The board of county commissioners shall meet in July and shall levy a tax for the new county in the manner provided by law for levying taxes for county purposes. The chair shall certify to the auditor of each county affected the amount levied. The county boards of the respective counties to be consolidated shall not levy any tax for county purposes in this year.
Minn. Stat. § 371.10
(637-10) 1933 c 273 s 10; 1985 c 109 s 2; 1986 c 444