Minnesota Session Laws - 1989, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1989 

                        CHAPTER 164-H.F.No. 1339 
           An act relating to agricultural societies; clarifying 
          that society board members and officers are not public 
          officials, and that elected officials may serve on the 
          board or as officers; amending Minnesota Statutes 
          1988, section 38.04. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 38.04, is 
amended to read: 
    38.04 [ANNUAL MEETINGS; REPORTS.] 
    Every county agricultural society shall hold an annual 
meeting for the election of officers and the transaction of 
other business on or before the third Tuesday in November, each 
year, at which time its.  Service on the county agricultural 
society board or as an officer of the board is not a public 
office.  Elected officials of the state or its political 
subdivisions may serve on the board or be elected as officers. 
    At the annual meeting, the society's secretary shall make a 
report of its proceedings for the preceding year; this report 
shall contain a statement of all transactions at its fairs, the 
numbers of entries, the amount and source of all money received, 
and the amount paid out for premiums and other purposes, and 
show in detail its entire receipts and expenditures during the 
year.  The report must contain a separate accounting of any 
income received from the operation of horse racing on which 
pari-mutuel betting is conducted, and of the disposition of that 
income.  
    The treasurer shall make a comprehensive report of the 
funds received, paid out, and on hand, and upon whose order 
paid.  Each secretary shall cause a certified copy of the annual 
report to be filed with the county recorder of the county and 
the commissioner of agriculture on or before the first day of 
November each year. 
    Presented to the governor May 16, 1989 
    Signed by the governor May 19, 1989, 11:04 a.m.