Minnesota Session Laws - 1985, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1985 

                         CHAPTER 41-H.F.No. 461 
           An act relating to courts; providing that Ramsey 
          municipal court judges shall set salaries of 
          conciliation court referees in Ramsey county; amending 
          Minnesota Statutes 1984, section 488A.30, subdivision 
          1. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1984, section 488A.30, 
subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
    Subdivision 1.  [JUDGES.] (a) The judges of the municipal 
court shall serve as judges of the conciliation court for such 
periods and in such rotation as the judges may determine.  While 
so serving they shall act and be known as conciliation judges. 
    (b) The municipal judge who conducts the conciliation court 
hearing shall act upon any applications to vacate a judgment or 
an order for judgment whatever the grounds may be and shall sign 
the certificate upon a removed cause, but any other municipal 
judge may act upon such an application or sign such a 
certificate in the event that the judge who conducted the 
hearing has not previously denied the application and cannot act 
upon the application promptly or sign the certificate due to 
expiration of his term, death, disability, absence from the 
courthouse or any other cause. 
    (c) A majority of the judges of the municipal court may 
appoint attorneys to act as referees in conciliation court.  A 
majority of the judges of the municipal court shall establish 
qualifications for the office, specify the duties, compensation, 
and length of service of such referees.  The board of Ramsey 
county commissioners is authorized to fix the compensation of 
such referees.  The compensation shall not exceed $75 per day or 
any part thereof.  This compensation is payable out of the 
county treasury at the same time and in the same manner as 
salaries of the judges of conciliation court.  
    Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
    Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment. 
    Approved April 29, 1985