Introduction - 80th Legislature, 1997 3rd Special Session
Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00 a.m.
1.1 A bill for an act 1.2 relating to baseball; requiring a condition and 1.3 certain considerations for a new stadium. 1.4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 1.5 Section 1. [NEW BASEBALL STADIUM; CONDITION AND 1.6 CONSIDERATIONS.] 1.7 (a) In fiscal year 1998, the state must not authorize or 1.8 pay any amount for a new major league baseball stadium unless 1.9 paragraph (b) is complied with. 1.10 (b) Any such authorization or payment for the stadium must 1.11 give, or require, consideration of: 1.12 (1) ground-level parking adjacent to the stadium sufficient 1.13 to substantially serve the stadium when it is sold out; and 1.14 (2) direct freeway access to the stadium.