1999 Minnesota Statutes

     383B.116 Payment procedures and accounting. 

    Subdivision 1.    Payment of obligations.  The county 
 shall pay for obligations in accordance with appropriations duly 
 made.  Payment and distribution shall be made in accordance with 
 methods and procedures established by the county administrator, 
 pursuant to section 383B.111 and consistent with sections 471.35 
 to 471.41.  

    Subd. 2.    Payment by warrant.  Payments of claims and 
 obligations of the county shall be made by warrant.  Where the 
 county is authorized by law to make investments, persons 
 designated by the board may, in accordance with rules and 
 procedures established by the administrator, make electronic or 
 wire transfers of funds notwithstanding any other law to the 
 contrary. 

    Subd. 3.    Prohibited payments and obligations.  The 
 making of payments or the incurring of obligations in excess of 
 appropriations or when sufficient moneys are not or will not be 
 available to cover claims or meet obligations when they become 
 due and payable shall be prohibited.  This subdivision shall not 
 apply to investments authorized by law to be made on behalf of 
 the county. 

    Subd. 4.    Illegal expenditure.  A commissioner who 
 knowingly authorizes or makes a payment or incurs an obligation 
 in violation of the provisions of sections 383B.111 to 383B.119 
 is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.  When deficits are incurred or 
 anticipated as a result of services required to be performed 
 pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, chapters 393 and 401, and Laws 
 1963, chapter 738, as amended, this subdivision shall not apply. 

    Subd. 5.    Borrowing between funds.  Subject to 
 procedures developed by the administrator, warrants issued on 
 one fund in which there is a temporary insufficiency of money 
 may be redeemed by the county treasury through temporary 
 borrowing from any other fund in the treasury for a period not 
 to exceed one year. 

    HIST: 1979 c 198 art 2 s 6