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FEB-19-2QQ2 lQ:16 LEAGUE OF MN CITIES PUBLICATION OF A SUM:l\1ARY OF THE ORDINANCE REGULATING THE POSSESSION, SALE AND CONSUMPTION OF INTOXICA TING AND 3.2 PERCENT MALT LIQUOR WITHIN THE CITY OF , MINNESOTA. Cities wishing to publish Ii summary of this ordinance instead of publishing the entire ordinance should be familiar with the following information. Statutory cities may publish a summary of lengthy ordinances instead of the complete ordInance, as provided by Mlnnesota Statutes ~ 412.191, subd. 4, but the summary must meet the requirements of Minnesota Statutes S 331A.Ol, 8ubel.10. Before drafting, adopting and publishing a sum.mary of an ordinance, the city should review the statutory provisions reproduced below: Minnesota Statutes ~ 412.191, Subdivision 4, provides in part 3S follows: "In the ca$e of lengthy ordmances, or O,fdlnalll:es which ioclude char!.:lor maps,!! the dtv council determlnes that publication of the title and II SUmmarY of an ordinance would clearlv inform the nublic of th~ illtent and effect of the ordinance. the clluncilllUlv !ly II f(/ur.tifths vote of Us members dinct that only the title of the ordinance and a summarv be Dublished. confonniDl! to section 331.<\..01. subdivision 10. with nQtice that a Donted COllY of the ordinance Is avallahle for insDectlon bv llIl.'I: person durln2 r~lar office hours at the omce of the dtv clerk and an'\' other location which the council desilmates. A copy of the entire text o( the orllinance shall be posted in the community library, if there is one, or if not, in any other public location wb.lch the council designates. Prio!' to the publication of the titll\ and summary the council shall apllrove the text of the 8\Jtnl1tID'V and determine that it clearlv informs the public of the intent and effect of the or:clinance. The pubHshing of the title and summary shall be deemed to fulflU all legal publication requirements llS completely as if the entire ordinance had been publisbed. The text of the summary shall be published in a body type no smaller than brevler or eight-point type. Proof of the puhlication shall be attached to and nIed with the ordinance." (emphasis added) Minnesota Statutes ~ 331A.Ol, subd. 10 reads in part: "'Sumll1arY' means an accurate and intellll!ible abstroct or synonsis of the essential elements of Pfoceedin!:!s, ordinanceIl. re:!olutions. and other official actions. It shall be written in a dear and coherent manner. and shall. to the extent possible. avoid the IIse of technical Oil" lelZal terms not l!enerallv famlllar to the public (emphasis P.19/24 13