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1 <br />370.02 PETITION. <br />MINNESOTA STATUTES 2015 370.02 <br />A separate petition for each affected county signed by at least one-fourth of those voting in the county <br />at the last preceding election, giving the residence of each signer, may be filed with the secretary of state, <br />and a copy with the auditor of each county, at least 90 days before any general election, requesting a change <br />of county boundaries, or that a new county is established out of territory taken from one or more existing <br />counties. If the petition is for a change of boundaries, it must contain a description of the territory to be <br />taken, the name of the county from which the territory is to be detached, and the county to which the territory <br />is to be attached. If the petition is for the establishment of a new county, it must be signed by at least a <br />number of registered voters equal to one-fourth of those voting in each portion of both the proposed new <br />county and the remaining portion of the existing county in the last general election, state the name of the <br />proposed new county, a description of the territory to be included, giving boundaries, the name and location <br />of the proposed county seat for the new county and for the remainder of the existing county if not the current <br />county seat, and the names and places of residence of the persons who shall constitute the first county board. <br />History: (603) RL s 381; 1985 c 109 s 1; 2001 c 198 s 2 <br />Copyright © 2015 by the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota. All Rights Reserved. <br />