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Accounts and accounting, small city and town accounting system software, Minn. Laws 2013 c 142 art 3 s 10

Affordable housing developments, revisor's corrections, Minn. Laws 2016 c 158 art 1 s 35

Airports, closing, procedure, Minn. Laws 2004 c 250 s

Aitkin County, cities

Lands adjacent to public waters, regulation, Minn. Laws 2006 c 272 s

Alcoholic beverage licenses, see ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

Ambulance services, public safety equipment, purchasing or leasing, Minn. Laws 2011 c 33 s

Animal control, Minn. Laws 2014 c 291 art 7 s 15

Appropriations

Agricultural societies, Minn. Laws 2004 c 254 s 9

Assessors, Minn. Laws 2008 c 154 art 13 s 24

Audits and examinations, state auditor, Minn. Laws 2008 c 200 s

Audits, thresholds for, Minn. Laws 2004 c 281 s 2, 3

Bleachers, building code enforcement, Minn. Laws 2008 c 322 s 2

Bonds, see Cities under BONDS (PUBLIC DEBT)

Bonds

Capital notes for software, Minn. Laws 2008 c 154 art 10 s 16

Federal transportation grants, bonds in anticipation of, Minn. Laws 2008 c 154 art 10 s 23

GARVEE bonds, Minn. Laws 2008 c 154 art 10 s 20, 23

Net debt limit, Minn. Laws 2008 c 154 art 10 s 24

Retiree health benefits, bonds for, Minn. Laws 2008 c 154 art 10 s 21, 22, 25, 27

Street reconstruction bonds, Minn. Laws 2008 c 154 art 10 s 26

Bonds

County state-aid highways, Minn. Laws 2006 c 259 art 9 s 4

Municipal state-aid streets, Minn. Laws 2006 c 259 art 9 s 3

Border cities, see ENTERPRISE ZONES

Boundary adjustments, Minn. Laws 2008 c 196 s

Budgets, summary data, due date, Minn. Laws 2008 c 175 s

Building code enforcement

Bleachers, Minn. Laws 2008 c 322 s 2

Disability access, Minn. Laws 2008 c 322 s 5

Requirement to adopt, repealed, Minn. Laws 2008 c 322 s 9

Building fees, reports about, Minn. Laws 2009 c 152 s 4

Buildings owned by

Historic buildings, sales, leases, or contracts, Minn. Laws 2006 c 236 art 1 s 1, 2006 c 248 s 1

Buildings

District conventions, use, Minn. Laws 2008 c 153 s

Precinct caucus night, use, Minn. Laws 2008 c 153 s

Cartway easements, Minn. Laws 2006 c 236 art 1 s 3

Cartways, establishment, Minn. Laws 2009 c 30 art 3 s 3

Cemeteries, market value definitions, Minn. Laws 2013 c 143 art 14 s 84

Charter commissions, discharging, Minn. Laws 2008 c 331 s 6

Charter commissions, membership on, Minn. Laws 2004 c 197 s

Charters, amendment ordinances, Minn. Laws 2008 c 331 s 7

City clerks

Absentee balloting, duties, Minn. Laws 2004 c 293 art 2 s 13

City councils, members' salaries, temporary reduction ordinances, Minn. Laws 2009 c 152 s 17

City councils

Members, city charter commission membership, Minn. Laws 2004 c 197 s

Publications by

Financial statements, Minn. Laws 2004 c 182 s 31

Proceedings, Minn. Laws 2004 c 182 s 23, 30

City managers, deferred compensation, Minn. Laws 2006 c 271 art 3 s 12

City managers

Contracts and purchases, powers, Minn. Laws 2004 c 278 s 5

Contracts

Advertisements for bids, threshold for

Construction contracts, Minn. Laws 2004 c 278 s 6, 7

Housing and redevelopment authority projects, Minn. Laws 2004 c 278 s 8

Municipal contracting law, Minn. Laws 2004 c 278 s 10-14

Bids and requests, publication, alternative methods, Minn. Laws 2004 c 182 s 13

Bonds, Minn. Laws 2004 c 278 s 9, 14

City managers, powers, Minn. Laws 2004 c 278 s 5

Electronic methods, Minn. Laws 2004 c 278 s 12-14

Reverse auctions, Minn. Laws 2004 c 278 s 11

Road construction, payments, work approvals for, Minn. Laws 2004 c 209 s

County state-aid highways, bonds, Minn. Laws 2006 c 259 art 9 s 4

Disability access, building code enforcement, Minn. Laws 2008 c 322 s 5, 9

Disability access, streets and buildings, repeal, Minn. Laws 2015 c 54 art 5 s 13, 16

Dissolution, Administrative Hearings Office, duties, Minn. Laws 2008 c 196 art 2 s 7

Dogs at, outdoor restaurants, Minn. Laws 2008 c 325 s 1

Dogs, unlicensed

Seizure, notice to owners, Minn. Laws 2006 c 223 s

Elected officials, travel outside the state, policy, Minn. Laws 2009 c 152 s 21

Elections, filing fees, Minn. Laws 2015 c 70 art 1 s 49

Electronic commerce, certification as e-commerce ready, repeal, Minn. Laws 2014 c 271 art 1 s 3

Emergency medical services agencies, grants to, Minn. Laws 2012 c 226 s

Employees, health and accident insurance, multiemployer welfare funds, Minn. Laws 2009 c 169 art 12 s 7, 2009 c 174 art 2 s 11

Employees, highest-paid, notices about, Minn. Laws 2005 c 156 art 2 s 39

Employees, personnel data, administrative employees, classification, Minn. Laws 2012 c 280 s

Employees, retiree postemployment benefits, trust for, reports, Minn. Laws 2014 c 307 s

Employees, uniforms and equipment, American-made requirement, repealed, Minn. Laws 2011 1Sp c 5 art 2 s 15

Employees

Payroll, mandatory direct deposit, Minn. Laws 2004 c 292 s

Time records, electronic, Minn. Laws 2004 c 165 s

Energy inventory forms, Minn. Laws 2008 c 331 s 1

Fees, postsecondary schools and students, fees on, Minn. Laws 2006 c 185 s

Fees, reports about, Minn. Laws 2005 1Sp c 3 art 11 s 7

Fences, Minn. Laws 2016 c 102 s 1, 2

Financial statements, publication, Minn. Laws 2004 c 182 s 19, 31

Fire departments, see FIRE DEPARTMENTS

First class cities, audits and examinations, Minn. Laws 2011 1Sp c 10 art 3 s 23, 35

First class cities, county historical society funding, Minn. Laws 2008 c 158 s

First class cities, hospitals, property taxes for, market value definitions, Minn. Laws 2013 c 143 art 14 s 69

First class cities, wards, population changes, Minn. Laws 2010 c 313 s 5

Food and beverage service establishments

Outdoor establishments, dogs at, Minn. Laws 2008 c 325 s 1

Foreign trade zones, Minn. Laws 2006 c 259 art 13 s 9

Forests, accepting gifts of, Minn. Laws 2014 c 217 s 3

Fourth class cities, power to accept gifts, market value definitions, Minn. Laws 2013 c 143 art 14 s 74

Funds and accounts, depositories, Minn. Laws 2012 c 209 s 4

Funds and accounts, retiree postemployment benefits, trust for, reports, Minn. Laws 2014 c 307 s

Funds and accounts

Annual audits, thresholds for, Minn. Laws 2004 c 281 s 2, 3

Public funds depositories, collateral, Minn. Laws 2004 c 151 s , 2004 c 174 s 2

Gambling, charitable contributions, notice, Minn. Laws 2016 c 139 s 12

Gifts to

Acceptance, Minn. Laws 2014 c 308 art 9 s 84

Forests, Minn. Laws 2014 c 217 s 3

Hazardous buildings, emergency securing, Minn. Laws 2010 c 375 s 8

Heating disconnections, notice to cities about, Minn. Laws 2008 c 253 s

High pressure piping, regulation, revisor's corrections, Minn. Laws 2016 c 158 art 1 s 175

Hiring practices, policies, Minn. Laws 2009 c 59 art 5 s 24

Historic buildings, sale restrictions, repeal, Minn. Laws 2007 c 75 s

Historic preservation capital grants, Minn. Laws 2008 c 179 s 49

Home rule charter cities

Capital notes, market value definitions, Minn. Laws 2013 c 143 art 14 s 64

Municipal elections, Minn. Laws 2013 c 131 art 2 s 53

Home rule charter cities

Amendments, proposed language, Minn. Laws 2010 c 184 s 43

City council members, terms, expiration, Minn. Laws 2010 c 201 s 59

Mayors and city council members, city employment prohibited, Minn. Laws 2010 c 206 s 1

Home rule charters

Amendments by ordinance, procedure, Minn. Laws 2005 c 93 s

Recording, technical changes, Minn. Laws 2005 c 4 s 104

Housing improvement areas, establishment, Minn. Laws 2009 c 88 art 2 s 27-30

Housing improvement areas

Objections to ordinance, Minn. Laws 2010 c 389 art 1 s 23

Petitions for, number of signers, Minn. Laws 2010 c 389 art 1 s 22

Housing

Affordable and life-cycle housing opportunities, Minn. Laws 2004 c 259 s

Incorporation, Administrative Hearings Office, duties, Minn. Laws 2008 c 196 art 2 s 7, 8

Iron Range cities

Permanent improvement and replacement funds, market value definitions, Minn. Laws 2013 c 143 art 14 s 85, 86

Warrant limits, application of law, market value definitions, Minn. Laws 2013 c 143 art 14 s 87

Joint public and school libraries, revisor's corrections, Minn. Laws 2016 c 158 art 1 s 50

Land use planning, subdivision process

Dedication or fees, amounts, Minn. Laws 2004 c 178 s

Liability, equipment donation, Minn. Laws 2016 c 87 s 1

Liquor beverage licenses, see Licenses under ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

Liquor licenses, see ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

Local housing incentives account program, Minn. Laws 2004 c 259 s

Mail balloting, Minn. Laws 2016 c 161 art 1 s 8

Metropolitan area cities, transit replacement service, Minn. Laws 2015 c 75 art 2 s 46

Metropolitan area cities

Local housing incentives account program

Affordable and life-cycle housing opportunities amounts, Minn. Laws 2004 c 259 s

Mortgage credit certificate aid, repeal, Minn. Laws 2005 1Sp c 1 art 4 s 124

Municipal state-aid streets, bonds, Minn. Laws 2006 c 259 art 9 s 3

Noncommercial signs, political advertising, exemption, Minn. Laws 2013 c 131 art 2 s 74

Notice given

Public notices, newspaper publication, Minn. Laws 2004 c 182 s

Officers, gifts accepted, value limit, Minn. Laws 2005 c 156 art 6 s 66

Official newspapers, Minn. Laws 2004 c 182 s

Ordinances

Light rail horns or whistles, Minn. Laws 2004 c 245 s 2

Sign ordinances, exemption for political advertising, Minn. Laws 2004 c 142 s

Parking, disabled persons, long-term permits, city ordinances for, Minn. Laws 2008 c 272 s

Pedicab ordinances, Minn. Laws 2016 c 96 s 1

Printing, Minn. Laws 2016 c 189 art 13 s 20

Property taxes, see Cities under PROPERTY TAXES

Public health, Minn. Laws 2014 c 291 art 7 s 9

Public improvements, contracts, amounts triggering, Minn. Laws 2009 c 152 s 18, 19

Public safety equipment, purchasing or leasing, Minn. Laws 2011 c 33 s

Publications by

Advertisements for bids, see Contracts under this topic

Public notices, newspaper publication, Minn. Laws 2004 c 182 s

Purchases, computer hardware and software

Application development services and training, Minn. Laws 2013 c 143 art 12 s 9

Capital notes for, Minn. Laws 2013 c 143 art 12 s 4

Purchases

City managers, powers, Minn. Laws 2004 c 278 s 5

Electronic purchasing process, Minn. Laws 2004 c 278 s 11

Reverse auctions, Minn. Laws 2004 c 278 s 11

Purchasing, copy paper, postconsumer content, Minn. Laws 2015 1Sp c 4 art 4 s 3

Real property

Sales, advertisements for bids, Minn. Laws 2004 c 278 s 6

Regional library basic system support grants, reduced local support, Minn. Laws 2009 c 96 art 5 s 9

Reports given, budget, summary data, due date, Minn. Laws 2008 c 175 s

Retiree postemployment benefits, trust for, reports, Minn. Laws 2014 c 307 s

Retiree postemployment benefits, trust for, Minn. Laws 2008 c 154 art 10 s 18

Revenue recapture, priority of repayments, Minn. Laws 2008 c 154 art 16 s 6

Riverbeds, channel changes, technical, Minn. Laws 2005 c 4 s 114

Second class cities, power to accept gifts, market value definitions, Minn. Laws 2013 c 143 art 14 s 74

Second class cities

Township mutual companies, operation in, Minn. Laws 2006 c 204 s 13

Small cities assistance, Minn. Laws 2015 c 75 art 1 s 3, 2015 c 75 art 2 s 13

Small cities community development block grants, Minn. Laws 2008 c 356 s 5

Special assessments

Burying power or communications lines, Minn. Laws 2005 c 67 s

Recording, technical changes, Minn. Laws 2005 c 4 s 106

Special assessments

Building violations, costs to remedy, Minn. Laws 2004 c 275 s 2, 3

Specific cities, see specific index headings

Standard performance measures

Local Results and Innovation Council, Minn. Laws 2010 c 389 art 2 s 1

Reports about, Minn. Laws 2010 c 389 art 2 s 2

Star city signs, obsolete and redundant law, repeals, Minn. Laws 2014 c 227 art 1 s 10, 23, 2014 c 227 art 2 s 8, 9

State aid, see under LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

State aids to, see LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

Statutory cities, contracts, best value contracts, Minn. Laws 2007 c 148 art 3 s 24

Statutory cities, dissolution, ballot questions, Minn. Laws 2014 c 264 s 29

Statutory cities, mayors and city council members, city employment prohibited, Minn. Laws 2010 c 206 s 2

Statutory cities, pedicab ordinances, Minn. Laws 2016 c 96 s 3

Statutory cities

Optional plan A elections, Minn. Laws 2015 c 70 art 1 s 60

Telephone lines, revisor's correction, Minn. Laws 2015 c 21 art 1 s 75

Statutory cities

Capital notes, market value definitions, Minn. Laws 2013 c 143 art 14 s 66

Certificates of indebtedness, market value definitions, Minn. Laws 2013 c 143 art 14 s 66

Purchases, market value definitions, Minn. Laws 2013 c 143 art 14 s 65, 66

Statutory cities

Employees, time records, electronic, Minn. Laws 2004 c 165 s

Storm sewers, special taxing districts, recording, Minn. Laws 2005 c 4 s 107

Storm water control systems, charges, Minn. Laws 2004 c 141 s

Streets and roads, snow removal, uncompleted subdivisions, sunset repealed, Minn. Laws 2014 c 297 s

Streets and roads, vacation

Notice to Natural Resources Department, Minn. Laws 2005 c 117 s 1-3

Recording, technical changes, Minn. Laws 2005 c 4 s 105

Subdivision of land

Dedication of land for parks and open space, Minn. Laws 2006 c 269 s

Surplus equipment, donation, Minn. Laws 2016 c 87 s 2

Surplus property sales

Electronic sales process, Minn. Laws 2004 c 278 s 13

Taconite assistance areas, net proceeds tax revenues, Minn. Laws 2014 c 308 art 5 s 3

Tax-forfeited lands, city sales at less than appraised value, Minn. Laws 2010 c 389 art 9 s 12

Temporary family health care dwellings, zoning, Minn. Laws 2016 c 111 s 3

Third class cities, power to accept gifts, market value definitions, Minn. Laws 2013 c 143 art 14 s 74

Tourist camps, market value definitions, Minn. Laws 2013 c 143 art 14 s 70

Urban agriculture

Appropriations for, Minn. Laws 2015 1Sp c 4 art 1 s 2

Development, Minn. Laws 2015 1Sp c 4 art 2 s 85

Urban growth areas, annexation, Minn. Laws 2008 c 196 art 2 s 9

Vacant buildings, Minn. Laws 2010 c 375 s 8

Veterans' memorials, referendums for, Minn. Laws 2008 c 236 s

Wards, redistricting, Minn. Laws 2011 c 18 s 1

Wards

First class cities, Minn. Laws 2010 c 313 s 5

Redistricting and boundary changes, Minn. Laws 2010 c 313 s 1-3, 6

Waste management, collection, organized collection options committees, Minn. Laws 2013 c 45 s

Zoning, "undue hardship" standard, changed to "practical difficulties," Minn. Laws 2011 c 19 s

Zoning, annexed or incorporated territory, revisor's corrections, Minn. Laws 2016 c 158 art 1 s 184

Zoning, documents, recording

Technical changes, Minn. Laws 2005 c 4 s 109-111