Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

465.03 GIFTS TO MUNICIPALITIES. Any city, county, school district or town may accept a grant or devise of real or personal property and maintain such property for the benefit of its citizens in accordance with the terms prescribed by the donor. Nothing herein shall authorize such…

465.035 PUBLIC CORPORATION, CONVEYANCE OR LEASE OF LAND. Any county, town, city or other public corporation may lease or convey its lands for a nominal consideration, without consideration or for such consideration as may be agreed upon to the state or to any governmental subdivi…

465.036 GIFTS, HOSPITALS. Counties or cities, however organized, may accept gifts to aid in building, acquiring, equipping or maintaining public hospitals whether such hospital is maintained by a county or a city, or by any combination thereof. History: 1949 c 152 s 1; 1973 c 123…

465.037 GIFTS TO HOSPITALS AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES AGENCIES. A home rule charter or statutory city or town may make grants for the use of a private, nonprofit, or public hospital that serves the city or town, or to an emergency medical services agency as defined in section…

465.039 GIFTS TO ORGANIZATIONS DISTRIBUTING FOOD. The governing body of a county, of a home rule charter or statutory city, or of a town may appropriate each year out of its general fund, or other unrestricted money, an amount to be determined by the governing body to provide gra…

465.04 ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS. A city of the second, third, or fourth class, either operating under a home rule charter or under the laws of this state, may receive and accept gifts and donations for the use and benefit of the city and its inhabitants upon terms and conditions to be…

465.05 TAX LEVY TO PAY INTEREST. When a city accepts a gift or donation under section 465.04, the governing body of the city may enter into a written contract for the payment of interest as provided under section 465.04. The city council shall annually levy a tax sufficient to pa…

465.13 JUDGMENT AGAINST MUNICIPALITY; PAYMENT. No execution shall issue on a judgment for the recovery of money against a city, except as hereinafter provided. Upon delivery of a certified copy of the judgment, the treasurer of such municipality shall pay it out of any moneys in …

465.14 TAX LEVY; EXECUTION. When a judgment against a city is unpaid at the time of the annual tax levy, unless the proper officers thereof have otherwise provided sufficient funds to pay the same before the time for collection of such tax levy, they shall levy a tax to pay such …

465.15 CITIES MAY ACQUIRE EXEMPT PROPERTY. Each city of the first class now or hereafter having a population of 50,000 inhabitants or more, including each such city operating under a charter adopted pursuant to the provisions of the Constitution of the state of Minnesota, article…

465.16 POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN. In the event that the chief governing body, city council or board of park commissioners of such city shall exercise such right by condemnation such body may do so under any laws provided for the condemnation of real property or eminent domain or un…

465.17 MAY ISSUE BONDS. In order to carry out the purpose of sections 465.15 to 465.17 each such city is hereby authorized to issue bonds or certificates of indebtedness to secure funds for the amount necessary to acquire the right and the city council or other chief governing bo…

465.19 CITY TO OWN OLD CHANNEL IF IT PAYS FOR UNITED STATES CHANNEL CHANGE. When any portion of the channel of any river navigable for commercial purposes within the limits of any city in this state is changed by or under the authority of the United States government or any other…

465.20 APPLICATION. Sections 465.19 and 465.20 shall apply to all cities including those now or hereafter governed by a charter adopted pursuant to the Constitution of the state of Minnesota, article IV, section 36, article XI, section 4, or article XII, section 5. History: (1351…

465.26 DIVERSION OF UNNAVIGABLE STREAMS; RAISING WATERS OF LAKES. Any first class city may, if in the judgment of its city council, the public health or welfare of its citizens will be promoted thereby, divert any unnavigable stream, flowing wholly or partly within the corporate …

465.27 ORDINANCE; SURVEY AND MAP. The city council shall by ordinance first adopt and file with the city clerk a survey and map showing the point at which it is proposed to divert the stream, the route of the new channel, the sites of dams and other controlling works, the lands p…

465.28 LANDS; HOW ACQUIRED. The city council may acquire in the name of the city by grant, dedication, purchase, or devise the lands and the rights necessary to carry out such improvements. History: (1511) 1905 c 18 s 3

465.29 CONDEMNATION; SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS. The power of eminent domain and the power to levy special assessments for benefits are hereby delegated to such cities for the purposes of sections 465.26 to 465.48, to acquire the lands and rights needed or any of them, to be exercised a…

465.30 ORDINANCE; APPRAISERS. The city council shall by ordinance determine and declare as nearly as may be the cost of such improvements, exclusive of damages to property, and appoint five appraisers, who shall be disinterested freeholders and qualified voters of the county, and…

465.31 OATH. The appraisers shall be sworn to discharge their duty as appraisers in the matter with impartiality and fidelity; and to make due return of their acts to the city council. History: (1514) 1905 c 18 s 6

465.32 NOTICE OF MEETING. The appraisers shall give notice of their meeting in a manner appropriate to inform the public, which notice shall name the stream to be diverted, the point of diversion, the general course of the new channel and the height to which it is proposed to rai…

465.33 MAILING NOTICES. A copy of all subsequent notices relating to the proceeding which are required to be published, shall be mailed by the city clerk immediately after the first publication thereof to such persons as shall have appeared in the proceedings and requested in wri…

465.34 MEETING OF APPRAISERS; DAMAGES AND BENEFITS. At the time and place mentioned in the notice, the appraisers shall meet and thence proceed to view the premises, and hear any evidence or proof offered by the parties interested and may adjourn from time to time for the purpose…

465.35 BUILDINGS. If there be any buildings standing, in whole or in part, upon any parcel of the land to be taken, the appraisers shall, in such case, determine the amount of damages which should be paid to the owners thereof, in case such building, or so much as may be necessar…

465.36 DIFFERENT OWNERS OR INTERESTS. If the land and buildings belong to different persons or if the land be subject to lease, mortgage, or judgment, or if there be any estate less than an estate in fee, the injury or damage done to such person, or interests, respectively, may b…

465.37 REPORT. The appraisers having ascertained and appraised the damages and assessed the benefits, as aforesaid, shall make and file with the city clerk a written report of their action in the premises, embracing a schedule and appraisement of the damages awarded and benefits …

465.38 NOTICE OF APPRAISEMENT; CONFIRMATION OR ANNULMENT. Upon such report being filed, the city clerk shall give notice that such appraisement has been returned and that the same will be considered by the city council at a meeting thereof to be named in the notice, which notice …

465.39 AWARD; APPEAL. If not annulled or set aside, such award shall be final and a charge upon the city, for the payment of which the credit of the city shall be pledged. Such assessments shall be and remain a lien and charge upon the respective lands until paid. The award shall…

465.40 VESTURE OF TITLE. Upon the conclusion of the proceedings and the payment of the awards, the several tracts of land shall be deemed to be taken and appropriated for the purposes of sections 465.26 to 465.48, and the title thereto shall vest in the city. In case the city cou…

465.41 REMOVAL OF BUILDINGS. In case any owner of buildings, as aforesaid, shall have elected to remove the buildings they shall be removed within 30 days from the confirmation of the report or within such further time as the city council may allow for the purpose and shall be en…

465.42 APPEAL; OBJECTIONS; NOTICE; RECORD. Any person whose property is proposed to be taken or interfered with or assessed under any provisions of sections 465.26 to 465.48, or who claims to be damaged by the improvement, and who deems that there is any irregularity in the proce…

465.43 HEARING; APPRAISERS; AWARD; APPEAL. The case may be brought on for hearing on eight days' notice, at any general or special term of the court, and the judgment of the court shall be to confirm or annul the proceedings, only so far as the proceedings affect the property of …

465.44 TIME OF PAYMENT. In case of any appeal the time for making payment of awards shall be extended as to all tracts embraced in the proceeding to 60 days after final determination of all appeals. History: (1527) 1905 c 18 s 19

465.45 NOTICE OF PENDENCY; PERSONS AFFECTED. The notice prescribed in section 465.32 shall be sufficient to charge all persons whose rights or interests may be affected by the diversion of such waters, but whose lands are not otherwise taken, with notice of the pendency of the pr…

465.46 AWARD, ASSESSMENT CERTIFIED; ASSESSMENT PROCESS. Upon the final determination of all appeals in such proceeding, the city clerk shall transmit to the auditor of the county or counties in which the respective lands lie a copy duly certified by the clerk of the awards and as…

465.47 DUTY OF CITY. It shall be the duty of such city to proceed with all reasonable dispatch to complete such improvements, unless the proceedings are set aside by the city council as provided in sections 465.26 to 465.46. History: (1530) 1905 c 18 s 22

465.48 POWERS AND DUTIES OF COUNCIL; PENALTIES. The city council shall have power and it shall be its duty after the construction of such works to maintain the same and to prevent injury or obstruction to the channel or works and contamination of the waters. For such purposes the…

465.49 MAY SELL LAKE WATER, ICE; SPEND, GET GIFTS TO KEEP UP LAKE. All cities of the fourth class and the city councils of the same, in addition to all powers now possessed by such cities, shall have the power to dredge lakes wholly or partly within the corporate limits of such c…

465.50 OBSERVANCE OF MEMORIAL DAY. The council of each and every city in the state, in addition to all other powers now possessed by it, is hereby empowered and authorized to set apart, appropriate, and expend, or cause to be expended, in such manner as it may deem best, from any…

465.54 MAY PAY EXPENSES FROM GENERAL FUND OF STATUTORY CITY. The council of any statutory city may pay from the general fund of the municipality, for the purposes of section 469.186, expenses incurred by the governing officers in the performance of their official duties. Trips fo…

465.58 MEMBERS OF THE LEAGUE OF CITIES. § Subdivision 1.Dues, annual meeting expense. Any city of this state, whether organized under the general laws or a special or home rule charter, or any town having the powers of a statutory city under section 368.01, may appropriate throug…

465.69 TRAINING OF SCHOOL SAFETY PATROL MEMBERS. Any statutory city of this state may provide for the training of members of the school safety patrol at any authorized school patrol camp located in this state and may pay the expense necessarily incurred in providing such training…

465.70 TELEVISION SIGNAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS, CERTAIN CITIES. Any statutory city or any home rule charter city of the third or fourth class more than 50 miles from the boundaries of a city of the first class, or any two or more of such cities acting under an agreement accepted b…

465.71 INSTALLMENT, LEASE PURCHASE; CITY, COUNTY, TOWN, SCHOOL. A home rule charter city, statutory city, county, town, or school district may purchase personal property under an installment contract, or lease real or personal property with an option to purchase under a lease-pur…

465.717 CREATION OF CORPORATIONS. § Subdivision 1.Statutory authorization required. A county, home rule charter city, statutory city, town, school district, or other political subdivision, including a joint powers entity operating under section 471.59, may not create a corporatio…

465.719 CORPORATIONS CREATED BEFORE MAY 31, 1997. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. The following definitions apply to this section: (a) "Political subdivision" means a county, a statutory or home rule charter city, a town, a school district, or other political subdivision of the stat…