1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to stadiums; providing for the financing of a
1.3 	football stadium in Anoka County; creating a stadium
1.4 	authority; authorizing the county to levy and collect
1.5 	certain taxes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004,
1.6 	sections 297A.68, by adding a subdivision; 297A.71, by
1.7 	adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law as
1.8 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 473J.
1.9 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.10 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 297A.68, is
1.11 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
1.12 		Subd. 40.Sales in stadium district. Sales made in the
1.13 	stadium district defined in section 473J.02, subdivision 4, are
1.14 	exempt.

1.15 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 297A.71, is
1.16 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
1.17 		Subd. 33.Stadium construction materials and equipment
1.18 	exempt. Materials and supplies used or consumed in, and
1.19 	equipment incorporated into the construction of a National
1.20 	Football League stadium constructed under chapter 473J are
1.21 	exempt.  The exemption under this subdivision terminates one
1.22 	year after the first National Football League game is played in
1.23 	the stadium.

1.24 	Sec. 3. [473J.01] PURPOSE.
1.25 	The legislature finds that construction of a new National
1.26 	Football League stadium in the city of Blaine, county of Anoka,
1.27 	serves a public purpose.  The legislature finds that the public
2.1 	purpose served includes retaining the Minnesota Vikings as a
2.2 	part of Minnesota's public amenities for its citizens and as a
2.3 	major attraction to visitors to the state, adding to the
2.4 	economic development of the state, Anoka County, and surrounding
2.5 	communities, attracting revenue from out of the state, and
2.6 	preserving the contributions of football to the culture of
2.7 	Minnesota and to the enjoyment of its citizens.  Further, the
2.8 	legislature finds that a National Football League stadium may be
2.9 	financed as a public-private partnership between the state,
2.10 	Anoka County, the Minnesota Vikings, and other supporting
2.11 	interests that may contribute to the construction of a football
2.12 	stadium and related facilities.  The legislature further finds
2.13 	that a new stadium should be coordinated with transportation and
2.14 	transit plans and activities.

2.15 	Sec. 4. [473J.02] DEFINITIONS.
2.16 		Subdivision 1.Terms. For the purposes of this chapter,
2.17 	the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them
2.18 	in this section, except as otherwise expressly provided or
2.19 	indicated by the context.
2.20 		Subd. 2.Authority. "Authority" means the Anoka
2.21 	County-Blaine Stadium Authority.
2.22 		Subd. 3.Sports facilities. "Sports facilities" means
2.23 	the stadium, adjoining structures related to the operation of
2.24 	the stadium, practice facilities, and other supporting
2.25 	infrastructure, including parking.
2.26 		Subd. 4.Stadium district. "Stadium district" means a
2.27 	district, containing the National Football League stadium and
2.28 	consisting of no more than 740 contiguous acres surrounding the
2.29 	sports facilities that is jointly designated by the authority,
2.30 	Anoka County, and the city of Blaine.

2.31 	Sec. 5. [473J.03] LOCATION.
2.32 	The new National Football League stadium shall be located
2.33 	in the city of Blaine, Anoka County, Minnesota.

2.34 	Sec. 6. [473J.04] ANOKA COUNTY-BLAINE STADIUM AUTHORITY;
2.35 	MEMBERSHIP; ADMINISTRATION.
2.36 		Subdivision 1.General. The Anoka County-Blaine Stadium
3.1 	Authority is established and shall be organized and administered
3.2 	as provided in this section.  The authority shall have those
3.3 	powers authorized by section 473J.05.
3.4 		Subd. 2.Membership. The authority shall have seven
3.5 	members, three of whom shall be appointed by the Anoka County
3.6 	Board of Commissioners and three of whom shall be appointed by
3.7 	the Blaine city council.  The seventh member shall be a chair
3.8 	appointed as provided in subdivision 3.
3.9 		Subd. 3.Chair. The chair shall be appointed by the
3.10 	governor as the seventh voting member and shall meet all the
3.11 	qualifications of a member.  The chair shall preside at all
3.12 	meetings of the authority, if present, and shall perform all
3.13 	other duties and functions assigned by the authority or by law.
3.14 	The authority may appoint from among its members a vice-chair to
3.15 	act for the chair during temporary absence or disability.
3.16 		Subd. 4.Qualifications. A member shall not, during a
3.17 	term of office, hold any judicial office or office of state
3.18 	government.  Each member shall qualify by taking and subscribing
3.19 	the oath of office prescribed by the Minnesota Constitution,
3.20 	article V, section 6.
3.21 		Subd. 5.Terms. The initial terms of three members shall
3.22 	end the first Monday of January, 2010.  Two of these members
3.23 	must be appointed by the Anoka County Board, and one by the
3.24 	Blaine city council.  The terms of the other members and the
3.25 	chair shall end the first Monday in January, 2012.  Subsequent
3.26 	terms of each member and chair shall be four years.  The term
3.27 	shall continue until a successor is appointed and qualified.
3.28 	Members may be removed only for cause.
3.29 		Subd. 6.Vacancies. Vacancies shall be filled by the
3.30 	appropriate appointing authority in the same manner in which the
3.31 	original appointment was made.
3.32 		Subd. 7.Compensation. Each authority member shall be
3.33 	paid $50 for each day when the member attends one or more
3.34 	meetings or provides other services, as authorized by the
3.35 	authority, and shall be reimbursed for all actual and necessary
3.36 	expenses incurred in the performance of duties.  The chair of
4.1 	the authority shall receive, unless otherwise provided by other
4.2 	law, a salary in an amount fixed by the members of the authority
4.3 	and shall be reimbursed for reasonable expenses to the same
4.4 	extent as a member.  The annual budget shall provide as a
4.5 	separate account anticipated expenditures for per diem, travel,
4.6 	and associated expenses for the chair and members, and
4.7 	compensation or reimbursement shall be made to the chair and
4.8 	members only when budgeted.
4.9 		Subd. 8.Regular and special meetings. The authority
4.10 	shall meet regularly at least once each month, at a time and
4.11 	place as the authority shall by resolution designate.  Special
4.12 	meetings may be held at any time upon the call of the chair or a
4.13 	majority of the members, upon written notice to each member at
4.14 	least three days prior to the meeting, or upon other notice that
4.15 	the authority provides by resolution.  Unless otherwise
4.16 	provided, any action of the authority may be taken by
4.17 	affirmative vote of a majority of the members.  A majority of
4.18 	all the members of the authority constitutes a quorum, but a
4.19 	lesser number may meet and adjourn from time to time and compel
4.20 	the attendance of absent members.
4.21 		Subd. 9.Executive director. The authority shall appoint
4.22 	an executive director who shall be chosen on the basis of
4.23 	training, experience, and other related qualifications.  The
4.24 	executive director shall serve at the pleasure of the authority,
4.25 	but shall not vote, and shall have the following powers and
4.26 	duties:
4.27 	(1) see that all resolutions, rules, or orders of the
4.28 	authority are enforced;
4.29 	(2) appoint and remove all subordinate officers and regular
4.30 	employees of the authority;
4.31 	(3) present to the authority plans, studies, or reports
4.32 	prepared for authority purposes and recommend to the authority
4.33 	for adoption the measures the executive director deems necessary
4.34 	to enforce or carry out the powers and duties of the authority,
4.35 	or to the efficient administration of the affairs of the
4.36 	authority;
5.1 	(4) keep the authority fully advised as to its financial
5.2 	condition, prepare and submit to the authority its annual
5.3 	budget, and other financial information it requests;
5.4 	(5) recommend to the authority for adoption the rules the
5.5 	executive director deems necessary for the efficient operation
5.6 	of the authority's functions; and 
5.7 	(6) perform other duties prescribed by the authority.

5.8 	Sec. 7. [473J.05] POWERS OF AUTHORITY.
5.9 		Subdivision 1.General. The authority has all powers
5.10 	necessary or convenient to accomplish the purposes of this
5.11 	chapter, including, but not limited to, those specified in this
5.12 	section.
5.13 		Subd. 2.Actions. The authority may sue and be sued and
5.14 	is a public body within the meaning of chapter 562.
5.15 		Subd. 3.Acquisition of property. The authority may
5.16 	acquire by lease, purchase, monetary or land contribution, or
5.17 	devise all necessary right, title, and interest in and to real
5.18 	or personal property deemed necessary to the purposes
5.19 	contemplated by this chapter.
5.20 		Subd. 4.Tax exemptions. (a) Any real or personal
5.21 	property acquired, owned, leased, controlled, used, or occupied
5.22 	by the authority for any of the purposes of this chapter is
5.23 	declared to be acquired, owned, leased, controlled, used, and
5.24 	occupied for public, governmental, and municipal purposes, and
5.25 	is exempt from ad valorem taxation by the state or any political
5.26 	subdivision of the state.  The properties are subject to special
5.27 	assessments levied by a political subdivision for a local
5.28 	improvement in amounts proportionate to and not exceeding the
5.29 	special benefit received by the properties from the
5.30 	improvement.  No possible use of any of the properties in any
5.31 	manner different from their use under this chapter at the time
5.32 	shall be considered in determining the special benefit received
5.33 	by the properties.  All assessments are subject to final
5.34 	confirmation by the authority, whose determination of the
5.35 	benefits is conclusive upon the political subdivision levying
5.36 	the assessment.  Notwithstanding section 272.01, subdivision 2,
6.1 	or 273.19, property leased by the authority to another person
6.2 	for uses related to the purposes of this chapter is exempt from
6.3 	taxation regardless of the length of the lease.  This exemption
6.4 	includes concessions, suites, locker rooms, and clubhouse
6.5 	facilities in the stadium and parking facilities on the stadium
6.6 	site.  It does not include team offices, residential, business,
6.7 	or commercial development, or other property not directly
6.8 	related to the operation of a stadium facility.
6.9 	(b) No state or local tax, other than the tax imposed under
6.10 	section 473J.09, applies to admission to or sales made at the
6.11 	sports facilities financed under this chapter.
6.12 		Subd. 5.Liquor licenses. The city of Blaine may issue
6.13 	one or more intoxicating liquor licenses for the stadium.  These
6.14 	licenses are in addition to the number authorized by law.  All
6.15 	provisions of chapter 340A not inconsistent with this
6.16 	subdivision apply to the licenses authorized under this
6.17 	subdivision.
6.18 		Subd. 6.Facility operation. The authority may equip,
6.19 	improve, operate, manage, maintain, and control the sports
6.20 	facilities constructed, remodeled, or acquired under the
6.21 	provisions of this chapter.  The authority may delegate any of
6.22 	these duties to a qualified third party.  The authority must
6.23 	seek to promote and maximize the use of the sports facilities
6.24 	for nonfootball events.
6.25 		Subd. 7.Disposition of property. The authority may
6.26 	sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of any real or personal
6.27 	property acquired by it, which is no longer required for
6.28 	accomplishment of its purposes.  The property must be sold in
6.29 	accordance with the procedures provided by section 469.065,
6.30 	except subdivisions 6 and 7.
6.31 		Subd. 8.Gifts and grants. The authority may accept
6.32 	donations of money, property, or services; may apply for and
6.33 	accept grants or loans of money or other property from the
6.34 	United States, the state, any subdivision of the state, or any
6.35 	person for any of its purposes; may enter into any agreement
6.36 	required in connection therewith; and may hold, use, and dispose
7.1 	of the donations according to the terms of the gifts, grant,
7.2 	loan, or agreement.  In evaluating proposed monetary
7.3 	contributions, grants, loans, and agreements required in
7.4 	connection therewith, the authority shall examine the possible
7.5 	short-range and long-range impact on authority revenues and
7.6 	authority operating expenditures.  The authority must notify
7.7 	potential contributors that contributions qualify for the
7.8 	charitable contribution deductions under section 170 of the
7.9 	Internal Revenue Code, provided that the contributor does not
7.10 	receive substantial direct benefit from the contribution.
7.11 		Subd. 9.Issuance of bonds. The authority may authorize
7.12 	the sale and issuance of bonds in the manner and for the
7.13 	purposes set out in section 473J.06.
7.14 		Subd. 10.Impose sales and use taxes in stadium
7.15 	district. The authority may impose sales and use taxes in the
7.16 	stadium district at rates not to exceed those provided for in
7.17 	sections 297A.62 and 297A.63.  Revenue received from these taxes
7.18 	is pledged and must be used to pay bonds issued under section
7.19 	473J.06.
7.20 		Subd. 11.Research. The authority may conduct research
7.21 	studies and programs; collect and analyze data; prepare reports,
7.22 	maps, charts, and tables; and conduct all necessary hearings and
7.23 	investigations in connection with its functions.
7.24 		Subd. 12.Use agreements. The authority may lease,
7.25 	license, or enter into agreements and may fix, alter, charge,
7.26 	and collect rentals, fees, and charges to all persons for the
7.27 	use, occupation, and availability of part or all of any
7.28 	premises, property, or facilities under its ownership,
7.29 	operation, or control for purposes that will provide athletic,
7.30 	educational, cultural, commercial, or other entertainment,
7.31 	instruction, or activity for citizens of the state of Minnesota
7.32 	and visitors.  Any use agreement may provide that the other
7.33 	contracting party has exclusive use of the premises at the times
7.34 	agreed upon, including exclusive use and control for the term of
7.35 	its agreement by the Minnesota Vikings.
7.36 		Subd. 13.Insurance. The authority may require any
8.1 	employee to obtain and file with it an individual bond or
8.2 	fidelity insurance policy.  It may procure insurance in the
8.3 	amounts it considers necessary against liability of the
8.4 	authority or its officers and employees for personal injury or
8.5 	death and property damage or destruction, with the force and
8.6 	effect stated in chapter 466, and against risks of damage to or
8.7 	destruction of any of its facilities, equipment, or other
8.8 	property.
8.9 		Subd. 14.Creating a condominium. The authority may, by
8.10 	itself or together with any other entity, as to real or personal
8.11 	property comprising or appurtenant or ancillary to the stadium
8.12 	constructed and operated under this chapter or other law, act as
8.13 	a declarant and establish a condominium or leasehold condominium
8.14 	under chapter 515A, or a common interest community or leasehold
8.15 	common interest community under chapter 515B, and may grant,
8.16 	establish, create, or join in other or related easements,
8.17 	agreements, and similar benefits and burdens that the authority
8.18 	may consider necessary or appropriate, and exercise any and all
8.19 	rights and privileges and assume obligations under them as a
8.20 	declarant, unit owner, or otherwise, insofar as practical and
8.21 	consistent with applicable law.  The authority may be a member
8.22 	of an association and the chair, any commissioners, and any
8.23 	officers and employees of the authority may serve on the board
8.24 	of an association under chapter 515A or 515B or other law.
8.25 		Subd. 15.Procurement. (a) The authority and the
8.26 	Minnesota Vikings shall jointly select a construction manager.
8.27 	With respect to the construction of the stadium, the
8.28 	construction manager must:
8.29 	(1) guarantee a maximum cost of construction; and 
8.30 	(2) provide payment and performance bonds or other security
8.31 	reasonably acceptable to the authority in an amount equal to the
8.32 	guaranteed maximum cost of construction, and shall comply with
8.33 	all employment requirements applicable to city and state
8.34 	contracts for construction, including prevailing wages as
8.35 	defined in section 177.42, affirmative action, and outreach.
8.36 	(b) The lessee under the stadium lease described in
9.1 	paragraph (c) or the construction manager may enter into
9.2 	contracts with contractors for labor, materials, supplies, and
9.3 	equipment to equip and construct the new stadium through the
9.4 	process of public bidding.
9.5 	(c) The lessee or the construction manager may:
9.6 	(1) limit the list of eligible bidders to those that the
9.7 	construction manager determines possess sufficient expertise to
9.8 	perform the intended functions;
9.9 	(2) award contracts to the contractors that the
9.10 	construction manager determines provide the best value, which
9.11 	need not be the lowest responsible bidder; and 
9.12 	(3) for work the construction manager determines to be
9.13 	critical to the completion schedule, the construction manager
9.14 	may award contracts on the basis of competitive proposals or
9.15 	perform work with its own forces without soliciting competitive
9.16 	bids if the construction manager provides evidence of
9.17 	competitive pricing.

9.18 	Sec. 8. [473J.06] ISSUANCE OF BONDS.
9.19 		Subdivision 1.Bonds. The authority may by resolution,
9.20 	by a vote of a majority of all of its members, authorize the
9.21 	sale and issuance of its bonds for any or all of the following
9.22 	purposes:
9.23 	(1) to provide funds and pay costs to predesign, design,
9.24 	construct, furnish, equip, and otherwise improve or better the
9.25 	sports facilities owned or to be owned by the authority pursuant
9.26 	to this act;
9.27 	(2) to establish a reserve fund or funds for the bonds and
9.28 	to pay costs of issuance of the bonds;
9.29 	(3) to refund bonds issued under this section; and 
9.30 	(4) to fund judgments entered by any court against the
9.31 	authority in matters relating to the authority's functions
9.32 	related to the sports facilities.
9.33 		Subd. 2.Procedure. The bonds shall be sold, issued, and
9.34 	secured on the terms and conditions the authority determines to
9.35 	be in the best interests of the authority and residents therein,
9.36 	except as otherwise provided in this chapter.  The bonds may be
10.1 	sold at any price and at public or private sale as determined by
10.2 	the authority.  They shall be payable solely from tax and other
10.3 	revenues referred to in this chapter.  The bonds shall not be a
10.4 	general obligation or debt of the authority or any city, county,
10.5 	or the state, and shall not be included in the net debt of any
10.6 	city, county, or other subdivision of the state for the purpose
10.7 	of any net debt limitation.  No election shall be required.
10.8 		Subd. 3.Limitations. The principal amount of the bonds
10.9 	issued under subdivision 1, clauses (1) and (2), shall not
10.10 	exceed the amounts authorized in this subdivision.  The
10.11 	principal amount of bonds issued under subdivision 1, clauses
10.12 	(1) and (2), shall be limited to $650,000,000 plus those amounts
10.13 	necessary to fund appropriate reserves and pay issuance costs.
10.14 	The authority shall issue its bonds and construction of the
10.15 	stadium may commence when the authority has made the following
10.16 	determinations:
10.17 	(1) the authority has executed a long-term use agreement
10.18 	with the Minnesota Vikings, meeting the requirements of section
10.19 	473J.07;
10.20 	(2) the authority has executed a development and financing
10.21 	agreement with Anoka County, the city of Blaine, and the
10.22 	Minnesota Vikings meeting the requirements of section 473J.08;
10.23 	(3) the proceeds of bonds authorized and provided for in
10.24 	this subdivision will be sufficient, together with other capital
10.25 	funds that may be available to the authority for expenditure on
10.26 	the sports facilities, including, except as otherwise provided
10.27 	in this subdivision, the acquisition, clearance, relocation, and
10.28 	legal costs referred to in clauses (4) and (5);
10.29 	(4) the authority has acquired title to or an interest in
10.30 	all real property, including all easements, air rights, and
10.31 	other appurtenances needed for the construction and operation of
10.32 	the sports facility or has received a grant of funds or has
10.33 	entered into agreements sufficient in the judgment of the
10.34 	authority to assure the receipt of funds, at the time and in the
10.35 	amount required, to make any payment upon which the authority's
10.36 	acquisition of title or interest in and possession of the real
11.1 	property is conditioned;
11.2 	(5) the authority has received a grant of funds or entered
11.3 	into agreements sufficient in the judgment of the authority to
11.4 	assure the receipt of funds, at the time and in the amount
11.5 	required, to pay all costs, except as provided in this
11.6 	subdivision, of clearing the real property needed for the
11.7 	construction and operation of the sports facilities, railroad
11.8 	tracks, and other structures, including, without limitation, all
11.9 	relocation costs, all utility relocation costs, and all legal
11.10 	costs;
11.11 	(6) the authority has executed agreements to prevent
11.12 	strikes that would halt, delay, or impede construction of the
11.13 	sports facilities;
11.14 	(7) the authority has executed agreements that will provide
11.15 	for the construction of the sports facilities for a certified or
11.16 	guaranteed construction price and completion date and which
11.17 	include performance bonds in an amount at least equal to 100
11.18 	percent of the certified or guaranteed price to cover any costs
11.19 	that may be incurred over and above the certified price,
11.20 	including, but not limited to, costs incurred by the authority
11.21 	or loss of revenues resulting from incomplete construction on
11.22 	the completion date;
11.23 	(8) the anticipated revenue from the operation of the
11.24 	sports facilities plus any additional available revenue of the
11.25 	authority will be an amount sufficient to pay when due all debt
11.26 	service on the bonds plus all administration, operating, and
11.27 	maintenance expense of the sports facilities;
11.28 	(9) the authority has determined that all public and
11.29 	private funding sources for construction and operation of the
11.30 	sports facilities are officially committed in writing and
11.31 	enforceable.  The committed funds must be adequate to site,
11.32 	design, construct, furnish, equip, and service the sports
11.33 	facilities debt, as well as to pay for the ongoing operation and
11.34 	maintenance of the stadium;
11.35 	(10) the authority shall ensure that a guaranty is in place
11.36 	in a form satisfactory to the authority.  The guaranty may be in
12.1 	the form of a letter of credit, minimum net worth requirements,
12.2 	personal guaranties or other surety covering the payments on
12.3 	terms determined by the authority's negotiations with the
12.4 	Minnesota Vikings; and 
12.5 	(11) the validity of any bonds issued under subdivision 1,
12.6 	clauses (1) and (2), and the obligation of the authority related
12.7 	to them, shall not be conditioned upon or impaired by the
12.8 	authority's determinations made under this subdivision.  For
12.9 	purposes of using the bonds, the determinations made by the
12.10 	authority shall be deemed conclusive and the authority shall be
12.11 	and remain obligated for the security and payment of the bonds
12.12 	irrespective of determinations that may be erroneous,
12.13 	inaccurate, or otherwise mistaken.
12.14 		Subd. 4.Security. To the extent and in the manner
12.15 	provided in this chapter, the taxes described in this chapter,
12.16 	the tax and other revenues of the authority described in this
12.17 	act, and any other revenues of the authority attributable to the
12.18 	sports facilities, including teams' and Anoka County
12.19 	contributions, shall be and remain pledged and appropriated to
12.20 	the authority as appropriate for the payment of all necessary
12.21 	and reasonable expenses of the operation, administration,
12.22 	maintenance of the sports facilities, and debt service of the
12.23 	bonds until all bonds or certificates of indebtedness issued
12.24 	pursuant to this chapter are fully paid or discharged in
12.25 	accordance with law.  Bonds issued pursuant to this chapter may
12.26 	be secured by a bond resolution, or by a trust indenture entered
12.27 	into by the authority with a corporate trustee within or outside
12.28 	the state, which shall define the tax and team contributions,
12.29 	and other sports facilities revenues pledged for the payment and
12.30 	security of the bonds.  The pledge shall be a valid charge on
12.31 	the tax and all other revenues referred to in this chapter from
12.32 	the date when bonds are first issued or secured under the
12.33 	resolution or indenture and shall secure the payment of
12.34 	principal and interest and redemption premiums when due and the
12.35 	maintenance at all times of a reserve or reserves securing
12.36 	payments.  No mortgage of or security interest in any tangible
13.1 	real or personal property shall be granted to the bondholders or
13.2 	the trustee, but they shall have a valid security interest in
13.3 	all tax and other revenues received and accounts receivable by
13.4 	the authority shall be hereunder, as against the claims of all
13.5 	other persons in tort, contract, or otherwise, irrespective of
13.6 	whether the parties have notice of the claims, and without
13.7 	possession or filing as provided in the Uniform Commercial Code
13.8 	or any other law.  In the bond resolution or trust indenture,
13.9 	the authority may make covenants, which shall be binding upon
13.10 	the authority, that are determined to be usual and reasonably
13.11 	necessary for the protection of the bondholders.  No pledge
13.12 	shall be revoked or amended by law or by action of the authority
13.13 	or county except in accordance with the terms of the bond
13.14 	resolution or indenture under which the bonds are issued, until
13.15 	the obligations of the authority are fully discharged.
13.16 		Subd. 5.No full faith and credit. Any bonds or other
13.17 	obligations issued by the authority under this act are not
13.18 	public debt of the state, and the full faith and credit and
13.19 	taxing powers of the state are not pledged for their payment or
13.20 	of any payments that the state agrees to make under this act.
13.21 		Subd. 6.Taxability of interest on bonds. The bonds
13.22 	authorized by this act may be issued whether or not the interest
13.23 	to be paid on them is gross income for federal tax purposes,
13.24 	provided that the authority must make an effort to arrange the
13.25 	financing for the project in a manner that would allow the
13.26 	interest to be tax-exempt to the greatest extent possible.

13.27 	Sec. 9. [473J.07] DEVELOPMENT AND FINANCING AGREEMENT.
13.28 		Subdivision 1.Agreement required. Prior to the issuance
13.29 	of bonds under section 473J.06, the authority shall negotiate
13.30 	and enter into an agreement with Anoka County, the city of
13.31 	Blaine, and the Minnesota Vikings concerning the terms and
13.32 	conditions under which the parties will make contributions of
13.33 	funds, future revenues, interests in property for the site and
13.34 	public infrastructure, the method of completing design and
13.35 	construction, which may include the design build process, the
13.36 	integration of the stadium and related infrastructure with
14.1 	surrounding development, and other matters relating to the
14.2 	stadium, its operation, maintenance, and financing.  This
14.3 	agreement shall, at a minimum, meet the requirements of this
14.4 	section.
14.5 		Subd. 2.Total public investment towards project
14.6 	costs. The total public investment, including Anoka County's
14.7 	revenue contributions and revenues collected by the authority in
14.8 	the stadium district defined in section 473J.02, subdivision 2,
14.9 	shall not exceed two-thirds of the sports facilities' costs.
14.10 		Subd. 3.Team contribution. The team must contribute no
14.11 	less than one-third of the sports facility costs.  Team
14.12 	contributions may include, but are not limited to, initial cash
14.13 	contributions, guaranteed annual payments, and assignments of
14.14 	naming rights and permanent seat licenses, but does not include
14.15 	payments of operating and maintenance expenses for the stadium,
14.16 	which must be made by the team.  In addition to any other team
14.17 	contribution, the team must assume and pay when due all cost
14.18 	overruns for the stadium.

14.19 	Sec. 10. [473J.08] USE AGREEMENT.
14.20 		Subdivision 1.Requirement. Prior to the issuance of
14.21 	bonds under section 473J.06, the authority must have entered
14.22 	into an agreement with the Minnesota Vikings and the National
14.23 	Football League meeting the requirements of this section.
14.24 		Subd. 2.Agreement with minnesota vikings. The authority
14.25 	shall enter into a use agreement with the Minnesota Vikings
14.26 	that, at a minimum, provides for the following:
14.27 	(1) the Minnesota Vikings will use the stadium for all
14.28 	scheduled home preseason, regular season, and postseason games
14.29 	that the team is entitled to play at home for a term of not less
14.30 	than 30 years;
14.31 	(2) the agreement must include terms for default,
14.32 	termination, and breach of agreement; and 
14.33 	(3) the agreement must require specific performance and
14.34 	must not include escape clauses or buyout provisions.
14.35 		Subd. 3.Agreement with national football league. The
14.36 	authority shall enter into an agreement with the National
15.1 	Football League guaranteeing the continuance of the Minnesota
15.2 	Vikings in the metropolitan area for the period of the
15.3 	agreements referred to in subdivision 2, clause (1).

15.4 	Sec. 11. [473J.09] ANOKA COUNTY REVENUE SOURCES.
15.5 		Subdivision 1.General. Anoka County may utilize the
15.6 	following revenue sources to make contributions to its share of
15.7 	the total stadium project costs.
15.8 		Subd. 2.Taxing authority. To provide local government
15.9 	revenues to finance the stadium under this act, Anoka County may:
15.10 	(1) impose a ticket tax, a tax on restaurants, places of
15.11 	amusement, alcoholic beverages or prepared food, or a tax on
15.12 	lodging, or any of them;
15.13 	(2) impose a tax on sports memorabilia as defined by the
15.14 	authority that is sold within the stadium facilities; or 
15.15 	(3) impose a general sales and use tax on sales of goods
15.16 	and services within its jurisdiction of not more than 0.75
15.17 	percent.
15.18 	These taxes may be imposed notwithstanding the provisions of
15.19 	section 477A.016.  The requirements of section 297A.99 do not
15.20 	apply to any tax imposed under this subdivision.
15.21 		Subd. 3.Parking surcharges. Anoka County may impose a
15.22 	parking surcharge on parking in the stadium district.

15.23 	Sec. 12. [473J.10] ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS.
15.24 	The authority must ensure that environmental requirements
15.25 	imposed by appropriate regulatory agencies for the sports
15.26 	facilities are complied with.