Minnesota Session Laws - 1993, Regular Session

  
    Laws of Minnesota 1993 

                        CHAPTER 200-S.F.No. 1400 
           An act relating to Nobles, Rock, Pipestone, Itasca, 
          Koochiching, and Murray counties; permitting the 
          consolidation of the offices of auditor and treasurer; 
          permitting certain cities and towns to be part of 
          Northern Itasca Hospital District. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  [CONSOLIDATION OF OFFICES.] 
    Upon adoption of a resolution by the Nobles, Rock, 
Pipestone, or Murray county board of commissioners, the offices 
of auditor and treasurer in its respective county 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. 
    Sec. 2.  [SCHEDULE.] 
    The persons elected at the November 1990 general election 
to the positions of Nobles, Rock, Pipestone, or Murray county 
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. 
    Sec. 3.  [REFERENDUM.] 
    The Nobles, Rock, Pipestone, or Murray 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 its respective 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 equal to at least 10 
percent of those who voted in the county at 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.  [NORTHERN ITASCA HOSPITAL DISTRICT.] 
    Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 447.31, 
subdivision 2, the Northern Itasca Hospital District shall 
include any city or town located in Itasca or Koochiching 
counties that at any time after May 1, 1993, elects, by 
resolution or otherwise as provided by statute, to be part of 
the hospital district. 
    Sec. 5.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
    Sections 1 to 3 take effect in each respective county the 
day after the filing of a certificate of local approval by the 
Nobles, Rock, Pipestone, or Murray county board in compliance 
with Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021, subdivision 3. 
    Presented to the governor May 12, 1993 
    Signed by the governor May 14, 1993, 10:00 p.m.