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2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area › Chapter 473H — Metropolitan Agricultural Preserves › Section 473H.09 — Early Termination.

473H.09 EARLY TERMINATION.
Subdivision 1.
Public emergency.
Termination of an agricultural preserve earlier than a date derived through application of section 473H.08 may be permitted in the event of a public emergency upon petition from the owner or authority to the governor. The determination of a public emergency shall be by the governor through executive order pursuant to sections 4.035 and 12.01 to 12.46. The executive order shall identify the preserve, the reasons requiring the action and the date of termination.
Subd. 2.
Death of owner.
(a) Within 365 days of the death of an owner, an owner's spouse, or other qualifying person, the surviving owner may elect to terminate the agricultural preserve and the covenant allowing the land to be enrolled as an agricultural preserve by notifying the authority on a form provided by the commissioner of agriculture. Termination of a covenant under this subdivision must be executed and acknowledged in the manner required by law to execute and acknowledge a deed.
(b) For purposes of this subdivision, the following definitions apply:
(1) "qualifying person" includes a partner, shareholder, trustee for a trust that the decedent was the settlor or a beneficiary of, or member of an entity permitted to own agricultural land and engage in farming under section 500.24 that owned the agricultural preserve; and
(2) "surviving owner" includes the executor of the estate of the decedent, trustee for a trust that the decedent was the settlor or a beneficiary of, or an entity permitted to own farm land under section 500.24 of which the decedent was a partner, shareholder, or member.
(c) When an agricultural preserve is terminated under this subdivision, the property is subject to additional taxes in an amount equal to 50 percent of the taxes actually levied against the property for the current taxes payable year. The additional taxes are extended against the property on the tax list for taxes payable in the current year. The additional taxes must be distributed among the jurisdictions levying taxes on the property in proportion to the current year's taxes.
Subd. 3.
Approval of authority.
Termination of an agricultural preserve earlier than the date derived through the application in section 473H.08 may be requested by the owner eight years after commencement of the preserve. An owner seeking termination under this subdivision must provide notice to the authority exercising planning and zoning authority for the land on a form provided by the commissioner of agriculture. The notice must describe the property for which termination is desired and the date of termination. Termination of the agricultural preserve and covenant pursuant to this subdivision shall become effective only upon approval by a majority vote of the authority.
History:
1980 c 566 s 9; 1Sp2017 c 1 art 2 s 38; 1Sp2019 c 6 art 4 s 30
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area › Chapter 473H — Metropolitan Agricultural Preserves › Section 473H.11 — Limitation On Certain Public Projects.

473H.11 LIMITATION ON CERTAIN PUBLIC PROJECTS.
Notwithstanding chapter 429, construction projects for public sanitary sewer systems and public water systems benefiting land or buildings in agricultural preserves shall be prohibited. New connections between land or buildings in agricultural preserves and sanitary sewers or water systems shall be prohibited. Public sanitary sewer systems, public stormwater sewer systems, public water systems, public roads, and other public improvements built on, adjacent to, or in the vicinity of agricultural preserves after August 1, 1993, are deemed of no benefit to the land and buildings in agricultural preserves.
For purposes of this section, "public stormwater sewer systems" means any wholly or partially piped system which is owned, operated, and maintained by the authority, that is designed to carry stormwater runoff, surface water, or other drainage primarily for the benefit of land which is not in agricultural preserves.
History:
1980 c 566 s 11; 1993 c 141 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area › Chapter 473H — Metropolitan Agricultural Preserves › Section 473H.12 — Protection For Normal Farm Practices.

473H.12 PROTECTION FOR NORMAL FARM PRACTICES.
Local governments and counties shall be prohibited from enacting or enforcing ordinances or regulations within an agricultural preserve which would, as adopted or applied, unreasonably restrict or regulate normal farm structures or farm practices in contravention of the purpose of sections 473H.02 to 473H.17 unless the restriction or regulation bears a direct relationship to an immediate and substantial threat to the public health and safety. This section shall apply to the operation of farm vehicles and machinery in the planting, maintenance and harvesting of crops and in the care and feeding of farm animals, the type of farming, and the design of farm structures, exclusive of residences.
History:
1980 c 566 s 12; 1993 c 141 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area › Chapter 473H — Metropolitan Agricultural Preserves › Section 473H.14 — Annexation Proceedings.

473H.14 ANNEXATION PROCEEDINGS.
Agricultural preserve land within a township shall not be annexed to a municipality pursuant to chapter 414, without a specific finding by the chief administrative law judge of the state Office of Administrative Hearings that either (a) the expiration period as provided for in section 473H.08 has begun; (b) the township due to size, tax base, population or other relevant factors would not be able to provide normal governmental functions and services; or (c) the agricultural preserve would be completely surrounded by lands within a municipality.
This section shall not apply to annexation agreements approved under proceedings authorized by chapter 414 prior to creation of the preserve.
History:
1980 c 566 s 14; 1982 c 523 art 32 s 11; 2003 c 2 art 5 s 13; 2008 c 196 art 2 s 11
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area › Chapter 473H — Metropolitan Agricultural Preserves › Section 473H.16 — Conservation.

473H.16 CONSERVATION.
Subdivision 1.
Unsound conservation practices described.
Land within an agricultural preserve shall be farmed and otherwise managed according to sound soil and water conservation management practices. Management practices which are not sound shall be any use of the land resulting in wind or water erosion in excess of the soil loss tolerance for each soil type as found in the United States Natural Resources Conservation Service, Minnesota Technical Guide.
Subd. 2.
Enforcement.
The authority shall be responsible for enforcing this section. Upon receipt of a written complaint stating the conditions or land management practices which are believed to be in violation of this section, the authority shall consult with the county soil and water conservation district. The district shall determine the average soil loss in tons per acre per year for each field cited in the complaint according to the universal soil loss equation and the wind erosion equation, and shall return to the authority a report showing the average soil loss in tons per acre per year for each field and a list of alternative practices that the landowner can use to reduce the soil loss to the limit allowed in subdivision 1. After consultation, and if in the judgment of the authority the land is not being managed properly as required by this section, the authority shall adopt a resolution to this effect and shall seek corrective measures from the owner. At the request of the landowner, the district shall assist in the planning, design and application of the practices selected to reduce the soil loss to an acceptable level and shall give such landowners a high priority for providing technical and cost share assistance.
Subd. 3.
Civil penalty.
Any owner who fails to implement corrective measures to the satisfaction of the authority within one year of notice from the authority shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than $1,000. The authority may recover the penalty by a civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction.
Subd. 4.
Costs.
Costs incurred by the authority in the enforcement of this section may be charged to the property owner. Charges not timely paid may be placed on the tax rolls and collected as a special assessment against the property.
History:
1980 c 566 s 16; 1982 c 523 art 32 s 13; 2015 c 21 art 1 s 109
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area › Chapter 473H — Metropolitan Agricultural Preserves › Section 473H.17 — Land Use.

473H.17 LAND USE.
Subdivision 1.
For agricultural production.
Land within an agricultural preserve shall be maintained for agricultural production. The average maximum density of residential structures within an agricultural preserve shall not exceed one unit per 40 acres. The location of any new structure shall conform to locally applicable zoning regulations. Commercial and industrial uses shall not be permitted except as provided in subdivision 2 after the user is issued a permit by the authority. The authority shall be responsible for enforcing this section.
Subd. 1a.
Allowed commercial and industrial operations.
(a) Commercial and industrial operations are not allowed on land within an agricultural preserve except:
(1) small on-farm commercial or industrial operations normally associated with and important to farming in the agricultural preserve area;
(2) storage use of existing farm buildings that does not disrupt the integrity of the agricultural preserve;
(3) small commercial use of existing farm buildings for trades not disruptive to the integrity of the agricultural preserve such as a carpentry shop, small scale mechanics shop, and similar activities that a farm operator might conduct; and
(4) wireless communication installments and related equipment and structure capable of providing technology potentially beneficial to farming activities. A property owner who installs wireless communication equipment does not violate a covenant made prior to January 1, 2018, under section 473H.05, subdivision 1.
(b) For purposes of paragraph (a), clauses (2) and (3), "existing" means existing on August 1, 1987.
Subd. 2.
Density restriction after subdivision.
When a separate parcel is created for a residential structure, commercial, or industrial use permitted under subdivision 1, the parcel shall cease to be an agricultural preserve unless the eligibility requirements of section 473H.03 are met. However, the separate parcel shall remain under the maximum residential density restrictions in effect for the original preserve at the time it was placed into the preserve until the agricultural preserve status for the original parcel ends.
History:
1980 c 566 s 17; 1987 c 396 art 7 s 5-7; 1Sp2017 c 1 art 2 s 39
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area › Chapter 473H — Metropolitan Agricultural Preserves › Section 473H.18 — Transfer From Agricultural Property Tax Law Treatment.

473H.18 TRANSFER FROM AGRICULTURAL PROPERTY TAX LAW TREATMENT.
When land which has been receiving the special agricultural valuation and tax deferment provided in section 273.111 becomes an agricultural preserve pursuant to sections 473H.02 to 473H.17, the recapture of deferred tax and special assessments, as provided in section 273.111, subdivisions 9 and 11, shall not be made. Special assessments deferred under section 273.111 shall continue to be deferred for the duration of the preserve. For purposes of this section, "deferred special assessments" shall include the total amount of deferred special assessments under section 273.111 on the property, including any portion of the deferred special assessments which have not yet been levied at the time the property transfers to the agricultural preserves program under this chapter. All special assessments so deferred shall be payable within 90 days of the date of expiration unless other terms are mutually agreed upon by the authority and the owner. In the event of early termination of a preserve or a portion of it under section 473H.09, all special assessments accruing to the terminated portion plus interest shall be payable within 90 days of the date of termination unless otherwise deferred or abated by executive order of the governor. In the event of a taking under section 473H.15 all special assessments accruing to the taken portion plus interest shall be payable within 90 days of the date the final certificate is filed with the court administrator of district court in accordance with section 117.205.
History:
1982 c 523 art 32 s 14; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82; 1994 c 587 art 5 s 25
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area › Chapter 473J — Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority › Section 473J.01 — Purpose.

473J.01 PURPOSE.
The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the construction, financing, and long-term use of a stadium and related stadium infrastructure as a venue for professional football and a broad range of other civic, community, athletic, educational, cultural, and commercial activities. The legislature finds and declares that the expenditure of public money for this purpose is necessary and serves a public purpose, and that property acquired by the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority for the construction of the stadium and related stadium infrastructure is acquired for a public use or public purpose under chapter 117. The legislature further finds and declares that any provision in a lease or use agreement with a professional football team that requires the team to play all of its home games in a publicly funded stadium for the duration of the lease or use agreement, serves a unique public purpose for which the remedies of specific performance and injunctive relief are essential to its enforcement. The legislature further finds and declares that government assistance to facilitate the presence of professional football provides to the state of Minnesota and its citizens highly valued intangible benefits that are virtually impossible to quantify and, therefore, not recoverable even if the government receives monetary damages in the event of a team's breach of contract. Minnesota courts are, therefore, charged with protecting those benefits through the use of specific performance and injunctive relief as provided in this chapter and in the lease and use agreements.
History:
2012 c 299 art 1 s 9
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area › Chapter 473J — Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority › Section 473J.03 — Definitions.

473J.03 DEFINITIONS.
Subdivision 1.
Application.
For the purposes of this chapter, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them, except as otherwise expressly provided or indicated by the context.
Subd. 2.
Annual adjustment factor.
"Annual adjustment factor" means for any year, the increase, if any, in the amounts of the city of Minneapolis taxes, imposed under a special law originally enacted in 1986, that are received by the commissioner of revenue in the preceding year over the amount received in the year prior to the preceding year, expressed as a percentage of the amount received in the year prior to the preceding year; provided that the adjustment factor for any year must not be less than zero percent nor more than five percent.
Subd. 3.
Authority.
"Authority" means the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority established under section 473J.07.
Subd. 4.
City.
"City" means the city of Minneapolis.
Subd. 5.
Net actual taxes.
"Net actual taxes" means the amount of revenues collected from the taxes in that year minus any refunds and costs of collection.
Subd. 6.
NFL.
The "NFL" means the National Football League.
Subd. 7.
NFL team.
"NFL team" means the owner and operator of the NFL professional football team known, as of the effective date of this chapter, as the Minnesota Vikings or any team owned and operated by someone who purchases or otherwise takes ownership or control of or reconstitutes the NFL team known as the Minnesota Vikings.
Subd. 8.
Stadium.
"Stadium" means the stadium suitable for professional football to be designed, constructed, and financed under this chapter. A stadium must have a roof that covers the stadium, as set forth in section 473J.11, subdivision 3.
Subd. 9.
Stadium costs.
"Stadium costs" means the costs of acquiring land, the costs of stadium infrastructure, and of designing, constructing, equipping, and financing a stadium suitable for professional football.
Subd. 10.
Stadium infrastructure.
"Stadium infrastructure" means plazas, parking structures, rights-of-way, connectors, skyways and tunnels, and other such property, facilities, and improvements, owned by the authority or determined by the authority to facilitate the use and development of the stadium.
Subd. 11.
Stadium plaza.
"Stadium plaza" means the open air portion of the stadium adjacent to the stadium.
Subd. 12.
Stadium site.
"Stadium site" means all or portions of the current site of the existing football stadium and adjacent areas, bounded generally by Park and Eleventh Avenues and Third and Sixth Streets in the city of Minneapolis, the definitive boundaries of which shall be determined by the authority and agreed to by the NFL team.
History:
2012 c 299 art 1 s 10
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area › Chapter 473J — Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority › Section 473J.08 — Sports Facilities Of The Authority.

473J.08 SPORTS FACILITIES OF THE AUTHORITY.
Subdivision 1.
General.
This section describes the sports facilities that the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority controls, operates, and has responsibility over pursuant to this chapter and as directed by law.
Subd. 2.
Sports facilities.
(a) The following sports facilities are part of the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority:
(1) the professional football stadium constructed under this chapter; and
(2) any other sports facility constructed or acquired by the authority.
(b) The Target Center in Minneapolis, Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, and Target Field in Minneapolis may join the facilities of the authority upon satisfaction of the following factors and upon the approval of the authority:
(1) the governing body of the facility must make the request to the authority to become a sports facility under this section;
(2) the governing body and the authority must negotiate an agreement with respect to the transfer of all obligations and responsibilities, including, but not limited to, outstanding debt, revenue sources, finance, funding, operations, equipment, repair and replacements, capital improvements, reserves, contracts, and agreements;
(3) the governing body and the professional sports team who is the primary user of the facility must make a joint recommendation to the authority;
(4) the authority must find that the inclusion of a facility under the authority will not have a negative impact on the authority, the general fund, or become an obligation of the state of Minnesota; and
(5) any other information or requirements requested by the authority.
History:
2012 c 299 art 1 s 12
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area › Chapter 473J — Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority › Section 473J.112 — Commemorative Bricks.

473J.112 COMMEMORATIVE BRICKS.
The authority shall sell commemorative bricks to be displayed at a prominent location in the new stadium, for an amount to be determined by the authority. Funds raised through this section shall be appropriated to the commissioner of management and budget for transfer to the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority.
History:
2012 c 299 art 1 s 16
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area › Chapter 473J — Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority › Section 473J.12 — Employment.

473J.12 EMPLOYMENT.
Subdivision 1.
Hiring and recruitment.
In the design, development, construction, management, operation, maintenance, and capital repair, replacement, and improvement of the stadium and stadium infrastructure, the authority shall make every effort to employ, and cause the NFL team, the construction manager and other subcontractors, vendors, and concessionaires to employ women and members of minority communities when hiring. In addition, the authority shall contract with an employment assistance firm, preferably minority-owned, or owned by a disabled individual or a woman, to create an employment program to recruit, hire, and retain minorities for the stadium facility. The authority shall hold a job fair and recruit and advertise at Minneapolis Urban League, Sabathani, American Indian OIC, Youthbuild organizations, and other such organizations. Further, goals for construction contracts to be awarded to women- and minority-owned businesses will be in a percentage at least equal to the minimum used for city of Minneapolis development projects, and the other construction workforce will establish workforce utilization goals at least equal to current city goals and include workers from city zip codes that have high rates of poverty and unemployment.
Subd. 2.
Other required agreements.
The NFL team or the authority shall give food, beverage, retail, and concession workers presently employed by the NFL team or the Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission or its vendors at the existing football stadium the opportunity to continue their employment in comparable positions at the new stadium. Workers who are presently represented under a collective bargaining agreement may seek to continue such representation in the facility and designate such, or another collective bargaining unit, as their representative.
History:
2012 c 299 art 1 s 17
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area › Chapter 473J — Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority › Section 473J.14 — Suites Tax.

473J.14 SUITES TAX.
(a) Upon notification by the commissioner of management and budget under section 16A.727, the authority shall by resolution impose and maintain a ten percent tax on the gross receipts received for the rental of suites, sky boxes, and similar in the NFL stadium.
(b) The tax must be imposed in the years specified by the commissioner of management and budget. The suites rental tax under paragraph (a) applies to the gross receipts, as defined under section 297A.61, received by the seller, as defined in section 297A.61, and is a debt owed by the seller to the authority. A tax imposed under this section is recoverable at law by the authority from the seller in the same manner as other debts. Every person granting, selling, or renting suites, sky boxes, or similar may be required, as provided in resolutions of the authority, to secure a permit, to file returns, to deposit security for the payment of the tax, and to pay the penalties for nonpayment and interest on late payments, as the authority deems necessary or expedient to assure the prompt and uniform collection of the tax.
(c) The authority shall remit the proceeds of a tax imposed under this section to the commissioner of management and budget for deposit in the state's general fund.
History:
2012 c 299 art 6 s 3; 2013 c 125 art 1 s 80
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area › Chapter 473J — Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority › Section 473J.19 — Property Tax Exemption; Special Assessments.

473J.19 PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION; SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS.
Any real or personal property acquired, owned, leased, controlled, used, or occupied by the authority for any of the purposes of this chapter, is acquired, owned, leased, controlled, used, and occupied for public, governmental, and municipal purposes. The stadium and stadium infrastructure are exempt from ad valorem taxation by the state or any political subdivision of the state provided that the properties are subject to special assessments levied by a political subdivision for a local improvement in amounts proportionate to and not exceeding the special benefit received by the properties from the improvement. No possible use of any of the properties in any manner different from their use under this chapter may be considered in determining the special benefit received by the properties. Notwithstanding section 272.01, subdivision 2, or 273.19, real or personal property which is subject to a lease or use agreement between the authority and another person for uses related to the purposes of this chapter, including the operation of the stadium and related parking facilities, is exempt from taxation regardless of the length of the lease or use agreement or the characteristics of the entity leasing or using the property. This section, insofar as it provides an exemption or special treatment, does not apply to any real property that is leased for residential, business, or commercial development or to a restaurant that is open for general business more than 200 days a year, or other purposes different from those contemplated in this chapter.
History:
2012 c 299 art 1 s 21
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area › Chapter 473J — Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority › Section 473J.21 — Liquor Licenses.

473J.21 LIQUOR LICENSES.
At the request of the authority, the city may issue intoxicating liquor licenses that are reasonably required for the premises of the stadium site. These licenses are in addition to the number authorized by law. All provisions of chapter 340A not inconsistent with this section apply to the licenses authorized under this section.
History:
2012 c 299 art 1 s 22
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area › Chapter 473J — Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority › Section 473J.23 — Local Taxes.

473J.23 LOCAL TAXES.
No new or additional local sales or use tax shall be imposed on sales at the stadium site unless the tax is applicable throughout the taxing jurisdiction. Except for a tax imposed under section 16A.727, no new or additional local tax shall be imposed on sales of tickets and admissions to NFL team, NFL team-owned major league soccer, or other team-related events at the stadium, notwithstanding any law or ordinance, unless the tax is applicable throughout the taxing jurisdiction. The admissions and amusements tax currently imposed by the city of Minneapolis pursuant to Laws 1967, extra session chapter 34, section 2, as amended by Laws 1969, chapter 1092, may apply to admissions for football and NFL team-related events, including NFL team-owned major league soccer, as provided in section 473J.15, subdivision 15, at the stadium.
History:
2012 c 299 art 1 s 23
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area › Chapter 473J — Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority › Section 473J.25 — Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission Assets; Liabilities To Authority.

473J.25 METROPOLITAN SPORTS FACILITIES COMMISSION ASSETS; LIABILITIES TO AUTHORITY.
Subdivision 1.
Authority expenses.
The Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission shall pay the operating expenses of the authority including salaries, compensation, and other personnel, office, equipment, consultant, and any other costs, until the commission is abolished pursuant to subdivision 3.
Subd. 2.
Transfer.
By August 12, 2012, the Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission shall pay its outstanding obligations, settle its accounts, and transfer its remaining assets, liabilities, and obligations to the authority, for its purposes.
Subd. 3.
Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission abolished; interim powers conferred on authority.
Upon transfer to the authority of all remaining assets, liabilities, and obligations of the Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission, in subdivision 2, the Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission is abolished. When the remaining assets, liabilities, and obligations of the Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission have been transferred to the authority and the commission has been abolished, the powers and duties of the commission under sections 473.551 to 473.599, and any other law shall devolve upon the authority, in addition to the powers and duties of the authority under chapter 473J, until the first NFL home game is played at the stadium.
Subd. 4.
Employees.
Upon transfer of ownership all persons employed by the Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission shall be transferred to the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority without loss of right or privilege. Nothing in this section shall be construed to give any such person the right or privilege to continue in the same level or classification of employment previously held. The Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority may assign any such person to an employment level and classification which it deems appropriate and desirable in accordance with its personnel code.
Subd. 5.
Conforming changes.
The Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission shall submit a technical bill to the 2013 legislature making any cross-reference, grammatical, or other conforming changes necessary as a result of Laws 2012, chapter 299. This bill shall be submitted by February 12, 2013.
History:
2012 c 299 art 1 s 24
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 473 - 473J — Metropolitan Area › Chapter 473J — Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority › Section 473J.27 — Use Of The Stadium.

473J.27 USE OF THE STADIUM.
Subdivision 1.
Amateur sports use.
The lessee of the stadium must make the facilities of the stadium available to the Minnesota Amateur Sports Commission up to ten days each year on terms satisfactory to the commission for amateur sports activities consistent with chapter 240A each year during the time the bonds issued pursuant to Laws 2012, chapter 299, are outstanding. The commission must negotiate in good faith and may be required to pay no more than actual out-of-pocket expenses for the time it uses the stadium.
Subd. 2.
High school league.
The lessee of the stadium must make the facilities of the stadium available for use by the Minnesota State High School League for at least seven days each year for high school soccer and football tournaments. The lessee of the stadium must provide, and may not charge the league a fee for, this use, including security, ticket takers, custodial or cleaning services, or other similar services in connection with this use.
History:
2012 c 299 art 5 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 474 - 477C — Public Debt; Local Government Aid › Chapter 474A — Minnesota Bond Allocation Act › Section 474A.01 — Citation.

474A.01 CITATION.
Sections 474A.01 to 474A.21 may be cited as the "Minnesota Bond Allocation Act."
History:
1986 c 465 art 1 s 9
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 474 - 477C — Public Debt; Local Government Aid › Chapter 474A — Minnesota Bond Allocation Act › Section 474A.025 — Deadline Dates And Times.

474A.025 DEADLINE DATES AND TIMES.
All applications, notices, and other materials required to be filed or submitted to the department pursuant to this chapter must be received by the department no later than 4:30 p.m. on the deadline day or date. When an application, notice, or other required material is required to be filed or submitted to the department on or before a prescribed day or date and the prescribed day or date falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, it is timely filed or submitted if it is received by the department by 4:30 p.m. on the next succeeding day which is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday.
History:
1996 c 362 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 474 - 477C — Public Debt; Local Government Aid › Chapter 474A — Minnesota Bond Allocation Act › Section 474A.04 — Entitlement Allocations Under Existing Federal Tax Law.

474A.04 ENTITLEMENT ALLOCATIONS UNDER EXISTING FEDERAL TAX LAW.
Subdivision 1.
[Repealed, 1987 c 268 art 16 s 45]
Subd. 1a.
Entitlement reservations.
Any amount returned by an entitlement issuer before the last Monday in June shall be reallocated through the housing pool. Any amount returned on or after the last Monday in June shall be reallocated through the unified pool. An amount returned after the last Monday in November shall be reallocated to the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency.
Subd. 2.
[Repealed, 1987 c 268 art 16 s 45]
Subd. 3.
[Repealed, 1987 c 268 art 16 s 45]
Subd. 4.
[Repealed, 1987 c 268 art 16 s 45]
Subd. 5.
Notice of entitlement allocation.
As soon as possible in each calendar year, the commissioner shall post on the department's website the amount of each entitlement allocation.
Subd. 6.
Entitlement transfers.
An entitlement issuer may enter into an agreement with another entitlement issuer whereby the recipient entitlement issuer issues obligations pursuant to bonding authority allocated to the original entitlement issuer under this section. An entitlement issuer may enter into an agreement with an issuer which is not an entitlement issuer whereby the recipient issuer issues qualified mortgage bonds, up to $100,000 of which are issued pursuant to bonding authority allocated to the original entitlement issuer under this section. The agreement may be approved and executed by the mayor of the entitlement issuer with or without approval or review by the city council. Notwithstanding section 474A.091, subdivision 4, prior to December 1, the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, Minnesota Office of Higher Education, and Minnesota Rural Finance Authority may transfer allocated bonding authority made available under this chapter to one another under an agreement by each agency and the commissioner.
History:
1986 c 465 art 1 s 12; 1987 c 268 art 16 s 24-26; 1988 c 586 s 1; 1988 c 702 s 8; 1991 c 346 s 12; 1992 c 545 art 1 s 4; 1994 c 527 s 5; 1997 c 169 s 3; 2001 c 214 s 21,22; 2010 c 364 s 24; 2010 c 389 art 7 s 9; 2013 c 143 art 12 s 12; 1Sp2019 c 1 art 6 s 38
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 474 - 477C — Public Debt; Local Government Aid › Chapter 474A — Minnesota Bond Allocation Act › Section 474A.045 — Scoring; Enterprise Zone Facility, Manufacturing Project.

474A.045 SCORING; ENTERPRISE ZONE FACILITY, MANUFACTURING PROJECT.
The following criteria must be used in determining the allocation of enterprise zone facility bonds and small issue bonds for manufacturing projects. The issuer must prepare and submit to the commissioner a public purpose scoring worksheet that presents the data and methods used in determining the total score under this section. The total score is the sum of the following:
(1) the number of direct new jobs in the state generated by the proposed project for the next two years per $100,000 of proposed allocation multiplied by 15;
(2) the number of direct existing jobs in the state multiplied by .625 due to the proposed project for the next two years per $100,000 of proposed allocation multiplied by 15;
(3) the average hourly wage paid to employees by the proposed project for the next two years, exclusive of benefits mandated by law, based on the following scale:
Wages paid per hour
$8
$10
$12
$15
Non-Metro area points awarded
10
15
20
20
Seven-County Metro Area points awarded
0
10
15
20
For purposes of this section, the seven-county metropolitan area includes Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington Counties;
(4) the quotient of the estimated total net increase in property taxes generated in the state by the project in the first full year of operation divided by the proposed bond allocation, multiplied by 500;
(5) the seasonally unadjusted unemployment rate in the community where the proposed project is located measured as a percent of the state's unemployment rate, multiplied by ten.
The community seasonally unadjusted unemployment rate used in determining the points under clause (5) must be the most recent rate for the city or county in which the proposed project is located, as provided by the commissioner of employment and economic development;
(6) 20 points for projects that locate in an incorporated area or a planned urban growth area as defined by section 462.352, subdivision 18;
(7) 20 points for brownfield projects located in a state or federal Superfund site, a voluntary investigation and cleanup site, or a brownfield site, all as defined by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency; and
(8) 20 points for projects with favorable environmental citizenship as evidenced by no nonforgivable or combination administrative penalty orders, stipulation agreements, consent decrees, or other enforcement orders containing a monetary penalty by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency over the past three years or pending at the time of application.
History:
1990 c 552 s 6; 1994 c 483 s 1; 1998 c 363 s 3; 1999 c 189 s 2; 2001 c 214 s 23; 2009 c 86 art 1 s 89
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 474 - 477C — Public Debt; Local Government Aid › Chapter 474A — Minnesota Bond Allocation Act › Section 474A.062 — Minnesota Office Of Higher Education Issuance Exemption.

474A.062 MINNESOTA OFFICE OF HIGHER EDUCATION ISSUANCE EXEMPTION.
The Minnesota Office of Higher Education is exempt from any time limitation on issuance of bonds set forth in this chapter and may carry forward allocations for student loan bonds, subject to carryforward notice requirements of section 474A.131, subdivision 2.
History:
2001 c 214 s 31; 2005 c 107 art 2 s 60; 2006 c 259 art 9 s 10; 2013 c 143 art 12 s 13; 1Sp2019 c 1 art 6 s 46
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 474 - 477C — Public Debt; Local Government Aid › Chapter 474A — Minnesota Bond Allocation Act › Section 474A.14 — Notice Of Available Authority.

474A.14 NOTICE OF AVAILABLE AUTHORITY.
The department shall provide at its official website a written notice of the amount of bonding authority in the housing, small issue, and public facilities pools as soon after January 1 as possible. The department shall provide at its official website a written notice of the amount of bonding authority available for allocation in the unified pool as soon after July 1 as possible.
History:
1986 c 465 art 1 s 22; 1987 c 268 art 16 s 34; 1990 c 552 s 21; 1991 c 332 s 27; 1996 c 362 s 14; 2001 c 214 s 41; 1Sp2019 c 1 art 6 s 54
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 474 - 477C — Public Debt; Local Government Aid › Chapter 474A — Minnesota Bond Allocation Act › Section 474A.15 — State Held Harmless.

474A.15 STATE HELD HARMLESS.
The state is not liable in any manner to any issuer, holder of obligations, or other person for carrying out the duties imposed on it under this chapter.
History:
1986 c 465 art 1 s 23; 1987 c 268 art 16 s 35; 1991 c 346 s 26
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 474 - 477C — Public Debt; Local Government Aid › Chapter 474A — Minnesota Bond Allocation Act › Section 474A.16 — Exclusive Method Of Allocation.

474A.16 EXCLUSIVE METHOD OF ALLOCATION.
This chapter is the exclusive method for allocating authority to issue obligations for the purposes of complying with the volume limitation of federal tax law.
History:
1986 c 465 art 1 s 24; 1987 c 268 art 16 s 36; 1991 c 346 s 27
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 474 - 477C — Public Debt; Local Government Aid › Chapter 474A — Minnesota Bond Allocation Act › Section 474A.17 — Administrative Procedure Act Not Applicable.

474A.17 ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT NOT APPLICABLE.
Chapter 14, including section 14.386, does not apply to actions taken by any state agency or entity under this chapter.
History:
1986 c 465 art 1 s 25; 1987 c 268 art 16 s 37; 1991 c 346 s 28; 1997 c 187 art 4 s 9
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 474 - 477C — Public Debt; Local Government Aid › Chapter 474A — Minnesota Bond Allocation Act › Section 474A.21 — Appropriation; Receipts.

474A.21 APPROPRIATION; RECEIPTS.
Any fees collected by the department under sections 474A.01 to 474A.21 must be deposited in a separate account in the special revenue fund. The amount necessary to refund application deposits is appropriated to the department from the separate account in the special revenue fund for that purpose. The interest accruing on application deposits and any application deposit not refunded as provided under section 474A.061, subdivision 4 or 7, or 474A.091, subdivision 5, or forfeited as provided under section 474A.131, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), or subdivision 2, must be deposited in the housing trust fund account under section 462A.201.
History:
1986 c 465 art 1 s 29; 1987 c 268 art 16 s 40; 1990 c 520 s 5; 1Sp2019 c 1 art 6 s 55; 1Sp2021 c 8 art 4 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 474 - 477C — Public Debt; Local Government Aid › Chapter 475 — Municipal Debt › Section 475.551 — Excessive Interest, Validation.

475.551 EXCESSIVE INTEREST, VALIDATION.
In all cases where obligations have been or shall hereafter be issued and sold upon terms and conditions conforming to the provisions of section 475.55, and otherwise in conformity with law, such issuance and sale are hereby authorized, legalized and validated.
History:
1969 c 93 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 474 - 477C — Public Debt; Local Government Aid › Chapter 475 — Municipal Debt › Section 475.56 — Interest Rate.

475.56 INTEREST RATE.
(a) Any municipality issuing obligations under any law may issue obligations bearing interest at a single rate or at rates varying from year to year which may be lower or higher in later years than in earlier years. The highest aggregate rate of interest contracted to be so paid for any period shall not exceed the maximum rate authorized by law and the average annual rate of such interest may not exceed the maximum rate authorized by law. This section does not authorize a provision in any such obligations for the payment of a higher rate of interest after maturity than before.
(b) Any municipality issuing obligations under any law may sell original issue discount or premium obligations. To determine the average annual rate of interest on the obligations, any discount shall be added to, and any premium subtracted from, the total amount of interest on the obligations to their stated maturity dates.
(c) Any obligation may bear interest at a rate varying periodically at the time or times and on the terms, including convertibility to a fixed rate of interest, determined by the governing body of the municipality, but the rate of interest for any period shall not exceed any maximum rate of interest for the obligations established by law. For purposes of section 475.61, subdivisions 1 and 3, the interest payable on variable rate obligations for their term shall be determined as if their rate of interest is the lesser of the maximum rate of interest payable on the obligations in accordance with their terms or the rate estimated for such purpose by the governing body, but if the interest rate is subsequently converted to a fixed rate the levy may be modified to provide at least five percent in excess of amounts necessary to pay principal of and interest at the fixed rate on the obligations when due. For purposes of computing debt service or interest pursuant to section 475.67, subdivision 12, interest throughout the term of bonds issued pursuant to this subdivision is deemed to accrue at the rate of interest first borne by the bonds. The provisions of this paragraph do not apply to general obligations issued by a statutory or home rule charter city with a population of less than 7,500, as defined in section 477A.011, subdivision 3, or to general obligations that are not rated A or better, or an equivalent subsequently established rating, by Standard and Poor's Corporation, Moody's Investors Service or other similar nationally recognized rating agency, except that any statutory or home rule charter city, regardless of population or bond rating, may issue variable rate obligations as a participant in a bond pooling program established by the League of Minnesota Cities that meets this bond rating requirement.
History:
(1938-2 1/2) 1933 c 171; 1949 c 682 s 6; 1959 c 36 s 1; 1963 c 829 s 1; 1967 c 481 s 3; 1974 c 380 s 7; 1Sp1985 c 14 art 8 s 52; 1986 c 465 art 2 s 20; 1987 c 344 s 30; 1999 c 248 s 13; 2000 c 493 s 16; 1Sp2021 c 14 art 10 s 5
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 474 - 477C — Public Debt; Local Government Aid › Chapter 475 — Municipal Debt › Section 475.57 — Initiation Of Proceedings; Resolution.

475.57 INITIATION OF PROCEEDINGS; RESOLUTION.
Proceedings for issuing bonds under sections 475.51 to 475.74 shall be initiated by a resolution of the governing body of the municipality stating the amount proposed to be borrowed and the purpose for which the debt is to be incurred. Such resolution may provide for the submission of the question to vote of the electors. A town board may adopt such resolution without a statement for special town meeting being filed with the clerk.
History:
1949 c 682 s 7; 1997 c 7 art 1 s 160
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 474 - 477C — Public Debt; Local Government Aid › Chapter 475 — Municipal Debt › Section 475.59 — Manner Of Submission; Notice.

475.59 MANNER OF SUBMISSION; NOTICE.
Subdivision 1.
Generally; notice.
When the governing body of a municipality resolves to issue bonds for any purpose requiring the approval of the electors, it shall provide for submission of the proposition of their issuance at a general or special election or town or school district meeting. Notice of such election or meeting shall be given in the manner required by law and shall state the maximum amount and the purpose of the proposed issue. In any school district, the school board or board of education may, according to its judgment and discretion, submit as a single ballot question or as two or more separate questions in the notice of election and ballots the proposition of their issuance for any one or more of the following, stated conjunctively or in the alternative: acquisition or enlargement of sites, acquisition, betterment, erection, furnishing, equipping of one or more new schoolhouses, remodeling, repairing, improving, adding to, betterment, furnishing, equipping of one or more existing schoolhouses. In any city, town, or county, the governing body may, according to its judgment and discretion, submit as a single ballot question or as two or more separate questions in the notice of election and ballots the proposition of their issuance, stated conjunctively or in the alternative, for the acquisition, construction, or improvement of any facilities at one or more locations.
Subd. 2.
Election date.
An election to approve issuance of bonds under this section held by a municipality or school district must be held on a date authorized in section 205.10, subdivision 3a, or 205A.05, subdivision 1a.
History:
1949 c 682 s 9; 1957 c 318 s 1; 2001 c 214 s 44; 2017 c 92 art 2 s 25