2001 Minnesota Statutes

     261.063 Tax levy for social services; board duty; 
  penalty. 

    The board of county commissioners of each county shall 
 annually levy taxes and fix a rate sufficient to produce the 
 full amount required for poor relief, general assistance, 
 Minnesota family investment program, county share of county and 
 state supplemental aid to supplemental security income 
 applicants or recipients, and any other social security measures 
 wherein there is now or may hereafter be county participation, 
 sufficient to produce the full amount necessary for each such 
 item, including administrative expenses, for the ensuing year, 
 within the time fixed by law in addition to all other tax levies 
 and tax rates, however fixed or determined, and any commissioner 
 who shall fail to comply herewith shall be guilty of a gross 
 misdemeanor and shall be immediately removed from office by the 
 governor.  

    HIST: (3177-1) 1937 c 304 s 1; 1973 c 380 s 9; 1973 c 650 art 
 21 s 24; 1973 c 717 s 23; 1974 c 487 s 9; 1999 c 159 s 116