447.04 CHARITY BUREAU. The council of a statutory city with a population over 8,000 may establish and maintain a public charity bureau to give public charitable relief to the city’s poor, to help ex-service persons get hospitalization, sick relief, federal aid or benefits, and to pay for the relief. History: (1192-1) 1933 c 60 s […]
447.045 LIQUOR DISPENSARY FUND, COMMUNITY HOSPITAL APPROPRIATION. Subdivision 1. Home rule charter city, fourth class. If a home rule charter city of the fourth class operates an off-sale municipal liquor dispensary, its council may appropriate not more than $125,000 from the liquor dispensary fund to an incorporated nonprofit hospital association to build a community hospital […]
447.05 HOSPITALS; CHARTER CITIES OF THE THIRD OR FOURTH CLASS. A home rule charter city of the third or fourth class may acquire, establish, and operate hospitals. The city may take those actions by resolution or ordinance approved by two-thirds of the city council. History: (1372-8) 1927 c 292 s 1; 1945 c 102 s […]
447.06 ACQUISITION OF SITES AND PROPERTY. A city mentioned in section 447.05 may acquire property by gift, purchase, or condemnation, to establish, maintain, equip, improve, own, and operate a hospital, hospital site, or hospital grounds within the city limits. The city may hold, own, and operate a hospital, hospital grounds and sites, and other real […]
447.07 RULES. The city council may adopt rules for the operation of the hospitals and appoint a board to manage its hospital affairs and property, as it finds necessary. History: (1372-10) 1927 c 292 s 3; 1945 c 102 s 3; 1949 c 119 s 111; 1987 c 229 art 10 s 1
447.10 TAX LEVY FOR OPERATING AND MAINTAINING HOSPITAL. The governing body of a city of the first class owning a hospital may annually levy a tax to operate and maintain the hospital. The tax must not exceed 0.00806 percent of estimated market value. History: (1493-1) 1919 c 58 s 1; 1973 c 773 s 1; […]
447.11 SPECIAL FUND. The proceeds of the tax under section 447.10 must be placed in a separate fund in the city treasury used only to operate and maintain the hospital. History: (1493-2) 1919 c 58 s 2; 1987 c 229 art 10 s 1
447.12 APPLICATION. Sections 447.10 to 447.13 apply only to cities of the first class that are governed by a charter adopted under the Minnesota Constitution. History: (1493-3) 1919 c 58 s 3; 1987 c 229 art 10 s 1
447.13 POWER GRANTED ADDITIONAL TO EXISTING POWERS. The power to levy the tax in sections 447.10 to 447.13 is in addition to all existing powers and taxes that the cities may now levy. History: (1493-4) 1919 c 58 s 4; 1987 c 229 art 10 s 1
447.14 GIFTS FOR FREE MEDICAL DISPENSARIES, PUBLIC LIBRARIES. A city of the first class may accept, in trust, gifts, devises, and bequests of money or property to set up and run free medical dispensaries for the poor of the city or the county in which the city is situated, and free public libraries for city […]
447.15 ADMINISTRATION OF TRUST; DESIGNATION OF TRUSTEES. A city of the first class may administer a gift, devise, or bequest to it in trust for the purposes in sections 447.14 to 447.16, as the donor or testator may designate in the will or trust instrument and in accordance with the terms of the will or […]
447.16 APPLICATION. Sections 447.14 to 447.16 apply to cities of the first class operating under a home rule charter adopted under the Minnesota Constitution. History: (1592-7) 1913 c 232 s 3; 1987 c 229 art 10 s 1
447.31 CREATION AND REORGANIZATION OF HOSPITAL DISTRICTS. Subdivision 1. Resolutions. Any two or more cities and towns, however organized, except cities of the first class, may create a hospital district. They must do so by resolutions adopted by their respective governing bodies or electors. A hospital district may be reorganized according to sections 447.31 to […]
447.32 OFFICERS AND ELECTIONS. Subdivision 1. Terms of office. Each hospital district shall be governed by a hospital board composed of one member elected from each city and town in the district and one member elected at large. A member’s term of office is four years commencing on the first Monday in January and until […]
447.33 POWERS. Subdivision 1. Broad powers of district. Each hospital district created or reorganized under sections 447.31 to 447.37 has the powers necessary and convenient to acquire, improve, and run the hospital, nursing home facilities, and facilities described in section 447.45, subdivision 2, paragraph (b), as the hospital board finds expedient. The list of powers […]
447.331 STUDENT LOAN; MEDICAL SCHOOL, HEALTH-FIELD PROGRAM. Subdivision 1. Eligibility; loan amounts. A hospital district may provide loans for the cost of education and living expenses to students who: (1) meet eligibility criteria established by resolution of the hospital board; (2) are enrolled in an accredited medical school or health-related educational program; and (3) agree […]
447.34 PAYMENT OF EXPENSES; TAXATION. Subdivision 1. Expenses paid from revenue, taxes, and appropriations; tax limits. Expenses of acquiring, improving, and running the hospital, nursing home facilities, and facilities described in section 447.45, subdivision 2, paragraph (b), operated by a hospital district, amounts payable with respect to facilities of the type described in section 447.45, […]
447.345 TEMPORARY BORROWING AUTHORITY. Subdivision 1. Certificates of indebtedness. A hospital district located wholly outside the seven-county metropolitan area and created or reorganized under sections 447.31 to 447.37 may borrow money by issuing certificates of indebtedness in anticipation of taxes previously levied, revenues, and federal aids. Total indebtedness for the certificates must not exceed $50,000. […]
447.35 BONDS. A hospital district may borrow money by the issuance of its general obligation bonds: (1) to acquire and better hospital and nursing home facilities including the provision of an adequate working capital for a new hospital or nursing home; (2) for ambulances and related equipment; (3) for refunding its outstanding bonds; and (4) […]
447.36 ANNEXATION OF TERRITORY. After the creation or reorganization of a hospital district, a city or town whose territory is contiguous to the district or contiguous to a city or town that is contiguous to the district at any point may ask to be annexed to the district. The resolution is subject to referendum according […]
