Minnesota Session Laws - 1999, Regular Session

                            CHAPTER 198-S.F.No. 1976 
                  An act relating to municipal electric power; defining 
                  city within the meaning of the act; authorizing the 
                  Minneapolis park and recreation board to engage in the 
                  local distribution and sale of hydroelectric power to 
                  protect the natural, historical, ecological, and 
                  aesthetic value of the Mississippi river at the Falls 
                  of St. Anthony; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, 
                  section 453.52, subdivision 3. 
        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
           Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 453.52, 
        subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
           Subd. 3.  [CITY.] "City" means a city organized and 
        existing under the laws of Minnesota or a city charter adopted 
        pursuant thereto, and authorized by such laws or charter to 
        engage in the local distribution and sale of electric energy; 
        provided that any city so engaged on January 1, 1976, is 
        authorized to continue such distribution and sale, and every 
        city now or hereafter so authorized may exercise, either 
        individually or as a member of a municipal power agency, all of 
        the powers granted in sections 453.51 to 453.62.  "City" also 
        includes a city organized and existing under the laws of another 
        state or a city charter adopted pursuant thereto which 
        participates in a municipal power agency with Minnesota cities 
        and pays a full pro rata share of the expenses of the agency.  
           "City" also includes a park and recreation board in a city 
        of the first class. 
           Sec. 2.  [AUTHORITY OF THE MINNEAPOLIS PARK AND RECREATION 
        BOARD.] 
           The Minneapolis park and recreation board may engage in the 
        local distribution and sale of electric energy, consistent with 
        chapter 216B, solely for a hydroelectric generating facility of 
        less than four megawatts to ensure the natural, historical, 
        ecological, and aesthetic value of the Mississippi river at the 
        Falls of St. Anthony. 
           Sec. 3.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
           Section 1 takes effect the day after final enactment.  
        Section 2 is effective the day after the certificate of approval 
        of the Minneapolis park and recreation board is filed in 
        compliance with Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021, subdivision 
        3. 
           Presented to the governor May 20, 1999 
           Signed by the governor May 24, 1999, 10:02 a.m.