Section 398.07 — Primary Duties.
398.07 PRIMARY DUTIES. Park district boards shall have as their primary duty not the establishment of parks and playgrounds of a local or neighborhood type but rather the acquisition, development and maintenance of large parks, wild life sanctuaries, forest and other reservations, and means for public access to historic sites and to lakes, rivers, and […]
Section 398.08 — General Powers.
398.08 GENERAL POWERS. Park districts shall have all the rights, powers, privileges, and immunities of a municipal corporation at common law and they shall be subject to the duties of a municipal corporation at common law. Except as otherwise limited in this chapter they shall have perpetual succession, may sue and be sued, may use […]
Section 398.09 — Specific Powers.
398.09 SPECIFIC POWERS. Park district boards in addition to the foregoing general powers shall have these specific powers: (a) The power to regulate by ordinance the use of the waters of any lake lying wholly within a park established under this chapter and the use of any lake shore which is within a park established […]
Section 398.10 — Park Superintendent; Employees.
398.10 PARK SUPERINTENDENT; EMPLOYEES. The board shall, by secret ballot, elect a park superintendent to serve as the chief administrative officer of the park district. Such election shall be for terms of not to exceed five years and the superintendent shall serve at the pleasure of the board. No person shall be elected superintendent unless […]
Section 398.11 — Instruments, Execution.
398.11 INSTRUMENTS, EXECUTION. Every contract, conveyance, license, or other written instrument shall be executed on behalf of the board by the chair and secretary with the corporate seal affixed if the district has one, and only pursuant to authority from the board. History: 1955 c 806 s 11; 1986 c 444
Section 398.12 — Ordinances, Resolutions; Enactment.
398.12 ORDINANCES, RESOLUTIONS; ENACTMENT. The board may, after public hearing held upon two weeks’ published notice, enact such ordinances as it may deem necessary or convenient to carry out the general and special powers herein granted. It may also, without notice of hearing, adopt such resolutions as may be deemed necessary or convenient to carry […]
Section 398.01 — Park Districts; Single And Multicounty.
398.01 PARK DISTRICTS; SINGLE AND MULTICOUNTY. There are hereby created, subject to activation by the boards of county commissioners, as hereinafter provided, park districts which are bodies corporate and politic and which, when activated, shall be deemed to be political subdivisions of the state of Minnesota and public corporations. Park districts shall be of two […]
Section 398.02 — Board Of Park District Commissioners.
398.02 BOARD OF PARK DISTRICT COMMISSIONERS. Each park district shall be governed by a board of park district commissioners. The board for single county park districts shall consist of seven commissioners. The board for multicounty park districts shall be constituted as determined in accordance with sections 398.03 and 398.04. History: 1955 c 806 s 2