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MN Stat § 473.151 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area|Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government|Section 473.151 — Disclosure.

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. History:  1976 c 179 s 18; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1995 c 247 art 2 s 25; 1Sp2005 c 1 art 2 s 161
MN Stat § 473.157 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area|Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government|Section 473.157 — Water Resources Plan.

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. History:  1990 c 601 s 5; 2013 c 101 s 1
MN Stat § 473.1631 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area|Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government|Section 473.1631 — Legislative Review.

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. History:   1991 c 183 s 2
MN Stat § 473.164 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area|Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government|Section 473.164 — Sports, Airport Commissions To Pay Council Costs.

473.164 SPORTS, AIRPORT COMMISSIONS TO PAY COUNCIL COSTS. Subdivision 1. Annually reimburse. 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. Subd. 2. Estimates, budget, transfer. 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. Subd. 3. Final statement. 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. History:  1976 c 321 s 3; 1981 c 363 s 50; 1984 c 654 art 3 s 110; 1994 c 628 art 3 s 47; 1995 c 236 s 6
MN Stat § 473.165 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area|Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government|Section 473.165 — Council Review; Independent Commission, Board, Agency.

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. History:   1975 c 13 s 14
MN Stat § 473.166 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area|Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government|Section 473.166 — Controlled Access; Approval.

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. History:  1975 c 13 s 15; 1976 c 166 s 7; 1982 c 520 s 4; 1984 c 654 art 3 s 111; 1986 c 444; 1993 c 353 s 3; 1994 c 628 art 3 s 48; 2008 c 287 art 1 s 95
MN Stat § 473.168 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area|Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government|Section 473.168 — Freeway Exclusive Lanes.

473.168 FREEWAY EXCLUSIVE LANES. Subdivision 1. Freeway defined. For the purpose of this section, "freeway" means a completely controlled access highway where ingress and egress is allowed only at certain designated points as determined by the road authority having jurisdiction over the highway. Subd. 2. Exclusive lanes; multipassenger transit. The Metropolitan Council may require that any freeway constructed in the metropolitan area on which actual construction has not been commenced by April 12, 1974 include provisions for exclusive lanes for buses and, as the council may determine, other forms of multipassenger transit. The council, in making its determination, must demonstrate that the exclusive lanes are necessary to implement the transportation policy plan of the development guide. History:  1975 c 13 s 16; 1984 c 654 art 3 s 112; 1994 c 628 art 3 s 49
MN Stat § 473.171 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area|Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government|Section 473.171 — Council Review; Applications For Federal And State Aid.

473.171 COUNCIL REVIEW; APPLICATIONS FOR FEDERAL AND STATE AID. Subdivision 1. Federal. The council shall review all applications of a metropolitan agency, independent commission, board or agency, and local governmental units for funds, grants, loans or loan guarantees from the United States of America or agencies thereof submitted in connection with proposed matters of metropolitan significance, all other applications by metropolitan agencies, independent commissions, boards and agencies, and local governmental units for grants, loans, or loan guarantees from the United States of America or any agency thereof if review by a regional agency is required by federal law or the federal agency, and all applications for grants, loans, or allocations from funds made available by the United States of America to the metropolitan area for regional facilities pursuant to a federal revenue sharing or similar program requiring that the funds be received and granted or allocated or that the grants and allocations be approved by a regional agency. Subd. 2. State. The council shall review all applications or requests of a metropolitan agency, independent commission, board or agency, and local governmental units for state funds allocated or granted for proposed matters of metropolitan significance, and all other applications by metropolitan agencies, independent commissions, boards, agencies, and local governmental units for state funds if review by a regional agency is required by state law or the granting state agency. History:  1975 c 13 s 17; 1986 c 460 s 22,23
MN Stat § 473.175 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area|Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government|Section 473.175 — Review Of Comprehensive Plans.

473.175 REVIEW OF COMPREHENSIVE PLANS. Subdivision 1. For compatibility, conformity. The council shall review the comprehensive plans of local governmental units, prepared and submitted pursuant to sections 473.851 to 473.871, to determine their compatibility with each other and conformity with metropolitan system plans. The council shall review and comment on the apparent consistency of the comprehensive plans with adopted plans of the council. The council may require a local governmental unit to modify any comprehensive plan or part thereof if, upon the adoption of findings and a resolution, the council concludes that the plan is more likely than not to have a substantial impact on or contain a substantial departure from metropolitan system plans. A local unit of government may challenge a council action under this subdivision by following the procedures set forth in section 473.866. Subd. 2. 120-day limit. Within 120 days following receipt of a comprehensive plan of a local governmental unit, unless a time extension is mutually agreed to, the council shall return to the local governmental unit a statement containing its comments and, by resolution, its decision, if any, to require modifications to assure conformance with the metropolitan system plans. No action shall be taken by any local governmental unit to place any such comprehensive plan or part thereof into effect until the council has returned the statement to the unit and until the local governmental unit has incorporated any modifications in the plan required by a final decision, order, or judgment made pursuant to section 473.866. If within 120 days, unless a time extension is mutually agreed to, the council fails to complete its written statement the plans shall be deemed approved and may be placed into effect. Any amendment to a plan subsequent to the council's review shall be submitted to and acted upon by the council in the same manner as the original plan. The written statement of the council shall be filed with the plan of the local government unit at all places where the plan is required by law to be kept on file. Subd. 3. Enforcement to get conforming plan. If a local governmental unit fails to adopt a comprehensive plan in accordance with sections 473.851 to 473.871 or if the council after a public hearing by resolution finds that a plan substantially departs from metropolitan system plans and that the local governmental unit has not adopted a plan with modifications required pursuant to section 473.866 within nine months following a final decision, order, or judgment made pursuant to section 473.866, the council may commence civil proceedings to enforce the provisions of sections 473.851 to 473.871 by appropriate legal action in the district court where the local governmental unit is located. History:  1975 c 13 s 19; 1976 c 127 s 14; 1977 c 347 s 68; 1993 c 186 s 10; 1Sp2003 c 16 s 6; 2006 c 194 s 1; 2007 c 113 s 2
MN Stat § 473.181 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area|Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government|Section 473.181 — Additional Council Review.

473.181 ADDITIONAL COUNCIL REVIEW. Subdivision 1.  [Repealed, 2001 c 191 s 9] Subd. 2. Parks. The council shall review local government park master plans pursuant to section 473.313. Subd. 3.  [Repealed, 1994 c 628 art 3 s 209] Subd. 4.  [Repealed, 1995 c 247 art 2 s 55] Subd. 5. Airports. The council shall review Metropolitan Airports Commission capital projects pursuant to section 473.621, subdivision 6. The plans of the Metropolitan Airports Commission and the development of the metropolitan airports system by the commission shall, as provided in sections 473.611, subdivision 5, and 473.655, be consistent with the development guide of the council. History:  1975 c 13 s 20; 1984 c 644 s 60; 1984 c 654 art 3 s 113; 1987 c 384 art 2 s 102; 2014 c 271 art 3 s 6
MN Stat § 473.191 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area|Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government|Section 473.191 — Local Planning Assistance.

473.191 LOCAL PLANNING ASSISTANCE. Subdivision 1. Comprehensive community planning. The Metropolitan Council may, at the request of local governmental units, enter into contracts or make other arrangements with local governmental units and others for the provision of services for and assistance with comprehensive community planning. This may include: (a) Assistance in the preparation, as a guide for long-range development, of general physical plans with respect to the pattern and intensity of land use and the provision of public facilities together with long-range fiscal plans for such development; (b) Programming of capital improvements based on a determination of relative urgency, together with definitive financing plans for the improvements to be constructed in the earlier years of the program; (c) Coordination of all related plans of the departments or subdivision of the government concerned; (d) Intergovernmental coordination of all related planned activities among the state and local governmental agencies concerned; and (e) Preparation of regulatory and administrative measures in support of the foregoing. Subd. 2. Water resources. The Metropolitan Council may provide technical assistance to cities, counties, and towns to expedite adoption and enforcement of local ordinances under sections 103F.121, 103F.201 to 103F.221, and 473.206 to 473.208. History:  1975 c 13 s 21; 1987 c 384 art 2 s 1; 1990 c 391 art 8 s 54; 1998 c 254 art 1 s 91
MN Stat § 473.192 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area|Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government|Section 473.192 — Aircraft Noise Attenuation.

473.192 AIRCRAFT NOISE ATTENUATION. Subdivision 1. Citation. This section may be cited as the "Metropolitan Area Aircraft Noise Attenuation Act." Subd. 2. Definitions. For purposes of this section, "metropolitan area" has the meaning given it in section 473.121, subdivision 2. "Transportation policy plan" means the plan adopted by the Metropolitan Council pursuant to section 473.145. "Municipality" has the meaning provided by section 462.352, subdivision 2. Subd. 3. Ordinance. A municipality in the metropolitan area that, in part or in whole, is within the aircraft noise zones designated in the transportation policy plan may adopt and enforce ordinances and controls to regulate building construction methods and materials for the purpose of attenuating aircraft noise in habitable buildings in and around the noise zone. The ordinance or control shall not apply to remodeling or rehabilitating an existing residential building nor to the construction of an appurtenance to an existing residential building. An ordinance adopted by a municipality must be adequate to implement the Metropolitan Council's guidelines for land use compatibility with aircraft noise. Section 326B.121 does not apply to ordinances adopted under this section. Subd. 4. MAC noise abatement. Nothing in this section shall be construed to diminish the responsibility of the Metropolitan Airports Commission to conduct noise abatement programs under other state or federal law. History:  1987 c 155 s 1; 1995 c 186 s 84; 2005 c 123 s 4,5; 2007 c 140 art 4 s 61; art 13 s 4
MN Stat § 473.194 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area|Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government|Section 473.194 — Definitions.

473.194 DEFINITIONS. For the purposes of sections 473.194 to 473.201, the terms defined in the Municipal Housing and Redevelopment Act shall have the meanings given them in that act. History:  1975 c 13 s 23; 1986 c 460 s 26
MN Stat § 473.197 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area|Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government|Section 473.197 — Housing Bond Credit Enhancement Program.

473.197 HOUSING BOND CREDIT ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM. Subdivision 1.  [Repealed, 2005 c 152 art 1 s 43; 1Sp2005 c 1 art 2 s 162] Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 2005 c 152 art 1 s 43; 1Sp2005 c 1 art 2 s 162] Subd. 3.  [Repealed, 2005 c 152 art 1 s 43; 1Sp2005 c 1 art 2 s 162] Subd. 4. Debt reserve; levy. To provide money to pay debt service on bonds issued under the credit enhancement program in repealed subdivision 1 of Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 473.197, the council must maintain a debt reserve fund until the reserve is no longer pledged or otherwise needed to pay debt service on such bonds. If sums in the debt reserve fund are insufficient to cure any deficiency in the debt service fund established for the bonds, the council must levy a tax on all taxable property in the metropolitan area in the amount needed to liquidate the deficiency. The tax authorized by this section does not affect the amount or rate of taxes that may be levied by the council for other purposes and is not subject to limit as to rate or amount. Subd. 5.  [Repealed, 2005 c 152 art 1 s 43; 1Sp2005 c 1 art 2 s 162] History:  1994 c 587 art 12 s 22; 1996 c 399 art 2 s 8; 1998 c 254 art 1 s 92; 2004 c 206 s 52; 2005 c 152 art 1 s 18; 1Sp2005 c 1 art 2 s 148; 2009 c 86 art 1 s 90
MN Stat § 473.199 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area|Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government|Section 473.199 — Effect On A Municipal Or County Hra.

473.199 EFFECT ON A MUNICIPAL OR COUNTY HRA. Nothing in sections 473.194 to 473.201 shall be construed to impair the powers and obligations of municipal, county or multicounty housing and redevelopment authorities within the metropolitan area. History:  1975 c 13 s 25; 1986 c 460 s 28
MN Stat § 473.201 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area|Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government|Section 473.201 — Allocate Local Project Costs; Seek, Get U. S. Grants.

473.201 ALLOCATE LOCAL PROJECT COSTS; SEEK, GET U. S. GRANTS. Subdivision 1. Local may tax to pay for. The council shall allocate the net unreimbursed costs of any project which it undertakes to the municipality or group of municipalities or county for which the project is undertaken. The governing body of each such municipality or county shall impose taxes or other revenue measures to provide funds necessary to pay the allocated costs, and the governing body of each such municipality or county shall have all the powers, authority and obligation granted to authorities by section 469.033 and all other provisions of law regarding the financing of such projects, provided that the council shall have the powers of an authority for purposes of applying for and receiving federal grants in connection with all projects which it undertakes. Subd. 2. Use of council general levy. The council may expend for the purposes of sections 473.194 to 473.201 any revenues derived pursuant to section 473.249. History:  1975 c 13 s 26; 1986 c 460 s 29; 1987 c 291 s 228
MN Stat § 473.206 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area|Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government|Section 473.206 — Local Ordinances.

473.206 LOCAL ORDINANCES. Each county, city or town in the metropolitan area shall be provided with standards, criteria and suggested model ordinances and may, after review and comment by the Metropolitan Council, adopt ordinances which provide for the protection of the resources that are the subject of the standards, criteria, and model ordinances. History:  1975 c 13 s 29; 1997 c 7 art 1 s 150
MN Stat § 473.208 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area|Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government|Section 473.208 — Cooperation.

473.208 COOPERATION. In adopting and enforcing the ordinances for which standards and criteria are provided by section 473.206, counties, cities and towns shall consult and cooperate with affected soil and water conservation districts, watershed districts, and lake conservation districts on matters of common concern. History:  1975 c 13 s 30; 1987 c 384 art 2 s 1; 1997 c 7 art 1 s 151