2007 Minnesota Statutes

382.153 COUNTIES OF 250,000; BONDING OF OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES.
    Subdivision 1. County may pay premium. In counties now or hereafter having a population
of more than 250,000, when a corporate surety bond has been furnished by any county officer or
employee pursuant to statute or resolution of the county board, the premium therefor shall be paid
by the county, provided that the county board may designate the surety.
    Subd. 1a. Bids required. The county board shall cause to be published in its official
publication, a notice for bids for the furnishing of all such bonds and shall award a contract to the
lowest responsible bidder.
    Subd. 2. Schedule or position bonds. In any county, in lieu of the individual bonds
required to be furnished by county officers or by county employees, a schedule or position bond
or undertaking may be given by county officers or by the employees of each county office
or department, or a single corporate surety fidelity, schedule or position bond or undertaking
covering all the officers and employees of any such county including officers and employees
required by law to furnish an individual bond or undertaking may be furnished, in the respective
amounts fixed by law, or by the person or board authorized by law to fix the same, conditioned
substantially as provided in section 574.13.
    Subd. 3. Except Ramsey County. This section does not apply to Ramsey County.
History: 1943 c 537 s 1; 1945 c 57 s 1; 1947 c 69 s 1; 1963 c 563 s 1; 1974 c 435 art 7 s
1; 1975 c 281 s 1; 1988 c 613 s 28