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MN Stat § 469.187 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development|Chapter 469 — Economic Development|Section 469.187 — First Class City Spending For Publicity; Publicity Board.

469.187 FIRST CLASS CITY SPENDING FOR PUBLICITY; PUBLICITY BOARD. Any city of the first class may expend money for city publicity purposes. The city may levy a tax, not exceeding 0.00080 percent of estimated market value. The proceeds of the levy shall be expended in the manner and for the city publicity purposes the council directs. The council may establish and provide for a publicity board or bureau to administer the fund, subject to the conditions and limitations the council prescribes by ordinance. History:  1987 c 291 s 188; 1988 c 719 art 5 s 84; 1989 c 277 art 4 s 66; 2013 c 143 art 14 s 82
MN Stat § 469.188 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development|Chapter 469 — Economic Development|Section 469.188 — 2nd, 3rd Class City May Levy To Advertise Its Resources.

469.188 2ND, 3RD CLASS CITY MAY LEVY TO ADVERTISE ITS RESOURCES. The governing body of any city of the second or third class in this state may levy a tax for the purpose of advertising agricultural, industrial business, and all other resources of the community. History:  1987 c 291 s 189; 1989 c 277 art 4 s 67; 1994 c 505 art 4 s 5
MN Stat § 469.189 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development|Chapter 469 — Economic Development|Section 469.189 — Spend To Advertise City; Statutory, 2nd, 3rd, 4th Class City.

469.189 SPEND TO ADVERTISE CITY; STATUTORY, 2ND, 3RD, 4TH CLASS CITY. The governing body of any statutory city or home rule charter city of the second, third, or fourth class may annually appropriate money to advertise the municipality and its resources and advantages. The money appropriated shall be used only to advertise the municipality or for cooperative programs of promotion for the area by more than one municipality and its resources and advantages. History:  1987 c 216 s 2; 1987 c 291 s 190,243
MN Stat § 469.191 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development|Chapter 469 — Economic Development|Section 469.191 — Contributions To Regional Or Local Organizations.

469.191 CONTRIBUTIONS TO REGIONAL OR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. A home rule or statutory city or town described in section 368.01, subdivision 1 or 1a, may appropriate not more than $50,000 annually out of the general revenue fund of the jurisdiction to be paid to any incorporated development society or organization of this state for promoting, advertising, improving, or developing the economic and agricultural resources of the city or town. History:   1989 c 165 s 1
MN Stat § 469.192 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development|Chapter 469 — Economic Development|Section 469.192 — Economic Development Loans.

469.192 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS. A statutory city, a home rule charter city, an economic development authority, a housing and redevelopment authority, or a port authority may make a loan to a business, a for-profit or nonprofit organization, or an individual for any purpose that the entity is otherwise authorized to carry out under sections 116J.415, 469.001 to 469.068, 469.090 to 469.1081, 469.124 to 469.133, 469.152 to 469.165, or any special law. History:  1994 c 614 s 12; 1996 c 369 s 12; 2013 c 125 art 1 s 107
MN Stat § 469.193 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development|Chapter 469 — Economic Development|Section 469.193 — Foreign Trade Zones.

469.193 FOREIGN TRADE ZONES. A city, county, town, or other political subdivision may apply to the board defined in United States Code, title 19, section 81a, for the right to use the powers provided in United States Code, title 19, sections 81a to 81u. If the right is granted, the city, county, town, or other political subdivision may use the powers within or outside of a port district. Any city, county, town, or other political subdivision may apply jointly with any other city, county, town, or other political subdivision. History:   2006 c 259 art 13 s 9
MN Stat § 469.194 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development|Chapter 469 — Economic Development|Section 469.194 — Lewis And Clark Water Project Bonding.

469.194 LEWIS AND CLARK WATER PROJECT BONDING. Subdivision 1. Authority; aggregate limit. (a) The governing body of a municipality may, by resolution, issue obligations under chapter 475 to acquire land or interests in land for, and to design, engineer, and construct pipeline and other facilities and infrastructure necessary to complete the Lewis and Clark Regional Water System Project. (b) The maximum amount of bonds that may be issued under this section is limited to an aggregate principal amount of $45,000,000, plus any costs of issuance and amounts to be deposited into a debt service or reserve account. The Lewis and Clark Joint Powers Board shall allocate the limit among the municipalities designated in subdivision 2. Subd. 2. Municipalities. For purposes of this section, "municipality" or "municipalities" means any of the following governmental units: (1) the city of Luverne; (2) the city of Worthington; (3) Nobles County; and (4) Rock County. Subd. 3. Application of chapter 475 limits. (a) Notwithstanding section 475.58 or any other law to the contrary, obligations under this section, including general obligations, may be issued without obtaining the approval of the electors. (b) Notwithstanding section 475.53 or any other law to the contrary, obligations issued under this section are not subject to any limitations on net debt. Subd. 4. Payment allocation. The joint powers board may agree to allocate the responsibility of each of its members and each municipality to pay obligations issued under this section. One-half of any federal grants and aid received to fund the project in any year shall be used to proportionately reduce responsibility to pay obligations under this subdivision. History:   2014 c 308 art 7 s 1
MN Stat § 469.202 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development|Chapter 469 — Economic Development|Section 469.202 — Designation Of Targeted Communities.

469.202 DESIGNATION OF TARGETED COMMUNITIES. Subdivision 1. City authority. A city may by resolution designate a targeted community within its borders after adopting detailed findings that the designated communities meet the eligibility requirements in subdivision 2 or 3. Subd. 2. Eligibility requirements for targeted communities. An area within a city is eligible for designation as a targeted community if the area meets three of the following four criteria: (a) The area had an unemployment rate that was twice the unemployment rate for the Minneapolis and Saint Paul standard metropolitan statistical area as determined by the most recent federal decennial census. (b) The median household income in the area was no more than 80 percent of the median household income for the Minneapolis and Saint Paul standard metropolitan statistical area as determined by the most recent federal decennial census. (c) The area is characterized by residential dwelling units in need of substantial rehabilitation. An area qualifies under this paragraph if 25 percent or more of the residential dwelling units are in substandard condition as determined by the city, or if 70 percent or more of the residential dwelling units in the area were built before 1960 as determined by the most recent federal decennial census. (d) The area is characterized by having a disproportionate number of vacant residential buildings and mortgage foreclosures. An area qualifies under this paragraph if it has either: (1) a foreclosure rate of at least 1.5 percent in 2008; or (2) a foreclosure rate in 2008 in the city or in a zip code area of the city that is at least 50 percent higher than the average foreclosure rate in the metropolitan area, as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 2. For purposes of this paragraph, "foreclosure rate" means the number of foreclosures, as indicated by sheriff sales records, divided by the number of households in the city in 2007. Subd. 3. Additional area eligible for inclusion in targeted community. (a) A city may add to the area designated as a targeted community under subdivision 2 additional area extending up to four contiguous city blocks in all directions from the designated targeted community. For the purpose of this subdivision, "city block" has the meaning determined by the city. (b) The city may enlarge the targeted community to include portions of a census tract that is contiguous to a targeted community, provided that the city council first determines the additional area satisfies three of the four criteria in subdivision 2. History:  1989 c 328 art 6 s 13; 1Sp2001 c 5 art 3 s 68; 2009 c 78 art 8 s 13
MN Stat § 469.204 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development|Chapter 469 — Economic Development|Section 469.204 — Payment; Revolving Fund.

469.204 PAYMENT; REVOLVING FUND. Subdivision 1. Payment of state money. Upon receipt from a city of a certification that a revitalization program has been adopted or modified, the commissioner shall, within 30 days, pay to the city the amount of state money identified as necessary to implement the revitalization program or program modification. Once the state money has been paid to the city, it becomes targeted community money for use by the city in accordance with an adopted revitalization program and subject only to the restrictions on its use in sections 469.201 to 469.207. Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 2009 c 78 art 8 s 23] Subd. 3.  [Repealed, 2009 c 78 art 8 s 23] Subd. 4. Revolving fund. A targeted community revitalization revolving fund is established in the state treasury. The fund consists of all money appropriated to the commissioner for the purposes of sections 469.201 to 469.207 and all proceeds received by the commissioner as the result of housing activities related to a targeted community revitalization program. History:  1989 c 328 art 6 s 15; 2009 c 78 art 8 s 17,18
MN Stat § 469.205 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development|Chapter 469 — Economic Development|Section 469.205 — City Powers; Uses Of Targeted Community Money.

469.205 CITY POWERS; USES OF TARGETED COMMUNITY MONEY. Subdivision 1. Consolidation of existing powers in targeted communities. A city may exercise any of its corporate powers within a targeted community. Those powers shall include, but not be limited to, all of the powers enumerated and granted to any city by chapters 462C, 469, and 474A. For the purposes of sections 469.048 to 469.068, a targeted community is considered an industrial development district. A city may exercise the powers of sections 469.048 to 469.068 in conjunction with, and in addition to, exercising the powers granted by sections 469.001 to 469.047 and chapter 462C, in order to promote and assist housing construction and rehabilitation within a targeted community. For the purposes of section 462C.02, subdivision 9, a targeted community is considered a "targeted area." Subd. 2. Grants and loans. In addition to the authority granted by other law, a city may make grants, loans, and other forms of public assistance to individuals, for-profit and nonprofit corporations, and other organizations to implement a targeted revitalization program. The public assistance must contain the terms the city considers proper to implement a targeted revitalization program. Subd. 3. Eligible uses of targeted community money. The city may spend targeted community money for any purpose authorized by subdivision 1 or 2, except that an amount equal to at least 50 percent of the state payment under section 469.204 made to the city must be used for housing activities. Use of targeted community money must be authorized in a targeted revitalization program. History:  1989 c 328 art 6 s 16; 2009 c 78 art 8 s 19
MN Stat § 469.206 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development|Chapter 469 — Economic Development|Section 469.206 — Hazardous Property Penalty.

469.206 HAZARDOUS PROPERTY PENALTY. A city may assess a penalty up to one percent of the estimated market value of real property, including any building located within the city that the city determines to be hazardous as defined in section 463.15, subdivision 3. The city shall send a written notice to the address to which the property tax statement is sent at least 90 days before it may assess the penalty. If the owner of the property has not paid the penalty or fixed the property within 90 days after receiving notice of the penalty, the penalty is considered delinquent and is increased by 25 percent each 60 days the penalty is not paid and the property remains hazardous. For the purposes of this section, a penalty that is delinquent is considered a delinquent property tax and subject to chapters 279, 280, and 281, in the same manner as delinquent property taxes. History:  1989 c 328 art 6 s 17; 2013 c 143 art 14 s 83
MN Stat § 469.207 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development|Chapter 469 — Economic Development|Section 469.207 — Annual Audit And Report.

469.207 ANNUAL AUDIT AND REPORT. Subdivision 1.  [Repealed, 1999 c 99 s 24] Subd. 2. Annual report. A city that begins to implement a revitalization program in a calendar year must, by March 1 of the succeeding calendar year, provide a detailed report on the revitalization program or programs being implemented in the city. The report must describe the status of the program implementation and analyze whether the intended outcomes identified in section 469.203, subdivision 1, clause (4), are being achieved. The report must include at least the following: (1) the number of housing units, including lost units, removed, created, lost, replaced, relocated, and assisted as a result of the program. The level of rent of the units and the income of the households affected must be included in the report; (2) the number and type of commercial establishments removed, created, and assisted as a result of a revitalization program. The report must include information regarding the number of new jobs created by category, whether the jobs are full time or part time, and the salary or wage levels of both new and expanded jobs in the affected commercial establishments; (3) a description of a statement of the cost of the public improvement projects that are part of the program and the number of jobs created for each $20,000 of money spent on commercial projects and applicable public improvement projects; (4) the increase in the tax capacity for the city as a result of the assistance to commercial and housing assistance; and (5) the amount of private investment that is a result of the use of public money in a targeted community. The report must be submitted to the commissioner, the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, and the Legislative Audit Commission, and must be available to the public. History:  1989 c 328 art 6 s 18; 1991 c 345 art 2 s 61,62; 2009 c 78 art 8 s 20
MN Stat § 469.309 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development|Chapter 469 — Economic Development|Section 469.309 — Rural Job Creation Grants.

469.309 RURAL JOB CREATION GRANTS. Subdivision 1. Job creation grants. The commissioner of employment and economic development may approve an incentive grant for an eligible business beginning with calendar year 1995. The maximum grant is $5,000 per eligible employee. The actual grant is based on the following schedule: $2,000 for each eligible employee with wages greater than or equal to 170 percent and less than 200 percent of the minimum wage; $3,000 for each eligible employee with wages greater than or equal to 200 percent and less than 250 percent of the minimum wage; $4,000 for each eligible employee with wages greater than or equal to 250 percent and less than 300 percent of the minimum wage; and $5,000 for each eligible employee with wages greater than or equal to 300 percent of the minimum wage. The total grant for an employer is equal to the actual grant multiplied by the number of employees eligible for that grant. For purposes of this section "minimum wage" means the minimum wage that is required by federal law. An eligible business may apply for a rural job creation grant only once for each new job. Subd. 2. Eligible business. An employer eligible for a job creation incentive grant under this section must (1) be located outside the metropolitan area as defined under section 473.121, (2) create at least ten qualifying new jobs in a two-year period, and (3) consist of a for-profit business. For the purposes of this section, a "qualifying new job" is a job that did not exist in Minnesota before May 6, 1994. Subd. 3. Eligible employee. To be eligible for a grant, the employee must be employed full time by an eligible business at a wage level of not less than 170 percent of the minimum wage at the time the eligible business applies for the grant and must have been employed there at that wage level for a minimum of 12 months. The grant applies only to new jobs created at the eligible business after May 6, 1994. Subd. 4. Restrictions. The incentive grants provided by this section do not apply to racetracks, financial institutions, gambling enterprises, public utilities, or sports, fitness, and health facilities. An employer is not eligible for an incentive grant if the commissioner determines that the position held by the employee for which the business is seeking a grant was transferred from an enterprise conducted by substantially the same business enterprise at another site in the state. History:  1994 c 587 art 12 s 20; 1995 c 256 s 14; 1Sp2003 c 4 s 1
MN Stat § 469.311 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development|Chapter 469 — Economic Development|Section 469.311 — Development Plan.

469.311 DEVELOPMENT PLAN. (a) An applicant for designation of a job opportunity building zone must adopt a written development plan for the zone before submitting the application to the commissioner. (b) The development plan must contain, at least, the following: (1) a map of the proposed zone that indicates the geographic boundaries of the zone, the total area, and present use and conditions generally of the land and structures within those boundaries; (2) evidence of community support and commitment from local government, local workforce investment boards, school districts, and other education institutions, business groups, and the public; (3) a description of the methods proposed to increase economic opportunity and expansion, facilitate infrastructure improvement, reduce the local regulatory burden, and identify job-training opportunities; (4) current social, economic, and demographic characteristics of the proposed zone and anticipated improvements in education, health, human services, and employment if the zone is created; (5) a description of anticipated activity in the zone and each subzone, including, but not limited to, industrial use, industrial site reuse, commercial or retail use, and residential use; and (6) any other information required by the commissioner. History:   1Sp2003 c 21 art 1 s 16
MN Stat § 469.313 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development|Chapter 469 — Economic Development|Section 469.313 — Application For Designation.

469.313 APPLICATION FOR DESIGNATION. Subdivision 1. Who may apply. One or more local government units, or a joint powers board under section 471.59, acting on behalf of two or more units, may apply for designation of an area as a job opportunity building zone. All or part of the area proposed for designation as a zone must be located within the boundaries of each of the governmental units. A local government unit may not submit or have submitted on its behalf more than one application for designation of a job opportunity building zone. Subd. 2. Application content. The application must include: (1) a development plan meeting the requirements of section 469.311; (2) the proposed duration of the zone, not to exceed 12 years; (3) a resolution or ordinance adopted by each of the cities or towns and the counties in which the zone is located, agreeing to provide all of the local tax exemptions provided under section 469.315; (4) if the proposed zone includes area in a border city development zone, written consent to removal of the property from the border city development zone to the extent required by section 469.312, subdivision 4; (5) an agreement by the applicant to treat incentives provided under the zone designation as business subsidies under sections 116J.993 to 116J.995 and to comply with the requirements of that law; and (6) supporting evidence to allow the commissioner to evaluate the application under the criteria in section 469.314. History:   1Sp2003 c 21 art 1 s 18
MN Stat § 469.315 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development|Chapter 469 — Economic Development|Section 469.315 — Tax Incentives Available In Zones.

469.315 TAX INCENTIVES AVAILABLE IN ZONES. Qualified businesses that operate in a job opportunity building zone, individuals who invest in a qualified business that operates in a job opportunity building zone, and property located in a job opportunity building zone qualify for: (1) exemption from individual income taxes as provided under section 469.316; (2) exemption from corporate franchise taxes as provided under section 469.317; (3) exemption from the state sales and use tax and any local sales and use taxes on qualifying purchases as provided in section 297A.68, subdivision 37; (4) exemption from the state sales tax on motor vehicles and any local sales tax on motor vehicles as provided under section 297B.03; (5) exemption from the property tax as provided in section 272.02, subdivision 64; (6) exemption from the wind energy production tax under section 272.029, subdivision 7; and (7) the jobs credit allowed under section 469.318, except that a qualified business located in a create automotive recovery zone is not eligible for the credit under section 469.318 but is eligible for the credit under section 469.3181. History:  1Sp2003 c 21 art 1 s 20; 2010 c 216 s 42
MN Stat § 469.317 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development|Chapter 469 — Economic Development|Section 469.317 — Corporate Franchise Tax Exemption.

469.317 CORPORATE FRANCHISE TAX EXEMPTION. (a) A qualified business is exempt from taxation under section 290.02, the alternative minimum tax under section 290.0921, and the minimum fee under section 290.0922, on the portion of its income attributable to operations within the zone. This exemption is determined as follows: (1) for purposes of the tax imposed under section 290.02, by multiplying its taxable net income by its zone percentage and by its relocation payroll percentage and subtracting the result in determining taxable income; (2) for purposes of the alternative minimum tax under section 290.0921, by multiplying its alternative minimum taxable income by its zone percentage and by its relocation payroll percentage and reducing alternative minimum taxable income by this amount; and (3) for purposes of the minimum fee under section 290.0922, by excluding property and payroll in the zone from the computations of the fee or by exempting the entity under section 290.0922, subdivision 2, clause (7). (b) No subtraction is allowed under this section in excess of 20 percent of the sum of the corporation's job opportunity building zone payroll and the adjusted basis of the property at the time that the property is first used in the job opportunity building zone by the corporation. (c) This section applies only to taxable years beginning during the duration of the job opportunity building zone. History:  1Sp2003 c 21 art 1 s 22; 1Sp2005 c 3 art 7 s 15