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Subdivision 1.Name required.
A special law as defined in the Minnesota Constitution, article XII, section 2, shall name the local government unit to which it applies. If a special law applies to a group of local government units in a single county or in a number of contiguous counties, it shall be sufficient if the law names the county or counties where the affected units are situated.
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Subd. 2.Local approval required.
A special law shall not be effective without approval of the local government unit or units affected, except as provided in section 645.023. Approval shall be by resolution adopted by a majority vote of all members of the governing body of the unit unless another method of approval is specified by the particular special law.
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Subd. 3.Filing required.
The chief clerical officer of a local government unit shall, as soon as the unit has approved a special law, file with the secretary of state a certificate stating the essential facts necessary to valid approval, including a copy of the resolution of approval or, if submitted to the voters, the number of votes cast for and against approval at the election. The form of the certificate shall be prescribed by the attorney general and copies shall be furnished by the secretary of state. If a local government unit fails to file a certificate of approval before the first day of the next regular session of the legislature, the law is deemed to be disapproved by such unit unless otherwise provided in the special law.
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Subd. 4.Previously enacted law.
Laws 1959, chapter 368, does not apply to any special law heretofore enacted, whether or not it has been approved by the local government unit affected, but such unit shall file with the secretary of state a certificate of approval for such law as required in subdivision 3.
Notes of Decisions
Duluth Firemen's Relief Ass'n v. City of Duluth, 361 N.W.2d 381 (Minn. 1985).
· cites it 22× “021 governs the effectiveness of special laws, 5 establishing in subdivision 3 that when a local government unit has approved a special law, the “chief clerical officer of the unit shall * * * file with the secretary of state a certificate stating the essential facts necessary…”
Davies v. City of Minneapolis, 316 N.W.2d 498 (Minn. 1982).
· cites it 4× “(emphasis added) [4] Minn.Stat. § 645.021, subd. 1 provides: A special law as defined in the Minnesota Constitution, Article XII, Section 2, shall name the local government unit to which it applies.”
Morton v. Bd. of Com'rs of Ramsey Cnty., 223 N.W.2d 764 (Minn. 1974).
· cites it 2× “In any case wherein a certificate of need is required, the authority shall, at the time of application, notify the house committee on appropriations and the senate finance committee, whose opinion shall be advisory only.”
Guderian v. Olmsted Cnty., 595 N.W.2d 540 (Minn. Ct. App. 1999).
· cites it 4× “The legislature conditioned the Board’s authority to act under section 1, however, on section 5’s filing requirement in compliance with Minn.Stat. § 645.021, subd. 3 (1998), which provides general procedural requirements for filing.”
J.L. Shiely Co. v. Cnty. of Stearns, 395 N.W.2d 357 (Minn. 1986).
· cites it 2× “Although it may well be that the 1984 amendment never became effective because the six affected counties failed to file certificates of approval pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 645.021 , subd. 3 (1984), the failure to certify local approval simply renders the law ineffective, not…”
Rush City Hosp. v. Sandstone Area Hosp., 326 N.W.2d 638 (Minn. 1982).
· cites it 2× “It remains subject to the provisions of Minn.Stat. § 645.021, Subd. 3 (1980). The basis of our decision precludes the necessity of considering the other issues raised in this appeal.”
City of Winona v. Policeman's Relief Ass'n of Winona, 281 N.W.2d 145 (Minn. 1979).
· cites it 2× “This section is effective upon approval by the Winona city council and upon compliance with Minnesota Statutes, Section 645.021.” 1 By resolution dated July 5, 1977, the Wino-na City Council approved Section 62, and as required by Minn.”
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