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2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 120 - 129C — Education Code: Prekindergarten - Grade 12 › Chapter 128D — Special School District No. 1, Minneapolis › Section 128D.05 — Board: Number, Term, Pay, Vacancies.

128D.05 BOARD: NUMBER, TERM, PAY, VACANCIES.
Subdivision 1.
Number, term, pay.
(a) The board of education of such district shall consist of seven directors. The term of office of each director shall be four years or until a successor is elected and qualified. The directors shall receive such compensation as may be fixed by the board of education.
(b) The governing body of Special School District No. 1 may provide for election of four of its directors in 1994 and subsequent years for four-year terms, and election of three of its directors in 1996 and subsequent years for four-year terms. To accomplish this change, the governing body may provide that the terms of office for directors elected in 1991 will expire January 1, 1995, and that the terms of office for directors to be elected in 1993 will expire January 1, 1997.
Subd. 2.
Time of change.
A proposed change in election years adopted under subdivision 1 is effective 240 days after passage and publication or at a later date fixed in the proposal. Within 180 days after passage and publication of the proposal, a petition requesting a referendum on the proposal may be filed with the school district clerk. The petition must be signed by eligible voters equal in number to five percent of the total number of votes cast in the city of Minneapolis at the most recent state general election. If the requisite petition is filed within the prescribed period, the proposal does not become effective until it is approved by a majority of the voters voting on the question at a general or special election held on a date authorized by section 205A.05, subdivision 1a. If the petition is filed, the governing body may reconsider its action in adopting the proposal.
Subd. 3.
Vacancies.
In case any vacancy occurs in the office of school director because of death, resignation, or cessation of residence in the district, or any other cause, so that after the next general school election following such vacancy there shall be remaining at least two years of the unexpired term, a school director shall be elected at the next general school election to fill the place of such director, but until such election, or if no election is to be had under the foregoing provisions or because of the lack of time to comply with the election requirements when an election is pending, the remaining directors shall fill such vacancy. The director so appointed shall hold office until the first business day in January following the election of a successor, or until that successor qualifies.
History:
1959 c 462 s 3; 1963 c 645 s 3; 1967 c 661 s 3; 1973 c 223 s 3; 1974 c 366 s 1; 1978 c 559 s 1; 1992 c 378 s 1,2; 2017 c 92 art 2 s 6
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 120 - 129C — Education Code: Prekindergarten - Grade 12 › Chapter 128D — Special School District No. 1, Minneapolis › Section 128D.055 — Board Election Districts And At-large Members.

128D.055 BOARD ELECTION DISTRICTS AND AT-LARGE MEMBERS.
Subdivision 1.
Size and type of membership.
Notwithstanding contrary provisions in section 205A.12 or other law, the board of Special School District No. 1 shall consist of six members elected by district and three members elected at-large.
Subd. 2.
Election district boundaries.
The school board shall designate each election district by number. Three districts must have odd numbers and three districts must have even numbers. The board may provide for election districts that correspond to the Minneapolis Park Board election districts or may designate different district boundaries for the school election districts, except that each school election district must be as equal in population as practicable and composed of compact, contiguous territory. When districts are redrawn following a census, members continue to serve until the expiration of the term to which they were elected.
Subd. 3.
Board elections.
A candidate for school board must file an affidavit of candidacy to be elected as a school board member for the election district where the candidate resides or for one of the at-large seats. A candidate must indicate on the affidavit the number of the district from which the candidate seeks election, or if applicable, that the candidate seeks one of the offices elected at-large.
Subd. 4.
[Repealed, 2017 c 40 art 1 s 122]
History:
2006 c 239 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 120 - 129C — Education Code: Prekindergarten - Grade 12 › Chapter 128D — Special School District No. 1, Minneapolis › Section 128D.06 — Board's Annual Report And Budgets.

128D.06 BOARD'S ANNUAL REPORT AND BUDGETS.
Subdivision 1.
Board's annual report.
The board of education shall, as soon as practicable after the close of each fiscal year, cause to be printed, published, and distributed a report of the condition of the public school program under its charge, and of all the property under its control, with full and accurate account of all receipts and of all expenditures of the school district during the preceding year including operating and maintenance expenses as well as all expenses for capital outlay and building site improvement.
Subd. 2.
Salary schedule in report.
The report shall also include a full listing of the salary schedules for all school personnel, certificated and noncertificated in effect during the preceding year.
Subd. 3.
Annual operating and capital budgets.
Not later than the 15th day of the last month of each fiscal year the board shall adopt and cause to be published two separate budgets, an operating budget and a capital budget for the subsequent fiscal year.
Subd. 4.
Standards for budgets and report.
The board shall adopt and publish standards governing the content of its budgets and of its annual report.
History:
1963 c 645 s 3; 1967 c 661 s 3; 1988 c 718 art 7 s 57
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 120 - 129C — Education Code: Prekindergarten - Grade 12 › Chapter 128D — Special School District No. 1, Minneapolis › Section 128D.07 — Comprehensive Long-range Building Plan.

128D.07 COMPREHENSIVE LONG-RANGE BUILDING PLAN.
Subdivision 1.
Long-range building plan.
The school district shall develop a comprehensive long-range building plan to project forward school needs at any given time for at least the next five years, such plan to include the needs of the district in connection with school sites, new schools and additions to existing buildings, retiring of obsolete facilities, and rehabilitating, remodeling, and equipping existing school buildings.
Subd. 2.
Annual review.
The plan shall be reviewed and updated by the school staff and the board yearly.
Subd. 3.
To city planning commission.
The plan shall be submitted by the board to the city planning commission for its review and recommendations.
History:
1963 c 645 s 3; 1980 c 525 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 120 - 129C — Education Code: Prekindergarten - Grade 12 › Chapter 128D — Special School District No. 1, Minneapolis › Section 128D.08 — School District Elections.

128D.08 SCHOOL DISTRICT ELECTIONS.
Subdivision 1.
Same as city.
All primary and general school elections of the school district shall be held at the same time and place as the Minneapolis municipal or state primary and general elections. All candidates for school director shall file for office in the manner provided for municipal officers in the city of Minneapolis and a number of candidates equal to twice the number of board vacancies shall be nominated at the school primary election.
Subd. 2.
[Repealed, 1997 c 144 s 2]
Subd. 3.
Canvass.
All school elections shall be canvassed by the board of education.
Subd. 4.
Share costs with city.
The school district is authorized and empowered to contract with the city of Minneapolis for the payment of its proportionate share of the cost of holding all school district elections.
History:
1959 c 462 s 3; 1963 c 645 s 3; 1997 c 144 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 120 - 129C — Education Code: Prekindergarten - Grade 12 › Chapter 128D — Special School District No. 1, Minneapolis › Section 128D.09 — Pacts With City For Some Facilities, Services.

128D.09 PACTS WITH CITY FOR SOME FACILITIES, SERVICES.
Subdivision 1.
Civil service commission.
The school district shall contract with the city of Minneapolis for facilities and services as are furnished by the civil service commission.
Subd. 2.
City purchasing and planning; exception.
Unless the board of education and city governing body each adopts a resolution declaring that a particular function would be most efficiently and effectively handled separately, the board shall contract on a pro rata cost basis for facilities and services provided by the purchasing department and city planning commission.
Subd. 3.
Other city services.
The school district may also contract with the city for other services supplied by such city.
History:
1959 c 462 s 3; 1963 c 645 s 3; 1967 c 661 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 120 - 129C — Education Code: Prekindergarten - Grade 12 › Chapter 128D — Special School District No. 1, Minneapolis › Section 128D.10 — Continuity On Tenure, Pensions, And Retirement.

128D.10 CONTINUITY ON TENURE, PENSIONS, AND RETIREMENT.
(a) The tenure, pension, and retirement provisions of any law applicable to employees of the special school district of Minneapolis before April 24, 1959, shall continue to be applicable in the same manner and to the same extent to employees of the special independent school district after April 24, 1959, except as otherwise provided in law.
(b) The provisions of any general law or laws which are applicable only to independent school districts wholly or partially within cities of the first class shall not be applicable to the special independent school district of Minneapolis.
History:
1959 c 462 s 3; 1963 c 645 s 3; 2006 c 277 art 3 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 120 - 129C — Education Code: Prekindergarten - Grade 12 › Chapter 128D — Special School District No. 1, Minneapolis › Section 128D.12 — Liability For Earlier Bonded Debt.

128D.12 LIABILITY FOR EARLIER BONDED DEBT.
The special independent school district of Minneapolis shall be liable for all of the outstanding bonded indebtedness and interest thereon which is attributed to and connected with the acquisition of sites, construction, maintenance, rehabilitation, and operation of schools of the city of Minneapolis including any school bonds that have been refunded, which prior hereto have been issued by the city council or the Board of Estimate and Taxation of the city of Minneapolis.
History:
1959 c 462 s 3; 1963 c 645 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 120 - 129C — Education Code: Prekindergarten - Grade 12 › Chapter 128D — Special School District No. 1, Minneapolis › Section 128D.13 — Law To Publish Proceedings Does Not Apply.

128D.13 LAW TO PUBLISH PROCEEDINGS DOES NOT APPLY.
The provisions of any statute requiring the publication of official proceedings of the board of an independent school district shall not be applicable to the special independent school district of Minneapolis established under the provisions of this chapter.
History:
1959 c 462 s 3; 1963 c 645 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 120 - 129C — Education Code: Prekindergarten - Grade 12 › Chapter 128D — Special School District No. 1, Minneapolis › Section 128D.14 — Board Member Removal Law Does Not Apply.

128D.14 BOARD MEMBER REMOVAL LAW DOES NOT APPLY.
The provisions of section 123B.09, subdivision 9, concerning the removal of a board member or officer of an independent school district, shall not be applicable to the special independent school district of Minneapolis, established under the provisions of this chapter.
History:
1959 c 462 s 3; 1963 c 645 s 3; 1998 c 397 art 11 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 120 - 129C — Education Code: Prekindergarten - Grade 12 › Chapter 128D — Special School District No. 1, Minneapolis › Section 128D.15 — Property Transferred To New School District.

128D.15 PROPERTY TRANSFERRED TO NEW SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Upon this section becoming effective, the special independent school district of Minneapolis shall become vested with title to all property and property rights, real, personal, or otherwise, owned by or in which the predecessor special school district has any right, title, or interest.
History:
1959 c 462 s 4; 1963 c 645 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 120 - 129C — Education Code: Prekindergarten - Grade 12 › Chapter 128D — Special School District No. 1, Minneapolis › Section 128D.17 — Investments.

128D.17 INVESTMENTS.
The school board may invest any funds not currently needed by the district in bonds of the state of Minnesota, or in bonds of any county, city, home rule charter or statutory city, or school district in Minnesota, or in bonds of the United States, or in United States Treasury bills, certificates of indebtedness, or Treasury notes, all of which must mature within one year from the date of purchase.
History:
1959 c 462 s 5
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 120 - 129C — Education Code: Prekindergarten - Grade 12 › Chapter 129 — Chippewa Forest Land Exchanges; Border Agreements › Section 129.03 — Exchange Tax Land For U.s. Property In District.

129.03 EXCHANGE TAX LAND FOR U.S. PROPERTY IN DISTRICT.
(a) This section applies to school districts that are partly or fully within the Chippewa National Forest.
(b) The school board of a school district may acquire tax-forfeited land to exchange it with the federal government for real or personal federal property in the school district.
History:
1955 c 38 s 2; 1989 c 220 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 120 - 129C — Education Code: Prekindergarten - Grade 12 › Chapter 129 — Chippewa Forest Land Exchanges; Border Agreements › Section 129.04 — Pre-1955 Conveyance Is Valid.

129.04 PRE-1955 CONVEYANCE IS VALID.
If, before February 20, 1955, the state conveyed title to tax-forfeited land to a school district described in section 129.03 to exchange for federal property in the district, the conveyance is valid.
History:
1955 c 38 s 3; 1989 c 220 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 120 - 129C — Education Code: Prekindergarten - Grade 12 › Chapter 129 — Chippewa Forest Land Exchanges; Border Agreements › Section 129.11 — With District In Bordering State.

129.11 WITH DISTRICT IN BORDERING STATE.
Subdivision 1.
To build, run school jointly.
The school board of a school district bordering another state may enter into an agreement with the school board of a school district in the other state to erect, operate, and maintain school facilities jointly.
Subd. 1a.
Comply with this section.
The agreement must comply with this section.
Subd. 2.
Commissioner to set terms, approve.
The agreement must be in the form and contain the terms prescribed by the Minnesota commissioner of education in a published order. An agreement cannot be submitted to a referendum by the people under subdivision 3 until the commissioner has approved it by endorsement on its face.
Subd. 3.
Referendum.
The endorsed agreement must be submitted in the manner provided by law to the voters of the school district. The referendum may be held at a special election called for the purpose or at an annual election.
Subd. 3a.
Ballot language.
These words or words with the same effect must be on the ballot:
"Your school district proposes to make an agreement with school district number ..... in ..... County, state of ..... to erect, operate, and maintain school facilities jointly. The Minnesota commissioner of education approves of the agreement. Do you approve of the agreement?
YES .....
NO ......"
Subd. 4.
Facilities in either state.
Facilities erected and maintained under the agreement may be in Minnesota or the other state.
Subd. 5.
Borrow, tax, issue bonds.
To do what the agreement calls for, the Minnesota school district making the agreement may borrow money, levy taxes, issue bonds, and use the proceeds of the bonds. Chapter 475 must be followed.
History:
1957 c 370 s 1-5; 1986 c 444; 1989 c 220 s 4; 1Sp1995 c 3 art 16 s 13; 2003 c 130 s 12
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 120 - 129C — Education Code: Prekindergarten - Grade 12 › Chapter 129C — Perpich Center For Arts Education › Section 129C.105 — Board Meetings By Telephone Or Other Electronic Means.

129C.105 BOARD MEETINGS BY TELEPHONE OR OTHER ELECTRONIC MEANS.
(a) Notwithstanding section 13D.01 and if complying with section 13D.02 is impractical, the Board of the Perpich Center for Arts Education may conduct a meeting of its members by telephone or other electronic means when:
(1) all members of the board participating in the meeting, wherever the members' physical locations, can hear one another and all discussion and testimony;
(2) members of the public present at the regular meeting location of the board can hear all discussion and testimony and all votes of members of the board;
(3) at least one member of the board is physically present at the regular meeting location; and
(4) all votes are conducted by roll call, so each member's vote on each issue can be identified and recorded.
(b) Each member of the board participating in a meeting by telephone or other electronic means is considered present at the meeting for purposes of determining a quorum and participating in all proceedings.
(c) If telephone or other electronic means is used to conduct a meeting, the board, to the extent practical, shall allow a person to monitor the meeting electronically from a remote location. The board may require the person making such a connection to pay for documented marginal costs that the board incurs as a result of the additional connection.
(d) If telephone or other electronic means is used to conduct a regular, special, or emergency meeting, the board shall provide notice of the regular meeting location, of the fact that some members may participate by telephone or other electronic means, and of the provisions of paragraph (c). The timing and method of providing notice is governed by section 13D.04.
(e) The board must publish minutes of all meetings on the center's website.
History:
1Sp2005 c 5 art 2 s 77; 1Sp2017 c 5 art 5 s 9
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 120 - 129C — Education Code: Prekindergarten - Grade 12 › Chapter 129C — Perpich Center For Arts Education › Section 129C.15 — Resource, Magnet, And Outreach Programs.

129C.15 RESOURCE, MAGNET, AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS.
Subdivision 1.
Resource and outreach.
The center must offer resource and outreach programs and services statewide aimed at the enhancement of arts education opportunities for pupils in elementary and secondary school. The programs and services must include:
(1) developing and demonstrating exemplary curriculum, instructional practices, and assessment;
(2) disseminating information; and
(3) providing programs for pupils and teachers that develop technical and creative skills in art forms that are underrepresented and in geographic regions that are underserved.
Subd. 2.
Magnet programs.
The center must identify at least one school district in each congressional district with interest and the potential to offer magnet arts programs using the curriculum developed by the Perpich Center for Arts Education.
Subd. 3.
Center responsibilities.
The center must:
(1) provide information and technical services to arts teachers, professional arts organizations, school districts, and the Department of Education;
(2) gather and conduct research in arts education;
(3) design and promote arts education opportunities for all Minnesota pupils in elementary and secondary schools; and
(4) serve as liaison for the Department of Education to national organizations for arts education.
History:
1991 c 265 art 11 s 19; 1994 c 647 art 11 s 3; 1Sp1995 c 3 art 16 s 13; 1996 c 412 art 9 s 19; 1998 c 397 art 10 s 10; 1999 c 241 art 10 s 8; 2003 c 130 s 12
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 120 - 129C — Education Code: Prekindergarten - Grade 12 › Chapter 129C — Perpich Center For Arts Education › Section 129C.20 — Materials, Training, And Assistance.

129C.20 MATERIALS, TRAINING, AND ASSISTANCE.
The Perpich Center for Arts Education, in cooperation with the Minnesota Alliance for Arts in Education and the Minnesota State Arts Board must provide materials, training, and assistance to the arts education committees in the school districts. The center may contract with the Minnesota Alliance for Arts in Education for its involvement in providing services, including staff assistance, to the program.
History:
1983 c 314 art 6 s 23; 1Sp1985 c 12 art 5 s 5; 1992 c 499 art 11 s 4; 1993 c 224 art 11 s 4; 1996 c 412 art 9 s 19; 1998 c 397 art 10 s 4,11; 1999 c 241 art 10 s 8
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 120 - 129C — Education Code: Prekindergarten - Grade 12 › Chapter 129C — Perpich Center For Arts Education › Section 129C.25 — Comprehensive Arts Planning Program.

129C.25 COMPREHENSIVE ARTS PLANNING PROGRAM.
The Perpich Center for Arts Education shall prescribe the form and manner of application by one or more districts to be designated as a site to participate in the comprehensive arts planning program. Up to 30 sites may be selected. The center shall designate sites in consultation with the Minnesota Alliance for Arts in Education and the Minnesota State Arts Board.
History:
1983 c 314 art 6 s 19; 1Sp1985 c 12 art 5 s 3; 1992 c 499 art 11 s 2; 1Sp1995 c 3 art 11 s 1; 1996 c 412 art 9 s 19; 1998 c 397 art 10 s 1,11; 1999 c 241 art 10 s 8
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 120 - 129C — Education Code: Prekindergarten - Grade 12 › Chapter 129C — Perpich Center For Arts Education › Section 129C.26 — Comprehensive Arts Planning Program Sites.

129C.26 COMPREHENSIVE ARTS PLANNING PROGRAM SITES.
Subdivision 1.
Funding.
Each site shall receive $1,250 each year for two years. If fewer than 30 sites are selected, each site shall receive an additional proportionate share of money appropriated and not used. Before receiving money for the second year, a long-range plan for arts education must be submitted to the Perpich Center for Arts Education.
Subd. 2.
Criteria.
The center, in consultation with the Comprehensive Arts Planning Program State Steering Committee, must establish criteria for site selection. Criteria shall include at least the following:
(1) a willingness by the district or group of districts to designate a program chair for comprehensive arts planning with sufficient authority to implement the program;
(2) a willingness by the district or group of districts to create a committee comprised of school district and community people whose function is to promote comprehensive arts education in the district;
(3) commitment on the part of committee members to participate in training offered by the Department of Education;
(4) a commitment of the committee to conduct a needs assessment of arts education;
(5) commitment by the committee to evaluate its involvement in the program;
(6) a willingness by the district to adopt a long-range plan for arts education in the district; and
(7) location of the district or group of districts to assure representation of urban, suburban, and rural districts and distribution of sites throughout the state.
Subd. 3.
Program accounts.
A district receiving funds must maintain a separate account for the receipt and disbursement of all funds relating to the program. The funds must be spent only for the purpose of arts education programs, including teacher release time.
Subd. 4.
Additional funding.
A district receiving funds may receive funds for the program from private sources and from other governmental agencies, including any state or federal funds available for arts education.
History:
1983 c 314 art 6 s 22; 1Sp1985 c 12 art 5 s 4; 1988 c 718 art 6 s 14; 1992 c 499 art 11 s 3; 1993 c 224 art 11 s 2,3; 1Sp1995 c 3 art 11 s 2; art 16 s 13; 1996 c 412 art 9 s 19; 1998 c 397 art 10 s 2,3,11; 1999 c 241 art 10 s 8; 2003 c 130 s 12
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 120 - 129C — Education Code: Prekindergarten - Grade 12 › Chapter 129C — Perpich Center For Arts Education › Section 129C.27 — Annual Director Report.

129C.27 ANNUAL DIRECTOR REPORT.
The director must report the following to the education committees of the legislature by January 15 of each year in accordance with section 3.195:
(1) outreach activities, including the number of districts, teachers, and administrators that have participated in outreach programs;
(2) the impact of the center's outreach activities;
(3) enrollment trends, including the number of students from each congressional district admitted to the Perpich Arts High School and efforts to increase enrollment by 20 percent by 2019; and
(4) students' academic achievement, including performance on standard assessments, graduation rates, and the number of students enrolled in postsecondary education.
History:
1Sp2017 c 5 art 5 s 10
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 129D - 133 — Arts › Chapter 129D — Arts Assistance › Section 129D.01 — Definitions.

129D.01 DEFINITIONS.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the definitions given them:
(a) "arts" means activities resulting in the artistic creation or artistic performance of works of the imagination. Artistic activities include but are not limited to the following forms: music, dance, drama, folk art, architecture and allied fields, painting, sculpture, photography, graphic and craft arts, costume and fashion design, motion pictures, television, radio, tape and sound recording, activities related to the presentation, performance, execution, and exhibition of the art forms, and the study of the arts and their application to the human environment;
(b) "board" means the Board of the Arts;
(c) "director" means the executive director of the board;
(d) "sponsoring organization" means an association, corporation or other group of persons (1) providing an opportunity for citizens of the state to participate in the creation, performance or appreciation of the arts and (2) qualifying as a tax-exempt organization within the meaning of section 290.05, subdivision 2; and
(e) "regional arts council" means an autonomous grassroots organization designated by the board to make final decisions on the use of appropriations for local or regional arts development.
History:
1975 c 297 s 1; 1995 c 126 s 1; 2012 c 187 art 1 s 20
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 129D - 133 — Arts › Chapter 129D — Arts Assistance › Section 129D.03 — Executive Director; Staff.

129D.03 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR; STAFF.
The director shall be selected by a majority of the board, and shall serve at the pleasure of the board. The director shall be knowledgeable in the arts, and shall have demonstrated proficiency in the administration of programs relating to the arts. The director may upon designation and instruction by the board serve as the state agent to apply for, receive and disburse federal funds made available to the state in furtherance of the arts. The director is the chief administrative officer of the board and is responsible for performing the executive duties of the board as provided in this chapter. The director shall not be a member of the board. All other employees of the board shall be in the classified civil service of the state. No employee of the board or its advisory committees may be an applicant for or recipient of board assistance, nor may an employee be an officer, director or employee of a recipient sponsoring organization.
History:
1975 c 297 s 3; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 129D - 133 — Arts › Chapter 129D — Arts Assistance › Section 129D.045 — Regional Arts Councils.

129D.045 REGIONAL ARTS COUNCILS.
A portion of each appropriation to the board shall be used for statewide distribution through the regional arts council system. These organizations shall work together to determine a formula for distributing the funds to the regions. The board serves as fiscal agent for distribution of the funds to each regional arts council.
History:
1995 c 126 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 129D - 133 — Arts › Chapter 129D — Arts Assistance › Section 129D.05 — Publications; Legend.

129D.05 PUBLICATIONS; LEGEND.
(a) Every publication, program, or other graphic material prepared by the board or prepared for use by any other organization in connection with an activity paid for by the board shall bear the legend: "This activity is made possible in part by a grant provided by the Minnesota State Arts Board through an appropriation by the Minnesota state legislature."
(b) Each publication, program, or other graphic material prepared by an individual artist in connection with an activity paid for by the board shall bear the legend: "(artist's name) is a (fiscal year) recipient of a (program) grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board from funds appropriated by the Minnesota legislature."
History:
1977 c 332 s 13; 1991 c 233 s 55
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 129D - 133 — Arts › Chapter 129D — Arts Assistance › Section 129D.11 — Public Television Grants; Purpose.

129D.11 PUBLIC TELEVISION GRANTS; PURPOSE.
The purpose of sections 129D.11 to 129D.13 is to facilitate the use of public television as a community resource for the public by providing financial assistance to public television stations serving Minnesota citizens, and to provide for cooperation between public television station officials and the Department of Administration.
History:
1975 c 271 s 6; 1975 c 298 s 5; 1976 c 201 s 1; 1981 c 356 s 317
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 129D - 133 — Arts › Chapter 129D — Arts Assistance › Section 129D.12 — Definitions.

129D.12 DEFINITIONS.
Subdivision 1.
Scope.
As used in sections 129D.11 to 129D.14, the terms defined in this section have the meanings here given them.
Subd. 2.
Public station.
"Public station" means a station holding a license or operating under a program test authority from the Federal Communications Commission as a noncommercial educational television broadcast station within this state or a station outside the state which received funds under section 129D.13 in 1976.
Subd. 3.
Commissioner.
"Commissioner" means the commissioner of administration.
History:
1976 c 201 s 2; 1979 c 337 s 18; 1981 c 356 s 318,319
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 129D - 133 — Arts › Chapter 129D — Arts Assistance › Section 129D.13 — Grants.

129D.13 GRANTS.
Subdivision 1.
Distribution.
The commissioner shall distribute the money provided by sections 129D.11 to 129D.13. Annually the commissioner shall make block grants which shall be distributed in equal amounts to public stations for operational costs. The commissioner shall allocate money appropriated for the purposes of sections 129D.11 to 129D.13 in such a manner that each eligible public station receives a block grant. In addition, the commissioner shall make matching grants to public stations. Matching grants shall be used for operational costs and shall be allocated using the procedure developed for distribution of state money under this section for grants made in fiscal year 1979. No station's matching grant in any fiscal year shall exceed the amount of Minnesota-based contributions received by that station in the previous fiscal year. Grants made pursuant to this subdivision may only be given to those federally licensed stations that are certified as eligible for community service grants through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Grant funds not expended by a station during the first year of the biennium do not cancel and may be carried over into the second fiscal year.
Subd. 2.
Exclusions from contribution amount.
In calculating the amount of contributions received by a public station pursuant to subdivision 1, there shall be excluded: contributions, whether monetary or in kind, from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting; tax generated funds, including payments by public or private elementary and secondary schools; that portion of any foundation or corporation donation in excess of $2,500 from any one contributor in the previous station fiscal year; contributions from any source if made for the purpose of capital expenditures; and contributions from all sources based outside the state.
Subd. 3.
Report.
Each station receiving a grant shall report annually by August 1 to the commissioner the purposes for which the money was used in the past year and the anticipated use of the money in the next year. This report shall be submitted along with a new grant request submission. If the report is not submitted, the commissioner may redistribute that money to other educational stations.
Subd. 4.
[Repealed, 2009 c 78 art 9 s 9]
History:
1975 c 271 s 6; 1975 c 298 s 5; 1976 c 201 s 3; 1977 c 445 s 1,2; 1978 c 793 s 65; 1979 c 337 s 19,20; 1981 c 356 s 320-322; 1983 c 301 s 137; 2009 c 78 art 9 s 1-3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 129D - 133 — Arts › Chapter 129D — Arts Assistance › Section 129D.15 — Equipment Grants.

129D.15 EQUIPMENT GRANTS.
To be eligible for an equipment grant under sections 129D.11 to 129D.14, a public broadcasting station must meet the eligibility criteria set forth in sections 129D.13 and 129D.14. Before receiving an equipment grant, a station must submit to the commissioner a list of the equipment the station plans to purchase with the equipment grant. The commissioner may not require the station to purchase equipment before receiving the grant funds. A station must report to the commissioner a list of the equipment purchased with the grant.
History:
1Sp1985 c 13 s 271; 2013 c 142 art 3 s 29
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 129D - 133 — Arts › Chapter 129D — Arts Assistance › Section 129D.155 — Repayment Of Funds.

129D.155 REPAYMENT OF FUNDS.
State funds distributed to public television or noncommercial radio stations and used to purchase equipment assets must be repaid to the state, without interest, if the assets purchased with these funds are sold within five years or otherwise converted to a person other than a nonprofit or municipal corporation. The amount due to the state shall be the net amount realized from the sale of the assets, but shall not exceed the amount of state funds advanced for the purchase of the asset. The commissioner of administration may approve the use of funds derived from the sale of such assets for the purchase of new equipment for similar purposes.
History:
1991 c 345 art 1 s 76; 2009 c 78 art 9 s 7; 2013 c 142 art 3 s 30
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 129D - 133 — Arts › Chapter 129D — Arts Assistance › Section 129D.16 — Audit Procedures.

129D.16 AUDIT PROCEDURES.
The commissioner of administration may establish a procedure to audit expenditure of money appropriated for grants to public television stations and noncommercial radio stations.
History:
1Sp1985 c 13 s 272; 1993 c 337 s 9
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 129D - 133 — Arts › Chapter 129D — Arts Assistance › Section 129D.18 — Grants To Public Television.

129D.18 GRANTS TO PUBLIC TELEVISION.
Subdivision 1.
Use of grant funds.
Money appropriated from the Minnesota arts and cultural heritage fund may be designated to make grants to public stations, as defined in section 129D.12, subdivision 2. Grants received under this section must be used to create, produce, acquire, or distribute programs that educate, enhance, or promote local, regional, or statewide items of artistic, cultural, or historic significance. Grant funds may be used to cover any expenses associated with the creation, production, acquisition, or distribution of public television programs through broadcast or online, including the creation and distribution of educational materials.
Subd. 2.
Administration.
Money appropriated under this section must be used by the commissioner of administration to make grants based upon the recommendations of the Minnesota Public Television Association.
Subd. 3.
Conditions.
(a) A public station receiving funds appropriated under this section must:
(1) make programs produced with these funds available for broadcast to all other public stations eligible to receive grants under this section;
(2) offer free classroom use of programs produced with these funds to public educational institutions, excluding those materials for which public television stations do not have rights to distribute;
(3) archive programs produced with these funds and make the programs available for future use through encore broadcast or other distribution, including online; and
(4) ensure that underwriting credit is given to the Minnesota arts and cultural heritage fund.
(b) Programs produced in partnership with other mission-centered nonprofit organizations may be used by the partnering organization for their own educational or promotional purposes.
Subd. 4.
Reporting.
A public station receiving funds appropriated under this section must report annually by January 15 to the commissioner, the Legislative Coordinating Commission, and the chairs and ranking minority members of the senate and house of representatives committees and divisions having jurisdiction over arts and cultural heritage policy and finance regarding how the previous year's grant funds were expended. In addition to all information required of each recipient of money from the arts and cultural heritage fund under section 3.303, subdivision 10, the report must contain specific information for each program produced and broadcast, including the cost of production, the number of stations broadcasting the program, estimated viewership, the number of hours of legacy program content available for streaming on websites, and other related measures. If the programs produced include educational material, the public station must report on these efforts.
History:
2009 c 172 art 4 s 6; 1Sp2011 c 6 art 4 s 6,7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 129D - 133 — Arts › Chapter 129D — Arts Assistance › Section 129D.19 — Grants To Public Educational Radio Stations.

129D.19 GRANTS TO PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL RADIO STATIONS.
Subdivision 1.
Applicability.
This section applies only to the Association of Minnesota Public Educational Radio Stations and the noncommercial radio stations that are members of the Association of Minnesota Public Educational Radio Stations.
Subd. 2.
Use of grant funds.
Money appropriated from the Minnesota arts and cultural heritage fund may be designated to make grants to the Association of Minnesota Public Educational Radio Stations and its member stations and noncommercial radio stations, as defined in section 129D.14, subdivision 2. Grants received under this section must be used to create, produce, acquire, or distribute programs that educate, enhance, or promote local, regional, or statewide items of artistic, cultural, or historic significance. Grant funds may be used to cover any expenses associated with the creation, production, acquisition, or distribution of noncommercial radio programs through broadcast.
Subd. 3.
Administration.
Money appropriated under this section must be used by the commissioner of administration to make grants based upon the recommendations of the Association of Minnesota Public Educational Radio Stations.
Subd. 4.
Conditions.
(a) A noncommercial radio station receiving funds appropriated under this section must:
(1) make programs produced with these funds available for broadcast to all other noncommercial radio stations eligible to receive grants under this section;
(2) offer free public performance rights for public educational institutions;
(3) archive programs produced with these funds and make the programs available for future use through encore broadcast or other distribution, including online; and
(4) ensure that underwriting credit is given to the Minnesota arts and cultural heritage fund.
(b) Programs produced in partnership with other mission-centered nonprofit organizations may be used by the partnering organization for their own educational or promotional purposes.
Subd. 5.
Reporting.
A noncommercial radio station receiving funds appropriated under this section must report annually by January 15 to the commissioner, the Legislative Coordinating Commission, and the chairs and ranking minority members of the senate and house of representatives committees and divisions having jurisdiction over arts and cultural heritage policy and finance regarding how the previous year's grant funds were expended. In addition to all information required of each recipient of money from the arts and cultural heritage fund under section 3.303, subdivision 10, the report must contain specific information for each program produced and broadcast, including the cost of production, the number of stations broadcasting the program, estimated number of listeners, and other related measures. If the programs produced include educational material, the noncommercial radio station must report on these efforts.
History:
2009 c 172 art 4 s 7; 1Sp2011 c 6 art 4 s 8; 2013 c 137 art 4 s 4,5
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 134 - 135 — Libraries › Chapter 134 — Public And Multitype Libraries › Section 134.001 — Definitions.

134.001 DEFINITIONS.
Subdivision 1.
Scope.
The terms used in this chapter have the meanings given them in this section.
Subd. 2.
Public library.
"Public library" means any library that provides free access to all residents of a city or county without discrimination, receives at least half of its financial support from public funds and is organized under the provisions of this chapter. Except as provided in section 134.195, it does not include libraries such as law, medical, school and academic libraries organized to serve a special group of persons, or libraries organized as a combination of a public library and another type of library.
Subd. 3.
Public library services.
"Public library services" means services provided by or on behalf of a public library. Except as provided in section 134.195, it does not include services for elementary schools, secondary schools or postsecondary educational institutions.
Subd. 4.
Regional public library system.
"Regional public library system" means a multicounty public library service agency that provides free access to all residents of the region without discrimination, and is organized under the provisions of this chapter or chapter 317A, or section 471.59.
Subd. 5.
Basic system services.
"Basic system services" means services offered by all regional public library systems either directly or by contract. These services shall include, but are not limited to, communication among participants, resource sharing, delivery of materials, reciprocal borrowing, and cooperative reference service.
Subd. 6.
Multicounty, multitype library system.
"Multicounty, multitype library system" means a cooperative network composed of any combination of public libraries, regional public library systems, public school libraries, public or private college or university libraries and any other libraries which share services and resources within a multicounty area.
Subd. 7.
City or cities.
"City" or "cities" means home rule and statutory cities unless specifically provided otherwise.
Subd. 8.
Regional public library district.
"Regional public library district" means a governmental unit formed according to this chapter to operate multicounty public library services.
History:
1978 c 546 s 1; 1979 c 334 art 9 s 1,2; 1983 c 314 art 11 s 10,22; 1989 c 304 s 137; 1991 c 265 art 10 s 1,2; 1993 c 375 art 7 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 134 - 135 — Libraries › Chapter 134 — Public And Multitype Libraries › Section 134.07 — Public Library Service.

134.07 PUBLIC LIBRARY SERVICE.
The governing body of any city or county may establish and maintain public library service for the use of its inhabitants. By ordinance or resolution it may set apart for the benefit thereof any public property of the city or county. In any statutory city and in any city of the second, third, or fourth class, and in any county, the governing body may levy an annual tax on all taxable property therein except counties may not tax property which is already taxed for public library service. The proceeds of the tax shall be known as the library fund.
History:
(5661) RL s 2255; 1913 c 509 s 1; 1945 c 319 s 1; 1953 c 434 s 1; 1953 c 686 s 1; 1955 c 120 s 1; 1963 c 144 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1973 c 773 s 1; 1983 c 314 art 11 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 134 - 135 — Libraries › Chapter 134 — Public And Multitype Libraries › Section 134.08 — Establishing And Discontinuing Library Service; Applicability Of Law.

134.08 ESTABLISHING AND DISCONTINUING LIBRARY SERVICE; APPLICABILITY OF LAW.
Subdivision 1.
Establishment.
If public library service is not established under section 134.07, the governing body of the city or county, upon the petition of eligible voters, as defined in section 201.014, subdivision 1, of the city or county, in a number not less than five percent of the number of persons who voted at the last general election in the city or county, shall submit the question of the establishment or provision of public library services to the voters at the next general election. If a majority of the votes cast on the question are in the affirmative, the governing body shall establish the library or shall provide public library service as authorized in section 134.12 or 134.20 and levy an annual tax for its support.
Subd. 2.
Discontinuance.
If public library service is established under the provisions of subdivision 1, it may be discontinued only after a majority of the votes cast on the question are in the affirmative on a question on a ballot in a general election. The question of discontinuance of public library service shall be placed on the ballot at the next general election upon the petition of eligible voters, as defined in section 201.014, subdivision 1, of the city or county, in a number not less than five percent of the number of persons who voted at the last general election in the city or county.
Subd. 3.
Applicability.
All public library service heretofore established and now existing in cities and counties is continued and all ordinances and resolutions setting apart public property for their support are hereby confirmed. Nothing in sections 134.08 to 134.15 shall be construed as abridging any power or duty in respect to libraries conferred by any city charter. If a city charter does not address matters provided for in this chapter, the provisions of this chapter shall apply.
History:
(5662) RL s 2256; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1980 c 609 art 6 s 34; 1983 c 314 art 11 s 2; 1987 c 384 art 2 s 1