Minnesota Session Laws - 2003, Regular Session

                             CHAPTER 63-S.F.No. 374 
                  An act relating to the city of St. Paul; making 
                  technical changes to the civic center authority powers 
                  and duties; amending Laws 1967, chapter 459, section 
                  8, subdivisions 1, 3, 4, as amended. 
        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
           Section 1.  Laws 1967, chapter 459, section 8, subdivision 
        1, as added by Laws 1969, chapter 1138, section 3, is amended to 
        read: 
           Subdivision 1.  There is created an agency of the city of 
        Saint Paul known as the civic center RiverCentre authority. 
           The authority shall have nine members.  Seven public 
        members shall be appointed by the mayor, with the consent of the 
        council, and shall hold no other public office save notary 
        public.  Two members shall be designated by the mayor from among 
        the members of the city council.  
           Until termination of the guarantees provided hereunder five 
        of the seven public members shall be appointed from among 
        nominees presented to the mayor by the guarantors.  Three of the 
        five public members nominated by the guarantors, and the two not 
        so nominated, shall reside in Saint Paul.  
           Three of the public members first appointed shall serve 
        two-year terms.  All other appointments of public members shall 
        be for four-year terms, to expire on July 1 of the year of 
        expiration.  Councilmen Councilmembers shall serve two-year 
        four-year terms expiring the first Tuesday in June in each 
        even-numbered year beginning on the first business day of 
        January of the year after their election. 
           All appointments to fill vacancies shall be for the 
        remainder of the unexpired term. 
           Members of the Authority shall serve without compensation 
        but may be reimbursed for their necessary expenses. 
           Any public member may be removed by the mayor, with the 
        consent of the council, for good cause shown.  
           The authority shall elect, for one-year terms, a chairman 
        and such other officers as it may deem appropriate. 
           Sec. 2.  Laws 1967, chapter 459, section 8, subdivision 3, 
        as added by Laws 1969, chapter 1138, section 3, is amended to 
        read: 
           Subd. 3.  To discharge its responsibilities the authority 
        shall have power to: 
           (1) appoint and at its pleasure remove a managing director 
        and a deputy director and fix their compensation. 
           (2) use the services of the Civil Service Department of the 
        city of St. Paul to secure such other employees as may be 
        necessary to operate the authority and the civic center 
        RiverCentre Complex, who shall be in the classified service of 
        the city of St. Paul. 
           (3) manage the civic center RiverCentre Complex, and make 
        regulations regarding its use, and in particular prescribe the 
        charges to be made for its use, determine when free use shall be 
        granted for worthy civic activities, and control the actions of 
        any person licensed for the sale of intoxicating liquor upon the 
        premises of the center.  This enumeration of powers shall not be 
        construed as a limitation upon the general powers of the 
        authority. 
           (4) make contracts and purchases which shall, except as 
        provided in Subdivision 5, be made as in the case of other city 
        agencies and bureaus. 
           (5) accept and expend according to their terms any gifts 
        from governments or individuals persons for civic center 
        RiverCentre Complex purposes. 
           Sec. 3.  Laws 1967, chapter 459, section 8, subdivision 4, 
        as added by Laws 1969, chapter 1138, section 3, is amended to 
        read: 
           Subd. 4.  Receipts of the authority shall be deposited to 
        its credit in a revolving fund in the city treasury and expended 
        in accordance with an annual budget.  The budget shall be 
        submitted to the comptroller before August 15 October 31 of each 
        year and shall be transmitted by him, without modification, to 
        the council as part of his budget estimates.  The council may 
        modify the budget of the authority only with respect to those 
        amounts proposed to be financed by general revenues of the city 
        or bond proceeds. 
           The budget shall follow the method of subdivision into 
        items prescribed for other city agencies and bureaus but may, in 
        the discretion of the authority, be on an accrual basis, and all 
        sums remaining to the credit of the authority at the close of 
        the city's budget year shall be automatically appropriated to 
        its credit for the following year. 
           The city may levy in 1970, in addition to other levies 
        permitted by law or charter, an ad valorem tax sufficient to pay 
        all deferred free use charges currently payable to the present 
        auditorium fund, which shall be credited to the authority's 
        revolving fund. 
           Sec. 4.  [EFFECTIVE DATE; LOCAL APPROVAL.] 
           Section 1 is effective the day after the governing body of 
        St. Paul and its chief clerical officer timely complete their 
        compliance with Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021, 
        subdivisions 2 and 3. 
           Presented to the governor May 16, 2003 
           Signed by the governor May 20, 2003, 4:58 p.m.