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MN Stat § 449.12 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 447 - 450 — Municipal Welfare, Recreation|Chapter 449 — Entertainment Taxes Or Levies|Section 449.12 — Vote Necessary.

449.12 VOTE NECESSARY. The levy shall be deemed authorized if a majority of the votes cast at the election be in favor of the proposition, and the governing body of the city or town shall then levy a tax sufficient to support or employ the band, orchestra, or chorus, not to exceed the rate authorized by the election. History:  (1933-20) 1927 c 79 s 4; 1937 c 82 s 4; 1959 c 607 s 3; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7
MN Stat § 449.13 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 447 - 450 — Municipal Welfare, Recreation|Chapter 449 — Entertainment Taxes Or Levies|Section 449.13 — Rescission Of Tax Levy.

449.13 RESCISSION OF TAX LEVY. A like petition may at any time, be presented to the governing body of the city or town asking that the following proposition be submitted: "Shall the power to levy a tax for the maintenance or employment of a band, orchestra, or chorus be canceled?" The submission shall be made at any general municipal election, as provided in section 449.11, and if a majority of the votes cast at such election be in favor of the question no further levy for that purpose shall be made until such time as the question may again be voted upon favorably. History:  (1933-21) 1927 c 79 s 5; 1937 c 82 s 5; 1959 c 607 s 4; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7
MN Stat § 449.14 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 447 - 450 — Municipal Welfare, Recreation|Chapter 449 — Entertainment Taxes Or Levies|Section 449.14 — Use Of Funds.

449.14 USE OF FUNDS. All funds derived from the levy shall be expended as set out in section 449.09 by the governing body of the city or town. History:  (1933-22) 1927 c 79 s 6; 1937 c 82 s 6; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7
MN Stat § 449.15 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 447 - 450 — Municipal Welfare, Recreation|Chapter 449 — Entertainment Taxes Or Levies|Section 449.15 — Limited License Fees On Amusement Machines.

449.15 LIMITED LICENSE FEES ON AMUSEMENT MACHINES. A home rule charter or statutory city may impose by ordinance a license fee on amusement machines of no more than the demonstrated and verifiable actual cost of issuing the license or $15 per location plus $15 per machine. History:   1999 c 179 s 1
MN Stat § 450.19 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 447 - 450 — Municipal Welfare, Recreation|Chapter 450 — Art Or Recreational Facility|Section 450.19 — Tourist Camping Grounds.

450.19 TOURIST CAMPING GROUNDS. A home rule charter or statutory city or town may establish and maintain public tourist camping grounds. The governing body thereof may acquire by lease, purchase, or gift, suitable lands located either within or without the corporate limits for use as public tourist camping grounds and provide for the equipment, operation, and maintenance of the same. The amount that may be expended for the maintenance, improvement, or operation of tourist camping grounds shall not exceed, in any year, a sum equal to 0.00806 percent of estimated market value. History:  (1933-9) 1923 c 277 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1973 c 773 s 1; 1984 c 562 s 46; 1989 c 277 art 4 s 54; 1994 c 505 art 3 s 10; 2013 c 143 art 14 s 70
MN Stat § 450.20 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 447 - 450 — Municipal Welfare, Recreation|Chapter 450 — Art Or Recreational Facility|Section 450.20 — Art Commission; Work Of Art.

450.20 ART COMMISSION; WORK OF ART. The council of any city of the first class may establish by ordinance a city art commission of five resident members to be appointed by the mayor, one each from lists of three persons each presented to the mayor as follows: One by the oldest incorporated society of fine arts or other similar body of the city, one by the library board thereof, and one by the park board. The other two shall be selected, one from the resident painters, sculptors, and architects, and one from the citizens generally. If any list be not submitted within 30 days after request so to do, the mayor shall appoint without the recommendation. The terms of members shall begin January 1 next after appointment. The first board shall serve for one, two, three, four, and five years, respectively, as designated by the mayor, and thereafter the term of each shall be five years, and until a successor qualifies. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired terms by like appointments. After the commission is established, the city shall acquire no work of art, nor shall any such work be placed in any public place therein, unless the design and location thereof be approved by such commission; neither shall any work of art possessed by the city be removed, replaced, or altered without the approval of the commission. The mayor or council may request the commission to pass upon the design of any municipal building, bridge, approach, gate, fence, lamp, or other structure to be erected upon any public ground of the city, and upon any proposed grading, platting, or laying out of public grounds or ways; and in these cases the decisions of the commission shall be binding, and shall be obeyed. If the commission shall fail to decide upon any matter within 60 days after such request, its decision may be dispensed with and in cases of emergency the mayor or council may prescribe a shorter time. The term "work of art," as used herein, shall embrace all paintings, mural decorations, stained glass, statues, bas-reliefs or other sculptures, monuments, fountains, arches, gates, and other permanent structures for ornament or commemoration. Nothing herein shall apply to any building or grounds owned by the state or require any library or park board to accept any work of art to be displayed upon property under its control. History:  (1590) RL s 764; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 450.21 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 447 - 450 — Municipal Welfare, Recreation|Chapter 450 — Art Or Recreational Facility|Section 450.21 — City May Spend To Exhibit Private Science, Art.

450.21 CITY MAY SPEND TO EXHIBIT PRIVATE SCIENCE, ART. Any city of the first class in this state is hereby authorized and empowered, from time to time, to appropriate and expend money, in such sums as may be determined by two-thirds vote of all members of its council or governing body, for the purpose of defraying the expense of housing, maintaining, and exhibiting scientific and art collections for the benefit of the public which are owned or controlled by private corporations or associations. History:  (1590-1) 1913 c 32 s 1
MN Stat § 450.22 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 447 - 450 — Municipal Welfare, Recreation|Chapter 450 — Art Or Recreational Facility|Section 450.22 — Conditions Precedent.

450.22 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT. No money shall be appropriated or expended under section 450.21 by any city of the first class unless the collections are kept and maintained within the city for the general use and benefit of the public, under such reasonable rules and regulations as shall be first approved by the mayor of the city; nor unless the corporation or association owning or controlling the collections shall first provide by its articles of incorporation that the mayor and at least two other officials of the city shall be ex officio members of its governing board. History:  (1590-2) 1913 c 32 s 2
MN Stat § 450.23 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 447 - 450 — Municipal Welfare, Recreation|Chapter 450 — Art Or Recreational Facility|Section 450.23 — Gifts Or Devises; Acceptance.

450.23 GIFTS OR DEVISES; ACCEPTANCE. The board of park commissioners or other governing body having control of parks, parkways and playgrounds, of any city of the first class is authorized to receive and accept, in the name of the city, any gift or devise of land or buildings to be used for a public park, welfare or recreational center, museum, gallery, or school of arts or crafts, or for the construction, equipment, improvement, maintenance, or use thereof or for any one or more of such purposes, with the right reserved by the donor or devisor to the free and exclusive occupancy, management, control, and use of the building by any incorporated society of this state organized for the general purposes of fostering and promoting educational, welfare, recreational, artistic, and scientific interests, or some one or more of them, and not for any purpose of pecuniary gain or profit to any of its members, and upon such other conditions, but subject to such regulations and restrictions, as shall be approved by the board of park commissioners or other governing body having control of parks, parkways and playgrounds. The board or other governing body may likewise accept gifts and bequests of money and other personal property to be used for any of these purposes. History:  (1592-1) 1911 c 95 s 1; 1949 c 246 s 1
MN Stat § 450.24 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 447 - 450 — Municipal Welfare, Recreation|Chapter 450 — Art Or Recreational Facility|Section 450.24 — Expenditures.

450.24 EXPENDITURES. The board of park commissioners, out of any moneys received under the provisions of sections 450.23 to 450.25, or from any gift or bequest applicable thereto, shall care for and maintain, as a public park, any land or grounds so acquired and used and shall maintain and keep in repair, alter, enlarge, improve and equip, heat, light, and care for any and all these buildings, maintain proper insurance thereon, and make suitable provision for the custody of, and for keeping, preserving, and exhibiting, any and all collections, objects, and specimens contained therein. In case of the destruction or damage of any such building from any cause, the proceeds of any insurance thereon, together with any funds available therefor received under the provisions of sections 450.23 to 450.25, shall be used for the restoration of the building. The board shall have power to make any contracts or arrangements, in the name of the city, necessary or convenient to promote the general purposes of sections 450.23 to 450.25, and shall have power to make rules and regulations for the use and government of the lands and buildings and, for that purpose, may adopt rules and ordinances, and provide penalties for their violation. History:  (1592-2) 1911 c 95 s 2
MN Stat § 450.25 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 447 - 450 — Municipal Welfare, Recreation|Chapter 450 — Art Or Recreational Facility|Section 450.25 — Museum, Gallery, Or School Of Arts Or Crafts; Tax Levy.

450.25 MUSEUM, GALLERY, OR SCHOOL OF ARTS OR CRAFTS; TAX LEVY. After the acquisition of any museum, gallery, or school of arts or crafts, the board of park commissioners of the city in which it is located shall cause to be included in the annual tax levy upon all the taxable property of the county in which the museum, gallery, or school of arts or crafts is located, a tax of 0.00846 percent of estimated market value. The board shall certify the levy to the county auditor and it shall be added to, and collected with and as part of, the general, real, and personal property taxes, with like penalties and interest, in case of nonpayment and default, and all provisions of law in respect to the levy, collection, and enforcement of other taxes shall, so far as applicable, be followed in respect of these taxes. All of these taxes, penalties, and interest, when collected, shall be paid to the city treasurer of the city in which is located the museum, gallery, or school of arts or crafts and credited to a fund to be known as the park museum fund, and shall be used only for the purposes specified in sections 450.23 to 450.25. Any part of the proceeds of the levy not expended for the purposes specified in section 450.24 may be used for the erection of new buildings for the same purposes. History:  (1592-3) 1911 c 95 s 3; 1949 c 562 s 1; 1959 c 669 s 1; 1969 c 844 s 1; 1974 c 87 s 1; 1988 c 719 art 5 s 84; 1989 c 277 art 4 s 55; 2013 c 143 art 14 s 71
MN Stat § 450.31 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 447 - 450 — Municipal Welfare, Recreation|Chapter 450 — Art Or Recreational Facility|Section 450.31 — Cities First Class, Recreational Facilities.

450.31 CITIES FIRST CLASS, RECREATIONAL FACILITIES. Every city of the first class, including cities of the first class operating under a home rule charter, may acquire and develop land or lands for public playgrounds and recreational facilities and may pay the cost thereof by levy of an assessment or assessments therefor against the properties deemed benefited by such public playground and recreational facilities in accordance with and pursuant to the procedure set forth in chapter 430, Minnesota Statutes 1953, or in accordance with and pursuant to the provisions of the home rule charter of any city operating under a home rule charter governing local improvements and assessment therefor. History:   1957 c 794 s 1
MN Stat § 450.32 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 447 - 450 — Municipal Welfare, Recreation|Chapter 450 — Art Or Recreational Facility|Section 450.32 — Application.

450.32 APPLICATION. The provisions of section 450.31 shall apply, take precedence over and supersede any provision of the home rule charter of any city of the first class restricting, qualifying, limiting or prohibiting payment of the cost of acquisition and development of land or lands for public playgrounds by levy of assessment or assessments therefor against properties deemed benefited by such public playground. History:   1957 c 794 s 2
MN Stat § 451.02 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 451 - 459 — Local Public Utilities, Enterprises|Chapter 451 — Utility Franchises, Permits, Rights|Section 451.02 — [unnecessary]

 451.02 [Unnecessary]
MN Stat § 451.05 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 451 - 459 — Local Public Utilities, Enterprises|Chapter 451 — Utility Franchises, Permits, Rights|Section 451.05 — Bonds, Obligations For Heat Not Part Of City Debt.

451.05 BONDS, OBLIGATIONS FOR HEAT NOT PART OF CITY DEBT. Subdivision 1. Obligations. An obligation incurred by a home rule charter city of the fourth class in making arrangements to furnish heat to the city's residents under section 451.04 is not part of the city's debt under its charter or under state law limiting the city's debt. Subd. 2. Bonds. The amount of bonds issued under section 451.04 and at any time outstanding are not part of the city's net debt under its charter or under other law. History:  (1769) 1917 c 122 s 2; Ex1919 c 25 s 2; 1921 c 108 s 2; 1949 c 119 s 111; 1988 c 469 art 6 s 1
MN Stat § 451.07 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 451 - 459 — Local Public Utilities, Enterprises|Chapter 451 — Utility Franchises, Permits, Rights|Section 451.07 — Utility Permit After Franchise, License Expire.

451.07 UTILITY PERMIT AFTER FRANCHISE, LICENSE EXPIRE. Subdivision 1. To continue existing service. A city of the first class may by ordinance give a permit to a public service corporation to use the streets and other public property in the city to continue to supply gas, electric energy, or steam for light, heat, or power. Subd. 2. Despite contrary charter. The permit may be issued even if issuing it is contrary to the city's charter. Subd. 3. Conditions: franchise, licenses expired. The permit is subject to the terms and conditions in this subdivision. (a) The corporation must be supplying gas, electric energy, or steam for light, heat, or power, at the time the permit is issued. (b) The corporation's franchise for supplying the utility service must have expired. (c) The home rule charter of the city must allow for a limited number of licenses to use public property to supply utility service for not more than one year, and all the licenses must have been issued and must have expired. Subd. 4. City may set rates. The city may set the rates the corporation may charge for its service in the city. The rates must not be set more often than once in a calendar year. Subd. 5. Charge for street use. The city may decide how much the corporation must pay to use the city's streets and other public property in the city. Subd. 6. Minimum charge; exception. The city must charge the corporation at least the minimum franchise fee, if any, required by the city charter when the corporation is not specifically relieved of the payment. Subd. 7. Bound by agreed rates, charges. This section does not let the city change the rates or charges in this section if the city has fixed the rates or charges for a definite period in an agreement with the corporation. History:  (1491-5) 1935 c 286 s 1; 1988 c 469 art 6 s 1
MN Stat § 451.09 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 451 - 459 — Local Public Utilities, Enterprises|Chapter 451 — Utility Franchises, Permits, Rights|Section 451.09 — Steam Heat Discontinued; Notice; Cost To Convert.

451.09 STEAM HEAT DISCONTINUED; NOTICE; COST TO CONVERT. Subdivision 1. By utility board, with council approval. A public utilities board or commission that operates a steam heat system in a home rule charter city may discontinue the system in whole or part if the city council approves. Subd. 2. May pay to convert. If the council approves, the board or commission may spend money to pay those whose service is discontinued to convert to another type of heat system. Subd. 3. Supersedes other law, charter. This section applies notwithstanding a contrary city charter or other law. Subd. 4. Exceptions: Austin, Marshall, Virginia. Subdivisions 1 to 3 do not apply to the cities of Austin, Marshall, and Virginia. Subd. 5. Two years' notice. A public utilities board or commission that operates a steam heat system in a home rule charter city must give the commissioner of employment and economic development two years' notice of its intended date to discontinue the system. History:  1969 c 796 s 1; 1976 c 44 s 46; Ex1979 c 2 s 41; 1981 c 356 s 221; 1983 c 289 s 115 subd 1; 1987 c 312 art 1 s 26 subd 2; 1988 c 469 art 6 s 1; 1Sp2003 c 4 s 1
MN Stat § 451.10 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 451 - 459 — Local Public Utilities, Enterprises|Chapter 451 — Utility Franchises, Permits, Rights|Section 451.10 — District Heating System.

451.10 DISTRICT HEATING SYSTEM. Subdivision 1. Application. Sections 451.10 to 451.17 apply to a city that: (1) owns and operates a district heating system either directly by the city council or by a utility board or utility commission of the city; and (2) has taken action under law or charter to discontinue the operation of the district heating system in whole or in part. Subd. 2. Supersedes other law. Sections 451.10 to 451.17 apply to the cities described in subdivision 1 notwithstanding a contrary provision in a city charter or in any other law including section 451.09. Subd. 3. Supplemental to other law. The powers granted by sections 451.10 to 451.17 are supplemental and additional to other powers granted by law or charter. History:   2000 c 493 s 6
MN Stat § 451.11 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 451 - 459 — Local Public Utilities, Enterprises|Chapter 451 — Utility Franchises, Permits, Rights|Section 451.11 — Policy; Purpose.

451.11 POLICY; PURPOSE. Subdivision 1. Findings. The legislature finds that it is in the public interest that cities owning and operating a district heating system that have determined to discontinue the system in whole or in part be authorized to establish and conduct a program to provide replacement heating and related equipment to the owners of property whose district heating service is discontinued. The legislature also finds that the cities should be authorized to adopt and implement programs to provide for the installation of energy conservation equipment and measures to enhance the efficient and economical use of energy in buildings and structures served by a district heating system and in which replacement heating systems are installed under sections 451.10 to 451.17. Subd. 2. Public purpose. The legislature further finds that expenditures made by cities for a purpose in sections 451.10 to 451.17 are expenditures for a public purpose. History:   2000 c 493 s 7
MN Stat § 451.12 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 451 - 459 — Local Public Utilities, Enterprises|Chapter 451 — Utility Franchises, Permits, Rights|Section 451.12 — Definitions.

451.12 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Application. In sections 451.10 to 451.17 the definitions in this section apply. Subd. 2. City. "City" means a city, however organized, acting through its city council or through a public utilities commission duly created by law or charter. Subd. 3. Replacement heating system improvement. "Replacement heating system improvement" means and includes furnaces, boilers, and similar heat generating and exchanging equipment together with related equipment, duct work, and control mechanisms that are installed to provide heating, ventilating, and air conditioning services in a building or structure whose district heating service has been discontinued by a city. Subd. 4. Energy conservation improvement. (a) "Energy conservation improvement" means and includes, but is not limited to, the following devices, methods, and materials, if recommended by an energy audit approved in a program and having a maximum cost of $20,000, that increase the efficiency of the use of energy in a building or structure: (1) insulation and ventilation; (2) storm windows, thermal windows, and storm doors; (3) caulking and weatherstripping; (4) heating system modifications; and (5) thermostats or lighting controls. (b) The term does not include a device or method that creates, converts, or actively uses energy from renewable resources such as wind, solar, or biomass. Subd. 5. Program. "Program" means a statement of goals, procedures, standards of eligibility, and methods of financing for the installation of heating replacement system improvements and energy conservation improvements. Subd. 6. Improvement. "Improvement" includes replacement heating system improvements and energy conservation improvements. History:   2000 c 493 s 8
MN Stat § 451.13 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 451 - 459 — Local Public Utilities, Enterprises|Chapter 451 — Utility Franchises, Permits, Rights|Section 451.13 — Program.

451.13 PROGRAM. Subdivision 1. After notice and hearing. A program may be adopted by resolution of the city council of a city after reasonable notice and hearing provided for by the city council. Subd. 2. Elements. The program must contain at least the following elements: (1) a description of the kinds of property eligible for assistance with heating replacement improvements and energy conservation improvements; (2) procedures for accomplishing the improvements by the city or private contractors; (3) methods of financing the installation of the heating replacement and energy conservation improvements; and (4) the administrative agency of the city responsible for conducting the program. Subd. 3. Delegation. The city council may by resolution delegate the responsibility for the conduct of the program to a public utilities commission or public utilities board of the city. History:   2000 c 493 s 9
MN Stat § 451.14 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 451 - 459 — Local Public Utilities, Enterprises|Chapter 451 — Utility Franchises, Permits, Rights|Section 451.14 — Installing The Improvements.

451.14 INSTALLING THE IMPROVEMENTS. Subdivision 1. Methods. The program may provide for the methods of installing the improvements set out in this subdivision. (a) The city may contract with one or more contractors to perform work and furnish materials for the improvements. (b) The owner of a building or structure eligible for an improvement may contract for the installation of the improvement, subject to approval by the city as provided in the program. (c) The city may contract with a property owner for the installation of an improvement by the property owner, but no payment under section 451.15 may be made for the property owner's labor. Subd. 2. Inspection and certification. The program must provide a method by which a city official or employee may inspect and is to certify the completed installation of the improvement to ensure compliance with city codes and ordinances and other standards specified in the program. Subd. 3. Competitive bids. Contracts entered into under subdivision 1, paragraph (a), are subject to competitive bidding requirements of law. History:   2000 c 493 s 10