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2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development › Chapter 469 — Economic Development › Section 469.1731 — Border City Development Zones.

469.1731 BORDER CITY DEVELOPMENT ZONES.
Subdivision 1.
Designation.
To encourage economic development, to revitalize the designated areas, to expand tax base and economic activity, and to provide job creation, growth, and retention, the following border cities may designate, by resolution, areas of the city as development zones after a public hearing upon 30-day notice.
(a) The city of Breckenridge may designate all or any part of the city as a zone.
(b) The city of Dilworth may designate between one and six areas of the city as zones containing not more than 100 acres in the aggregate.
(c) The city of East Grand Forks may designate all or any part of the city as a zone.
(d) The city of Moorhead may designate between one and six areas of the city as zones containing not more than 100 acres in the aggregate.
(e) The city of Ortonville may designate between one and six areas of the city as zones containing not more than 100 acres in the aggregate.
Subd. 2.
Development plan.
(a) Before designating a development zone, the city must adopt a written development plan that addresses:
(1) evidence of adverse economic conditions within the area resulting from competition with the bordering state or the 1997 floods or both;
(2) the viability of the development plan;
(3) public and private commitment to and other resources available for the area;
(4) how designation would relate to a development and revitalization plan for the city as a whole; and
(5) how the local regulatory burden will be eased for businesses operating in the area.
(b) The development plan must include:
(1) a map of the proposed zone that indicates the geographic boundaries, the total area, and the present use and conditions generally of land and structures within the area;
(2) evidence of community support and commitment from business interests;
(3) a description of the methods proposed to increase economic opportunity and expansion, facilitate infrastructure improvement, and identify job opportunities; and
(4) the duration of the zone designation, not to exceed 15 years.
Subd. 3.
Filing.
The city must file a copy of the resolution and development plan with the commissioner of employment and economic development. The designation takes effect 30 days after the filing.
History:
1998 c 389 art 12 s 6; 2003 c 127 art 14 s 12; 1Sp2003 c 4 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development › Chapter 469 — Economic Development › Section 469.1732 — Tax Incentives Within Development Zones.

469.1732 TAX INCENTIVES WITHIN DEVELOPMENT ZONES.
Subdivision 1.
Authority.
A business that conducts business activity within a border city development zone designated under section 469.1731 may qualify for the property tax exemption under section 272.0212 and the sales tax exemption under section 469.1734, subdivision 6.
Subd. 2.
[Repealed, 1Sp2001 c 5 art 9 s 30]
Subd. 3.
Phaseout at end of zone duration.
During the last three years of the duration of a border city development zone, the available exemptions, subtractions, or credits are reduced by the following percentages for the taxes payable year or the taxable years that begin during:
(1) the calendar year that is two years before the final year of designation as a development zone, 25 percent;
(2) the calendar year that is immediately before the final year of designation as a development zone, 50 percent; and
(3) for the final calendar year of designation as a development zone, 75 percent.
History:
1998 c 389 art 12 s 7; 1Sp1998 c 3 s 4; 1Sp2001 c 5 art 9 s 28
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development › Chapter 469 — Economic Development › Section 469.1733 — Disqualified Taxpayers.

469.1733 DISQUALIFIED TAXPAYERS.
Subdivision 1.
Delinquent taxpayers.
An individual or a business is not eligible for the exemptions or credits available under section 272.0212, 469.1732, or 469.1734, if the individual or business owes delinquent amounts under chapter 290, 296A, 297A, 297B, 297F, or 297G or if the individual or business owns property located in the city or county in which the zone is located on which the property taxes are delinquent. Delinquency is determined as of the date of the application for a certificate under section 469.1735, subdivision 1. As a condition of receiving a certificate, the individual or business must authorize the Department of Revenue to disclose information necessary to make the determination under this subdivision notwithstanding any provision of chapter 270B or other law to the contrary.
Subd. 2.
Relocation within county.
If a business located in the county in which the border city development zone is located relocates from outside a zone into a zone, the business is not eligible for the exemptions or credits available in the border city development zone, unless the governing body of the city, for a business located in an incorporated area, or the county, for a business located outside of an incorporated area, approves the relocation of the business.
Subd. 3.
Relocation from outside county.
(a) If a business relocates more than 25 full-time equivalent jobs from a location in Minnesota outside of the county in which the zone is located, the business must notify the commissioner of employment and economic development and the city and county governments from which the jobs are being relocated. A business may satisfy the notification requirement by notifying the commissioner of employment and economic development, the city, and county of its intent to transfer jobs to a zone before actually doing so. The business is not eligible for the exemptions and credits available in the border city development zone, if the governing body of the city or county from which the jobs are being relocated adopts a resolution objecting to the relocation within 60 days after its receipt of the notice.
(b) The business becomes eligible for the exemptions and credits available in the zone when each city and county that objected to the relocation rescinds its objection by resolution.
(c) A city or county that objects to the relocation of jobs must file a copy of the resolution with the commissioner of employment and economic development and the city that created the border city development zone into which the jobs were or intend to be transferred.
History:
1998 c 389 art 12 s 8; 2000 c 260 s 65; 1Sp2003 c 4 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development › Chapter 469 — Economic Development › Section 469.1735 — Limit On Tax Reductions; Applications Required.

469.1735 LIMIT ON TAX REDUCTIONS; APPLICATIONS REQUIRED.
Subdivision 1.
Businesses must apply.
To claim a tax credit under section 469.1734, subdivision 5, or an exemption from sales tax under section 469.1734, subdivision 6, a business must apply to the city for a tax credit certificate. As a condition of its application, the business must agree to furnish information to the city that is sufficient to verify the eligibility for any credits or other tax reductions claimed. The total amount of the state tax reductions allowed for the specified period may not exceed the amount of the tax credit certificates provided by the city to the business. The city must verify the amount of tax reduction or credits for which each business is eligible.
Subd. 2.
City limitations.
(a) Each city may provide tax credit certificates to businesses that apply and meet the requirements for the tax credit and exemption. The certificates that each city may provide for the period covered by this section is limited to the amount specified in this subdivision.
(b) The maximum amount of tax credit certificates each city may issue over the duration of the program equals the amount of the allocation to the city under section 469.169, subdivision 12.
Subd. 3.
Transfer authority for property tax.
(a) A city may elect to use all or part of its allocation under subdivision 2 to reimburse the city or county or both for property tax reductions under section 272.0212. To elect this option, the city must notify the commissioner of revenue by October 1 of each calendar year of the amount of the property tax reductions for which it seeks reimbursements for taxes payable during the current year and the governmental units to which the amounts will be paid. The commissioner may require the city to provide information substantiating the amount of the reductions granted or any other information necessary to administer this provision. The commissioner shall pay the reimbursements by December 26 of the taxes payable year. Any amount transferred under this authority reduces the amount of tax credit certificates available under subdivisions 1 and 2.
(b) The amount elected by the city under paragraph (a) is appropriated to the commissioner of revenue from the general fund to reimburse the city or county for tax reductions under section 272.0212. The amount appropriated may not exceed the maximum amounts allocated to a city under subdivision 2, paragraph (b), less the amount of certificates issued by the city under subdivision 1, and is available until expended.
Subd. 4.
Appropriation; waivers.
An amount sufficient to fund any tax reductions under a waiver made by the commissioner under section 469.169, subdivision 12, paragraph (b), is appropriated to the commissioner of revenue from the general fund. This appropriation may not be deducted from the dollar limits under this section or section 469.169 or 469.1734.
History:
1998 c 389 art 12 s 10; 1999 c 243 art 16 s 28; 2005 c 151 art 5 s 42; 2016 c 158 art 1 s 190
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development › Chapter 469 — Economic Development › Section 469.1761 — Income Requirements; Housing Districts.

469.1761 INCOME REQUIREMENTS; HOUSING DISTRICTS.
Subdivision 1.
Requirement imposed.
(a) In order for a tax increment financing district to qualify as a housing district:
(1) the income limitations provided in this section must be satisfied; and
(2) no more than 20 percent of the square footage of buildings that receive assistance from tax increments may consist of commercial, retail, or other nonresidential uses.
(b) The requirements imposed by this section apply to property receiving assistance financed with tax increments, including interest reduction, land transfers at less than the authority's cost of acquisition, utility service or connections, roads, parking facilities, or other subsidies. The provisions of this section do not apply to districts located in a targeted area as defined in section 462C.02, subdivision 9, clause (e).
(c) For purposes of the requirements of paragraph (a), the authority may elect to treat an addition to an existing structure as a separate building if:
(1) construction of the addition begins more than three years after construction of the existing structure was completed; and
(2) for an addition that does not meet the requirements of paragraph (a), clause (2), if it is treated as a separate building, the addition was not contemplated by the tax increment financing plan which includes the existing structure.
Subd. 2.
Owner-occupied housing.
For owner-occupied residential property, 95 percent of the housing units must be initially purchased and occupied by individuals whose family income is less than or equal to the income requirements for qualified mortgage bond projects under section 143(f) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Subd. 3.
Rental property.
For residential rental property, the property must satisfy the income requirements for a qualified residential rental project as defined in section 142(d) of the Internal Revenue Code. The requirements of this subdivision apply for the duration of the tax increment financing district.
Subd. 4.
Noncompliance; enforcement.
Failure to comply with the requirements of this section is subject to section 469.1771.
Subd. 5.
Income limits; Minnesota Housing Finance Agency challenge program.
For a project receiving a loan or grant from the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency challenge program under section 462A.33, the income limits under section 462A.33 are substituted for the applicable income limits for the project under subdivision 2 or 3.
History:
1Sp1989 c 1 art 14 s 12; 1996 c 471 art 7 s 17; 2000 c 490 art 11 s 27; 2005 c 152 art 2 s 14,15; 2008 c 154 art 9 s 10; 1Sp2017 c 1 art 6 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development › Chapter 469 — Economic Development › Section 469.1762 — Arbitration Of Disputes Over County Costs.

469.1762 ARBITRATION OF DISPUTES OVER COUNTY COSTS.
If the county and the authority or municipality are unable to agree on either (1) the need for or cost of road improvements under section 469.175, subdivision 1a, or (2) the amount of county administrative costs under section 469.176, subdivision 4h, and the county or municipality demands arbitration, the matter must be submitted to binding arbitration in accordance with sections 572B.01 to 572B.31 and the rules of the American Arbitration Association. Within 30 days after the demand for arbitration, the parties shall each select an arbitrator or agree upon a single arbitrator. If the parties each select an arbitrator, the two arbitrators shall select a third arbitrator within 45 days after the demand for arbitration. Each party shall pay the fees and expenses of the arbitrator it selected and the parties shall share equally the expenses of the third arbitrator or an arbitrator agreed upon mutually by the parties.
History:
1990 c 604 art 7 s 20; 2010 c 264 art 2 s 7,9
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development › Chapter 469 — Economic Development › Section 469.1781 — Required Spending For Neighborhood Revitalization.

469.1781 REQUIRED SPENDING FOR NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION.
(a) The provisions of this section apply to a city of the first class if the following conditions are met:
(1) the city refunded bonds and revenues, derived from increment from a district for which certification was requested before August 1, 1979, were pledged to pay the bonds;
(2) the refunding bonds were issued after April 1, 1988, and before April 1, 1990;
(3) the refunded bonds' obligations were due and payable in full by the calendar year 2002 and the refunding bonds' obligations are payable, in whole or part, during the calendar years 2001 through 2009; and
(4) the city had in place during 1989 an ordinance providing for excess increments to be distributed under section 469.176, subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause (4), and the city modified the ordinance to eliminate all or part of the distributions of excess increments.
(b) For calendar years 1990 through 2001, in each year the city must expend for a neighborhood revitalization program, as established under section 469.1831, an amount of revenues derived from tax increments equal to at least:
(1) the amount of the additional principal and interest payments that would have been due for the year on the refunded bonds, if the bonds had not been refunded; and
(2) the amount of money which would have been distributed as excess increments under the city ordinance had it not been modified.
History:
1990 c 604 art 7 s 26
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development › Chapter 469 — Economic Development › Section 469.1782 — Special Law Provisions.

469.1782 SPECIAL LAW PROVISIONS.
Subdivision 1.
[Repealed, 1Sp2001 c 5 art 15 s 41]
Subd. 2.
Local approval of special laws.
(a) If a special law allows an extension of the duration limit of an existing tax increment financing district under section 469.176 or allows establishment of a new district with a longer duration limit than that permitted by general law, the "affected local government units," for purposes of section 645.021 and article XII, section 2, of the Minnesota Constitution, include the city or town, the school district, and the county in which the tax increment district is located. The town board may act to approve the special law.
(b) The chief clerical officer of the municipality must, as soon after the affected local units have approved the special law allowing an extension, file with the secretary of state a certificate stating the essential facts necessary to valid approval, including a copy of each of the resolutions of approval by the city or town, the school district, and the county. The attorney general shall prescribe the form of the certificate and the secretary of state shall furnish copies. If the municipality fails to file a certificate of approval before the first day of the next regular session of the legislature, the extension of the duration is deemed to be disapproved, unless the special law allows a longer period for approval. If the law contains other provisions besides an extension of the duration and the municipality otherwise complies with section 645.021, the rest of the law takes effect.
History:
1995 c 264 art 5 s 35; 1998 c 397 art 11 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development › Chapter 469 — Economic Development › Section 469.179 — Existing Projects; Effective Dates Of Amendments.

469.179 EXISTING PROJECTS; EFFECTIVE DATES OF AMENDMENTS.
Subdivision 1.
Exemption.
The provisions of sections 469.174 to 469.178 shall not affect any project for which tax increment certification was requested pursuant to law prior to August 1, 1979, or any project carried on by an authority pursuant to section 469.033, subdivision 5, with respect to which the governing body has by resolution designated properties for inclusion in the district prior to August 1, 1979, except:
(1) as otherwise expressly provided in sections 469.174 to 469.178; or
(2) as an authority elects to proceed with an existing district, under the provisions of sections 469.174 to 469.178; or
(3) as provided in subdivision 2; or
(4) section 469.177, subdivision 3, paragraph (b), shall apply to all development districts created pursuant to Minnesota Statutes 1978, chapter 472A, or any special law, prior to August 1, 1979.
Subd. 2.
Application to existing districts.
If the development or redevelopment activity within the project or district of a tax increment financing project certified prior to August 1, 1979, is extended beyond the scope of activity set forth in the district's redevelopment plan under chapter 462 or 472A, if applicable, after May 1, 1988, the authority must with regard to the new activity conform to the provisions of sections 469.174 to 469.178 with the following exceptions.
(a) Section 469.175, subdivision 3, paragraph (b), clauses (1) and (5), shall not apply. Furthermore, the provisions of section 473F.02, subdivision 3, shall continue to apply to the entire district, if applicable.
(b) Section 469.177, subdivision 3, shall not apply.
Subd. 3.
Act amendments; effective date presumptions.
(a) This subdivision establishes presumptions as to the effective dates of acts amending sections 469.174 to 469.178. These rules supplement the rules under section 645.02. The rules in paragraphs (b) and (c) apply unless the act specifies a different intent as to the time of its application.
(b) If the act is effective on a date either specified by the act itself or under section 645.02, the act is effective for districts for which requests for certification are made after the specified date.
(c) If the act is effective for districts for which requests for certification are made after a specified date either under paragraph (b) or the terms of the act, the following rules apply:
(1) in the case of a district where the first request for certification is made after the specified date, the act applies in full and to the entire area of the district; and
(2) in the case of a district where the first request for certification was made on or before the specified date, the act applies only to the area of the district added by tax increment financing plan amendments for which certification is requested after the specified date.
History:
1987 c 291 s 180; 1988 c 719 art 12 s 25; 1991 c 291 art 10 s 16
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development › Chapter 469 — Economic Development › Section 469.1792 — Special Deficit Authority.

469.1792 SPECIAL DEFICIT AUTHORITY.
Subdivision 1.
Scope.
This section applies only to an authority with a preexisting district for which:
(1) the increments from the district were insufficient to pay preexisting obligations as a result of the classification rate changes or the elimination of the state-determined general education property tax levy under this act, or both; or
(2)(i) the development authority has a binding contract, entered into before August 1, 2001, with a person requiring the authority to pay to the person an amount that may not exceed the increment from the district or a specific development within the district; and
(ii) the authority is unable to pay the full amount under the contract from the pledged increments or other increments from the district that would have been due if the classification rate changes or elimination of the state-determined general education property tax levy or both had not been made under Laws 2001, First Special Session chapter 5.
Subd. 2.
Definitions.
(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given.
(b) "Preexisting district" means a tax increment financing district for which the request for certification was made before August 1, 2001.
(c) "Preexisting obligation" means a bond or binding contract that:
(1)(i) was issued or approved before August 1, 2001, or was issued pursuant to a binding contract entered into before July 1, 2001; or
(ii) was issued to refinance an obligation under item (i), if the refinancing does not increase the present value of the debt service; and
(2) is secured by increments from a preexisting district.
Subd. 3.
Actions authorized.
(a) An authority with a district qualifying under this section may take either or both of the following actions for any or all of its preexisting districts:
(1) the authority may elect that the original local tax rate under section 469.177, subdivision 1a, does not apply to the district; and
(2) the authority may elect the fiscal disparities contribution will be computed under section 469.177, subdivision 3, paragraph (a), regardless of the election that was made for the district or if the district is an economic development district for which the request for certification was made after June 30, 1997.
(b) The authority may take action under this subdivision only after the municipality approves the action, by resolution, after notice and public hearing in the manner provided under section 469.175, subdivision 3. To be effective for taxes payable in the following year, the resolution must be adopted and the county auditor must be notified of the adoption on or before July 1.
History:
1Sp2001 c 5 art 15 s 22; 2002 c 377 art 7 s 4; 2003 c 127 art 5 s 43; art 10 s 23-25; 2014 c 308 art 10 s 12
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development › Chapter 469 — Economic Development › Section 469.1793 — Developer Obligations Continued.

469.1793 DEVELOPER OBLIGATIONS CONTINUED.
If a developer or other private entity agreed to make payments to the authority or municipality to reimburse the municipality for the state aid offset under Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 273.1399, the obligation continues in effect, notwithstanding the repeal of section 273.1399.
History:
1Sp2001 c 5 art 15 s 23; 2012 c 294 art 2 s 40
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development › Chapter 469 — Economic Development › Section 469.180 — Development Pacts With Entities Of Other States.

469.180 DEVELOPMENT PACTS WITH ENTITIES OF OTHER STATES.
Subdivision 1.
Agreements authorized.
A county or two or more adjacent counties may make an agreement with contiguous political subdivisions of an adjacent state, with nonprofit corporations, or both, to improve the economic development of the area.
Subd. 2.
Tax levies.
Notwithstanding any law, the county board of any county may appropriate from the general revenue fund a sum not to exceed a county levy of 0.00080 percent of estimated market value to carry out the purposes of this section.
History:
1987 c 291 s 181; 1988 c 719 art 5 s 84; 1989 c 277 art 4 s 65; 2013 c 143 art 14 s 81
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development › Chapter 469 — Economic Development › Section 469.1812 — Definitions.

469.1812 DEFINITIONS.
Subdivision 1.
Scope.
For purposes of sections 469.1812 to 469.1815, the following terms have the meanings given.
Subd. 2.
Governing body.
"Governing body" means, for a city, the city council; for a school district, the school board; for a county, the county board; and for a town, the board of supervisors.
Subd. 3.
Municipality.
"Municipality" means a statutory or home rule charter city or a town.
Subd. 4.
Political subdivision or subdivision.
"Political subdivision" or "subdivision" means a statutory or home rule charter city, town, school district, or county.
History:
1997 c 231 art 2 s 45; 1999 c 248 s 19; 1Sp2001 c 5 art 15 s 25
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development › Chapter 469 — Economic Development › Section 469.1815 — Administrative.

469.1815 ADMINISTRATIVE.
Subdivision 1.
Inclusion in proposed and final levies.
The political subdivision must add to its levy amount for the current year under sections 275.065 and 275.07 the total estimated amount of all current year abatements granted. If all or a portion of an abatement levy for a prior year was uncollected, the political subdivision may add the uncollected amount to its abatement levy for the current year. The tax amounts shown on the proposed notice under section 275.065, subdivision 3, and on the property tax statement under section 276.04, subdivision 2, are the total amounts before the reduction of any abatements that will be granted on the property.
Subd. 2.
Property taxes; abatement payment.
The total property taxes shall be levied on the property and shall be due and payable to the county at the times provided under section 279.01. The political subdivision will pay the abatement to the property owner, lessee, or a representative of the bondholders or will retain the abatement to pay public infrastructure costs, as provided by the abatement resolution.
History:
1997 c 231 art 2 s 48; 1999 c 243 art 10 s 15; 1999 c 248 s 19; 2003 c 127 art 10 s 27
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development › Chapter 469 — Economic Development › Section 469.182 — Employment Bureaus; First Class Cities.

469.182 EMPLOYMENT BUREAUS; FIRST CLASS CITIES.
Any city of the first class may establish and conduct an employment bureau, and provide for its regulation and maintenance by the city.
History:
1987 c 291 s 183
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development › Chapter 469 — Economic Development › Section 469.183 — Bonds For Municipal Market; First Class Cities.

469.183 BONDS FOR MUNICIPAL MARKET; FIRST CLASS CITIES.
Subdivision 1.
Issuance.
The governing body of any city of the first class that owns, maintains, and operates its own municipal market may issue negotiable bonds in an amount in the aggregate not exceeding $200,000. These bonds shall be in the denominations and payable at the places and at the times, not exceeding 30 years from the date of issuance, as deemed best by the governing body of the city. The bonds shall be in serial form and bear interest at a rate not to exceed six percent per annum, payable semiannually, at the place designated therein. The governing body may negotiate and sell the bonds from time to time to the highest bidder or bidders, and upon the best terms that can be obtained, provided that no such bonds shall be sold for less than the par value thereof and accrued interest thereon.
Subd. 2.
Limitations not to apply.
The bonds authorized by subdivision 1, or any portion thereof, may be issued and sold by any such city notwithstanding any limitation contained in the charter of the city or in any law prescribing or fixing any limit upon the bonded indebtedness of the city. The governing body of a city issuing these bonds shall set aside annually from the revenues of the operation of projects for which the bond issue is authorized, a sufficient amount to pay the interest on the bonds and the principal of any such bonds maturing in any year. In the event that revenue is insufficient for this purpose, the governing body of the city shall include in the tax levy a sufficient amount for the payment of the interest as it accrues and for the accumulation of a sinking fund for the redemption of the bonds at their maturity.
Subd. 3.
Use of proceeds.
The proceeds of any bonds issued or sold under the authority of this section shall be used for the purchase or condemnation of a site or sites for the expansion, improvement, and equipment of the municipal market, owned, maintained, and operated by the city; provided, that no bonds in excess of $200,000 shall be issued for those purposes.
Subd. 4.
Additional powers.
The authority granted in this section is in addition to all existing power and authority of any city operating under a home rule charter adopted in pursuance of the Constitution of the state of Minnesota, article IV, section 36, article XI, section 4, or article XII, section 5.
History:
1987 c 291 s 184; 1997 c 7 art 4 s 8
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development › Chapter 469 — Economic Development › Section 469.185 — Conveying Land To Promote Industry, Employment.

469.185 CONVEYING LAND TO PROMOTE INDUSTRY, EMPLOYMENT.
Any municipality owning lands in fee simple and not restricted by the grant, may convey the lands for a nominal consideration to encourage and promote industry and provide employment for citizens.
History:
1987 c 291 s 186
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development › Chapter 469 — Economic Development › Section 469.186 — Bureau Of Information And Publicity; Statutory Cities.

469.186 BUREAU OF INFORMATION AND PUBLICITY; STATUTORY CITIES.
The council of any statutory city may establish and maintain a bureau of information and publicity for the purpose of furnishing tourists information and for outdoor advertising and for preparing, publishing, and circulating information and facts concerning the recreational facilities and business and industrial conditions of the community.
History:
1987 c 291 s 187
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development › Chapter 469 — Economic Development › Section 469.187 — First Class City Spending For Publicity; Publicity Board.

469.187 FIRST CLASS CITY SPENDING FOR PUBLICITY; PUBLICITY BOARD.
Any city of the first class may expend money for city publicity purposes. The city may levy a tax, not exceeding 0.00080 percent of estimated market value. The proceeds of the levy shall be expended in the manner and for the city publicity purposes the council directs. The council may establish and provide for a publicity board or bureau to administer the fund, subject to the conditions and limitations the council prescribes by ordinance.
History:
1987 c 291 s 188; 1988 c 719 art 5 s 84; 1989 c 277 art 4 s 66; 2013 c 143 art 14 s 82
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development › Chapter 469 — Economic Development › Section 469.188 — 2nd, 3rd Class City May Levy To Advertise Its Resources.

469.188 2ND, 3RD CLASS CITY MAY LEVY TO ADVERTISE ITS RESOURCES.
The governing body of any city of the second or third class in this state may levy a tax for the purpose of advertising agricultural, industrial business, and all other resources of the community.
History:
1987 c 291 s 189; 1989 c 277 art 4 s 67; 1994 c 505 art 4 s 5
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development › Chapter 469 — Economic Development › Section 469.189 — Spend To Advertise City; Statutory, 2nd, 3rd, 4th Class City.

469.189 SPEND TO ADVERTISE CITY; STATUTORY, 2ND, 3RD, 4TH CLASS CITY.
The governing body of any statutory city or home rule charter city of the second, third, or fourth class may annually appropriate money to advertise the municipality and its resources and advantages. The money appropriated shall be used only to advertise the municipality or for cooperative programs of promotion for the area by more than one municipality and its resources and advantages.
History:
1987 c 216 s 2; 1987 c 291 s 190,243
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development › Chapter 469 — Economic Development › Section 469.191 — Contributions To Regional Or Local Organizations.

469.191 CONTRIBUTIONS TO REGIONAL OR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS.
A home rule or statutory city or town described in section 368.01, subdivision 1 or 1a, may appropriate not more than $50,000 annually out of the general revenue fund of the jurisdiction to be paid to any incorporated development society or organization of this state for promoting, advertising, improving, or developing the economic and agricultural resources of the city or town.
History:
1989 c 165 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development › Chapter 469 — Economic Development › Section 469.192 — Economic Development Loans.

469.192 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS.
A statutory city, a home rule charter city, an economic development authority, a housing and redevelopment authority, or a port authority may make a loan to a business, a for-profit or nonprofit organization, or an individual for any purpose that the entity is otherwise authorized to carry out under sections 116J.415, 469.001 to 469.068, 469.090 to 469.1081, 469.124 to 469.133, 469.152 to 469.165, or any special law.
History:
1994 c 614 s 12; 1996 c 369 s 12; 2013 c 125 art 1 s 107
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development › Chapter 469 — Economic Development › Section 469.193 — Foreign Trade Zones.

469.193 FOREIGN TRADE ZONES.
A city, county, town, or other political subdivision may apply to the board defined in United States Code, title 19, section 81a, for the right to use the powers provided in United States Code, title 19, sections 81a to 81u. If the right is granted, the city, county, town, or other political subdivision may use the powers within or outside of a port district. Any city, county, town, or other political subdivision may apply jointly with any other city, county, town, or other political subdivision.
History:
2006 c 259 art 13 s 9
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development › Chapter 469 — Economic Development › Section 469.194 — Lewis And Clark Water Project Bonding.

469.194 LEWIS AND CLARK WATER PROJECT BONDING.
Subdivision 1.
Authority; aggregate limit.
(a) The governing body of a municipality may, by resolution, issue obligations under chapter 475 to acquire land or interests in land for, and to design, engineer, and construct pipeline and other facilities and infrastructure necessary to complete the Lewis and Clark Regional Water System Project.
(b) The maximum amount of bonds that may be issued under this section is limited to an aggregate principal amount of $45,000,000, plus any costs of issuance and amounts to be deposited into a debt service or reserve account. The Lewis and Clark Joint Powers Board shall allocate the limit among the municipalities designated in subdivision 2.
Subd. 2.
Municipalities.
For purposes of this section, "municipality" or "municipalities" means any of the following governmental units:
(1) the city of Luverne;
(2) the city of Worthington;
(3) Nobles County; and
(4) Rock County.
Subd. 3.
Application of chapter 475 limits.
(a) Notwithstanding section 475.58 or any other law to the contrary, obligations under this section, including general obligations, may be issued without obtaining the approval of the electors.
(b) Notwithstanding section 475.53 or any other law to the contrary, obligations issued under this section are not subject to any limitations on net debt.
Subd. 4.
Payment allocation.
The joint powers board may agree to allocate the responsibility of each of its members and each municipality to pay obligations issued under this section. One-half of any federal grants and aid received to fund the project in any year shall be used to proportionately reduce responsibility to pay obligations under this subdivision.
History:
2014 c 308 art 7 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development › Chapter 469 — Economic Development › Section 469.202 — Designation Of Targeted Communities.

469.202 DESIGNATION OF TARGETED COMMUNITIES.
Subdivision 1.
City authority.
A city may by resolution designate a targeted community within its borders after adopting detailed findings that the designated communities meet the eligibility requirements in subdivision 2 or 3.
Subd. 2.
Eligibility requirements for targeted communities.
An area within a city is eligible for designation as a targeted community if the area meets three of the following four criteria:
(a) The area had an unemployment rate that was twice the unemployment rate for the Minneapolis and Saint Paul standard metropolitan statistical area as determined by the most recent federal decennial census.
(b) The median household income in the area was no more than 80 percent of the median household income for the Minneapolis and Saint Paul standard metropolitan statistical area as determined by the most recent federal decennial census.
(c) The area is characterized by residential dwelling units in need of substantial rehabilitation. An area qualifies under this paragraph if 25 percent or more of the residential dwelling units are in substandard condition as determined by the city, or if 70 percent or more of the residential dwelling units in the area were built before 1960 as determined by the most recent federal decennial census.
(d) The area is characterized by having a disproportionate number of vacant residential buildings and mortgage foreclosures. An area qualifies under this paragraph if it has either:
(1) a foreclosure rate of at least 1.5 percent in 2008; or
(2) a foreclosure rate in 2008 in the city or in a zip code area of the city that is at least 50 percent higher than the average foreclosure rate in the metropolitan area, as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 2. For purposes of this paragraph, "foreclosure rate" means the number of foreclosures, as indicated by sheriff sales records, divided by the number of households in the city in 2007.
Subd. 3.
Additional area eligible for inclusion in targeted community.
(a) A city may add to the area designated as a targeted community under subdivision 2 additional area extending up to four contiguous city blocks in all directions from the designated targeted community. For the purpose of this subdivision, "city block" has the meaning determined by the city.
(b) The city may enlarge the targeted community to include portions of a census tract that is contiguous to a targeted community, provided that the city council first determines the additional area satisfies three of the four criteria in subdivision 2.
History:
1989 c 328 art 6 s 13; 1Sp2001 c 5 art 3 s 68; 2009 c 78 art 8 s 13
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development › Chapter 469 — Economic Development › Section 469.204 — Payment; Revolving Fund.

469.204 PAYMENT; REVOLVING FUND.
Subdivision 1.
Payment of state money.
Upon receipt from a city of a certification that a revitalization program has been adopted or modified, the commissioner shall, within 30 days, pay to the city the amount of state money identified as necessary to implement the revitalization program or program modification. Once the state money has been paid to the city, it becomes targeted community money for use by the city in accordance with an adopted revitalization program and subject only to the restrictions on its use in sections 469.201 to 469.207.
Subd. 2.
[Repealed, 2009 c 78 art 8 s 23]
Subd. 3.
[Repealed, 2009 c 78 art 8 s 23]
Subd. 4.
Revolving fund.
A targeted community revitalization revolving fund is established in the state treasury. The fund consists of all money appropriated to the commissioner for the purposes of sections 469.201 to 469.207 and all proceeds received by the commissioner as the result of housing activities related to a targeted community revitalization program.
History:
1989 c 328 art 6 s 15; 2009 c 78 art 8 s 17,18
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development › Chapter 469 — Economic Development › Section 469.205 — City Powers; Uses Of Targeted Community Money.

469.205 CITY POWERS; USES OF TARGETED COMMUNITY MONEY.
Subdivision 1.
Consolidation of existing powers in targeted communities.
A city may exercise any of its corporate powers within a targeted community. Those powers shall include, but not be limited to, all of the powers enumerated and granted to any city by chapters 462C, 469, and 474A. For the purposes of sections 469.048 to 469.068, a targeted community is considered an industrial development district. A city may exercise the powers of sections 469.048 to 469.068 in conjunction with, and in addition to, exercising the powers granted by sections 469.001 to 469.047 and chapter 462C, in order to promote and assist housing construction and rehabilitation within a targeted community. For the purposes of section 462C.02, subdivision 9, a targeted community is considered a "targeted area."
Subd. 2.
Grants and loans.
In addition to the authority granted by other law, a city may make grants, loans, and other forms of public assistance to individuals, for-profit and nonprofit corporations, and other organizations to implement a targeted revitalization program. The public assistance must contain the terms the city considers proper to implement a targeted revitalization program.
Subd. 3.
Eligible uses of targeted community money.
The city may spend targeted community money for any purpose authorized by subdivision 1 or 2, except that an amount equal to at least 50 percent of the state payment under section 469.204 made to the city must be used for housing activities. Use of targeted community money must be authorized in a targeted revitalization program.
History:
1989 c 328 art 6 s 16; 2009 c 78 art 8 s 19
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development › Chapter 469 — Economic Development › Section 469.206 — Hazardous Property Penalty.

469.206 HAZARDOUS PROPERTY PENALTY.
A city may assess a penalty up to one percent of the estimated market value of real property, including any building located within the city that the city determines to be hazardous as defined in section 463.15, subdivision 3. The city shall send a written notice to the address to which the property tax statement is sent at least 90 days before it may assess the penalty. If the owner of the property has not paid the penalty or fixed the property within 90 days after receiving notice of the penalty, the penalty is considered delinquent and is increased by 25 percent each 60 days the penalty is not paid and the property remains hazardous. For the purposes of this section, a penalty that is delinquent is considered a delinquent property tax and subject to chapters 279, 280, and 281, in the same manner as delinquent property taxes.
History:
1989 c 328 art 6 s 17; 2013 c 143 art 14 s 83
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development › Chapter 469 — Economic Development › Section 469.207 — Annual Audit And Report.

469.207 ANNUAL AUDIT AND REPORT.
Subdivision 1.
[Repealed, 1999 c 99 s 24]
Subd. 2.
Annual report.
A city that begins to implement a revitalization program in a calendar year must, by March 1 of the succeeding calendar year, provide a detailed report on the revitalization program or programs being implemented in the city. The report must describe the status of the program implementation and analyze whether the intended outcomes identified in section 469.203, subdivision 1, clause (4), are being achieved. The report must include at least the following:
(1) the number of housing units, including lost units, removed, created, lost, replaced, relocated, and assisted as a result of the program. The level of rent of the units and the income of the households affected must be included in the report;
(2) the number and type of commercial establishments removed, created, and assisted as a result of a revitalization program. The report must include information regarding the number of new jobs created by category, whether the jobs are full time or part time, and the salary or wage levels of both new and expanded jobs in the affected commercial establishments;
(3) a description of a statement of the cost of the public improvement projects that are part of the program and the number of jobs created for each $20,000 of money spent on commercial projects and applicable public improvement projects;
(4) the increase in the tax capacity for the city as a result of the assistance to commercial and housing assistance; and
(5) the amount of private investment that is a result of the use of public money in a targeted community.
The report must be submitted to the commissioner, the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, and the Legislative Audit Commission, and must be available to the public.
History:
1989 c 328 art 6 s 18; 1991 c 345 art 2 s 61,62; 2009 c 78 art 8 s 20
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development › Chapter 469 — Economic Development › Section 469.309 — Rural Job Creation Grants.

469.309 RURAL JOB CREATION GRANTS.
Subdivision 1.
Job creation grants.
The commissioner of employment and economic development may approve an incentive grant for an eligible business beginning with calendar year 1995. The maximum grant is $5,000 per eligible employee. The actual grant is based on the following schedule:
$2,000 for each eligible employee with wages greater than or equal to 170 percent and less than 200 percent of the minimum wage;
$3,000 for each eligible employee with wages greater than or equal to 200 percent and less than 250 percent of the minimum wage;
$4,000 for each eligible employee with wages greater than or equal to 250 percent and less than 300 percent of the minimum wage; and
$5,000 for each eligible employee with wages greater than or equal to 300 percent of the minimum wage.
The total grant for an employer is equal to the actual grant multiplied by the number of employees eligible for that grant. For purposes of this section "minimum wage" means the minimum wage that is required by federal law. An eligible business may apply for a rural job creation grant only once for each new job.
Subd. 2.
Eligible business.
An employer eligible for a job creation incentive grant under this section must (1) be located outside the metropolitan area as defined under section 473.121, (2) create at least ten qualifying new jobs in a two-year period, and (3) consist of a for-profit business. For the purposes of this section, a "qualifying new job" is a job that did not exist in Minnesota before May 6, 1994.
Subd. 3.
Eligible employee.
To be eligible for a grant, the employee must be employed full time by an eligible business at a wage level of not less than 170 percent of the minimum wage at the time the eligible business applies for the grant and must have been employed there at that wage level for a minimum of 12 months. The grant applies only to new jobs created at the eligible business after May 6, 1994.
Subd. 4.
Restrictions.
The incentive grants provided by this section do not apply to racetracks, financial institutions, gambling enterprises, public utilities, or sports, fitness, and health facilities. An employer is not eligible for an incentive grant if the commissioner determines that the position held by the employee for which the business is seeking a grant was transferred from an enterprise conducted by substantially the same business enterprise at another site in the state.
History:
1994 c 587 art 12 s 20; 1995 c 256 s 14; 1Sp2003 c 4 s 1