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http://wWW.revisor.leg.state.mn.uS/cgi-bin/getstatchap.pl <br /> <br />have done before home rule charters for cities were authorized <br />by constitutional amendment in 1896. It may omit provisions in <br />reference to any department contained in special or general laws <br />then operative in the city, and provide that such special or <br />general laws, or such parts thereof as are specified, shall <br />continue and be in force therein, including any such special or' <br />general law authorizing the city to incur indebtedness or issue <br />its bonds for municipal purposes. It may prescribe methods of <br />procedure in respect to the operation of the government thereby <br />created, and the duties thereunder of all courts and officers of <br />the district and county in which the city is situated, which <br />duties such courts and officers shall perform. By such charter <br />the city may be authorized to acquire, by gift, devise, <br />purchase, or condemnation, any property, within or without its <br />boundaries, needed for the full discharge of any public function <br />which it is permitted to exercise. <br /> <br /> HIST: (1271) RL s 751; 1921 c 120; 1921 c 343; 1959 c 305 s 1; <br />1961 c 608 s 3; 1971 c 71 s 4; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7 <br /> <br />==410.08 <br /> 410.08 Repealed, 1953 c 278 s 1 <br /> <br />==410.09 <br /> 410.09 Regulation of 'franchises. <br /> <br /> Such proposed charter may provide for regulating and' <br />controlling the exercise of privileges and franchises in or upon <br />the streets and other public places of the city, whether granted <br />by the city, by the legislature, or by any other authority; but <br />no perpetual franchise or privilege shall ever be created, nor <br />shall any exclusive franchise or privilege ~be granted, unless <br />the proposed grant be first submitted to the voters of the city, <br />and be approved by a majority of those voting thereon, nor in <br />such case for a period of more than 25 years. <br /> <br />HIST: (1283) RL s 753; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7 <br /> <br />==410.10 <br /> 410.10 Charter election. <br /> <br /> Subdivision 1. Timing; procedure; recall~ Upon <br />delivery of such draft, the council or other governing body of <br />the city shall cause the proposed charter to be submitted, at the <br />next general election thereafter occurring in the city within <br />six months after the delivery of such draft, and if there is no <br />general city election occurring in the city within six months <br />after the delivery of such draft, then the council or other <br />governing body of the city shall cause the proposed charter to <br />be submitted at a special election to be held within 90 days <br />after the delivery of such draft. The council or other <br />governing body may call a special election for that purpose only <br />at any time. If the election is held at the same time with the <br />general election, the voting places and election officers shall <br />be the same for both elections. At any time before the council <br />has fixed the date of the election upon the proposed charter, <br />the charter commission may recall it for further action; and the <br />council may authorize recall of the charter by the commission at <br />any later date prior to the first publication of the proposed <br />charter. <br /> <br /> Subd. 2. Election notice; publication. The notice of <br />election shall contain the complete charter and shall be <br />published once a week for two successive weeks in the official <br />newspaper of the city, or if there be none, in a legal newspaper <br />of general circulation in the city. In every city of the first <br />class, the publication shall be made in a newspaper having an <br />aggregate regular paid circulation of at least 25,000 copies. <br />The governing body may in addition thereto publish the notice in <br /> <br />4ofll <br /> <br />1/10/2003 1:25 AM <br /> <br /> <br />