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Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

1,133 chapters · 28,363 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title Minnesota Statutes28,363 Ch 336, UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE642 Ch 524, UNIFORM PROBATE CODE394 Ch 609, CRIMINAL CODE377 Ch 144, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH361 Ch 469, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT257 Ch 473, METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT247 Ch 148, PUBLIC HEALTH OCCUPATIONS206 Ch 169, TRAFFIC REGULATIONS200 Ch 256B, MEDICAL ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY PERSONS196 Ch 60A, GENERAL INSURANCE POWERS195 Ch 13, GOVERNMENT DATA PRACTICES177 Ch 115A, WASTE MANAGEMENT171 Ch 325F, CONSUMER PROTECTION; PRODUCTS AND SALES168 Ch 383B, HENNEPIN COUNTY168

30 sections·Filtered byTitle Minnesota Statutes✕Ch 447✕

Minn. Stat. § 447.04 CHARITY BUREAU.
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447.04 CHARITY BUREAU. The council of a statutory city with a population over 8,000 may establish and maintain a public charity bureau to give public charitable relief to the city's poor, to help ex-service persons get hospitalization, sick relief, federal aid or benefits, and to…
Minn. Stat. § 447.045 LIQUOR DISPENSARY FUND, COMMUNITY HOSPITAL APPROPRIATION.
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447.045 LIQUOR DISPENSARY FUND, COMMUNITY HOSPITAL APPROPRIATION. § Subdivision 1.Home rule charter city, fourth class. If a home rule charter city of the fourth class operates an off-sale municipal liquor dispensary, its council may appropriate not more than $125,000 from the li…
Minn. Stat. § 447.05 HOSPITALS; CHARTER CITIES OF THE THIRD OR FOURTH CLASS.
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447.05 HOSPITALS; CHARTER CITIES OF THE THIRD OR FOURTH CLASS. A home rule charter city of the third or fourth class may acquire, establish, and operate hospitals. The city may take those actions by resolution or ordinance approved by two-thirds of the city council. History: (137…
Minn. Stat. § 447.06 ACQUISITION OF SITES AND PROPERTY.

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447.06 ACQUISITION OF SITES AND PROPERTY. A city mentioned in section 447.05 may acquire property by gift, purchase, or condemnation, to establish, maintain, equip, improve, own, and operate a hospital, hospital site, or hospital grounds within the city limits. The city may hold,…

Minn. Stat. § 447.07 RULES.

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447.07 RULES. The city council may adopt rules for the operation of the hospitals and appoint a board to manage its hospital affairs and property, as it finds necessary. History: (1372-10) 1927 c 292 s 3; 1945 c 102 s 3; 1949 c 119 s 111; 1987 c 229 art 10 s 1

Minn. Stat. § 447.10 TAX LEVY FOR OPERATING AND MAINTAINING HOSPITAL.

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447.10 TAX LEVY FOR OPERATING AND MAINTAINING HOSPITAL. The governing body of a city of the first class owning a hospital may annually levy a tax to operate and maintain the hospital. The tax must not exceed 0.00806 percent of estimated market value. History: (1493-1) 1919 c 58 s…

Minn. Stat. § 447.11 SPECIAL FUND.

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447.11 SPECIAL FUND. The proceeds of the tax under section 447.10 must be placed in a separate fund in the city treasury used only to operate and maintain the hospital. History: (1493-2) 1919 c 58 s 2; 1987 c 229 art 10 s 1

Minn. Stat. § 447.12 APPLICATION.

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447.12 APPLICATION. Sections 447.10 to 447.13 apply only to cities of the first class that are governed by a charter adopted under the Minnesota Constitution. History: (1493-3) 1919 c 58 s 3; 1987 c 229 art 10 s 1

Minn. Stat. § 447.13 POWER GRANTED ADDITIONAL TO EXISTING POWERS.

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447.13 POWER GRANTED ADDITIONAL TO EXISTING POWERS. The power to levy the tax in sections 447.10 to 447.13 is in addition to all existing powers and taxes that the cities may now levy. History: (1493-4) 1919 c 58 s 4; 1987 c 229 art 10 s 1

Minn. Stat. § 447.14 GIFTS FOR FREE MEDICAL DISPENSARIES, PUBLIC LIBRARIES.

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447.14 GIFTS FOR FREE MEDICAL DISPENSARIES, PUBLIC LIBRARIES. A city of the first class may accept, in trust, gifts, devises, and bequests of money or property to set up and run free medical dispensaries for the poor of the city or the county in which the city is situated, and fr…

Minn. Stat. § 447.15 ADMINISTRATION OF TRUST; DESIGNATION OF TRUSTEES.

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447.15 ADMINISTRATION OF TRUST; DESIGNATION OF TRUSTEES. A city of the first class may administer a gift, devise, or bequest to it in trust for the purposes in sections 447.14 to 447.16, as the donor or testator may designate in the will or trust instrument and in accordance with…

Minn. Stat. § 447.16 APPLICATION.

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447.16 APPLICATION. Sections 447.14 to 447.16 apply to cities of the first class operating under a home rule charter adopted under the Minnesota Constitution. History: (1592-7) 1913 c 232 s 3; 1987 c 229 art 10 s 1

Minn. Stat. § 447.31 CREATION AND REORGANIZATION OF HOSPITAL DISTRICTS.

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447.31 CREATION AND REORGANIZATION OF HOSPITAL DISTRICTS. § Subdivision 1.Resolutions. Any two or more cities and towns, however organized, except cities of the first class, may create a hospital district. They must do so by resolutions adopted by their respective governing bodie…

Minn. Stat. § 447.32 OFFICERS AND ELECTIONS.

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447.32 OFFICERS AND ELECTIONS. § Subdivision 1.Terms of office. Each hospital district shall be governed by a hospital board composed of one member elected from each city and town in the district and one member elected at large. A member's term of office is four years commencing …

Minn. Stat. § 447.33 POWERS.

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447.33 POWERS. § Subdivision 1.Broad powers of district. Each hospital district created or reorganized under sections 447.31 to 447.37 has the powers necessary and convenient to acquire, improve, and run the hospital, nursing home facilities, and facilities described in section 4…

Minn. Stat. § 447.331 STUDENT LOAN; MEDICAL SCHOOL, HEALTH-FIELD PROGRAM.

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447.331 STUDENT LOAN; MEDICAL SCHOOL, HEALTH-FIELD PROGRAM. § Subdivision 1.Eligibility; loan amounts. A hospital district may provide loans for the cost of education and living expenses to students who: (1) meet eligibility criteria established by resolution of the hospital boar…

Minn. Stat. § 447.34 PAYMENT OF EXPENSES; TAXATION.

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447.34 PAYMENT OF EXPENSES; TAXATION. § Subdivision 1.Expenses paid from revenue, taxes, and appropriations; tax limits. Expenses of acquiring, improving, and running the hospital, nursing home facilities, and facilities described in section 447.45, subdivision 2, paragraph (b), …

Minn. Stat. § 447.345 TEMPORARY BORROWING AUTHORITY.

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447.345 TEMPORARY BORROWING AUTHORITY. § Subdivision 1.Certificates of indebtedness. A hospital district located wholly outside the seven-county metropolitan area and created or reorganized under sections 447.31 to 447.37 may borrow money by issuing certificates of indebtedness i…

Minn. Stat. § 447.35 BONDS.

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447.35 BONDS. A hospital district may borrow money by the issuance of its general obligation bonds: (1) to acquire and better hospital and nursing home facilities including the provision of an adequate working capital for a new hospital or nursing home; (2) for ambulances and rel…

Minn. Stat. § 447.36 ANNEXATION OF TERRITORY.

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447.36 ANNEXATION OF TERRITORY. After the creation or reorganization of a hospital district, a city or town whose territory is contiguous to the district or contiguous to a city or town that is contiguous to the district at any point may ask to be annexed to the district. The res…

Minn. Stat. § 447.37 POWERS SUPPLEMENTARY.

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447.37 POWERS SUPPLEMENTARY. The powers granted here are supplementary to and not in substitution for other powers of counties, cities, and towns in connection with the acquisition, betterment, administration, operation, and maintenance of hospitals and nursing homes and the crea…

Minn. Stat. § 447.38 DISSOLUTION: DETACHMENT OF TERRITORY.

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447.38 DISSOLUTION: DETACHMENT OF TERRITORY. § Subdivision 1.Dissolution; petition to board; board's order. A hospital district created or reorganized pursuant to sections 447.31 to 447.37 may be dissolved upon a petition to the hospital district board. The petition must state th…

Minn. Stat. § 447.41 ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION; WITHDRAWAL.

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447.41 ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION; WITHDRAWAL. Except cities of the first class, a city or town or any combination of them acting jointly may, by resolution or ordinance, establish and operate a nursing home or home for the aged, and may acquire by lease not to exceed 15 years, …

Minn. Stat. § 447.42 COMMUNITY HOUSE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.

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447.42 COMMUNITY HOUSE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES. § Subdivision 1.Establishment. Notwithstanding any provision of Minnesota Statutes to the contrary, any city, county, town, or nonprofit corporation approved by the commissioner of human services, or any combination of them may …

Minn. Stat. § 447.45 BONDS FOR HOSPITAL, NURSING HOME, RELATED FACILITIES.

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447.45 BONDS FOR HOSPITAL, NURSING HOME, RELATED FACILITIES. § Subdivision 1.May include construction debt of acquired facility. A county, city, or hospital district may issue revenue bonds by resolution of its governing body to finance the acquisition and betterment of hospital,…

Minn. Stat. § 447.46 REVENUE PLEDGED.

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447.46 REVENUE PLEDGED. The county, city, or hospital district may pledge and appropriate the revenues to be derived from its operation of the facilities to pay the principal and interest on the bonds when due and to create and maintain reserves for that purpose, as a first and p…

Minn. Stat. § 447.47 LEASING OUT HOSPITAL, NURSING HOME, RELATED FACILITIES.

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447.47 LEASING OUT HOSPITAL, NURSING HOME, RELATED FACILITIES. (a) The county, city, or hospital district may lease hospital or nursing home facilities to be run by a nonprofit or public corporation as a community hospital or nursing home. The facilities must be open to all resid…

Minn. Stat. § 447.48 SECURITY FOR BONDS; PLEDGE OF CREDIT FOR BONDS.

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447.48 SECURITY FOR BONDS; PLEDGE OF CREDIT FOR BONDS. In the issuance of bonds the revenues or rentals must be pledged and appropriated by resolution for the use and benefit of bondholders generally, or may be pledged by the execution of an indenture or other appropriate instrum…

Minn. Stat. § 447.49 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.

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447.49 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. Bonds issued under sections 447.45 to 447.50 must be issued and sold as provided in chapter 475. If the bonds do not pledge the credit of the county, city, or hospital district as provided in section 447.48, the governing body may negotiate their …

Minn. Stat. § 447.50 REFUNDING BONDS.

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447.50 REFUNDING BONDS. A county, city, or hospital district may issue bonds under this chapter by resolution of its governing body to refund bonds issued for the purposes stated in this chapter. History: 1971 c 844 s 6; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1987 c 229 art 10 s 1