Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

458A.06 SPECIAL PROVISIONS. § Subdivision 1.Condemnation. The commission may exercise the power of eminent domain as provided by chapter 117 for the purpose of acquiring any land, waters, easements, or other rights or interests therein which it is herein authorized to acquire by …

458A.07 LABOR PROVISIONS. If the commission acquires an existing transit system, the commission shall assume and observe all existing labor contracts and pension obligations. All employees of such system except executive and administrative officers who are necessary for the opera…

458A.08 COMMISSION; ANNUAL REPORTS. The commission on or before November 30, 1969, and annually thereafter, shall prepare a report for the preceding fiscal year, also, so far as practicable, for the further time up to the preparation of the report, containing, in addition to such…

458A.09 EXEMPTION FROM TAXATION. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the properties, moneys, and other assets of the commission, and all revenues or other income of the commission shall be exempt from all taxation, licenses, fees, or charges of any kind im…

458A.10 PROPERTY TAX. The commission shall annually levy a tax not to exceed 0.12089 percent of estimated market value on all the taxable property in the transit area at a rate sufficient to produce an amount necessary for the purposes of sections 458A.01 to 458A.15, other than t…

458A.11 WILL COMPLY IF LAW CREATES MULTIPURPOSE AGENCY. The commission shall so plan and conduct its operations and projects that if the legislature subsequently enacts legislation creating a single multipurpose metropolitan public agency to handle a variety of problems affecting…

458A.12 ACT EXCLUSIVE. The exercise by the commission of the powers provided in sections 458A.01 to 458A.15 shall not be subject to regulation by or the jurisdiction or control of any other public body or agency, either state, county, or municipal, except as specifically provided…

458A.14 SEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS. The provisions of sections 458A.01 to 458A.15 shall be severable, and if any provision thereof or the application of any such provision under any circumstances is held invalid, it shall not affect any other provision of sections 458A.01 to 458A…

458A.15 CITATION. Sections 458A.01 to 458A.15 may be cited as the "St. Cloud Metropolitan Transit Commission Act of 1969." History: 1969 c 1134 s 14

458A.21 CREATION. There is hereby created a Duluth Transit Authority for the city of Duluth, hereinafter referred to as the authority, which shall consist of nine directors, who shall be appointed to membership on such authority, and who shall have and exercise the powers, perfor…

458A.22 DIRECTORS. The directors shall serve without compensation, and may be reimbursed for authorized out of pocket expenses incurred in the fulfillment of their duties. Directors shall serve until their respective successors are appointed and qualified. Terms of directors shal…

458A.23 RULES; OFFICERS. § Subdivision 1.Rules. Within 20 days after the members of the authority shall have qualified for office, the authority shall meet and organize, and adopt, and thereafter may amend such rules and regulations for the conduct of the authority as the authori…

458A.24 FINANCES. § Subdivision 1.Treasurer, budget; financial statement. The city treasurer of the city of Duluth shall be the treasurer of the authority. The treasurer shall receive and have the custody of all moneys of the authority from whatever source derived, and the same s…

458A.25 CONTRACTS; PROPERTY. § Subdivision 1.Bus transportation system defined. Wherever the words "bus transportation system" are used in sections 458A.21 to 458A.37, such words shall mean and include any bus transportation system established or acquired under authority of secti…

458A.26 ADMINISTRATION. The authority shall have the power: (a) To adopt and alter all bylaws and rules and regulations which it shall from time to time deem best for the conduct of the business of the authority, and for the use and operation of the bus transportation system and …

458A.27 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. The executive director of the authority shall be responsible for the custody and control of all moneys received and collected from the operations of the bus transportation system provided for in sections 458A.21 to 458A.37 until such moneys are deliver…

458A.28 PUBLIC POWERS; APPEALS. There shall be transferred to and vested in the authority and the city council all of the powers and functions of the Public Service Commission of the state of Minnesota with respect to any bus transportation system, or part thereof, which shall ha…

458A.29 EMPLOYEES. If the authority, on behalf of the city of Duluth, acquires an existing bus transportation system, all employees of such system who are necessary for the operation thereof by the authority may be transferred to and appointed as employees of the authority for th…

458A.30 TAX EXEMPTION. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, the property, moneys, and other assets of the authority, or revenues or other income of the authority, and all bonds, certificates of indebtedness, or other obligations issued by the authority, wi…

458A.31 TAXES. § Subdivision 1.Levy limit. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the charter of the city of Duluth, any ordinance thereof, or any statute applicable thereto, limiting the amount levied in any one year for general or special purposes, the city counc…

458A.32 UP TO 40-YEAR REVENUE BONDS WITHOUT ELECTION. § Subdivision 1.City council must approve. Notwithstanding any limitations imposed by law or by the charter of the city of Duluth, the authority shall have the power to issue negotiable revenue bonds for any one or more of its…

458A.33 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS. § Subdivision 1.Purposes. In addition to the powers contained in section 458A.32, the city upon request of the authority shall have the power to issue general obligation bonds for any of the following purposes: (1) to purchase, construct, or equi…

458A.34 PROPERTY ACQUISITION. § Subdivision 1.Eminent domain by city. In the event that it shall become necessary for any of the purposes enumerated in sections 458A.21 to 458A.37 to exercise the power of eminent domain, such power shall not be exercised by the authority, but the…

458A.35 BIDS. The authority shall regulate the making of bids and letting of contracts through procedures established by the authority, in which case the authority would be substituted for the city council insofar as the conditions as set forth in section 31 of the home rule char…

458A.36 CONFLICTING AUTHORITY. The exercise by the authority and the city council of the powers provided in sections 458A.21 to 458A.37 shall not be subject to regulation by or the jurisdiction or control of any other public body or agency, either state, county, or municipal, exc…

458A.37 CITATION. Sections 458A.21 to 458A.37 may be cited as the "Duluth Transit Authority Act of 1969." History: 1969 c 720 s 17