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MN Stat § 469.038 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development|Chapter 469 — Economic Development|Section 469.038 — Bonds, A Legal Investment.

469.038 BONDS, A LEGAL INVESTMENT. When bonds issued by an authority or bonds issued by any public housing authority or agency in the United States are secured by a pledge of annual contributions to be paid by the United States government or any agency thereof, all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks and institutions, investment companies, savings associations, insurance companies, insurance associations, and other persons carrying on a banking or insurance business may legally invest any sinking funds, money, or other funds belonging to them or within their control in the bonds, and the bonds shall be authorized security for all public deposits. History:  1987 c 291 s 38; 1995 c 202 art 1 s 25
MN Stat § 469.039 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development|Chapter 469 — Economic Development|Section 469.039 — Exemption From Process.

469.039 EXEMPTION FROM PROCESS. All real property of an authority shall be exempt from levy and sale under execution, and no execution or other judicial process shall issue against such property, nor shall any judgment against an authority be a charge or lien against its real property, but judgments may be enforced as provided in section 469.014. This section shall not apply to or limit the right of obligees to foreclose or otherwise enforce any mortgage of an authority or the right of obligees to pursue any remedies for the enforcement of any pledge or lien given by an authority on its rents, fees, or revenues, or the right of the federal government to pursue any remedies conferred upon it pursuant to the provisions of sections 469.001 to 469.047. History:   1987 c 291 s 39
MN Stat § 469.042 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development|Chapter 469 — Economic Development|Section 469.042 — Agreement On Tax Increments; Equivalents.

469.042 AGREEMENT ON TAX INCREMENTS; EQUIVALENTS. Subdivision 1. General. Any city or other state public body within the limits of which a project of an authority is wholly or partially located may agree with the authority with respect to payment by the authority of sums in lieu of taxes for any year or period of years in accordance with the provisions of section 469.040, but for no longer than the period of tax exemption provided for under that section. If property owned by the authority in a redevelopment project area is leased or otherwise made available by the authority to a private individual, firm, or corporation which previously owned the same or other property within the area, not for development in connection with the project but for temporary use pending relocation of the former owner's residence or business, the authority may agree to payment of sums in lieu of taxes for any year or period of temporary use. The payments shall not exceed the amount of the annual rentals or other payments it receives for the use. During the use the property and the authority shall be exempt from all taxes and special assessments as provided in section 469.040, and the provisions of section 272.01, subdivision 2 and of section 273.19 shall not apply to the property or to that use. In connection with any redevelopment project, an authority may make further agreements respecting taxes as provided below. Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 2012 c 294 art 2 s 43] Subd. 3.  [Repealed, 2012 c 294 art 2 s 43] Subd. 4.  [Repealed, 2012 c 294 art 2 s 43] History:  1987 c 291 s 42; 1988 c 719 art 5 s 84; 1989 c 329 art 13 s 20; 1Sp1989 c 1 art 2 s 11
MN Stat § 469.044 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development|Chapter 469 — Economic Development|Section 469.044 — Bond Pending Litigation.

469.044 BOND PENDING LITIGATION. When any action or proceeding at law or in equity is commenced, drawing in question the right, power, or authority of a public corporation created and operating under sections 469.001 to 469.047 to do any act or to make or perform any contract or agreement or to undertake or enter upon the discharge of any obligations or commitments under those statutes, the corporation may, if it deems that the pendency of the litigation might directly or indirectly impair its borrowing power, increase the cost of its projects, or be otherwise injurious to the public interest, move the court in which the litigation is pending to require the party who instituted the suit to give a surety bond as provided in sections 469.045 to 469.047. History:   1987 c 291 s 44
MN Stat § 469.045 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development|Chapter 469 — Economic Development|Section 469.045 — Appearance Of Public Corporation; Bond.

469.045 APPEARANCE OF PUBLIC CORPORATION; BOND. If the public corporation is not a party to the litigation described in section 469.044 it may appear specially for the purpose of making and being heard on such a motion. Three days' notice of hearing on the motion shall be given. If the court determines that loss or damage to the public or taxpayers may result from the pendency of the action or proceeding, the court may require the party who instituted it to give a surety bond, approved by the court or judge, in a penal sum to be determined by the court to protect against loss or damage, whether or not a temporary injunction or restraining order against the corporation has been demanded or ordered. If the bond so ordered is not filed within the reasonable time allowed by the court, the action or proceeding shall be dismissed with prejudice. The bond shall be executed by the party who instituted the litigation or some person for that party as principal and conditioned for the payment to the corporation of any damage the public and taxpayers sustain by reason of the litigation, if the court finally determines that the party was not entitled to the relief sought. The amount of damages may be ascertained by a reference or otherwise as the court shall direct, in which case the sureties shall be concluded as to the amount but the damages shall be recoverable only in an action on the bond. If the party by or for whom the bond is furnished prevails in the litigation, the premium paid on the bond shall be repaid by or taxed against the corporation. During the pendency of the litigation, the court, on motion, may require additional security if found necessary, and upon failure to furnish it shall dismiss the action or proceeding with prejudice. The court may likewise, on motion, reduce the amount of a bond theretofore required or release the bond upon a showing that the amount is excessive or the bond no longer required. History:   1987 c 291 s 45
MN Stat § 469.046 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development|Chapter 469 — Economic Development|Section 469.046 — Advance Of Litigation On Calendar.

469.046 ADVANCE OF LITIGATION ON CALENDAR. In any litigation described in sections 469.044 and 469.045, in which a bond has been required and given or the court has denied a motion to require a bond, the court shall advance the case on its calendar for trial at the earliest feasible date. An appeal from an appealable order made, or from a judgment entered in a district court may be taken after 30 days from entry of the judgment or after written notice of the order from the adverse party. History:   1987 c 291 s 46
MN Stat § 469.047 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development|Chapter 469 — Economic Development|Section 469.047 — Suit For Civil Damages.

469.047 SUIT FOR CIVIL DAMAGES. Nothing in sections 469.044 to 469.047 shall affect the rights of any person to bring a suit for civil damages. No bond shall be required in such a suit except as otherwise provided by law. History:   1987 c 291 s 47
MN Stat § 469.048 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development|Chapter 469 — Economic Development|Section 469.048 — Definitions.

469.048 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Generally. In sections 469.048 to 469.068, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them herein, unless the context indicates a different meaning. Subd. 2. Port authority. "Port authority" or "authority" means a port authority created under section 469.049 or a special law. "Port authority" includes a seaway port authority. Subd. 3. Seaway port authority. A "seaway port authority" or a "seaport" is a port authority with jurisdiction over a harbor on the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence seaway. Subd. 4. Port district. A "port district" is the total area of operations of a port authority. Subd. 5. Marginal property. "Marginal property" means property that suffers from at least one of the conditions in this subdivision: (1) faulty planning causing deterioration, disuse, or economic dislocation; (2) the subdividing and sale of lots too small and irregular for good use and development; (3) lots laid out without regard to their physical characteristics and surrounding conditions; (4) inadequate streets, open spaces, and utilities; (5) areas that may flood; (6) lower values, damaged investments, and social and economic maladjustment reducing taxpaying capacity to the extent that tax receipts are too low to pay for the public services rendered; (7) lack of use or improper use of areas, resulting in stagnant or unproductive land that could contribute to the public health, safety and welfare; (8) lower population and reduction of proper use of areas causing more decline, and requiring more public money for new public facilities and public services elsewhere; (9) property valuation too low to establish a local improvement district to construct and install streets, walks, sewers, water and other utilities; (10) lands within an industrial area not used for industry but needed for industrial development of the area; and (11) state-acquired tax-forfeited land. Subd. 6. City. "City" means a home rule charter or statutory city. History:   1987 c 291 s 49
MN Stat § 469.049 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development|Chapter 469 — Economic Development|Section 469.049 — Establishment; Characteristics.

469.049 ESTABLISHMENT; CHARACTERISTICS. Subdivision 1. Saint Paul, Duluth; establishment. The Port Authority of Saint Paul and the seaway port authority of Duluth are established. The Seaway Port Authority of Duluth may also be known as the Duluth Seaway Port Authority. Subd. 2. Public body characteristics. A port authority is a body politic and corporate with the right to sue and be sued in its own name. A port authority is a governmental subdivision under section 282.01. A port authority carries out an essential governmental function of the state when it exercises its power, but the authority is not immune from liability because of this. History:  1987 c 291 s 50; 1999 c 68 s 1
MN Stat § 469.050 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development|Chapter 469 — Economic Development|Section 469.050 — Commissioners; Terms, Vacancies, Pay, Continuity.

469.050 COMMISSIONERS; TERMS, VACANCIES, PAY, CONTINUITY. Subdivision 1. Saint Paul. The Port Authority of Saint Paul consists of seven commissioners, two of whom must be members of the city council. The mayor shall appoint the commissioners with the consent of the city council. Subd. 2. Duluth. The Seaway Port Authority of Duluth consists of seven commissioners: three appointed by the Duluth city council; two by the St. Louis County board; and two by the governor. A member of the St. Louis County delegation of the state house of representatives appointed by that delegation, and a member of the St. Louis County delegation of the state senate appointed by that delegation are advisory members of the authority. Subd. 3. Other port authorities. A port authority established under law by a city council of a city other than a city of the first class may have three members appointed by the city council or seven members appointed as provided in subdivision 1, unless a different number or procedure is set out in the enabling law. A three-member authority under this subdivision may be increased to a seven-member authority appointed as provided under subdivision 1 by resolution of the city council. Subd. 4. Term, vacancies. The first commissioners of a three-member commission are appointed for initial terms as follows: one for two years; one for four years; and one for six years. The first commissioners of a seven-member commission are appointed for initial terms as follows: one member for a term of one, two, three, four, and five years, respectively, and two members for terms of six years. For subsequent terms, the term is six years. A vacancy is created in Saint Paul when a city council member of the authority ends council membership and in Duluth when a county board member of the authority ends county board membership. A vacancy on any port authority must be filled by the appointing authority for the balance of the term subject to the same approval and consent, if any, required for an appointment for a full term. For Duluth, if the governor or the county board fails to make a required appointment within 60 days after a vacancy occurs, the city council has sole power to appoint a successor. Subd. 5. Pay. A commissioner, including the president, must be compensated as provided in section 15.0575, subdivision 3, for each regular or special port authority meeting attended. The advisory members of the Duluth authority from the legislature must not be paid for their service to the authority. History:  1987 c 291 s 51; 1Sp2005 c 1 art 4 s 105
MN Stat § 469.051 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development|Chapter 469 — Economic Development|Section 469.051 — Officers; Duties; Organizational Matters.

469.051 OFFICERS; DUTIES; ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS. Subdivision 1. Bylaws, rules, seal. A port authority may adopt bylaws and rules of procedure and shall adopt an official seal. Subd. 2. Officers. A port authority shall annually elect a president or chair, a vice-president or vice-chair, a treasurer, a secretary, and an assistant treasurer. A commissioner may not serve as president or chair and vice-president or vice-chair at the same time. The other offices may be held by one commissioner. The offices of secretary and assistant treasurer need not be held by a commissioner. Subd. 3. Duties and powers. The officers have the usual duties and powers of their offices. They may be given other duties and powers by the port authority. Subd. 4. Treasurer's duties. The treasurer: (1) shall receive and is responsible for port authority money; (2) is responsible for the acts of the assistant treasurer; (3) shall disburse port authority money by check or electronic procedures; (4) shall keep an account of the source of all receipts, and the nature, purpose and authority of all disbursements; and (5) shall file the authority's detailed financial statement with its secretary at least once a year at times set by the authority. Subd. 5. Assistant treasurer. The assistant treasurer has the powers and duties of the treasurer if the treasurer is absent or disabled. Subd. 6. Treasurer's bond. The treasurer shall give bond to the state conditioned for the faithful discharge of official duties. The bond must be approved as to form and surety by the authority and filed with its secretary. The bond must be for twice the amount of money likely to be on hand at any one time, as determined at least annually by the authority except that the bond must not exceed $300,000. Subd. 7. Public money. Port authority money is public money. Subd. 8. Checks. A port authority check must be signed by the treasurer and by one other officer named by the authority in a resolution. The check must state the name of the payee and the nature of the claim that the check is issued for. Subd. 9. Financial statement. The port authority's detailed financial statement must show all receipts and disbursements, their nature, the money on hand, the purposes to which the money on hand is to be applied, the authority's credits and assets, and its outstanding liabilities. The authority shall examine the statement together with the treasurer's vouchers. If the authority finds the statement and vouchers correct, it shall approve them by resolution and enter the resolution in its records. History:  1987 c 291 s 52; 1990 c 367 s 1; 2000 c 272 s 1
MN Stat § 469.052 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development|Chapter 469 — Economic Development|Section 469.052 — Depositories; Default; Collateral.

469.052 DEPOSITORIES; DEFAULT; COLLATERAL. Subdivision 1. Named; bond. Every two years a port authority shall name national or state banks within the state as depositories. Before acting as a depository, a named bank shall give the authority a bond approved as to form and surety by the authority. The bond must be conditioned for the safekeeping and prompt repayment of deposits. The amount of the bond must be at least equal to the maximum sum expected to be on deposit at any one time. Subd. 2. Default; collateral. When port authority funds are deposited by the treasurer in a bonded depository, the treasurer and the surety on the treasurer's official bond are exempt from liability for the loss of the deposits because of the failure, bankruptcy, or any other act or default of the depository. A port authority may accept assignments of collateral from its depository to secure deposits in the same manner as assignments of collateral are permitted by law to secure deposits of the port authority's city. History:   1987 c 291 s 53
MN Stat § 469.0521 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development|Chapter 469 — Economic Development|Section 469.0521 — Liable In Contract Or Tort.

469.0521 LIABLE IN CONTRACT OR TORT. Subject to the provisions of chapter 466, a port authority shall be liable in contract or in tort in the same manner as a private corporation. The commissioners of a port 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 a port authority shall not be subject to attachment, or to levy and sale on execution, but, if a port authority refuses to pay a judgment entered against it in any court of competent jurisdiction, the district court for the county in which the port authority is situated may, by writ of mandamus, direct the treasurer of the authority to pay the judgment from any unencumbered funds available for that purpose. History:   1991 c 342 s 12
MN Stat § 469.054 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development|Chapter 469 — Economic Development|Section 469.054 — Use Of City Property, Services By Authority.

469.054 USE OF CITY PROPERTY, SERVICES BY AUTHORITY. Subdivision 1. Property transfer. The council of a port authority city may transfer or cause to be transferred to its port authority any dock, waterfront, or riparian property owned or controlled by the city, and located within the port district. The transfer must be approved by majority vote and may be with or without consideration. The city may also put the same property in the possession or control of the authority by a lease or other agreement for a limited period or in fee. Nothing in sections 469.048 to 469.068 restricts the city or any municipality from owning, developing, using, and improving port or terminal facilities. Subd. 2. Space, services. A port authority city may furnish offices, warehouses, or other structures and space with or without heat, light, and other service to its port authority. The city council may also furnish stenographic, clerical, engineering, or other assistance to its port authority. Subd. 3. Counsel. The city attorney is the legal adviser to the port authority. The port authority may employ additional counsel, including a general counsel who is the chief legal advisor to the authority. History:   1987 c 291 s 55
MN Stat § 469.057 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development|Chapter 469 — Economic Development|Section 469.057 — Port Control By Others; Petition; Intervention.

469.057 PORT CONTROL BY OTHERS; PETITION; INTERVENTION. Subdivision 1. Regulation. Unless otherwise provided by law, all laws now or hereafter vesting jurisdiction or control in the Department of Public Service or a successor agency of the state of Minnesota, in the Interstate Commerce Commission or a successor agency, if any, or Department of Defense of the United States, or in similar regulatory bodies shall apply to any transportation, terminal, or other facility owned, operated, leased, or controlled by the port authority with the same force and effect as if the transportation, terminal, or other facility were owned, operated, leased, or controlled by a private corporation. Subd. 2. Seaport control limited. Neither the Department of Public Service nor a successor agency, if any, has jurisdiction over a seaway port authority for the following matters to the extent they are connected with handling interstate commerce: (1) charges for stevedoring of vessels; (2) receiving and delivering cargo for vessels; (3) car and truck unloading and loading cargo for vessels; (4) watching cargo for vessels; (5) charges to vessels for use of facilities; (6) charges against railroad, trucking companies or shippers for use of facilities; and (7) delivery and warehouse charges for cargo to and from and in warehouses on seaway port authority property. Subd. 3. Petitions, intervention. A port authority may petition a public body of any kind or level having jurisdiction of the matter, for any relief, rates, rule, or action that the port authority believes will improve the handling of commerce in and through the port or improve terminal and transportation facilities in the port. The port authority may join with another authority sharing its port in making the petition. A port authority also may intervene before any public body in a proceeding affecting the commerce of the port. In the proceeding, the port authority is one of the official representatives of the port district along with other interested persons. History:  1987 c 291 s 58; 2003 c 2 art 1 s 43; art 4 s 19
MN Stat § 469.063 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development|Chapter 469 — Economic Development|Section 469.063 — When Bond Allocation Act Applies.

469.063 WHEN BOND ALLOCATION ACT APPLIES. Sections 474A.01 to 474A.21 apply to obligations issued under sections 469.048 to 469.068 that are limited by a federal tax law as defined in section 474A.02, subdivision 8. History:  1987 c 291 s 64; 1987 c 384 art 2 s 94; 2000 c 260 s 63