Minnesota § 471.96 - MEMBERS OF CIVIC EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Full text of Minnesota Minnesota Statutes § 471.96 — MEMBERS OF CIVIC EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 471.96. MEMBERS OF CIVIC EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Subdivision 1.Dues, expenses.
The governing bodies of cities, counties, and towns are hereby authorized to appropriate necessary funds to provide membership of their respective municipal corporations or political subdivisions respectively in county, regional, state, and national associations of a civic, educational, or governmental nature which have as their purpose the betterment and improvement of municipal governmental operations. Cities, counties, and towns are also authorized to participate through duly designated representatives in the meetings and activities of such associations, and the governing bodies of cities, counties, and towns respectively are authorized to appropriate necessary funds to defray the actual and necessary expenses of such representatives in connection therewith. For purposes of this section, the governing body of a town is the town board.
Subd. 2.Common law unaffected.
This section does not affect any statutory, charter or common law power of cities to provide for membership in and to participate through duly designated representatives in the meetings and activities of state and national associations, nor the power to appropriate money therefor.
History:
1961 c 714 s 1; 1963 c 529 s 1,2; 1967 c 329 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1975 c 288 s 1; 1987 c 90 s 10
Official Publication of the State of Minnesota
Revisor of Statutes
Source: official Minnesota text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 471.96 ("MEMBERS OF CIVIC EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS") is part of the Minnesota Statutes, the codified statutory law of Minnesota. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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