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http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/cgi-bin/getgtatchap.pl <br /> <br />Minnesota Statutes 2002, Chapter 410. <br /> <br />Copyright 2002 by the Office of Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota. <br /> <br />==410.0t <br /> 410.01 Cities, classes. <br /> <br /> Cities are hereby divided, for legislative purposes, into <br />classes as follows: <br /> <br /> First class -- Those having more than 100,000 inhabitants <br />provided that once a city is defined to be of the first class, <br />it shall not be reclassified unless its population decreases by <br />25 percent from the census figures which last qualified the city <br />for inclusion in the class; <br /> <br /> Second class -- Those having more than 20,000 and not more <br />than 100,000 inhabitants; <br /> <br /> Third class -- Those having more than 10,000 and not more <br />than 20,000 inhabitants, and ~ <br /> <br /> Fourth class -- Those having not more than 10,000 <br />inhabitants. <br /> <br /> Changes in classification resulting from any future <br />national census shall take effect upon the filing of certified <br />copies of the census in the office of the secretary of state as <br />provided in section 600.18. Meanwhile the council or other <br />governing body shall take measures for the election of proper <br />officials and for dividing the city into wards, if necessary, <br />and otherwise prepare for the coming change. <br /> <br /> HIST: (1265) RL s 746; 1951 c 348 s 1; 1959 c 510 s 1; 1978 c <br />489 s 1 <br /> <br />==410.015 <br /> 410.015 Definitions relating to cities. <br /> <br /> The term "statutory city" means any city which has not <br />adopted a home rule charter pursuant to the constitution and <br />laws; the words "home rule charter city" mean any city which has <br />adopted such a charter. In any law adopted after July 1, 1976, <br />the word "city" when used without further description extending <br />the application of the term to home rule charter, cities means <br />statutory cities only. <br /> <br />HIST: 1976 c 44 s 19; 1976 c 155 s 3 <br /> <br />==410.02 <br /> 410.02 Repealed, 1949 c 114 s 1 <br /> <br />==410.03 <br /> 410.03 Existing charters preserved. <br /> <br /> Until otherwise provided in accordance with this chapter, <br /> all cities existing at the time of the taking effect of the <br /> Revised Laws 1905 shall continue to be governed by the laws then <br /> applicable thereto. <br /> <br />HIST: (1267) RL s 747 <br /> <br />==410.04 <br /> 410.04 Home rule charters; patrol limits. <br /> <br /> Any city in the state may frame a city charter for its own <br />government in the manner hereinafter prescribed; provided, that <br /> <br />I of 11 1/10/2003 11:25 AM' <br /> <br /> <br />