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- 7 7726 727 333A.04 NEWSPAPERS 331A.06 FEES 331A.04 DESIGNATION OF A NEWSPAPER FOR OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS. Subdivisior Subdivision 1. The governing body of any local public corporation, when autho- not exceed the 1, rized or required by statute or charter to designate a newspaper for publication of its the newspapers official proceedings and public notices,shall designate a newspaper which is a qualified multiple inserti, medium of official and legal publication in the following priority. customers. Subd. 2. If there are one or more qualified newspapers, the known office of issue Subd. 2. F of which are located within the local public corporation, one of them shall be desig- increase its t( nated. ear for public Subd. 3. When no qualified newspaper has a known office of issue located in the rate described i I ocal public corporation, but one or more qualified newspapers maintain a secondary such es inced i office there, one of them shall be designated. Subd. r ! Subd. 4.When no qualified newspaper has its known office of issue or a secondary s r the publiccoke office located within the local public corporation,then a qualified newspaper of general fo fo the circulation there shall be designated. notices. Subd. 5.If a local public corporation is without an official newspaper,or if the pub- Subd. 4. lisher refuses to publish a particular public notice, matters required to be published or at the rate p shall be published in a newspaper designated as provided in subdivision 4.The govern- section. ing body of a local public corporation with territory in two or more counties may, if History: deemed in the public interest,designate a separate qualified newspaper for each county. History: 1984 c 543 s 23 331A.07 AF] No comp 331A.05 FORM OF PUBLIC NOTICES. newspaper nc Subdivision 1.All public notices shall be printed or otherwise disseminated in the person havinl English language. and the exist( Subd. 2.Unless otherwise specified by a.particular statute,or by order of a court, as set forth i publication of a public notice shall be as follows: county, a lik (a) the notice shall be published once; required fact (b) if the notice is intended to inform the public about a future event,the last pub- pensation sh; bil the lication shall occur not more than 14 days and not less than seven days before the event; the unless ss the p' (c) if the notice is intended to inform the public about a past action or event,the has cowslip( last publication shall occur not more than 45 days after occurrence of the action or must set fort event. legal or offs& Subd. 3.Except as otherwise directed by a particular statute requiring publication the publishe of a public notice,a public notice shall be printed in a type face no smaller than six point as determine with a lower case alphabet of 90 point. Larger type faces may be used. the publicat Subd. 4.Every public notice shall include a title or caption in a body type no smal- charged for ler than brevier or eight point referring to the content of the notice.Larger type faces History may be used. Subd. 5. The governing body of a local public.corporation may,to better inform 331A.08 C the public, increase the frequency of publication of a public notice beyond the mini-. Subdiv mum required by a particular statute. It may use forms and styles for the notice as it exclude the deems appropriate, including the use of display advertisements and graphics. It may which notic publish or disseminate the notice in other newspapers in addition to the newspaper lication. required to be designated under section 331A.04. Regardless of whether a particular Subd. statute specifies"legal notice,""public notice,""notice,"or uses similar terms,the gov- as prescrib erning body may use whatever form for the published notice that it deems appropriate and includ in order to adequately inform the public, subject to the requirements of sections the next se 331A.01 to 331A.1 1. Nothing in the foregoing provisions of this subdivision shall Ilistoi require the governing body of a local public corporation to use the options described. e Subd. 6. Nothing in this section shall invalidate or affect any statutory or charter 331A.09 provision imposing additional or special qualifications for publication of particular Any r notices or proceedings. publicatio History: 1984 c 543 s 24 1 S 1 �.