1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to statutory cities; providing that the 
  1.3             offices of mayor of a statutory city and fire chief of 
  1.4             an independent nonprofit firefighting corporation are 
  1.5             not incompatible under certain circumstances; 
  1.6             proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, 
  1.7             chapter 412. 
  1.8   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.9      Section 1.  [412.152] [MAYOR; FIRE CHIEF; OFFICES NOT 
  1.10  INCOMPATIBLE.] 
  1.11     The offices of mayor of a statutory city and the fire chief 
  1.12  of an independent nonprofit firefighting corporation serving the 
  1.13  city are not incompatible offices and a person may concurrently 
  1.14  hold both offices if all of the following conditions exist:  
  1.15     (1) the mayor does not appoint the fire chief; 
  1.16     (2) the mayor does not set the salary or benefits of the 
  1.17  fire chief; 
  1.18     (3) neither officer performs functions that are 
  1.19  inconsistent with the other's; 
  1.20     (4) neither officer in the officer's official capacity 
  1.21  contracts with the other; and 
  1.22     (5) the mayor does not approve the fidelity bond of the 
  1.23  fire chief.