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412.321 STATUTORY CITIES 9050 I, mission, if there is one, shall determine; but no such extension shall be made into any incorporated municipality without its consent. The sale of electricity, other than sur- plus, outside the limits of the city shall be subject to the restriction of section 455.29. J' l Subd. 4. Lease, sale, or abandonment. Any such utility may be leased, sold, or its I operation discontinued wholly or in part, by ordinance or resolution of the council, I approved by two-thirds of the electors voting on the ordinance or resolution at a general > or special election. If the utility is under the jurisdiction of a public utilities commis- sion, the ordinance or resolution shall be concurred in by the public utilities commis- sion. Such action may be taken with respect to any specific part of the utility, which pan shall be named in the ordinance or resolution; but it shall not be necessary to sub- mit the ordinance or resolution to the voters in such case if the action proposed will not result in depriving any customer inside the corporate limits of any type of munici- pal utility service available before the sale, lease or discontinuance of operation. History: 1949c 119s 39-42; 1955 c 266s 1; 1961 c 275 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1 subd 2; 1981 c 334 s 2; 1986 c 444 . "') i : I, , i' ! i I t. I' , , i ;i i I i' ~ 'I I :,1 Pi t',', I : ~ ; ~ ;,:, ;,' ~' 'II" : ; d i l " ~ it I '! : . , ' , ' 412.33 [Repealed, 1949 c 119 s 110] 412.331 ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION. Any statutory city may by ordinance expressly accepting the provisions of sections 412.331 to 412.391 establish a public utilities commission with the powers and duties set out in those sections. Any water, light, power and building commission now in exis- tence in any statutory city shall hereafter operate as a public utilities commission under sections 412.321 to 412.391. History: 1949 c 119 s 43; 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1 subd 2 412.34 [Repealed, 1949 c 119 sIlO] 412.341 COMMISSION; MEMBERSHIP, ORGANIZATION. Subdivision 1. Membership. The commission shall consist of three members appointed by the council. No more than one member may be chosen from the council membership. Each member shall serve for a term of three years and until a successor is appointed and qualified except that of the members initially appointed in any city, one shall serve for a term of one year, one for a term of two years, and one for a term of three years. Residence shall not be a qualification for membership on the commis- sion unless the council so provides. A vacancy shall be filled by the council for the unex- pired term. Subd. 2. Rules; officers, salary. The commission shall adopt rules for its own pro- ceedings which shall provide among other things for at least one regular meeting by the commission each month. It shall annually choose a president from among its own mem- bers. It shall also appoint a secretary for an indefinite term. The secretary need not be a member of the commission and may be the city clerk. No member of the commission shall receive a salary except as fixed by the council. The secretary shall receive a salary fixed by the commission. History: 1949 c 119 s 44; 1951 c 378 s 12; 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1 subd 2; 1986 c 444 412.35 [Repealed, 1949 c 119 sIlO] 412.351 COMMISSION, JURISDICTION. The council shall, in the ordinance establishing the commission, decide which of . the following public utilities shall be within the commission's jurisdiction: (1) the city water system; (2) light and power system, including any system then in use or later acquired for the production and distribution of steam heat; (3) gas system; (4) sanitary or storm sewer system or both, including the city sewage disposal plant; (5) public build- ings owned or leased by the city; (6) district heating system. As used subsequently in II i ':f :t. J ,'" ~ ' ; iJ:; , i;;, ! i '>f II ;i it .J *fi} tJ~1 i.~ if :W::I' ~;;j; 'i J~fll t'.. " ~r:,: 1:1' :Pi ~ :I! ~; jf- I' 'I l 1, ~ 'J . II .. n 1111