Legislative Session number- 87

Bill Name: SF2599

Relating to stadiums

ARTICLE 1 - MINNESOTA STADIUM AUTHORITY

Establishing
the Minnesota stadium authority and prescribing responsibilities, membership,
compensation, chair, bylaws, audit, employees, website, quorum, powers, and
duties; exempting building materials for football stadium from the sales tax;
authorizing an on-sale intoxicating liquor license to the stadium; including
authority employees in the definition of state employees; providing a purpose
and defining terms; requiring stadium construction at the stadium site in Arden
Hills; specifying stadium design and construction; requiring commemorative
bricks; providing for employment, stadium operations, capital improvements,
operating expenses, criteria and conditions, and county activities; authorizing
a stadium property tax exemption and subjecting property to special assessments;
providing for liquor licenses; requiring the metropolitan sports facilities
commission to pay authority operating expenses and transfer assets by a certain
date; abolishing the metropolitan sports facility commission and transferring
employees to the authority

ARTICLE 2 - STATE STADIUM FUNDING

Authorizing
the issuance of appropriation bonds by Minnesota management and budget
(MMB)

ARTICLE 3 - CONFORMING CHANGES

Making statutory conforming changes;
repealing certain statutory provisions relating to sports facilities

ARTICLE
4 - SITE REVENUES

Requiring the city of Arden Hills to impose additional
liquor, lodging and restaurant sales taxes; proving for parking revenues;
imposing a state commercial-industrial tax levy; providing for an admissions
surcharge; providing for the net proceeds from the demolition and sale of the
Metrodome; providing for state sales tax growth; providing for use of revenues;
severability clause

ARTICLE 5 - LAWFUL GAMBLING

Allowing extended hours
for linked electronic device bingo games, expanding the electronic bingo device
definition; defining electronic pull-tab device, electronic pull-tab game, and
electronic pull-tab game system and expanding the gambling equipment definition;
allowing electronic paddle wheels; prohibiting slot machines; allowing the
gambling control board to adopt rules for electronic games; prohibiting
distributors or distributor salesperson from also being linked bingo game
providers; requiring distributor board notification of electronic pull-tab games
sale and transfer methods; requiring software manufacturer submissions;
specifying linked bingo game services requirements; providing linked bingo game
requirements; modifying the conduct of pull-tabs; requiring licensed
organization electronic format reporting; modifying linked
bingo prize limits;
appropriating money to the gambling control board

ARTICLE 6 -
MISCELLANEOUS

Exempting building materials and supplies used or consumed in
and equipment incorporated into construction or improvement are exempt from the
sales tax; requiring amateur use of the stadium
(ra)