Minnesota Session Laws - 1983, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1983 

                        CHAPTER 315--H.F.No. 210
           An act relating to historical societies; fixing the 
          maximum city or town expenditure for a county 
          historical society; amending Minnesota Statutes 1982, 
          section 138.053. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 138.053, is 
amended to read:  
    138.053 [COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY; TAX LEVY; CITIES OR 
TOWNS.] 
    The governing body of any home rule charter or statutory 
city or town excepting cities of the first class may appropriate 
annually an amount from its general fund of not to exceed 
one-third of one mill of the assessed value of the taxable 
property in the city or town, but not to exceed $500, to be paid 
to the historical society of their respective county to be used 
for the promotion of historical work and to aid in defraying the 
expenses of carrying on the historical work in said county.  No 
city or town may appropriate any funds for the benefit of any 
historical society unless such society shall be affiliated with 
and approved by the Minnesota historical society. 
    Approved June 14, 1983