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Chapter 451 — Utility Franchises, Permits, Rights
Section 451.02 — [Unnecessary] - 451.02 [Unnecessary]
Section 451.04 — Franchise For City Heating System. - Subdivision 1. Right to build, run. A home rule charter...
Section 451.05 — Bonds, Obligations For Heat Not Part Of City Debt. - Subdivision 1. Obligations. An obligation incurred by a home rule...
Section 451.07 — Utility Permit After Franchise, License Expire. - Subdivision 1. To continue existing service. A city of the...
Section 451.09 — Steam Heat Discontinued; Notice; Cost To Convert. - Subdivision 1. By utility board, with council approval. A public...
Section 451.10 — District Heating System. - Subdivision 1. Application. Sections 451.10 to 451.17 apply to a...
Section 451.11 — Policy; Purpose. - Subdivision 1. Findings. The legislature finds that it is in...
Section 451.12 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Application. In sections 451.10 to 451.17 the definitions...
Section 451.13 — Program. - Subdivision 1. After notice and hearing. A program may be...
Section 451.14 — Installing The Improvements. - Subdivision 1. Methods. The program may provide for the methods...
Section 451.15 — Payments; Financing. - Subdivision 1. Financing. The program may include one or more...
Section 451.16 — Financing; Obligations. - Subdivision 1. Bonds; other obligations. In addition to the authority...
Section 451.17 — City Of Virginia. - The city of Virginia is considered to have complied with...
Chapter 452 — Municipal Ownership Of Utilities
Section 452.01 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Words, terms, and phrases. Unless the language or...
Section 452.08 — Acquisition And Operation. - Every city of the first class in this state shall...
Section 452.09 — Limit Of Bonds And Certificates. - In addition to the bonds pledging the faith and credit...
Section 452.10 — Books; Report. - Every city of the first class owning and operating a...
Section 452.11 — Submission To Voters. - No city of the first class shall acquire or construct...
Section 452.12 — Submission; Election. - In all cases provided in sections 452.08 to 452.13 for...
Section 452.13 — Term Of Grant Or Lease. - Nothing in sections 452.08 to 452.13 contained shall be construed...
Section 452.25 — Joint Ventures By Utilities. - Subdivision 1. Applicability. This section applies to all home rule...
Section 452.26 — Utility Joint Venture. - To provide reduced cost financing or to otherwise help in...
Chapter 453 — Municipal Electric Power
Section 453.51 — Intent. - Sections 453.51 to 453.62 are intended to provide a means...
Section 453.52 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Application. The terms defined in this section have...
Section 453.53 — Municipal Power Agencies; Incorporation. - Subdivision 1. Two or more cities or existing municipal power...
Section 453.54 — Municipal Power Agencies; Powers. - Subdivision 1. Listed here; essential; sovereign. A municipal power agency...
Section 453.55 — Bonds And Notes For Any Corporate Purpose. - Subdivision 1. In necessary amounts. A municipal power agency may...
Section 453.56 — Eminent Domain. - Except as otherwise provided by this section, a municipal power...
Section 453.57 — Rules And Rates. - A municipal power agency may make and enforce bylaws or...
Section 453.58 — City Powers. - Subdivision 1. By resolution; no incorporation. A city may by...
Section 453.59 — Construction Contracts. - A city or municipal power agency may contract for the...
Section 453.60 — Authorized Investments; Security For Public Deposits. - Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the state of...
Section 453.61 — Employees, Definition. - Employees of a municipal power agency shall be "public employees"...
Section 453.62 — Construction. - Subdivision 1. Liberally, broadly. Sections 453.51 to 453.62 shall be...
Chapter 453A — Municipal Gas Distribution
Section 453A.01 — Intent. - Sections 453A.01 to 453A.12 are intended to provide a means...
Section 453A.02 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Application. The terms defined in this section have...
Section 453A.03 — Municipal Gas Agencies; Incorporation. - Subdivision 1. Two or more cities, resolution. Any two or...
Section 453A.04 — Municipal Gas Agencies; Powers. - Subdivision 1. Listed here; essential; sovereign. A municipal gas agency...
Section 453A.05 — Bonds And Notes For Any Corporate Purpose. - Subdivision 1. In necessary amounts. A municipal gas agency may...
Section 453A.06 — Eminent Domain. - Except as otherwise provided by this section, a municipal gas...
Section 453A.07 — Rules And Rates. - A municipal gas agency may make and enforce bylaws or...
Section 453A.08 — City May Join Agency, Exercise Powers. - Subdivision 1. Join by resolution; notice. A city may, by...
Section 453A.09 — Construction Contracts. - A city or municipal gas agency may contract for the...
Section 453A.10 — Authorized Investments; Security For Public Deposits. - Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the state of...
Section 453A.11 — Employees, Definition. - Employees of a municipal gas agency shall be "public employees"...
Section 453A.12 — Construction. - Subdivision 1. Liberally, broadly. Sections 453A.01 to 453A.12 shall be...
Chapter 455 — Electric Light And Power Plants
Section 455.01 — Second, Third Class Charter City May Build, Buy Light Plant. - Each home rule charter city of the second or third...
Section 455.05 — Third Class Charter City May Build, Run Plant; Sell Power. - The governing body of any home rule charter city of...
Section 455.13 — Purchase Of Electricity. - Any home rule charter city owning an electric light and...
Section 455.14 — Obligation Not Indebtedness. - The obligation incurred by any such city in the making...
Section 455.23 — Fourth Class City May Hook Up To Outside Power; Set Rates. - In any home rule charter city of the fourth class...
Section 455.24 — Submission To Voters. - Before incurring any expense under the powers conferred by section...
Section 455.25 — Bond Issue. - The expense incurred in carrying out the provisions of sections...
Section 455.26 — Extension Of Electric Lines. - Except as otherwise restricted by chapter 216B, the council of...
Section 455.27 — Powers Of Council. - The council may also make contracts and arrangements with any...
Section 455.28 — Use Of Streets; Contracts. - The council or other governing body of any city to...
Section 455.29 — Municipalities May Extend Electric Service. - Except as otherwise restricted by chapter 216B, the governing body,...
Section 455.30 — Not To Extend Into Other Municipalities. - No lines, wires, or fixtures shall be extended by any...
Section 455.31 — Disposal Of Electrical Energy To Private Consumers. - Any city of the first class now or hereafter operating...
Section 455.32 — Fourth Class City May Sell Extra Power; Conditions. - Any home rule charter city of the fourth class in...
Chapter 456 — Water From First Class Or Charter Cities
Section 456.29 — Water Mains Beyond City. - A city of the first class that owns and operates...
Section 456.30 — Request For Extension; Assessment. - Subdivision 1. By resolution; name streets. A home rule charter...
Section 456.31 — May Sell All Bonds At Once In Spite Of Ordinance. - If the people of a city of the first class...
Section 456.33 — Water Authority May Make Rules For Payments. - The governing body of a waterworks owned by a city...
Section 456.37 — Water Pipes In Roads. - Subdivision 1. Where pipes may go. A home rule charter...
Chapter 457A — Port Development Assistance
Section 457A.01 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Scope. For purposes of sections 457A.01 to 457A.06,...
Section 457A.02 — Program Established. - Subdivision 1. Purpose of program. A port development assistance program...
Section 457A.03 — Port Assistance. - Subdivision 1. Eligible applicants. Any person, political subdivision, or port...
Section 457A.04 — Assistance Agreements. - Subdivision 1. Agreements required. The commissioner may not provide any...
Section 457A.05 — Rules. - The commissioner may adopt rules that provide for: (1) application...
Section 457A.06 — Revolving Fund. - A port development revolving fund is established in the state...
Chapter 458 — Water Transportation Facilities
Section 458.02 — Power To Get Land For Transport Facilities; Use. - Subdivision 1. May get, hold. A city with a population...
Section 458.03 — Power To Build Facilities, Charge Fees For Use. - Subdivision 1. Construction. A city described in section 458.02 may...
Section 458.20 — City May Condemn Water-covered Land For Slips. - A city of the first class may acquire by eminent...
Section 458.21 — Condemned Land Must Be Public Water Highway. - Land acquired under section 458.20 must be held for use...
Section 458.22 — City To Act As City Getting Building Line Easement. - When a city council acts to acquire land or an...
Section 458.23 — Land Or Easement To Vest In City. - The city's taking and appropriation of the land for the...
Section 458.24 — Land May Be Condemned For Harbors And Wharves. - Subdivision 1. Power. A city of the first class may...
Section 458.25 — Build And Operate Wharves And Docks; User Fees. - Subdivision 1. Powers. A city of the first class may:...
Section 458.32 — City May Get Levees On Stream If Channel Moved. - Subdivision 1. Power. A city of the first class may...
Section 458.33 — Issuance Of Bonds To Get And Improve Levees. - A city of the first class may by ordinance adopted...
Section 458.34 — Levy For Bonds; Debt Limit Waived; Tax Levy. - Subdivision 1. Beyond debt limit. The bonds authorized by sections...
Section 458.35 — Term Of Bonds; Sale. - Bonds issued for the purposes mentioned in sections 458.32 to...
Section 458.36 — Bonds For Quarries And Docks. - Subdivision 1. Power; details. The council of a city of...
Section 458.37 — Tax Levy To Pay Bonds. - The full faith and credit of the issuing city must...
Section 458.38 — Issue And Sale Of Bonds. - Bonds issued under sections 458.36 to 458.40 must be sealed...
Section 458.39 — Use Of Bond Proceeds; Quarry And Dock Fund. - Subdivision 1. Proceeds. The proceeds of bonds issued and sold...
Section 458.40 — Must Vote To Issue Bonds If Charter Says So. - If a charter adopted under the Minnesota Constitution, article IV,...
Section 458.46 — May Get And Fix Land For Docks; Set Fees; Regulate. - A city council may by a two-thirds vote of all...
Section 458.59 — Reclaiming Wasted Harbor Land; Sale And Use. - Subdivision 1. Policy. The use of submerged, eroded, or depleted...
Section 458.73 — Power; Fund By 40 Year Chapter 475 Obligations. - Subdivision 1. Facilities. The city of Lake City, by its...
Chapter 458A — Local Transit Commissions
Section 458A.01 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Application. The definitions given in this section shall...
Section 458A.02 — Area; Commission. - Subdivision 1. Creation; transit area; members. There is hereby created...
Section 458A.03 — Commission; Organization And Operation. - Subdivision 1. Organization; officers; meetings; seal. Within 90 days after...
Section 458A.05 — Revenue Bonds. - Subdivision 1. Authority to issue; purposes. The commission shall have...
Section 458A.06 — Special Provisions. - Subdivision 1. Condemnation. The commission may exercise the power of...
Section 458A.07 — Labor Provisions. - If the commission acquires an existing transit system, the commission...
Section 458A.08 — Commission; Annual Reports. - The commission on or before November 30, 1969, and annually...
Section 458A.09 — Exemption From Taxation. - Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the...
Section 458A.10 — Property Tax. - The commission shall annually levy a tax not to exceed...
Section 458A.11 — Will Comply If Law Creates Multipurpose Agency. - The commission shall so plan and conduct its operations and...
Section 458A.12 — Act Exclusive. - The exercise by the commission of the powers provided in...
Section 458A.14 — Severability Of Provisions. - The provisions of sections 458A.01 to 458A.15 shall be severable,...
Section 458A.15 — Citation. - Sections 458A.01 to 458A.15 may be cited as the "St....
Section 458A.21 — Creation. - There is hereby created a Duluth Transit Authority for the...
Section 458A.22 — Directors. - The directors shall serve without compensation, and may be reimbursed...
Section 458A.23 — Rules; Officers. - Subdivision 1. Rules. Within 20 days after the members of...
Section 458A.24 — Finances. - Subdivision 1. Treasurer, budget; financial statement. The city treasurer of...
Section 458A.25 — Contracts; Property. - Subdivision 1. Bus transportation system defined. Wherever the words "bus...
Section 458A.26 — Administration. - The authority shall have the power: (a) To adopt and...
Section 458A.27 — Executive Director. - The executive director of the authority shall be responsible for...
Section 458A.28 — Public Powers; Appeals. - There shall be transferred to and vested in the authority...
Section 458A.29 — Employees. - If the authority, on behalf of the city of Duluth,...
Section 458A.30 — Tax Exemption. - Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, the...
Section 458A.31 — Taxes. - Subdivision 1. Levy limit. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained...
Section 458A.32 — Up To 40-year Revenue Bonds Without Election. - Subdivision 1. City council must approve. Notwithstanding any limitations imposed...
Section 458A.33 — General Obligation Bonds. - Subdivision 1. Purposes. In addition to the powers contained in...
Section 458A.34 — Property Acquisition. - Subdivision 1. Eminent domain by city. In the event that...
Section 458A.35 — Bids. - The authority shall regulate the making of bids and letting...
Section 458A.36 — Conflicting Authority. - The exercise by the authority and the city council of...
Section 458A.37 — Citation. - Sections 458A.21 to 458A.37 may be cited as the "Duluth...
Chapter 458D — Western Lake Superior Sanitary District
Section 458D.01 — Purpose And Policy. - The legislature determines that in the lower St. Louis River...
Section 458D.02 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Application. The terms defined in this section shall...
Section 458D.03 — Sanitary Board. - Subdivision 1. Establishment. A sanitary board with jurisdiction in the...
Section 458D.04 — Organization And Operation Of Board. - Subdivision 1. Organization; officers; meetings; seal. After the selection and...
Section 458D.05 — Comprehensive Plan. - Subdivision 1. Board plan and program. The board shall prepare...
Section 458D.06 — Sewer Service Function. - Subdivision 1. Interceptors and treatment works. The board may, to...
Section 458D.07 — Sewage Collection And Disposal. - Subdivision 1. Powers. In addition to all other powers conferred...
Section 458D.08 — Budget. - The board shall prepare and adopt, on or before December...
Section 458D.09 — Allocation Of Costs. - Subdivision 1. Definition of current costs. The estimated cost of...
Section 458D.10 — Costs Of Solid Waste Disposal. - Subdivision 1. Definition of current costs. The estimated cost to...
Section 458D.11 — Government Payments. - Subdivision 1. Obligations of government units. Each government unit shall...
Section 458D.111 — Collection Of Solid Waste Management Service Charges. - Subdivision 1. Authority. The board shall have the powers of...
Section 458D.12 — Public Hearing And Special Assessments. - Subdivision 1. Project hearing requirement. Before the board orders any...
Section 458D.14 — Bonds, Certificates And Other Obligations. - Subdivision 1. Budget anticipation certificates. At any time or times...
Section 458D.145 — Applicable Elected Representative. - For purposes of section 147(f) of the Internal Revenue Code...
Section 458D.15 — Tax Levies. - The board shall have power to levy taxes for debt...
Section 458D.16 — Depositories. - The board shall from time to time designate one or...
Section 458D.17 — Money, Accounts, And Investments. - Subdivision 1. Receipt and application. All money received by the...
Section 458D.18 — General Powers Of Board. - Subdivision 1. Necessary, convenient. The board shall have all powers...
Section 458D.19 — Local Facilities. - Subdivision 1. Sanitary sewer facilities. Except as otherwise provided in...
Section 458D.20 — Service Contracts Outside Jurisdiction. - The board may contract with the United States or any...
Section 458D.21 — Construction Contracts. - Subdivision 1. Plans and specifications. When the board orders a...
Section 458D.22 — Annexation Of Territory. - Any municipality upon resolution adopted by at least a four-fifths...
Section 458D.23 — Property Exempt From Taxation. - Any properties, real or personal, owned, leased, controlled, used, or...
Section 458D.24 — Relation To Existing Laws. - The provisions of sections 458D.01 to 458D.24 shall be given...
Chapter 459 — Municipal Activities
Section 459.06 — Municipal And Memorial Forests. - Subdivision 1. Accept donations. Any county, city, or town may...
Section 459.07 — Cities May Establish Municipal Forest. - Any city of the first class operating under the Constitution...
Section 459.14 — Automobile Parking Facilities. - Subdivision 1. Acquisition of property. Any city of the second,...
Section 459.20 — Authority Over Public Waters. - The governing body of any home rule charter or statutory...
Section 459.35 — When Bond Allocation Act Applies. - Sections 474A.01 to 474A.21 apply to any issuance of obligations...