Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

129.04 PRE-1955 CONVEYANCE IS VALID. If, before February 20, 1955, the state conveyed title to tax-forfeited land to a school district described in section 129.03 to exchange for federal property in the district, the conveyance is valid. History: 1955 c 38 s 3; 1989 c 220 s 4

129.11 WITH DISTRICT IN BORDERING STATE. § Subdivision 1.To build, run school jointly. The school board of a school district bordering another state may enter into an agreement with the school board of a school district in the other state to erect, operate, and maintain school fa…

129C.10 PERPICH CENTER FOR ARTS EDUCATION. § Subdivision 1.Governance. (a) The board of the Perpich Center for Arts Education shall consist of 16 persons, including the commissioner of education or a person designated by the commissioner of education who must serve as an ex offic…

129C.105 BOARD MEETINGS BY TELEPHONE OR OTHER ELECTRONIC MEANS. (a) Notwithstanding section 13D.01 and if complying with section 13D.02 is impractical, the Board of the Perpich Center for Arts Education may conduct a meeting of its members by telephone or other electronic means w…

129C.15 RESOURCE, MAGNET, AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS. § Subdivision 1.Resource and outreach. The center must offer resource and outreach programs and services statewide aimed at the enhancement of arts education opportunities for pupils in elementary and secondary school. The programs…

129C.20 MATERIALS, TRAINING, AND ASSISTANCE. The Perpich Center for Arts Education, in cooperation with the Minnesota Alliance for Arts in Education and the Minnesota State Arts Board must provide materials, training, and assistance to the arts education committees in the school …

129C.25 COMPREHENSIVE ARTS PLANNING PROGRAM. The Perpich Center for Arts Education shall prescribe the form and manner of application by one or more districts to be designated as a site to participate in the comprehensive arts planning program. Up to 30 sites may be selected. The…

129C.26 COMPREHENSIVE ARTS PLANNING PROGRAM SITES. § Subdivision 1.Funding. Each site shall receive $1,250 each year for two years. If fewer than 30 sites are selected, each site shall receive an additional proportionate share of money appropriated and not used. Before receiving …

129C.27 ANNUAL DIRECTOR REPORT. The director must report the following to the education committees of the legislature by January 15 of each year in accordance with section 3.195: (1) outreach activities, including the number of districts, teachers, and administrators that have pa…

129D.01 DEFINITIONS. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the definitions given them: (a) "arts" means activities resulting in the artistic creation or artistic performance of works of the imagination. Artistic activities include but are not limited to the foll…

129D.02 BOARD OF THE ARTS. § Subdivision 1.Membership. The Board of the Arts shall consist of 11 members to be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. One member shall be appointed from each of the congressional districts, and the remaining members sh…

129D.03 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR; STAFF. The director shall be selected by a majority of the board, and shall serve at the pleasure of the board. The director shall be knowledgeable in the arts, and shall have demonstrated proficiency in the administration of programs relating to the a…

129D.04 DUTIES. § Subdivision 1.Authority. The board shall through the following activities stimulate and encourage the creation, performance and appreciation of the arts in the state: (1) receive and consider any requests for grants, loans or other forms of assistance; (2) advis…

129D.045 REGIONAL ARTS COUNCILS. A portion of each appropriation to the board shall be used for statewide distribution through the regional arts council system. These organizations shall work together to determine a formula for distributing the funds to the regions. The board ser…

129D.05 PUBLICATIONS; LEGEND. (a) Every publication, program, or other graphic material prepared by the board or prepared for use by any other organization in connection with an activity paid for by the board shall bear the legend: "This activity is made possible in part by a gra…

129D.11 PUBLIC TELEVISION GRANTS; PURPOSE. The purpose of sections 129D.11 to 129D.13 is to facilitate the use of public television as a community resource for the public by providing financial assistance to public television stations serving Minnesota citizens, and to provide fo…

129D.12 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Scope. As used in sections 129D.11 to 129D.14, the terms defined in this section have the meanings here given them. § Subd. 2.Public station. "Public station" means a station holding a license or operating under a program test authority from t…

129D.13 GRANTS. § Subdivision 1.Distribution. The commissioner shall distribute the money provided by sections 129D.11 to 129D.13. Annually the commissioner shall make block grants which shall be distributed in equal amounts to public stations for operational costs. The commissio…

129D.14 GENERAL NONCOMMERCIAL RADIO STATION GRANTS. § Subdivision 1.Purpose. The purposes of this section are to facilitate the use of the noncommercial radio station as a community resource by providing financial assistance to noncommercial radio stations serving Minnesota citiz…

129D.15 EQUIPMENT GRANTS. To be eligible for an equipment grant under sections 129D.11 to 129D.14, a public broadcasting station must meet the eligibility criteria set forth in sections 129D.13 and 129D.14. Before receiving an equipment grant, a station must submit to the commiss…

129D.155 REPAYMENT OF FUNDS. State funds distributed to public television or noncommercial radio stations and used to purchase equipment assets must be repaid to the state, without interest, if the assets purchased with these funds are sold within five years or otherwise converte…

129D.16 AUDIT PROCEDURES. The commissioner of administration may establish a procedure to audit expenditure of money appropriated for grants to public television stations and noncommercial radio stations. History: 1Sp1985 c 13 s 272; 1993 c 337 s 9

129D.17 ARTS AND CULTURAL HERITAGE FUND. § Subdivision 1.Establishment. The arts and cultural heritage fund is established in the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 15. All money earned by the fund must be credited to the fund. § Subd. 2.Expenditures; accountability. (a)…

129D.18 GRANTS TO PUBLIC TELEVISION. § Subdivision 1.Use of grant funds. Money appropriated from the Minnesota arts and cultural heritage fund may be designated to make grants to public stations, as defined in section 129D.12, subdivision 2. Grants received under this section mus…

129D.19 GRANTS TO PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL RADIO STATIONS. § Subdivision 1.Applicability. This section applies only to the Association of Minnesota Public Educational Radio Stations and the noncommercial radio stations that are members of the Association of Minnesota Public Educational…

134.001 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Scope. The terms used in this chapter have the meanings given them in this section. § Subd. 2.Public library. "Public library" means any library that provides free access to all residents of a city or county without discrimination, receives at…

134.07 PUBLIC LIBRARY SERVICE. The governing body of any city or county may establish and maintain public library service for the use of its inhabitants. By ordinance or resolution it may set apart for the benefit thereof any public property of the city or county. In any statutor…

134.08 ESTABLISHING AND DISCONTINUING LIBRARY SERVICE; APPLICABILITY OF LAW. § Subdivision 1.Establishment. If public library service is not established under section 134.07, the governing body of the city or county, upon the petition of eligible voters, as defined in section 201…

134.09 LIBRARY BOARDS. § Subdivision 1.Appointment. When public library service is established, except in any city of the first class operating under a home rule charter, the mayor of the city with the approval of the council for a city library or the board of commissioners for a…

134.10 BOARD VACANCIES; COMPENSATION. The library board president shall report vacancies in the board to the council or the board of county commissioners. The council or board of county commissioners shall fill the vacancies by appointment for the unexpired term. Library board me…

134.11 ORGANIZATION OF BOARD; DUTIES. § Subdivision 1.Organization. Immediately after appointment, the library board shall organize by electing one of its number as president and one as secretary, and from time to time it may appoint such other officers as it deems necessary. § S…

134.114 RAMSEY COUNTY LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD. § Subdivision 1.Appointment. The Ramsey County Board of Commissioners shall direct, operate, and manage the suburban Ramsey County library system. The county board shall appoint seven members to a suburban Ramsey County Library Adviso…

134.115 ANOKA COUNTY LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD. § Subdivision 1.Appointment. The Anoka County Board of Commissioners shall direct, operate, and manage the suburban Anoka County library system. The county board shall appoint seven members to a suburban Anoka County Library Advisory B…

134.12 BENEFITS OF LIBRARY. § Subdivision 1.Nonresidents. Any library board may admit to the benefits of its library persons not residing within its city or county under regulations and upon conditions as to payment and security prescribed by the library board. § Subd. 2.Contract…

134.13 ANNUAL REPORT. As soon as practicable following the end of the fiscal year the library board shall report to the governing body of the city or county all amounts received during the preceding year and the sources thereof, the amounts expended and for what purposes, the num…

134.14 TITLE TO PROPERTY; FREE USE. All property given, granted, conveyed, donated, devised, or bequeathed to, or otherwise acquired by, any city or county for a public library shall vest in, and be held in the name of, the city or county and any conveyance, grant, donation, devi…

134.15 GIFTS. With the consent of the governing body of any city or county, expressed by ordinance or resolution, the library board may accept any gift, grant, devise, or bequest made or offered by any person for public library purposes, or for the establishment, enlargement, or …

134.18 PRIVILEGES EXTENDED TO COUNTIES AND STATUTORY CITIES. Any public library board in any city of the first class in this state, whether such board was created by and under the general laws or by special act of the legislature, may enter into arrangement with the authorities o…

134.195 LIBRARY OPERATED BY CITY AND SCHOOL DISTRICT. § Subdivision 1.Establishment. A school district and a city that has established a public library under sections 134.07 and 134.08, by ordinance or resolution, may jointly finance and operate a public library for use by school…

134.20 REGIONAL PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEMS. § Subdivision 1.Establishment. Two or more counties or two or more cities located in two or more counties may, through action by their governing bodies under section 471.59, establish and maintain a regional public library system, even thou…

134.201 REGIONAL LIBRARY DISTRICT. § Subdivision 1.Establishment. Regional public library districts may be established under this section in the areas of the existing Great River Regional Library System and the East Central Regional Library System. The geographic boundaries shall…

134.21 INTERSTATE LIBRARY COMPACT. The Interstate Library Compact is hereby enacted into law and entered into on behalf of this state with any state bordering on Minnesota which legally joins therein in substantially the following form: INTERSTATE LIBRARY COMPACT The contracting …

134.22 COMPACT ADMINISTRATOR. The commissioner of education shall designate an officer or employee of the Department of Education as compact administrator. The compact administrator shall receive copies of all agreements entered into by the state or its political subdivisions and…

134.23 AGREEMENTS. The compact administrator and the governing body of any political subdivision of the state or the library board thereof operating a public library may enter into agreements with other states or their political subdivisions pursuant to the compact. Such agreemen…

134.24 ENFORCEMENT OF COMPACT. The agencies and officers of this state and its political subdivisions shall enforce this compact and do all things appropriate to effect its purpose and intent which may be within their respective jurisdictions. History: 1967 c 4 s 4

134.31 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION; LIBRARY RESPONSIBILITIES. § Subdivision 1.Library service. The state shall, as an integral part of its responsibility for public education, support the provision of library service for every resident, the development of cooperative programs for the…