2005 Minnesota Statutes - 412.016 — Application; statutory cities.

     412.016 Application; statutory cities.  


    Subdivision 1.    Application and definition.  This 
 chapter applies to any city which has not adopted a home rule 
 charter pursuant to the Constitution and the laws of this 
 state.  Such a city is defined as a "statutory city," and the 
 term includes every city which was a village on January 1, 1974. 


    Subd. 2.    Use of the term village.  Except as 
 provided in Laws 1973, chapter 123, article 4, the term "village"
 shall not be applied to any municipal corporation operating 
 under the authority of this chapter.  In the next and subsequent 
 editions of Minnesota Statutes the revisor of statutes shall 
 delete the term "village" from this chapter except where 
 necessary to effect the provisions of Laws 1973, chapter 123, 
 article 4.  


    HIST: 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1