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ADMINISTRATIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN ANOKA COUNTY AND THE MUNICIPALITIES~ TOWNSHIPS~CHOOL DISTRICTS AND HOSPITAL DISTRICTS IN ANOKA COUNTY TO ALLOCATE CQSTS FOR ELECTION EXPENSES PURSUANT TO ADMINISTRATIVE RULES PROMULGATED UNDER LAWS OF 1995, CHAPTER 8~ SECTION 3. 1.0 Agreement For all elections in the County of Anoka, State of Minnesota, except those conducted solely for a single municipality or school district, the county and the political subdivisions within the county who are signatories to this document voluntarily agree to the following alternative cost-sharing arrangement which provides for the assumption of duties and/or sharing of costs in a manner other than that provided in the Rules of the Secretary of State on Cost Allocation Procedures for Election Expenses. 1.1 Applicability This administrative agreement between the election officials of the above described jurisdictions is applicable for any election at which offices or questions for the following categories are voted on; Category A: Federal Offices State Offices or Constitutional Amendments Judicial Offices County Offices or Ballot Questions Soil and Water District Offices or Ballot Questions Category B: Municipal Offices or Ballot Questions Category C: School District Offices or Ballot Questions Category D: Hospital District Offices or Ballot Questions 1.2 Allocation of Costs for Precincts Using Paper Ballots When paper ballots are used at an election, each jurisdiction providing ballots at the election is responsible for the costs associated with printing the ballots and transporting them to the appropriate location. 1.3 School District Elections Conducted on the Same Day as Other Elections When a Category C office or question is included at an election which includes Category A and/or B offices or questions, the school district placing those offices or questions on the ballot shall be responsible, on a precinct-by-precinct basis, for paying 50% of the costs incurred by the municipality and described in parts 2.3, 2.4 and 2.7. Where precincts are split by one or more school district boundaries, the allocation of the school district share of the costs must be distributed among the school districts with an office or question at the election in proportion to the percentage of the total number of registered voters in the precinct who reside in each school district as of 7:00 a.m. on the day of the election.