Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

116J.545 GETTING TO WORK GRANT PROGRAM. § Subdivision 1.Creation. The commissioner of employment and economic development shall make grants to nonprofit organizations to establish and operate programs under this section that provide, repair, or maintain motor vehicles to assist e…

116J.548 HOST COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GRANTS. § Subdivision 1.Creation of account. A host community economic development grant program is created in the Department of Employment and Economic Development. Grants awarded under this section may only be spent for capital costs…

116J.5491 ENERGY TRANSITION OFFICE. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For purposes of sections 116J.5491 to 116J.5493, the following terms have the meanings given. (b) "Impacted community" means a municipality, Tribal government, or county in which an impacted facility is located.…

116J.5492 ENERGY TRANSITION ADVISORY COMMITTEE. § Subdivision 1.Creation; purpose. The Energy Transition Advisory Committee is established to develop a statewide energy transition plan and to advise the governor, the commissioner, and the legislature on transition issues, establi…

116J.5493 MINNESOTA ENERGY TRANSITION PLAN. (a) By July 1, 2022, the Energy Transition Advisory Committee established in section 116J.5492 must submit a statewide energy transition plan to the governor and the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees havi…

116J.55 COMMUNITY ENERGY TRANSITION GRANTS. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. For the purposes of this section, "eligible community" means a county, municipality, or tribal government located in Minnesota in which an electric generating plant owned by a public utility, as defined in s…

116J.551 CREATION OF ACCOUNTS. § Subdivision 1.Grant account. A contaminated site cleanup and development grant account is created in the special revenue fund, general fund, petroleum tank fund, and remediation fund. Money in any account may be used, as appropriated by law, to ma…

116J.552 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Scope of application. For purposes of sections 116J.551 to 116J.557, the following terms have the meanings given. § Subd. 2.Cleanup costs. "Cleanup costs" or "costs" means the costs of developing and implementing a response action plan, but d…

116J.553 GRANT APPLICATIONS. § Subdivision 1.Application required. To obtain a contamination cleanup development grant, the development authority shall apply to the commissioner. The governing body of the municipality must approve, by resolution, the application. § Subd. 2.Requir…

116J.554 GRANTS. § Subdivision 1.Authority. (a) The commissioner may make a grant to an applicant development authority to pay for up to 75 percent of the project costs for a qualifying site. (b) The commissioner may also make a grant to an applicant development authority to pay …

116J.555 PRIORITIES. § Subdivision 1.Priorities. (a) The legislature expects that applications for grants will exceed the available appropriations and the agency will be able to provide grants to only some of the applicant development authorities. (b) If applications for grants f…

116J.556 LOCAL MATCH REQUIREMENT. In order to qualify for a grant under sections 116J.551 to 116J.557, the municipality must pay for at least one-quarter of the project costs as a local match. The municipality shall pay an amount of the project costs equal to at least 12 percent …

116J.557 COST RECOVERY ACTIONS. § Subdivision 1.Cause of action. The attorney general or a development authority or municipality that incurs cleanup costs to implement an approved response action plan pursuant to sections 116J.551 to 116J.557, may bring an action under section 11…

116J.558 EFFECT OF ISSUANCE OF GRANTS. The issuance of a contamination cleanup grant under sections 116J.551 to 116J.557 has no effect on the responsibility or the liability of the state, under chapter 115B or any other law, in relation to the contamination at a site or sites for…

116J.559 LOANS. The commissioner may provide loans and grants that meet the criteria of the Brownfields Revitalization and Environmental Restoration Act of 2001, Public Law 107-118, title II, under the authority of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, from the accou…

116J.571 CREATION OF ACCOUNTS. Two redevelopment accounts are created, one in the general fund and one in the bond proceeds fund. Money for the program: (1) may be used to make grants as provided in section 116J.575 and loans as provided in section 116J.5761; (2) may be used to p…

116J.572 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Scope of application. For purposes of sections 116J.571 to 116J.5765, the terms in this section have the meanings given. § Subd. 1a.Demolition costs. "Demolition costs" means the costs of demolition, destruction, removal, and clearance of all…

116J.574 GRANT APPLICATIONS. § Subdivision 1.Application required. To obtain a redevelopment grant, a development authority shall apply to the commissioner. The governing body of the municipality must approve the application by resolution. § Subd. 2.Required content. The commissi…

116J.575 GRANTS. § Subdivision 1.Commissioner discretion. The commissioner may make a grant for up to 50 percent of the eligible costs of a project. The determination of whether to make a grant for a site is within the discretion of the commissioner, subject to this section and s…

116J.5761 LOANS. § Subdivision 1.Authority. The commissioner may make loans to development authorities for projects that meet the criteria under sections 116J.5761 to 116J.5764. The commissioner may make a loan for up to 100 percent of the estimated land acquisition and demolitio…

116J.5762 LOAN APPLICATIONS. § Subdivision 1.Application required. To obtain a demolition loan, a development authority shall apply to the commissioner. The governing body of the municipality must approve the application by resolution. § Subd. 2.Required content. The commissioner…

116J.5763 PRIORITIES. § Subdivision 1.Priorities. (a) If applications for loans exceed the available appropriations, loans shall be made for projects that, in the commissioner's judgment, provide the highest return in public benefits for the public costs incurred. "Public benefit…

116J.5764 LOAN TERMS AND CONDITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Terms. Loans to development authorities for demolition costs may be made by the commissioner subject to the following terms and conditions: (1) the agreement to repay the loan may be a general obligation of the development auth…

116J.5765 NONLIABILITY. The state shall have no responsibility or liability relating to or arising out of activities at the site of a project solely by reason of the making of a grant or loan by the commissioner under sections 116J.5761 to 116J.5764. History: 2012 c 288 s 9

116J.578 BIOSCIENCE SUBSIDY. Any bioscience or biotechnology project financed in whole or in part by state appropriations or other public subsidies must document how and to what it extent the project will provide a benefit to consumers in the form of more affordable pricing of th…

116J.60 PROMOTIONAL EXPENSES. In the promotion of trade and economic development of the state, the commissioner of employment and economic development may expend money appropriated by the legislature for these purposes in the same manner as private persons, firms, corporations, a…

116J.617 TOURISM LOAN PROGRAM. § Subdivision 1.Establishment. The commissioner may establish a tourism revolving loan program and a tourism guarantee loan program to provide loans, participate in loans, or guarantee loans to resorts, campgrounds, lodging facilities, and other tou…

116J.63 SALE OF PAMPHLETS AND PUBLICATIONS; FEES; ADVERTISING. § Subdivision 1.Sale. The commissioner may sell reports, publications, or related publicity or promotional material of the department that the commissioner determines should not be supplied gratis to those who wish to…

116J.64 LOANS TO INDIANS. § Subdivision 1.Scope. For purposes of this section the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them herein. § Subd. 2.Indian. "Indian" means a person who is an enrolled member of a federally recognized Minnesota-based band or tribe. § Subd. …

116J.658 MINNESOTA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT. (a) The commissioner of employment and economic development shall lead a public-private project with science and technology experts from public, academic, and private sectors to advise state agency collaborat…

116J.659 CANNABIS INDUSTRY STARTUP FINANCING GRANTS. § Subdivision 1.Establishment. The commissioner of employment and economic development shall establish CanStartup, a program to award grants to nonprofit corporations to fund loans to new cannabis microbusinesses and to support…

116J.6595 CANNABIS INDUSTRY NAVIGATION GRANTS. § Subdivision 1.Establishment. The commissioner of employment and economic development shall establish CanNavigate, a program to award grants to eligible organizations to help individuals navigate the regulatory structure of the lega…

116J.66 BUSINESS ASSISTANCE. The commissioner shall establish within the department a business assistance center. The center shall consist of (1) a Bureau of Small Business which shall have as its sole function the provision of assistance to small businesses in the state and (2) …

116J.68 BUREAU OF SMALL BUSINESS. § Subdivision 1.Generally. The Bureau of Small Business within the business assistance center shall serve as a clearinghouse, technical assistance center, and referral service for information and other assistance needed by small businesses includ…

116J.682 SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section, the terms in this subdivision have the meanings given. (b) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of employment and economic development. (c) "Partner organi…

116J.69 UNIFORM BUSINESS LICENSING POLICY. § Subdivision 1.Finding. The legislature finds that a uniform policy on business licenses is necessary to maintain an adequate level of protection of the public welfare while preventing business licensing from becoming overly burdensome …

116J.70 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Application. For the purposes of sections 116J.69 to 116J.71, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them. § Subd. 2.Business license. "Business license" or "license" means any permit, registration, certification, or other f…

116J.71 NEW LICENSES. Any new business license authorized by the legislature or established by rule after June 2, 1981, shall conform to the policy in section 116J.69. History: 1981 c 342 art 2 s 5; 1981 c 356 s 248

116J.72 EXISTING LICENSES. Nothing in sections 116J.69 to 116J.71 shall affect the validity of duration of an existing issued license. History: 1981 c 342 art 2 s 6; 1981 c 356 s 248; 1987 c 384 art 2 s 23

116J.73 BUREAU OF BUSINESS LICENSES; DECLARATION OF PURPOSE. It is the intent of the legislature that a program of business license assistance be established to provide a centralized state government office to which business license applicants may obtain comprehensive license inf…

116J.74 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Terms. For the purposes of sections 116J.73 to 116J.86, the following terms have the meanings given them. § Subd. 2.Agency. "Agency" has the meaning given it in section 14.02, subdivision 2. § Subd. 3.Applicant. "Applicant" means a person acti…

116J.76 GENERAL FUNCTIONS; POWERS AND DUTIES. The bureau, by and through the director or the director's duly authorized employees, shall have the following functions, powers, and duties: (1) providing comprehensive information on licenses required for business undertakings, proje…

116J.77 ASSISTANCE OF OTHER AGENCIES. To effect the purposes of sections 116J.73 to 116J.86, and when requested by the commissioner, an agency shall to the extent practicable provide assistance, services, facilities, and data as will enable the bureau to carry out its functions, …

116J.78 COMPREHENSIVE LICENSE INFORMATION. § Subdivision 1.Reports by agencies. Not later than 90 days from June 2, 1981, each agency issuing licenses for business undertakings, projects, and activities shall report to the bureau, in a form prescribed by the bureau, on each and e…

116J.79 PREAPPLICATION CONFERENCES. § Subdivision 1.Requests for conference. The bureau, at the request of any person, proceeding in accordance with this section, may conduct a preapplication conference, pending the formal submission of application forms, in which affected agenci…

116J.80 MASTER APPLICATION PROCEDURE. § Subdivision 1.Development and implementation. The bureau shall develop and implement a master application procedure to expedite the identification and processing of licenses for business undertakings, projects, and activities. A master appl…