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MN Stat § 473J.08 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area|Chapter 473J — Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority|Section 473J.08 — Sports Facilities Of The Authority.

473J.08 SPORTS FACILITIES OF THE AUTHORITY. Subdivision 1. General. This section describes the sports facilities that the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority controls, operates, and has responsibility over pursuant to this chapter and as directed by law. Subd. 2. Sports facilities. (a) The following sports facilities are part of the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority: (1) the professional football stadium constructed under this chapter; and (2) any other sports facility constructed or acquired by the authority. (b) The Target Center in Minneapolis, Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, and Target Field in Minneapolis may join the facilities of the authority upon satisfaction of the following factors and upon the approval of the authority: (1) the governing body of the facility must make the request to the authority to become a sports facility under this section; (2) the governing body and the authority must negotiate an agreement with respect to the transfer of all obligations and responsibilities, including, but not limited to, outstanding debt, revenue sources, finance, funding, operations, equipment, repair and replacements, capital improvements, reserves, contracts, and agreements; (3) the governing body and the professional sports team who is the primary user of the facility must make a joint recommendation to the authority; (4) the authority must find that the inclusion of a facility under the authority will not have a negative impact on the authority, the general fund, or become an obligation of the state of Minnesota; and (5) any other information or requirements requested by the authority. History:   2012 c 299 art 1 s 12
MN Stat § 473J.10 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area|Chapter 473J — Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority|Section 473J.10 — Location.

473J.10 LOCATION. The stadium to be constructed under this chapter shall be located at the stadium site in the city of Minneapolis. History:   2012 c 299 art 1 s 14
MN Stat § 473J.112 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area|Chapter 473J — Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority|Section 473J.112 — Commemorative Bricks.

473J.112 COMMEMORATIVE BRICKS. The authority shall sell commemorative bricks to be displayed at a prominent location in the new stadium, for an amount to be determined by the authority. Funds raised through this section shall be appropriated to the commissioner of management and budget for transfer to the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority. History:   2012 c 299 art 1 s 16
MN Stat § 473J.12 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area|Chapter 473J — Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority|Section 473J.12 — Employment.

473J.12 EMPLOYMENT. Subdivision 1. Hiring and recruitment. In the design, development, construction, management, operation, maintenance, and capital repair, replacement, and improvement of the stadium and stadium infrastructure, the authority shall make every effort to employ, and cause the NFL team, the construction manager and other subcontractors, vendors, and concessionaires to employ women and members of minority communities when hiring. In addition, the authority shall contract with an employment assistance firm, preferably minority-owned, or owned by a disabled individual or a woman, to create an employment program to recruit, hire, and retain minorities for the stadium facility. The authority shall hold a job fair and recruit and advertise at Minneapolis Urban League, Sabathani, American Indian OIC, Youthbuild organizations, and other such organizations. Further, goals for construction contracts to be awarded to women- and minority-owned businesses will be in a percentage at least equal to the minimum used for city of Minneapolis development projects, and the other construction workforce will establish workforce utilization goals at least equal to current city goals and include workers from city zip codes that have high rates of poverty and unemployment. Subd. 2. Other required agreements. The NFL team or the authority shall give food, beverage, retail, and concession workers presently employed by the NFL team or the Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission or its vendors at the existing football stadium the opportunity to continue their employment in comparable positions at the new stadium. Workers who are presently represented under a collective bargaining agreement may seek to continue such representation in the facility and designate such, or another collective bargaining unit, as their representative. History:   2012 c 299 art 1 s 17
MN Stat § 473J.14 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area|Chapter 473J — Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority|Section 473J.14 — Suites Tax.

473J.14 SUITES TAX. (a) Upon notification by the commissioner of management and budget under section 16A.727, the authority shall by resolution impose and maintain a ten percent tax on the gross receipts received for the rental of suites, sky boxes, and similar in the NFL stadium. (b) The tax must be imposed in the years specified by the commissioner of management and budget. The suites rental tax under paragraph (a) applies to the gross receipts, as defined under section 297A.61, received by the seller, as defined in section 297A.61, and is a debt owed by the seller to the authority. A tax imposed under this section is recoverable at law by the authority from the seller in the same manner as other debts. Every person granting, selling, or renting suites, sky boxes, or similar may be required, as provided in resolutions of the authority, to secure a permit, to file returns, to deposit security for the payment of the tax, and to pay the penalties for nonpayment and interest on late payments, as the authority deems necessary or expedient to assure the prompt and uniform collection of the tax. (c) The authority shall remit the proceeds of a tax imposed under this section to the commissioner of management and budget for deposit in the state's general fund. History:  2012 c 299 art 6 s 3; 2013 c 125 art 1 s 80
MN Stat § 473J.19 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area|Chapter 473J — Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority|Section 473J.19 — Property Tax Exemption; Special Assessments.

473J.19 PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION; SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS. Any real or personal property acquired, owned, leased, controlled, used, or occupied by the authority for any of the purposes of this chapter, is acquired, owned, leased, controlled, used, and occupied for public, governmental, and municipal purposes. The stadium and stadium infrastructure are exempt from ad valorem taxation by the state or any political subdivision of the state provided that the 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. No possible use of any of the properties in any manner different from their use under this chapter may be considered in determining the special benefit received by the properties. Notwithstanding section 272.01, subdivision 2, or 273.19, real or personal property which is subject to a lease or use agreement between the authority and another person for uses related to the purposes of this chapter, including the operation of the stadium and related parking facilities, is exempt from taxation regardless of the length of the lease or use agreement or the characteristics of the entity leasing or using the property. This section, insofar as it provides an exemption or special treatment, does not apply to any real property that is leased for residential, business, or commercial development or to a restaurant that is open for general business more than 200 days a year, or other purposes different from those contemplated in this chapter. History:   2012 c 299 art 1 s 21
MN Stat § 473J.21 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area|Chapter 473J — Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority|Section 473J.21 — Liquor Licenses.

473J.21 LIQUOR LICENSES. At the request of the authority, the city may issue intoxicating liquor licenses that are reasonably required for the premises of the stadium site. These licenses are in addition to the number authorized by law. All provisions of chapter 340A not inconsistent with this section apply to the licenses authorized under this section. History:   2012 c 299 art 1 s 22
MN Stat § 473J.23 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area|Chapter 473J — Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority|Section 473J.23 — Local Taxes.

473J.23 LOCAL TAXES. No new or additional local sales or use tax shall be imposed on sales at the stadium site unless the tax is applicable throughout the taxing jurisdiction. Except for a tax imposed under section 16A.727, no new or additional local tax shall be imposed on sales of tickets and admissions to NFL team, NFL team-owned major league soccer, or other team-related events at the stadium, notwithstanding any law or ordinance, unless the tax is applicable throughout the taxing jurisdiction. The admissions and amusements tax currently imposed by the city of Minneapolis pursuant to Laws 1967, extra session chapter 34, section 2, as amended by Laws 1969, chapter 1092, may apply to admissions for football and NFL team-related events, including NFL team-owned major league soccer, as provided in section 473J.15, subdivision 15, at the stadium. History:   2012 c 299 art 1 s 23
MN Stat § 473J.25 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area|Chapter 473J — Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority|Section 473J.25 — Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission Assets; Liabilities To Authority.

473J.25 METROPOLITAN SPORTS FACILITIES COMMISSION ASSETS; LIABILITIES TO AUTHORITY. Subdivision 1. Authority expenses. The Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission shall pay the operating expenses of the authority including salaries, compensation, and other personnel, office, equipment, consultant, and any other costs, until the commission is abolished pursuant to subdivision 3. Subd. 2. Transfer. By August 12, 2012, the Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission shall pay its outstanding obligations, settle its accounts, and transfer its remaining assets, liabilities, and obligations to the authority, for its purposes. Subd. 3. Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission abolished; interim powers conferred on authority. Upon transfer to the authority of all remaining assets, liabilities, and obligations of the Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission, in subdivision 2, the Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission is abolished. When the remaining assets, liabilities, and obligations of the Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission have been transferred to the authority and the commission has been abolished, the powers and duties of the commission under sections 473.551 to 473.599, and any other law shall devolve upon the authority, in addition to the powers and duties of the authority under chapter 473J, until the first NFL home game is played at the stadium. Subd. 4. Employees. Upon transfer of ownership all persons employed by the Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission shall be transferred to the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority without loss of right or privilege. Nothing in this section shall be construed to give any such person the right or privilege to continue in the same level or classification of employment previously held. The Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority may assign any such person to an employment level and classification which it deems appropriate and desirable in accordance with its personnel code. Subd. 5. Conforming changes. The Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission shall submit a technical bill to the 2013 legislature making any cross-reference, grammatical, or other conforming changes necessary as a result of Laws 2012, chapter 299. This bill shall be submitted by February 12, 2013. History:   2012 c 299 art 1 s 24
MN Stat § 473J.27 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area|Chapter 473J — Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority|Section 473J.27 — Use Of The Stadium.

473J.27 USE OF THE STADIUM. Subdivision 1. Amateur sports use. The lessee of the stadium must make the facilities of the stadium available to the Minnesota Amateur Sports Commission up to ten days each year on terms satisfactory to the commission for amateur sports activities consistent with chapter 240A each year during the time the bonds issued pursuant to Laws 2012, chapter 299, are outstanding. The commission must negotiate in good faith and may be required to pay no more than actual out-of-pocket expenses for the time it uses the stadium. Subd. 2. High school league. The lessee of the stadium must make the facilities of the stadium available for use by the Minnesota State High School League for at least seven days each year for high school soccer and football tournaments. The lessee of the stadium must provide, and may not charge the league a fee for, this use, including security, ticket takers, custodial or cleaning services, or other similar services in connection with this use. History:   2012 c 299 art 5 s 7
MN Stat § 474A.01 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 474 - 477C — Public Debt; Local Government Aid|Chapter 474A — Minnesota Bond Allocation Act|Section 474A.01 — Citation.

474A.01 CITATION. Sections 474A.01 to 474A.21 may be cited as the "Minnesota Bond Allocation Act." History:   1986 c 465 art 1 s 9
MN Stat § 474A.025 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 474 - 477C — Public Debt; Local Government Aid|Chapter 474A — Minnesota Bond Allocation Act|Section 474A.025 — Deadline Dates And Times.

474A.025 DEADLINE DATES AND TIMES. All applications, notices, and other materials required to be filed or submitted to the department pursuant to this chapter must be received by the department no later than 4:30 p.m. on the deadline day or date. When an application, notice, or other required material is required to be filed or submitted to the department on or before a prescribed day or date and the prescribed day or date falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, it is timely filed or submitted if it is received by the department by 4:30 p.m. on the next succeeding day which is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday. History:   1996 c 362 s 7
MN Stat § 474A.04 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 474 - 477C — Public Debt; Local Government Aid|Chapter 474A — Minnesota Bond Allocation Act|Section 474A.04 — Entitlement Allocations Under Existing Federal Tax Law.

474A.04 ENTITLEMENT ALLOCATIONS UNDER EXISTING FEDERAL TAX LAW. Subdivision 1.  [Repealed, 1987 c 268 art 16 s 45] Subd. 1a. Entitlement reservations. Any amount returned by an entitlement issuer before the last Monday in June shall be reallocated through the housing pool. Any amount returned on or after the last Monday in June shall be reallocated through the unified pool. An amount returned after the last Monday in November shall be reallocated to the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency. Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 1987 c 268 art 16 s 45] Subd. 3.  [Repealed, 1987 c 268 art 16 s 45] Subd. 4.  [Repealed, 1987 c 268 art 16 s 45] Subd. 5. Notice of entitlement allocation. As soon as possible in each calendar year, the commissioner shall post on the department's website the amount of each entitlement allocation. Subd. 6. Entitlement transfers. An entitlement issuer may enter into an agreement with another entitlement issuer whereby the recipient entitlement issuer issues obligations pursuant to bonding authority allocated to the original entitlement issuer under this section. An entitlement issuer may enter into an agreement with an issuer which is not an entitlement issuer whereby the recipient issuer issues qualified mortgage bonds, up to $100,000 of which are issued pursuant to bonding authority allocated to the original entitlement issuer under this section. The agreement may be approved and executed by the mayor of the entitlement issuer with or without approval or review by the city council. Notwithstanding section 474A.091, subdivision 4, prior to December 1, the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, Minnesota Office of Higher Education, and Minnesota Rural Finance Authority may transfer allocated bonding authority made available under this chapter to one another under an agreement by each agency and the commissioner. History:  1986 c 465 art 1 s 12; 1987 c 268 art 16 s 24-26; 1988 c 586 s 1; 1988 c 702 s 8; 1991 c 346 s 12; 1992 c 545 art 1 s 4; 1994 c 527 s 5; 1997 c 169 s 3; 2001 c 214 s 21,22; 2010 c 364 s 24; 2010 c 389 art 7 s 9; 2013 c 143 art 12 s 12; 1Sp2019 c 1 art 6 s 38
MN Stat § 474A.045 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 474 - 477C — Public Debt; Local Government Aid|Chapter 474A — Minnesota Bond Allocation Act|Section 474A.045 — Scoring; Enterprise Zone Facility, Manufacturing Project.

474A.045 SCORING; ENTERPRISE ZONE FACILITY, MANUFACTURING PROJECT. The following criteria must be used in determining the allocation of enterprise zone facility bonds and small issue bonds for manufacturing projects. The issuer must prepare and submit to the commissioner a public purpose scoring worksheet that presents the data and methods used in determining the total score under this section. The total score is the sum of the following: (1) the number of direct new jobs in the state generated by the proposed project for the next two years per $100,000 of proposed allocation multiplied by 15; (2) the number of direct existing jobs in the state multiplied by .625 due to the proposed project for the next two years per $100,000 of proposed allocation multiplied by 15; (3) the average hourly wage paid to employees by the proposed project for the next two years, exclusive of benefits mandated by law, based on the following scale:        Wages paid per hour $8 $10 $12 $15   Non-Metro area points awarded 10 15 20 20   Seven-County Metro Area points awarded 0 10 15 20   For purposes of this section, the seven-county metropolitan area includes Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington Counties; (4) the quotient of the estimated total net increase in property taxes generated in the state by the project in the first full year of operation divided by the proposed bond allocation, multiplied by 500; (5) the seasonally unadjusted unemployment rate in the community where the proposed project is located measured as a percent of the state's unemployment rate, multiplied by ten. The community seasonally unadjusted unemployment rate used in determining the points under clause (5) must be the most recent rate for the city or county in which the proposed project is located, as provided by the commissioner of employment and economic development; (6) 20 points for projects that locate in an incorporated area or a planned urban growth area as defined by section 462.352, subdivision 18; (7) 20 points for brownfield projects located in a state or federal Superfund site, a voluntary investigation and cleanup site, or a brownfield site, all as defined by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency; and (8) 20 points for projects with favorable environmental citizenship as evidenced by no nonforgivable or combination administrative penalty orders, stipulation agreements, consent decrees, or other enforcement orders containing a monetary penalty by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency over the past three years or pending at the time of application. History:  1990 c 552 s 6; 1994 c 483 s 1; 1998 c 363 s 3; 1999 c 189 s 2; 2001 c 214 s 23; 2009 c 86 art 1 s 89
MN Stat § 474A.062 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 474 - 477C — Public Debt; Local Government Aid|Chapter 474A — Minnesota Bond Allocation Act|Section 474A.062 — Minnesota Office Of Higher Education Issuance Exemption.

474A.062 MINNESOTA OFFICE OF HIGHER EDUCATION ISSUANCE EXEMPTION. The Minnesota Office of Higher Education is exempt from any time limitation on issuance of bonds set forth in this chapter and may carry forward allocations for student loan bonds, subject to carryforward notice requirements of section 474A.131, subdivision 2. History:  2001 c 214 s 31; 2005 c 107 art 2 s 60; 2006 c 259 art 9 s 10; 2013 c 143 art 12 s 13; 1Sp2019 c 1 art 6 s 46
MN Stat § 474A.14 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 474 - 477C — Public Debt; Local Government Aid|Chapter 474A — Minnesota Bond Allocation Act|Section 474A.14 — Notice Of Available Authority.

474A.14 NOTICE OF AVAILABLE AUTHORITY. The department shall provide at its official website a written notice of the amount of bonding authority in the housing, small issue, and public facilities pools as soon after January 1 as possible. The department shall provide at its official website a written notice of the amount of bonding authority available for allocation in the unified pool as soon after July 1 as possible. History:  1986 c 465 art 1 s 22; 1987 c 268 art 16 s 34; 1990 c 552 s 21; 1991 c 332 s 27; 1996 c 362 s 14; 2001 c 214 s 41; 1Sp2019 c 1 art 6 s 54
MN Stat § 474A.15 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 474 - 477C — Public Debt; Local Government Aid|Chapter 474A — Minnesota Bond Allocation Act|Section 474A.15 — State Held Harmless.

474A.15 STATE HELD HARMLESS. The state is not liable in any manner to any issuer, holder of obligations, or other person for carrying out the duties imposed on it under this chapter. History:  1986 c 465 art 1 s 23; 1987 c 268 art 16 s 35; 1991 c 346 s 26
MN Stat § 474A.16 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 474 - 477C — Public Debt; Local Government Aid|Chapter 474A — Minnesota Bond Allocation Act|Section 474A.16 — Exclusive Method Of Allocation.

474A.16 EXCLUSIVE METHOD OF ALLOCATION. This chapter is the exclusive method for allocating authority to issue obligations for the purposes of complying with the volume limitation of federal tax law. History:  1986 c 465 art 1 s 24; 1987 c 268 art 16 s 36; 1991 c 346 s 27
MN Stat § 474A.17 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 474 - 477C — Public Debt; Local Government Aid|Chapter 474A — Minnesota Bond Allocation Act|Section 474A.17 — Administrative Procedure Act Not Applicable.

474A.17 ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT NOT APPLICABLE. Chapter 14, including section 14.386, does not apply to actions taken by any state agency or entity under this chapter. History:  1986 c 465 art 1 s 25; 1987 c 268 art 16 s 37; 1991 c 346 s 28; 1997 c 187 art 4 s 9
MN Stat § 474A.21 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 474 - 477C — Public Debt; Local Government Aid|Chapter 474A — Minnesota Bond Allocation Act|Section 474A.21 — Appropriation; Receipts.

474A.21 APPROPRIATION; RECEIPTS. Any fees collected by the department under sections 474A.01 to 474A.21 must be deposited in a separate account in the special revenue fund. The amount necessary to refund application deposits is appropriated to the department from the separate account in the special revenue fund for that purpose. The interest accruing on application deposits and any application deposit not refunded as provided under section 474A.061, subdivision 4 or 7, or 474A.091, subdivision 5, or forfeited as provided under section 474A.131, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), or subdivision 2, must be deposited in the housing trust fund account under section 462A.201. History:  1986 c 465 art 1 s 29; 1987 c 268 art 16 s 40; 1990 c 520 s 5; 1Sp2019 c 1 art 6 s 55; 1Sp2021 c 8 art 4 s 3
MN Stat § 475.551 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 474 - 477C — Public Debt; Local Government Aid|Chapter 475 — Municipal Debt|Section 475.551 — Excessive Interest, Validation.

475.551 EXCESSIVE INTEREST, VALIDATION. In all cases where obligations have been or shall hereafter be issued and sold upon terms and conditions conforming to the provisions of section 475.55, and otherwise in conformity with law, such issuance and sale are hereby authorized, legalized and validated. History:   1969 c 93 s 2