1997 Minnesota Statutes

     38.04 Annual meetings; reports. 

    Every county agricultural society shall hold an annual 
 meeting for the election of officers and the transaction of 
 other business on or before the third Tuesday in November.  
 Service on the county agricultural society board or as an 
 officer of the board is not a public office.  Elected officials 
 of the state or its political subdivisions may serve on the 
 board or be elected as officers. 

    At the annual meeting, the society's secretary shall make a 
 report of its proceedings for the preceding year; this report 
 shall contain a statement of all transactions at its fairs, the 
 numbers of entries, the amount and source of all money received, 
 and the amount paid out for premiums and other purposes, and 
 show in detail its entire receipts and expenditures during the 
 year.  The report must contain a separate accounting of any 
 income received from the operation of horse racing on which 
 pari-mutuel betting is conducted, and of the disposition of that 
 income.  

    The treasurer shall make a comprehensive report of the 
 funds received, paid out, and on hand, and upon whose order 
 paid.  Each secretary shall cause a certified copy of the annual 
 report to be filed with the county recorder of the county and 
 the commissioner of agriculture on or before the first day of 
 November each year. 

    HIST: (7888) RL s 3100; 1911 c 381 s 7; 1919 c 114 s 1; 1947 c 
 493 s 2; 1973 c 492 s 14; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1977 c 121 s 5; 1983 c 
 214 s 32; 1984 c 655 art 1 s 6; 1986 c 444; 1989 c 164 s 1