Minnesota Session Laws - 1991, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1991 

                         CHAPTER 31-H.F.No. 795 
           An act relating to counties; removing certain 
          restrictions on county morgues; amending Minnesota 
          Statutes 1990, sections 390.06 and 390.07. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1990, section 390.06, is 
amended to read: 
    390.06 [PUBLIC MORGUE.] 
    In every county with a population of 100,000 or over, the 
board shall provide and equip a public morgue at the county 
seat.  The morgue's purpose is to receive and dispose of all 
dead bodies which are by law subject to a post mortem or 
coroner's inquest, without charge to anyone.  The cost of 
building and equipping the morgue must not exceed $2,500, and 
its maintenance must not exceed $3,000 a year. 
    Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1990, section 390.07, is 
amended to read: 
    390.07 [MORGUE MAINTENANCE.] 
    The morgue must be under the control of the county board 
and be maintained in a suitable building separate from any other 
business.  It must be equipped with the best modern approved 
appliances to handle and dispose of dead bodies.  It must not be 
connected in any manner with any undertaking establishment.  No 
person shall be employed in the morgue who is in any manner 
connected with or interested in the undertaking business.  
    Sec. 3.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
    Sections 1 and 2 are effective the day following final 
enactment. 
    Presented to the governor April 18, 1991 
    Signed by the governor April 22, 1991, 3:10 p.m.