Minnesota Session Laws - 1993, Regular Session

  
    Laws of Minnesota 1993 

                        CHAPTER 127-H.F.No. 648 
           An act relating to counties; permitting Itasca and 
          Polk counties to consolidate the offices of auditor 
          and treasurer. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  [CONSOLIDATION OF OFFICES.] 
    Upon adoption of a resolution by the Itasca county board of 
commissioners, or the Polk county board of commissioners, the 
offices of auditor and treasurer in the county adopting the 
resolution shall be consolidated.  The title of the consolidated 
office will be "auditor-treasurer."  All the duties, functions, 
and responsibilities required by law to be performed by the 
county auditor and county treasurer shall be vested in and 
performed by the auditor-treasurer.  The auditor-treasurer shall 
be elected like other county officers under Minnesota Statutes, 
section 382.01. 
    Sec. 2.  [SCHEDULE.] 
    Persons elected at the November 1990 general election to 
the positions of auditor 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.  If a vacancy 
occurs, the other officer shall perform the duties, functions, 
and responsibilities of both offices. 
    Sec. 3.  [REFERENDUM.] 
    The county board, after adopting a resolution permitted by 
section 1, 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 30 days 
after the second publication of the resolution a petition 
requesting a referendum, signed by a number of voters of the 
county equal to at least ten percent of those who voted in the 
county in the last general election, is filed with the county 
auditor.  If a petition is filed, the resolution may not be 
implemented until approved by a majority of the voters voting on 
the question at a regular or special election. 
    Sec. 4.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
    This act takes effect separately for each county the day 
after the filing of a certificate of local approval by the 
Itasca county board, or the Polk county board, in compliance 
with Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021, subdivision 3. 
    Presented to the governor May 11, 1993 
    Signed by the governor May 13, 1993, 2:50 p.m.