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MN Stat § 451.15 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 451 - 459 — Local Public Utilities, Enterprises|Chapter 451 — Utility Franchises, Permits, Rights|Section 451.15 — Payments; Financing.

451.15 PAYMENTS; FINANCING. Subdivision 1. Financing. The program may include one or more of the methods described in this section for financing the cost of the installation of improvements. Subd. 2. Cash. The city may contract with a property owner for the payment in cash of the cost of the installation of the improvements upon completion of the installation of the improvements. The payment must be secured by: (1) a deposit with the city of 90 percent of the contract price; or (2) a written commitment from a bank or other financial institution approved in the program to lend the property owner the full amount of the contract price for payment to the city. Subd. 3. Promissory note. The city may accept payment of the contract price by a promissory note from the property owner delivered at the time of entering into the contract payable at such times, not exceeding ten years, and in the amounts and at the interest rate specified in the program. Subd. 4. Lien as security. The balance of payments due under subdivision 2 and the entire principal of and interest on a promissory note delivered under subdivision 3 are secured by a lien created by this subdivision on the real property on which the improvements are made. If payment is not made according to the terms of the program, or the note, the chief financial officer of the city may certify the entire amount so due to the county auditor for collection as other taxes are collected. Subd. 5. Special assessments. The program may provide that at the request of the property owner the unpaid cost of the installation of an improvement is to be specially assessed against the real property on which the improvement is installed in the manner provided by section 429.101, except that: (1) the adoption of an ordinance is not required; and (2) obligations issued to finance the improvements must mature not later than ten years from the date of their issuance. History:   2000 c 493 s 11
MN Stat § 451.16 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 451 - 459 — Local Public Utilities, Enterprises|Chapter 451 — Utility Franchises, Permits, Rights|Section 451.16 — Financing; Obligations.

451.16 FINANCING; OBLIGATIONS. Subdivision 1. Bonds; other obligations. In addition to the authority to issue obligations under section 429.101, a city may issue its bonds or other obligations to finance the cost of the installation of improvements as provided in this section. Subd. 2. Revenue obligations. A city may issue and sell its revenue obligations payable solely from the revenues derived or to be derived from assessments and payments from property owners under section 451.15, which revenues must be pledged to the payment of the obligations. Obligations issued under this subdivision are considered to be payable wholly from the income of a revenue-producing convenience within the meaning of sections 475.51 and 475.58. Subd. 3. General obligations. A city may issue and sell its general obligations under chapter 475, payable from the revenues and assessments derived or to be derived from property owners under section 451.15, which revenues must be pledged to the payment of the obligations. General obligations must not be issued unless the pledged revenues are estimated to equal at least 105 percent of the amount necessary to pay when due the principal of and interest on the obligations. Obligations issued under this subdivision are considered to be payable wholly from the income of a revenue-producing convenience within the meaning of sections 475.51 and 475.58. History:   2000 c 493 s 12
MN Stat § 451.17 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 451 - 459 — Local Public Utilities, Enterprises|Chapter 451 — Utility Franchises, Permits, Rights|Section 451.17 — City Of Virginia.

451.17 CITY OF VIRGINIA. The city of Virginia is considered to have complied with section 451.09, notwithstanding section 451.09, subdivision 4. History:   2000 c 493 s 13
MN Stat § 452.01 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 451 - 459 — Local Public Utilities, Enterprises|Chapter 452 — Municipal Ownership Of Utilities|Section 452.01 — Definitions.

452.01 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Words, terms, and phrases. Unless the language or context clearly indicates that a different meaning is intended, the words, terms, and phrases defined in subdivision 3, for the purposes of sections 452.08 to 452.13, shall be given the meaning subjoined thereto. Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 1976 c 44 s 70] Subd. 3. Public utilities. "Public utilities" shall include street railways, telephones, waterworks, gas works, electric light, heat or power works, public docks, union depots and terminal systems, ice plants, stone quarries, creosoting works, and public markets. History:  (1311, 1484) 1907 c 452 s 1; 1913 c 310 s 1; 1976 c 44 s 47; 1987 c 384 art 2 s 1
MN Stat § 452.10 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 451 - 459 — Local Public Utilities, Enterprises|Chapter 452 — Municipal Ownership Of Utilities|Section 452.10 — Books; Report.

452.10 BOOKS; REPORT. Every city of the first class owning and operating a public utility shall keep the books of account for the public utility distinct from other city accounts, and in such manner as to show the true and complete financial results of the city ownership, or ownership and operation, as the case may be. These accounts shall be so kept as to show the actual cost to the city of the public utilities owned; all cost of maintenance, depreciation, extension, and improvement; all operating expenses of every description, in case of city operation; the amount set aside for sinking fund purposes. The council shall cause to be printed annually, for public distribution, a report showing the financial results of the city ownership, or ownership and operation. History:  (1487) 1913 c 310 s 4
MN Stat § 452.11 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 451 - 459 — Local Public Utilities, Enterprises|Chapter 452 — Municipal Ownership Of Utilities|Section 452.11 — Submission To Voters.

452.11 SUBMISSION TO VOTERS. No city of the first class shall acquire or construct any public utility under the terms of sections 452.08 to 452.13 unless the proposition to acquire or construct same has first been submitted to the qualified electors of the city at a general city election or at a special election called for that purpose, and been approved by a majority vote of all electors voting upon the proposition. The question of issuing public utility certificates as provided in section 452.09 may, at the option of the council, be submitted at the same election as the question of the acquisition or construction of the public utility. History:  (1488) 1913 c 310 s 5; 1987 c 384 art 2 s 1
MN Stat § 452.12 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 451 - 459 — Local Public Utilities, Enterprises|Chapter 452 — Municipal Ownership Of Utilities|Section 452.12 — Submission; Election.

452.12 SUBMISSION; ELECTION. In all cases provided in sections 452.08 to 452.13 for the submission of questions or propositions to popular vote the council shall pass an ordinance stating the substance of the proposition or question to be voted upon and designating the election at which the question or proposition is to be submitted, which may be at any general or city election or special election called for that purpose; provided, that the election shall not be held sooner than 30 days from and after the passage of the ordinance. Notice of special election which shall be held in any city of the first class under sections 452.08 to 452.13 and all proceedings respecting the same shall conform as nearly as may be to the law governing other special elections therein. All ballots, as to any proposition or question submitted pursuant to the terms of sections 452.08 to 452.13 shall be delivered to the election judges, shall be deposited in a separate box and shall be counted, canvassed, and returned, as is provided by law in case of other ballots, and the tally sheets and return blanks shall contain suitable columns and spaces therefor. No defect or omission in the calling, giving notice, or holding of any election under sections 452.08 to 452.13 shall in any manner affect the validity of the election unless it shall affirmatively appear that the defect or omission changed the result of the election. History:  (1489) 1913 c 310 s 6; 1987 c 384 art 2 s 1
MN Stat § 452.13 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 451 - 459 — Local Public Utilities, Enterprises|Chapter 452 — Municipal Ownership Of Utilities|Section 452.13 — Term Of Grant Or Lease.

452.13 TERM OF GRANT OR LEASE. Nothing in sections 452.08 to 452.13 contained shall be construed to authorize any city of the first class to make any grants or to lease any public utility for a period exceeding 20 years from the making of the grant or lease; provided, that when a right to maintain and operate a public utility for a period not exceeding 20 years is contained in a mortgage or deed of trust to secure any of the certificates (and no such right shall be implied), the period shall commence as provided in section 452.09. History:  (1490) 1913 c 310 s 7; 1987 c 384 art 2 s 1
MN Stat § 452.26 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 451 - 459 — Local Public Utilities, Enterprises|Chapter 452 — Municipal Ownership Of Utilities|Section 452.26 — Utility Joint Venture.

452.26 UTILITY JOINT VENTURE. To provide reduced cost financing or to otherwise help in carrying out its functions, a municipal gas agency created under chapter 453A and any municipal utility authorized to provide gas facilities or services may enter into a joint venture that was incorporated before June 30, 2004, under section 452.25. The joint venture, and any municipal gas agency which is a member of the joint venture, may provide gas utility service. History:   2005 c 152 art 1 s 13
MN Stat § 453.51 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 451 - 459 — Local Public Utilities, Enterprises|Chapter 453 — Municipal Electric Power|Section 453.51 — Intent.

453.51 INTENT. Sections 453.51 to 453.62 are intended to provide a means for those Minnesota cities which now or hereafter own and operate a utility pursuant to law for the local distribution of electric energy to secure, by individual or joint action among themselves or by contract with other public or private entities within or outside the state, an adequate, economical, and reliable supply of energy. It is also the purpose of sections 453.51 to 453.62 to provide a means for Minnesota cities to construct and operate hydroelectric generating plants. To accomplish these purposes it is necessary for such cities to have power, by agreement between or among two or more of their number, to create a separate municipal corporation with the power and authority to finance and acquire facilities for the generation or transmission of electric energy, or interests in such facilities or rights to part of all of the capacity thereof. It is determined that an adequate, economical, and reliable supply of electric energy is essential to the orderly growth and prosperity of these communities, and a shortage of such energy is inimical to the safety, health, morale, and welfare of residents of the state and to the sound growth and developments of its communities. Such a shortage exists and is expected to continue or increase because of the difficulty, among others, in the operation of municipal generating plants, of achieving economies of size, limiting environmental impacts, and providing for peak loads. Accordingly it is determined that the exercise of the powers granted herein will benefit the people of the state and serve a valid public purpose in improving and otherwise promoting their health, welfare, and prosperity. History:  1976 c 313 s 1; 1Sp1985 c 10 s 91
MN Stat § 453.56 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 451 - 459 — Local Public Utilities, Enterprises|Chapter 453 — Municipal Electric Power|Section 453.56 — Eminent Domain.

453.56 EMINENT DOMAIN. Except as otherwise provided by this section, a municipal power agency may acquire all real or personal property that it deems necessary for carrying out the purposes of sections 453.51 to 453.62, whether in fee simple absolute or a lesser interest, by condemnation and the exercise of the power of eminent domain in accordance with chapter 117. A municipal power agency shall have no power of eminent domain with respect to any real or personal property owned by any person as part of a system, whether existing, under construction, or being planned, of facilities for the generation, transmission, or distribution of electric power. The authority of a municipal power agency to acquire real or personal property by condemnation or the exercise of the power of eminent domain shall be a continuing power, and no exercise thereof shall exhaust it. History:   1976 c 313 s 6
MN Stat § 453.57 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 451 - 459 — Local Public Utilities, Enterprises|Chapter 453 — Municipal Electric Power|Section 453.57 — Rules And Rates.

453.57 RULES AND RATES. A municipal power agency may make and enforce bylaws or rules which it deems necessary or desirable, and may establish, levy, and collect or may authorize, by contract, franchise, lease, or otherwise, the establishment, levying, and collection of, rents, rates, and other charges for the services afforded by the municipal power agency or by or in connection with any project or properties which it may construct, erect, acquire, own, operate, or control, or with respect to which it may have any interest or any right to capacity thereof, and for the sale of electric energy or of generation or transmission capacity or service as it may deem necessary, proper, desirable, and reasonable. Rents, rates, and other charges shall be at least sufficient to meet the expenses thereof, including reasonable reserves, interest, and principal payments, including payments into one or more sinking funds for the retirement of principal. A municipal power agency may pledge its rates, rents, and other revenues, or any part thereof, as security for the repayment, with interest and redemption premiums, if any, of any moneys borrowed by it or advanced to it for any of its authorized purposes and as security for the payment of amounts due and owing by it under any contract. History:   1976 c 313 s 7
MN Stat § 453.59 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 451 - 459 — Local Public Utilities, Enterprises|Chapter 453 — Municipal Electric Power|Section 453.59 — Construction Contracts.

453.59 CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS. A city or municipal power agency may contract for the planning, acquisition, construction, reconstruction, operation, maintenance, repair, extension, and improvement of generation and transmission facilities outside of its corporate limits or those of its members, or may contract with other public or private owners of these facilities to perform these functions, without advertising for bids, preparing final plans and specifications in advance of construction, or securing performance and payment bonds, except to the extent that its governing body determines that these actions are desirable in furtherance of the purposes of sections 453.51 to 453.62. Except as otherwise provided by this section, no contract shall be invalid or unenforceable by reason of nonperformance of the conditions required by any other law relating to public contracts. If a payment bond is secured as provided in section 574.26, it shall be enforceable as provided in sections 574.28 to 574.31, and no lien may be filed under chapter 514 for the furnishing of labor, skill, material, or machinery for the improvement covered thereby. History:   1976 c 313 s 9
MN Stat § 453.60 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 451 - 459 — Local Public Utilities, Enterprises|Chapter 453 — Municipal Electric Power|Section 453.60 — Authorized Investments; Security For Public Deposits.

453.60 AUTHORIZED INVESTMENTS; SECURITY FOR PUBLIC DEPOSITS. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the state of Minnesota and all its public officers, governmental units, agencies and instrumentalities, all banks, trust companies, savings banks and institutions, savings associations, investment companies, and other persons carrying on a banking business, all insurance companies, insurance associations and other persons carrying on an insurance business, and all executors, administrators, guardians, trustees and other fiduciaries, may legally invest any sinking funds, money, or other funds belonging to them or within their control in any bonds or notes issued pursuant to sections 453.51 to 453.62, and the bonds or notes shall be authorized security for any and all public deposits. History:  1976 c 313 s 10; 1995 c 202 art 1 s 25
MN Stat § 453.61 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 451 - 459 — Local Public Utilities, Enterprises|Chapter 453 — Municipal Electric Power|Section 453.61 — Employees, Definition.

453.61 EMPLOYEES, DEFINITION. Employees of a municipal power agency shall be "public employees" within the meaning of section 353.01, and the provisions of chapter 353 shall apply to employees of a municipal power agency. History:   1976 c 313 s 11
MN Stat § 453.62 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 451 - 459 — Local Public Utilities, Enterprises|Chapter 453 — Municipal Electric Power|Section 453.62 — Construction.

453.62 CONSTRUCTION. Subdivision 1. Liberally, broadly. Sections 453.51 to 453.62 shall be construed liberally to effectuate its legislative intent and purpose, as complete and independent authority for the performance of each and every act and thing authorized by sections 453.51 to 453.62, and all authority granted shall be broadly interpreted to effectuate this intent and purpose and not as a limitation of powers. Subd. 2. This chapter prevails. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between sections 453.51 to 453.62 and any other law or charter provision, the provisions of sections 453.51 to 453.62 shall prevail. History:   1976 c 313 s 12
MN Stat § 453A.01 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 451 - 459 — Local Public Utilities, Enterprises|Chapter 453A — Municipal Gas Distribution|Section 453A.01 — Intent.

453A.01 INTENT. Sections 453A.01 to 453A.12 are intended to provide a means for those Minnesota cities which now or hereafter own and operate a utility pursuant to law for the local distribution of gas to secure, by individual action or joint action among themselves or by contract with other public or private entities within or outside the state, an adequate, economical, and reliable supply of gas. To accomplish this purpose it is necessary for such cities to have power, by agreement between or among two or more of their number, to create a separate municipal corporation with the power and authority to finance, acquire, operate and dispose of, either as owner or agent, projects, located within or outside the state, for the production, exploration, transmission or storage of gas resources and to enter into contracts relating to the acquisition, operation, disposal or leasing of related projects or sale of related services. It is not the purpose of sections 453A.01 to 453A.12 to authorize said municipal corporation to engage in the distribution of gas to the end users. It is determined that an adequate, economical, and reliable supply of gas is essential to the orderly growth and prosperity of these communities, and a supply of such gas is necessary for the safety, health, morale and welfare of residents of the state and to the sound growth and development of its communities. The formation of municipal gas agencies will provide a means for Minnesota cities to provide an adequate, economic and reliable supply of gas by, among other things, achieving economies of size, limiting environmental impacts, and providing for peak and supplemental loads. Accordingly it is determined that the exercise of the powers granted herein will benefit the people of the state and serve a valid public purpose in improving and otherwise promoting their health, welfare, and prosperity. History:   1979 c 140 s 1
MN Stat § 453A.06 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 451 - 459 — Local Public Utilities, Enterprises|Chapter 453A — Municipal Gas Distribution|Section 453A.06 — Eminent Domain.

453A.06 EMINENT DOMAIN. Except as otherwise provided by this section, a municipal gas agency may acquire all real or personal property that it deems necessary for carrying out the purposes of sections 453A.01 to 453A.12, whether in fee simple absolute or a lesser interest, by condemnation and the exercise of the power of eminent domain in accordance with chapter 117. A municipal gas agency shall have no power of eminent domain with respect to any real or personal property owned by any person as part of a system, whether existing or under construction, or being planned, of facilities for the exploration, production, storage, distribution or transmission of gas. The authority of a municipal gas agency to acquire real or personal property by condemnation or the exercise of the power of eminent domain shall be a continuing power, and no exercise thereof shall exhaust it. History:   1979 c 140 s 6
MN Stat § 453A.07 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 451 - 459 — Local Public Utilities, Enterprises|Chapter 453A — Municipal Gas Distribution|Section 453A.07 — Rules And Rates.

453A.07 RULES AND RATES. A municipal gas agency may make and enforce bylaws or rules which it deems necessary or desirable, and may establish, levy, and collect or may authorize, by contract, franchise, lease, or otherwise, the establishment, levying, and collection of, rents, rates, and other charges for the services afforded by the municipal gas agency or by or in connection with any project or properties which it may construct, erect, acquire, own, operate, or control, or with respect to which it may have any interest or any right to capacity thereof, and for the sale of gas or of storage or distribution and transportation capacity or service as it may deem necessary, proper, desirable, and reasonable. Rents, rates, and other charges shall be at least sufficient to meet the expenses thereof, including reasonable reserves, interest, and principal payments, including payments into one or more sinking funds for the retirement of principal. A municipal gas agency may pledge its rates, rents, and other revenues, or any part thereof, as security for the repayment, with interest and redemption premiums, if any, of any moneys borrowed by it or advanced to it for any of its authorized purposes and as security for the payment of amounts due and owing by it under any contract. History:   1979 c 140 s 7