Section 412.321 — Municipal Utilities.
412.321 MUNICIPAL UTILITIES. Subdivision 1. Authority to own and operate. Any statutory city may own and operate any waterworks, district heating system, or gas, light, power, or heat plant for supplying its own needs for utility service or for supplying utility service to private consumers or both. It may construct and install all facilities reasonably […]
Section 412.331 — Establishment Of Public Utilities Commission.
412.331 ESTABLISHMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. Any statutory city may by ordinance expressly accepting the provisions of sections 412.331 to 412.391 establish a public utilities commission with the powers and duties set out in those sections. Any water, light, power and building commission now in existence in any statutory city shall hereafter operate as a […]
Section 412.341 — Commission; Membership, Organization.
412.341 COMMISSION; MEMBERSHIP, ORGANIZATION. Subdivision 1. Membership. The commission shall consist of three members appointed by the council. No more than one member may be chosen from the council membership. Each member shall serve for a term of three years and until a successor is appointed and qualified except that of the members initially appointed […]
Section 412.351 — Commission, Jurisdiction.
412.351 COMMISSION, JURISDICTION. The council shall, in the ordinance establishing the commission, decide which of the following public utilities shall be within the commission’s jurisdiction: (1) the city water system; (2) light and power system, including any system then in use or later acquired for the production and distribution of steam heat; (3) gas system; […]
Section 412.361 — Public Utility; Commission Powers.
412.361 PUBLIC UTILITY; COMMISSION POWERS. Subdivision 1. Contract; bid provisions apply. The commission shall have power to extend and to modify or rebuild any public utility and to do anything it deems necessary for its proper and efficient operation; and it may enter into necessary contracts for these purposes. The provisions of section 412.311 relating […]
Section 412.371 — Separate City Fund For Each Utility.
412.371 SEPARATE CITY FUND FOR EACH UTILITY. Subdivision 1. For all utility money in and out. A separate fund or a separate account shall be established in the city treasury for each utility. Into this fund or account shall be paid all the receipts from the utility and from it shall be paid all disbursements […]
Section 412.381 — Reports.
412.381 REPORTS. The accounting officer of the commission shall make such monthly or annual statements of operation as the commission may require. A copy of each such report shall be filed in the office of the city clerk. An annual financial report shall be made and a copy filed with the clerk at the close […]
Section 412.391 — Abolition Of Commission Or Utility Transfer.
412.391 ABOLITION OF COMMISSION OR UTILITY TRANSFER. Subdivision 1. To council; procedure. The public utilities commission of any statutory city may be abolished or its jurisdiction over any particular utility transferred to the council by following the procedure prescribed in this section. Subd. 2. Ballot question if abolition. The council may, and upon petition therefor […]