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473.144 CERTIFICATES OF COMPLIANCE FOR CONTRACTS.
(a) For all contracts for goods and services in excess of $100,000, neither the council nor an agency listed in section 473.143, subdivision 1, shall accept any bid or proposal for a contract or agreement from any business having more than 40 full-time employees within this state on a single working day during the previous 12 months, unless the firm or business has an affirmative action plan for the employment of minority persons, women, and qualified disabled individuals submitted to the commissioner of human rights for approval. Neither the council nor an agency listed in section 473.143, subdivision 1, shall execute the contract or agreement until the affirmative action plan has been approved by the commissioner of human rights. Receipt of a certificate of compliance from the commissioner of human rights signifies that a business has an approved affirmative action plan. A certificate is valid for two years. Section 363A.36 governs revocation of certificates. The rules adopted by the commissioner of human rights under section 363A.37 apply to this section.
(b) This paragraph applies to a contract for goods or services in excess of $100,000 to be entered into between the council or an agency listed in section 473.143, subdivision 1, and a business that is not subject to paragraph (a), but that has more than 40 full-time employees on a single working day during the previous 12 months in the state where the business has its primary place of business. The council or the agency may not execute a contract or agreement with a business covered by this paragraph unless the business has a certificate of compliance issued by the commissioner under paragraph (a) or the business certifies to the contracting agency that it is in compliance with federal affirmative action requirements.
473F.09 ADJUSTMENTS IN DATES.
If, by reason of the enactment of any other law, the date by which the commissioner of revenue is required to certify to the county auditors the records of proceedings affecting the net tax capacity of property is advanced to a date earlier than June 30, the dates specified in sections 473F.07 and 473F.10 may be modified in the years to which such other law applies in the manner and to the extent prescribed by the administrative auditor.
469.073 DETROIT LAKES.
The city of Detroit Lakes may establish a port authority commission that has the same powers as a port authority established under section 469.049 or other law. If the city establishes a port authority commission, the city shall exercise all the powers relating to the port authority granted to a city by sections 469.048 to 469.068 or other law. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the city may choose the name of the commission.
If the city of Detroit Lakes establishes a port authority commission under subdivision 1, the commission may exercise the same powers as a municipal housing and redevelopment authority established under sections 469.001 to 469.047 or other law. The city shall then exercise all the powers relating to the municipal housing and redevelopment authority granted to a city by sections 469.001 to 469.047 or other law.
473.145 DEVELOPMENT GUIDE.
(a) The Metropolitan Council must prepare and adopt, after appropriate study and such public hearings as may be necessary, a comprehensive development guide for the metropolitan area. It must consist of a compilation of policy statements, goals, standards, programs, and maps prescribing guides for the orderly and economical development, public and private, of the metropolitan area. The comprehensive development guide must recognize and encompass physical, social, or economic needs of the metropolitan area and those future developments which will have an impact on the entire area including but not limited to such matters as land use, climate mitigation and adaptation, parks and open space land needs, the necessity for and location of airports, highways, transit facilities, public hospitals, libraries, schools, and other public buildings.
(b) For the purposes of this section, "climate mitigation and adaptation" includes mitigation goals and strategies that meet or exceed the greenhouse gas emissions-reduction goals established by the state under section 216H.02, subdivision 1, and transportation targets established by the commissioner of transportation, including vehicle miles traveled reduction targets established in the statewide multimodal transportation plan under section 174.03, subdivision 1a, as well as plans and policies to address climate adaptation in the region. The commissioner of transportation must consult with the Metropolitan Council on transportation targets prior to establishing the targets.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no decision adopting or authorizing a comprehensive plan shall be subject to the requirements of chapter 116D. Nothing in this paragraph exempts individual projects, as defined by Minnesota Rules, part 4410.0200, subpart 65, from the requirements of chapter 116D and applicable rules.
473F.10 REASSESSMENTS AND OMITTED PROPERTY.
If the commissioner of revenue orders a reassessment of all or any portion of the property in a municipality other than in the form of a mathematically prescribed adjustment of valuation, or if omitted property is placed upon the tax rolls, and the reassessment has not been completed or the property placed upon the rolls, as the case may be, by November 15, the net tax capacity of the affected property shall, for purposes of sections 473F.03 to 473F.08, be determined from the abstracts filed by the county auditor with the commissioner of revenue.
If the reassessment, when completed and incorporated in the commissioner of revenue's certification of the net tax capacity of the municipality, or the listing of omitted property, when placed on the rolls, results in an increase in the net tax capacity of commercial-industrial property in the municipality which differs from that used, pursuant to subdivision 1, for purposes of sections 473F.03 to 473F.08, the increase in the net tax capacity of commercial-industrial property in that municipality in the succeeding year, as otherwise computed under section 473F.06, shall be adjusted in a like amount, by an increase if the reassessment or listing discloses a larger increase than was used for purposes of sections 473F.03 to 473F.08, or by a decrease if the reassessment or listing discloses a smaller increase than was used for those purposes, provided that no adjustment shall reduce the amount determined under section 473F.06 to an amount less than zero.
Subdivisions 1 and 2 shall not apply to the determination of the tax rate under section 473F.08, subdivision 4, or to the determination of the net tax capacity of commercial-industrial property and each item thereof for purposes of section 473F.08, subdivision 6.
469.074 DULUTH.
The Seaway Port Authority of Duluth may acquire, purchase, charter, lease, mortgage, or otherwise own and operate vessels as may be necessary or convenient. The authority may enter into joint vessel ownership contracts or joint ventures with others, contract with vessel owners and operators, and enter into contractual relationships necessary or convenient to acquire, purchase, charter, lease, or operate vessels.
The following quoted sentence from Minnesota Statutes 1961, section 458.59:
"No state-owned tax-forfeited land comprising riparian lands or submerged lands within the harbor line as duly established, and all such tax-forfeited lands lying within a distance of 1,500 feet thereof, located in harbors upon the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway shall be offered for sale or sold to any private person, firm, or corporation and all such tax-forfeited lands are hereby withdrawn from sale to such private persons, firms, or corporations."
does not apply to land located on Minnesota Point in the city of Duluth that is zoned residential under the zoning ordinance of the city. Before the land is offered for sale, the city council, the county board, and the port authority must approve the offering. A sale or conveyance of the land must not include riparian rights. The riparian rights are kept by the state.
The port authority may conduct meetings as provided by section 13D.015.
The Seaway Port Authority of Duluth may create a corporation as a nonprofit corporation under chapter 317A with the mission of furthering its goals and duties.
473F.11 LATE LEVIES.
If a governmental unit does not certify its levy to the county auditor by November 25, then for purposes of section 473F.08, subdivision 3, clause (a), and section 473F.08, subdivision 5, its levy shall be deemed to equal its levy in the preceding year.
If a governmental unit certifies its levy to the county auditor on or before November 25, no change in its levy subsequent to that date shall be recognized for purposes of section 473F.08, subdivision 3, clause (a), and section 473F.08, subdivision 5.
Subdivisions 1 and 2 shall not apply to section 473F.08, subdivision 3, clause (b), and section 473F.08, subdivision 4.
If, in any year, the levy employed in respect to a governmental unit, for purposes of section 473F.08, subdivision 3, clause (a), and section 473F.08, subdivision 5, is determined under subdivision 1 or subdivision 2, and its actual levy as determined subsequent to November 25 is a different amount, then its levy as otherwise determined in the succeeding year shall, for purposes of those provisions, be increased in the amount of the difference if the actual levy was greater than that employed for purposes of those provisions, or decreased in the amount of the difference if the actual levy was less than that employed for purposes of those provisions.
469.075 FERGUS FALLS.
The city of Fergus Falls may establish a port authority commission that has the same powers as a port authority established under section 469.049 or other law. If the city establishes a port authority commission, the city shall exercise all the powers relating to the port authority granted to a city by sections 469.048 to 469.068 or other law. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the city may choose the name of the commission.
If the city of Fergus Falls establishes a port authority commission under subdivision 1, the commission may exercise the same powers as a municipal housing and redevelopment authority established under sections 469.001 to 469.047 or other law. The city shall then exercise all the powers relating to the municipal housing and redevelopment authority granted to a city by sections 469.001 to 469.047 or other law.
471.475 IRON RANGE CITIES OR TOWNS MAY LEASE OUT HOSPITAL.
The governing body of any city or town, the valuation of which consists of more than 25 percent iron ore may lease, upon such terms as it deems to be in its best interests, whether for a direct monetary consideration or otherwise, any community or municipal hospital, or any lands, or buildings in connection therewith belonging to said city or town to any incorporated nonprofit hospital association. However, such hospital must be made and kept available to all inhabitants of such city or town on equal terms. Any such city or town may lease, sell, assign or donate to such hospital association upon such terms as it determines to be in its best interests, whether for monetary consideration or otherwise, any hospital supplies or equipment for use in such hospital, and may reimburse such association for any expenditures made for such hospital supplies out of the general or permanent improvement fund of the city or town or out of any special hospital fund which may be created, or out of moneys obtained as gifts for hospital purposes from individuals, corporations, foundations, or groups of any sort.
471.476 AMBULANCE SERVICES, HENNEPIN COUNTY EXCEPTION.
Any county, except Hennepin County, city, however organized, town or hospital district, either singly or jointly in accordance with an agreement made pursuant to section 471.59, may provide general ambulance services. In providing such service the political subdivision may purchase, rent or lease ambulances and related equipment and supplies; may contract for such service with any person, firm, corporation or other political subdivision upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon and may employ and train personnel for such service. Ambulance service authorized by this section may be provided both inside and outside the boundaries of the political subdivision and may be furnished to nonresidents as well as residents.
Any such political subdivision providing a general ambulance service pursuant to this section may levy an annual tax over and above any statutory or charter limitation and may also impose reasonable charges for ambulance services in order to finance the cost of such service. Any governing body may appropriate money as necessary from funds received for the purposes of Laws 1969, chapter 333, or from any surplus in general revenue funds of the political subdivision.
Any city, however organized, may issue bonds for the acquisition of ambulances and related equipment notwithstanding the provisions of any other statute or charter.
Any organized town may in the manner hereinafter provided provide general ambulance service for a portion or portions of the territory within the town outside the boundaries of any incorporated municipality, and may levy the tax authorized by this section on the portion or portions so served. To establish such service, the town board shall adopt a resolution describing with particularity the territory to be served and shall transmit a certified copy of the resolution to the county auditor. The territory described in the resolution shall be compact and contiguous in nature. The town board may thereafter annually levy such tax on the territory described as may be necessary to provide the ambulance service. Upon the certification of such tax by the town board to the county auditor, the auditor shall thereupon spread the tax upon the property described in the resolution and the same shall be collected and distributed as other taxes for use by the town board for ambulance service within the territory described in the resolution.
469.076 GRANITE FALLS.
The Granite Falls City Council may use the powers of a governmental agency or subdivision under sections 469.048 to 469.068 except that the council may not use the powers in section 469.060. The powers must be used according to and for the purposes of Laws 1981, chapter 225.
471.51 AGREEMENT TO STATE YEARS OF PAYMENTS.
Every such agreement shall state the year or years for which the payments are to be made in lieu of the taxes that would have been levied upon the premises concerned for such year or years if the same has been subject to taxation. All payments made by the United States under any such agreement shall be received by the county treasurer and shall be distributed in the same manner and in the same proportions as such taxes for each year or years would have been distributed.
473.1466 TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM PERFORMANCE EVALUATION.
(a) Prior to each major revision of the transportation policy plan, the council must carry out a performance evaluation of the metropolitan area's transportation system as a whole. The performance evaluation must:
(1) evaluate the area's ability to meet the need for effective and efficient transportation of goods and people;
(2) evaluate trends and their impacts on the area's transportation system;
(3) assess the region's success in meeting the currently adopted regional transportation benchmarks; and
(4) include an evaluation of the regional transit system, including a comparison with peer metropolitan regions with regard to key operating and investment measurements.
(b) The council must update the evaluation of the regional transit system every two years.
(c) The council shall use the results of the performance evaluation to make recommendations for improving the system in each revision of the transportation policy plan.
(d) The council must conduct a peer review of the performance evaluation using at least two nationally recognized transportation and transit consultants.
(e) The council must submit the performance evaluation to the chairs and ranking minority members of the house of representatives and senate committees and divisions with jurisdiction over transportation finance and policy.
471.49 DEFINITIONS.
Unless the language or context clearly indicates that a different meaning is intended, the following words, terms, and phrases, for the purposes of this chapter, shall be given the meanings hereinafter subjoined to them.
"Agreement" means "contract" and includes renewals and alterations of a contract.
"Political subdivision" means any agency or unit of this state which now is, or hereafter shall be, authorized to levy taxes or empowered to cause taxes to be levied.
"Services" means such public and municipal functions as are performed for property in and persons residing within a political subdivision.
"United States" means the United States of America.
"County board" means the county board of any county in this state.
"Project" means any resettlement project or rural rehabilitation project for resettlement purposes of the United States located within a political subdivision and includes the persons inhabiting such a project.
"Governing body" means the council, board, body, or persons in which the powers of a subdivision as a body corporate, or otherwise, are vested.
"Fund" means, unless otherwise expressed, the "government project fund" to be established pursuant to section 471.54.
"Public accountant" means a certified public accountant or a certified public accounting firm licensed in accordance with chapter 326A.
473F.13 CHANGE IN STATUS OF MUNICIPALITY.
If a municipality is dissolved, is consolidated with all or part of another municipality, annexes territory, has a portion of its territory detached from it, or is newly incorporated, the secretary of state shall immediately certify that fact to the commissioner of revenue. The secretary of state shall also certify to the commissioner of revenue the current population of the new, enlarged, or successor municipality, if determined by the chief administrative law judge of the state Office of Administrative Hearings incident to consolidation, annexation, or incorporation proceedings. The population so certified shall govern for purposes of sections 473F.01 to 473F.13 until the Metropolitan Council files its first population estimate as of a later date with the commissioner of revenue. If an annexation of unincorporated land occurs without proceedings before the chief administrative law judge, the population of the annexing municipality as previously determined shall continue to govern for purposes of sections 473F.01 to 473F.13 until the Metropolitan Council files its first population estimate as of a later date with the commissioner of revenue.
MS 1990 [Repealed, 1991 c 291 art 1 s 63]
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471.50 COUNTY BOARD MAY MAKE AGREEMENTS IN REGARD TO TAXES.
The county board of any county in this state is hereby authorized and empowered to make requests of the United States for and on behalf of the county and the political subdivisions whose jurisdictional limits are within or coextensive with the limits of the county, for the payment of such sums in lieu of taxes as the United States may agree to pay, and to enter into agreements with the United States, in the name of the county, for the performance of services by the county and such political subdivisions for the benefit of the project and for the payment by the United States to the county, in one or more installments, of such sums in lieu of taxes; provided, that at least ten days' notice, in writing, of the meeting of the county board at which such proposed agreement will be considered and acted upon shall be given by the county auditor to the clerk of each political subdivision affected.
469.0772 KOOCHICHING COUNTY; PORT AUTHORITY.
The governing body of the county of Koochiching may establish a port authority that has the same powers as a port authority established under section 469.049. If the county establishes a port authority, the governing body of the county shall exercise all powers granted to a city by sections 469.048 to 469.068 or other law. Any city in Koochiching County may participate in the activities of the county port authority under terms jointly agreed to by the city and county.
Koochiching County or any city, town, or other political subdivision located in Koochiching County may apply to the board defined in United States Code, title 19, section 81a, for the right to use the powers provided in United States Code, title 19, sections 81a and 81u. If the right is granted the city, town, or other political subdivision may use the powers within or outside of a port district. The county, a city, town, or other political subdivision may apply jointly with any other city, town, or political subdivision located in Koochiching County.
469.0773 LAKE CITY.
The city of Lake City may establish a port authority commission that has the same powers as a port authority established under section 469.049 or other law. If the city establishes a port authority commission, the city shall exercise all the powers relating to the port authority granted to a city by sections 469.048 to 469.068 or other law. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the city may choose the name of the commission.
If the city of Lake City establishes a port authority commission under subdivision 1, the commission may exercise the same powers as a municipal housing and redevelopment authority established under sections 469.001 to 469.047 or other law. The city shall then exercise all the powers relating to the municipal housing and redevelopment authority granted to a city by sections 469.001 to 469.047 or other law.
469.0775 MANKATO; PORT AUTHORITY.
The governing body of the city of Mankato may exercise all the powers of a port authority provided by sections 469.048 to 469.068, as if the city were a port authority; and the city may exercise all the powers relating to a port authority granted to a city by sections 469.048 to 469.068, or other law.
469.078 MINNEAPOLIS.
The city of Minneapolis may exercise those powers of a governmental agency or subdivision in sections 469.048 to 469.068 granted to it by Laws 1980, chapter 595.
If the city of Minneapolis contracts with a corporation to operate a port facility, the corporation may sell, purchase, or rent supplies, materials, or equipment, or construct, alter, expand, repair, or maintain real or personal property at the facility without regard to section 471.345. This subdivision applies regardless of the source of funds disbursed by the corporation.
471.52 APPORTIONMENT OF PAYMENTS.
Each agreement entered into pursuant to section 471.50 shall contain the names of the political subdivisions with respect to which it is consummated, and a statement of the proportionate share of the payment by the United States to which each subdivision shall be entitled.
471.54 USE OF MONEY.
All money received by a political subdivision hereunder shall be used in like manner as the proceeds of taxes upon the premises concerned.
469.080 PLYMOUTH.
The city of Plymouth may establish a port authority that has the same powers as a port authority established pursuant to section 469.049. If the city establishes a port authority, the city shall exercise all the powers granted to a city by sections 469.048 to 469.068 or other law.
471.55 CONSTRUCTION OF SECTIONS 471.49 TO 471.55.
No provision of sections 471.49 to 471.55 shall be construed to relieve any political subdivision of this state, in the absence of an agreement for payment of sums in lieu of taxes by the United States as provided therein, of the duty of furnishing, for the benefit of a project, all services which the subdivision usually furnishes for property in and persons residing within the subdivision without a payment of sums in lieu of taxes.
471.53 WHO MAY MAKE REQUESTS.
If the United States declines to deal with a county board with respect to any political subdivision whose jurisdictional limits are within or coextensive with the limits of the county, or in the event the jurisdictional limits of a political subdivision lie in more than one county, that subdivision is hereby authorized to make request of the United States for payment of such sums in lieu of taxes as the United States may agree to pay, and is hereby empowered to enter into agreements with the United States for the performance by the subdivision of services for the benefit of a project and for the payment by the United States to the subdivision, in one or more installments of such sums in lieu of taxes. The amount of such payment may be based upon the cost of performing such services during the period of the agreement, after taking into consideration the benefits to be derived by the subdivision from the project, but shall not be in excess of the taxes which would result to the political subdivision during such period if the real property of the project within the political subdivision were taxable. When any payment is received by a subdivision under an agreement entered into pursuant to this section, the governing body of such subdivision shall issue a receipt for such payment.
473.151 DISCLOSURE.
For the purpose of the rules, plans, and reports required or authorized by sections 473.149, 473.516, 473.801 to 473.823 and this section, each generator of hazardous waste and each owner or operator of a collection service or waste facility annually shall make the following information available to the agency, council, Pollution Control Agency, and metropolitan counties: a schedule of rates and charges in effect or proposed for a collection service or the processing of waste delivered to a waste facility and a description, in aggregate amounts indicating the general character of the solid and hazardous waste collection and processing system, of the types and the quantity, by types, of waste generated, collected, or processed. The county, council, office, and agency shall act in accordance with the provisions of section 116.075, subdivision 2, with respect to information for which confidentiality is claimed.
469.079 NORTH MANKATO.
The city of North Mankato may establish a port authority commission that has the same powers as a port authority established under section 469.049 or other law. If the city establishes a port authority commission, the city shall exercise all the powers relating to the port authority granted to a city by sections 469.048 to 469.068 or other law. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the city may choose the name of the commission and may appoint a seven-member commission.
If the city of North Mankato establishes a port authority commission under subdivision 1, the commission may exercise the same powers as a municipal housing and redevelopment authority established under sections 469.001 to 469.047 or other law.
469.082 ROSEVILLE; PORT AUTHORITY.
The governing body of the city of Roseville may exercise all the powers of a port authority provided by sections 469.048 to 469.068.
469.083 ST. CLOUD.
The St. Cloud City Council may exercise all the powers of a port authority provided by sections 469.048 to 469.068.
473.157 WATER RESOURCES PLAN.
To help achieve federal and state water quality standards, provide effective water pollution control, and help reduce unnecessary investments in advanced wastewater treatment, the council shall adopt a water resources plan that includes management objectives for watersheds in the metropolitan area. The council shall recommend to the Board of Water and Soil Resources performance standards for watershed plans in the metropolitan area, including standards relating to the timing of plan revisions and proper water quality management.
471.562 DEFINITIONS.
In sections 471.562 to 471.564, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given in this section.
"Economic development loan repayment" means any payment received or to be received by a municipality with respect to a loan made by the municipality for economic development purposes from the proceeds of a federal or state grant, from the proceeds of bonds issued pursuant to section 471.564 or from municipal resources appropriated for that purpose.
"Municipality" means a statutory city, a home rule charter city, a housing and redevelopment authority created pursuant to, or exercising the powers of such an authority contained in, chapter 469, a port authority created pursuant to, or exercising the powers of such an authority contained in, chapter 469, or an economic development authority created pursuant to or exercising the powers of such an authority contained in chapter 469.
"Project" means an industrial development district as defined in section 469.058, subdivision 1; a project as defined in section 469.002, subdivision 12; a development district as defined in sections 469.124 to 469.133 or any special law; or a project as defined in section 469.153, subdivision 2.
A municipality may sell, at private or public sale, at the price or prices determined by the municipality, a note, mortgage, lease, sublease, lease purchase, or other instrument or obligation evidencing or securing a loan described in subdivision 2.
471.563 USES OF LOAN REPAYMENTS.
Subject to any restrictions imposed on their use by any related federal or state grant, economic development loan repayments and the proceeds of any bonds issued pursuant to section 471.564 may be applied by a municipality to any of the following purposes:
(1) to finance or otherwise pay the costs of a project;
(2) to pay principal and interest on any bonds issued pursuant to section 469.178, with respect to a project, certification of which is requested before August 1, 1987, or pursuant to chapter 474, 458, 462, or section 471.564, to purchase insurance or other credit enhancement for any of those obligations or to create or maintain reserves therefor; or
(3) for any other purpose authorized by law.
If economic development loan repayments are used to pay principal or interest on any such obligations, the municipality may be reimbursed for the amount so applied with interest not exceeding the rate of interest on the obligations from subsequent collections of taxes or other revenues that had been designated as the primary source of payment of the obligations.
471.564 BONDS.
A municipality may by resolution authorize, issue, and sell revenue bonds payable from all or any portion of a municipality's economic development loan repayments to finance any expenditure the municipality is authorized to make under section 471.563. The bonds may be issued in one or more series and sold at public or private sale and at the prices the municipality may determine. The bonds may be secured, bear interest at the rate or rates, have the rank or priority, be executed in the manner, mature and be subject to the defaults, redemptions, repurchases, tender options, or other terms that the municipality determines. The municipality may enter into and perform all contracts deemed necessary or desirable by it to issue the bonds and apply the proceeds of the bonds, including an indenture of trust with a trustee within or without the state, a loan agreement, lease or installment sale contract in connection with the project to be financed, or a guaranty of the bonds or related instrument. The bonds may be further secured by any pledge or mortgage securing the economic development loan repayments pledged to the bonds. The bonds, and the bonds shall so state, shall not be payable from nor charged upon any funds other than the economic development loan repayments and property pledged or mortgaged to the payment thereof. The municipality shall not have the power to obligate itself to pay the bonds from funds other than the economic development loan repayments and properties pledged and mortgaged. No owner or owners of the bonds shall ever have the right to compel any exercise of the taxing powers of the municipality to pay the principal of or interest on any such bonds or to enforce payment thereof against any other property of the municipality. Bonds may be issued under this section and their proceeds loaned to a nongovernmental person or entity, only if the municipality estimates that the economic development loan repayments pledged to the payment of principal and interest, exclusive of economic development loan repayments to be made by the person or entity, if paid to the municipality in accordance with their terms, are sufficient to pay principal and interest on the bonds when due.
469.085 SOUTH SAINT PAUL.
The South Saint Paul City Council may exercise the powers of a port authority, including the port authority of the city of Saint Paul, under sections 469.048 to 469.068.
471.57 PUBLIC WORKS RESERVE FUND.
The council of any city, however organized, may establish by ordinance a public works reserve fund and may annually levy taxes within existing charter limits for the support of such fund. It may, by the ordinance establishing the fund, designate a specific capital improvement or a type of capital improvement for which the fund is to be used. The proceeds of taxes levied for its support shall be paid into the public works reserve fund. There may be paid into such fund any other revenue not required by statute or charter to be paid into some other fund or used for purposes other than those provided in this section for the use of the public works reserve fund.
Except as provided in subdivision 3, the public works reserve fund shall be used only for the specific capital improvement or type of capital improvement designated by the ordinance establishing the fund. If not so designated, it shall be used only for capital improvements of a type for which the municipality establishing the fund is authorized to issue bonds. The term "capital improvement" does not include the construction or acquisition of any steam heat, telephone, gas or electric plant or system. No expenditures shall be made from the public works reserve fund before the first fiscal year following cessation of hostilities in the present war as declared by proper federal authority.
The council of any municipality which has established a public works reserve fund by an ordinance designating the specific improvement or type of capital improvement for which the fund may be used may submit to the voters of the municipality at any regular or special election the question of using the fund for some other purpose. If a majority of the votes cast on the question are in favor of such diversion from the original purpose of the fund, it may be used for any purpose so approved by the voters.
469.0855 WABASHA.
The city of Wabasha may establish a port authority commission that has the same powers as a port authority established under section 469.049 or other law. If the city establishes a port authority commission, the city shall exercise all the powers relating to the port authority granted to a city by sections 469.048 to 469.068 or other law. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the city may choose the name of the commission.
If the city of Wabasha establishes a port authority commission under subdivision 1, the commission may exercise the same powers as a municipal housing and redevelopment authority established under sections 469.001 to 469.047 or other law. The city shall then exercise all the powers relating to the municipal housing and redevelopment authority granted to a city by sections 469.001 to 469.047 or other law.
471.571 PERMANENT IMPROVEMENT FUND, CERTAIN CITIES.
This section applies to each city in which the net tax capacity of real and personal property consists in part of iron ore or lands containing taconite or semitaconite and in which the total estimated market value of real and personal property exceeds $2,500,000.
The governing body of the city may create a permanent improvement and replacement fund to be maintained by an annual tax levy. The governing body may levy a tax in excess of any charter limitation for the support of the permanent improvement and replacement fund, but not exceeding the following:
(a) in cities having a population of not more than 500 inhabitants, the lesser of $20 per capita or 0.08059 percent of estimated market value;
(b) in cities having a population of more than 500 and less than 2,500, the greater of $12.50 per capita or $10,000 but not exceeding 0.08059 percent of estimated market value;
(c) in cities having a population of 2,500 or more inhabitants, the greater of $10 per capita or $31,500 but not exceeding 0.08059 percent of estimated market value.
No expenditure for any one project in excess of 60 percent of one year's levy or $25,000, whichever is greater, may be made from such permanent improvement or replacement fund in any year without first obtaining the approval of a majority of the voters voting at a general or special municipal election at which the question of making such expenditure has been submitted. In submitting any proposal to the voters for approval, the amount proposed to be spent and the purpose thereof shall be stated in the proposal submitted. The proceeds of such levies may be pledged for the payment of any bonds issued pursuant to law for any purposes authorized hereby and annual payments upon such bonds or interest may be made without additional authorization.
When any such city shall be created by charter provision or otherwise any permanent improvement or replacement fund, the funds from the collection of taxes provided for in subdivision 2 shall be in addition to and in excess of any amount or limitations on the tax levies provided in any of its charter provisions.
Any such city may use such fund for any permanent improvement authorized by law and for the betterment, including reconstruction, extension, major improvement or rehabilitation, or remodeling, of any public building or municipal facility, but not including ordinary current repairs thereto. Nothing herein shall restrict any powers which any city may have under existing law. In the event the moneys in said fund exceed the amounts necessary for any of the purposes for which such fund may be used, and the council shall adopt a resolution to that effect, the excess may be used for other authorized municipal purposes.
473.1631 LEGISLATIVE REVIEW.
All metropolitan agencies shall file their budgets with the secretary of the senate and the clerk of the house of representatives on January 15 of the first year of each biennium for review by the committees of each body that have jurisdiction over the metropolitan agencies.
469.0856 ORTONVILLE.
The city of Ortonville may establish a port authority commission that has the same powers as a port authority established under section 469.049 or other law. If the city establishes a port authority commission, the city shall exercise all the powers relating to the port authority granted to a city by sections 469.048 to 469.068 or other law. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the city may choose the name of the commission.
471.572 INFRASTRUCTURE REPLACEMENT RESERVE FUND.
For purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given:
"Reserve fund" means the infrastructure replacement reserve fund.
"City" means a statutory or home rule charter city.
The governing body of a city may establish, by a two-thirds vote of all its members, by ordinance or resolution a reserve fund and may annually levy a property tax for the support of the fund. The proceeds of taxes levied for its support must be paid into the reserve fund. Any other revenue from a source not required by law to be paid into another fund for purposes other than those provided for the use of the reserve fund may be paid into the fund. Before a tax is levied under this section, the city must publish in the official newspaper of the city an initial resolution authorizing the tax levy. If within ten days after the publication a petition is filed with the city clerk requesting an election on the tax levy signed by a number of qualified voters greater than ten percent of the number who voted in the city at the last general election, the tax may not be levied until the levy has been approved by a majority of the votes cast on it at a regular or special election.
The reserve fund may be used only for the replacement of streets, bridges, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, trees, and storm sewers.
If the city has established a reserve fund, it may submit to the voters at a regular or special election the question of whether use of the fund should be restricted to a specific improvement or type of capital improvement. If a majority of the votes cast on the question are in favor of the limitation on the use of the reserve fund, it may be used only for the purpose approved by the voters.
A reserve fund may not be established until after a public hearing is held on the question. Notice of the time, place, and purpose of the hearing must be published for two successive weeks in the official newspaper of the city. The second publication must be not later than seven days before the date of the hearing.
The city may terminate a reserve fund at any time in the same manner as the fund was established. Upon termination of the fund any balance is irrevocably appropriated to the debt service fund of the city to be used solely to reduce tax levies for or bonded indebtedness of the city or, if the city has no bonded indebtedness, for capital improvements authorized by this section.
473.164 SPORTS, AIRPORT COMMISSIONS TO PAY COUNCIL COSTS.
The Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission and the Metropolitan Airports Commission shall annually reimburse the council for costs incurred by the council in the discharge of its responsibilities relating to the commission. The costs may be charged against any revenue sources of the commission as determined by the commission.
On or before May 1 of each year, the council shall transmit to each commission an estimate of the costs which the council will incur in the discharge of its responsibilities related to the commission in the next budget year including, without limitation, costs in connection with the preparation, review, implementation and defense of plans, programs and budgets of the commission. Each commission shall include the estimates in its budget for the next budget year and may transmit its comments concerning the estimated amount to the council during the budget review process. Prior to December 15 of each year, the amount budgeted by each commission for the next budget year may be changed following approval by the council. During each budget year, the commission shall transfer budgeted funds to the council in advance when requested by the council.
At the conclusion of each budget year, the council, in cooperation with each commission, shall adopt a final statement of costs incurred by the council for each commission. Where costs incurred in the budget year have exceeded the amount budgeted, each commission shall transfer to the council the additional moneys needed to pay the amount of the costs in excess of the amount budgeted, and shall include a sum in its next budget. Any excess of budgeted costs over actual costs may be retained by the council and applied to the payment of budgeted costs in the next year.
469.086 WADENA.
The city of Wadena may establish a port authority commission that has the same powers as a port authority established under section 469.049 or other law. If the city establishes a port authority commission, the city shall exercise all the powers relating to the port authority granted to a city by sections 469.048 to 469.068 or other law. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the city may choose the name of the commission and may appoint a seven-member commission.
471.58 RANGE ASSOCIATION OF MUNICIPALITIES AND SCHOOLS; DUES.
For the purpose of providing an areawide approach to problems which demand coordinated and cooperative actions and which are common to those areas of northeast Minnesota affected by operations involved in mining iron ore and taconite and producing concentrate therefrom, and for the purpose of promoting the general welfare and economic development of the cities, towns and school districts within the iron ranges area of northeast Minnesota, any city, town or school district in which the net tax capacity consists in part of iron ore, or lands containing taconite or semitaconite or which is located in whole or part in the tax relief area defined by section 273.134, paragraph (b), may pay annual dues in the Range Association of Municipalities and Schools. The association may sue, be sued, intervene and act in a civil action in which the outcome of the action will have an effect upon the interest of any of its members.
473.165 COUNCIL REVIEW; INDEPENDENT COMMISSION, BOARD, AGENCY.
(1) The Metropolitan Council shall review all long-term comprehensive plans of each independent commission, board, or agency prepared for its operation and development within the metropolitan area but only if such plan is determined by the council to have an areawide effect, a multicommunity effect, or to have a substantial effect on metropolitan development. Each plan shall be submitted to the council before any action is taken to place the plan or any part thereof, into effect.
(2) No action shall be taken to place any plan or any part thereof, into effect until 60 days have lapsed after the date of its submission to the council, or until the council finds and notifies the submitting commission, board, or agency that the plan is consistent with its comprehensive guide for the metropolitan area and the orderly and economic development of the metropolitan area, whichever first occurs. If, within 60 days after the date of submission, the council finds that a plan, or any part thereof, is inconsistent with its comprehensive guide for the metropolitan area or detrimental to the orderly and economic development of the metropolitan area, or any part thereof, it may direct that the operation of the plan, or such part thereof, be indefinitely suspended; provided that the council shall not direct the suspension of any plan or part thereof of any sanitary sewer district operating within the metropolitan area which pertains to the location and construction of a regional sewer plant or plants or the expansion or improvement of the present Minneapolis-St. Paul sanitary district treatment plant. An affected commission, board, or agency may appeal the decision of the Metropolitan Council suspending a plan, or part thereof, to the entire membership of the Metropolitan Council for public hearing. If the Metropolitan Council and the affected commission, board, or agency are unable to agree as to an adjustment of the plan, so that it may receive the council's approval, then a record of the disagreeing positions of the Metropolitan Council and the affected commission, board, or agency shall be made and the Metropolitan Council shall prepare a recommendation in connection therewith for consideration and disposition by the next regular session of the legislature.
469.087 WARROAD.
The city of Warroad may establish a port authority commission that has the same powers as a port authority established under section 469.049 or other law. If the city establishes a port authority commission, the city shall exercise all the powers relating to the port authority granted to a city by sections 469.048 to 469.068 or other law. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the city may choose the name of the commission and may appoint a seven-member commission.
469.088 WHITE BEAR LAKE.
The governing body of the city of White Bear Lake may exercise all the powers of a port authority provided by sections 469.048 to 469.068.
473.166 CONTROLLED ACCESS; APPROVAL.
Before acquiring land for or constructing a controlled access highway in the area, the state Transportation Department or local government unit proposing the acquisition or construction shall submit to the council a statement describing the proposed project. The statement must be in the form and detail required by the council. The council shall review the statement to ascertain its consistency with its policy plan and the development guide. No project may be undertaken unless the council determines that it is consistent with the policy plan. This approval is in addition to the requirements of any other statute, ordinance or rule.