2nd Engrossment - 83rd Legislature (2003 - 2004) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
1.1 A bill for an act 1.2 relating to cities; specifying and clarifying the 1.3 authority of cities to exercise certain town powers 1.4 and to impose service charges for emergency services; 1.5 amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 415.01. 1.6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 415.01, is 1.8 amended to read: 1.9 415.01 [TOWN LAWS, APPLICATION; EXERCISE OF POWERS BY 1.10 CITY.] 1.11Nothing containedSubdivision 1. [GENERAL.] A town must 1.12 not exercise the powers conferred in chapters 365 to 368shall1.13apply towithin the territory embraced within the limits of any 1.14 city, buteacha cityshall havehas and may exercise within 1.15 its limitsallany of the powers conferred by these chapters 1.16 upon towns. 1.17 Subd. 2. [CHARGES FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES.] A city may 1.18 exercise the power under sections 366.011 and 366.012 relating 1.19 to charges for emergency services only if the city adopts an 1.20 ordinance authorizing the manner and amount of charging for 1.21 those services.