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MN Stat § 466.101 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions|Chapter 466 — Tort Liability, Political Subdivisions|Section 466.101 — Law Enforcement Costs.

466.101 LAW ENFORCEMENT COSTS. When costs are assessed against a municipality for injuries incurred or other medical expenses connected with the arrest of individuals violating Minnesota Statutes, the municipality responsible for the hiring, firing, training, and control of the law enforcement and other employees involved in the arrest is responsible for those costs. History:   1986 c 455 s 77
MN Stat § 466.11 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions|Chapter 466 — Tort Liability, Political Subdivisions|Section 466.11 — Relation To Charters And Special Laws.

466.11 RELATION TO CHARTERS AND SPECIAL LAWS. Sections 466.01 to 466.15 are exclusive of and supersede all home rule charter provisions and special laws on the same subject heretofore and hereafter adopted. History:   1963 c 798 s 11
MN Stat § 466.131 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions|Chapter 466 — Tort Liability, Political Subdivisions|Section 466.131 — Indemnification By State.

466.131 INDEMNIFICATION BY STATE. Until July 1, 1987, a municipality is an employee of the state for purposes of the indemnification provisions of section 3.736, subdivision 9, when the municipality is required by the Public Welfare Licensing Act and rules promulgated under it to inspect or investigate a provider. After July 1, 1987, a municipality is an employee of the state for purposes of the indemnification provisions of section 3.736, subdivision 9, when the municipality is required by sections 245A.01 to 245A.16, the Human Services Licensing Act, and rules adopted under it to inspect or investigate a provider, and the municipality has been duly certified under standards for certification developed by the commissioner of human services. History:  1986 c 395 s 15; 1992 c 464 art 1 s 45
MN Stat § 466.132 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions|Chapter 466 — Tort Liability, Political Subdivisions|Section 466.132 — Indemnification By State.

466.132 INDEMNIFICATION BY STATE. Municipalities, when performing, as required or mandated by state law, inspections or investigations of persons prior to the issuance of state licenses, are employees of the state for purposes of the indemnification provisions of section 3.736, subdivision 9. A municipality is not, however, an employee of the state for purposes of this section if in hiring, supervising, or continuing to employ the person performing an inspection or investigation for the municipality, the municipality was clearly negligent. In no event shall the state be obligated to defend or indemnify a municipality for inspections or investigations relating to licensing to the extent of insurance purchased by the municipality covering liability therefor. The municipality's right to indemnity shall not be considered a waiver of the limitations, defenses, and immunities available to the municipality and state by law. History:  1986 c 455 s 90; 1988 c 411 s 8
MN Stat § 466.15 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions|Chapter 466 — Tort Liability, Political Subdivisions|Section 466.15 — Civil Damages Act, Application.

466.15 CIVIL DAMAGES ACT, APPLICATION. Sections 466.01 to 466.15 do not modify section 340A.801. History:  1963 c 798 s 15; 1985 c 305 art 12 s 5; 1Sp1985 c 16 art 2 s 26;
MN Stat § 466A.01 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development|Chapter 466A — Community Resources Program|Section 466A.01 — Definitions.

466A.01 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Scope. The definitions in this section apply to sections 466A.01 to 466A.08. Subd. 2. City. "City" means a city of the first class as defined in section 410.01. Subd. 3. City council. "City council" means the city council of a city as defined in subdivision 2. Subd. 4. Community resource program. "Community resource program" or "program" means a community resource program adopted according to section 466A.03. Subd. 5. Targeted neighborhood. "Targeted neighborhood" means an area including one or more census tracts as determined and measured by the Bureau of Census of the United States Department of Commerce that a city council determines by resolution meets the criteria of section 466A.02, subdivision 2, and any additional area designated under section 466A.02. Subd. 6. Assisted housing. "Assisted housing" means: (1) the housing is either owned or under the control of a housing agency and is used in a manner authorized by sections 469.001 to 469.047; (2) the housing is defined as an emergency shelter or transitional housing under section 272.02, subdivision 13 or 20; or (3) the housing is a building that receives a low-income housing credit under section 242 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; or which meets the requirements of that section, and was under construction or rehabilitation prior to May 1, 1988. History:  1989 c 290 art 11 s 1; 2015 c 21 art 1 s 76
MN Stat § 466A.02 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development|Chapter 466A — Community Resources Program|Section 466A.02 — Designation Of Targeted Neighborhoods.

466A.02 DESIGNATION OF TARGETED NEIGHBORHOODS. Subdivision 1. City authority. A city may by resolution designate targeted neighborhoods within its borders after adopting detailed findings that the neighborhoods meet the eligibility requirements in subdivision 2 or 3. Subd. 2. Eligibility requirements for targeted neighborhoods. An area within a city is eligible for designation as a targeted neighborhood if the area meets at least two of the following criteria: (1) the area had an unemployment rate that was twice the unemployment rate for the Minneapolis and St. Paul standard metropolitan statistical area as determined by the 1980 federal census; (2) the median household income in the area was no more than half the median household income for the Minneapolis and St. Paul standard metropolitan statistical area as determined by the 1980 federal census; or (3) the area is characterized by residential dwelling units in need of substantial rehabilitation. An area qualifies under this clause if 25 percent or more of the residential dwelling units are in substandard condition as determined by the city or 70 percent or more of the residential dwelling units were built before 1940 as determined by the 1980 federal census. Subd. 3. Additional area eligible for inclusion in targeted neighborhood. (a) The city may add to the area designated as a targeted neighborhood under subdivision 2 a contiguous area of one-half mile in all directions from the designated targeted neighborhood. (b) Assisted housing is also considered a targeted neighborhood. (c) A neighborhood that is partially targeted may be considered wholly targeted. History:  1989 c 290 art 11 s 2; 1994 c 587 art 9 s 1
MN Stat § 466A.03 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development|Chapter 466A — Community Resources Program|Section 466A.03 — Community Resources Programs.

466A.03 COMMUNITY RESOURCES PROGRAMS. Subdivision 1. Community resources program; requirement. A city must prepare a comprehensive community resources program. The program must describe the specific community resource services and means by which the city intends to pursue and implement the program objectives outlined in subdivision 2 for each targeted neighborhood served under the program and the community initiatives program described in section 466A.04. Subd. 2. Community resources program objectives. A community resources program must address at least the following objectives: (1) increasing community safety and reducing crime; (2) enhancing family stability including school readiness; (3) providing opportunities for residents to become self-supporting; and (4) building the capacity of neighborhood-based organizations to create cohesiveness and stability in their communities. Subd. 3. Community participation. A city must adopt a process to involve the residents in targeted neighborhoods in planning, developing, and implementing the community resource program. Subd. 4. Advisory committee. The city council of a city requesting state financial assistance under section 466A.05 shall establish an advisory council to assist the city in developing and implementing a community resource program. The advisory committee may include, but is not limited to: city council members, county commissioners, school board members, community service representatives, business community representatives, and resident representatives of targeted neighborhoods. The city may designate an existing entity as the advisory committee if the entity meets the membership requirements outlined in this subdivision. Subd. 5. Program approval. A city may approve or modify a community resource program only after holding a public hearing. Notice of the hearing must be provided in a newspaper of general circulation in the city and in the targeted neighborhoods not less than ten days nor more than 30 days before the date of the hearing. In addition, the notice shall be published in the most widely circulated community newspaper in the targeted neighborhoods. History:   1989 c 290 art 11 s 3
MN Stat § 466A.04 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development|Chapter 466A — Community Resources Program|Section 466A.04 — Community Initiatives Program.

466A.04 COMMUNITY INITIATIVES PROGRAM. A city may establish a community initiatives program as part of the community resource plan. No more than ten percent of the community resource money may be distributed under the community initiatives program. State money used for the community initiatives program must be used for implementing activities included in the community resources program. Financial assistance or service contracts awarded to a single nonprofit organization under this subdivision are limited to $10,000 annually. History:   1989 c 290 art 11 s 4
MN Stat § 466A.05 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development|Chapter 466A — Community Resources Program|Section 466A.05 — Payment And Allocation.

466A.05 PAYMENT AND ALLOCATION. Subdivision 1. Payment of state money. Upon receiving from a city the certification that a community resources program has been adopted or modified, the commissioner of employment and economic development shall, within 30 days after receiving the certification, pay to the city the amount of state money identified as necessary to implement the community resources program. State money may be paid to the city only to the extent that the appropriation limit for the city specified in subdivision 2 is not exceeded. Subd. 2. Allocation. Appropriation to each city shall be in proportion to the city's portion of the combined population of the cities. The population of each city is determined by the most recent estimates available to the commissioner. History:  1989 c 290 art 11 s 5; 1991 c 345 art 2 s 59; 1Sp2003 c 4 s 1
MN Stat § 466A.06 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development|Chapter 466A — Community Resources Program|Section 466A.06 — Eligible Uses For Community Resource Money.

466A.06 ELIGIBLE USES FOR COMMUNITY RESOURCE MONEY. Subdivision 1. Eligible uses. The city may use up to 20 percent of the community resource money for low-income housing needs and economic development in targeted neighborhoods. Not more than 40 percent of this amount may be used to address low-income housing needs citywide. If a resident of a targeted neighborhood is a recipient of resource services and moves to a residence in another part of the city, eligibility continues for the community resources services. Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 1992 c 412 s 2] History:   1989 c 290 art 11 s 6
MN Stat § 466A.07 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development|Chapter 466A — Community Resources Program|Section 466A.07 — City Powers.

466A.07 CITY POWERS. A city may exercise any of its corporate powers in implementing the community resources program. In addition to the authority granted by other law, a city, through a request for proposal process, may make grants, loans, and other forms of assistance to and enter into service contracts with, individuals, for profit and nonprofit corporations, and other organizations to implement a community resources program. History:   1989 c 290 art 11 s 7
MN Stat § 466A.08 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development|Chapter 466A — Community Resources Program|Section 466A.08 — Annual Report.

466A.08 ANNUAL REPORT. A city must provide an annual report on the status of the program implementation and analyze whether the intended objectives are being achieved. The report should be presented to the commissioner and the legislature. History:   1989 c 290 art 11 s 8
MN Stat § 469.001 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development|Chapter 469 — Economic Development|Section 469.001 — Purposes.

469.001 PURPOSES. The purposes of sections 469.001 to 469.047 are: (1) to provide a sufficient supply of adequate, safe, and sanitary dwellings in order to protect the health, safety, morals, and welfare of the citizens of this state; (2) to clear and redevelop blighted areas; (3) to perform those duties according to comprehensive plans; (4) to remedy the shortage of housing for low and moderate income residents, and to redevelop blighted areas, in situations in which private enterprise would not act without government participation or subsidies; and (5) in cities of the first class, to provide housing for persons of all incomes. Public participation in activities intended to meet the purposes of sections 469.001 to 469.047 and the exercise of powers confined by sections 469.001 to 469.047 are public uses and purposes for which private property may be acquired and public money spent. History:   1987 c 291 s 1
MN Stat § 469.007 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development|Chapter 469 — Economic Development|Section 469.007 — Powers Of County And Multicounty Authorities.

469.007 POWERS OF COUNTY AND MULTICOUNTY AUTHORITIES. Subdivision 1. Powers. A county or multicounty authority and its commissioners shall, within the area of operation of the authority, have the same functions, rights, powers, duties, privileges, immunities, and limitations as are provided for housing and redevelopment authorities created for cities, and for the commissioners of those authorities. The provisions of law applicable to housing and redevelopment authorities created for cities and their commissioners shall be applicable to county and multicounty authorities and their commissioners, except as clearly indicated otherwise. Subd. 2. Powers as to housing development projects. When a county or multicounty authority undertakes any housing project or housing development project involving the acquisition of multifamily housing rental properties that (1) were financed under the federal Section 8 or Section 236 programs, or (2) are designed to be affordable to persons or families with incomes not greater than 80 percent of median income for the metropolitan statistical area or nonmetropolitan county, and are located within any city or town, the authority shall notify the governing body of the city or town in writing of the location of the housing project or housing development project. If the governing body fails to take action on a housing project or housing development project in a writing which sets forth its reasons for the action within 30 days, the governing body is considered to have approved the location of the housing project or housing development project for purposes of any special or general law requiring local approval of the location of housing projects and housing development projects undertaken by county or multicounty authorities. History:  1987 c 291 s 7; 1989 c 328 art 3 s 4
MN Stat § 469.008 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development|Chapter 469 — Economic Development|Section 469.008 — Effect Upon City Housing And Redevelopment Authorities.

469.008 EFFECT UPON CITY HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES. Nothing in sections 469.004 to 469.008 shall alter or impair the powers and obligations of city housing and redevelopment authorities created under Minnesota Statutes 1969, chapter 462, prior to June 8, 1971, nor shall the area of operation of such city authority be included within the area of operation of a county or multicounty authority created pursuant to sections 469.004 to 469.008. With the consent of the board of commissioners of a city authority and the governing body of the city, a city authority may become a part of a county or multicounty authority upon assumption by the authority of the obligations of the city authority. History:   1987 c 291 s 8
MN Stat § 469.010 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development|Chapter 469 — Economic Development|Section 469.010 — Removal; Hearing; Notice.

469.010 REMOVAL; HEARING; NOTICE. For inefficiency or neglect of duty, or misconduct in office, a commissioner may be removed by the governing body of the municipality. The commissioner must be given a copy of the charges at least ten days prior to a hearing at which the commissioner has an opportunity to be heard in person or by counsel. When charges in writing have been preferred against a commissioner, pending final action thereon the governing body may temporarily suspend the commissioner. If it is found that those charges have not been substantiated, the commissioner shall immediately be reinstated in office. When any commissioner is removed, a record of the proceedings, together with the charges and findings thereon, shall be filed in the office of the clerk. History:   1987 c 291 s 10
MN Stat § 469.011 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development|Chapter 469 — Economic Development|Section 469.011 — Authority Operations.

469.011 AUTHORITY OPERATIONS. Subdivision 1. Powers in commissioners; quorum. The powers of each authority shall be vested in its commissioners in office at any time; a majority of whom shall constitute a quorum for all purposes. Subd. 2. Officers; bylaws. Each authority shall select a chair and a secretary from among its commissioners and shall adopt bylaws and other rules for the conduct of its affairs that it deems appropriate. Subd. 3. Meetings. The regular meetings of an authority shall be held in a fixed place, except that meetings of a multicounty authority may be held anywhere within the boundaries of the area of operation of the authority or within any additional area where the authority is authorized to undertake a project, and shall be open to the public. Subd. 4. Expenses; compensation. Each commissioner may receive necessary expenses, including traveling expenses, incurred in the performance of duties. Each commissioner may be paid up to $75 for attending each regular and special meeting of the authority. Commissioners who are full-time state employees or full-time employees of the political subdivisions of the state may not receive the daily payment, but they may suffer no loss in compensation or benefits from the state or a political subdivision as a result of their service on the board. Commissioners who are elected officials may receive the daily payment for a particular day only if they do not receive any other daily payment for public service on that day. Commissioners who are full-time state employees or full-time employees of the political subdivisions of the state may receive the expenses provided for in this subdivision unless the expenses are reimbursed by another source. History:  1987 c 291 s 11; 1992 c 376 art 3 s 2; 1993 c 369 s 144; 2000 c 455 art 2 s 5
MN Stat § 469.013 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development|Chapter 469 — Economic Development|Section 469.013 — Accounting.

469.013 ACCOUNTING. Subdivision 1. Annual reports, duties of state auditor. Each authority shall keep an accurate account of all its activities and of all its receipts and expenditures. The authority shall annually, in January for accounts kept on a calendar year basis, and within 30 days of the end of its fiscal year for accounts kept on a fiscal year basis, make a report on the accounts to the commissioner of employment and economic development, the state auditor, and the governing body of the city. The reports shall be in a form prescribed by the commissioner of employment and economic development. All powers conferred and duties imposed upon the state auditor with respect to state and county officers, institutions, property, and improvements shall also be exercised and performed by the state auditor with respect to authorities, except the power to prescribe the form of reports or accounts provided in sections 469.001 to 469.047. The state auditor shall make audits of the low-rent public housing funds of the authorities that are deemed to be in the public interest, and shall file a written report covering the audits with the authority, the city clerk of the municipality, and the commissioner of employment and economic development. The first report of the state auditor shall include all expenditures and activities of the local authority from the creation of the authority. Each authority shall be liable to the state and shall pay all costs and expenses of the examination, from funds available for those purposes. Subd. 2. Commissioner of employment and economic development; powers, duties. The commissioner of employment and economic development may investigate the affairs of authorities and their dealings, transactions, and relationships. The commissioner may examine the properties and records of authorities and prescribe methods of accounting and the rendering of periodical reports in relation to projects undertaken by authorities. In prescribing the form of accounts the commissioner of employment and economic development shall take into consideration any requirements of the federal government under any contract with an authority. The commissioner of employment and economic development may adopt, amend, and repeal rules prescribing standards and stating principles governing the planning, construction, maintenance, and operation of projects by authorities. Compliance with sections 469.001 to 469.047 and the rules adopted by the commissioner of employment and economic development may be enforced by the commissioner by a proceeding in equity. History:  1987 c 291 s 13; 1987 c 312 art 1 s 26 subd 2; 1Sp2003 c 4 s 1
MN Stat § 469.014 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development|Chapter 469 — Economic Development|Section 469.014 — Liable In Contract Or Tort.

469.014 LIABLE IN CONTRACT OR TORT. Subject to the provisions of chapter 466, an authority shall be liable in contract or in tort in the same manner as a private corporation. The commissioners of an authority shall not be personally liable as such on its contracts, or for torts not committed or directly authorized by them. The property or funds of an authority shall not be subject to attachment, or to levy and sale on execution, but, if an authority refuses to pay a judgment entered against it in any court of competent jurisdiction, the district court for the county in which the authority is situated may, by writ of mandamus, direct the treasurer of the authority to pay the judgment. History:  1987 c 291 s 14; 1991 c 342 s 11