Minnesota Session Laws - 1986, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1986 

                        CHAPTER 440-S.F.No. 2087 
           An act relating to county courts; specifying the 
          prosecuting attorney for certain offenses; amending 
          Minnesota Statutes 1984, section 487.25, subdivision 
          10.  
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1984, section 487.25, 
subdivision 10, is amended to read:  
    Subd. 10.  [PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS.] Except as otherwise 
provided by law, violations of state law which that are petty 
misdemeanors, or misdemeanors, or violations of a municipal 
ordinance, charter provision, rule or regulation shall must be 
prosecuted by the attorney of the municipality statutory or home 
rule charter city where the violation is alleged to have 
occurred.  The municipality statutory or home rule charter city 
may enter into an agreement with the county board and the county 
attorney to provide prosecution services for any criminal 
offense.  All other offenses petty misdemeanors and misdemeanors 
shall must be prosecuted by the county attorney of the county in 
which the alleged violation occurred.  All violations of a 
municipal ordinance, charter provision, rule, or regulation must 
be prosecuted by the attorney for the governmental unit that 
promulgated the municipal ordinance, charter provision, rule, or 
regulation or by the county attorney with whom it has contracted 
to prosecute these matters. 
    In the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Scott, and 
Washington, violations of state law which that are petty 
misdemeanors, misdemeanors, or gross misdemeanors except as 
provided in section 388.051, subdivision 2, or violations of a 
municipal ordinance, charter provision, rule, or regulation 
shall must be prosecuted by the attorney of the municipality 
statutory or home rule charter city where the violation is 
alleged to have occurred.  The municipality statutory or home 
rule charter city may enter into an agreement with the county 
board and the county attorney to provide prosecution services 
for any criminal offense.  All other offenses shall petty 
misdemeanors, misdemeanors, or gross misdemeanors must be 
prosecuted by the county attorney of the county in which the 
alleged violation occurred.  All violations of a municipal 
ordinance, charter provision, rule, or regulation must be 
prosecuted by the attorney for the governmental unit that 
promulgated the municipal ordinance, charter provision, rule, or 
regulation or by the county attorney with whom it has contracted 
to prosecute these matters. 
    Approved March 25, 1986