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MN Stat § 458D.20 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 451 - 459 — Local Public Utilities, Enterprises|Chapter 458D — Western Lake Superior Sanitary District|Section 458D.20 — Service Contracts Outside Jurisdiction.

458D.20 SERVICE CONTRACTS OUTSIDE JURISDICTION. The board may contract with the United States or any agency thereof, any state or any agency thereof, or any municipal or public corporation, governmental subdivision or agency or political subdivision in any state, outside the jurisdiction of the board, for furnishing to such entities any services which the board may furnish to local government units in the district under sections 458D.01 to 458D.24, including but not limited to planning for and the acquisition, betterment, operation, administration and maintenance of any or all interceptors, treatment works and local sanitary sewer facilities, provided that the board may further include as one of the terms of the contract that such entity also pay to the board such amount as may be agreed upon as a reasonable estimate of the proportionate share properly allocable to the entity of costs of acquisition, betterment and debt service previously allocated to local government units in the district. When such payments are made by such entities to the board, they shall be applied in reduction of the total amount of costs thereafter allocated to each local government unit in the district, on such equitable basis as the board deems to be in the best interests of the district, applying so far as practicable and appropriate the criteria set forth in section 458D.09, subdivision 2. Any municipality in the state of Minnesota may enter into such contract 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 among the powers otherwise granted to such municipality by law or charter. History:   1971 c 478 s 19
MN Stat § 458D.21 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 451 - 459 — Local Public Utilities, Enterprises|Chapter 458D — Western Lake Superior Sanitary District|Section 458D.21 — Construction Contracts.

458D.21 CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS. Subdivision 1. Plans and specifications. When the board orders a project involving the acquisition or betterment of a part of the district disposal system, it shall cause plans and specifications of the project to be made, or if previously made, to be modified, if necessary, and to be approved by the agency if required, and after any required approval by the agency, one or more contracts for work and materials called for by such plans and specifications may be awarded as provided in this section. Subd. 2. Contracts in excess of $5,000. No contract for any construction work, or for the purchase of materials, supplies, or equipment, estimated to cost more than $5,000 shall be made by the board without publishing once in a newspaper having general circulation in the district and once in a trade paper or legal newspaper published in any city of the first class, not less than 14 days before the last day for submission of bids, notice that bids or proposals will be received. Such notice shall state the nature of the work or purchase and the terms and conditions upon which the contract is to be awarded, and the time and place where such bids will be received, opened, and read publicly. After such bids have been duly received, opened, read publicly, and recorded, the board shall within a reasonable time award such contract to the lowest responsible bidder or it may reject all bids and readvertise. Each contract shall be duly executed in writing and the party to whom the contract is awarded shall give sufficient bond or security to the board for the faithful performance of the contract as required by law. If the board by resolution determines that an emergency exists requiring the immediate purchase of materials or supplies or in making emergency repairs, at a cost estimated to be in excess of $5,000, it shall not be necessary to advertise for bids. Subd. 2a. Contracts in excess of $5,000; best value alternative. As an alternative to the procurement method described in subdivision 2, the board may issue a request for proposals and award the contract to the vendor or contractor offering the best value as described in section 16C.28, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (2), and paragraph (c). Subd. 3. Contracts or purchases for $5,000 or less. The board may, without advertising for bids, enter into any contract or purchase any materials, supplies or equipment of the type referred to in subdivision 2 the costs of which is estimated to be $5,000 or less, or it may in the alternative authorize the executive director to enter into a contract on behalf of the board for such work or to make such purchases without prior approval of the board and without advertising for bids. Subd. 4. Uniform municipal contracting law. Except as otherwise provided in this section, section 471.345 shall apply. History:  1971 c 478 s 20; 2007 c 148 art 3 s 26
MN Stat § 458D.22 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 451 - 459 — Local Public Utilities, Enterprises|Chapter 458D — Western Lake Superior Sanitary District|Section 458D.22 — Annexation Of Territory.

458D.22 ANNEXATION OF TERRITORY. Any municipality upon resolution adopted by at least a four-fifths vote of its governing body may petition the board for annexation to the district of the area then comprising the municipality, or any part thereof and, if accepted by the board, such area shall be deemed annexed to the district and subject to the jurisdiction of the board under the terms and provisions of sections 458D.01 to 458D.24. The territory so annexed shall be subject to taxation and assessment pursuant to the provisions of sections 458D.01 to 458D.24 and shall be subject to taxation by the board like other property in the district for the payment of principal and interest thereafter becoming due on general obligations of the board, whether authorized or issued before or after such annexation. The board may in its discretion condition approval of the annexation upon the contribution, by or on behalf of the municipality petitioning for annexation, to the board of such amount as may be agreed upon as being a reasonable estimate of the proportionate share, properly allocable to the municipality, of costs of acquisition, betterment and debt service previously allocated to local government units in the district, on such terms as may be agreed upon. For the purpose of paying this contribution, the municipality petitioning annexation may exercise the powers conferred in sections 458D.11 and 458D.12. When such contributions are made by the municipality to the board, they shall be applied in reduction of the total amount of costs thereafter allocated to all other local government units in the district, on such equitable basis as the board deems to be in the best interests of the district, applying so far as practicable and appropriate the criteria set forth in section 458D.09, subdivision 2. Upon annexation of such territory, the secretary of the board shall certify to the auditor and treasurer of the county in which the municipality is located the fact of such annexation and a legal description of the territory annexed. History:   1971 c 478 s 21
MN Stat § 458D.23 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 451 - 459 — Local Public Utilities, Enterprises|Chapter 458D — Western Lake Superior Sanitary District|Section 458D.23 — Property Exempt From Taxation.

458D.23 PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION. Any properties, real or personal, owned, leased, controlled, used, or occupied by the sanitary board for any purpose under sections 458D.01 to 458D.24 are declared to be acquired, owned, leased, controlled, used and occupied for public, governmental, and municipal purposes, and shall be exempt from taxation by the state or any political subdivision of the state, except to the extent that the property is subject to the sales and use tax under chapter 297A, provided that such properties shall be subject to special assessments levied by a political subdivision for a local improvement in amounts proportionate to and not exceeding the special benefit received by the properties from such improvement. No possible use of any such properties in any manner different from their use as part of a disposal system at the time shall be considered in determining the special benefit received by such properties. All such assessments shall be subject to final approval by the board, whose determination of the benefits shall be conclusive upon the political subdivision levying the assessment. All bonds, certificates of indebtedness or other obligations of the board, and the interest thereon, shall be exempt from taxation by the state or any political subdivision of the state. History:  1971 c 478 s 22; 2000 c 418 art 2 s 6; 2002 c 379 art 1 s 87
MN Stat § 458D.24 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 451 - 459 — Local Public Utilities, Enterprises|Chapter 458D — Western Lake Superior Sanitary District|Section 458D.24 — Relation To Existing Laws.

458D.24 RELATION TO EXISTING LAWS. The provisions of sections 458D.01 to 458D.24 shall be given full effect notwithstanding the provisions of any law or charter inconsistent therewith, provided however the powers conferred on the board under sections 458D.01 to 458D.24 shall in no way diminish or supersede the powers conferred on the agency by sections 103F.701 to 103F.755 and chapters 115 and 116 or any obligation of the agency incurred pursuant to the exercise of such powers. Any reference to the statutory provisions of Minnesota Statutes 1969, shall include any subsequent amendments thereto. History:  1971 c 478 s 23; 1990 c 391 art 10 s 3; 2011 c 107 s 107
MN Stat § 459.06 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 451 - 459 — Local Public Utilities, Enterprises|Chapter 459 — Municipal Activities|Section 459.06 — Municipal And Memorial Forests.

459.06 MUNICIPAL AND MEMORIAL FORESTS. Subdivision 1. Accept donations. Any county, city, or town may by resolution of its governing body accept donations of land that the governing body deems to be better adapted for the production of timber and wood than for any other purpose, for a forest, and may manage it on forestry principles. The donor of not less than 100 acres of any such land shall be entitled to have the land perpetually bear the donor's name. The governing body of any city or town, when funds are available or have been levied therefor, may, when authorized by a majority vote by ballot of the voters voting at any general or special city election or town meeting where the question is properly submitted, purchase or obtain by condemnation proceedings, and preferably at the sources of streams, any tract of land for a forest which is better adapted for the production of timber and wood than for any other purpose, and which is conveniently located for the purpose, and manage it on forestry principles. The city or town may annually levy a tax on all taxable property within its boundaries to procure and maintain such forests. Subd. 2. Tax-forfeited lands. Any county may by resolution of the county board set aside tax-forfeited land which is more suitable for forest purposes than for any other purpose and dedicate said lands as a memorial forest and manage the same on forestry principles. Any moneys received as income from the land so dedicated and set aside may be expended from the forfeited tax fund for the development and maintenance of the dedicated forest. Subd. 3. Withdrawal of tax-forfeited lands. Any tax-forfeited land which has been included in a memorial forest established in any county under the provisions of subdivision 2, and which is found more suitable for other purposes may by resolution of the county board be withdrawn from the forest for disposal as tax-forfeited land if the commissioner of natural resources approves the sale of such land. History:  (1933) 1913 c 211 s 1; 1945 c 347 s 1; 1959 c 187 s 1; 1967 c 905 s 9; 1969 c 1129 art 10 s 2; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1973 c 773 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 719 art 5 s 84; 1989 c 277 art 4 s 58; 1994 c 505 art 3 s 11; 2014 c 217 s 3
MN Stat § 459.07 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 451 - 459 — Local Public Utilities, Enterprises|Chapter 459 — Municipal Activities|Section 459.07 — Cities May Establish Municipal Forest.

459.07 CITIES MAY ESTABLISH MUNICIPAL FOREST. Any city of the first class operating under the Constitution of the state of Minnesota, by resolution of the governing body thereof, may purchase or obtain by condemnation proceedings, any tract or tracts of land bordering any lake, for a municipal forest and manage the same on forestry principles and may reserve any part of such land for use as a public bathing beach. The selection of such lands and the plans of management thereof, shall have the approval of the director of lands and forestry. History:  (1630-2 3/4) 1935 c 203 s 1; 1967 c 905 s 9; 1990 c 426 art 1 s 48
MN Stat § 459.20 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 451 - 459 — Local Public Utilities, Enterprises|Chapter 459 — Municipal Activities|Section 459.20 — Authority Over Public Waters.

459.20 AUTHORITY OVER PUBLIC WATERS. The governing body of any home rule charter or statutory city or town in the state has, with respect to any body of water situated wholly within its boundaries, all the powers to improve and regulate the use of such body of water subject to section 86B.205, subdivision 6, as are conferred on county boards by sections 86B.205 and 103F.801, and to establish and administer lake improvement districts under sections 103B.501 to 103B.581. With respect to any body of water situated wholly within the contiguous boundaries of two or more home rule charter or statutory cities or towns or any combination thereof, the city councils and town boards may, under the provisions of section 471.59, jointly exercise such powers to improve and regulate the use of the body of water subject to section 103F.751, as are conferred on county boards by sections 86B.205 and 103F.801, and to establish and administer lake improvement districts as provided under sections 103B.501 to 103B.581, provided that no home rule charter or statutory city or town may establish and administer a lake improvement district or exercise any of the powers granted in this section if a lake improvement district covering the same territory has been created by a county board under sections 103B.501 to 103B.581. References in sections 86B.205, 103B.501 to 103B.581, and 103F.801 to the county board shall be construed to refer to the governing body of a home rule charter or statutory city or the board of supervisors of a town. History:  1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1973 c 702 s 24; 1975 c 311 s 1; 1978 c 726 s 17; 1986 c 439 s 5; 1986 c 443 s 16,17; 1990 c 391 art 8 s 46
MN Stat § 459.35 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 451 - 459 — Local Public Utilities, Enterprises|Chapter 459 — Municipal Activities|Section 459.35 — When Bond Allocation Act Applies.

459.35 WHEN BOND ALLOCATION ACT APPLIES. Sections 474A.01 to 474A.21 apply to any issuance of obligations under this chapter which are subject to limitation under a federal tax law as defined in section 474A.02, subdivision 8. History:  1984 c 582 s 10,23; 1Sp1985 c 14 art 8 s 63; 1986 c 465 art 1 s 6; 2000 c 260 s 59
MN Stat § 461.13 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 460 - 463 — Local Government Police Powers|Chapter 461 — Regulating Sales Of Tobacco; Tobacco-related And Electronic Delivery Devices; And Nicotine And Lobelia Products|Section 461.13 — Cigarette License Fees, Apportionment.

461.13 CIGARETTE LICENSE FEES, APPORTIONMENT. The fees for licenses granted by the governing body of any municipality shall be for the benefit of the municipality. When a license is issued by the county board the fee shall be deposited in the county treasury and be credited to the county revenue fund. History:  1941 c 242 s 4; 1941 c 405 s 4; 1951 c 382 s 2
MN Stat § 461.15 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 460 - 463 — Local Government Police Powers|Chapter 461 — Regulating Sales Of Tobacco; Tobacco-related And Electronic Delivery Devices; And Nicotine And Lobelia Products|Section 461.15 — Blind Persons Not To Pay Cigarette Licenses.

461.15 BLIND PERSONS NOT TO PAY CIGARETTE LICENSES. No applicant for any license required of persons for the sale or manufacture of cigarettes shall be required to pay any fee to the state or any political subdivision thereof upon furnishing a doctor's certificate showing that the applicant is blind, as defined by section 256D.35, subdivision 4a. History:  1941 c 461 s 1; 1986 c 444; 2014 c 275 art 1 s 111
MN Stat § 461.17 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 460 - 463 — Local Government Police Powers|Chapter 461 — Regulating Sales Of Tobacco; Tobacco-related And Electronic Delivery Devices; And Nicotine And Lobelia Products|Section 461.17 — Manufacturers To Report On Certain Substances.

461.17 MANUFACTURERS TO REPORT ON CERTAIN SUBSTANCES. Subdivision 1. Annual report required. Each manufacturer of tobacco products sold in Minnesota shall provide the commissioner of health with an annual report, either on paper or by electronic means. The report shall be provided in a form and at a time specified by the commissioner, identifying, for each brand of such product, any of the following substances present in detectable levels in the product in its unburned state and if the product is typically burned when consumed, in its burned state: (1) ammonia or any compound of ammonia; (2) arsenic; (3) cadmium; (4) formaldehyde; and (5) lead. The form for annual reports under this section is not a rule for purposes of chapter 14, including section 14.386. Subd. 2. Assistance to local governments. Upon request, the commissioner shall provide a local government unit with a copy of reports filed under this section, to assist in the enforcement of local ordinances. Subd. 3. Public data. Reports under this section are public data. History:   1997 c 227 s 5
MN Stat § 461.18 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 460 - 463 — Local Government Police Powers|Chapter 461 — Regulating Sales Of Tobacco; Tobacco-related And Electronic Delivery Devices; And Nicotine And Lobelia Products|Section 461.18 — Ban On Self-service Sales; Exceptions.

461.18 BAN ON SELF-SERVICE SALES; EXCEPTIONS. Subdivision 1. Except in facilities for persons 21 years of age and older. (a) No person shall offer for sale tobacco or tobacco-related devices, or electronic delivery devices as defined in section 609.685, subdivision 1, or nicotine or lobelia delivery products as described in section 609.6855, in open displays which are accessible to the public without the intervention of a store employee. (b) This subdivision shall not apply to retail stores that have an entrance door opening directly to the outside and that derive at least 90 percent of their gross revenue from the sale of tobacco, tobacco-related devices, and electronic delivery devices as defined in section 609.685, subdivision 1, and where the retailer ensures that no person under the age of 21 years is present, or permitted to enter, at any time. Subd. 2. Vending machine sales prohibited. No person shall sell tobacco products, electronic delivery devices, or nicotine or lobelia delivery products from vending machines. This subdivision does not apply to vending machines in facilities that cannot be entered at any time by persons under the age of 21 years. Subd. 3. Federal regulations for cartons, multipacks. Code of Federal Regulations, title 21, part 1140.16(c), as amended from time to time, is incorporated by reference with respect to cartons and other multipack units. History:  1997 c 227 s 6; 2010 c 305 s 10; 2014 c 291 art 6 s 29; 2020 c 88 s 9
MN Stat § 461.19 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 460 - 463 — Local Government Police Powers|Chapter 461 — Regulating Sales Of Tobacco; Tobacco-related And Electronic Delivery Devices; And Nicotine And Lobelia Products|Section 461.19 — Effect On Local Ordinance; Notice.

461.19 EFFECT ON LOCAL ORDINANCE; NOTICE. Sections 461.12 to 461.18 do not preempt a local ordinance that provides for more restrictive regulation of sales of tobacco, tobacco-related devices, electronic delivery devices, and nicotine and lobelia products. A governing body shall give notice of its intention to consider adoption or substantial amendment of any local ordinance required under section 461.12 or permitted under this section. The governing body shall take reasonable steps to send notice by mail at least 30 days prior to the meeting to the last known address of each licensee or person required to hold a license under section 461.12. The notice shall state the time, place, and date of the meeting and the subject matter of the proposed ordinance. History:  1997 c 227 s 7; 2014 c 291 art 6 s 30
MN Stat § 461.20 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 460 - 463 — Local Government Police Powers|Chapter 461 — Regulating Sales Of Tobacco; Tobacco-related And Electronic Delivery Devices; And Nicotine And Lobelia Products|Section 461.20 — Sale Of Electronic Delivery Device; Packaging.

461.20 SALE OF ELECTRONIC DELIVERY DEVICE; PACKAGING. (a) For purposes of this section, "child-resistant packaging" is defined as set forth in Code of Federal Regulations, title 16, section 1700.15 (b)(1), as in effect on January 1, 2015, when tested in accordance with the method described in Code of Federal Regulations, title 16, section 1700.20, as in effect on January 1, 2015. (b) The sale of any liquid, whether or not such liquid contains nicotine, that is intended for human consumption and use in an electronic delivery device, as defined in section 609.685, subdivision 1, that is not contained in packaging that is child-resistant, is prohibited. All licensees under this chapter must ensure that any liquid intended for human consumption and use in an electronic delivery device is sold in child-resistant packaging. (c) A licensee that fails to comply with this section is subject to administrative penalties under section 461.12, subdivision 2. History:   2014 c 291 art 6 s 31
MN Stat § 461.21 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 460 - 463 — Local Government Police Powers|Chapter 461 — Regulating Sales Of Tobacco; Tobacco-related And Electronic Delivery Devices; And Nicotine And Lobelia Products|Section 461.21 — Kiosk Sales Prohibited.

461.21 KIOSK SALES PROHIBITED. No person shall sell tobacco, tobacco-related devices, or electronic delivery devices as defined in section 609.685, subdivision 1, or nicotine or lobelia delivery products as described in section 609.6855, from a moveable place of business. For the purposes of this section, a moveable place of business means any retail business whose physical location is not permanent, including, but not limited to, any retail business that is operated from a kiosk, other transportable structure, or a motorized or nonmotorized vehicle. History:   2014 c 291 art 6 s 32