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2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 447 - 450 — Municipal Welfare, Recreation › Chapter 447 — Hospitals, Welfare Activities › Section 447.46 — Revenue Pledged.

447.46 REVENUE PLEDGED.
The county, city, or hospital district may pledge and appropriate the revenues to be derived from its operation of the facilities to pay the principal and interest on the bonds when due and to create and maintain reserves for that purpose, as a first and prior lien on the revenues or, if so provided in the bond resolution, as a lien on the revenues subordinate to the current payment of a fixed amount or percentage or all of the costs of running the facilities.
History:
1971 c 844 s 2; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1987 c 229 art 10 s 1; 1995 c 256 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 447 - 450 — Municipal Welfare, Recreation › Chapter 447 — Hospitals, Welfare Activities › Section 447.47 — Leasing Out Hospital, Nursing Home, Related Facilities.

447.47 LEASING OUT HOSPITAL, NURSING HOME, RELATED FACILITIES.
(a) The county, city, or hospital district may lease hospital or nursing home facilities to be run by a nonprofit or public corporation as a community hospital or nursing home. The facilities must be open to all residents of the community on equal terms.
(b) The city, county, or district may lease related medical facilities to any person, firm, association, or corporation, at rent and on conditions agreed.
(c) The term of the lease must not exceed 30 years. The lessee may be granted an option to renew the lease for an additional term or to purchase the facilities. The terms of renewal or purchase must be provided for in the lease.
(d) The county, city, or hospital district may by resolution of its governing body agree to pay to the lessee annually, and to include in each annual budget and tax levy for hospital and nursing home purposes, a fixed compensation for services agreed to be performed by the lessee in running the hospital or nursing home as a community facility; for any investment by the lessee of its own funds or funds granted or contributed to it in the construction or equipment of the hospital or nursing home; and for any auxiliary services to be provided or made available by the lessee through other facilities owned or operated by it. Services other than those provided for in the lease agreement may be compensated at rates agreed upon later. The lease agreement must, however, require the lessee to pay a net rental not less than the amount required to pay the principal and interest when due on all revenue bonds issued by the county, city, or hospital district to acquire, improve, and refinance the leased facilities, and to maintain the agreed revenue bond reserve. The lease agreement must not grant the lessee an option to purchase the facilities at a price less than the amount of the bonds issued and interest accrued on them, except bonds and accrued interest paid from the net rentals before the option is exercised.
(e) To the extent that the facilities are leased under this section for use by persons in private medical or dental or similar practice or other private business, a tax on that use must be imposed just as though the user were the owner of the space. It must be collected as provided in section 272.01, subdivision 2.
History:
1971 c 844 s 3; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1978 c 609 s 3; 1987 c 229 art 10 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 447 - 450 — Municipal Welfare, Recreation › Chapter 447 — Hospitals, Welfare Activities › Section 447.48 — Security For Bonds; Pledge Of Credit For Bonds.

447.48 SECURITY FOR BONDS; PLEDGE OF CREDIT FOR BONDS.
In the issuance of bonds the revenues or rentals must be pledged and appropriated by resolution for the use and benefit of bondholders generally, or may be pledged by the execution of an indenture or other appropriate instrument to a trustee for the bondholders. The site and facilities, or any part of them, may be mortgaged to the trustee. The governing body may enter into any covenants with the bondholders or trustee that it finds necessary and proper to assure the marketability of the bonds, the completion of the facilities, the segregation of the revenues or rentals and other funds pledged, and the sufficiency of funds for prompt and full payment of bonds and interest. The bonds shall be deemed to be payable wholly from the income of a revenue-producing convenience within the meaning of section 475.58, unless the governing body also pledges to their payment the full faith and credit of the county, city, or hospital district. In this event, unless otherwise provided by law, the bonds may not be issued unless approved by a majority of the electors voting on the question at a legal election.
History:
1971 c 844 s 4; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1987 c 229 art 10 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 447 - 450 — Municipal Welfare, Recreation › Chapter 447 — Hospitals, Welfare Activities › Section 447.49 — Miscellaneous Provisions.

447.49 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.
Bonds issued under sections 447.45 to 447.50 must be issued and sold as provided in chapter 475. If the bonds do not pledge the credit of the county, city, or hospital district as provided in section 447.48, the governing body may negotiate their sale without advertisement for bids. They shall not be included in the net debt of any municipality, and are not subject to interest rate limitations, as defined or referred to in sections 475.51 and 475.55. If the bonds do not pledge the credit of the county, city, or hospital district as provided in section 447.48 and are payable from rental payments to be made under a lease agreement entered into pursuant to section 447.47, the county, city, or hospital district may invest or deposit, or authorize a trustee to invest or deposit, any proceeds of the bonds, rental payments, and income from the investment of them, in any manner and upon any terms and conditions agreed to by the lessee under the lease agreement, resolution, or indenture, notwithstanding chapter 118A, but subject to any statutory provisions that govern the deposit and investment of funds of a lessee which is itself a governmental subdivision or agency.
History:
1971 c 844 s 5; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1983 c 213 s 13; 1987 c 229 art 10 s 1; 1991 c 342 s 9; 1996 c 399 art 2 s 5
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 447 - 450 — Municipal Welfare, Recreation › Chapter 447 — Hospitals, Welfare Activities › Section 447.50 — Refunding Bonds.

447.50 REFUNDING BONDS.
A county, city, or hospital district may issue bonds under this chapter by resolution of its governing body to refund bonds issued for the purposes stated in this chapter.
History:
1971 c 844 s 6; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1987 c 229 art 10 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 447 - 450 — Municipal Welfare, Recreation › Chapter 448 — Parks, Parkways And Playgrounds › Section 448.03 — Fourth Class Charter City Land For Park, Fairgrounds.

448.03 FOURTH CLASS CHARTER CITY LAND FOR PARK, FAIRGROUNDS.
Any city of the fourth class, operating under a home rule charter, may acquire by purchase or condemnation a tract of land not exceeding 25 acres, lying within the corporate limits of the city, and devote the same to the uses of a public park and incidentally may grant to the county agricultural society of the county in which the city is situated the right to hold the annual county fair in the part of the park as shall not interfere with its general usefulness for park purposes.
History:
(1734-1) 1919 c 345 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 447 - 450 — Municipal Welfare, Recreation › Chapter 448 — Parks, Parkways And Playgrounds › Section 448.21 — Exchange Lands For Parks Or Playgrounds.

448.21 EXCHANGE LANDS FOR PARKS OR PLAYGROUNDS.
Any city of the first class in this state, is hereby empowered to exchange for other lands to be used for parks or playgrounds, any lands acquired by the city for parks or playgrounds; provided that at least two-thirds of all the members of its council shall approve such exchange and the board of park commissioners, or other body having jurisdiction and control of parks and playgrounds in the city, shall, by a two-thirds vote thereof, request the council so to do.
History:
(1551) 1911 c 26 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 447 - 450 — Municipal Welfare, Recreation › Chapter 448 — Parks, Parkways And Playgrounds › Section 448.22 — City May Buy U.s. Property For Civic Center, Park.

448.22 CITY MAY BUY U.S. PROPERTY FOR CIVIC CENTER, PARK.
Any city of the first class in the state, or any such city and the county in which it is located, acting jointly, are hereby authorized to buy from the federal government, upon such terms as may be agreed upon between the proper officials of the city or of the city and the county acting together, and the federal government, by written contract, any property owned by the federal government which is needed for a civic center or public park purposes, in the municipality.
History:
(1630-2 1/2h) Ex1933 c 6 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 447 - 450 — Municipal Welfare, Recreation › Chapter 448 — Parks, Parkways And Playgrounds › Section 448.23 — Compensation For Land Condemned For Parks.

448.23 COMPENSATION FOR LAND CONDEMNED FOR PARKS.
When any city of the first class in this state, shall cause to be condemned any land for public parks or parkway purposes, it shall thereupon cause to be paid to the owner of this property the amount of damages, over and above all benefits, which may have been awarded therefor, within one year after confirmation of the award or assessment, or the final determination of any appeals therefor, with interest at the rate of five percent per annum, but nothing in sections 448.23 to 448.25 shall take away any existing right to annul and abandon the proceedings.
History:
(1539) 1905 c 103 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 447 - 450 — Municipal Welfare, Recreation › Chapter 448 — Parks, Parkways And Playgrounds › Section 448.24 — Payment From Park Fund.

448.24 PAYMENT FROM PARK FUND.
Any city of the first class is hereby authorized to pay the whole, or any part, of any award or judgment for land condemned for park or parkway purposes out of the park fund, in case the city has on hand in the park fund, or can obtain by donation, bequest, or otherwise under lawful authority, moneys available therefor.
History:
(1540) 1905 c 103 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 447 - 450 — Municipal Welfare, Recreation › Chapter 448 — Parks, Parkways And Playgrounds › Section 448.25 — Abandonment Of Proceedings.

448.25 ABANDONMENT OF PROCEEDINGS.
Nothing contained in sections 448.23 to 448.25 shall deprive the city of the power to abandon proceedings as now provided by law.
History:
(1541) 1905 c 103 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 447 - 450 — Municipal Welfare, Recreation › Chapter 448 — Parks, Parkways And Playgrounds › Section 448.54 — Regulating Travel On Parkways.

448.54 REGULATING TRAVEL ON PARKWAYS.
The board of park commissioners, or other governing body having control of parks and parkways of any city of the first class, shall have power to enact ordinances and to prescribe penalties for the violation thereof for the purpose of regulating, controlling, and limiting the use of, and travel upon and over, all parkways established by the city in or adjacent to the city, whether the parkways were originally established as parkways or were streets or highways before being taken as parkways and, among other things, to exclude from these parkways all vehicles in use for any purpose except carrying passengers. For the purpose of sections 448.54 and 448.55, the term "parkway" shall include the roadways and carriageways of parks as well as parkways.
History:
(1543) 1907 c 440 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 447 - 450 — Municipal Welfare, Recreation › Chapter 448 — Parks, Parkways And Playgrounds › Section 448.55 — Power Of Council To Levy Assessments Not Divested.

448.55 POWER OF COUNCIL TO LEVY ASSESSMENTS NOT DIVESTED.
Section 448.54 shall not divest or deprive the council of the city of any jurisdiction or power now existing by virtue of any statute or charter, to levy assessments for the grading, protecting, improving, and ornamenting of any public park, square, or grounds now or hereafter laid out, and for planting and protecting shade and ornamental trees and for constructing or reconstructing sewers, sidewalks, retaining walls, gutters, curbing, and for boulevards, macadamizing, and paving in or upon any streets set apart for park and parkway purposes.
History:
(1544) 1907 c 440 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 447 - 450 — Municipal Welfare, Recreation › Chapter 448 — Parks, Parkways And Playgrounds › Section 448.56 — Powers And Authority Of City Park Boards.

448.56 POWERS AND AUTHORITY OF CITY PARK BOARDS.
Subdivision 1.
Authority to establish and maintain.
The board of park commissioners of each of the cities in this state shall have authority to devise, plan, and establish a system of public parks and parkways and, from time to time, to alter and extend the same and to add thereto; to designate the lands and grounds to be used, appropriated, and acquired for such purposes; to take possession of the same, or any part thereof, upon obtaining title thereto, and to improve, govern, and maintain the same for such purposes.
Subd. 2.
Trees, shrubbery, and turf.
The board of park commissioners shall have authority to direct, superintend, and regulate the planting, culture, and preservation of shade and ornamental trees, shrubbery, and turf in the streets, avenues, alleys, and public grounds of the city, and in such parts thereof as may be lawfully placed under the jurisdiction and control of the board of park commissioners.
No shade or ornamental trees, shrubbery, or turf growing in the streets, avenues, alleys, and public grounds of the city shall be destroyed or removed except by leave in writing first obtained from the president of the board of park commissioners, the same to be duly countersigned and recorded by the secretary of the board.
The board of park commissioners may, by proper ordinances, provide for the enforcement of this subdivision and for the preservation of such trees, shrubbery, and turf and affix penalties for the violation of these ordinances, and the district court having chambers in the county in which the city is located shall have jurisdiction of all offenses against these ordinances.
Subd. 3.
[Repealed, 1969 c 593 s 8]
Subd. 4.
[Repealed, 1969 c 593 s 8]
Subd. 5.
[Repealed, 1969 c 593 s 8]
History:
1895 c 243 s 1-5; 1998 c 254 art 2 s 46
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 447 - 450 — Municipal Welfare, Recreation › Chapter 449 — Entertainment Taxes Or Levies › Section 449.06 — Entertainment Tax In Cities Of The Fourth Class.

449.06 ENTERTAINMENT TAX IN CITIES OF THE FOURTH CLASS.
The governing body of any city of the fourth class operating under a home rule charter or commission form of government may levy a tax for the purpose of providing musical entertainments to the public in public buildings or upon public grounds. The total sum that may be expended in any year shall not exceed $3,500.
History:
(1737) 1913 c 329 s 1; 1919 c 518 s 1; 1949 c 100 s 1; 1973 c 773 s 1; 1989 c 277 art 4 s 50; 1994 c 465 art 1 s 52; 1994 c 505 art 4 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 447 - 450 — Municipal Welfare, Recreation › Chapter 449 — Entertainment Taxes Or Levies › Section 449.08 — Tax Levy For Free Music In Third Class Cities.

449.08 TAX LEVY FOR FREE MUSIC IN THIRD CLASS CITIES.
The council of any city of the third class may levy a tax for the purpose of providing free musical entertainment for the general public. The proceeds of this tax shall be used only for the purpose of providing free musical entertainment for the public. The annual expenditure for this purpose is limited to $3,000.
History:
(1712-1) 1923 c 337 s 1; 1949 c 721 s 1; 1973 c 773 s 1; 1989 c 277 art 4 s 51; 1994 c 505 art 4 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 447 - 450 — Municipal Welfare, Recreation › Chapter 449 — Entertainment Taxes Or Levies › Section 449.09 — Bands, Orchestras Or Choruses, Tax Levy.

449.09 BANDS, ORCHESTRAS OR CHORUSES, TAX LEVY.
Cities of the second, third, or fourth class, statutory cities, or towns, however organized, may, when authorized as provided in section 449.10, levy each year a tax on all taxable property in the city or town for the purpose of providing a fund for the maintenance, transportation, or employment of a band, orchestra, or chorus for municipal purposes. All sums shall be separately levied and when collected these sums shall be paid into a special fund and used for these purposes. When taxes are levied and collected for the maintenance or employment of a band, orchestra, or chorus for municipal purposes and the band, orchestra, or chorus is discontinued or the city or town by a vote of the people as now provided by law decide not to employ a band, orchestra, or chorus, the governing body may transfer the sums so levied and collected to the general fund.
History:
(1933-17) 1927 c 79 s 1; 1931 c 171 s 1; 1937 c 82 s 1; 1949 c 563 s 1; 1955 c 109 s 1; 1957 c 44 s 1; 1959 c 607 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1973 c 773 s 1; 1989 c 277 art 4 s 52; 1994 c 505 art 3 s 9
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 447 - 450 — Municipal Welfare, Recreation › Chapter 449 — Entertainment Taxes Or Levies › Section 449.10 — Tax Levy Election; Petition.

449.10 TAX LEVY ELECTION; PETITION.
The authority shall be initiated by a petition signed by ten percent of the legal voters of the city or town, as shown by the last regular municipal election. This petition shall be filed with the governing body of the city or town, and shall request that the following question be submitted to the voters: "Shall a tax of not exceeding .... percent of tax capacity be levied each year for the purpose of furnishing a band, orchestra, or chorus fund?"
History:
(1933-18) 1927 c 79 s 2; 1937 c 82 s 2; 1959 c 607 s 2; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1989 c 277 art 4 s 53
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 447 - 450 — Municipal Welfare, Recreation › Chapter 449 — Entertainment Taxes Or Levies › Section 449.11 — Election.

449.11 ELECTION.
When this petition is filed, the governing body of the city or town shall cause the question to be submitted to the voters at the first following general municipal election of the city or town.
History:
(1933-19) 1927 c 79 s 3; 1937 c 82 s 3; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 447 - 450 — Municipal Welfare, Recreation › Chapter 449 — Entertainment Taxes Or Levies › Section 449.12 — Vote Necessary.

449.12 VOTE NECESSARY.
The levy shall be deemed authorized if a majority of the votes cast at the election be in favor of the proposition, and the governing body of the city or town shall then levy a tax sufficient to support or employ the band, orchestra, or chorus, not to exceed the rate authorized by the election.
History:
(1933-20) 1927 c 79 s 4; 1937 c 82 s 4; 1959 c 607 s 3; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 447 - 450 — Municipal Welfare, Recreation › Chapter 449 — Entertainment Taxes Or Levies › Section 449.13 — Rescission Of Tax Levy.

449.13 RESCISSION OF TAX LEVY.
A like petition may at any time, be presented to the governing body of the city or town asking that the following proposition be submitted: "Shall the power to levy a tax for the maintenance or employment of a band, orchestra, or chorus be canceled?" The submission shall be made at any general municipal election, as provided in section 449.11, and if a majority of the votes cast at such election be in favor of the question no further levy for that purpose shall be made until such time as the question may again be voted upon favorably.
History:
(1933-21) 1927 c 79 s 5; 1937 c 82 s 5; 1959 c 607 s 4; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 447 - 450 — Municipal Welfare, Recreation › Chapter 449 — Entertainment Taxes Or Levies › Section 449.14 — Use Of Funds.

449.14 USE OF FUNDS.
All funds derived from the levy shall be expended as set out in section 449.09 by the governing body of the city or town.
History:
(1933-22) 1927 c 79 s 6; 1937 c 82 s 6; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 447 - 450 — Municipal Welfare, Recreation › Chapter 449 — Entertainment Taxes Or Levies › Section 449.15 — Limited License Fees On Amusement Machines.

449.15 LIMITED LICENSE FEES ON AMUSEMENT MACHINES.
A home rule charter or statutory city may impose by ordinance a license fee on amusement machines of no more than the demonstrated and verifiable actual cost of issuing the license or $15 per location plus $15 per machine.
History:
1999 c 179 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 447 - 450 — Municipal Welfare, Recreation › Chapter 450 — Art Or Recreational Facility › Section 450.19 — Tourist Camping Grounds.

450.19 TOURIST CAMPING GROUNDS.
A home rule charter or statutory city or town may establish and maintain public tourist camping grounds. The governing body thereof may acquire by lease, purchase, or gift, suitable lands located either within or without the corporate limits for use as public tourist camping grounds and provide for the equipment, operation, and maintenance of the same. The amount that may be expended for the maintenance, improvement, or operation of tourist camping grounds shall not exceed, in any year, a sum equal to 0.00806 percent of estimated market value.
History:
(1933-9) 1923 c 277 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1973 c 773 s 1; 1984 c 562 s 46; 1989 c 277 art 4 s 54; 1994 c 505 art 3 s 10; 2013 c 143 art 14 s 70
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 447 - 450 — Municipal Welfare, Recreation › Chapter 450 — Art Or Recreational Facility › Section 450.20 — Art Commission; Work Of Art.

450.20 ART COMMISSION; WORK OF ART.
The council of any city of the first class may establish by ordinance a city art commission of five resident members to be appointed by the mayor, one each from lists of three persons each presented to the mayor as follows: One by the oldest incorporated society of fine arts or other similar body of the city, one by the library board thereof, and one by the park board. The other two shall be selected, one from the resident painters, sculptors, and architects, and one from the citizens generally. If any list be not submitted within 30 days after request so to do, the mayor shall appoint without the recommendation. The terms of members shall begin January 1 next after appointment. The first board shall serve for one, two, three, four, and five years, respectively, as designated by the mayor, and thereafter the term of each shall be five years, and until a successor qualifies. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired terms by like appointments. After the commission is established, the city shall acquire no work of art, nor shall any such work be placed in any public place therein, unless the design and location thereof be approved by such commission; neither shall any work of art possessed by the city be removed, replaced, or altered without the approval of the commission. The mayor or council may request the commission to pass upon the design of any municipal building, bridge, approach, gate, fence, lamp, or other structure to be erected upon any public ground of the city, and upon any proposed grading, platting, or laying out of public grounds or ways; and in these cases the decisions of the commission shall be binding, and shall be obeyed. If the commission shall fail to decide upon any matter within 60 days after such request, its decision may be dispensed with and in cases of emergency the mayor or council may prescribe a shorter time. The term "work of art," as used herein, shall embrace all paintings, mural decorations, stained glass, statues, bas-reliefs or other sculptures, monuments, fountains, arches, gates, and other permanent structures for ornament or commemoration. Nothing herein shall apply to any building or grounds owned by the state or require any library or park board to accept any work of art to be displayed upon property under its control.
History:
(1590) RL s 764; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 447 - 450 — Municipal Welfare, Recreation › Chapter 450 — Art Or Recreational Facility › Section 450.21 — City May Spend To Exhibit Private Science, Art.

450.21 CITY MAY SPEND TO EXHIBIT PRIVATE SCIENCE, ART.
Any city of the first class in this state is hereby authorized and empowered, from time to time, to appropriate and expend money, in such sums as may be determined by two-thirds vote of all members of its council or governing body, for the purpose of defraying the expense of housing, maintaining, and exhibiting scientific and art collections for the benefit of the public which are owned or controlled by private corporations or associations.
History:
(1590-1) 1913 c 32 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 447 - 450 — Municipal Welfare, Recreation › Chapter 450 — Art Or Recreational Facility › Section 450.22 — Conditions Precedent.

450.22 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT.
No money shall be appropriated or expended under section 450.21 by any city of the first class unless the collections are kept and maintained within the city for the general use and benefit of the public, under such reasonable rules and regulations as shall be first approved by the mayor of the city; nor unless the corporation or association owning or controlling the collections shall first provide by its articles of incorporation that the mayor and at least two other officials of the city shall be ex officio members of its governing board.
History:
(1590-2) 1913 c 32 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 447 - 450 — Municipal Welfare, Recreation › Chapter 450 — Art Or Recreational Facility › Section 450.23 — Gifts Or Devises; Acceptance.

450.23 GIFTS OR DEVISES; ACCEPTANCE.
The board of park commissioners or other governing body having control of parks, parkways and playgrounds, of any city of the first class is authorized to receive and accept, in the name of the city, any gift or devise of land or buildings to be used for a public park, welfare or recreational center, museum, gallery, or school of arts or crafts, or for the construction, equipment, improvement, maintenance, or use thereof or for any one or more of such purposes, with the right reserved by the donor or devisor to the free and exclusive occupancy, management, control, and use of the building by any incorporated society of this state organized for the general purposes of fostering and promoting educational, welfare, recreational, artistic, and scientific interests, or some one or more of them, and not for any purpose of pecuniary gain or profit to any of its members, and upon such other conditions, but subject to such regulations and restrictions, as shall be approved by the board of park commissioners or other governing body having control of parks, parkways and playgrounds.
The board or other governing body may likewise accept gifts and bequests of money and other personal property to be used for any of these purposes.
History:
(1592-1) 1911 c 95 s 1; 1949 c 246 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 447 - 450 — Municipal Welfare, Recreation › Chapter 450 — Art Or Recreational Facility › Section 450.24 — Expenditures.

450.24 EXPENDITURES.
The board of park commissioners, out of any moneys received under the provisions of sections 450.23 to 450.25, or from any gift or bequest applicable thereto, shall care for and maintain, as a public park, any land or grounds so acquired and used and shall maintain and keep in repair, alter, enlarge, improve and equip, heat, light, and care for any and all these buildings, maintain proper insurance thereon, and make suitable provision for the custody of, and for keeping, preserving, and exhibiting, any and all collections, objects, and specimens contained therein. In case of the destruction or damage of any such building from any cause, the proceeds of any insurance thereon, together with any funds available therefor received under the provisions of sections 450.23 to 450.25, shall be used for the restoration of the building. The board shall have power to make any contracts or arrangements, in the name of the city, necessary or convenient to promote the general purposes of sections 450.23 to 450.25, and shall have power to make rules and regulations for the use and government of the lands and buildings and, for that purpose, may adopt rules and ordinances, and provide penalties for their violation.
History:
(1592-2) 1911 c 95 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 447 - 450 — Municipal Welfare, Recreation › Chapter 450 — Art Or Recreational Facility › Section 450.25 — Museum, Gallery, Or School Of Arts Or Crafts; Tax Levy.

450.25 MUSEUM, GALLERY, OR SCHOOL OF ARTS OR CRAFTS; TAX LEVY.
After the acquisition of any museum, gallery, or school of arts or crafts, the board of park commissioners of the city in which it is located shall cause to be included in the annual tax levy upon all the taxable property of the county in which the museum, gallery, or school of arts or crafts is located, a tax of 0.00846 percent of estimated market value. The board shall certify the levy to the county auditor and it shall be added to, and collected with and as part of, the general, real, and personal property taxes, with like penalties and interest, in case of nonpayment and default, and all provisions of law in respect to the levy, collection, and enforcement of other taxes shall, so far as applicable, be followed in respect of these taxes. All of these taxes, penalties, and interest, when collected, shall be paid to the city treasurer of the city in which is located the museum, gallery, or school of arts or crafts and credited to a fund to be known as the park museum fund, and shall be used only for the purposes specified in sections 450.23 to 450.25. Any part of the proceeds of the levy not expended for the purposes specified in section 450.24 may be used for the erection of new buildings for the same purposes.
History:
(1592-3) 1911 c 95 s 3; 1949 c 562 s 1; 1959 c 669 s 1; 1969 c 844 s 1; 1974 c 87 s 1; 1988 c 719 art 5 s 84; 1989 c 277 art 4 s 55; 2013 c 143 art 14 s 71
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 447 - 450 — Municipal Welfare, Recreation › Chapter 450 — Art Or Recreational Facility › Section 450.31 — Cities First Class, Recreational Facilities.

450.31 CITIES FIRST CLASS, RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.
Every city of the first class, including cities of the first class operating under a home rule charter, may acquire and develop land or lands for public playgrounds and recreational facilities and may pay the cost thereof by levy of an assessment or assessments therefor against the properties deemed benefited by such public playground and recreational facilities in accordance with and pursuant to the procedure set forth in chapter 430, Minnesota Statutes 1953, or in accordance with and pursuant to the provisions of the home rule charter of any city operating under a home rule charter governing local improvements and assessment therefor.
History:
1957 c 794 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 447 - 450 — Municipal Welfare, Recreation › Chapter 450 — Art Or Recreational Facility › Section 450.32 — Application.

450.32 APPLICATION.
The provisions of section 450.31 shall apply, take precedence over and supersede any provision of the home rule charter of any city of the first class restricting, qualifying, limiting or prohibiting payment of the cost of acquisition and development of land or lands for public playgrounds by levy of assessment or assessments therefor against properties deemed benefited by such public playground.
History:
1957 c 794 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 451 - 459 — Local Public Utilities, Enterprises › Chapter 451 — Utility Franchises, Permits, Rights › Section 451.05 — Bonds, Obligations For Heat Not Part Of City Debt.

451.05 BONDS, OBLIGATIONS FOR HEAT NOT PART OF CITY DEBT.
Subdivision 1.
Obligations.
An obligation incurred by a home rule charter city of the fourth class in making arrangements to furnish heat to the city's residents under section 451.04 is not part of the city's debt under its charter or under state law limiting the city's debt.
Subd. 2.
Bonds.
The amount of bonds issued under section 451.04 and at any time outstanding are not part of the city's net debt under its charter or under other law.
History:
(1769) 1917 c 122 s 2; Ex1919 c 25 s 2; 1921 c 108 s 2; 1949 c 119 s 111; 1988 c 469 art 6 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 451 - 459 — Local Public Utilities, Enterprises › Chapter 451 — Utility Franchises, Permits, Rights › Section 451.07 — Utility Permit After Franchise, License Expire.

451.07 UTILITY PERMIT AFTER FRANCHISE, LICENSE EXPIRE.
Subdivision 1.
To continue existing service.
A city of the first class may by ordinance give a permit to a public service corporation to use the streets and other public property in the city to continue to supply gas, electric energy, or steam for light, heat, or power.
Subd. 2.
Despite contrary charter.
The permit may be issued even if issuing it is contrary to the city's charter.
Subd. 3.
Conditions: franchise, licenses expired.
The permit is subject to the terms and conditions in this subdivision.
(a) The corporation must be supplying gas, electric energy, or steam for light, heat, or power, at the time the permit is issued.
(b) The corporation's franchise for supplying the utility service must have expired.
(c) The home rule charter of the city must allow for a limited number of licenses to use public property to supply utility service for not more than one year, and all the licenses must have been issued and must have expired.
Subd. 4.
City may set rates.
The city may set the rates the corporation may charge for its service in the city. The rates must not be set more often than once in a calendar year.
Subd. 5.
Charge for street use.
The city may decide how much the corporation must pay to use the city's streets and other public property in the city.
Subd. 6.
Minimum charge; exception.
The city must charge the corporation at least the minimum franchise fee, if any, required by the city charter when the corporation is not specifically relieved of the payment.
Subd. 7.
Bound by agreed rates, charges.
This section does not let the city change the rates or charges in this section if the city has fixed the rates or charges for a definite period in an agreement with the corporation.
History:
(1491-5) 1935 c 286 s 1; 1988 c 469 art 6 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 451 - 459 — Local Public Utilities, Enterprises › Chapter 451 — Utility Franchises, Permits, Rights › Section 451.09 — Steam Heat Discontinued; Notice; Cost To Convert.

451.09 STEAM HEAT DISCONTINUED; NOTICE; COST TO CONVERT.
Subdivision 1.
By utility board, with council approval.
A public utilities board or commission that operates a steam heat system in a home rule charter city may discontinue the system in whole or part if the city council approves.
Subd. 2.
May pay to convert.
If the council approves, the board or commission may spend money to pay those whose service is discontinued to convert to another type of heat system.
Subd. 3.
Supersedes other law, charter.
This section applies notwithstanding a contrary city charter or other law.
Subd. 4.
Exceptions: Austin, Marshall, Virginia.
Subdivisions 1 to 3 do not apply to the cities of Austin, Marshall, and Virginia.
Subd. 5.
Two years' notice.
A public utilities board or commission that operates a steam heat system in a home rule charter city must give the commissioner of employment and economic development two years' notice of its intended date to discontinue the system.
History:
1969 c 796 s 1; 1976 c 44 s 46; Ex1979 c 2 s 41; 1981 c 356 s 221; 1983 c 289 s 115 subd 1; 1987 c 312 art 1 s 26 subd 2; 1988 c 469 art 6 s 1; 1Sp2003 c 4 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 451 - 459 — Local Public Utilities, Enterprises › Chapter 451 — Utility Franchises, Permits, Rights › Section 451.10 — District Heating System.

451.10 DISTRICT HEATING SYSTEM.
Subdivision 1.
Application.
Sections 451.10 to 451.17 apply to a city that:
(1) owns and operates a district heating system either directly by the city council or by a utility board or utility commission of the city; and
(2) has taken action under law or charter to discontinue the operation of the district heating system in whole or in part.
Subd. 2.
Supersedes other law.
Sections 451.10 to 451.17 apply to the cities described in subdivision 1 notwithstanding a contrary provision in a city charter or in any other law including section 451.09.
Subd. 3.
Supplemental to other law.
The powers granted by sections 451.10 to 451.17 are supplemental and additional to other powers granted by law or charter.
History:
2000 c 493 s 6
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 451 - 459 — Local Public Utilities, Enterprises › Chapter 451 — Utility Franchises, Permits, Rights › Section 451.11 — Policy; Purpose.

451.11 POLICY; PURPOSE.
Subdivision 1.
Findings.
The legislature finds that it is in the public interest that cities owning and operating a district heating system that have determined to discontinue the system in whole or in part be authorized to establish and conduct a program to provide replacement heating and related equipment to the owners of property whose district heating service is discontinued. The legislature also finds that the cities should be authorized to adopt and implement programs to provide for the installation of energy conservation equipment and measures to enhance the efficient and economical use of energy in buildings and structures served by a district heating system and in which replacement heating systems are installed under sections 451.10 to 451.17.
Subd. 2.
Public purpose.
The legislature further finds that expenditures made by cities for a purpose in sections 451.10 to 451.17 are expenditures for a public purpose.
History:
2000 c 493 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 451 - 459 — Local Public Utilities, Enterprises › Chapter 451 — Utility Franchises, Permits, Rights › Section 451.12 — Definitions.

451.12 DEFINITIONS.
Subdivision 1.
Application.
In sections 451.10 to 451.17 the definitions in this section apply.
Subd. 2.
City.
"City" means a city, however organized, acting through its city council or through a public utilities commission duly created by law or charter.
Subd. 3.
Replacement heating system improvement.
"Replacement heating system improvement" means and includes furnaces, boilers, and similar heat generating and exchanging equipment together with related equipment, duct work, and control mechanisms that are installed to provide heating, ventilating, and air conditioning services in a building or structure whose district heating service has been discontinued by a city.
Subd. 4.
Energy conservation improvement.
(a) "Energy conservation improvement" means and includes, but is not limited to, the following devices, methods, and materials, if recommended by an energy audit approved in a program and having a maximum cost of $20,000, that increase the efficiency of the use of energy in a building or structure:
(1) insulation and ventilation;
(2) storm windows, thermal windows, and storm doors;
(3) caulking and weatherstripping;
(4) heating system modifications; and
(5) thermostats or lighting controls.
(b) The term does not include a device or method that creates, converts, or actively uses energy from renewable resources such as wind, solar, or biomass.
Subd. 5.
Program.
"Program" means a statement of goals, procedures, standards of eligibility, and methods of financing for the installation of heating replacement system improvements and energy conservation improvements.
Subd. 6.
Improvement.
"Improvement" includes replacement heating system improvements and energy conservation improvements.
History:
2000 c 493 s 8
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 451 - 459 — Local Public Utilities, Enterprises › Chapter 451 — Utility Franchises, Permits, Rights › Section 451.13 — Program.

451.13 PROGRAM.
Subdivision 1.
After notice and hearing.
A program may be adopted by resolution of the city council of a city after reasonable notice and hearing provided for by the city council.
Subd. 2.
Elements.
The program must contain at least the following elements:
(1) a description of the kinds of property eligible for assistance with heating replacement improvements and energy conservation improvements;
(2) procedures for accomplishing the improvements by the city or private contractors;
(3) methods of financing the installation of the heating replacement and energy conservation improvements; and
(4) the administrative agency of the city responsible for conducting the program.
Subd. 3.
Delegation.
The city council may by resolution delegate the responsibility for the conduct of the program to a public utilities commission or public utilities board of the city.
History:
2000 c 493 s 9
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 451 - 459 — Local Public Utilities, Enterprises › Chapter 451 — Utility Franchises, Permits, Rights › Section 451.14 — Installing The Improvements.

451.14 INSTALLING THE IMPROVEMENTS.
Subdivision 1.
Methods.
The program may provide for the methods of installing the improvements set out in this subdivision.
(a) The city may contract with one or more contractors to perform work and furnish materials for the improvements.
(b) The owner of a building or structure eligible for an improvement may contract for the installation of the improvement, subject to approval by the city as provided in the program.
(c) The city may contract with a property owner for the installation of an improvement by the property owner, but no payment under section 451.15 may be made for the property owner's labor.
Subd. 2.
Inspection and certification.
The program must provide a method by which a city official or employee may inspect and is to certify the completed installation of the improvement to ensure compliance with city codes and ordinances and other standards specified in the program.
Subd. 3.
Competitive bids.
Contracts entered into under subdivision 1, paragraph (a), are subject to competitive bidding requirements of law.
History:
2000 c 493 s 10
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 451 - 459 — Local Public Utilities, Enterprises › Chapter 451 — Utility Franchises, Permits, Rights › Section 451.15 — Payments; Financing.

451.15 PAYMENTS; FINANCING.
Subdivision 1.
Financing.
The program may include one or more of the methods described in this section for financing the cost of the installation of improvements.
Subd. 2.
Cash.
The city may contract with a property owner for the payment in cash of the cost of the installation of the improvements upon completion of the installation of the improvements. The payment must be secured by:
(1) a deposit with the city of 90 percent of the contract price; or
(2) a written commitment from a bank or other financial institution approved in the program to lend the property owner the full amount of the contract price for payment to the city.
Subd. 3.
Promissory note.
The city may accept payment of the contract price by a promissory note from the property owner delivered at the time of entering into the contract payable at such times, not exceeding ten years, and in the amounts and at the interest rate specified in the program.
Subd. 4.
Lien as security.
The balance of payments due under subdivision 2 and the entire principal of and interest on a promissory note delivered under subdivision 3 are secured by a lien created by this subdivision on the real property on which the improvements are made. If payment is not made according to the terms of the program, or the note, the chief financial officer of the city may certify the entire amount so due to the county auditor for collection as other taxes are collected.
Subd. 5.
Special assessments.
The program may provide that at the request of the property owner the unpaid cost of the installation of an improvement is to be specially assessed against the real property on which the improvement is installed in the manner provided by section 429.101, except that:
(1) the adoption of an ordinance is not required; and
(2) obligations issued to finance the improvements must mature not later than ten years from the date of their issuance.
History:
2000 c 493 s 11
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 451 - 459 — Local Public Utilities, Enterprises › Chapter 451 — Utility Franchises, Permits, Rights › Section 451.16 — Financing; Obligations.

451.16 FINANCING; OBLIGATIONS.
Subdivision 1.
Bonds; other obligations.
In addition to the authority to issue obligations under section 429.101, a city may issue its bonds or other obligations to finance the cost of the installation of improvements as provided in this section.
Subd. 2.
Revenue obligations.
A city may issue and sell its revenue obligations payable solely from the revenues derived or to be derived from assessments and payments from property owners under section 451.15, which revenues must be pledged to the payment of the obligations. Obligations issued under this subdivision are considered to be payable wholly from the income of a revenue-producing convenience within the meaning of sections 475.51 and 475.58.
Subd. 3.
General obligations.
A city may issue and sell its general obligations under chapter 475, payable from the revenues and assessments derived or to be derived from property owners under section 451.15, which revenues must be pledged to the payment of the obligations. General obligations must not be issued unless the pledged revenues are estimated to equal at least 105 percent of the amount necessary to pay when due the principal of and interest on the obligations. Obligations issued under this subdivision are considered to be payable wholly from the income of a revenue-producing convenience within the meaning of sections 475.51 and 475.58.
History:
2000 c 493 s 12
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 451 - 459 — Local Public Utilities, Enterprises › Chapter 451 — Utility Franchises, Permits, Rights › Section 451.17 — City Of Virginia.

451.17 CITY OF VIRGINIA.
The city of Virginia is considered to have complied with section 451.09, notwithstanding section 451.09, subdivision 4.
History:
2000 c 493 s 13
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 451 - 459 — Local Public Utilities, Enterprises › Chapter 452 — Municipal Ownership Of Utilities › Section 452.01 — Definitions.

452.01 DEFINITIONS.
Subdivision 1.
Words, terms, and phrases.
Unless the language or context clearly indicates that a different meaning is intended, the words, terms, and phrases defined in subdivision 3, for the purposes of sections 452.08 to 452.13, shall be given the meaning subjoined thereto.
Subd. 2.
[Repealed, 1976 c 44 s 70]
Subd. 3.
Public utilities.
"Public utilities" shall include street railways, telephones, waterworks, gas works, electric light, heat or power works, public docks, union depots and terminal systems, ice plants, stone quarries, creosoting works, and public markets.
History:
(1311, 1484) 1907 c 452 s 1; 1913 c 310 s 1; 1976 c 44 s 47; 1987 c 384 art 2 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 451 - 459 — Local Public Utilities, Enterprises › Chapter 452 — Municipal Ownership Of Utilities › Section 452.10 — Books; Report.

452.10 BOOKS; REPORT.
Every city of the first class owning and operating a public utility shall keep the books of account for the public utility distinct from other city accounts, and in such manner as to show the true and complete financial results of the city ownership, or ownership and operation, as the case may be. These accounts shall be so kept as to show the actual cost to the city of the public utilities owned; all cost of maintenance, depreciation, extension, and improvement; all operating expenses of every description, in case of city operation; the amount set aside for sinking fund purposes. The council shall cause to be printed annually, for public distribution, a report showing the financial results of the city ownership, or ownership and operation.
History:
(1487) 1913 c 310 s 4