Section 469.064 — Port Authority Activities.
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 to 469.068 or any other related federal, state, […]
Section 469.065 — Sale Of Property.
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 furthers its general plan of port improvement, or […]
Section 469.066 — Advances By Port Authority.
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 lands. If the money advanced for the development […]
Section 469.067 — Finding Land Is Marginal Is Prima Facie Evidence.
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 make the property marginal. History: 1987 c 291 s 68
Section 469.0671 — No State Bailout Of Port Authorities.
469.0671 NO STATE BAILOUT OF PORT AUTHORITIES. State appropriations or credit of the state must not be used to pay or guarantee the payment of the debt of a port authority. History: 1986 c 399 art 2 s 12; 1986 c 400 s 12; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 2 s 41
Section 469.068 — Bid Law For Construction Contracts.
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, shall be awarded by contract as provided in this subdivision or in subdivision 1a. […]
Section 469.055 — Powers And Duties.
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 the commerce; and (4) provide or promote adequate […]
Section 469.056 — Employees; Contracts; Audits.
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 this chapter is an “employee” under section 355.01, subdivision 2e, and by appropriate action of the port authority […]
Section 469.057 — Port Control By Others; Petition; Intervention.
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 Commerce Commission or a successor agency, if any, or Department of Defense of […]
Section 469.058 — Industrial Development Districts.
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 hearing, the authority shall publish notice of the hearing in a daily newspaper of general […]