Subdivision 1. Timing; procedure; recall. Upon delivery of such draft, the council or other governing body of the city shall cause the proposed charter to be submitted at the next general election thereafter occurring in the city within six months after the delivery of such draft, and if there is no general city election occurring in the city within six months after the delivery of such draft, then the council or other governing body of the city shall cause the proposed charter to be submitted at a special election to be held on a date authorized by section 205.10, subdivision 3a. The council or other governing body may call a special election for that purpose only at any time. If the election is held at the same time with the general election, the voting places and election officers shall be the same for both elections. At any time before the council has fixed the date of the election upon the proposed charter, the charter commission may recall it for further action; and the council may authorize recall of the charter by the commission at any later date prior to the first publication of the proposed charter.
Subd. 2. Election notice; publication. The notice of election shall contain the complete charter and shall be published once a week for two successive weeks in the official newspaper of the city, or if there be none, in a legal newspaper of general circulation in the city. In every city of the first class, the publication shall be made in a newspaper having an aggregate regular paid circulation of at least 25,000 copies. The governing body may in addition thereto publish the notice in any other legal newspaper published in the city.
Subd. 3. Ballot words, form. The ballot shall bear the printed words, "Shall the proposed new charter be adopted? Yes.... No....," with a square after each of the last two words, in which the voter may place a cross to express a choice. If any part of such charter be submitted in the alternative, the ballot shall be so printed as to permit the voter to indicate a preference in any instance by inserting a cross in like manner.
Subd. 4. Rejection; later proposals. If any charter so submitted be rejected the charter commission may propose others from time to time until one is adopted.
(1284) RL s 754; 1909 c 214 s 1; 1959 c 305 s 5; 1961 c 608 s 4; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1986 c 444; 2017 c 92 art 2 s 23
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.