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MN Stat § 458A.31 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 451 - 459 — Local Public Utilities, Enterprises|Chapter 458A — Local Transit Commissions|Section 458A.31 — Taxes.

458A.31 TAXES. Subdivision 1. Levy limit. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the charter of the city of Duluth, any ordinance thereof, or any statute applicable thereto, limiting the amount levied in any one year for general or special purposes, the city council of the city of Duluth shall each year levy a tax in an amount not to exceed 0.07253 percent of estimated market value, by ordinance. An ordinance fixing the levy shall take effect immediately upon its passage and approval. The proceeds of the levy shall be paid into the city treasury and deposited in the operating fund provided for in section 458A.24, subdivision 3. Subd. 2. For bus system, authority. All moneys received by the city from the excess tax levy hereinabove provided for shall be used for the operation, promotion, maintenance or betterment of the bus transportation system; and for the expenses of the authority provided for herein. Subd. 3. Debt. The authority, if authorized by an affirmative vote of at least five of its members, and approval by the city council, may borrow money on such terms as it deems proper, and may issue certificates of indebtedness for anticipation of the collection of the excess tax levy as hereinabove provided for upon like procedure and subject to like provisions and limitations as provided by section 412.261, and acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto. History:  1969 c 720 s 11; 1979 c 169 s 3; 1981 c 363 s 57; 1989 c 277 art 4 s 57; 2013 c 143 art 14 s 73
MN Stat § 458A.33 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 451 - 459 — Local Public Utilities, Enterprises|Chapter 458A — Local Transit Commissions|Section 458A.33 — General Obligation Bonds.

458A.33 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS. Subdivision 1. Purposes. In addition to the powers contained in section 458A.32, the city upon request of the authority shall have the power to issue general obligation bonds for any of the following purposes: (1) to purchase, construct, or equip terminal facilities, maintenance and garage facilities, ramps, parking areas, or similar facilities used or useful in connection with a public transit system or part thereof; (2) to acquire, improve, extend, or reconstruct any public transit system presently operated in the city of Duluth, or any part thereof; (3) to acquire any property or equipment useful for the construction, reconstruction, extension, improvement, or operation of any public transit system presently operated in the city of Duluth, or any part thereof; (4) to construct and improve a new public transit system for the city of Duluth other than a presently existing transit system, and in connection therewith may exercise all the powers provided for in this section. Subd. 2. Up to $1,400,000. Obligation bonds under this section shall be issued in such amounts, but in no event to exceed the sum of $1,400,000, at such times and in such series as the authority shall determine by resolution, subject to approval and ratification by the city council of the city of Duluth, evidenced by ordinance. Except as otherwise provided by this section, the maturities, any right of prior redemption, execution, paying agency, provision for interest, or other terms of the bonds, shall be subject to the provisions of sections 475.54 to 475.56. Subd. 3. City debt. General obligation bonds issued under this section shall constitute a debt of the city of Duluth for which the full faith and credit of the city shall be pledged; and a tax levy shall be compelled for their payment in the manner required by chapter 475; and they shall so recite. History:   1969 c 720 s 13
MN Stat § 458A.34 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 451 - 459 — Local Public Utilities, Enterprises|Chapter 458A — Local Transit Commissions|Section 458A.34 — Property Acquisition.

458A.34 PROPERTY ACQUISITION. Subdivision 1. Eminent domain by city. In the event that it shall become necessary for any of the purposes enumerated in sections 458A.21 to 458A.37 to exercise the power of eminent domain, such power shall not be exercised by the authority, but the city of Duluth may acquire any of the properties hereinbefore provided for in sections 458A.21 to 458A.37 necessary for the conduct of a bus transportation system, or for the purpose of acquiring any land, waters, easements, or other rights or interests therein by the exercise of the power of eminent domain, either as provided for under the home rule charter of the city of Duluth, or under chapter 117, and acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto. Any such exercise of the power of eminent domain by the city shall be at the request and expense of the authority. The fact that any such property is owned by a public service corporation organized for the purpose specified in section 301B.01, or is already devoted to a public use, or to use by a corporation, or was acquired therefor by condemnation, shall not prevent its acquisition by the city for the authority by condemnation. The city, on behalf of the authority, may take possession of any property for which condemnation proceedings have been commenced at any time after the filing of the petition describing the property in the proceedings. Subd. 2. Facilities from public body. Any state department or other agency of the state government, or any county, municipality, or other public agency, may sell, lease, grant, transfer, or convey to the authority, upon approval of the city council, evidenced by resolution, with or without consideration, any facilities or any part or parts thereof, or any real or personal property or interest therein, which may be useful to the authority for any authorized purpose. History:  1969 c 720 s 14; 2005 c 69 art 1 s 21
MN Stat § 458A.35 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 451 - 459 — Local Public Utilities, Enterprises|Chapter 458A — Local Transit Commissions|Section 458A.35 — Bids.

458A.35 BIDS. The authority shall regulate the making of bids and letting of contracts through procedures established by the authority, in which case the authority would be substituted for the city council insofar as the conditions as set forth in section 31 of the home rule charter of the city of Duluth are concerned. History:   1969 c 720 s 15
MN Stat § 458A.36 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 451 - 459 — Local Public Utilities, Enterprises|Chapter 458A — Local Transit Commissions|Section 458A.36 — Conflicting Authority.

458A.36 CONFLICTING AUTHORITY. The exercise by the authority and the city council of the powers provided in sections 458A.21 to 458A.37 shall not be subject to regulation by or the jurisdiction or control of any other public body or agency, either state, county, or municipal, except as specifically provided in sections 458A.21 to 458A.37. History:   1969 c 720 s 16
MN Stat § 458A.37 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 451 - 459 — Local Public Utilities, Enterprises|Chapter 458A — Local Transit Commissions|Section 458A.37 — Citation.

458A.37 CITATION. Sections 458A.21 to 458A.37 may be cited as the "Duluth Transit Authority Act of 1969." History:   1969 c 720 s 17
MN Stat § 458D.01 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 451 - 459 — Local Public Utilities, Enterprises|Chapter 458D — Western Lake Superior Sanitary District|Section 458D.01 — Purpose And Policy.

458D.01 PURPOSE AND POLICY. The legislature determines that in the lower St. Louis River basin area there are serious problems of water pollution and disposal of sewage and solid waste which cannot be effectively or economically dealt with by existing government units under existing laws. The legislature, therefore, declares that for the protection of the public health, safety and welfare of the area, for the preservation and best use of waters, land and other natural resources of the state in the area, for the prevention, control and abatement of water pollution and disposal of solid waste in the area, and for the efficient and economic collection, treatment and disposal of sewage and solid waste, it is necessary to establish in Minnesota for said area a sanitary board assigned the responsibility of carrying on a continuous long range program of planning with respect thereto and given the authority to take over, acquire, construct, better, administer, operate and maintain any and all interceptors and treatment works needed for the collection, treatment and disposal of sewage and solid waste in such area, as well as local sanitary sewer facilities over which the board agrees to assume responsibility at the request of any local government unit. The board may construct, operate and regulate solid waste disposal sites and facilities. History:  1971 c 478 s 1; 1974 c 377 s 1
MN Stat § 458D.08 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 451 - 459 — Local Public Utilities, Enterprises|Chapter 458D — Western Lake Superior Sanitary District|Section 458D.08 — Budget.

458D.08 BUDGET. The board shall prepare and adopt, on or before December 31, 1971, and on or before November 1, 1972, and each year thereafter, a budget showing for the following calendar year or other fiscal year determined by the board, sometimes referred to in sections 458D.01 to 458D.24 as the budget year, the estimated revenue from all sources, including but not limited to, income earned in the operation of the district disposal system, federal or state grants, taxes on property, and funds on hand at the beginning of the year, and estimated expenses for: (1) credits to each local government unit under section 458D.06, subdivision 4; (2) deferred payments under section 458D.09, subdivision 3; (3) costs of operation, administration and maintenance of the district disposal system; (4) costs of acquisition and betterment of the district disposal system; and (5) debt service, including principal and interest, on general obligation bonds and certificates issued pursuant to section 458D.14, obligations assumed under section 458D.06, subdivision 3, and any money judgments entered by a court of competent jurisdiction. Expenses within these general categories, and such others as the board may from time to time determine, shall be itemized in such detail as the board shall prescribe. The board and its officers, agents and employees shall not incur an expense for any purpose other than debt service without having set forth such expense in the budget nor in excess of the amount set forth in the budget therefor, and no obligation to incur such an expense shall be enforceable except as the obligation of the person or persons incurring it; providing that the board may amend the budget at any time by transferring from one purpose to another any revenue except for debt service and bond proceeds and by increasing expenses in any amount by which revenue during the budget year is estimated to exceed the total amounts designated in the original budget. The creation of any obligation pursuant to section 458D.14 or the award of any federal or state grant is a sufficient budget designation of the proceeds for the purpose for which it is authorized, and of the tax or other revenue pledged to pay the obligation and interest on it, whether or not specifically included in any annual budget. The budget shall contain, in addition to the provisions above, the estimated revenue from income earned in the operation of solid waste disposal sites or facilities and estimated expenses for the operation of such solid waste disposal sites or facilities. Revenues from the operation of disposal sites or facilities shall not be used to fund in whole or in part the maintenance or operation of the district disposal system as that term is defined in section 458D.02. History:  1971 c 478 s 8; 1974 c 377 s 9; 1982 c 514 s 2; 1991 c 55 s 2
MN Stat § 458D.11 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 451 - 459 — Local Public Utilities, Enterprises|Chapter 458D — Western Lake Superior Sanitary District|Section 458D.11 — Government Payments.

458D.11 GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS. Subdivision 1. Obligations of government units. Each government unit shall pay to the board all sums charged to it as provided in section 458D.09, at the times and in the manner determined by the board. The governing body of each such government unit shall take all action that may be necessary to provide the funds required for such payments and to make the same when due. Subd. 2. Amounts due board; when payable. Charges payable to the board by local government units may be made payable at such times during each year as the board determines, after it has taken into account the dates on which taxes, assessments, revenue collections and other funds become available to the government units required to pay such charges. Subd. 3. General powers of government units. To accomplish any duty imposed on it by the board, the governing body of every government unit may, in addition to the powers granted in sections 458D.01 to 458D.24 and in any other law or charter, exercise the powers granted any municipality by chapters 117, 412, 429, 475, and sections 115.46, 444.075 and 471.59. In addition thereto, the governing body of every government unit may levy taxes upon all taxable property in that part of the government unit located in the district for all or a part of the amount payable to the board, to be assessed and extended as a tax upon such taxable property by the county auditor for the next calendar year, free from any limitation of rate or amount imposed by law or charter. Such tax shall be collected and remitted in the same manner as other general taxes of the government unit. Subd. 4. Deficiency tax levies. If the local government unit fails to make any payment to the board when due, the board may certify to the auditor of the county in which the government unit is located the amount required for payment of such amount with interest at not more than the maximum rate per annum authorized at that time on assessments pursuant to section 429.061, subdivision 2. The auditor shall levy and extend such amount as a tax upon all taxable property in that part of the government unit located in the district for the next calendar year, free from any existing limitations imposed by law or charter. Such tax shall be collected in the same manner as other general taxes of the government unit, and the proceeds thereof, when collected, shall be paid by the county treasurer to the treasurer of the board and credited to the government unit for which the tax was levied. History:   1971 c 478 s 10
MN Stat § 458D.111 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 451 - 459 — Local Public Utilities, Enterprises|Chapter 458D — Western Lake Superior Sanitary District|Section 458D.111 — Collection Of Solid Waste Management Service Charges.

458D.111 COLLECTION OF SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT SERVICE CHARGES. Subdivision 1. Authority. The board shall have the powers of a county as specified in section 400.08. Subd. 2. Method of collecting certain service charges. The board shall determine the method of collecting service charges in a service area by resolution. Subd. 3. Service charges on real estate. In addition to any methods provided in section 400.08, the board may assess and collect service charges as follows. On or before October 15 of each year, the board shall certify to each county auditor an itemized list of solid waste management service charges and a description of parcels of lands against which the charges arise. It shall be the duty of the county auditors to include the charges upon the tax rolls of the county for the taxes due and payable for the following year. The solid waste management service charge shall be enforced and collected in the manner provided for the enforcement and collection of real property taxes. The service charges shall be subject to the same penalties, interest, and other conditions provided for the collection of property taxes. The board shall reimburse each county auditor for the costs of collection of the service charge. History:   1997 c 231 art 16 s 18
MN Stat § 458D.145 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 451 - 459 — Local Public Utilities, Enterprises|Chapter 458D — Western Lake Superior Sanitary District|Section 458D.145 — Applicable Elected Representative.

458D.145 APPLICABLE ELECTED REPRESENTATIVE. For purposes of section 147(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and any successor provisions requiring public approval for qualified bonds, the applicable elected representative of the board shall be all the state senators representing any part of the geographic area of the district. History:   1995 c 41 s 1
MN Stat § 458D.15 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 451 - 459 — Local Public Utilities, Enterprises|Chapter 458D — Western Lake Superior Sanitary District|Section 458D.15 — Tax Levies.

458D.15 TAX LEVIES. The board shall have power to levy taxes for debt service of the district disposal system, including solid waste disposal facilities, upon all taxable property within the district without limitation of rate or amount and without affecting the amount or rate of taxes which may be levied by the board for other purposes or by any local government unit in the district. No other provision of law relating to debt limit shall restrict or in any way limit the power of the board to issue the bonds and certificates authorized in section 458D.14. The board shall also have power to levy taxes as provided in section 458D.11. Each of the county auditors shall annually assess and extend upon the tax rolls of the auditor's county the portion of the taxes levied by the board in each year which is certified by the board. Each county treasurer shall collect and make settlement of such taxes with the treasurer of the board. History:  1971 c 478 s 14; 1974 c 377 s 11; 1998 c 254 art 1 s 90
MN Stat § 458D.16 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 451 - 459 — Local Public Utilities, Enterprises|Chapter 458D — Western Lake Superior Sanitary District|Section 458D.16 — Depositories.

458D.16 DEPOSITORIES. The board shall from time to time designate one or more national or state banks, or trust companies authorized to do a banking business, as official depositories for money of the board, and thereupon shall require the treasurer to deposit all or a part of such money in such institutions. Such designation shall be in writing and shall set forth all the terms and conditions upon which the deposits are made, and shall be signed by the chair and treasurer, and made a part of the minutes of the board. Any bank or trust company so designated shall qualify as a depository by furnishing a corporate surety bond or collateral in the amounts required by section 118A.03. However, no bond or collateral shall be required to secure any deposit insofar as it is insured under federal law. History:  1971 c 478 s 15; 1996 c 399 art 2 s 12
MN Stat § 458D.17 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 451 - 459 — Local Public Utilities, Enterprises|Chapter 458D — Western Lake Superior Sanitary District|Section 458D.17 — Money, Accounts, And Investments.

458D.17 MONEY, ACCOUNTS, AND INVESTMENTS. Subdivision 1. Receipt and application. All money received by the board shall be deposited or invested by the treasurer and disposed of as the board may direct in accordance with its budget; provided that any money that has been pledged or dedicated by the board to the payment of obligations or interest thereon or expenses incident thereto, or for any other specific purpose authorized by law, shall be paid by the treasurer into the fund to which they have been pledged. Subd. 2. Funds and accounts. The board's treasurer shall establish such funds and accounts as may be necessary or convenient to handle the receipts and disbursements of the board in an orderly fashion. Subd. 3. Deposit and investment. The money on hand in said funds and accounts may be deposited in the official depositories of the board or invested as hereinafter provided. The amount thereof not currently needed or required by law to be kept in cash on deposit may be invested in obligations authorized for the investment of municipal sinking funds by section 118A.04. Such money may also be held under certificates of deposit issued by any official depository of the board. Subd. 4. Bond proceeds. The use of proceeds of all bonds issued by the board for the acquisition and betterment of the district disposal system, and the use, other than investment, of all money on hand in any sinking fund of funds of the board, shall be governed by the provisions of chapter 475, the provisions of sections 458D.01 to 458D.24 and the provisions of resolutions authorizing the issuance of such bonds. Such bond proceeds when received shall be transferred to the treasurer of the board for safekeeping, investment and payment of the costs for which they were issued. Subd. 5. Audit. The board shall provide for and pay the cost of an independent annual audit of its official books and records by the state auditor or a certified public accountant. History:  1971 c 478 s 16; 1996 c 399 art 2 s 12; 1Sp2003 c 1 art 2 s 110
MN Stat § 458D.19 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 451 - 459 — Local Public Utilities, Enterprises|Chapter 458D — Western Lake Superior Sanitary District|Section 458D.19 — Local Facilities.

458D.19 LOCAL FACILITIES. Subdivision 1. Sanitary sewer facilities. Except as otherwise provided in sections 458D.01 to 458D.24, local government units shall retain responsibility for the acquisition, betterment, operation, administration and maintenance of all local sanitary sewer facilities as provided by law. Subd. 2. Assumption of responsibility. The board may upon request of any government unit or units enter into an agreement under which the board may assume either alone or jointly with the local government unit or units all or any part of the responsibility of the local government unit described in subdivision 1. Except as provided in subdivision 4 and for the purpose of exercising such responsibility the board shall have all the powers and duties elsewhere conferred in sections 458D.01 to 458D.24 with the same force and effect as if such local sanitary sewer facilities were a part of the district disposal system. Subd. 3. Water and street facilities. The board may, upon request of any government unit or units enter into an agreement under which the board may assume either alone or jointly with such unit or units, the responsibility for the acquisition and construction of water and street facilities in conjunction with (a) any project for the acquisition or betterment of the district disposal system or (b) any project undertaken by the board under subdivision 2 above. Except as provided in subdivision 4, and for the purpose of exercising any responsibilities pursuant to this subdivision the board shall have all the powers and duties elsewhere conferred in sections 458D.01 to 458D.24 with the same force and effect as if such water or street facilities were a part of the district disposal system. Subd. 4. Allocation of current costs. All current costs attributable to responsibilities assumed by the board over local sanitary sewer facilities and water and street facilities as provided in this section shall be allocated solely to the local unit or units of government for or with whom such responsibilities are assumed on such terms as may be agreed upon by the board and such local government unit or units. Subd. 5. May include in district system. Nothing contained in this section or in any other part of sections 458D.01 to 458D.24 shall be construed to prevent the board from including, where appropriate, treatment works or interceptors, previously designated or treated as local sanitary sewer facilities, as a part of the district disposal system. Subd. 6. Local powers. Any local government unit may enter into any agreement provided for in this section and perform all acts and things required as a condition or consideration therefor consistent with the purposes of sections 458D.01 to 458D.24, whether or not included in the powers otherwise granted to such local governmental unit by sections 458D.01 to 458D.24 or any other law or charter. History:   1971 c 478 s 18