1st Engrossment - 80th Legislature (1997 - 1998) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
1.1 A bill for an act 1.2 relating to statutory cities; providing that the 1.3 offices of mayor of a statutory city and fire chief of 1.4 an independent nonprofit firefighting corporation are 1.5 not incompatible under certain circumstances; 1.6 proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, 1.7 chapter 412. 1.8 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 1.9 Section 1. [412.152] [MAYOR; FIRE CHIEF; OFFICES NOT 1.10 INCOMPATIBLE.] 1.11 The offices of mayor of a statutory city and the fire chief 1.12 of an independent nonprofit firefighting corporation serving the 1.13 city are not incompatible offices and a person may concurrently 1.14 hold both offices if all of the following conditions exist: 1.15 (1) the mayor does not appoint the fire chief; 1.16 (2) the mayor does not set the salary or benefits of the 1.17 fire chief; 1.18 (3) neither officer performs functions that are 1.19 inconsistent with the other's; 1.20 (4) neither officer in the officer's official capacity 1.21 contracts with the other; and 1.22 (5) the mayor does not approve the fidelity bond of the 1.23 fire chief.