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2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development › Chapter 469 — Economic Development › Section 469.126 — Authority Granted.

469.126 AUTHORITY GRANTED.
Subdivision 1.
Designation of districts.
A city may designate development districts within the boundaries of the city. Before designating a district, the city must consult with its planning agency or department and must hold a public hearing on the designation. Notice of the hearing must be published in the official newspaper of the city or, if there is no official newspaper, in a newspaper of general distribution in the city. The city shall also provide for relocation pursuant to section 469.133 and consult with the advisory board created by section 469.132 before making this designation.
Subd. 2.
Powers.
Within these districts the city may:
(1) adopt a development program consistent with which the city may acquire, construct, reconstruct, improve, alter, extend, operate, maintain, or promote developments aimed at improving the physical facilities, quality of life, and quality of transportation;
(2) acquire land or easements through negotiation or through powers of eminent domain;
(3) adopt ordinances regulating traffic in pedestrian skyway systems, public parking structures, and other facilities constructed within the development district. Traffic regulations may include direction and speed of traffic, policing of pedestrianways, hours that pedestrianways are open to the public, kinds of service activities that will be allowed in arcades, parks, and plazas, and rates to be charged in the parking structures;
(4) adopt ordinances regulating access to pedestrian skyway systems and the conditions under which such access is allowed;
(5) require private developers to construct buildings so as to accommodate and support pedestrian systems which are part of the program for the development district. When the city requires the developer to construct columns, beams, or girders with greater strength than required for normal building purposes, the city shall reimburse the developer for the added expense from development district funds;
(6) install special lighting systems, special street signs and street furniture, special landscaping of streets and public property, and special snow removal systems;
(7) acquire property for the district;
(8) lease or sell air rights over public buildings and spend public funds for constructing the foundations and columns in the public buildings strong enough to support the buildings to be constructed on air rights;
(9) lease all or portions of basement, ground, and second floors of the public buildings constructed in the district; and
(10) negotiate the sale or lease of property for private development if the development is consistent with the development program for the district.
History:
1987 c 291 s 127; 2001 c 7 s 75
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development › Chapter 469 — Economic Development › Section 469.127 — Tax Status.

469.127 TAX STATUS.
The pedestrian skyway system, underground pedestrian concourse, the people mover system, and publicly owned parking structures are declared to be public property to be used for essential public and governmental purposes. They are exempt from all taxes and special assessments of the city, county, state, or any political subdivision thereof, except to the extent that the property is subject to the sales and use tax under chapter 297A. Taxes do not include charges for utilities and special services such as heat, water, electricity, gas, sewage disposal, or garbage removal.
History:
1987 c 291 s 128; 2000 c 418 art 2 s 8
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development › Chapter 469 — Economic Development › Section 469.128 — Grants.

469.128 GRANTS.
A city may accept grants or other financial assistance from the government of the United States or any other entity to do studies, construct and operate the pedestrian skyway system, underground pedestrian concourses, people mover systems, and other public improvements authorized by sections 469.124 to 469.133.
History:
1987 c 291 s 129; 2013 c 125 art 1 s 107
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development › Chapter 469 — Economic Development › Section 469.130 — Maintenance And Operation.

469.130 MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION.
Maintenance and operation of the pedestrian systems, special lighting systems, parking structures, and other public improvements constructed under provisions of sections 469.124 to 469.133 shall be under the supervision of the administrator as designated in section 469.131. The cost of maintenance and operation of the nonrevenue facilities together with the excess costs of operation and maintenance of revenue producing facilities, if any, shall be charged against the development district in which it is located. The amount of assessment against each property within the district shall be in proportion to the benefit to the several properties within the district. By July 1 of each year the administrator of the development district shall submit to the governing body of the city the maintenance and operating budget for the following year, and the pro rata share of the budget to be charged to each property in the district. The governing body of the city shall certify the assessments to the county auditor for collection. The governing body shall levy these assessments in accordance with the procedures established in section 429.061.
History:
1987 c 291 s 131; 2013 c 125 art 1 s 107
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development › Chapter 469 — Economic Development › Section 469.131 — Administration.

469.131 ADMINISTRATION.
The governing body of a city may create a department or designate an existing department, office, or agency or city housing or redevelopment authority, to administer all districts authorized under sections 469.124 to 469.133. The head of this department may, subject to rules and limitations adopted by the governing body, be granted the following powers:
(1) to acquire property or easements through negotiation;
(2) to enter into operating contracts on behalf of the city for operation of any of the facilities authorized to be constructed under the terms of sections 469.124 to 469.133;
(3) to lease space to private individuals or corporations within the buildings constructed under the terms of sections 469.124 to 469.133;
(4) to lease or sell land and to lease or sell air rights over structures constructed under the authority of sections 469.124 to 469.133;
(5) to enter into contracts for construction of the several facilities or portion thereof authorized under sections 469.124 to 469.133;
(6) to contract with the housing and redevelopment authority of the city for the administration of any or all of the provisions of sections 469.124 to 469.133;
(7) to certify to the governing body for acquisition through eminent domain property that cannot be acquired by negotiation but is required for implementation of the development program;
(8) to certify to the governing body the amount of funds, if any, which must be raised through sale of bonds to finance the program for development districts; and
(9) to apply for grants from the United States of America and from other sources.
History:
1987 c 291 s 132; 2013 c 125 art 1 s 107
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development › Chapter 469 — Economic Development › Section 469.132 — Advisory Board.

469.132 ADVISORY BOARD.
Subdivision 1.
Creation; members; duties.
The governing body may create an advisory board except in cities of the first class where the governing body shall create an advisory board. Except as provided in subdivision 2, a majority of the members shall be owners or occupants of real property located in or adjacent to the development district which they serve. The advisory board shall advise the governing body and the administrator on the planning, construction, and implementation of the development program, and maintenance and operation of the district after the program has been completed.
Subd. 2.
Substantially residential districts.
In a substantially residential development district the board shall be comprised of owners and occupants of real property within or adjacent to the district's boundaries. The board may be appointed or elected according to guidelines established by the governing body, provided that the board in the cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis must be elected. For purposes of this subdivision a "substantially residential development district" is a development district in which 40 percent or more of the land area, exclusive of streets and open space, is used for residential purposes at the time the district is designated by the governing body.
Subd. 3.
Powers.
The governing body shall by resolution delineate the respective powers and duties of the advisory board and the planning staff or agency. The resolution shall establish reasonable time limits for approval by the advisory board of the phases of the development program, and provide a mechanism for appealing to the governing body for a final decision when conflicts arise between the advisory board and the planning staff or agency, regarding the development program.
History:
1987 c 291 s 133
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development › Chapter 469 — Economic Development › Section 469.133 — Relocation.

469.133 RELOCATION.
Unless they desire otherwise, provision must be made for relocation of all persons who would be displaced by a proposed development district prior to displacement in accordance with the provisions of sections 117.50 to 117.56. Prior to undertaking any relocation of displaced persons, the governing body of a city shall ensure that housing and other facilities of at least comparable quality be made available to the persons to be displaced.
History:
1987 c 291 s 134
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development › Chapter 469 — Economic Development › Section 469.141 — Regulation To Protect Mined Underground Space.

469.141 REGULATION TO PROTECT MINED UNDERGROUND SPACE.
Subdivision 1.
Department of Natural Resources review.
The Department of Natural Resources shall review all project plans that involve dewatering of underground formations for construction and operation of mined underground space to determine the effects of the proposal on the quality and quantity of underground waters in and adjacent to the areas where the mined underground space is to be developed.
Subd. 2.
Power to regulate.
Cities may regulate all drilling, except water well and exploratory drilling that is subject to the provisions of chapter 103I, above, in, through, and adjacent to subsurface areas designated for mined underground space development and existing mined underground space. The regulations may prohibit, restrict, control, and require permits for such drilling.
Subd. 3.
Water well regulation.
Cities may prohibit, restrict, control, and require permits for drilling of wells as defined in section 103I.005, but the construction and abandonment of water wells is governed by chapter 103I.
Subd. 4.
Permits for water removal.
No mined underground space project involving or affecting the quality and quantity of underground waters may be developed until a water use permit for the appropriation of waters has been granted by the commissioner of natural resources under chapter 103G.
History:
1987 c 291 s 142; 1990 c 391 art 8 s 49; 1996 c 305 art 1 s 101; 1997 c 7 art 1 s 145
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development › Chapter 469 — Economic Development › Section 469.142 — Purposes.

469.142 PURPOSES.
The purposes of a rural development financing authority are:
(1) to acquire, construct, improve, and equip projects comprising real and personal property within or outside the state, used or useful for producing or processing products of agriculture, including assembling, fabricating, manufacturing, mixing, storing, warehousing, distributing, or selling;
(2) to investigate, improve, and develop methods of constructing, operating, and financing such projects;
(3) to provide for the operation and maintenance of each project under an operating or lease agreement with a person, firm, or corporation considered qualified by experience and financial resources to assure that to the limit of its design and capacity it will make facilities for efficient and economical processing of agricultural products available throughout the term of the agreement to all producers contracting therefor;
(4) to promote agricultural, industrial, and scientific research in cooperation with state institutions of higher learning and profit or nonprofit private corporations, associations, or foundations;
(5) to assist in promoting new job opportunities through the development of natural resources and the agricultural industry by cooperating with private companies and with agencies of the federal and state governments and with agencies and political subdivisions of other states and of foreign nations to engage in the processing of agricultural products;
(6) to enter into contracts with or to employ financial, management, and production consultants, and scientific and economic specialists to develop and assist in promoting the purposes of the authority and to assist in operating, maintaining, constructing, and financing authority projects;
(7) to employ a financial management company to assist in organizing, initiating, developing, and operating projects for the authority under terms and conditions agreed upon between the authority and the company and to include any fee charged or to be charged by the company in the total capital costs of each project to be financed; and
(8) to provide financial or other assistance to rail users as defined in section 222.48, subdivision 6, for the purpose of making capital investment loans for rail line rehabilitation.
History:
1987 c 291 s 143
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development › Chapter 469 — Economic Development › Section 469.143 — Definitions.

469.143 DEFINITIONS.
In sections 469.142 to 469.151, the term "agriculture" includes forestry and timber production and the phrase "producing products of agriculture" does not include acquiring agricultural land.
History:
1987 c 291 s 144
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development › Chapter 469 — Economic Development › Section 469.144 — Establishment; Board.

469.144 ESTABLISHMENT; BOARD.
Subdivision 1.
Establishment.
Any county or combination of counties by resolution of the county board or boards may establish a rural development financing authority as a public nonprofit corporation. An authority has the powers and duties conferred and imposed on a private nonprofit corporation by chapter 317A, except as otherwise or additionally provided herein. No such authority shall transact any business or exercise any powers until a certified copy of the resolutions of each participating county board has been submitted to the secretary of state and a certificate of incorporation issued pursuant to section 317A.155. Each resolution shall include all of the provisions required by section 317A.111, subdivision 1. Alternatively, a county may determine by resolution of the county board to exercise the powers granted in this chapter to a rural development finance authority. No filing is required.
Subd. 2.
Board.
Each rural development financing authority shall be managed and controlled by a board of directors consisting of that number of persons equal to the number of counties establishing the authority, but in no case less than five. The directors shall be elected by the establishing county board or boards and each county board shall have one vote. The directors initially elected shall serve staggered terms designated by the electing board or boards. Thereafter, all directors shall be elected for five-year terms and until their successors are elected and qualify. Each vacancy in an unexpired term shall be filled in the manner in which the original appointment was made. Each director shall be a resident of the establishing county and no director shall hold any other public office or be an officer, employee, director, shareholder, or member of any corporation, firm, or association with which the authority has entered into any operating or lease agreement. Directors may be removed by the appointing board or boards for the reasons and in the manner prescribed by section 469.010, and shall receive no compensation other than reimbursement for expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. Directors shall have no personal liability for corporate obligations of the authority or the methods of enforcement and collection thereof.
Subd. 3.
Articles of incorporation; bylaws.
Rural development financing authorities shall have no capital stock. Sections 469.142 to 469.151 shall constitute their articles of incorporation. An authority may adopt bylaws consistent with sections 469.142 to 469.151.
History:
1987 c 291 s 145; 1989 c 304 s 136
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development › Chapter 469 — Economic Development › Section 469.145 — Financing Projects And Facilities.

469.145 FINANCING PROJECTS AND FACILITIES.
An authority may provide funds for its purposes by the following methods:
(1) issuing bonds of the authority as authorized by section 469.146, subdivision 1; and
(2) issuing notes of the authority as authorized by section 469.146, subdivision 2.
History:
1987 c 291 s 146
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development › Chapter 469 — Economic Development › Section 469.146 — Issuance Of Bonds And Notes.

469.146 ISSUANCE OF BONDS AND NOTES.
Subdivision 1.
Bonds.
For the purposes authorized in section 469.142, the authority may issue bonds and execute mortgages and contracts, pledge revenues, and enter into covenants and agreements for the security thereof in the same manner and subject to the same conditions as a municipality under the provisions of sections 469.152 to 469.165 except as otherwise and additionally provided in sections 469.142 to 469.151. Net rentals and other charges payable to the authority by the operator or lessee of any project and pledged by the authority for payment of its bonds and interest thereon, and for the creation and maintenance of reserves therefor, may be reduced by amounts not exceeding the payments actually received by the authority from the other sources described in sections 469.142 to 469.151.
Subd. 2.
Notes.
The authority may issue notes, including renewal notes, for any purpose for which bonds may be issued, whenever the authority determines that payment thereof can be made in full from any revenues the authority expects to receive from any source. The notes may be issued to provide funds to pay preliminary costs of surveys, plans, development, or other matters relating to any proposed or existing project. The authority may pledge the revenues, subject to any other pledge thereof, for the payment of the notes, and may secure the notes in the same manner and with the same effect as herein provided for bonds and may also secure the notes by the personal guarantee of property owners within a benefited area. The authority may make contracts for the future sale of the notes, by which the purchaser shall be committed to purchase the notes on terms and conditions stated in such contracts. The authority may pay the consideration it deems proper for the commitments.
Subd. 3.
Secondary market.
An authority may sell, at private or public sale, at the price or prices determined by the authority, any note, mortgage, lease, sublease, lease purchase, or other instrument or obligation evidencing or securing a loan made for the purpose of economic development, job creation, redevelopment, or community revitalization by a public agency to a business, for-profit or nonprofit organization, or an individual.
History:
1987 c 291 s 147; 1988 c 580 s 6
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development › Chapter 469 — Economic Development › Section 469.147 — Processing Agreement.

469.147 PROCESSING AGREEMENT.
The authority may enter into agreements with owners of agricultural land, within or outside the state, providing for payment of charges for the use and availability of any project for processing products of the land, to pay part or all of the capital cost incurred by the authority. The charges may be made payable in fixed amounts, or in installments with interest at an agreed rate, or in amounts proportionate to the volume of products processed, or in any combination of these ways. The agreements may bind landowners to devote a specified acreage to production for processing by the project, or may bind the authority and the operator of the project to cause specified quantities to be processed, or both, for periods as may be agreed. Charges payable by landowners to the authority under the agreements may be pledged by it to pay or guarantee the payment of its bonds, or may be used by the authority for the purposes stated in section 469.142.
History:
1987 c 291 s 148
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development › Chapter 469 — Economic Development › Section 469.148 — Applications For Loan Guaranties.

469.148 APPLICATIONS FOR LOAN GUARANTIES.
The authority, or a county exercising the powers of an authority pursuant to section 469.144, may undertake or participate in undertaking a project deemed to further the policies and purposes of the agricultural resource loan guaranty program established and described in sections 41A.01 to 41A.06, by applying to the Minnesota Agricultural and Economic Development Board for a guaranty by the state of a portion of a loan for the project to be secured by the applicant, or by another eligible borrower. For this purpose it may do all acts required of an applicant or of a borrower under the provisions of sections 41A.01 to 41A.06, including the computation, segregation, and application of tax increments by deposit in the loan guaranty fund under the terms of the loan guaranty.
History:
1987 c 291 s 149; 1987 c 386 art 9 s 20
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development › Chapter 469 — Economic Development › Section 469.149 — Agreements For Reservation Of Tax Increments.

469.149 AGREEMENTS FOR RESERVATION OF TAX INCREMENTS.
The authority may enter into an agreement with any county in which a project is to be situated, or a county exercising the powers of an authority may adopt a resolution, under which an agricultural resource project for which a conditional commitment for a loan guaranty has been made by the state as provided in section 41A.04, subdivision 3, is a tax increment financing project under sections 469.174 to 469.179 for so long as may be provided in the loan guaranty. The tax increment from the agricultural resource project shall be remitted to the authority or to the county for deposit and use in the loan guaranty fund of the state as provided in sections 41A.01 to 41A.06. Notwithstanding section 469.154, the tax increment for an agricultural resource project shall be discharged when either of the following occurs: (1) the loan obligation has been satisfied; or (2) the amount in the project account equals the amount of the guaranteed portion of the outstanding principal and interest on the guaranteed loan. Every county may, by resolution of the county board, do all things necessary for the computation, segregation, and application of tax increments under the loan guaranty in accordance with this section and sections 469.174 to 469.179.
History:
1987 c 291 s 150
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development › Chapter 469 — Economic Development › Section 469.151 — State And County Not Liable On Bonds.

469.151 STATE AND COUNTY NOT LIABLE ON BONDS.
The bonds and other obligations of an authority shall not be the debt of the state of Minnesota or of any county or political subdivision.
History:
1987 c 291 s 152
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development › Chapter 469 — Economic Development › Section 469.152 — Purposes.

469.152 PURPOSES.
The welfare of the state requires the active promotion, attraction, encouragement, and development of economically sound industry and commerce through governmental action for the purpose of preventing the emergence of blighted and marginal lands and areas of chronic unemployment. It is the policy of the state to facilitate and encourage action by local government units to prevent the economic deterioration of such areas to the point where the process can be reversed only by total redevelopment through the use of local, state, and federal funds derived from taxation, necessitating relocating displaced persons and duplicating public services in other areas. By the use of the powers and procedures described in sections 469.152 to 469.165, local government units and their agencies and authorities responsible for redevelopment and economic development may prevent occurrence of conditions requiring redevelopment, or aid in the redevelopment of existing areas of blight, marginal land, and avoidance of substantial and persistent unemployment.
The welfare of the state further requires the provision of necessary health care facilities, so that adequate health care services are available to residents of the state at reasonable cost. The welfare of the state further requires the provision of county jail facilities for the purpose of providing adequately for the care, control, and safeguarding of civil rights of prisoners. The welfare of the state requires that, whenever feasible, employment opportunities made available in part by sections 469.152 to 469.165 or other state law providing for similar financing mechanisms should be offered to individuals who are unemployed or who are economically disadvantaged.
The welfare of the state further requires that, whenever feasible, action should be taken to reduce the cost of borrowing by local governments for public purposes.
History:
1987 c 291 s 153; 1989 c 355 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development › Chapter 469 — Economic Development › Section 469.156 — Authorization Of Projects And Bonds.

469.156 AUTHORIZATION OF PROJECTS AND BONDS.
The acquisition, construction, reconstruction, improvement, betterment, or extension of any project, the execution of any revenue agreement or mortgage pertaining thereto, and the issuance of bonds in anticipation of the collection of the revenues of the project to provide funds to pay for its cost, may be authorized by an ordinance or resolution of the governing body adopted at a regular or duly called special meeting thereof by the affirmative vote of a majority of its members. No election shall be required to authorize the use of any of the powers conferred by sections 469.152 to 469.165. No lease of any project shall be subject to the provisions of section 504B.291, unless expressly so provided in the lease.
History:
1987 c 291 s 157; 1999 c 199 art 2 s 17
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development › Chapter 469 — Economic Development › Section 469.157 — Determination Of Cost Of Project.

469.157 DETERMINATION OF COST OF PROJECT.
In determining the cost of a project, the governing body may include all cost and estimated cost of the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, improvement, betterment, and extension of the project and any related public improvements, all engineering, inspection, fiscal, legal, administrative, and printing expense, the interest which it is estimated will accrue during the construction period and for six months thereafter on money borrowed or which it is estimated will be borrowed pursuant to sections 469.152 to 469.165, and bond reserves and premiums for insurance of lease rentals pledged to pay the bonds.
History:
1987 c 291 s 158; 2002 c 390 s 13
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development › Chapter 469 — Economic Development › Section 469.158 — Manner Of Issuance Of Bonds; Interest Rate.

469.158 MANNER OF ISSUANCE OF BONDS; INTEREST RATE.
Bonds authorized under sections 469.152 to 469.165 must be issued in accordance with the provisions of chapter 475 relating to bonds payable from income of revenue producing conveniences, except that public sale is not required, the provisions of sections 475.62 and 475.63 do not apply, and the bonds may mature at the time or times, in the amount or amounts, within 40 years from date of issue, and may be sold at a price equal to the percentage of the par value thereof, plus accrued interest, and bearing interest at the rate or rates agreed by the contracting party, the purchaser, and the municipality or redevelopment agency, notwithstanding any limitation of interest rate or cost or of the amounts of annual maturities contained in any other law. Bonds issued to refund bonds previously issued pursuant to sections 469.152 to 469.165 may be issued in amounts determined by the municipality or redevelopment agency notwithstanding the provisions of section 475.67, subdivision 3.
History:
1987 c 291 s 159; 1994 c 614 s 10; 2005 c 152 art 1 s 16
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development › Chapter 469 — Economic Development › Section 469.159 — Temporary Loans.

469.159 TEMPORARY LOANS.
After authorization of bonds pursuant to section 469.156, the governing body may provide funds immediately required for the purpose and not exceeding the amount of the bonds, by effecting temporary loans upon the terms it determines by resolution. The loans shall be evidenced by notes subject to the provisions of section 469.162, due in not exceeding 24 months from the date thereof, payable to the order of the lender or to bearer, to be repaid with interest from the proceeds of the bonds when issued and delivered to the purchaser. The temporary loans may be made without any public advertisement.
History:
1987 c 291 s 160
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development › Chapter 469 — Economic Development › Section 469.160 — Validity Of Bonds; Presumption.

469.160 VALIDITY OF BONDS; PRESUMPTION.
The validity of bonds or notes issued under sections 469.152 to 469.165 shall not depend on nor be affected by the validity or regularity of any proceedings relating to the acquisition, purchase, construction, reconstruction, improvement, betterment, or extension of the project for which they are issued. The ordinance or resolution authorizing the bonds or notes may provide that the bonds or notes shall contain a recital that they are issued pursuant to sections 469.152 to 469.165, and the recital shall be conclusive evidence of their validity and of the regularity of their issuance.
History:
1987 c 291 s 161
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development › Chapter 469 — Economic Development › Section 469.162 — Source Of Payment For Bonds.

469.162 SOURCE OF PAYMENT FOR BONDS.
Subdivision 1.
Restrictions on payment.
Revenue bonds issued under sections 469.152 to 469.165 shall not be payable from nor charged upon any funds other than the revenue pledged to their payment, except as provided in this section, nor shall the municipality or redevelopment agency issuing the same be subject to any liability on them. No holder of the bonds shall ever have the right to compel any exercise of the taxing power of the municipality or redevelopment agency to pay the bonds or the interest thereon, except as provided in subdivision 2, nor to enforce payment of them against any property of the municipality or redevelopment agency except those projects, or portions thereof, mortgaged or otherwise encumbered under the provisions and for the purpose of sections 469.152 to 469.165.
Subd. 2.
[Repealed, 2012 c 294 art 2 s 43]
Subd. 3.
Restrictions on security.
Bonds issued under sections 469.152 to 469.165 shall not constitute a charge, lien, or encumbrance, legal or equitable, upon any property of the municipality or redevelopment agency, except those projects, or portions thereof, mortgaged or otherwise encumbered under the provisions and for the purposes of sections 469.152 to 469.165. Each bond issued under sections 469.152 to 469.165 shall recite in substance that the bond, including interest thereon, is payable solely from the revenue pledged to its payment, but may contain a reference to the lease insurance or bond reserve for which the tax increment is pledged and appropriated. No such bond shall constitute a debt of the municipality or redevelopment agency within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory limitation. However, nothing herein shall impair the rights of holders of bonds issued hereunder to enforce covenants made for the security thereof as provided in section 469.163.
History:
1987 c 291 s 163; 1988 c 719 art 5 s 84; 1989 c 329 art 13 s 20
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development › Chapter 469 — Economic Development › Section 469.163 — Bondholders' Rights And Remedies.

469.163 BONDHOLDERS' RIGHTS AND REMEDIES.
Subject to any contractual limitations binding upon the holders of any issue of revenue bonds, or a trustee therefor, including the restriction of the exercise of any remedy to a specified proportion or percentage of the holders, any holder of bonds, or any trustee therefor, for the equal benefit and protection of all bondholders similarly situated, may:
(1) by suit, action, or proceeding at law or in equity, enforce the bondholder's or trustee's rights against the municipality or redevelopment agency and its governing body and any of its officers, agents, and employees, and may require and compel the municipality, redevelopment agency, or governing body, or any officers, agents, or employees to perform and carry out its and their duties and obligations under sections 469.152 to 469.165 and its and their covenants and agreements with bondholders;
(2) by action require the municipality or redevelopment agency and the governing body thereof to account as if they were the trustees of an express trust;
(3) by action enjoin any acts or things which may be unlawful or in violation of the rights of the bondholders;
(4) bring suit upon the bonds;
(5) foreclose any mortgage or lien given under the authority of sections 469.152 to 469.165, and cause the property standing as security to be sold under any proceedings permitted by law or equity; and
(6) exercise any right or remedy conferred by sections 469.152 to 469.165 without exhausting and without regard to any other right or remedy conferred by sections 469.152 to 469.165 or any other law of this state. None of these rights and remedies is intended to be exclusive of any other, and each is in addition to every other right and remedy.
History:
1987 c 291 s 164
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development › Chapter 469 — Economic Development › Section 469.164 — Powers Added To Application Of Existing Laws And Rules.

469.164 POWERS ADDED TO APPLICATION OF EXISTING LAWS AND RULES.
Subdivision 1.
Generally.
The powers conferred by sections 469.152 to 469.165 are in addition to the powers conferred by any other law or charter. Insofar as the provisions of any other law or charter are inconsistent with sections 469.152 to 469.165, the provisions of these sections shall be controlling as to projects instituted under these sections. Section 334.01 shall not apply to any interest rate charged or attributable to any obligation of a contracting party or sublessee or subtenant of a contracting party in connection with any project for which the proceedings are conducted, wholly or partly, pursuant to sections 469.152 to 469.165.
Subd. 2.
Telephone company projects.
In all cases in which a project involves telephonic communications conducted by or to be conducted by a telephone company, all laws of the state, and rules of the department of commerce, that apply to property owned by a telephone company including laws and regulations relating to taxation and valuation of telephone company property, shall similarly apply to any real and personal property acquired, in whole or in part, by the issuance of bonds as authorized herein. In the issuance of any bonds pursuant to sections 469.152 to 469.165, these sections shall control, notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 452, or any other general or special law relating to municipal or town telephone companies.
History:
1987 c 291 s 165; 1Sp2001 c 4 art 6 s 77
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development › Chapter 469 — Economic Development › Section 469.165 — Applicability Of Hra Provisions.

469.165 APPLICABILITY OF HRA PROVISIONS.
If property that has been acquired by a housing and redevelopment authority pursuant to the provisions of sections 469.001 to 469.047, is sold, leased, or acquired with the consent of the housing and redevelopment authority in connection with a project conducted wholly or partly pursuant to the provisions of sections 469.152 to 469.164, it shall be deemed to be devoted to public purposes and public uses and to conform to the project area redevelopment plan within the meaning of sections 469.001 to 469.047. In giving its consent, the housing and redevelopment authority may waive any or all of the terms, conditions, restrictions, and limitations imposed upon the property by section 469.029, and the purchaser of the property or any subsequent purchasers may convey the property without the consent of any housing and redevelopment authority and, to the extent of the waiver, free and clear of the terms, conditions, restrictions, and limitations, whether or not the purchaser is obligated as provided in section 469.029, subdivision 5.
History:
1987 c 291 s 166
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development › Chapter 469 — Economic Development › Section 469.1655 — Qualified Green Building And Sustainable Design Projects.

469.1655 QUALIFIED GREEN BUILDING AND SUSTAINABLE DESIGN PROJECTS.
Subdivision 1.
Project designation and eligibility.
(a) A municipality or redevelopment agency issuing revenue bonds under sections 469.152 to 469.165 may designate the project for which the bonds are issued as a qualified green building and sustainable design project as provided in this section.
(b) The issuer must ensure that each designated project substantially:
(1) reduces consumption of electricity compared to conventional construction;
(2) reduces daily carbon dioxide emissions compared to energy generated from coal;
(3) increases the use of solar photovoltaic cells or solar thermal cells in this state; or
(4) increases the use of fuel cells to generate energy.
(c) Before designating a project under this section, the issuer must document in writing that the project will satisfy the eligibility criteria in this section.
(d) At least 75 percent of the square footage of commercial buildings that are part of the project must be registered with a recognized green building rating system, including Minnesota's sustainable building guidelines or the United States Green Building Council's LEED certification or the Green Building Initiative's Green Globes certification, or in the case of residential buildings, Minnesota GreenStar rating or the National Association of Home Builders National Green Building Standard certification, and must be reasonably expected to receive the certification.
Subd. 2.
Applications.
An application for designation under this section must include a project proposal that describes the energy-efficiency, renewable energy, and sustainable design features of the project and demonstrates that the project satisfies the eligibility criteria in this section. The application must include a description of:
(1) the amount of electric consumption reduced as compared to conventional construction;
(2) the amount of carbon dioxide daily emissions reduced compared to energy generated from coal;
(3) the amount of the gross installed capacity of the project's solar photovoltaic capacity measured in megawatts; and
(4) the amount in megawatts of the project's energy generated by fuel cells.
Subd. 3.
Use of bond financing.
The project proposal must include a description of the bond financing that will be allocated for financing of one or more of the following:
(1) the purchase, construction, integration, or other use of energy-efficiency, renewable energy, and sustainable design features of the project; or
(2) compliance with certification standards cited under subdivision 1, paragraph (d).
History:
2010 c 216 s 25
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development › Chapter 469 — Economic Development › Section 469.166 — Definitions.

469.166 DEFINITIONS.
Subdivision 1.
Generally.
In sections 469.166 to 469.173, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them herein, unless the context indicates a different meaning.
Subd. 2.
Commissioner.
"Commissioner" means the commissioner of employment and economic development.
Subd. 3.
Border city enterprise zone.
"Border city enterprise zone" means an area in the state designated as an enterprise zone by the commissioner in the cities of Breckenridge, Dilworth, East Grand Forks, Moorhead, or Ortonville.
Subd. 4.
City.
"City" means a home rule charter or statutory city.
Subd. 5.
Municipality.
"Municipality" means a city.
Subd. 6.
Governing body.
"Governing body" means the city council or other body designated by the charter of the city.
Subd. 7.
[Repealed, 2012 c 294 art 2 s 43]
Subd. 8.
[Repealed, 2012 c 294 art 2 s 43]
Subd. 9.
[Repealed, 2012 c 294 art 2 s 43]
Subd. 10.
[Repealed, 2012 c 294 art 2 s 43]
Subd. 11.
[Repealed, 2012 c 294 art 2 s 43]
Subd. 12.
[Repealed, 2012 c 294 art 2 s 43]
History:
1987 c 268 art 10 s 1; 1987 c 291 s 167,243; 1987 c 312 art 1 s 26 subd 2; 1Sp2003 c 4 s 1; 2012 c 294 art 2 s 21-23
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development › Chapter 469 — Economic Development › Section 469.167 — Border City Enterprise Zone; Duration.

469.167 BORDER CITY ENTERPRISE ZONE; DURATION.
Subdivision 1.
[Repealed, 2012 c 294 art 2 s 43]
Subd. 2.
Duration.
The designation of a border city enterprise zone is effective until terminated by resolution adopted by the city in which the border city enterprise zone is located.
Subd. 3.
[Repealed, 2012 c 294 art 2 s 43]
History:
1987 c 291 s 168; 1Sp1989 c 1 art 17 s 14; 1991 c 291 art 21 s 14; 1996 c 471 art 7 s 5; 2012 c 294 art 2 s 24
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development › Chapter 469 — Economic Development › Section 469.172 — Development And Redevelopment Powers.

469.172 DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT POWERS.
Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law or charter, any city that contains a border city enterprise zone may, in addition to its other powers, exercise the powers granted to a governmental subdivision by sections 469.001 to 469.047, 469.048 to 469.068, and 469.109 to 469.113. Section 469.059, subdivision 15, applies to the city in the exercise of the powers granted pursuant to this section. It may exercise the powers assigned to redevelopment agencies pursuant to sections 469.152 to 469.165, without limitation to further the purposes of sections 469.001 to 469.047, 469.048 to 469.068, and 469.109 to 469.133. It may exercise the powers set forth in sections 469.001 to 469.047, 469.048 to 469.068, and 469.109 to 469.164 without limitation to further the purposes and policies set forth in sections 469.152 to 469.165. It may exercise the powers granted by this subdivision and any other development or redevelopment powers authorized by other laws, including sections 469.124 to 469.133 and 469.152 to 469.165, independently or in conjunction with each other as though all the powers had been granted to a single entity. Any project undertaken to accomplish the purposes of sections 469.001 to 469.047 that qualifies as single-family housing under section 462C.02, subdivision 4, is subject to the provisions of chapter 462C.
Upon expiration of the designation of the enterprise zone, the powers granted by this subdivision may be exercised only with respect to any project, program, or activity commenced or established prior to that date. The powers granted by this subdivision may only be exercised within the zone.
History:
1987 c 291 s 173; 2012 c 294 art 2 s 31; 2013 c 125 art 1 s 107
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 466A - 470 — Local Economic Development › Chapter 469 — Economic Development › Section 469.173 — Administration.

469.173 ADMINISTRATION.
Subdivision 1.
[Repealed, 2012 c 294 art 2 s 43]
Subd. 2.
[Repealed, 1997 c 187 art 3 s 34]
Subd. 3.
[Repealed, 2012 c 294 art 2 s 43]
Subd. 4.
Reporting.
The commissioner shall require municipalities receiving enterprise zone designations to report to the state regarding the economic activity that has occurred in the zone following the designation. This information shall include the number of jobs created in the zone, the number of economically disadvantaged individuals hired in the zone, the average wage level of the jobs created, and descriptions of any affirmative action programs undertaken by the municipality in connection with the zone. The amount of the municipality's local contribution and the number of businesses qualifying for or directly benefiting from the local contribution must be reported annually to the commissioner.
Subd. 5.
Information sharing.
Pursuant to section 270B.14, subdivision 3, the commissioner of revenue may share information with the commissioner or with a municipality receiving an enterprise zone designation, insofar as necessary to administer the funding limitations provided by section 469.169.
Subd. 6.
Zone boundary realignment.
The commissioner may approve specific applications by a municipality to amend the boundaries of a border city enterprise zone at any time. Boundaries of a zone may not be amended to create noncontiguous subdivisions. If the commissioner approves the amended boundaries, the change is effective on the date of approval.
Subd. 7.
Application.
Sections 469.169, 469.171, 469.172, and this section remain in effect only for border city enterprise zones and only until the enterprise zone is terminated by resolution adopted by the city in which the border city enterprise zone is located. For all other enterprise zones, sections 469.169, 469.171, 469.172, and this section are no longer in effect after December 31, 1996.
History:
1987 c 291 s 174,243; 1987 c 404 s 159; 1989 c 184 art 2 s 29; 1996 c 471 art 7 s 8; 1997 c 7 art 1 s 146; 2012 c 294 art 2 s 32,33