As soon as practicable after such appointment, the charter commission shall deliver to the clerk of the city either (1) its report determining that a home rule charter for the city is not necessary or desirable, or (2) the draft of a proposed charter, in either case signed by at least a majority of its members. Such draft shall fix the corporate name and the boundaries of the proposed city, and provide for a mayor, and for a council to be elected by the people. Subject to the limitations in this chapter provided, it may provide for any scheme of municipal government not inconsistent with the constitution, and may provide for the establishment and administration of all departments of a city government, and for the regulation of all local municipal functions, as fully as the legislature might have done before home rule charters for cities were authorized by constitutional amendment in 1896. It may omit provisions in reference to any department contained in special or general laws then operative in the city, and provide that such special or general laws, or such parts thereof as are specified, shall continue and be in force therein, including any such special or general law authorizing the city to incur indebtedness or issue its bonds for municipal purposes. It may prescribe methods of procedure in respect to the operation of the government thereby created, and the duties thereunder of all courts and officers of the district and county in which the city is situated, which duties such courts and officers shall perform. By such charter the city may be authorized to acquire, by gift, devise, purchase, or condemnation, any property, within or without its boundaries, needed for the full discharge of any public function which it is permitted to exercise.
(1271) RL s 751; 1921 c 120; 1921 c 343; 1959 c 305 s 1; 1961 c 608 s 3; 1971 c 71 s 4; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization
Chapter 410 — Classification; Charters
Section 410.01 — Cities, Classes.
Section 410.015 — Definitions Relating To Cities.
Section 410.03 — Existing Charters Preserved.
Section 410.04 — Home Rule Charters; Patrol Limits.
Section 410.05 — Charter Commission.
Section 410.06 — Compensation; Expenses.
Section 410.07 — Determination Of Desirability; Framing Charter.
Section 410.09 — Regulation Of Franchises.
Section 410.10 — Charter Election.
Section 410.11 — Adoption; Notice, Effective Date.
Section 410.121 — Sale Of Intoxicating Liquor Or Wine; Favorable Vote.
Section 410.14 — Alternative Proposals.
Section 410.15 — Succession; Subsisting Rights.
Section 410.16 — Forms Of Government Incorporated In Charter.
Section 410.18 — Distribution Of Administrative Powers.
Section 410.19 — Powers Of Mayor And Council.
Section 410.191 — City Council Members; City Employment.
Section 410.20 — Recall And Removal Of Officers; Ordinances.
Section 410.21 — Application Of General Election Laws.
Section 410.24 — New Or Revised Charter.
Section 410.30 — City May Revert To Statutory City; Process; Transition.
Section 410.32 — Cities May Issue Capital Notes For Capital Equipment.