2006 Minnesota Statutes

145A.08 ASSESSMENT OF COSTS; TAX LEVY AUTHORIZED.
    Subdivision 1. Cost of care. A person who has or whose dependent or spouse has a
communicable disease that is subject to control by the board of health is financially liable to the
unit or agency of government that paid for the reasonable cost of care provided to control the
disease under section 145A.04, subdivision 6.
    Subd. 2. Assessment of costs of enforcement. (a) If costs are assessed for enforcement of
section 145A.04, subdivision 8, and no procedure for the assessment of costs has been specified
in an agreement established under section 145A.07, the enforcement costs must be assessed as
prescribed in this subdivision.
(b) A debt or claim against an individual owner or single piece of real property resulting
from an enforcement action authorized by section 145A.04, subdivision 8, must not exceed
the cost of abatement or removal.
(c) The cost of an enforcement action under section 145A.04, subdivision 8, may be assessed
and charged against the real property on which the public health nuisance, source of filth, or cause
of sickness was located. The auditor of the county in which the action is taken shall extend the
cost so assessed and charged on the tax roll of the county against the real property on which
the enforcement action was taken.
(d) The cost of an enforcement action taken by a town or city board of health under section
145A.04, subdivision 8, may be recovered from the county in which the town or city is located if
the city clerk or other officer certifies the costs of the enforcement action to the county auditor
as prescribed in this section. Taxes equal to the full amount of the enforcement action but not
exceeding the limit in paragraph (b) must be collected by the county treasurer and paid to the city
or town as other taxes are collected and paid.
    Subd. 3. Tax levy authorized. A city council or county board that has formed or is a member
of a board of health may levy taxes on all taxable property in its jurisdiction to pay the cost
of performing its duties under this chapter.
History: 1987 c 309 s 8; 1Sp1989 c 1 art 5 s 6