2005 Minnesota Statutes

     38.36 County extension committee. 

    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.  

    HIST: (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