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MN Stat § 473.41 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area|Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government|Section 473.41 — Transit Shelters And Stops.

473.41 TRANSIT SHELTERS AND STOPS. Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given. (b) "Transit authority" means: (1) a statutory or home rule charter city, with respect to rights-of-way at bus stop and train stop locations, transit shelters, and transit passenger seating facilities owned by the city or established pursuant to a vendor contract with the city; (2) the Metropolitan Council, with respect to transit shelters and transit passenger seating facilities owned by the council or established pursuant to a vendor contract with the council; or (3) a replacement service provider under section 473.388, with respect to rights-of-way at bus stop and train stop locations, transit shelters, and transit passenger seating facilities owned by the provider or established pursuant to a vendor contract with the provider. (c) "Transit shelter" means a wholly or partially enclosed structure provided for public use as a waiting area in conjunction with light rail transit, bus rapid transit, or regular route transit. Subd. 2. Design. (a) A transit authority shall establish design specifications for establishment and replacement of its transit shelters, which must include: (1) engineering standards, as appropriate; (2) maximization of protection from the wind, snow, and other elements; (3) to the extent feasible, inclusion of warming capability at each shelter in which there is a proportionally high number of transit service passenger boardings; and (4) full accessibility for the elderly and persons with disabilities. (b) The council shall consult with the Transportation Accessibility Advisory Committee. Subd. 3. Maintenance. A transit authority shall ensure transit shelters are maintained in good working order and are accessible to all users of the transit system. This requirement includes but is not limited to: (1) keeping transit shelters reasonably clean and free from graffiti; and (2) removing snow and ice in a manner that provides accessibility for the elderly and persons with disabilities to be able to enter and exit transit shelters, and board and exit trains at each stop. History:   2014 c 312 art 11 s 32
MN Stat § 473.416 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area|Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government|Section 473.416 — Rights Of System Workers In Takeover Of Transit System.

473.416 RIGHTS OF SYSTEM WORKERS IN TAKEOVER OF TRANSIT SYSTEM. Whenever the council directly operates any public transit system, or any part thereof, or enters into any management contract or other arrangement for the operation of a system, the council shall take the action necessary to extend to employees of the affected public transit systems, in accordance with seniority, the first opportunity for reasonably comparable employment in any available nonsupervisory jobs in respect to such operations for which they can qualify after a reasonable training period. The employment must not result in any worsening of the employee's position in the employee's former employment nor any loss of wages, hours, working conditions, seniority, fringe benefits, and rights and privileges pertaining thereto. The council may enter into an agreement specifying fair and equitable arrangements to protect the interests of employees who may be affected if the council should acquire any interest in or purchase any facilities or other property of a privately owned and operated transit system, or construct, improve, or reconstruct any facilities or other property acquired from any system, or provide by contract or otherwise for the operation of transportation facilities or equipment in competition with, or supplementary to, the service provided by an existing transit system. The agreement, specifying the terms and conditions of the protective arrangements, must comply with any applicable requirements of this chapter, and with the requirements of any federal law or regulation if federal aid is involved. The agreement may provide for final and binding arbitration of any dispute. History:  1975 c 13 s 60; 1984 c 654 art 3 s 130; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 384 art 2 s 1; 1994 c 628 art 3 s 129
MN Stat § 473.42 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area|Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government|Section 473.42 — Employer Contributions For Certain Employees.

473.42 EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYEES. Notwithstanding any contrary provisions of section 352.029, the council shall make the employer contributions required pursuant to section 352.04, subdivision 3, for any employee who was on authorized leave of absence from the transit operating division of the former Metropolitan Transit Commission who is employed by the labor organization which is the exclusive bargaining agent representing Metro Transit Division employees of the council and who is covered by the Minnesota State Retirement System in addition to all other employer contributions the council is required to make. History:  1978 c 538 s 16; 1994 c 628 art 3 s 131; 2014 c 271 art 3 s 15
MN Stat § 473.436 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area|Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government|Section 473.436 — Council; Borrowing Money.

473.436 COUNCIL; BORROWING MONEY. Subdivision 1.  [Repealed, 1Sp1985 c 10 s 123 subd 1] Subd. 2. Legal investments. Certificates of indebtedness, bonds, or other obligations issued by the council to which tax levies have been pledged pursuant to section 473.446, subdivision 1, shall be proper for investment of any funds by any bank, savings bank, savings association, credit union, trust company, insurance company or public or municipal corporation, and may be pledged by any bank, savings bank, savings association, credit union, or trust company as security for the deposit of public moneys. Subd. 3. Tax exempt. Certificates of indebtedness, bonds, or other obligations of the council shall be deemed and treated as instrumentalities of a public government agency. Subd. 4.  [Repealed, 1Sp1985 c 10 s 123 subd 1] Subd. 5.  [Repealed, 1Sp1985 c 10 s 123 subd 1] Subd. 6. Temporary borrowing. On or after the first day of any fiscal year, the council may borrow money which may be used or expended by the council for any purpose, including but not limited to current expenses, capital expenditures and the discharge of any obligation or indebtedness of the council. The indebtedness must be represented by a note or notes which may be issued from time to time in any denomination and sold at public or private sale pursuant to a resolution authorizing the issuance. The resolution must set forth the form and manner of execution of the notes and shall contain other terms and conditions the council deems necessary or desirable to provide security for the holders of the notes. The note or notes are payable from committed or appropriated money from taxes, grants or loans of the state or federal government made to the council, or other revenues of the council, and the money may be pledged to the payment of the notes. The council is authorized to pledge to the payment of the note or notes taxes levied by it under section 473.446, subdivision 1, clause (a), and if taxes are so pledged the council shall transfer amounts received from the levy to the council for payment of the note or notes. To the extent the notes are not paid from the grant or loan money pledged for the payment thereof, the principal and interest of the notes must be paid from any taxes received by the council and any income and revenue received by or accrued to the council during the fiscal year in which the note or notes were issued, or other money of the council lawfully available therefor. Subd. 7.  [Repealed, 1994 c 628 art 3 s 209] History:  1979 c 46 s 1; 1980 c 462 s 2; 1983 c 213 s 21; 1983 c 293 s 105; 1983 c 344 s 25; 1984 c 654 art 3 s 132,133; 1Sp1985 c 10 s 111; 1994 c 628 art 3 s 132-134; 1995 c 202 art 1 s 25
MN Stat § 473.4461 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area|Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government|Section 473.4461 — Additions To Transit Taxing District.

473.4461 ADDITIONS TO TRANSIT TAXING DISTRICT. Notwithstanding any provision of section 473.446 or any other law, the Metropolitan Council may not levy a tax under section 473.446, subdivision 1, in any city or town not included in the transit taxing district as it existed on January 1, 2001, unless the council and the governing body of that city or town have agreed on a service expansion plan. History:   1Sp2001 c 8 art 2 s 72
MN Stat § 473.448 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area|Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government|Section 473.448 — Transit Assets Exempt From Tax But Must Pay Assessments.

473.448 TRANSIT ASSETS EXEMPT FROM TAX BUT MUST PAY ASSESSMENTS. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the properties, moneys, and other assets of the council used for transit operations or for special transportation services and all revenues or other income from the council's transit operations or special transportation services are exempt from all taxation, licenses, or fees imposed by the state or by any county, municipality, political subdivision, taxing district, or other public agency or body of the state, except to the extent that the property is subject to the sales and use tax under chapter 297A. (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the council's transit properties are 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 the improvement. History:  1975 c 13 s 73; 1983 c 213 s 22; 1994 c 628 art 3 s 141; 1995 c 236 s 16; 1996 c 471 art 3 s 41; 2000 c 418 art 2 s 9
MN Stat § 473.449 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area|Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government|Section 473.449 — Act Exclusive.

473.449 ACT EXCLUSIVE. The exercise by the council of the powers provided in sections 473.405 to 473.449 shall not be subject to regulation by or the jurisdiction or control of any other public body or agency, either state, county, or municipal, except as specifically provided in this chapter. History:  1975 c 13 s 74; 1984 c 654 art 3 s 138; 1987 c 384 art 2 s 1; 1994 c 628 art 3 s 142; 1995 c 186 s 119
MN Stat § 473.452 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area|Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government|Section 473.452 — Transit Operating Reserves; Report.

473.452 TRANSIT OPERATING RESERVES; REPORT. (a) By February 1 each year, each replacement service provider under section 473.388 must report to the council its projected total operating expenses for the current calendar year and its projected operating reserve fund balance as of the previous December 31. (b) By March 1 each year, the council must submit a report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance. The report must include: (1) the information from each provider received under paragraph (a); and (2) the council's projected total operating expenses for the current calendar year and its projected operating reserve fund balance as of the previous December 31. History:   1Sp2021 c 5 art 4 s 118
MN Stat § 473.501 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area|Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government|Section 473.501 — Definitions.

473.501 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Terms. The terms defined in this section shall have the meanings given them for the purposes of sections 473.501 to 473.549 unless otherwise provided or indicated by the context. Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 1994 c 628 art 3 s 209] Subd. 3. Local government unit or government unit. "Local government unit" or "government unit" means any municipal or public corporation or governmental subdivision or agency located in whole or in part in the metropolitan area, authorized by law to provide for the collection and disposal of sewage. History:   1975 c 13 s 76
MN Stat § 473.505 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area|Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government|Section 473.505 — Total Watershed Management.

473.505 TOTAL WATERSHED MANAGEMENT. The Metropolitan Council may enter into agreements with other governmental bodies and agencies and spend funds to implement total watershed management. "Total watershed management" means identifying and quantifying at a watershed level the (1) sources of pollution, both point and nonpoint, (2) causes of conditions that may or may not be a result of pollution, and (3) means of reducing pollution or alleviating adverse conditions. The purpose of total watershed management is to achieve the best water quality for waters of the state receiving the effluent of the metropolitan disposal system for the lowest total costs, without regard to who will incur those costs. History:  1994 c 562 s 1; 1995 c 236 s 17
MN Stat § 473.512 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area|Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government|Section 473.512 — Pension Exclusion For Certain Labor Service Employees.

473.512 PENSION EXCLUSION FOR CERTAIN LABOR SERVICE EMPLOYEES. Subdivision 1. Qualification, conditions. A member of a trade who is employed by the former metropolitan waste control commission, and on July 1, 1994, is employed by the council, on a permanent basis with trade union pension plan coverage pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement shall be excluded from coverage by the Minnesota State Retirement System if the member was first employed on or after June 1, 1977 or, if the member was first employed prior to June 1, 1977, has elected to be excluded from coverage by the Minnesota State Retirement System pursuant to subdivision 2, and has accepted a refund of contributions pursuant to subdivision 3. Subd. 2. Deadline, effect. A member of a trade entitled under subdivision 1 to make an election of exclusion from pension coverage by the Minnesota State Retirement System may make the election of exclusion no later than August 1, 1977 on forms provided by the executive director of the Minnesota State Retirement System. The election of exclusion from coverage shall be a one time election irrevocable while employed in such capacity and shall have retroactive application to the first day of membership in the Minnesota State Retirement System. Subd. 3. Refund. Upon electing to be excluded from coverage as provided in subdivision 2 and making a valid application, a member of a trade shall be entitled to a refund of both the accumulated employee and the employer contributions made pursuant to Minnesota Statutes 1976, section 352.04, subdivision 3, on behalf of the member plus interest at the rate of 3-1/2 percent per annum compounded annually from the date of commencement of coverage, computed to the first day of the month in which the refund is processed and shall be based on fiscal year balances. The application for the refund may be made without the waiting period provided for in section 352.22, subdivision 1. No repayment of a refund made under this section shall be permitted. History:  1977 c 98 s 4; 1986 c 444; 1994 c 628 art 3 s 154
MN Stat § 473.513 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area|Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government|Section 473.513 — Municipal Plans And Programs.

473.513 MUNICIPAL PLANS AND PROGRAMS. As soon as practicable after the adoption of the first policy plan by the council as provided in section 473.146, and before undertaking the construction of any extensions or additions to its disposal system or the substantial alteration or improvement of its existing disposal system, each local government unit shall adopt a similar policy plan for the collection, treatment and disposal of sewage for which the local government unit is responsible, coordinated with the council's plan, and may revise the same as often as it deems necessary. Each such plan shall be submitted forthwith to the council for review and shall be subject to the approval of the council as to those features affecting the council's responsibilities as determined by the council. Any such features disapproved by the council shall be modified in accordance with the council's recommendations. No construction of new sewers or other disposal facilities, and no substantial alteration or improvement of any existing sewers or other disposal facilities involving such features, shall be undertaken by any local government unit unless its governing body shall first find the same to be in accordance with its comprehensive plan and program as approved by the council. At the time each local government unit makes application to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency for a permit to alter or improve its disposal system it shall file with the council a copy of the application together with design data and a location map of the project. History:  1975 c 13 s 81; 1994 c 628 art 3 s 155
MN Stat § 473.515 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area|Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government|Section 473.515 — Sewage Collection And Disposal; Powers.

473.515 SEWAGE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL; POWERS. Subdivision 1. Identification of powers. In addition to all other powers conferred upon or delegated to the council hereunder, it shall have the powers specified in this section. Subd. 2. Right to discharge treated sewage. The council shall have the right to discharge the effluent from any treatment works operated by it into any waters of the state in accordance with any effluent or water quality standards lawfully adopted by the Pollution Control Agency. Subd. 3. Connections with metropolitan system. The council may require any person or local government unit in the metropolitan area to provide for the discharge of its sewage, directly or indirectly, into the metropolitan disposal system, or to connect any disposal system or part thereof with the metropolitan disposal system wherever reasonable opportunity therefor is provided; may regulate the manner in which such connections are made; may require any person or local government unit discharging sewage into the metropolitan disposal system to provide preliminary treatment therefor; may prohibit the discharge into the metropolitan disposal system of any substance which it determines will or may be harmful to the system or any persons operating it; and may require any local government unit to discontinue the acquisition, betterment, or operation of any facility for its disposal system wherever and so far as adequate service is or will be provided by the metropolitan disposal system. History:  1975 c 13 s 82; 1994 c 628 art 3 s 156-158
MN Stat § 473.5155 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area|Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government|Section 473.5155 — Violation Of Wastewater Law; Remedies, Penalties.

473.5155 VIOLATION OF WASTEWATER LAW; REMEDIES, PENALTIES. Subdivision 1. Remedies available. (a) For purposes of this section, "violation" means any discharge or action by a person that violates sections 473.501 to 473.549 or rules, standards, variances, limitations, orders, stipulations, agreements, schedules of compliance, or permits that are issued or adopted by the council under sections 473.501 to 473.549. (b) Each violation may be enforced by any one or a combination of the following: criminal prosecution, civil action, or other appropriate action in accordance with sections 473.501 to 473.549. Subd. 2. Criminal penalties; duties. (a) Any person who commits a violation under subdivision 1 may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than 90 days or to payment of a fine of not more than $1,000, or both. (b) County attorneys, sheriffs and other peace officers, and other officers authorized to enforce criminal laws shall take all action necessary to prosecute and punish violations. Subd. 3. Civil penalties. A violation is subject to a penalty payable to the state, in an amount to be determined by the court, of not more than $1,000 per day of violation. The civil penalty may be recovered by a civil action brought by the council in the name of the state. History:  1990 c 469 s 2; 1994 c 628 art 3 s 159,160
MN Stat § 473.519 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area|Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government|Section 473.519 — 1972 U.s. Water Pollution Control Act: Use Charge Shares.

473.519 1972 U.S. WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT: USE CHARGE SHARES. Each local government unit shall adopt a system of charges for the use and availability of the metropolitan disposal system which will assure that each recipient of waste treatment services within or served by the unit will pay its proportionate share of the costs allocated to the unit by the council under section 473.517, as required by the federal Water Pollution Control Act amendments of 1972, and any regulations issued pursuant thereto. Each system of charges shall be submitted to the council if requested by the council. History:  1975 c 13 s 84; 1994 c 628 art 3 s 171; 1997 c 181 s 3; 2013 c 101 s 5
MN Stat § 473.521 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area|Chapter 473 — Metropolitan Government|Section 473.521 — Payments To Council.

473.521 PAYMENTS TO COUNCIL. Subdivision 1. Amounts due council, when payable. Charges payable to the council by local government units may be made payable at such times during each year as the council determines, but such dates shall be fixed with reference to the dates on which tax, assessment, and revenue collections become available to the government units required to pay such charges. Subd. 2. Component municipalities, obligations to council. Each government unit shall pay to the council all sums charged to it as provided in section 473.517, at the times and in the manner determined by the council. The governing body of each such government unit shall take all action that may be necessary to provide the funds required for such payments and to make the same when due. Subd. 3. Powers of government units. To accomplish any duty imposed on it by the council, the governing body of every government unit in the metropolitan area may exercise the powers granted any municipality by chapters 117, 412, 429, 475, sections 115.46, 444.075 and 471.59. Subd. 4. Deficiency tax levies. If the governing body of any local government unit fails to meet any payment to the council hereunder when due, the Metropolitan Council may certify to the auditor of the county in which the government unit is located the amount required for payment of such amount with interest at six percent per annum. The auditor shall levy and extend such amount as a tax upon all taxable property in the government unit for the next calendar year, free from any existing limitations imposed by law or charter. Such tax shall be collected in the same manner as the general taxes of the government unit, and the proceeds thereof, when collected, shall be paid by the county treasurer to the treasurer of the council and credited to the government unit for which the tax was levied. History:  1975 c 13 s 85; 1994 c 628 art 3 s 172-175; 1995 c 236 s 20