Subdivision 1.

[Repealed, 1991 c 51 s 6]

Subd. 2.Warrant-check.

Attorney's Note

Under the Minnesota Statutes, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Gross misdemeanorup to 1 yearup to $3,000
Misdemeanorup to 90 daysup to $1,000
For details, see § 609.02

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Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 383A.50

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • state: extends to and includes the District of Columbia and the several territories. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44

(a) On each warrant that Ramsey County draws on the county treasury, the county shall state the purpose for which it is issued. The warrant may be so designed that it becomes a check on the county depository and may be known as a “warrant-check.”

(b) The warrant-check need not show the fund from which drawn.

Subd. 3.

[Repealed, 1991 c 51 s 6]

Subd. 4.Illegal expenditure; gross misdemeanor.

A county commissioner who knowingly authorizes or makes a payment or incurs an obligation in violation of the provisions of this section is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.

Subd. 5.Lapse of appropriations.

(a) Each appropriation, except an appropriation for a capital expenditure, lapses at the close of the fiscal year to the extent that it has not been expended or encumbered.

(b) An appropriation for a capital expenditure continues in force until the purpose for which it was made has been accomplished or abandoned; the purpose of appropriation of this kind is abandoned if three years pass without a disbursement from or encumbrance of the appropriation.

Subd. 6.Joint city-county liabilities.

The city of Saint Paul and the county of Ramsey may agree to provide for a mutually satisfactory method of paying for services, materials or supplies for which they are jointly charged under law. Either the city or the county may pay for these services made from a joint fund established under the exclusive control of either the city or the county. If the agreement provides that one subdivision of government shall pay a joint obligation in full, it may provide that the other subdivision shall discharge its part of the joint obligation by paying its share of the obligation to the subdivision first paying the obligation in full.