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1 <br />MINNESOTA STATUTES 2020 410.06 <br />410.06 COMPENSATION; EXPENSES. <br />The members of the commission shall receive no compensation, but the commission may employ an <br />attorney and other personnel to assist in framing the charter, and any amendment or revision of it. When so <br />directed by the commission, the reasonable compensation of personnel, the cost of printing the charter or <br />any amendment or revision of it, and the cost of informing the citizens of a suggested charter or suggested <br />charter amendments or revisions, shall be paid by the city. The amount of reasonable and necessary charter <br />commission expenses that shall be paid by the city is the greater of .07 percent of the city's current certified <br />general property tax levy or $1,500, not to exceed $20,000 in any one year, but the council may authorize <br />such additional charter commission expenses the commission considers necessary. Other statutory and <br />charter provisions requiring budgeting of or limiting expenditures do not apply to charter commission <br />expenses. The council may levy a tax in excess of charter tax limitations to pay the expenses. <br />History: (1270) RL s 750; 1907 c 216 s 1; 1947 c 406 s 1; 1959 c 305 s 5; 1961 c 608 s 2; 1973 c 123 <br />art 5s7; 1994 c 505 art 3 s 8; 2020 c 87 s 2 <br />Official Publication of the State of Minnesota <br />Revisor of Statutes <br />