Minnesota Statutes Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities (Ch. 370-403) § 375A.11. Consolidation of duties of county offices

Subdivision 1. Procedure.Without restriction of the authority of the county board to assign additional duties to the county auditor, county treasurer, court administrator of the district court and county recorder for which additional compensation may be paid, and provided that the office of county auditor, county treasurer, court administrator of district court, county attorney, sheriff or county recorder may not be consolidated with another elective office listed in this subdivision except pursuant to the provisions of section 375A.10, the county board may consolidate the duties of any two or more county offices and may provide additional compensation for the additional duties. The county board shall effect a consolidation by ordinance and may by this means consolidate any two or more county offices provided that the person holding the consolidated office possesses the qualifications required by law.

Subd. 2. Performance of duties.If the duties of officers are consolidated pursuant to this section, the county board by ordinance may elect to separate the duties so consolidated and reconsolidate them in any other manner permitted by law or separate the duties without reconsolidation and provide that the duties of each office shall be performed by a separate person, if it deems the change to be in the public interest. When the duties of offices are united and consolidated, the person filling the consolidated offices shall take the oath of each office and give the bond required by the county board for each office and shall discharge all the duties pertaining to each office.