HF 1105

1st Engrossment - 85th Legislature (2007 - 2008) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to local government; increasing charter commission expense limitations
for certain cities; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 410.06.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 410.06, is amended to read:

410.06 COMPENSATION; EXPENSES.

The members of such commission shall receive no compensation, but the
commission may employ an attorney and other personnel to assist in framing such charter,
and any amendment or revision thereof, and the reasonable compensation and the cost
of printing such charter, or any amendment or revision thereof, when so directed by the
commission, shall be paid by such city. deleted text begin The amount of reasonable and necessary charter
commission expenses that shall be so paid by the city shall not exceed in any one year
the sum of $10,000 for a first class city and $1,500 for any other city; but the deleted text end new text begin A city
of the first class must pay up to $10,000 in any one year for reasonable and necessary
expenses of the charter commission. Any other city must pay up to $5,000 in any one year
for reasonable and necessary expenses of the charter commission. A city new text end council may
authorize such additional charter commission expenses as it deems necessary. Other
statutory and charter provisions requiring budgeting of, or limiting, expenditures do not
apply to charter commission expenses. The council may levy a tax in excess of charter tax
limitations to pay such expenses.