Subdivision 1. Sponsorship required. The commission may sponsor and sanction a series of statewide amateur athletic games patterned after the winter and summer Olympic Games, with variations as required by facilities, equipment, and expertise, and as necessary to include people with physical disabilities, people with vision impairments, and people who are deaf, deafblind, and hard-of-hearing. The games may be held annually beginning in 1989, if money and facilities are available, unless the time of the games would conflict with other sporting events as the commission determines.
Subd. 2. Limitations. The games must be designed to encourage the participation of athletes representing a broad range of age groups, skill levels, Minnesota communities, and people with physical disabilities, people with vision impairments, and people who are deaf, deafblind, and hard-of-hearing. Primary participants must be residents of Minnesota. Regional competitions to determine participants in the games may be held throughout the state, and the top qualifiers in each sport or the regional competitions are qualified to participate in the state amateur athletic games. The games must be held at an appropriate site in the state.
1987 c 400 s 49; 1Sp2003 c 1 art 2 s 75; 2013 c 62 s 17,18
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapter 240A — Amateur Sports Commission
Section 240A.01 — Definitions.
Section 240A.02 — Minnesota Amateur Sports Commission.
Section 240A.03 — General Powers Of Commission.
Section 240A.04 — Promotion And Development Of Amateur Sports.
Section 240A.05 — Sanction Of Certain Events.
Section 240A.06 — State Amateur Athletic Games.
Section 240A.07 — Cooperation Required.
Section 240A.085 — James Metzen Mighty Ducks Ice Center Development Act.
Section 240A.09 — Plan Development; Criteria.
Section 240A.11 — General Obligation Special Tax Bonds For Ice Centers.
Section 240A.12 — Grants For Athletic Facilities And Programs.
Section 240A.13 — Soccer Field Development.
Section 240A.20 — Promoting Construction And Renovation Of Public Skate Parks Throughout The State.