471.65 GRANT, ADVANCE, OR LOAN FROM U.S. OR STATE GOVERNMENT.
Subdivision 1.
Acceptance. Notwithstanding inconsistent provisions of any other statute or
home rule charter, any county, statutory or home rule charter city, town, school district or other
political subdivision of the state, however organized, may accept from the government of the
United States or the state of Minnesota grants, loans, or advances of money for:
(1) energy conservation investments made from funds received under section
216C.37, and
from money received from litigation or settlement of alleged violations of federal petroleum
pricing regulations; and
(2) the planning of public works projects, and may make agreements to repay any such loans
or advances without submitting the proposal to a vote of the people. Funds received by any
political subdivision under this subdivision shall not be used for the planning of public housing
projects or housing authority projects.
Subd. 2.
Charter limitation on expenditures not to apply. Expenditures of grants,
advances, or loans of money received by any city from the government of the United States
or the state of Minnesota for projects under subdivision 1 by such municipality shall not be
considered as part of the cost of government within the meaning of any statutory or charter
limitation on expenditures.
History: 1945 c 316 s 1,2; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1987 c 289 s 3; 1987 c 312 art 1 s 10 subd 1