Minnesota Session Laws - 1990, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1990 

                        CHAPTER 431-S.F.No. 2119 
           An act relating to Blue Earth county; permitting the 
          appointment of the auditor, recorder, and treasurer; 
          authorizing the reorganization of county offices. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  [APPOINTMENT OF COUNTY OFFICIALS.] 
    Upon adoption of a resolution by the Blue Earth county 
board of commissioners, the offices of county auditor, county 
recorder, and county treasurer in the county shall not be 
elective but shall be filled by appointment by the county board 
as provided in this act, unless the office is abolished pursuant 
to a reorganization or consolidation under section 2. 
    Sec. 2.  [REORGANIZATION OF COUNTY OFFICES.] 
    Upon adoption of a resolution by the Blue Earth county 
board of commissioners and subject to sections 3 and 4, the 
duties of the elected officials required by statute whose 
offices are made appointive by this act shall be discharged by 
the board of commissioners of Blue Earth county acting through a 
department head or heads appointed by the board for that 
purpose.  Each appointed department head shall serve at the 
pleasure of the board.  The board may reorganize, consolidate, 
reallocate, or delegate the duties to promote efficiency in 
county government.  It may make other administrative changes, 
including abolishing the offices of auditor, recorder, and 
treasurer.  A reorganization, reallocation, or delegation or 
other administrative change or transfer shall not diminish, 
prohibit, or avoid the discharge of duties required by statute. 
    Sec. 3.  [SCHEDULE.] 
    Persons elected at the November 1990 general election to 
the positions of auditor, recorder, and treasurer shall serve in 
those capacities and perform the duties, functions, and 
responsibilities required by statute, until the completion of 
the term of office to which each was elected, or until a vacancy 
occurs in the office, whichever occurs earlier. 
    Sec. 4.  [REFERENDUM.] 
    The county board, before action as permitted by section 2 
and before any appointment as permitted by section 1 or 2, but 
after adopting a resolution permitted by section 1 or 2, shall 
publish the resolution once each week for two consecutive weeks 
in the official publication of the county.  The resolution may 
be implemented without the submission of the question to the 
voters of the county, unless within 21 days after the second 
publication of the resolution a petition requesting a 
referendum, signed by at least ten percent of the registered 
voters of the county, is filed with the county auditor.  If a 
petition is filed, the resolution may be implemented unless 
disapproved by a majority of the voters of the county voting on 
the question at a regular or special election. 
    Sec. 5.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
    This act takes effect the day after the filing of a 
certificate of local approval by the Blue Earth county board in 
compliance with Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021, subdivision 
3. 
    Presented to the governor April 10, 1990 
    Signed by the governor April 12, 1990, 10:59 a.m.