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CHAPTER 383C. ST. LOUIS COUNTY

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BUDGET PROCEDURE

383C.01Repealed, 1989 c 240 s 10
383C.011Repealed, 1989 c 240 s 10
383C.012Repealed, 1989 c 240 s 10
383C.013Repealed, 1989 c 240 s 10
383C.014Repealed, 1989 c 240 s 10
383C.015Repealed, 1989 c 240 s 10
383C.016Repealed, 1989 c 240 s 10
383C.017Repealed, 1989 c 240 s 10
383C.018Repealed, 1989 c 240 s 10
383C.019Repealed, 1989 c 240 s 10
383C.021BUDGET AND FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION.
383C.022CAPITAL PROGRAM.
383C.023REDUCTION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
383C.024APPROPRIATIONS AND TAX LEVY.
383C.025AMENDMENTS.
383C.026LAPSE OF APPROPRIATIONS.
383C.027ADMINISTRATION OF BUDGET.

CIVIL SERVICE

383C.03ST. LOUIS COUNTY CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.
383C.031COMMISSIONERS; APPOINTMENT; QUALIFICATIONS.
383C.032APPOINTMENT OF CIVIL SERVICE DIRECTOR.
383C.033MEETINGS; RECORDS; RULES AND REGULATIONS.
383C.034DUTIES OF DIRECTOR.
383C.035UNCLASSIFIED CIVIL SERVICE.
383C.036CLASSIFICATIONS; EXAMINATIONS.
383C.037CLASSIFICATION PLAN.
383C.038ALLOCATION OF POSITIONS.
383C.039ADDITIONAL CLASSES.
383C.04LAYOFFS.
383C.041CIVIL SERVICE DIRECTOR; TESTS.
383C.042POWERS OF DIRECTOR.
383C.043VACANCIES.
383C.044TRANSFER OF EMPLOYEES.
383C.045LAYOFF OF EMPLOYEES.
383C.046CERTIFICATION OF PAYROLLS.
383C.047CIVIL ACTIONS.
383C.048COMMISSION MAY SUBPOENA WITNESSES.
383C.049PROHIBITING OBSTRUCTING PERSONS FROM TAKING TESTS.
383C.05POLITICAL ACTIVITY.
383C.051DISCIPLINE LISTED IN THIS SECTION REQUIRES CAUSE.
383C.052ANNUAL REPORT.
383C.053OFFICE IN COUNTY SEAT.
383C.054Repealed, 1996 c 310 s 1
383C.055PENALTY.
383C.056INCONSISTENT ACTS REPEALED.
383C.057Repealed, 1996 c 310 s 1
383C.058Repealed, 1996 c 310 s 1
383C.059TRANSFER OF EMPLOYEES.

BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND COMMITTEES

383C.07MEMBERS OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS; TERMS OF OFFICE.
383C.071BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT; ALTERNATES.
383C.072LAND INVESTMENT BOARD.
383C.073Repealed, 2000 c 454 s 3
383C.074EXTENSION COMMITTEE.
383C.075Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26
383C.076Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26
383C.081HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.

COUNTY BOARD

383C.09MEMBERS SERVING ON COMMISSIONS AND OTHER BOARDS.
383C.091CHAIR'S CONTINGENT FUND.
383C.092BORROWING FROM FEDERAL AGENCIES.
383C.093COUNTY PRINTING.
383C.094REPAIR OF DITCHES.
383C.095Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26

COUNTY AGENCIES AND OFFICERS

383C.13Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26
383C.131ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEYS AND CLERKS.
383C.132Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26
383C.133Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26
383C.134ELECTED OFFICIALS; COMPENSATION.
383C.135SURETY BONDS.
383C.136ORGANIZATION OF OFFICES.

FAIRS

383C.16COUNTY FAIR; MAINTAINING.
383C.161COMMUNITY FAIR ASSOCIATIONS; APPROPRIATION.
383C.162APPROPRIATION FOR COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS.
383C.163REIMBURSEMENT OF COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.

COURTS

383C.17COURTHOUSE BUILDING COMMISSION.
383C.171Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26
383C.172COURTHOUSE CLOSING.
383C.173CONCILIATION COURT; PERSONAL RECEIVERSHIPS.
383C.174Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26
383C.175Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26

EMPLOYMENT

383C.19EMERGENCY JOBS PROGRAM.

AMBULANCE SERVICE

383C.20Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26
383C.201AMBULANCE SERVICE.
383C.202Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26
383C.203Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26

HIGHWAYS AND ROADS

383C.23HIGHWAY LOAD LIMITS.
383C.231Local, Itasca County.
383C.232STATE AND OTHER ROAD NUMBERS.
383C.233ROAD EQUIPMENT; RENTALS.
383C.234REMOVAL OF SNOW.
383C.235ROAD AND BRIDGE MONEY FROM UNORGANIZED TOWNSHIPS.

LAKES AND RIVERS

383C.26IMPROVEMENT OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.
383C.261WATER IMPROVEMENTS.
383C.28OFF-SALE LICENSES IN CERTAIN PLACES.

LIQUOR

383C.29ANGORA TOWNSHIP; OFF-SALE LICENSE.
383C.291Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26
383C.292Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26
383C.293SEASONAL ON-SALE LIQUOR LICENSES.
383C.33Repealed, 2001 c 150 s 1
383C.331Repealed, 2001 c 150 s 1
383C.332Repealed, 2001 c 150 s 1
383C.333Repealed, 2001 c 150 s 1
383C.334Repealed, 2001 c 150 s 1
383C.335Repealed, 2001 c 150 s 1
383C.336Repealed, 2001 c 150 s 1
383C.337Repealed, 2001 c 150 s 1
383C.338Repealed, 2001 c 150 s 1
383C.339Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26
383C.34Repealed, 2001 c 150 s 1

DULUTH ROADS AND BRIDGES

383C.36COUNTY BOARD MAY EXPEND COUNTY FUNDS IN DULUTH.
383C.361Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26
383C.362Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26
383C.363Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26

SCHOOLS

383C.39EDUCATION; SCHOOL DISTRICTS; UNORGANIZED TERRITORIES.
383C.391Repealed, 1986 c 466 s 3
383C.392GRANTS FOR HOT LUNCHES IN CERTAIN RURAL SCHOOLS.

SHERIFF AND LAW ENFORCEMENT

383C.42JUVENILE DETENTION CENTERS; TAX LEVY.
383C.421SPECIAL INVESTIGATOR.
383C.422BONDS.
383C.423Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26
383C.424Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26
383C.425VOLUNTEER RESCUE SQUAD.

SURVEYS

383C.45Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26
383C.451RESURVEYS.
383C.452PETITION FOR RESURVEY.
383C.453HEARING ON PETITION.
383C.454SURVEY MAY BE ORDERED.
383C.455SURVEYOR TO KEEP FIELD NOTES.
383C.456PLAT AND FIELD NOTES TO BE FILED.
383C.457EXPENSE OF SURVEY.
383C.458NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT FOR EXPENSE.
383C.459EXPENSE TO BE ASSESSED AGAINST LAND.
383C.46EXPENSE TO BE PAID FROM COUNTY REVENUE FUND.
383C.461APPEAL TO DISTRICT COURT.
383C.462NOT TO AFFECT AGREED LINES OR ROADS.
383C.463COUNTY BOARD MAY CONTRACT.

TAXES

383C.48EXEMPTION FROM PROPERTY TAX FOR LEASED PROPERTY.
383C.481Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26
383C.482TAX SEARCH CERTIFICATES.
383C.52Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26
383C.521Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26
383C.522TAX-FORFEITED LANDS; EASEMENT.
383C.523Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26
383C.55Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26
383C.551Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26
383C.552Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26
383C.553Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26
383C.554Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26
383C.555MAY LEVY TO MAINTAIN, SUPPORT COUNTY EXTENSION WORK.
383C.556Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26
383C.557Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26

TRAVEL EXPENSES

383C.58TRAVEL EXPENSE OF COMMISSIONERS.
383C.581AUTOMOBILE EXPENSE OF COMMISSIONERS.
383C.582COMMISSIONERS; TRAVEL EXPENSE; ALLOCATION.
383C.61Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26
383C.611Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26
383C.612Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26
383C.613Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26
383C.64Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26
383C.641Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26
383C.642Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26
383C.643Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26
383C.644Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26
383C.645Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26
383C.646Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26
383C.647Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26
383C.648Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26
383C.649Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26
383C.65Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26
383C.651Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26
383C.66Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26
383C.67Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26
383C.671Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26
383C.672Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26
383C.673Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26
383C.674Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26
383C.675Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26
383C.676Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26
383C.677Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26

MISCELLANEOUS

383C.70PROMOTIONAL BUREAU; TORT LIABILITY.
383C.71WARRANTS AND ACCOUNTS.
383C.72DONATION OF STATE LANDS; GOVERNOR'S DUTIES.
383C.721TRUST FUND LAND; CONDEMNATION.
383C.722ADD SECTION 383C.72 LAND VALUE TO SECTION 282.08 SPLIT.
383C.725RECORDER'S FEES.
383C.73COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETIES.
383C.74HISTORICAL WORK.
383C.75AUTOMOBILE GARAGE AND REPAIR SHOP.
383C.76Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26
383C.77Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26
383C.78Repealed, 1993 c 375 art 5 s 43
383C.79GET TEMPORARY TOILETS FOR SMELTERS; DNR MAY REIMBURSE.
383C.797ST. LOUIS COUNTY; 7TH COUNTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT.
383C.80Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26
383C.801Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26
383C.802Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26
383C.803Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26
383C.804Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26
383C.805Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26
383C.806POLLING PLACE; EVERGREEN FIREHALL.
383C.807MAY CONTRACT FOR SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT SERVICES.
383C.808TELEVISION SERVICE; COSTS.
383C.809ST. LOUIS COUNTY; PARTITION FENCE CONTROVERSIES.

BUDGET PROCEDURE

383C.01 [Repealed, 1989 c 240 s 10]
383C.011 [Repealed, 1989 c 240 s 10]
383C.012 [Repealed, 1989 c 240 s 10]
383C.013 [Repealed, 1989 c 240 s 10]
383C.014 [Repealed, 1989 c 240 s 10]
383C.015 [Repealed, 1989 c 240 s 10]
383C.016 [Repealed, 1989 c 240 s 10]
383C.017 [Repealed, 1989 c 240 s 10]
383C.018 [Repealed, 1989 c 240 s 10]
383C.019 [Repealed, 1989 c 240 s 10]
383C.021 BUDGET AND FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION.
    Subdivision 1. Duties of the county board. The county board shall annually adopt a budget
for the next fiscal year. The budget shall be a complete financial plan for the year. The board
may create fund accounts in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and state
and federal laws and rules to account for the assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenditures of
the county.
    Subd. 2. Format. The board may use any combination of expenditure classifications by fund,
organization, program, purpose, or activity. The budget shall begin with a general summary of its
contents and shall detail all estimated revenues, including the property tax levy, and all estimated
expenditures, including debt service, for the next fiscal year. The total of estimated expenditures
for the next fiscal year shall not exceed the total of estimated revenues and any surplus amounts
expected to be available at the end of the current fiscal year. Amounts in funds unexpended at
the end of the fiscal year may be carried over from one fiscal year to the next in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles. Unexpended amounts may be restricted by the board to
finance contingent obligations which may become payable in subsequent fiscal years.
    Subd. 3. Operating budget. The budget shall include information showing operating
revenues, expenditures, and personnel for the fiscal year.
    Subd. 4. Capital budget. The budget shall include the capital expenditures proposed for the
fiscal year by project and the proposed method and plan of financing of each capital project.
History: 1989 c 240 s 1
383C.022 CAPITAL PROGRAM.
The board may also prepare a five-year capital program to include:
(1) a clear, general summary of its contents;
(2) a list of all capital improvements which are proposed to be undertaken during the next
five fiscal years, with appropriate supporting information as to the necessity for the improvements;
(3) cost estimates, method of financing, and recommended time schedules for each
improvement; and
(4) the estimated cost of operating and maintaining the facilities to be constructed or acquired.
The information may be revised and extended each year with regard to capital improvements
still pending or in the process of construction or acquisition.
History: 1989 c 240 s 2
383C.023 REDUCTION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
If the maximum rate of taxation for the various purposes mentioned in the budget, for which
the county may levy taxes, together with the estimated amount of other county revenues for the
ensuing year, and the unappropriated fund balance does not equal the total amount of the budget,
the county shall reduce the several funds mentioned in the budget. The items for bonds, interest
on bonds, salaries, and other items, the charges for which are fixed by law, shall remain at the
full amount that the law requires.
History: 1989 c 240 s 3
383C.024 APPROPRIATIONS AND TAX LEVY.
The county board shall adopt the budget by resolution which shall constitute appropriation of
the amounts specified in the budget as expenditures from the funds indicated. It shall also adopt
by resolution a levy of the tax proposed in the budget.
History: 1989 c 240 s 4
383C.025 AMENDMENTS.
    Subdivision 1. Supplemental appropriations. The board may make supplemental
appropriations during a budget year. The appropriations may authorize the use and expenditure
of amounts accruing to the county which were not previously anticipated as revenues by the
board in the adoption of the budget.
    Subd. 2. Changes in appropriations. The board may by resolution modify the adopted
budget or the appropriation to a department or fund, or transfer amounts from one department or
fund to another except as otherwise restricted by law.
History: 1989 c 240 s 5
383C.026 LAPSE OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Each appropriation, except an appropriation for a capital expenditure, lapses at the close
of the fiscal year to the extent that it has not been expended or encumbered. Amounts in funds
unexpended at the end of the fiscal year may be carried over from one fiscal year to the next in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
An appropriation for a capital expenditure continues in force until the purpose for which
it was made has been accomplished or abandoned. The purpose of a capital expenditure
appropriation is abandoned if three years pass without a disbursement from or encumbrance
of the appropriation.
History: 1989 c 240 s 6
383C.027 ADMINISTRATION OF BUDGET.
    Subdivision 1. Records; rules. A record of every appropriation shall be kept by the county
auditor, or by an officer, agent, or employee designated by rule, which will at all times show
the amount of any appropriation which has been expended, contracted, or obligated, and the
remaining unencumbered amount which is available for expenditure, to the extent necessary to
enable every officer, agent, or employee who has authority to incur an obligation to know whether
incurring an additional obligation will exceed the appropriation. The auditor shall make and may
amend rules governing in detail the manner in which boards, commissions, administrative officers,
and employees of the county incur, record, and report obligations as reasonably necessary to
regulate the keeping of the records required by this section and to enable the auditor to determine
and certify whether an obligation is within and pursuant to an appropriation made as required
by sections 383C.021 to 383C.026. The rules, upon adoption by the county board, shall bind all
boards, commissions, officers, agents, and employees. No contract or obligation shall be valid for
any purpose unless it is incurred, recorded, reported, and certified in accordance with the rules.
No claim or payroll shall be presented to the county board or other board, commission, or agency
for allowance, or allowed unless it has been audited by the auditor and certified by the auditor to
have been incurred within and pursuant to an appropriation as required by sections 383C.021 to
383C.026. The auditor shall not certify a claim or payroll without ascertaining that it has been
so incurred. No claim or payroll shall be allowed or paid until certified by the auditor. Before
certifying any claim or payroll, the auditor shall ascertain that the goods or services have actually
been received by the county as shown by a receiving report or time record signed by an officer,
agent, or employee who has personal knowledge that the goods or services were received or
furnished to the county. A person who falsely or fraudulently signs a receiving report or time
record is personally liable to the county for any loss sustained.
    Subd. 2. Payments and obligations prohibited. No payment shall be made or obligation
incurred against an allotment or appropriation except in accordance with an appropriation duly
made in the adopted budget. An authorization of payment or incurring of obligation in violation
of this section is void and a payment so made is illegal.
    Subd. 3. Accounting principles. The county shall use generally accepted accounting
principles in the management of its accounting records.
History: 1989 c 240 s 7

CIVIL SERVICE

383C.03 ST. LOUIS COUNTY CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.
There shall be created and maintained in any county in the state of Minnesota now or
hereafter having a population in excess of 150,000 and an area of more than 5,000 square miles,
a county civil service commission for county employees with powers and duties as hereinafter
provided. Any such county desiring to avail itself of sections 383C.03 to 383C.059 shall do so by
the adoption by the board of county commissioners upon a record vote of a resolution providing
(1) for the creation of a county civil service commission as provided in sections 383C.03 to
383C.059 and (2) for the submission of such resolution to the voters of the county at the next
general election for ratification, provided that until such resolution has been so ratified by a
majority of the voters voting upon said question it shall be of no force or effect.
History: 1941 c 423 s 1
383C.031 COMMISSIONERS; APPOINTMENT; QUALIFICATIONS.
Within 30 days after a majority of the voters of the county voting upon said question elect to
come within the provisions of sections 383C.03 to 383C.059, the board of county commissioners
shall by majority vote, appoint three persons as county civil service commissioners to serve for
designated terms of one for two years, one for four years, and one for six years. Each alternate year
thereafter the board of county commissioners shall appoint one person as successor for the county
civil service commissioner whose term shall expire, to serve six years. Any vacancies shall be
filled by the board of county commissioners for the unexpired term. No person shall be appointed
or shall act as a member of the county civil service commission at any time while holding any
public office or while standing as a candidate for any public office, notary public excepted, or any
public employment or position in a political party within the two years immediately preceding
appointment. Each member of said commission shall be a resident in the county and on becoming
a nonresident, thereby forfeits the office. Within 15 days after appointment, each commissioner
shall qualify by subscribing to an oath for the faithful discharge of duties and file said oath with
said court administrator of the district court and such oath shall include a statement of belief in
and desire to support the principles of the merit system. If an appointee fails to so qualify, another
shall be named. Each commissioner shall hold office until a successor has been appointed and
qualified, except in case a commissioner shall stand as a candidate for elective public office,
whereupon the filing of candidacy thereby automatically results in forfeiture of the office. The
county civil service commission shall organize by electing one of its members as presiding officer
and the civil service director hereinafter provided shall serve as secretary.
History: 1941 c 423 s 2; 1949 c 198 s 1; 1953 c 543 s 2; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1
s 82; 1988 c 491 s 1
383C.032 APPOINTMENT OF CIVIL SERVICE DIRECTOR.
The county board of commissioners shall appoint a civil service director. The civil service
director shall be in the unclassified service.
History: 1941 c 423 s 3; 2007 c 17 s 1
383C.033 MEETINGS; RECORDS; RULES AND REGULATIONS.
Members of the county civil service commission shall hold regular meetings at least once
each month and may hold such additional meetings as may be required in the proper discharge
of their duties. Meetings of the commission shall be open to the public. The commission shall
keep records and minutes of its business and official actions and such records and minutes shall
be public records open to public inspection, subject to such rules as to hours and conditions
of inspection as the commission may establish. It shall be the duty of the county civil service
commission as a body:
(a) After public hearing to adopt such rules and regulations for the administration of sections
383C.03 to 383C.059, such classification and compensation plans for the classified service,
together with rules for their administration, and amendments thereof as may be recommended
by the civil service director after a thorough survey of personnel organization included in
such plan or plans, and suitable regulations covering vacations, leave of absence and sick
leave, the order of layoff in case of a curtailment in the number of employees in any class in
any department, compulsory retirement at a fixed age, and any other conditions affecting the
employment of persons within the classified service, which, when approved by the board of
county commissioners, shall have the force and effect of law and be binding upon all county
officers, boards and commissions. Rules and regulations affecting employees of the local social
services agency should be in conformance with any federal regulations established by the Social
Security Board.
(b) To make investigations either on petition of a citizen or of its own motion concerning the
enforcement and effect of sections 383C.03 to 383C.059, to require observance of its provisions
and the rules and regulations made thereunder.
(c) To hear and determine appeals or complaints respecting the administrative work of the
civil service director, the rejection of an applicant for admission to an examination, and such other
matters as may be referred to the commission by the civil service director.
(d) To make such investigations as may be requested by the board of county commissioners
and to report thereon.
History: 1941 c 423 s 4; 1969 c 169 s 1; 1994 c 631 s 31
383C.034 DUTIES OF DIRECTOR.
The civil service director as executive head of the county civil service commission shall
direct and supervise all of its administrative and technical activities in addition to the duties
imposed, elsewhere in sections 383C.03 to 383C.059, and shall:
(a) Attend the regular and special meetings of the county civil service commission, to act as
its secretary and to record its official actions.
(b) Appoint, supervise and direct such employees of the civil service department as may be
necessary to carry out the provisions of sections 383C.03 to 383C.059. Such employees shall be
chosen in accordance with and shall be subject to the provisions of sections 383C.03 to 383C.059.
(c) Prepare and recommend rules and regulations for the administration of sections 383C.03
to 383C.059, which shall become effective after approval by the commission and the board of
county commissioners, as provided in sections 383C.03 to 383C.059, to administer such rules and
regulations and to propose amendments thereto.
(d) Establish and maintain in card or other suitable form a roster of all officers and employees
in the service of the county, which shall show the employment history of each such employee.
The director shall have access to all records and papers, the examination of which will aid in the
discharge of duties in connection with such roster.
(e) Ascertain and record the duties and responsibilities pertaining to all positions in the
classified service and classify such positions in the manner hereinafter provided.
(f) As soon as practicable after the adoption of the classification plan, prepare a schedule of
salary or wage rates and ranges for each class, grade or group of positions in the classification.
Such salary and wage schedules when approved by the civil service commission after public
hearing shall be submitted to the board of county commissioners who may approve or reject
such schedules. When approved by the board of county commissioners, they shall be used
in connection with all payrolls and accounting records and with all budget estimates for all
departments or agencies of the county government. Nothing in this section shall prevent the board
of county commissioners from increasing or reducing the salary or wage rates of positions to
conform to the terms of a negotiated labor agreement.
(g) Provide for, formulate and hold competitive tests to determine the relative qualifications
of persons who seek employment in any class of positions and as a result thereof, establish
employment lists for the various classes of positions.
(h) When a vacant position is to be filled, to certify to the appointing authority the names
of the three persons highest on the reemployment or promotional list, or the names of the seven
persons highest on the employment list for the class, provided, however, that if there are less than
three names remaining on the reemployment or the promotional lists, the director shall certify
such lesser numbers remaining on said lists, thereby using all names of persons willing to accept
appointment before drawing any names from an employment list. When the director determines
that there is significant under representation of a protected group with respect to race or sex in
the class, and the first seven candidates on the employment list do not include a member of the
under represented group, the director shall add the highest ranking available individual on the
employment list from that group to the list of the candidates certified. If there are no such lists, the
director may authorize provisional appointments pending the establishment of such employment
list for such class. Such provisional appointment shall not continue for a period longer than four
months, nor shall any person receive more than one provisional appointment or serve more
than four months as a provisional appointee in any one fiscal year, nor shall there be more than
one provisional appointment to any given position in any 12-month period; except that, after
November 3, 1942, and prior to the time that lists of eligibles are available, appointments to
offices and employments in the classified service may be made in accordance with existing laws
and without regard to the provisions of sections 383C.03 to 383C.059. Persons so appointed shall
not be entitled to any of the privileges set forth in sections 383C.03 to 383C.059 except in the
case of appointments made through merit examinations under authority of Laws 1941, chapter
476, section 1, but they shall be permitted to apply for and take any competitive examination for
which they may be eligible. Such employees may continue in such employment, notwithstanding
any contrary provisions of sections 383C.03 to 383C.059, until 60 days after the director shall
have certified that lists of eligibles are available for such office or employment, whereupon the
employment of such persons shall automatically terminate and such office or employment shall
be filled from such lists of eligibles as provided in sections 383C.03 to 383C.059. In case of an
emergency, an appointment may be made of not to exceed ten days duration without regard to the
provisions of sections 383C.03 to 383C.059, which appointment shall be immediately reported to
the civil service director. Successive emergency appointments shall not be made.
(i) Establish the length of the probation or working test period which shall not be less than
six months and not more than 12 months, during which time discharges may be effected without
specifying cause or granting a hearing, to enable the appointing authority to determine whether
new officers and employees are able and willing to perform their duties satisfactorily; and for
the method of removal or transfer of such officers and employees whose work or conduct during
such period is unsatisfactory.
(j) Establish record of performance and a system of service ratings to be used in determining
increases and decreases in salaries and in promotions.
(k) Keep such record as may be necessary for the proper administration of sections 383C.03
to 383C.059.
(l) Provide a system of checking payrolls, estimates and accounts for payment of salaries or
wages to employees in the classified service, as to enable the director upon satisfactory evidence
thereof, to certify or cause to be certified that the persons whose names appear thereon have been
regularly employed in the performance of the duties indicated at the compensation rates and for
the periods for which compensation is claimed or are on authorized leave before payment may be
lawfully made to such employees.
(m) Make investigations concerning the administration and effect of sections 383C.03 to
383C.059 and the rules made thereunder, and report the findings and recommendations to the
commission.
(n) Make an annual report to the county civil service commission.
History: 1941 c 423 s 5; 1943 c 608 s 1; 1951 c 425 s 1; 1961 c 416 s 1; 1980 c 365 s 1;
1986 c 444; 1988 c 491 s 2
383C.035 UNCLASSIFIED CIVIL SERVICE.
(a) The officers and employees of the county and of any agency, board, or commission,
supported in whole or in part by taxation upon the taxable property of the county or appointed
by the judges of the district court for the county, are divided into the unclassified and classified
service.
(b) The unclassified service comprises:
(1) all officers elected by popular vote or persons appointed to fill vacancies in such offices;
(2) judges and receivers, referees, arbiters, court reporters, jurors, notaries public, and persons
appointed by a court to make or conduct any special inquiry of a judicial and temporary character;
(3) superintendent or principal administrative officer or comptroller of any separate
department of county government which is now or hereafter created pursuant to law, who is
directly responsible to the board of county commissioners or any other board or commission,
as well as the county agricultural agents and the home demonstration agents under the control
of the county extension committee;
(4) members of nonpaid board, or commissioners appointed by the board of county
commissioners or acting in an advisory capacity;
(5) assistant county attorneys or special investigators in the employ of the county attorney.
For purposes of this section, special investigators are defined as all nonclerical positions in the
employ of the county attorney;
(6) all common labor temporarily employed on an hourly basis;
(7) all inmate or patient help in county institutions;
(8) all physicians, dentists, registered nurses and medical laboratory technicians working
under the direction of a licensed physician or dentist in any hospital or sanitarium operated by a
commission or board of such county;
(9) not more than a total of nine clerks serving the county board and administrator;
(10) a legislative lobbyist/grant coordinator appointed by the county board to act as
legislative liaison with the St. Louis County legislative delegation and pursue legislative concerns
and grant opportunities for the county, and the clerk for that position;
(11) the county recorder;
(12) any department head designated by the county board;
(13) three administrative assistants in the county administrator's office; and
(14) all court bailiffs.
(c) The classified service includes all other positions now existing and hereinafter created in
the service of the county or any board or commission, agency, or offices of the county.
History: 1941 c 423 s 6; 1949 c 255 s 1; 1949 c 258 s 1; 1949 c 309 s 1; 1951 c 310 s 1;
1959 c 217 s 1; 1961 c 329 s 1; Ex1961 c 27 s 1; 1967 c 142 s 1; 1969 c 420 s 1; 1984 c 398 s
1; 1986 c 366 s 2; 1987 c 40 s 1; 1988 c 491 s 3; 1994 c 595 s 3; 1995 c 189 s 8; 1996 c 277 s
1; 1997 c 188 s 1; 2000 c 454 s 2
383C.036 CLASSIFICATIONS; EXAMINATIONS.
    Subdivision 1. Classified service. All regular employees holding positions which are placed
in the classified service under the provisions of sections 383C.03 to 383C.059 shall be permanent
members of the classified service without examination or working test period if they have been in
the employ of the county for five consecutive years or more, immediately previous to December
31, 1943, or when a regular employee has been transferred from the unclassified service to the
classified service and has been in the employ of the county for five consecutive years or more,
immediately previous to said transfer from the unclassified service to the classified service, and
all employees who have been appointed through merit examinations administered under authority
of Laws 1941, chapter 476, section 5, and who have not since been separated from the service
shall also be permanent members of the classified service without further examination or working
test period, except that any employee who has not completed a working test period as provided
under the rules of the merit plan, shall be on probation for that period of time of service otherwise
necessary to complete the working test period under the merit plan. All other employees shall not
be members of such classified service until such time as they shall have been appointed to such
position in accordance with the provisions of sections 383C.03 to 383C.059. The civil service
director subject to rules and regulations of the county civil service commission shall within two
years of the date the board of county commissioners of such county elects to avail itself of the
provisions of sections 383C.03 to 383C.059, prepare and offer once to all persons who, on the
date the board of county commissioners of such county elects to avail itself of the provisions of
sections 383C.03 to 383C.059, are incumbents of positions in the classified service with less than
five years of service, a qualifying examination that is designed to test fitness to perform the work
of the class to which the position has been allocated. No person holding an office for employment
in the classified service previous to December 31, 1943, who is required by sections 383C.03 to
383C.059 to take a qualifying examination shall be laid off, suspended, discharged or reduced
in pay or position, except in accordance with the provisions of sections 383C.03 to 383C.059
applicable to members of the classified service having permanent status until they have completed
such qualifying examination and shall have been notified of the results thereof. If such incumbents
pass such qualifying examination, they shall become permanent members of the classified service.
If, however, any of the aforementioned incumbents who are required by sections 383C.03 to
383C.059 to take a qualifying examination shall fail to pass the same, they shall be removed from
their positions at or before the expiration of three months following receipt of notice of failure to
pass such examination. All persons who shall willfully fail or refuse to take the examination when
offered without reasonable excuse, shall be removed from their positions immediately.
    Subd. 2. Education employees. All regular employees of the county board of education
on the effective date of Laws 1961, chapter 329, section 2, holding a position which is placed
in the classified service under the provisions of sections 383C.03 to 383C.059 shall be subject
to and have the benefit of all provisions of subdivision 1 of this section in like manner as all
county employees subject thereto on the effective date of Laws 1941, chapter 423, were subject
thereto and had the benefit thereof.
History: 1941 c 423 s 7; 1943 c 608 s 2; 1947 c 187 s 1; 1949 c 310 s 1; 1961 c 329 s
2; 1986 c 444
383C.037 CLASSIFICATION PLAN.
The civil service director shall, as soon as practicable after sections 383C.03 to 383C.059
take effect and after consultation with appointing authorities and principal supervising officials,
recommend to the county civil service commission a classification plan, together with proposed
rules for its administration. Such classification plan shall show each class of positions in the
classified service, and when approved by the county civil service commission, shall be made
public, together with the rules for its administration. Each such class shall include such positions
requiring duties which are substantially similar in respect to duties and responsibilities and shall
be designated by titles indicative of the duties; and that the same schedule of compensation can
be made to apply with equity under like working conditions. The class titles shall be used in
personnel, budget and financial records and communications. As far as practicable the natural or
probable line of promotion to and from the class of positions shall be designated or indicated.
History: 1941 c 423 s 8
383C.038 ALLOCATION OF POSITIONS.
The civil service director shall, as soon as practicable after the adoption of the classification
plan, and after consultation with appointing authorities, allocate each position to its proper class.
Any employee whose position or title is affected by such allocation shall be notified thereof
and may appeal the allocation to the county civil service commission within 30 days of such
notice, and after hearing such employee the civil service commission shall approve or modify
such allocation.
History: 1941 c 423 s 9; 1986 c 444
383C.039 ADDITIONAL CLASSES.
With the approval of the county civil service commission additional classes may be
established for new positions created, or positions not included in any previously established class
may be allocated thereto, as good administration may require. Any existing class or classes may
be divided, combined, altered or abolished and positions allocated to any class or classes may be
reallocated. The appointing authorities shall promptly report to the civil service director intention
to establish new positions that may be classified and allocated, and that certifications may be made
or appropriate tests provided for and held for the purpose of establishing requisite employment
lists from which appointments may be made as provided in sections 383C.03 to 383C.059.
History: 1941 c 423 s 10
383C.04 LAYOFFS.
Whenever any employee in the classified service, who has been performing all duties in a
satisfactory manner, as shown by the records of the employing department or other agency, is
laid off because of lack of work or lack of funds, or has been on authorized leave of absence for
more than one year and is ready to report for duty when a position is open, or has resigned in
good standing and with the consent of the county civil service commission and the employing
department, and has withdrawn the resignation without being restored to the position, the civil
service director shall cause the name of such employee to be placed on the reemployment list for
the appropriate class. No reemployment list shall be valid for more than two years. The order
in which names shall be placed on the reemployment list for any class shall be established by
rule. No person shall be reinstated or be restored to a reemployment list unless such resignation is
withdrawn within one year after it has been presented and accepted.
History: 1941 c 423 s 11; 1986 c 444
383C.041 CIVIL SERVICE DIRECTOR; TESTS.
The civil service director shall, from time to time, as conditions warrant, hold tests for the
purpose of establishing employment lists for the various positions in the classified service. Such
tests shall be public, competitive and open to all persons who may be lawfully appointed to any
position within the class for which such examinations are held with limitations specified in the
rules of the commission as to residence, age, health, habits, moral character and prerequisite
qualifications to perform the duties of such positions. Promotion tests shall be competitive to such
persons examined or appointed under the provisions of sections 383C.03 to 383C.059 and who
have completed the probationary period in a class or rank previously declared by the commission
to involve the performance of duties which tend to fit the incumbent to the performance of duty in
the class or rank for which the promotion test is held. In promotion tests, efficiency in service
shall form part of such tests. The civil service director shall hold promotion tests for each superior
class of service whenever there is an inferior rank in the same class, the duties of which directly
tend to fit the incumbents thereof for the performance of the duties of the superior grade. If fewer
than two persons submit themselves for a promotion test, or if after such test is held all applicants
fail to attain a general average of not less than the minimum standard fixed by the rules of the
county civil service commission, the director shall forthwith hold an original entrance test and
certify from the employment list resulting therefrom.
All tests shall be practical, and shall consist only of subjects which will fairly determine
the capacity of the persons examined to perform the duties of the class of work for which the
examination is being conducted, and may include tests of physical fitness or of manual skill. No
credit shall be allowed for service rendered under provisional appointment. No question in any
test shall relate to religious or political opinions or affiliations. As many tests shall be held as may
be necessary to provide eligibles for each class of position, and to meet all requisitions and to fill
all positions held by provisional appointees. From the return and report of the examiners or from
the tests provided by the civil service director, the director shall prepare a list of eligible persons
who shall attain such minimum mark as may be fixed for the various parts of such test, and whose
general average standing upon the test for such position is not less than the minimum fixed by the
rules of the commission, and who may lawfully be appointed. Such persons shall take rank upon
the list in the order of their relative excellence as determined by the tests. The markings of all
tests shall be completed and the resulting employment list posted as soon as possible thereafter.
The life of any eligibility list shall not exceed one year but may be extended an additional year
by motion of the civil service commission.
The markings and test papers of each candidate shall be open to the candidate's inspection.
The markings and test papers of all persons upon any list of eligibles may be opened to public
inspection in the discretion of the county civil service commission. An error in the markings of
any test other than an error in judgment, if called to the attention of the commission within one
month after the establishment of an employment list resulting from such test, shall be corrected by
it; provided, however, that such correction shall not invalidate any certification or appointment
previously made. Public notice of each examination shall be given.
History: 1941 c 423 s 12; 1986 c 444
383C.042 POWERS OF DIRECTOR.
The civil service director may reject an application of any person for admission to a test or
refuse to test any applicant, or to certify the name of an eligible for employment who is found to
lack any of the established qualification requirements for the position applied for or tested on, or
who is physically unfit to effectively perform the duties of the position, or who is addicted to the
use of drugs or the habitual use of intoxicating liquors to excess, or who has been guilty of any
crime or infamous or notoriously disgraceful conduct, or who has been dismissed from the public
service for delinquency, or who has made a false statement of any material fact or practiced or
attempted to practice deception or fraud in the application or in the test, or in securing eligibility
or appointment. Any such person may appeal to the county civil service commission from the
action of the civil service director in accordance with the rules established hereunder.
History: 1941 c 423 s 13; 1986 c 444
383C.043 VACANCIES.
Whenever a position in the classified service becomes vacant the appointing authority, if it
desires to fill the vacancy, shall make requisition upon the civil service director whereupon the
civil service director shall certify the names of the three persons highest on the reemployment
list, or where there is no reemployment list the director shall certify the names of the three
highest on the promotional list. In case there are less than three names on the reemployment or
promotional lists, the director shall certify the number of names remaining on said lists willing
to accept appointment provided that no name shall be certified from an employment list as long
as there is a reemployment list or a promotional list for the class. The appointing authority
shall at its discretion appoint one of the persons so certified for the working test period. At the
end of the working test period the appointing officer shall notify the civil service director in
writing whether the probationer is a satisfactory employee and should receive the status of a
permanent appointee. Upon such notice the employee, if service during the working test period
did not fall below such minimum standards as have been prescribed by the civil service director,
shall be deemed to have a permanent classified civil service status; otherwise the employee
is automatically separated from the service.
History: 1941 c 423 s 14; 1961 c 416 s 2; 1986 c 444
383C.044 TRANSFER OF EMPLOYEES.
The civil service director may at any time authorize the transfer of any employee in
the classified service from one position to another position in the same class or grade and not
otherwise; provided, however, that persons who are not members of the classified service under
the provisions of sections 383C.03 to 383C.059 shall not be entitled to transfer. Transfers shall be
permitted only with the consent of the civil service director and the department concerned. The
civil service commission shall adopt rules to govern the transfer of an employee from a city to
the county, when the employee is performing community development block grant services for
the county pursuant to a contract between the city and county.
History: 1941 c 423 s 15; 1992 c 597 s 18
383C.045 LAYOFF OF EMPLOYEES.
In accordance with the rules, an appointing authority may lay off an employee in the
classified service whenever the authority deems it necessary by reason of shortage of work or
funds, or the abolition of a position or other material change in duties or organization. The
seniority of employees shall be the factor in determining the order of layoffs. The appointing
authority shall give written notice to the civil service director of every proposed layoff a
reasonable time before the effective date thereof, and the civil service director shall make such
orders relating thereto as the director considers necessary to secure compliance with the rules. The
name of every regular employee so laid off shall be placed on the appropriate reemployment list.
History: 1941 c 423 s 16; 1951 c 425 s 2; 1986 c 444
383C.046 CERTIFICATION OF PAYROLLS.
The county auditor, county treasurer, and the board of county commissioners, or any other
officer or employee of the county, shall not approve the payment of, or be in any manner
concerned in paying, auditing, or approving any salary, wage or other compensation for services
to any person holding a position in the classified service unless there shall first have been filed
with the county auditor a payroll, estimate, or account for such salary, wage or other compensation
containing the names of the persons to be paid, and a statement of the amount to be paid each such
person and the services on account of which the same is paid, and a statement that such services
have been performed, and bearing the certificate of the civil service director that the persons
named in such payroll, estimate, or account have been appointed or employed in pursuance of law
and of the rules made by the county civil service commission under the provisions of sections
383C.03 to 383C.059 and have complied with the terms of sections 383C.03 to 383C.059 and
of the rules of the commission when required so to do. Before making any such certificate the
civil service director shall investigate the nature of each item of such payroll, estimate or account
and on ascertaining that the provisions of the law in respect to any such item have not been
strictly complied with, the director shall refuse to certify such item. The civil service director
shall refuse to certify the pay of any such public officer who shall willfully or through culpable
negligence violate or fail to comply with the provisions of sections 383C.03 to 383C.059 and the
rules of the county civil service commission.
History: 1941 c 423 s 17; 1986 c 444
383C.047 CIVIL ACTIONS.
It shall be the duty of the county civil service commission to begin and conduct all civil suits
for the proper enforcement of sections 383C.03 to 383C.059 and of the rules of the commission
and to defend all civil suits which shall be brought against the commission. The commission shall
be represented in such suits by the county attorney or by special counsel provided by the board of
county commissioners. Any taxpayer of the county may maintain an action in the district court to
recover for the treasury any sums paid contrary to the provisions of sections 383C.03 to 383C.059
or the rules of the county civil service commission from the person or persons authorizing such
payment or to enjoin the person or persons from making such payment or to enjoin the civil
service director from attaching a certificate to a payroll in violation of the provisions of sections
383C.03 to 383C.059.
History: 1941 c 423 s 18; 1986 c 444
383C.048 COMMISSION MAY SUBPOENA WITNESSES.
In an investigation conducted by the county civil service commission or civil director they
shall have the power to subpoena and require the attendance of witnesses and the production by
them of books and papers pertinent to the investigation and to administer oaths to such witnesses.
History: 1941 c 423 s 19
383C.049 PROHIBITING OBSTRUCTING PERSONS FROM TAKING TESTS.
No person shall deceive or obstruct any person in respect to the right of test under the
provisions of sections 383C.03 to 383C.059 or falsely mark, grade, estimate or report upon the
test or standing of any person tested hereunder, or aid in so doing, or furnish to any person, except
in answer to inquiries of the civil service commission, any special information for the purpose
of either improving or injuring the rating of any such person for appointment or employment.
No applicant shall deceive the county civil service commission for the purpose of improving the
applicant's chances or prospects for appointment. No person shall solicit, orally or by letter, and
no public officer or employee shall receive or be in any manner concerned in the receiving or
soliciting of any money or valuable thing from any officer or employee holding a position in the
classified service for any political party or purpose whatsoever. No person shall use or promise to
use personal influence or official authority to secure any appointment or prospect of appointment
to any position classified under sections 383C.03 to 383C.059 as a regard or return for personal or
partisan political service. No public officer or employee shall by means of threats or coercion
induce or attempt to induce any person holding position in the classified service to resign the
position or to take a leave of absence from duty or to waive any right under sections 383C.03 to
383C.059. A resignation executed previous to appointment shall be of no effect.
History: 1941 c 423 s 20; 1986 c 444
383C.05 POLITICAL ACTIVITY.
No officer or employee in the classified service is under any obligation to contribute to any
political fund or to render any political service to any person or body whatsoever and no person
shall be removed, reduced in grade, or salary, or otherwise prejudiced for refusal so to do. No
public officer whether elected or appointed shall discharge, promote, demote, or in any manner
change the official rank of the employee or the compensation of any person in the classified
service or promise or threaten to do so, for the giving or withholding or neglecting to make any
contribution of money or services or any other valuable thing for any political purpose.
Except as herein provided, any officer or employee holding office or place in the classified
service may become a candidate for nomination or election to any public office or may seek and
accept election, nomination or appointment as an officer of a political group, or organization,
or take part in a political campaign or serve as a member of a committee of any such club
or organization, or circulate or seek signatures to any petition provided for by any primary or
election law or act as a worker at the polls, or distribute badges, colors, or indicia favoring or
opposing the candidate for election or nomination to a public office whether federal, state, county
or municipal, if the officer or employee does not engage in such activities during working hours
or to such an extent off duty that the officer's or employee's efficiency during working hours is
impaired or that tardiness or absence from work without notice or permitted leave results.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit or prevent any such officer or employee
from becoming or continuing to be a member of a political club or organization or from attendance
at political meetings or from enjoying entire freedom from all interference in casting a vote or
from seeking or accepting election or appointment to public office.
History: 1941 c 423 s 21; 1957 c 340 s 1; 1973 c 256 s 1; 1986 c 444; 2003 c 70 s 1
383C.051 DISCIPLINE LISTED IN THIS SECTION REQUIRES CAUSE.
No person in the classified service who shall have been permanently appointed or inducted
into the classified service under provisions of sections 383C.03 to 383C.059 shall be removed,
suspended, demoted or discharged except for cause which will promote the efficiency of the
service and not for political or religious reasons and only upon the written accusation of the
appointing power or any citizen or taxpayer. A written statement of such accusation shall be
served upon the accused, and a duplicate filed with the county civil service commission. Any
person so removed, suspended, demoted or discharged, may within ten days from the time of
the removal, suspension, demotion or discharge, file with the commission a written demand for
an investigation, whereupon the commission shall conduct such investigation. The investigation
shall be confined to the determination of the question of whether such removal, suspension,
demotion or discharge was or was not made for political or religious reasons or was or was not
made for just cause. After such investigation the commission may, if in its estimation the evidence
is sufficient, affirm the removal, or if it shall find that the removal, suspension, or demotion was
made for political or religious reasons, or was not made for just cause, shall order the immediate
reinstatement or reemployment of such person in the office, place, position or employment from
which such person was removed, suspended, demoted or discharged, which reinstatement shall,
if the commission so provides in its discretion, be retroactive, and entitle such person to pay or
compensation from time of such removal, suspension, demotion or discharge. The commission
upon such investigation, in lieu of affirming the removal, suspension, demotion or discharge may
place such employee on the reemployment list for service in the same or lower classification in
a different branch of the service when a vacancy may occur.
All investigations made by the commission pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be
by public hearing, after reasonable notice to the accused of the time and place of such hearing, at
which hearing the accused shall be afforded an opportunity of appearing in person, and presenting
a defense. If such judgment or order be concurred in by the commission or a majority thereof,
the accused may appeal therefrom to the district court where the issue shall be heard de novo
and determined in the same manner as a court case. The district court shall thereupon proceed
to hear and determine such appeal in a summary manner, provided, however, that such hearing
shall be confined to the determination of whether the judgment or order of removal, discharge,
demotion or suspension made by the commission, was or was not made in good faith for cause,
and no appeal to such court shall be taken except upon such grounds or ground.
History: 1941 c 423 s 22; 1979 c 151 s 1; 1986 c 444
383C.052 ANNUAL REPORT.
The county civil service commission shall investigate and report annually to the board
of county commissioners concerning the administrative needs of the service, the personnel
and positions in the service, and the compensation provided therefor, the examinations held
by the commission, the appointments made, service ratings and removal in the civil service,
the operation of the rules of the commission, and recommendations for promoting efficiency
and economy in the service, with details of expenditures and progress of work. The board of
county commissioners may require a report from said commission at any time respecting any
matter within the scope of its duties hereunder.
History: 1941 c 423 s 23
383C.053 OFFICE IN COUNTY SEAT.
Office accommodations for the county civil service commission shall be provided at
the county seat. All compensation, salaries and other expenses of the county civil service
commission and employees thereof shall be paid out of the county revenue fund within the
amount appropriated by the board of county commissioners, which amount shall not be less
than $10,000 annually except that during the first two years any county elects to avail itself of
the provisions of sections 383C.03 to 383C.059, said amount shall be $15,000 annually, unless a
smaller appropriation is requested by the civil service commission.
History: 1941 c 423 s 24
383C.054 [Repealed, 1996 c 310 s 1]
383C.055 PENALTY.
Any person who willfully or through culpable negligence violates any of provisions of
sections 383C.03 to 383C.059, or of the rules of the county civil service commission, shall be
guilty of a gross misdemeanor. Conviction of same shall render the public office or position
held by such person vacant.
History: 1941 c 423 s 26
383C.056 INCONSISTENT ACTS REPEALED.
All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with sections 383C.03 to 383C.059 are hereby repealed
to the extent necessary to give effect to the provisions of sections 383C.03 to 383C.059, any
provision of Laws 1931, chapter 347 to the contrary notwithstanding.
History: 1941 c 423 s 27
383C.057 [Repealed, 1996 c 310 s 1]
383C.058 [Repealed, 1996 c 310 s 1]
383C.059 TRANSFER OF EMPLOYEES.
When practicable and with due regard to similarity of standards, rules and regulations, the
commission may enter into arrangements with suitable agencies in other local, state or federal
jurisdictions, or with any other local nonprofit voluntary nursing agency which has coordinated its
services heretofore for any period of time with the St. Louis County Board of Health as defined
in section 145A.02, subdivision 2, for the purpose of exchanging services or effecting transfers
of employees or eligibles for appointment to positions under the civil defense department, local
social services agency, and the board of health of St. Louis County, and any other board of said
county that may be created by law.
History: 1943 c 608 s 3; 1959 c 302 s 1; 1969 c 200 s 1; 1971 c 248 s 1; 1987 c 309 s
24; 1994 c 631 s 31

BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND COMMITTEES

383C.07 MEMBERS OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS; TERMS OF OFFICE.
Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, in St. Louis County every lay
member hereafter appointed by the county board to any board or commission heretofore or
hereafter created by law, shall be appointed for a term of three years.
History: 1965 c 197 s 1
383C.071 BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT; ALTERNATES.
In St. Louis County the Board of Adjustment created pursuant to Laws 1959, chapter 559,
shall have two additional members designated as alternates, either of whom may serve in the place
of any regular member who at any time may be unable to serve. The alternates shall be appointed
by the county board for terms designated by the board. Alternates shall be compensated in the
same amount and manner as regular members of the Board of Adjustment.
History: 1971 c 169 s 1
383C.072 LAND INVESTMENT BOARD.
    Subdivision 1. Creation; membership. The St. Louis County Board of Land Investment
consisting of the members of the St. Louis County Board of Commissioners is established. The
Board of Land Investment shall have responsibility to accelerate the county's forestry land
management program and to provide operational support and supervision to a broad range of
forest projects.
    Subd. 2. Land investment department. The Board of Land Investment may establish a land
investment department to carry out the objectives established by the Land Investment Board.
    Subd. 3. Administration. The department shall be administered by the land commissioner
appointed under Minnesota Statutes, section 282.13 but shall be separate from the land department
which is also under the direction of the land commissioner.
    Subd. 4. Purposes. The purposes of the Land Investment Board are:
(a) to intensify land management activities on county administered tax-forfeited peat and
forest lands;
(b) to achieve an intensified land management program by using the talents of the excess
skilled labor available in the region;
(c) to invest in the economic future of the region by using the full potential of the land
resource;
(d) to conduct, but not be limited to, projects including peat development, reforestation,
timber stand improvement, timber management, development of recreation and wildlife facilities,
forest road construction, and boundary line and corner establishment;
(e) to ensure that the projects use the latest state of the art technology; and
(f) to conduct, contract for, or use joint powers to accomplish the surveys, studies, or
research, as needed to encourage or test the feasibility of new programs or markets to use the land
resources to their optimum.
    Subd. 5. Powers. The Board of Land Investment may:
(a) enter into contracts with or employ technical experts, agents, and employees, permanent
and temporary, as it may require, and determine their qualifications, duties, and compensation;
(b) delegate to one or more of its agents or employees the powers or duties it deems proper;
(c) accept grants, loans, gifts, services, or other assistance from the federal or state
government or any private individual or organization to accomplish its purposes; and
(d) enter into contracts with individuals or organizations to perform land management
activities, including tract site preparation, road construction, or maintenance.
    Subd. 6. Employees. The land commissioner may hire employees with the approval of the
Land Investment Board to carry out the duties of the land investment department. Notwithstanding
sections 383C.03 to 383C.059, all positions created in the land investment department shall be
in the unclassified service and the employees shall serve at the pleasure of the Land Investment
Board. The positions will be assigned to the collective bargaining unit to which the position would
be assigned if the position were in the classified service. On January 1, 1988, all the positions shall
become part of the classified service and all persons holding the positions shall become subject
to sections 383C.03 to 383C.059, as though they had been originally appointed to the classified
service. Seniority shall be computed from the date of employment whether before or after January
1, 1988. Positions within the land investment department shall continue to be separate from
positions in the St. Louis County land department for all purposes, including seniority rights.
    Subd. 7. Assistant commissioner. Notwithstanding subdivision 6, the position of assistant
commissioner of land investment shall remain in the unclassified service.
    Subd. 8. Tracts with low quality timber. If the Board of Land Investment determines that a
tract is stocked with nonindustrial, low quality timber that has little or no value, section 282.04, as
it relates to timber sales, shall not apply to land management activities including site preparation,
conducted under the authority of the board.
    Subd. 9. Receipts. Receipts from salvage materials generated by site preparation activities
conducted under the authority of this chapter shall be paid into the forfeited tax sale fund.
History: 1984 c 654 art 2 s 25
383C.073 [Repealed, 2000 c 454 s 3]
383C.074 EXTENSION COMMITTEE.
The extension committee appointed under Minnesota Statutes, section 38.36, for St. Louis
County shall consist of 11 members, of which eight shall be appointed at large by the St. Louis
County Board of Commissioners.
History: 1981 c 100 s 1
383C.075 [Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26]
383C.076 [Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26]
383C.081 HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.
A resolution of the St. Louis County Board under section 469.004 may provide that the
board will constitute the county housing and redevelopment authority or it may provide for the
appointment of members. If members are appointed, the authority shall be composed of seven
persons and individual members of the board may be appointed to be members of the authority.
History: 1988 c 491 s 4

COUNTY BOARD

383C.09 MEMBERS SERVING ON COMMISSIONS AND OTHER BOARDS.
Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary in St. Louis County, the county
board may elect for a term of one year two of its members to serve on any commission or any
other board, except the civil service commission and board of education for the unorganized
territory, now or hereafter created by law within the county and having charge of or jurisdiction
over any county activities or institution supported in whole or in part by county tax revenues.
History: 1953 c 389 s 1; 1963 c 151 s 1
383C.091 CHAIR'S CONTINGENT FUND.
In addition to the amount authorized by section 375.16, the county board of St. Louis
County may annually appropriate from the county revenue fund a sum not exceeding $5,000
as a contingent fund for use by the chair of the county board, or any member of the county
board acting in the capacity of the chair, at the chair's discretion to pay for incidental costs and
expenses incurred in expediting the business of the county of St. Louis. The fund shall be under
the exclusive control of the chair of the county board or any member of the county board acting in
the capacity of the chair, subject to postaudit by the county board.
History: 1971 c 249 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 491 s 5
383C.092 BORROWING FROM FEDERAL AGENCIES.
Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, St. Louis County is authorized by majority vote of
its board of commissioners, without the necessity of any further action, to borrow moneys from
any agency of the United States government for purposes of capital improvements, highways,
and public works.
History: 1973 c 440 s 1
383C.093 COUNTY PRINTING.
    Subdivision 1. County board to print and bind minutes of board. In all counties now or
hereafter having a population of over 150,000 inhabitants and an area of over 5,000 square miles,
the county board is hereby authorized to cause to be printed and bound in permanent form, for the
use of the county officials and employees of said county, such number of copies as said board
shall deem advisable, of the monthly official proceedings of said board as the same are printed
and published in the official paper of said county, and to pay the reasonable expense thereof on
duly itemized and verified bills filed with and audited and allowed by said county board.
    Subd. 2. County board to print and bind copies of financial statements. The county board
of any such county is hereby authorized to cause copies of the financial statement of said county,
after the same has been printed and published in the paper designated by said county board for
such purpose, to be printed and bound in pamphlet form, in such number as the county board may
deem advisable for use by the county officials and employees of said county and for exchange
with other counties in the state and for other purposes, and to pay the reasonable cost of printing
and binding such copies of said financial statement on duly itemized and verified bills filed with
and audited and allowed by said county board.
    Subd. 3. County board to print and bind copies of county canvassing board. The county
board of any such county is hereby authorized to publish as part of its official proceedings the
substance of the official canvass by the county canvassing board of the results of any primary or
general elections in said county and to pay the cost thereof as part of said official proceeding.
    Subd. 4. Payments legalized. Any and all payments heretofore made in good faith by the
county board of any such county for printing and binding any pamphlets, or in permanent book
form, of county board proceedings, or of the annual financial statement of said county, or for
printing the official canvass of the county canvassing board of any primary or general election
of said county as part of the official proceedings of the county board, are hereby legalized and
confirmed as legal payments.
History: 1921 c 16 s 1-4; 1939 c 45 s 2-5
383C.094 REPAIR OF DITCHES.
    Subdivision 1. Authority. In St. Louis County, where the state of Minnesota holds title
pursuant to tax forfeiture laws or other laws to at least 30 percent of all the land in any one district
of a drainage system subject to chapter 103E, the county board may clean or make repairs on any
drain or ditch in any one district in said system when said drain or ditch, due to lack of repairs or
cleaning, has caused or is causing great damage to county roads, property, crops or lands. It may
appropriate and expend from the general revenue fund of said county a sum annually for the cost
of cleaning and repairing said drains or ditches. Said cleaning and repairing may be done by the
county with its own equipment and employees, or by contract, but if done by contract and said
estimated cost exceeds $500, then bids for same shall be called for and the contract shall be let to
the lowest responsible bidder pursuant to law.
    Subd. 1a. Contracts in excess of $500; best value alternative. As an alternative to the
procurement method described in subdivision 1, the contract may be awarded to the vendor or
contractor offering the best value under a request for proposals as described in section 16C.28,
subdivision 1
, paragraph (a), clause (2), and paragraph (c).
    Subd. 2. Acceptance of aid. County boards are hereby authorized and empowered to accept
gifts of money from the government of the United States and the state of Minnesota or any of
its agencies, to carry out the provisions of this section, and said moneys shall be spent by said
county boards only for such purpose.
    Subd. 3. In addition to existing power. The authority granted in this section is in addition to
all existing power and authority granted by law to county boards to repair or clean any drains and
ditches in any county or judicial drainage system.
History: 1945 c 352 s 1-3; 1988 c 491 s 6; 1990 c 391 art 10 s 3; 2007 c 148 art 3 s 23
383C.095 [Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26]

COUNTY AGENCIES AND OFFICERS

383C.13 [Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26]
383C.131 ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEYS AND CLERKS.
The St. Louis County attorney may appoint, with the consent of the county board, assistant
county attorneys and clerical help at such salaries as may be determined by the board. Those
heretofore appointed shall be designated assistant county attorneys. They shall take the official
oath of office and execute a bond in the same manner as the county attorney, said bonds to be
paid by the county. The assistant county attorneys shall be fully authorized to do and perform the
duties pertaining to the office as directed by the county attorney. The assistant county attorneys
shall be paid semimonthly as is now done, and shall be reimbursed for their actual expenses and
mileage according to law when on official business for the county.
History: 1955 c 369 s 1; 1988 c 491 s 7
383C.132 [Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26]
383C.133 [Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26]
383C.134 ELECTED OFFICIALS; COMPENSATION.
An elected officer of St. Louis County shall not be entitled to payment for accumulated
vacation or sick leave days upon leaving office. This section supersedes any contrary provision
of other law or ordinance.
History: 1983 c 186 s 1
383C.135 SURETY BONDS.
The St. Louis County Board shall allow and pay a reasonable amount paid by any county
elective or appointive officer of such county as an annual or term premium on the officer's
official corporate surety bond in the amount required by law or fixed by such county board, said
premiums to be paid out of the revenue of such county, as legal claims against such county, and
after the repayment of such reasonable premiums to any such officer for the current year or years
in said term of office, said county board shall pay the reasonable premium on any such bond
after the termination of existing terms of office.
History: 1935 c 180 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 491 s 9
383C.136 ORGANIZATION OF OFFICES.
In St. Louis County, the duties and functions of the county treasurer shall be transferred to
and be performed by the county auditor, and the office of county treasurer is abolished.
In St. Louis County, no person shall be elected after 1986 to succeed the county recorder. In
1991 the county board shall appoint a county recorder to serve at its discretion.
History: 1969 c 591 s 1; 1986 c 366 s 3

FAIRS

383C.16 COUNTY FAIR; MAINTAINING.
    Subdivision 1. Appropriation. The St. Louis County Board may annually appropriate
not to exceed $2,000 to assist in the maintaining of a county fair, which fair shall be under the
management and control of a county agricultural society. Such appropriation shall be made either
to the treasurer of such society or to some other suitable person, but before such money is paid to
such treasurer or other person, the payee shall file with the county auditor a satisfactory bond in
double the sum of said appropriation, conditioned upon a faithful disbursing and accounting for
all of said funds so appropriated. Said funds so appropriated shall be used solely for the purpose
of obtaining, preparing, and arranging exhibits and paying premiums to exhibitors. The treasurer
or other person to whom said appropriation is paid shall within four months after the holding of
any such aided annual fair, file with the county auditor a verified and detailed report showing
the name and address of every person to whom any of said money was paid, together with the
date of payment and a full description of the purposes for which the money was so paid and shall
attach thereto receipts and subvouchers for each payment so made and shall return to the county
treasurer all of the unexpended portion thereof. After said report and receipts and subvouchers
have been audited by the county board and found to be correct, they may by resolution release
said treasurer or other person and sureties from all further liabilities under such bond.
    Subd. 2. Site appropriation. The county board may also annually appropriate such further
sum as it may desire not exceeding $7,500, for the purpose of procuring a suitable site and the
erection of a suitable county building thereon, for the building or repairing of a race track and for
grading and improving the grounds, to be used in connection with such county fair, but said site
and said building and improvements shall be and remain the property of such county and such
annual appropriation shall be used only for the purpose of so acquiring such site and building and
grading and for the necessary care, repair, maintenance and upkeep thereof.
History: 1917 c 311 s 1,2; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 491 s 10
383C.161 COMMUNITY FAIR ASSOCIATIONS; APPROPRIATION.
The St. Louis County Board, in addition to the power it now possesses to appropriate money
to county agricultural societies, is hereby authorized to appropriate, to not more than ten duly
organized community fair associations of its county, not to exceed $500 each. In no event shall
more than twice the sum paid out in premiums by any community fair association be appropriated
to it by the county board. Where there is more than one community fair association in a county,
the county board in determining which association shall receive county funds shall consider the
geographical location of the fair maintained by each and shall so make its appropriations to
such associations that each different community and part of the county will share therein and be
equally benefited thereby.
That before the county auditor of any such county shall deliver a warrant to any community
fair association for any funds allowed under this section, the treasurer of such community fair
association shall file a bond in the amount of $500 running to the said county, to be approved by
the county board as to form and sufficiency of sureties thereon, conditioned that said treasurer
will disburse said funds according to law.
History: 1923 c 171 s 1; 1925 c 267 s 1; 1931 c 164 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 491 s 11
383C.162 APPROPRIATION FOR COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS.
The St. Louis County Board is authorized to expend annually from the county revenue fund,
out of any money not required to defray other expenses chargeable against such fund, such
amount as the commissioners may determine to be necessary for the purpose of improving the
county fairgrounds and erecting buildings thereon to be used for county and agricultural fairs.
History: 1947 c 272 s 1; 1988 c 491 s 12
383C.163 REIMBURSEMENT OF COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
Whenever any county agricultural society or officer thereof has heretofore contributed funds
for the purchase or condemnation of lands used for county fair purposes and title to such lands
has been conveyed to the county, the county board of any such county is hereby authorized and
empowered to appropriate to such society or officer thereof making such contribution an amount
equal to the moneys so contributed by it or such officer in acquiring such land, such appropriation
not to exceed in any event, the sum of $3,000.
History: 1915 c 140 s 1

COURTS

383C.17 COURTHOUSE BUILDING COMMISSION.
The Board of County Commissioners of St. Louis County shall have the authority to assign
and reassign space and rooms to the various offices in the courthouses and county office buildings
in said county.
History: 1963 c 131 s 1; 1965 c 111 s 1; 1986 c 399 art 1 s 27; 1986 c 416 s 9; 1988 c 491 s 13
383C.171 [Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26]
383C.172 COURTHOUSE CLOSING.
The Board of County Commissioners of St. Louis County may by resolution close the
county courthouse or houses and the public offices therein, except the criminal department of the
sheriff's office, on Saturdays and Sundays of each week. In the event the offices of the county are
so closed, any and all business that might otherwise be transacted with any such offices on any
such Saturday, including the payment of taxes, may be performed on the next succeeding legal
business day without penalty or any loss of personal or property rights.
History: 1959 c 404 s 1
383C.173 CONCILIATION COURT; PERSONAL RECEIVERSHIPS.
A conciliation court which has been established in St. Louis County may upon the petition of
a debtor within its jurisdiction appoint the court administrator to act as personal receiver to receive
the personal income of the debtor and distribute it to the debtor and the debtor's creditors in the
proportions determined by the court. The debtor must be employed for wages or commissions,
have debts without an ability to pay them, have no income except that from the employment,
and own only property exempt from execution. There must be a reasonable probability that all
indebtedness can be discharged in 24 months. The Supreme Court shall provide by rule for the
conduct of the receiverships.
History: 1975 c 142 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82
383C.174 [Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26]
383C.175 [Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26]

EMPLOYMENT

383C.19 EMERGENCY JOBS PROGRAM.
St. Louis County may establish an emergency employment program to meet the needs of its
unemployed residents. The County Board of Commissioners shall establish rules governing the
operation of the employment program. Rules shall include but not be limited to number of hours
worked, wages, benefits, and methods and terms of payment. Limits imposed by civil service
rules shall not apply to an emergency jobs program established under the authority of this section.
Service in a St. Louis County emergency jobs program shall not constitute employment under
chapter 268 but shall come within the exclusion established in section 268.035, subdivision 20,
clause (10), and St. Louis County shall not be liable for contributions to the unemployment
insurance program trust fund for participants of an emergency jobs program.
History: 1984 c 501 s 1; 1994 c 488 s 8; 1999 c 107 s 66; 2000 c 343 s 4; 2002 c 379
art 1 s 80

AMBULANCE SERVICE

383C.20 [Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26]
383C.201 AMBULANCE SERVICE.
The Board of County Commissioners of St. Louis County may contract with the owner,
owners, or operators of a licensed ambulance upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed
upon between them for the use of ambulance service in the county. The board may appropriate
all money necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.
History: 1967 c 531 s 1
383C.202 [Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26]
383C.203 [Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26]

HIGHWAYS AND ROADS

383C.23 HIGHWAY LOAD LIMITS.
On all highways under the jurisdiction of the county of St. Louis, if weight and load
limitations are imposed by the county board, or the county engineer if so authorized by the board,
in accordance with sections 163.02, subdivision 3, and 169.87, no exception shall be made to the
weight or load limitations for any vehicles except (1) school buses and (2) public utility vehicles
used under emergency conditions, and (3) other vehicles used in an emergency of any nature.
History: 1969 c 425 s 1
383C.231 [Local, Itasca County.]
383C.232 STATE AND OTHER ROAD NUMBERS.
The St. Louis County Board may by resolution provide a suitable method of numbering or
otherwise describing the state roads, county roads and town roads within its boundaries, erecting
and maintaining an adequate system of road signs thereon and preparing and causing to be
circulated an accurate road map of said county, showing thereon such of said roads as said county
board shall deem in the public interest. The county board may distribute said road maps free of
charge, or may sell the same at cost to civic organizations, automobile clubs or other parties
desiring to purchase same for circulation. The expense of any and all such acts and things herein
authorized may be paid for by said county board out of the county road and bridge fund and any
collections made by said board for any such maps so sold shall be credited to said fund.
History: 1923 c 287 s 1; 1988 c 491 s 15
383C.233 ROAD EQUIPMENT; RENTALS.
Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, the county of St. Louis
may enter into rental purchase agreements or conditional sales agreements for the acquisition
of road equipment, provided that under such agreements the seller is confined to the remedy of
recovery of property in case of nonpayment of all or part of the purchase price, which shall be
payable over a period not to exceed five years.
History: 1971 c 224 s 1
383C.234 REMOVAL OF SNOW.
    Subdivision 1. Authority. The St. Louis County Board may by resolution provide for
removal of snow from roadways as provided in this section, and upon conditions and terms and
under restrictions as the board may deem proper.
    Subd. 2. Application. Any person desiring to have snow removed from the person's roadway
during the ensuing winter shall on or before August 31 of each year, file a petition in form
approved by the county board with the board, providing among other things for the payment of the
expense by the person, requesting it to render the service. The county board shall forthwith submit
the petition to the county engineer who shall inspect the roadway to determine whether or not it
would be advisable to permit snow removal equipment to work on it. The determination of the
county engineer as to advisability shall be final and not subject to review. The engineer shall file a
report with the county board approving or rejecting the petition, on or before October 31 each year.
    Subd. 3. File of petitioners. The board shall, if the report of the engineer is favorable to the
removal of snow from the roadway, place the name and address of the petitioners on file and shall
forthwith notify each petitioner of the report.
    Subd. 4. Equipment not to be used until public highways are cleared. No snow removal
equipment shall be used for the purposes of this section unless and until snow is removed from all
roads and highways which the county is charged by law with keeping clear.
    Subd. 5. Regulation. The manner and number of times which machinery shall be used on the
roadways shall be determined by the county board, and no person shall have the right to compel
the removal of snow from any roadway as described in this section.
    Subd. 6. Expenses. The amount of the expenses shall constitute and be a lien in favor of the
county against the land involved, and, unless paid by July first following, shall be certified by the
county engineer to the county auditor, and the auditor shall enter them upon the tax books, as
an assessment, upon the land. They shall be collected in the same manner that other real estate
taxes are collected. The amount of the expenses, when collected, shall be used to reimburse the
county for its expenditure.
History: 1988 c 491 s 16
383C.235 ROAD AND BRIDGE MONEY FROM UNORGANIZED TOWNSHIPS.
Notwithstanding section 163.06, subdivision 4, the road and bridge fund tax money collected
from unorganized townships in St. Louis County need not be set apart in separate funds for each
township. Notwithstanding section 163.06, subdivision 5, road and bridge fund tax money that
is collected from the various unorganized townships may be expended by the St. Louis County
Board in any of the unorganized townships in the county.
History: 1995 c 47 s 1

LAKES AND RIVERS

383C.26 IMPROVEMENT OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.
In St. Louis county the board of county commissioners may appropriate and expend from
the general revenue fund, such amount, not to exceed $75,000 annually, as it shall determine
for the following purposes:
(1) for the improvement of trails and portages on established canoe and boat routes dedicated
to public use lying wholly or partially within the county;
(2) for the cleaning, deepening, widening and straightening of the bed of any river or creek
to prevent flooding of lands; and
(3) to improve navigable lakes within the county and to mark by buoys and other means,
reefs and shallow places in such lakes.
The powers enumerated in this section shall be exercised in accordance with the
requirements, if any, of chapter 103G.
History: 1969 c 434 s 1,3; 1988 c 491 s 17; 1990 c 391 art 10 s 3
383C.261 WATER IMPROVEMENTS.
The St. Louis County Board may appropriate and expend out of the revenue fund of said
county a sum annually for the improvement of navigable lakes and streams lying wholly or
partly within such county, which improvement may include the marking of dangerous reefs and
shallow places in said lakes with proper buoys.
History: 1939 c 42 s 1; 1988 c 491 s 18
383C.28 OFF-SALE LICENSES IN CERTAIN PLACES.
(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the St. Louis County Board may issue one
off-sale liquor license to a premises located within Sturgeon Township, with the approval of the
commissioner of public safety. The fee for the license shall be fixed by the county board in
an amount not to exceed $500 per year. A license issued under this clause shall otherwise be
governed by chapter 340A.
(b) The St. Louis County Board may issue one off-sale intoxicating liquor license to a
premises located in Clinton Township notwithstanding the town powers requirement of section
340A.405, subdivision 2, paragraph (b). All other requirements of chapter 340A apply to a license
issued under this clause.
History: 1987 c 24 s 1; 1987 c 24 s 1

LIQUOR

383C.29 ANGORA TOWNSHIP; OFF-SALE LICENSE.
Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the county board of St. Louis County may issue an
off-sale liquor license to an establishment located within Angora Township, with the approval
of the commissioner of public safety. The fee for the license shall be fixed by the county board
in an amount not to exceed $500. A license issued pursuant to this section shall otherwise be
governed by chapter 340.
History: 1983 c 337 s 3
383C.291 [Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26]
383C.292 [Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26]
383C.293 SEASONAL ON-SALE LIQUOR LICENSES.
In addition to the number of licenses permitted by law, the county board of St. Louis County
may issue seasonal on-sale licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquor. The fee for such licenses,
which shall be valid for a specified period of not to exceed six months, shall be fixed by the county
board. Not more than one license shall be issued for any one premises during any consecutive
12-month period. All other provisions of chapter 340A governing the issuance of licenses and the
sale of intoxicating liquor shall apply to a license issued pursuant to Laws 1986, chapter 437.
History: 1973 c 663 s 1; 1974 c 335 s 1; 1986 c 437 s 2
383C.33 [Repealed, 2001 c 150 s 1]
383C.331 [Repealed, 2001 c 150 s 1]
383C.332 [Repealed, 2001 c 150 s 1]
383C.333 [Repealed, 2001 c 150 s 1]
383C.334 [Repealed, 2001 c 150 s 1]
383C.335 [Repealed, 2001 c 150 s 1]
383C.336 [Repealed, 2001 c 150 s 1]
383C.337 [Repealed, 2001 c 150 s 1]
383C.338 [Repealed, 2001 c 150 s 1]
383C.339 [Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26]
383C.34 [Repealed, 2001 c 150 s 1]

DULUTH ROADS AND BRIDGES

383C.36 COUNTY BOARD MAY EXPEND COUNTY FUNDS IN DULUTH.
The St. Louis County Board may appropriate and expend within the limits of any city of the
first class located in such county such sum or sums of money from the county road and bridge
fund, as said board shall deem proper, not exceeding one-half the amount that may have been
assessed and collected for such road and bridge fund on the taxable property within said city,
for the building, repairing, maintaining, or otherwise improving of any road, highway, street or
avenue, including the construction and repairing of any bridge thereon, within the limits of any
such city, but said county shall in no event and under no circumstances become liable to keep
up or maintain the roads, highways, streets, avenues or bridges, or any of them within the limits
of such city, constructed, repaired or otherwise improved by said county board, or be liable in
any manner for their want of repairs.
History: 1943 c 376 s 1; 1949 c 572 s 1; 1988 c 491 s 19
383C.361 [Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26]
383C.362 [Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26]
383C.363 [Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26]

SCHOOLS

383C.39 EDUCATION; SCHOOL DISTRICTS; UNORGANIZED TERRITORIES.
Sections 123A.64 to 123A.68 shall not apply to that unorganized territory of St. Louis
County which was organized into Independent School District No. 710 pursuant to resolution of
the St. Louis County Board of Commissioners June 23, 1970, as amended.
History: 1973 c 731 s 1; 1998 c 397 art 11 s 3
383C.391 [Repealed, 1986 c 466 s 3]
383C.392 GRANTS FOR HOT LUNCHES IN CERTAIN RURAL SCHOOLS.
    Subdivision 1. St. Louis County grants. In St. Louis County, the social services board shall
award grants each year for St. Louis County School District No. 710 to carry on a nutrition
program in the schools and to provide hot lunches for needy school children. The total amount of
the grants shall be not more than $20,000. The county shall appropriate the amount needed each
year from the general fund to the social services department.
    Subd. 2.[Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26]
History: 1986 c 466 s 2

SHERIFF AND LAW ENFORCEMENT

383C.42 JUVENILE DETENTION CENTERS; TAX LEVY.
    Subdivision 1. Authority. To provide necessary funds to construct and maintain county
or regional juvenile detention and/or treatment centers and to provide matching funds for any
federal, state, or regional grant, the county boards of St. Louis, Carlton, Cook, Lake, Itasca,
Koochiching, and Aitkin Counties may levy, annually, a tax upon all taxable property in their
respective counties.
    Subd. 2. No preclusion. This section shall in no way preclude the use of any other funds
available for this purpose under any existing state statute or any county ordinance or resolution.
    Subd. 3. Tax anticipation certificates. To expedite construction and to avoid loss of federal
or state funds, the counties may sell tax anticipation certificates or certificates of indebtedness
against a levy to be made under this section or against a levy that has been made but which
has not been collected.
History: 1971 c 592 s 1-3; 1988 c 719 art 5 s 84; 1989 c 277 art 4 s 42; 1994 c 505 art 6 s 4
383C.421 SPECIAL INVESTIGATOR.
    Subdivision 1. Authority. The county attorney of St. Louis County shall have authority to
appoint, with the approval of the county board, a special investigator whose compensation shall
be set by the county board and who shall be allowed necessary expenses and mileage incurred in
connection with the employment as investigator.
    Subd. 2. Salary. The local social services agency is authorized to pay from welfare funds,
the proportionate share of the salary and expenses incurred on local social services agency matters
as determined by the county attorney.
    Subd. 3. Validation. The appointment heretofore made of an investigator on the staff of the
St. Louis county attorney, and the payment of compensation and expenses as approved by the
county board is hereby validated and declared to be legal.
History: 1967 c 134 s 1-3; 1986 c 444; 1994 c 631 s 31
383C.422 BONDS.
The St. Louis County Board may bond deputy sheriffs as the sheriff requests at the expense
of the county; when such deputies are so bonded, the sheriff shall be relieved of all financial
responsibility for the acts of said deputies.
History: 1955 c 368 s 1; 1988 c 491 s 20
383C.423 [Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26]
383C.424 [Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26]
383C.425 VOLUNTEER RESCUE SQUAD.
The Board of County Commissioners of St. Louis County may authorize the sheriff and any
volunteer rescue squad of said county to enter into an agreement to aid and assist the sheriff in
auto accidents, rescue work, and other duties of a similar nature; to appropriate money and expend
same to carry out the purposes of the agreement including maintenance and replacement of
equipment used in said service, but the final agreement must be approved by the said county board.
History: 1959 c 53 s 1

SURVEYS

383C.45 [Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26]
383C.451 RESURVEYS.
Whenever it shall be made to appear to the satisfaction of the county board that any section
post or quarter-section post or other monuments originally fixed and established by the United
States in its surveys of the public lands to mark section, quarter-sections and meandered corners
have been destroyed or are becoming obscure, the county board may employ a competent surveyor
or may direct the county surveyor to relocate and reestablish the same. Such surveyor shall mark
each corner reestablished by a sufficient iron or stone landmark and make full and accurate notes
and data from which the entire survey can be located, and shall file a certified copy of the same
and a map of the same in the office of the county recorder. Such landmarks shall be prima facie
evidence that the points where they are located are the section, quarter-section or meandered
corners, as the case may be, established by the original United States survey. Before said county
board shall employ a surveyor, or direct the county surveyor to relocate and reestablish any such
section, quarter-section or meandered corner, the party applying to said board to have the said
work done under the direction of said board shall execute and file with the county auditor of said
county a good and sufficient bond or undertaking, with sufficient sureties to be approved by the
county board, conditioned to pay to said county forthwith on the completion of said survey and
the making of full and accurate notes and data from which the entire survey can be relocated,
and the filing of a certified copy thereof and the map of said survey in the office of the county
recorder, the cost of making the said survey and plat thereof as fixed by said board, and no county
board shall order any such survey to be made until such bond or undertaking shall be so filed.
History: 1923 c 441 s 5; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1986 c 444
383C.452 PETITION FOR RESURVEY.
That on the petition of any town board in the case of a township, or at least two taxpayers
owning land in any section in the case of a section, filed with the county auditor praying therefor,
the county board may cause any such township or section be be surveyed or subdivided.
History: 1923 c 441 s 6
383C.453 HEARING ON PETITION.
At its next regular meeting after such petition is filed, the county board shall fix a time
and place of meeting to consider the same, of which three weeks' published notice, containing
the substance of the petition, a description of the lands to be affected and the names of the
owners thereof as they appeared in the last tax duplicate shall be given. Such notice shall also be
personally served on each occupant of land to be affected by such survey.
History: 1923 c 441 s 7
383C.454 SURVEY MAY BE ORDERED.
Upon the hearing of such petition all parties interested may appear and be heard and the
board may grant or reject the application. If granted, it shall appoint a competent surveyor to
make a survey, with whom a written contract for the performance of the work shall be made,
secured by a sufficient bond executed by such surveyor and approved by such board. Two weeks'
published notice of the appointment of such surveyor specifying the date when the survey will
be begun shall be given. At the time so appointed the work shall be begun and shall continue
without unnecessary delay until completed.
History: 1923 c 441 s 8
383C.455 SURVEYOR TO KEEP FIELD NOTES.
Such surveyor shall keep complete and accurate field notes of all the work, giving dates,
names of assistants, lengths and relative directions of all lines, a full description of the evidence
by which corners are located, and full data by which the entire survey can be relocated. Distances
shall be given in feet and decimals thereof. Substantial iron or stone monuments shall be planted
at or near all government corners reestablished, and the names of at least three resident witnesses
must be given in such notes for each monument. The surveyor shall make a plat upon a strong
linen paper, showing all the above-mentioned facts, so far as practicable, and also all tracts of land
affected, with the name of the owner and acreage of each tract. Such plat shall have endorsed
thereon the affidavit of the surveyor to the effect that such survey and plat are correct and accurate.
History: 1923 c 441 s 9; 1986 c 444
383C.456 PLAT AND FIELD NOTES TO BE FILED.
If the board approves the plat, its certificate of approval, signed by the chair, shall be
endorsed thereon, and thereupon the plat and field notes shall be filed in the office of the county
recorder, and shall be prima facie evidence that the survey is correct. The surveyor shall pay to the
recorder $1 for filing and recording said plat and field notes.
History: 1923 c 441 s 10; 1981 c 181 s 2; 1986 c 444
383C.457 EXPENSE OF SURVEY.
The surveyor shall thereupon make a certified report to the board, showing in detail the
entire expense of such survey, which shall be equitably apportioned and assessed by the board to
the several tracts affected, which expense may include a reasonable attorney's fee for attending
to such proceeding.
History: 1923 c 441 s 11
383C.458 NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT FOR EXPENSE.
Upon making such assessment, the board shall forthwith cause one week's published notice
thereof to be given. Such notice shall contain a description of each tract of land affected, and
specify the amount assessed against the same, the name of the supposed owner, and the time and
place of meeting of the board to correct and confirm such assessment. At the time and place
so fixed, the board, after making all proper corrections and adjustments, shall make an order
confirming such assessment.
History: 1923 c 441 s 12
383C.459 EXPENSE TO BE ASSESSED AGAINST LAND.
Upon the filing of such order of confirmation, the county auditor shall enter upon the tax
duplicate for the current year, against each such tract of land, the amount so assessed against the
same, which shall be collected as other taxes, and go into the county revenue fund.
History: 1923 c 441 s 13
383C.46 EXPENSE TO BE PAID FROM COUNTY REVENUE FUND.
After the filing of the order of confirmation, the expense of such survey, not exceeding
the amount of the assessment, shall be paid out of the general revenue fund of the county in
the same manner as other claims.
History: 1923 c 441 s 14
383C.461 APPEAL TO DISTRICT COURT.
Appeals from the order of confirmation may be taken to the district court by any person
aggrieved, in like manner as from the determination of the board in laying out roads. On such
appeal the court may inquire into and review all matters relating to the survey or assessment or
expenses affecting the party appealing, which are specified in the notice of appeal.
History: 1923 c 441 s 15
383C.462 NOT TO AFFECT AGREED LINES OR ROADS.
Nothing herein shall be construed to authorize the change of any line fixed by agreement of
landowners or of any traveled road.
History: 1923 c 441 s 16
383C.463 COUNTY BOARD MAY CONTRACT.
That the county board, if it shall grant the petition for any survey or subdivision of any
township or section as herein provided, may appoint the county surveyor of said county in lieu
of any other competent surveyor to make the survey petitioned for, and if such county surveyor
shall be appointed as the surveyor, it shall not be necessary to make a written contract for the
performance of said work. That all the expenses of such survey as made under the direction of said
county surveyor, including the value of services as fixed by the county board and a reasonable
attorney's fee if one be employed to attend to the legal work in connection with such survey, by
either the county surveyor or other surveyor, also to be fixed by said county board, shall be
equitably apportioned and assessed by the county board to the several tracts of land affected, in
the same manner as though incurred by a surveyor other than the county surveyor.
History: 1923 c 441 s 17; 1986 c 444

TAXES

383C.48 EXEMPTION FROM PROPERTY TAX FOR LEASED PROPERTY.
Property leased from Independent School District No. 692 by a nonprofit organization
established for the purpose of providing services and rental space to community organizations
and businesses and which donates its revenues that exceed its operating and maintenance costs
and necessary reserves to the school district or to a community service fund to be used for
educational and recreational purposes within the district, shall not be subject to taxation pursuant
to section 272.01, subdivision 2 prior to the leasing or renting of the property from the nonprofit
organization to a tenant.
History: 1983 c 342 art 12 s 1
383C.481 [Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26]
383C.482 TAX SEARCH CERTIFICATES.
    Subdivision 1. Auditor to search records; certificates. The St. Louis County auditor,
upon written application of any person, shall search the records of the auditor's office and the
county treasurer's office, and ascertain the amount of current tax against any lot or parcel of land
described in the application and the existence of all tax liens and tax sales as to the lot or parcel of
land, and certify the result of the search under the seal of office, giving the description of the lot or
parcel of land, the amount of the current tax, if any, and all tax liens and tax sales shown by such
records, and the amount of liens and tax sales, the year of tax covered by the lien, and the date of
tax sale. For the purpose of ascertaining the current tax against a lot or parcel of land, the county
auditor has the right of access to the records of current taxes in the office of the county treasurer.
    Subd. 2. Fees. For such certificate the county shall receive a compensation of $2 for each
lot or parcel of land described in the certificate, which shall be collected by the county auditor.
Any number of contiguous tracts of land not exceeding one section, assessed as broad acres, or
adjoining lots in the same block, in the city or village, shall be considered as one parcel of land
or lot within the meaning of this section. All moneys received by the county auditor under this
section shall immediately be paid to the county treasurer as hereinafter provided.
    Subd. 3. Tax certificate assurance fund. In each county described in subdivision 1 hereof,
there is hereby created in the county treasury a tax certificate assurance fund.
    Subd. 4. Apportionment of proceeds of fees. Seventy-five cents of each dollar received
under this section shall be paid by the county auditor to the credit of the general revenue fund
and 25 cents of each dollar so received shall be paid to the credit of the tax certificate assurance
fund. Upon request by the county auditor, the county treasurer, with approval of the board, shall
invest the moneys in the tax certificate assurance fund in bonds of the United States of America,
or bonds or tax anticipation certificates of the state of Minnesota or of any county or municipality
thereof. The county treasurer upon request by the county board shall render a full and detailed
report showing all receipts and disbursements not theretofore reported, all investments on account
of the fund and all assets on hand. When additional moneys may be needed in said fund, the
county treasurer, upon request by the county auditor, approved by the county board, is authorized
and directed to sell such bonds or tax anticipation certificates belonging to the fund as may be
necessary to provide the moneys needed for disbursement.
    Subd. 5. Claims for damages. Any person who without negligence sustains any loss or
damage by reason of any omission or mistake of the county auditor or a deputy thereof in a
certificate made under authority of this section, may make a claim in writing to the county board
setting forth in detail all the facts from which the claim arises, and the amount of loss or damage
claimed. The county board shall investigate the claim and may order payment to the claimant, by
reason of the claim, of such sum of money from the tax certificate assurance fund as it may deem
proper. Acceptance of such payment by the claimant is payment in full of all claims for loss or
damage against the county, the county auditor and the auditor's deputies arising out of the tax
certificate upon which the claim is predicated.
History: 1955 c 633 s 1; 1978 c 468 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 491 s 21; 1999 c 243 art 13 s 20
383C.52 [Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26]
383C.521 [Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26]
383C.522 TAX-FORFEITED LANDS; EASEMENT.
Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, in St. Louis County when any
legal highway or road lies over or adjacent to any parcel of tax-forfeited land which is to be
offered for sale, the board of county commissioners may direct that the parcel of tax-forfeited
land to be offered for sale shall be offered and sold subject to an easement for highway or road
purposes of such government subdivision of the state as has jurisdiction over the road or highway,
which easement shall be not less than 50 feet on one or both sides of the center line of the road or
highway, as such board may determine.
History: 1965 c 375 s 1
383C.523 [Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26]
383C.55 [Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26]
383C.551 [Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26]
383C.552 [Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26]
383C.553 [Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26]
383C.554 [Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26]
383C.555 MAY LEVY TO MAINTAIN, SUPPORT COUNTY EXTENSION WORK.
    Subdivision 1. Levy. Notwithstanding the limitation in section 38.36, the county board
of St. Louis County may annually levy any amount necessary for maintenance and support of
county extension work.
    Subd. 2.[Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26]
History: 1971 c 370 s 1; 1973 c 527 s 1
383C.556 [Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26]
383C.557 [Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26]

TRAVEL EXPENSES

383C.58 TRAVEL EXPENSE OF COMMISSIONERS.
Each of the county commissioners shall be allowed and paid in addition to said salary, actual
and necessary traveling expenses incurred and personally paid in the discharge of official duties.
Such traveling expenses shall be allowed by the county board upon duly verified and itemized
bills in the same manner as other claims against the county.
History: 1951 c 391 s 2; 1983 c 186 s 3; 1986 c 444
383C.581 AUTOMOBILE EXPENSE OF COMMISSIONERS.
County commissioners of St. Louis County are hereby authorized to pay themselves when
they submit a certified claim to the board, for the use of their privately owned cars used in county
business at the rate permitted by law, from the road and bridge fund of their respective districts,
and said payments shall be over and above their general expenses for county business authorized
by section 383C.58.
History: 1959 c 301 s 1; 1977 c 60 s 1; 1983 c 186 s 4
383C.582 COMMISSIONERS; TRAVEL EXPENSE; ALLOCATION.
In St. Louis County the total of traveling expenses allowable to all the county commissioners
in the discharge of their official duties by section 383C.58, may be apportioned and allocated to
the individual commissioners according to their needs as determined by the county board.
History: 1969 c 166 s 1
383C.61 [Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26]
383C.611 [Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26]
383C.612 [Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26]
383C.613 [Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26]
383C.64 [Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26]
383C.641 [Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26]
383C.642 [Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26]
383C.643 [Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26]
383C.644 [Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26]
383C.645 [Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26]
383C.646 [Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26]
383C.647 [Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26]
383C.648 [Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26]
383C.649 [Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26]
383C.65 [Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26]
383C.651 [Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26]
383C.66 [Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26]
383C.67 [Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26]
383C.671 [Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26]
383C.672 [Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26]
383C.673 [Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26]
383C.674 [Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26]
383C.675 [Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26]
383C.676 [Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26]
383C.677 [Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26]

MISCELLANEOUS

383C.70 PROMOTIONAL BUREAU; TORT LIABILITY.
The St. Louis County promotional bureau discharges wholly public functions equivalent
to those of a county agricultural society and its tort liability is that provided by section 38.013
and chapter 466.
History: 1984 c 395 s 1
383C.71 WARRANTS AND ACCOUNTS.
Notwithstanding any provision in Minnesota Statutes 1967, section 383.06, which may
indicate the contrary, all of the provisions of such section shall apply to the county of St. Louis.
History: 1969 c 233 s 1
383C.72 DONATION OF STATE LANDS; GOVERNOR'S DUTIES.
Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, the governor after consulting with
the commissioner of natural resources and, in regard to lands forfeited to the state for nonpayment
of taxes and held in trust by the state for taxing districts, the commissioner of revenue, may
donate and convey to the United States of America the state's interest in the following lands lying
within township 57 north, range 13 west, township 57 north, range 14 west, township 58 north,
range 13 west, and township 58 north, range 14 west, all within St. Louis County: (a) lands
forfeited to the state for nonpayment of taxes and held in trust by the state for taxing districts;
and (b) other lands acquired or otherwise owned by the state. Each conveyance of these lands
shall contain the following:
(1) a provision that the lands shall revert to the state of Minnesota if the lands so conveyed
are not used for national forest or national park purposes;
(2) a reservation to the state of all minerals and water power rights;
(3) a provision that the conveyance is subject to the rights of any person having an interest in
the land on the date of conveyance pursuant to state lease, license, or permit; and
(4) any other provisions required by the laws of the state of Minnesota or the United States
of America. Lands shall be conveyed and donated under this section only to the extent necessary
to maximize the amount of funds available to St. Louis County from the United States of America
for the construction and maintenance of proposed Forest Highway Number 11 between Hoyt
Lakes, Minnesota, and County State Aid Highway Number 16 near Lake Codette.
History: 1973 c 276 s 1; 1973 c 582 s 3
383C.721 TRUST FUND LAND; CONDEMNATION.
For the purpose of satisfying the public sale requirements of Minnesota Constitution, article
VIII, section 4, and other applicable provisions of Minnesota's Constitution, including but not
limited to article IV, section 32, and in keeping with the decision of the Minnesota Supreme Court
in the case of Independent School District of Virginia v. State, 124 Minn. 271, where the court
held that condemnation satisfied the public sale requirement of the Minnesota Constitution, the
commissioner of administration shall acquire, by condemnation, fee title to all trust lands to be
conveyed to the United States of America pursuant to section 383C.72. The commissioner of
administration shall not condemn the interests of any person holding a lease, license, or permit
from the state in the lands condemned. Before any parcel of trust fund land is donated to the
United States, the commissioner of administration shall certify to the governor that the parcel has
been condemned, the condemnation award has been paid, and the time to appeal from the award
has expired. The commissioner of administration shall certify the payment of a condemnation
award to the St. Louis County auditor, whereupon the St. Louis County auditor shall reimburse
the state of Minnesota from county funds for the amount of that award.
History: 1973 c 276 s 2
383C.722 ADD SECTION 383C.72 LAND VALUE TO SECTION 282.08 SPLIT.
The commissioner of administration shall also acquire fee title, free from any trust or other
encumbrance, to all land to be conveyed and donated to the United States of America under
section 383C.72, the title to which has vested or may vest in the state due to nonpayment of
taxes and expiration of the period for redemption, after the giving of notice thereof as provided
by law, and is held by the state pursuant to section 281.25, in trust for the respective taxing
districts interested in the taxes, assessments, penalties, interest, and costs accrued against the land
at the time of expiration of the period of redemption. The commissioner of administration, in
cooperation with the commissioner of natural resources, shall appraise the land at its fair market
value. Upon determining the value of the land, the commissioner of administration shall certify
that value to the St. Louis county auditor. The St. Louis County auditor shall then apportion an
amount of money equal to that certified valuation in the manner provided in section 282.08, for
the apportionment of proceeds from the sale of tax-forfeited lands, whereupon fee title to the land,
free from any trust or other encumbrance, shall vest in the state of Minnesota.
History: 1973 c 276 s 3
383C.725 RECORDER'S FEES.
In St. Louis County the following fees supersede those provided by the cited provisions of
Minnesota Statutes:
Section 357.18, clause (1), a minimum fee of $15.
History: 1989 c 240 s 8
383C.73 COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETIES.
St. Louis County may provide funds and facilities for more than one historical society of
which shall be subject to the provisions of sections 138.051, 138.052, and 138.053 and other laws
governing the conduct of county historical societies.
History: 1982 c 507 s 29
383C.74 HISTORICAL WORK.
    Subdivision 1. Appropriation. The St. Louis County Board may appropriate from the
treasury of the county a sum not to exceed $2,500 each year for the promotion of historical
work within its borders.
    Subd. 2. Minnesota State Historical Society. Said sum shall be so appropriated for the use
of a historical society organized in said county and devoted to the collection, preservation and
publication of historical material, the dissemination of historical information and in general
carrying on historical work, said society to be designated by the Minnesota State Historical
Society.
    Subd. 3. Purpose of appropriation. The work of said historical society shall be done in
the county making such appropriation and in reference to the history of said county and all
facts relevant thereto.
    Subd. 4. Money to remain in county treasury. The money appropriated as aforesaid shall
remain in the treasury of the county and be paid out in payment of expense incurred by said
county historical society for the purposes above indicated on verified bills approved by said local
society according to its rules, in the same way that county bills are paid. Said appropriation shall
be available for expense occurring in any year although not paid until the succeeding year. Any
unused portion of any appropriation for any year shall revert to the funds of the county. Said
appropriation shall be effective only for the year in which it is made.
    Subd. 5. Minnesota War Record Commission. It shall be lawful for the county historical
society, designated as aforesaid, by the Minnesota Historical Society to carry on the work of the
Minnesota War Records Commission in its county and to receive, on and after the year 1923,
possession of all local war records of any local war records commission of its county subject to
the approval of the state war records commission and the Minnesota Historical Society.
History: 1923 c 202 s 1-5; 1988 c 491 s 22
383C.75 AUTOMOBILE GARAGE AND REPAIR SHOP.
The St. Louis County Board, whenever it determines it to be necessary and for the best
interests of the county, may erect and maintain on the courthouse grounds at the county seat,
an automobile storage garage and repair shop with such equipment therein as may be found
necessary by the county board, and without submitting the proposition to a vote of the people of
said county, for the purpose of storing therein automobiles, trucks, and other equipment owned
and used by the county in road work and for other purposes; and to pay the cost of erecting and
equipping the building out of the general fund and the road and bridge fund of the county in the
same manner as other general expenses of the county are paid.
History: 1919 c 217 s 1; 1953 c 231 s 1; 1988 c 491 s 23
383C.76 [Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26]
383C.77 [Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26]
383C.78 [Repealed, 1993 c 375 art 5 s 43]
383C.79 GET TEMPORARY TOILETS FOR SMELTERS; DNR MAY REIMBURSE.
    Subdivision 1. Toilet facilities. The county boards of Lake and St. Louis Counties acting
separately or jointly shall provide temporary toilet facilities and other environmental protection
measures in the most practical locations as they determine along the north shore of Lake Superior
during the time when the smelt season is open. The counties in providing such toilet facilities
shall contract for or lease such facilities for the period of time required.
    Subd. 2. Reimbursement. The commissioner of natural resources may reimburse the county
of St. Louis and the county of Lake for actual expenditures for carrying out the provisions
of this section.
History: 1971 c 121 s 1,2; 1973 c 217 s 1; 1977 c 455 s 91
383C.797 ST. LOUIS COUNTY; 7TH COUNTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT.
The area of St. Louis County previously organized as the township of Payne and now part
of the township of Meadowlands is assigned to the 7th county commissioner district for all
purposes until the next decennial redistricting.
History: 1994 c 384 s 1
383C.80 [Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26]
383C.801 [Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26]
383C.802 [Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26]
383C.803 [Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26]
383C.804 [Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26]
383C.805 [Repealed, 1988 c 491 s 26]
383C.806 POLLING PLACE; EVERGREEN FIREHALL.
At each general election and primary, St. Louis County shall provide a polling place at the
Evergreen Fire Department firehall in Township 60N, R19.
History: 1988 c 451 s 1
383C.807 MAY CONTRACT FOR SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT SERVICES.
    Subdivision 1. With or without bids. Notwithstanding section 471.345 or other law, St.
Louis County may contract for the acquisition, construction, improvement, maintenance, or
management operation of solid waste facilities or property or property rights for solid waste
facilities by any means available and in any manner determined by the St. Louis County Board,
with or without advertisement for bids.
    Subd. 2. Cities, towns singly or jointly may provide. Towns and home rule charter or
statutory cities within service areas determined under section 400.08, subdivision 2, may contract
with St. Louis County to provide solid waste management, maintenance, or operation services at
solid waste facilities. Towns and cities within a service area may form a joint board to provide the
solid waste services to the county by contract.
    Subd. 3. County board acts for unorganized territories. For the purposes of solid
waste management including, but not limited to, the acquisition, construction, improvement,
maintenance, or operation of solid waste facilities or property or property rights for solid waste
facilities, the St. Louis County Board acts for its unorganized territories. An act of the county
board in providing solid waste management services to unorganized townships is as valid as a
similar act of a town board or meeting.
History: 1990 c 400 s 1; 1993 c 157 s 1
383C.808 TELEVISION SERVICE; COSTS.
St. Louis County may assess the cost of maintenance of television relay service upon
residents of the following townships in St. Louis County who use the service: T67N, R19W;
T67N, R20W; T67N, R21W; T68N, R19W; T68N, R20W; T68N, R21W; T69N, R19W; T69N,
R20W; T69N, R21W; T70N, R19W; T70N, R20W; T70N, R21W; T71N, R20W; T71N, R21W.
The costs shall be assessed annually against improved property and may be billed directly to them
or collected with the property tax levied on real property owned by users. The costs must not
be apportioned on the value of the property, but on the basis of the services provided. If the
assessment is billed directly, it may be collected in the same manner as any other debt. If the
assessment is collected with the property tax, it shall be administered as far as possible in the
same manner as the property tax and be subject to the same penalties and conditions.
History: 1989 c 240 s 9
383C.809 ST. LOUIS COUNTY; PARTITION FENCE CONTROVERSIES.
Notwithstanding chapter 344, when an owner or occupant of land in St. Louis County
applies to the fence viewers for settlement of a partition fence controversy under chapter 344,
the fence viewers shall not require an owner or occupant who can establish to the fence viewers
that the establishing owner or occupant has no need for a fence to pay any share of the cost of
construction or maintenance of the fence. If an owner or occupant is exempt from payment of
any of the costs of a partition fence because the owner or occupant does not need the fence, but
that owner's or occupant's circumstances change to include the need for a partition fence within
seven years of completion of the partition fence, either owner or occupant may request the fence
viewers to perform a reevaluation and reassignment of shares of the cost of construction and
maintenance in accordance with section 344.06. If the landowners or occupants disagree about
the need for a fence, it is a controversy under that section. A decision by the fence viewers of a
controversy relating to a partition fence may include an assignment of shares of the cost of
construction, repair, or maintenance of a partition fence in accordance with the need and benefit
of each party. Except as provided in this section, all other controversies relating to partition
fences shall conform to chapter 344.
History: 1986 c 444; 1992 c 519 s 1

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