Minnesota Session Laws - 1994, Regular Session

                            CHAPTER 393-S.F.No. 2274 
                  An act relating to Freeborn county; permitting the 
                  appointment of the recorder and auditor/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 Freeborn county board 
        of commissioners, the offices of county recorder and county 
        auditor/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 Freeborn 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 and those of the county assessor shall be 
        discharged by the board of commissioners of Freeborn 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 
        assessor, recorder, and auditor/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.  [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. 4.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
           This act takes effect the day after the filing of a 
        certificate of local approval by the Freeborn county board in 
        compliance with Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021, subdivision 
        3. 
           Presented to the governor April 5, 1994 
           Signed by the governor April 6, 1994, 11:27 a.m.