Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

469.053 TAX LEVIES; FISCAL MATTERS. § Subdivision 1.Obligations. A port authority must not levy a tax or special assessment, pledge the credit of the state or the state's municipal corporations or other subdivisions, or incur an obligation enforceable on property not owned by the…

469.054 USE OF CITY PROPERTY, SERVICES BY AUTHORITY. § Subdivision 1.Property transfer. The council of a port authority city may transfer or cause to be transferred to its port authority any dock, waterfront, or riparian property owned or controlled by the city, and located withi…

469.055 POWERS AND DUTIES. § Subdivision 1.General duties. A port authority shall: (1) promote the general welfare of the port district, and of the port as a whole; (2) try to increase the volume of the port's commerce; (3) promote the efficient, safe, and economical handling of …

469.056 EMPLOYEES; CONTRACTS; AUDITS. § Subdivision 1.Employees, Social Security. A port authority may employ or contract for the engineering, legal, technical, clerical, stenographic, accounting, and other assistance it considers advisable. An employee of a port authority under …

469.057 PORT CONTROL BY OTHERS; PETITION; INTERVENTION. § Subdivision 1.Regulation. Unless otherwise provided by law, all laws now or hereafter vesting jurisdiction or control in the Department of Public Service or a successor agency of the state of Minnesota, in the Interstate C…

469.058 INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS. § Subdivision 1.Creation; notice; findings. A port authority may create and define the boundaries of industrial development districts in their port districts after holding a public hearing on the matter. At least ten days before the heari…

469.059 DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT POWERS. § Subdivision 1.In general. A port authority, or a city authorized by law to exercise the powers of a port authority, may use the powers in this section for the purposes in section 469.058, subdivision 1. § Subd. 2.Acquire property. The port a…

469.060 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS. § Subdivision 1.Power; procedure. A port authority may issue bonds in the principal amount authorized by its city's council. The bonds may be issued in anticipation of income from any source. The bonds may be issued: (1) to secure funds needed by…

469.061 REVENUE BONDS; PLEDGE; COVENANTS. § Subdivision 1.Power. A port authority may decide by resolution to issue its revenue bonds either at one time or in series from time to time. The revenue bonds may be issued to provide money to pay to acquire land needed to operate the a…

469.062 OTHER BONDS. § Subdivision 1.City bonds, generally. A port authority city except the city of Duluth may issue bonds and appropriate bond proceeds to purchase, construct, extend, improve, and maintain docks, warehouses, or other port or terminal facilities owned or to be o…

469.063 WHEN BOND ALLOCATION ACT APPLIES. Sections 474A.01 to 474A.21 apply to obligations issued under sections 469.048 to 469.068 that are limited by a federal tax law as defined in section 474A.02, subdivision 8. History: 1987 c 291 s 64; 1987 c 384 art 2 s 94; 2000 c 260 s 63

469.064 PORT AUTHORITY ACTIVITIES. § Subdivision 1.Government agent. A port authority may cooperate with or act as agent for the federal or the state government, or a state public body, or an agency or instrumentality of a government or a public body to carry out sections 469.048…

469.065 SALE OF PROPERTY. § Subdivision 1.Power. A port authority may sell and convey property owned by it within a port or industrial district if it determines that the sale and conveyance are in the best interests of the district and its people, and that the transaction further…

469.066 ADVANCES BY PORT AUTHORITY. A port authority may advance its general fund money or its credit, or both, without interest, for the objects and purposes of sections 469.058 to 469.068. The advances must be repaid from the sale or lease, or both, of developed or redeveloped …

469.067 FINDING LAND IS MARGINAL IS PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE. A port authority decision that property it seeks is marginal is prima facie evidence in eminent domain proceedings that the property is marginal if the decision is made in a resolution, stating the characteristics that mak…

469.068 BID LAW FOR CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS. § Subdivision 1.Contracts; bids; bonds. All construction work and every purchase of equipment, supplies, or materials necessary in carrying out the purposes of sections 469.048 to 469.068, that involve the expenditure of $1,000 or more,…

469.069 ALBERT LEA. The city of Albert Lea may establish a port authority commission that has the same powers as a port authority established under section 469.049 or other law. If the city establishes a port authority commission, the city shall exercise all the powers relating t…

469.070 AUSTIN. The city of Austin may establish a port authority commission that has the same powers as a port authority established under section 469.049 or other law. If the city establishes a port authority commission, the city shall exercise all the powers relating to the po…

469.071 BLOOMINGTON. § Subdivision 1.Establishment of port authority. The city of Bloomington may establish a port authority that has the same powers as a port authority established under section 469.049. If the city establishes a port authority, the city shall exercise all the p…

469.072 BRECKENRIDGE. § Subdivision 1.Establishment. The city of Breckenridge may establish a port authority commission that has the same powers as a port authority established under section 469.049 or other law. If the city establishes a port authority commission, the city shall…

469.0721 CANNON FALLS; REDWOOD FALLS; PORT AUTHORITY. Each of the cities of Cannon Falls and Redwood Falls may, by adoption of an enabling resolution in compliance with the procedural requirements of section 469.0723, establish a port authority commission that, subject to section…

469.0722 LIMITATION OF POWERS. § Subdivision 1.In this section. An enabling resolution may impose the limits listed in this section on the actions of the port authority of Cannon Falls or Redwood Falls. § Subd. 2.Not use specified powers. An enabling resolution may require that t…

469.0723 PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENT. (a) The creation of a port authority by the city of Cannon Falls or Redwood Falls must be by written resolution known as the enabling resolution. Before adoption of the enabling resolution, the city council shall conduct a public hearing. Notice o…

469.0724 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS. The port authority of Cannon Falls or Redwood Falls must not proceed with the sale of general obligation tax-supported bonds until the city council by resolution approves the proposed issuance. The resolution must be published in the official ne…

469.0725 NAME. The city of Cannon Falls or Redwood Falls may choose the name of its port authority commission. History: 1988 c 702 s 21

469.0726 REMOVAL OF COMMISSIONERS FOR CAUSE. A commissioner of the port authority of Cannon Falls or Redwood Falls may be removed by the city council for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or misconduct in office. A commissioner may be removed only after a hearing. A copy of the char…

469.073 DETROIT LAKES. § Subdivision 1.Establishment. The city of Detroit Lakes may establish a port authority commission that has the same powers as a port authority established under section 469.049 or other law. If the city establishes a port authority commission, the city sha…

469.074 DULUTH. § Subdivision 1.May own, operate, or contract for vessels. The Seaway Port Authority of Duluth may acquire, purchase, charter, lease, mortgage, or otherwise own and operate vessels as may be necessary or convenient. The authority may enter into joint vessel owners…

469.075 FERGUS FALLS. § Subdivision 1.Establishment. The city of Fergus Falls may establish a port authority commission that has the same powers as a port authority established under section 469.049 or other law. If the city establishes a port authority commission, the city shall…

469.076 GRANITE FALLS. The Granite Falls City Council may use the powers of a governmental agency or subdivision under sections 469.048 to 469.068 except that the council may not use the powers in section 469.060. The powers must be used according to and for the purposes of Laws …

469.077 HASTINGS. § Subdivision 1.Establishment; powers. The city of Hastings may, by adoption of an enabling resolution in compliance with the procedural requirements of subdivision 3, establish a port authority commission that, subject to the provisions of subdivision 2, has th…

469.0772 KOOCHICHING COUNTY; PORT AUTHORITY. § Subdivision 1.Authority to establish. The governing body of the county of Koochiching may establish a port authority that has the same powers as a port authority established under section 469.049. If the county establishes a port aut…

469.0773 LAKE CITY. § Subdivision 1.Establishment. The city of Lake City may establish a port authority commission that has the same powers as a port authority established under section 469.049 or other law. If the city establishes a port authority commission, the city shall exer…

469.0775 MANKATO; PORT AUTHORITY. The governing body of the city of Mankato may exercise all the powers of a port authority provided by sections 469.048 to 469.068, as if the city were a port authority; and the city may exercise all the powers relating to a port authority granted…

469.078 MINNEAPOLIS. § Subdivision 1.May use chapter 458 powers granted by 1980 law. The city of Minneapolis may exercise those powers of a governmental agency or subdivision in sections 469.048 to 469.068 granted to it by Laws 1980, chapter 595. § Subd. 2.Port operator exempt fr…

469.079 NORTH MANKATO. § Subdivision 1.Establishment. The city of North Mankato may establish a port authority commission that has the same powers as a port authority established under section 469.049 or other law. If the city establishes a port authority commission, the city sha…

469.080 PLYMOUTH. The city of Plymouth may establish a port authority that has the same powers as a port authority established pursuant to section 469.049. If the city establishes a port authority, the city shall exercise all the powers granted to a city by sections 469.048 to 46…

469.081 RED WING. § Subdivision 1.Establishment. The city of Red Wing may, by adoption of an enabling resolution in compliance with the procedural requirements of subdivision 3, establish a port authority commission that, subject to the provisions of subdivision 2, has the same p…

469.0813 ROSEMOUNT; PORT AUTHORITY. § Subdivision 1.Establishment; powers. The city of Rosemount may, by adoption of an enabling resolution in compliance with the procedural requirements of subdivision 3, establish a port authority commission that, subject to the provisions of su…

469.082 ROSEVILLE; PORT AUTHORITY. The governing body of the city of Roseville may exercise all the powers of a port authority provided by sections 469.048 to 469.068. History: 1987 c 291 s 83

469.083 ST. CLOUD. The St. Cloud City Council may exercise all the powers of a port authority provided by sections 469.048 to 469.068. History: 1987 c 291 s 84

469.084 ST. PAUL. § Subdivision 1.Powers related to recreational facilities. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the port authority of the city of St. Paul may plan for, acquire by condemnation, purchase, or otherwise, construct, improve, operate, directly, by lease or other…

469.085 SOUTH SAINT PAUL. The South Saint Paul City Council may exercise the powers of a port authority, including the port authority of the city of Saint Paul, under sections 469.048 to 469.068. History: 1987 c 291 s 86

469.0855 WABASHA. § Subdivision 1.Establishment. The city of Wabasha may establish a port authority commission that has the same powers as a port authority established under section 469.049 or other law. If the city establishes a port authority commission, the city shall exercise…

469.0856 ORTONVILLE. The city of Ortonville may establish a port authority commission that has the same powers as a port authority established under section 469.049 or other law. If the city establishes a port authority commission, the city shall exercise all the powers relating …

469.086 WADENA. The city of Wadena may establish a port authority commission that has the same powers as a port authority established under section 469.049 or other law. If the city establishes a port authority commission, the city shall exercise all the powers relating to the po…