The governing body of any city in which the net tax capacity consists in part of iron ore, taconite or semitaconite may pay the members of such governing body a per diem in an amount not to exceed $25 per day nor $250 per year for members of such governing body who are absent from the municipality in the performance of their duty as municipal officials.
Minn. Stat. § 415.10
1957 c 246 s 1; 1963 c 158 s 1; 1973 c 57 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1988 c 719 art 5 s 84; 1989 c 329 art 13 s 20