County Fairgrounds; Improvement Aided.
Section 38.19 — Expenditure Of Appropriations.
Section 38.20 — Supplemental To Existing Laws.
Section 38.27 — County Agricultural Societies.
Section 38.33 — Coordination To Maintain County Extension Work.
Section 38.34 — County Board May Pay For Extension Work.
Section 38.345 — Appropriations By Municipalities.
Section 38.35 — State Appropriations; How Spent.
Section 38.36 — County Extension Committee.
Section 38.37 — County Extension Committee; Program, County Agents.