1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to stadiums; constructing a stadium in Arden Hills; authorizing electronic 
1.3 	pull-tabs and bingo; authorizing the sale and issuance of state appropriation 
1.4 	bonds; funding public infrastructure improvements; appropriating money;
1.5 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 3.971, subdivision 6; 3.9741, by 
1.6 	adding a subdivision; 13.55, subdivision 1; 297A.71, by adding a subdivision; 
1.7 	297A.992, by adding a subdivision; 349.12, subdivisions 3b, 3c, 5, 6a, 12a, 18, 
1.8 	25b, 25c, 25d, 29, 31, 32, by adding subdivisions; 349.13; 349.151, subdivisions 
1.9 	4b, 4c, by adding a subdivision; 349.161, subdivisions 1, 5; 349.162, subdivision 
1.10 	5; 349.163, subdivisions 1, 5, 6; 349.1635, subdivisions 2, 3, by adding a 
1.11 	subdivision; 349.17, subdivisions 6, 7, 8, by adding a subdivision; 349.1721; 
1.12 	349.18, subdivision 1; 349.19, subdivisions 2, 3, 5, 10; 349.211, subdivision 
1.13 	1a; 349.2127, subdivision 2; 352.01, subdivision 2a; 473.121, subdivision 5a; 
1.14 	473.164; 473.565, subdivision 1; Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, sections 
1.15 	10A.01, subdivision 35; 340A.404, subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law 
1.16 	in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 383A; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota 
1.17 	Statutes, chapter 473J; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 137.50, 
1.18 	subdivision 5; 473.551; 473.552; 473.553, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 
1.19 	10, 11, 12, 13; 473.556, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 
1.20 	17; 473.561; 473.564, subdivisions 2, 3; 473.572; 473.581; 473.592, subdivision 
1.21 	1; 473.595; 473.5955; 473.596; 473.598; 473.599; 473.5995; 473.76.
1.22 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.23 	ARTICLE 1
1.24 	MINNESOTA STADIUM AUTHORITY

1.25 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 3.971, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
1.26 		Subd. 6.Financial audits. The legislative auditor shall audit the financial 
1.27 	statements of the state of Minnesota required by section 16A.50 and, as resources permit, 
1.28 	shall audit Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, the University of Minnesota, state 
1.29 	agencies, departments, boards, commissions, courts, and other state organizations subject 
1.30 	to audit by the legislative auditor, including the State Agricultural Society, Agricultural 
2.1 	Utilization Research Institute, Enterprise Minnesota, Inc., Minnesota Historical 
2.2 	Society, Labor Interpretive Center, Minnesota Partnership for Action Against Tobacco, 
2.3 	Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission, Minnesota Stadium Authority, Metropolitan 
2.4 	Airports Commission, and Metropolitan Mosquito Control District. Financial audits 
2.5 	must be conducted according to generally accepted government auditing standards. The 
2.6 	legislative auditor shall see that all provisions of law respecting the appropriate and 
2.7 	economic use of public funds are complied with and may, as part of a financial audit or 
2.8 	separately, investigate allegations of noncompliance.

2.9 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 3.9741, is amended by adding a subdivision 
2.10 	to read:
2.11 		Subd. 4.Minnesota Stadium Authority. Upon the audit of the financial accounts 
2.12 	and affairs of the Minnesota Stadium Authority, the authority is liable to the state for the 
2.13 	total cost and expenses of the audit, including the salaries paid to the examiners while 
2.14 	actually engaged in making the examination. The legislative auditor may bill the authority 
2.15 	either monthly or at the completion of the audit. All collections received for the audits 
2.16 	must be deposited in the general fund.

2.17 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 10A.01, subdivision 35, is 
2.18 	amended to read:
2.19 		Subd. 35.Public official. "Public official" means any:
2.20 	(1) member of the legislature;
2.21 	(2) individual employed by the legislature as secretary of the senate, legislative 
2.22 	auditor, chief clerk of the house of representatives, revisor of statutes, or researcher, 
2.23 	legislative analyst, or attorney in the Office of Senate Counsel and Research or House 
2.24 	Research;
2.25 	(3) constitutional officer in the executive branch and the officer's chief administrative 
2.26 	deputy;
2.27 	(4) solicitor general or deputy, assistant, or special assistant attorney general;
2.28 	(5) commissioner, deputy commissioner, or assistant commissioner of any state 
2.29 	department or agency as listed in section 15.01 or 15.06, or the state chief information 
2.30 	officer;
2.31 	(6) member, chief administrative officer, or deputy chief administrative officer of a 
2.32 	state board or commission that has either the power to adopt, amend, or repeal rules under 
2.33 	chapter 14, or the power to adjudicate contested cases or appeals under chapter 14;
3.1 	(7) individual employed in the executive branch who is authorized to adopt, amend, 
3.2 	or repeal rules under chapter 14 or adjudicate contested cases under chapter 14;
3.3 	(8) executive director of the State Board of Investment;
3.4 	(9) deputy of any official listed in clauses (7) and (8);
3.5 	(10) judge of the Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals;
3.6 	(11) administrative law judge or compensation judge in the State Office of 
3.7 	Administrative Hearings or unemployment law judge in the Department of Employment 
3.8 	and Economic Development;
3.9 	(12) member, regional administrator, division director, general counsel, or operations 
3.10 	manager of the Metropolitan Council;
3.11 	(13) member or chief administrator of a metropolitan agency;
3.12 	(14) director of the Division of Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement in the 
3.13 	Department of Public Safety;
3.14 	(15) member or executive director of the Higher Education Facilities Authority;
3.15 	(16) member of the board of directors or president of Enterprise Minnesota, Inc.;
3.16 	(17) member of the board of directors or executive director of the Minnesota State 
3.17 	High School League;
3.18 	(18) member of the Minnesota Ballpark Authority established in section 473.755;
3.19 	(19) citizen member of the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources;
3.20 	(20) manager of a watershed district, or member of a watershed management 
3.21 	organization as defined under section 103B.205, subdivision 13;
3.22 	(21) supervisor of a soil and water conservation district;
3.23 	(22) director of Explore Minnesota Tourism;
3.24 	(23) citizen member of the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council established in 
3.25 	section 97A.056; ~~or~~
3.26 	(24) a citizen member of the Clean Water Council established in section 114D.30~~.~~; or
3.27 	(25) member or chief executive of the Minnesota Stadium Authority established 
3.28 	in section 473J.05.

3.29 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 297A.71, is amended by adding a subdivision 
3.30 	to read:
3.31 		Subd. 43.Building materials, football stadium. Materials and supplies used 
3.32 	or consumed in, and equipment incorporated into, the construction or improvement of 
3.33 	the football stadium, and infrastructure as defined under section 473J.03, subdivision 
3.34 	13, constructed pursuant to this act are exempt. This subdivision expires one year 
3.35 	after the date that the first National Football League game is played in the stadium for 
4.1 	materials, supplies, and equipment used in the stadium, and five years after the issuance 
4.2 	of the first bonds under section 473J.19 for  materials, supplies, and equipment used in 
4.3 	the infrastructure. 

4.4 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for sales and purchases made after 
4.5 	June 30, 2012.

4.6 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 340A.404, subdivision 1, is 
4.7 	amended to read:
4.8 		Subdivision 1.Cities. (a) A city may issue an on-sale intoxicating liquor license to 
4.9 	the following establishments located within its jurisdiction:
4.10 	(1) hotels;
4.11 	(2) restaurants;
4.12 	(3) bowling centers;
4.13 	(4) clubs or congressionally chartered veterans organizations with the approval of 
4.14 	the commissioner, provided that the organization has been in existence for at least three 
4.15 	years and liquor sales will only be to members and bona fide guests, except that a club 
4.16 	may permit the general public to participate in a wine tasting conducted at the club under 
4.17 	section 340A.419;
4.18 	(5) sports facilities located on land owned or leased by the Minnesota Stadium 
4.19 	Authority;
4.20 	~~(5)~~ (6) sports facilities located on land owned by the Metropolitan Sports 
4.21 	Commission; and
4.22 	~~(6)~~ (7) exclusive liquor stores.
4.23 	(b) A city may issue an on-sale intoxicating liquor license, an on-sale wine license, 
4.24 	or an on-sale malt liquor license to a theater within the city, notwithstanding any law, local 
4.25 	ordinance, or charter provision. A license issued under this paragraph authorizes sales on 
4.26 	all days of the week to persons attending events at the theater.
4.27 	(c) A city may issue an on-sale intoxicating liquor license, an on-sale wine license, 
4.28 	or an on-sale malt liquor license to a convention center within the city, notwithstanding 
4.29 	any law, local ordinance, or charter provision. A license issued under this paragraph 
4.30 	authorizes sales on all days of the week to persons attending events at the convention 
4.31 	center. This paragraph does not apply to convention centers located in the seven-county 
4.32 	metropolitan area.
4.33 	(d) A city may issue an on-sale wine license and an on-sale malt liquor license to 
4.34 	a person who is the owner of a summer collegiate league baseball team, or to a person 
4.35 	holding a concessions or management contract with the owner, for beverage sales at a 
5.1 	ballpark or stadium located within the city for the purposes of summer collegiate league 
5.2 	baseball games at the ballpark or stadium, notwithstanding any law, local ordinance, or 
5.3 	charter provision. A license issued under this paragraph authorizes sales on all days of the 
5.4 	week to persons attending baseball games at the ballpark or stadium.

5.5 	Sec. 6. [473J.01] PURPOSE.
5.6 	The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the planning, construction, financing, 
5.7 	and long-term use of a stadium as a venue for professional football and a broad range 
5.8 	of community, civic, and sporting events. The legislature finds and declares that the 
5.9 	expenditure of public money by the county and the state for this purpose is necessary 
5.10 	and serves a public and important statewide purpose, and that property acquired by the 
5.11 	county and/or the authority for the construction of the stadium and related infrastructure is 
5.12 	acquired for a public use or public purpose under chapter 117. The legislature further finds 
5.13 	and declares that any provision in a lease or use agreement with a professional football 
5.14 	team that requires the team to play all of its home games in a publicly funded stadium, 
5.15 	with exceptions as provided in section 473J.11, subdivision 5, for the duration of the 
5.16 	lease or use agreement serves a unique public purpose for which the remedies of specific 
5.17 	performance and injunctive relief are essential to its enforcement. The legislature further 
5.18 	finds and declares that government assistance to facilitate the presence of professional 
5.19 	football provides to the state of Minnesota and its citizens highly valued intangible 
5.20 	benefits that are virtually impossible to quantify and, therefore, not recoverable even if 
5.21 	the government receives monetary damages in the event of a team's breach of contract. 
5.22 	Minnesota courts are, therefore, charged with protecting those benefits through the use 
5.23 	of specific performance and injunctive relief as provided in this chapter and in the lease 
5.24 	and use agreements.

5.25 	Sec. 7. [473J.03] DEFINITIONS.
5.26 		Subdivision 1.Application. For the purposes of this chapter, the terms defined in 
5.27 	this section have the meanings given them, except as otherwise expressly provided or 
5.28 	indicated by the context.
5.29 		Subd. 2.Authority. "Authority" means the Minnesota Stadium Authority 
5.30 	established under section 473J.05.
5.31 		Subd. 3.City. "City" means the city of Arden Hills.
5.32 		Subd. 4.County. "County" means Ramsey County.
6.1 		Subd. 5.County agreement. "County agreement" means the definitive agreement 
6.2 	or agreements to be entered into between the county and the team which shall be consistent 
6.3 	with the principles of agreement.
6.4 		Subd. 6.Development area. "Development area" means the Twin Cities Army 
6.5 	Ammunitions Plant site in Arden Hills as further described in the county agreement.
6.6 		Subd. 7.Infrastructure costs. "Infrastructure costs" means the costs of all property, 
6.7 	facilities, and improvements determined by the authority as necessary or desirable to 
6.8 	facilitate the development and use of the stadium, including but not limited to property and 
6.9 	improvements for drainage, environmental remediation, parking, on-site roadways and 
6.10 	public rights-of-way, walkways, skyways, pedestrian bridges, bicycle paths, and transit 
6.11 	improvements to facilitate public access to the stadium, lighting, landscaping, utilities, 
6.12 	streets, and streetscapes. Infrastructure costs do not include off-site public infrastructure 
6.13 	improvements.
6.14 		Subd. 8.Land acquisition costs. "Land acquisition costs" means the costs of 
6.15 	acquiring the land for the project.
6.16 		Subd. 9.NFL. The NFL is the National Football League.
6.17 		Subd. 10.Principles of agreement. "Principles of agreement" means the Ramsey 
6.18 	County/Minnesota Vikings Principles of Agreement for the development of a new 
6.19 	multipurpose stadium, dated May 10, 2011.
6.20 		Subd. 11.Stadium. "Stadium" means the stadium suitable for professional football 
6.21 	to be designed, constructed, and financed under this chapter. The stadium must have a 
6.22 	fixed roof that covers the stadium.
6.23 		Subd. 12.Stadium costs. "Stadium costs" means the costs of designing, 
6.24 	constructing, and equipping a stadium suitable for professional football and for other 
6.25 	civic and community uses.
6.26 		Subd. 13.Stadium project. "Stadium project" means the stadium and 
6.27 	accompanying on-site infrastructure costs. It does not include ancillary private real estate 
6.28 	development.
6.29 		Subd. 14.Streetscape. "Streetscape" means improvements to streets and sidewalks 
6.30 	or other public rights-of-way for the purpose of enhancing the movement, safety, 
6.31 	convenience, or enjoyment of stadium patrons and other pedestrians, including decorative 
6.32 	lighting and surfaces, plantings, display and exhibit space, adornments, seating, and 
6.33 	transit and bus shelters.
6.34 		Subd. 15.Team. "Team" means the owner of the professional football team known, 
6.35 	as of the effective date of this chapter, as the Minnesota Vikings or any owner who 
7.1 	purchases or otherwise takes ownership or control of or reconstitutes the professional 
7.2 	football team known as the Minnesota Vikings.
7.3 		Subd. 16.Watershed district. "Watershed district" means the Rice Creek 
7.4 	Watershed District.
7.5 		Subd. 17.Off-site public infrastructure. "Off-site public infrastructure" means 
7.6 	road, sewer, water, or other public improvements of a capital nature that are necessary 
7.7 	to provide public access to the stadium and that are not included in infrastructure as 
7.8 	defined in subdivision 7.

7.9 	Sec. 8. [473J.05] MINNESOTA STADIUM AUTHORITY.
7.10 		Subdivision 1.Establishment and purpose. The authority is established as a 
7.11 	public body, corporate and politic, and political subdivision of the state. In addition to 
7.12 	those powers and duties ascribed the authority herein, the authority shall ensure athletic, 
7.13 	educational, cultural, commercial and other entertainment, instruction, and activity for 
7.14 	the citizens of Minnesota and visitors. The authority is not a joint powers entity or an 
7.15 	agency or instrumentality of the county.
7.16 		Subd. 2.Membership; terms. (a) The authority shall consist of five members.
7.17 	(b) The chair and two members shall be appointed by the governor. One member 
7.18 	appointed by the governor shall serve until December 31 of the third year following 
7.19 	appointment and the other shall serve until December 31 of the sixth year following 
7.20 	appointment. Thereafter, members appointed by the governor shall serve six-year terms, 
7.21 	beginning January 1. The chair serves at the pleasure of the governor. All members 
7.22 	appointed by the governor must reside outside the county.
7.23 	(c) The governing board of the county shall appoint two members to the authority. 
7.24 	One member appointed by the county shall serve until December 31 of the third year 
7.25 	following appointment and one member shall serve until December 31 of the sixth year 
7.26 	following appointment. Thereafter, members appointed by the county shall serve six-year 
7.27 	terms, beginning January 1. Members appointed under this paragraph may reside within 
7.28 	or outside the county. One member appointed by the county may be from Arden Hills.
7.29 	(d) Each member appointed under this subdivision serves until a successor is 
7.30 	appointed and takes office. A member must not be an appointed or elected official of any 
7.31 	political subdivision. If a vacancy occurs as provided in section 351.02, it shall be filled by 
7.32 	the appointing authority in the same manner in which the original appointment was made.
7.33 		Subd. 3.Compensation. The authority may compensate its members, other than the 
7.34 	chair, as provided in section 15.0575. The chair shall receive, unless otherwise provided 
8.1 	by other law, a salary in an amount fixed by the authority and shall be reimbursed for 
8.2 	reasonable expenses to the same extent as a member.
8.3 		Subd. 4.Chair; other officers. The chair presides at all meetings of the authority, if 
8.4 	present, and performs all other assigned duties and functions. The authority may appoint 
8.5 	from among its members a vice-chair to act for the chair during the temporary absence 
8.6 	or disability of the chair and any other officers the authority determines are necessary 
8.7 	or convenient.
8.8 		Subd. 5.Bylaws. The authority shall adopt bylaws to establish rules of procedure, 
8.9 	the powers and duties of its officers, and other matters relating to the governance of the 
8.10 	authority and the exercise of its powers.
8.11 		Subd. 6.Audit. The legislative auditor shall audit the books and accounts of the 
8.12 	authority once each year or as often as the legislative auditor's funds and personnel permit. 
8.13 	The authority shall pay the total cost of the audit pursuant to section 3.9741.
8.14 		Subd. 7.Executive director; employees. The authority may appoint an executive 
8.15 	director to serve as the chief executive officer of the authority. The executive director 
8.16 	serves at the pleasure of the authority and receives compensation as determined by it. 
8.17 	The executive director is responsible for the operation, management, and promotion of 
8.18 	activities of the authority, as prescribed by the authority. The executive director has the 
8.19 	powers necessarily incident to the performance of duties required and powers granted by 
8.20 	the authority, but does not have authority to incur liability or make expenditures on behalf 
8.21 	of the authority without general or specific directions by the authority, as shown by the 
8.22 	bylaws or minutes of a meeting of the authority. The executive director is responsible for 
8.23 	hiring, supervision, and dismissal of all other employees of the authority.
8.24 		Subd. 8.Web site. The authority shall establish a Web site for purposes of 
8.25 	providing information to the public concerning all actions taken by the authority. At a 
8.26 	minimum, the Web site must contain a current version of the authority's bylaws, notices 
8.27 	of upcoming meetings, minutes of the authority's meetings, and contact telephone and 
8.28 	facsimile numbers for public comments.
8.29 		Subd. 9.Accounts of the authority. The authority shall establish accounts to 
8.30 	receive and expend money for planning, construction, operations, maintenance, and 
8.31 	capital expenditures.

8.32 	Sec. 9. [473J.07] POWERS, DUTIES OF THE AUTHORITY.
8.33 		Subdivision 1.Actions. The authority may sue and be sued. The stadium and 
8.34 	infrastructure are public improvements within the meaning of chapter 562. The authority 
8.35 	is a municipality within the meaning of chapter 466.
9.1 		Subd. 2.Acquisition of property. The authority may acquire from any public or 
9.2 	private entity by lease, purchase, gift, or devise all necessary right, title, and interest in 
9.3 	and to real property, air rights, and personal property deemed necessary to the purposes 
9.4 	contemplated by this chapter.
9.5 		Subd. 3.Disposition of property. The authority may sell, lease, transfer, or 
9.6 	otherwise dispose of any real or personal property acquired by the authority that is no 
9.7 	longer required for accomplishment of the authority's purposes. The property may be sold 
9.8 	in accordance with the procedures provided by section 469.065, except subdivisions 5, 6, 
9.9 	and 7, to the extent the authority deems it to be practical and consistent with this chapter. 
9.10 	Title to the stadium must not be transferred or sold prior to the effective date of enactment 
9.11 	of any legislation approving such transfer or sale.
9.12 		Subd. 4.Data practices; open meetings. Except as otherwise provided in this 
9.13 	chapter, the authority is subject to chapters 13 and 13D.
9.14 		Subd. 5.Employees; contracts for services. The authority may employ persons 
9.15 	and contract for services necessary to carry out its functions, including the utilization of 
9.16 	employees and consultants retained by other governmental entities.
9.17 		Subd. 6.Gifts, grants. The authority may accept monetary contributions, property, 
9.18 	services, and grants or loans of money or other property from the United States, the state, 
9.19 	any subdivision of the state, any agency of those entities, or any person for any of its 
9.20 	purposes, and may enter into any agreement required in connection with the gifts, grants, 
9.21 	or loans. The authority shall hold, use, and dispose of the money, property, or services 
9.22 	according to the terms of the monetary contributions, grant, loan, or agreement.
9.23 		Subd. 7.Research. The authority may conduct research studies and programs; 
9.24 	collect and analyze data; prepare reports, maps, charts, and tables; and conduct all 
9.25 	necessary hearings and investigations in connection with its functions.
9.26 		Subd. 8.Insurance. The authority may require any employee to obtain and file 
9.27 	with the authority an individual bond or fidelity insurance policy. The authority may 
9.28 	procure insurance in the amounts the authority considers necessary against liability of the 
9.29 	authority and its officers and employees for personal injury or death and property damage 
9.30 	or destruction, consistent with chapter 466, and against risks of damage to or destruction 
9.31 	of any of its facilities, equipment, or other property.
9.32 		Subd. 9.Metropolitan Council review. The acquisition and betterment of a 
9.33 	stadium and the construction of the accompanying infrastructure, as provided herein, must 
9.34 	be conducted pursuant to this chapter and are subject to sections 473.165 and 473.173.
10.1 		Subd. 10.Business Subsidy Act exemption. Section 116J.994 does not apply to 
10.2 	any transactions of the authority or other governmental entity related to the stadium or 
10.3 	infrastructure or to any tenant or other users of the stadium or infrastructure.
10.4 		Subd. 11.Incidental powers. In addition to the powers expressly granted in this 
10.5 	chapter, the authority has all powers necessary or incidental thereto.
10.6 		Subd. 12.Authority review. All agreements between the county and the team must 
10.7 	be public and are subject to review, amendment, and approval by the authority.

10.8 	Sec. 10. [473J.09] STADIUM OPERATIONS.
10.9 		Subdivision 1.Stadium operation. The authority may own, develop, construct, 
10.10 	equip, improve, operate, manage, maintain, and control the stadium, parking facilities, and 
10.11 	related facilities constructed or acquired under this chapter. The stadium shall be operated 
10.12 	in a first-class manner, similar to and consistent with that of other comparable NFL 
10.13 	stadiums. The authority and team will jointly select an experienced management company 
10.14 	or individual to manage the stadium on behalf of the authority and the team. Terms of a 
10.15 	management contract may be negotiated between the team and authority, but must include:
10.16 	(1) a provision granting the team operational control of matters related to NFL 
10.17 	games;
10.18 	(2) a provision granting operational control of matters related to non-NFL events to 
10.19 	the authority;
10.20 	(3) a provision requiring mutual agreement on selection of vendors; and
10.21 	(4) a provision requiring mutual agreement on all other provisions.
10.22 		Subd. 2.Use agreements. The authority may lease, license, or enter into use 
10.23 	agreements and may fix, alter, charge, and collect rentals, fees, and charges for the use, 
10.24 	occupation, and availability of part or all of any premises, property, or facilities under its 
10.25 	ownership, operation, or control with the team and for purposes that will provide athletic, 
10.26 	educational, cultural, commercial, or other entertainment, instruction, or activity for the 
10.27 	citizens of Minnesota and visitors. The lease or use agreement may provide that the other 
10.28 	contracting party has exclusive use of the premises at the times agreed upon, as well as 
10.29 	the right to retain some or all revenues from ticket sales, suite licenses, concessions, 
10.30 	advertising, naming rights, and other revenues derived from the stadium. The lease or 
10.31 	use agreement with a team must provide for the payment by the team of an agreed-upon 
10.32 	portion of operating and maintenance costs and expenses and provide other terms in 
10.33 	which the authority and team agree.  In no case may a lease or use agreement permit 
10.34 	smoking in the stadium.
11.1 		Subd. 3.Operating expenses. The authority must provide in the lease or use 
11.2 	agreements with the team that the team pay for operating costs of the stadium except for 
11.3 	costs associated with non-NFL events, which shall be paid by the authority. A lease or use 
11.4 	agreement may include provisions for the payment of operating expenses and for a capital 
11.5 	reserve. The authority shall agree to provide in the lease or use agreement for the team 
11.6 	to receive all game-day revenues and suite revenues. The agreement shall provide that 
11.7 	naming rights to the stadium are retained by the team, subject to the approval of the name 
11.8 	or names by the authority. The agreement shall provide for the authority to receive all 
11.9 	general ticket revenues from nonprofessional football games or events. The county shall 
11.10 	pay the authority $1,500,000 annually for operating expenses, beginning January 1, 2013, 
11.11 	and this amount shall grow by an agreed-upon annual inflation rate thereafter.
11.12 		Subd. 4.Public access. The authority will work to maximize access for public and 
11.13 	amateur sports, community, and civic events and other public events in type and on terms 
11.14 	consistent with those currently held at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, as defined 
11.15 	in section 473.551, subdivision 9. The authority may provide that these events have 
11.16 	exclusive use of the premises at agreed-upon times.
11.17 		Subd. 5.Municipal services. The team shall be responsible for any and all costs 
11.18 	incurred for municipal services, including but not limited to police and security, traffic 
11.19 	control, fire prevention, emergency medical, street cleaning and trash removal, and other 
11.20 	similar services provided for events held by the team. The city and county shall consult 
11.21 	with the team and authority to determine appropriate public and private staffing levels for 
11.22 	police and security, traffic control, fire prevention, emergency medical, street cleaning 
11.23 	and trash removal, and other similar services based upon anticipated attendance for NFL 
11.24 	games and any other events held at the stadium. If the city or county determines that a 
11.25 	public safety issue exists with respect to a particular NFL game or event, the city and 
11.26 	county shall have the right to determine and impose the staffing level for such event. 
11.27 	Sponsors of civic, noncommercial events and uses shall be responsible for any and all 
11.28 	incremental costs incurred for municipal services provided for its event.

11.29 	Sec. 11. [473J.11] LEASE OR USE AGREEMENT; CONDITIONS AND 
11.30 	CRITERIA.
11.31 		Subdivision 1.Scope. The lease or use agreement or other transaction documents 
11.32 	between the authority and the team shall include the criteria and conditions contained 
11.33 	in this section.
11.34 		Subd. 2.Term. The team will enter into a stadium lease or use agreement with the 
11.35 	county or authority for a term of 30 years, with team options to extend the term.
12.1 		Subd. 3.Capital improvements. (a) The authority shall be responsible for making, 
12.2 	or for causing others to make, all capital repairs, replacements, and improvements for the 
12.3 	stadium and parking facilities. The authority shall maintain or cause others to maintain 
12.4 	the stadium and parking facilities in a safe, clean, attractive, and first class manner so 
12.5 	as to cause them to remain in a condition comparable to that of other NFL facilities of 
12.6 	similar design and age, ordinary wear and tear excepted. The authority shall maintain, or 
12.7 	cause others to maintain, the stadium and parking facilities in a manner that is consistent 
12.8 	with all applicable requirements imposed by the NFL, and with the original design and 
12.9 	construction program of the stadium and parking facilities. The authority shall make, or 
12.10 	cause others to make, all necessary or appropriate repairs, renewals, and replacements, 
12.11 	whether structural or nonstructural, interior or exterior, ordinary or extraordinary, foreseen 
12.12 	or unforeseen, in a prompt and timely manner.
12.13 	(b) The county must contribute $1,000,000 and the team must contribute $2,000,000 
12.14 	annually for the term of lease to the reserve fund. The team and county contributions are 
12.15 	subject to an annual growth of three percent, or to an inflationary index, as determined 
12.16 	by the authority; however, the amount of any increase in the county's contribution shall 
12.17 	not exceed the annual amount of the increase in sales tax net proceeds collected in the 
12.18 	county in each year. The county shall have no responsibility for any capital repairs, 
12.19 	replacements, or improvements to the stadium and parking facilities beyond the annual 
12.20 	contribution described herein.
12.21 	(c) The team shall pay for any required capital repairs, replacements, and 
12.22 	improvements in excess of the amounts available in the reserve fund. The reserve fund 
12.23 	shall be used to fund all activities described in this paragraph but shall not be used to 
12.24 	remedy design or specification deficiencies.
12.25 	(d) The team and authority shall develop both a short-term and long-term capital 
12.26 	funding plan, and shall use that plan to guide all future capital needs of the stadium project.
12.27 		Subd. 4.In-lieu rent; game day payments. The team is responsible for operating 
12.28 	expenses of the stadium and parking facilities in-lieu of rent. Non-NFL event expenses 
12.29 	must be paid by the authority. The team shall pay all game-day expenses and shall pay for 
12.30 	all required municipal services.
12.31 		Subd. 5.No escape. The team shall play all regularly scheduled home games, 
12.32 	including preseason and regular season, at the stadium for 30 years. The team shall 
12.33 	not enter into a contractual arrangement with a public or private entity, other than the 
12.34 	authority, to play any home games at a stadium location other than the stadium. However, 
12.35 	the team shall have the ability to play occasional league mandated home games at a 
12.36 	facility other than the stadium, or not more than one permitted specialty home game per 
13.1 	year at a facility other than the stadium. The lease or use agreement must include terms 
13.2 	for default, termination, and breach of the agreement. Recognizing that the presence of 
13.3 	professional football provides to the state of Minnesota and its citizens highly valued, 
13.4 	intangible benefits that are virtually impossible to quantify and, therefore, not recoverable 
13.5 	in the event of a team owner's breach of contract, the lease and use agreements must 
13.6 	provide for specific performance and injunctive relief to enforce provisions relating to use 
13.7 	of the stadium for professional football and must not include escape clauses or buyout 
13.8 	provisions. The team must not enter into or accept any agreement or requirement with or 
13.9 	from the NFL or any other entity that is not consistent with the team's binding commitment 
13.10 	to the 30-year term of the lease or use agreement or that would in any manner dilute, 
13.11 	interfere with, or negate the provisions of the lease or use agreement. The legislature 
13.12 	conclusively determines, as a matter of public policy, that the lease or use agreement under 
13.13 	this chapter that includes a specific performance clause:
13.14 	(1) explicitly authorize specific performance as a remedy for breach;
13.15 	(2) are made for adequate consideration and upon terms which are otherwise fair 
13.16 	and reasonable;
13.17 	(3) have not been included through sharp practice, misrepresentation, or mistake;
13.18 	(4) if specifically enforced, do not cause unreasonable or disproportionate hardship 
13.19 	or loss to the team or to third parties; and
13.20 	(5) involve performance in a manner and the rendering of services of a nature and 
13.21 	under circumstances that the beneficiary cannot be adequately compensated in damages.
13.22 		Subd. 6.Public share if team is sold. The lease or use agreement must provide that, 
13.23 	if the team is sold or an interest in the team is sold after the effective date of this chapter, 
13.24 	a portion of the sale price must be paid to the authority and deposited in a reserve fund 
13.25 	for improvements to the stadium or expended as the authority may otherwise direct. The 
13.26 	portion required to be so paid to the authority is at least 18 percent of the gross sale price, 
13.27 	declining to zero 15 years after commencement of stadium construction in increments 
13.28 	of 1.2 percent each year. The agreement must provide exceptions for sales to members 
13.29 	of the owner's family and entities and trusts beneficially owned by family members, 
13.30 	sales to employees of equity interests aggregating up to ten percent, and sales related to 
13.31 	capital infusions not distributed to the owners.
13.32 		Subd. 7.Authority's access to team financial information. The lease or use 
13.33 	agreement or other transaction documents shall provide the authority access to annual 
13.34 	audited financial statements of the team and other financial books and records that the 
13.35 	authority deems necessary to determine compliance by the team with this act, and to 
13.36 	enforce the terms of any lease, license, or other transaction documents entered into under 
14.1 	this act. Any financial information obtained by the authority under this subdivision is 
14.2 	nonpublic data under section 13.02, subdivision 9. This provision requires disclosure prior 
14.3 	to initial agreement and annually thereafter.
14.4 		Subd. 8.Affordable NFL game tickets. The lease, license, or other transaction 
14.5 	documents shall provide for an agreed-upon number of affordable tickets.
14.6 		Subd. 9.LEED certification. The authority shall make best efforts to ensure 
14.7 	that the stadium receives Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design ("LEED") 
14.8 	certification for environmental design.
14.9 		Subd. 10.Cooperation with financing. The county and authority will cooperate 
14.10 	with the team to facilitate the financing of the team's contribution. Such agreement 
14.11 	to cooperate shall not require the county or authority to incur any additional costs or 
14.12 	provide conduit financing. The lease, license, or other transaction documents shall include 
14.13 	provisions customarily required by lenders in stadium financings.

14.14 	Sec. 12. [473J.13] ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS, CONDITIONS, AND 
14.15 	CRITERIA.
14.16 		Subdivision 1.Corporate headquarters. If the team elects to construct a new 
14.17 	corporate headquarters or training complex, such development shall occur in the county. 
14.18 	The team shall not make a significant investment that effectively constitutes a new 
14.19 	corporate headquarters or training facility at the existing Winter Park facility, excluding 
14.20 	maintenance, ordinary or necessary repairs, and substantial repair or replacement.
14.21 		Subd. 2.Special taxes and fees. The county, city, or watershed will not impose any 
14.22 	special taxes, fees, or other surcharges specific to the stadium, team, or team personnel, 
14.23 	such as sales, admissions, parking, or other taxes. The county and state bonds will not 
14.24 	be secured by the stadium or its revenues.
14.25 		Subd. 3.Contracts. (a) A stadium design and construction group (SDCG) shall 
14.26 	be established and shall be responsible for design and construction of the stadium. The 
14.27 	authority, team, and county shall each appoint one member to the SDCG.
14.28 	(b) The SDCG shall enter into an agreement with the authority, team, county, 
14.29 	or any other entity relating to the construction, financing, and use of the stadium and 
14.30 	related facilities and infrastructure. The SDCG may contract for materials, supplies, and 
14.31 	equipment in accordance with sections 473.345, 473.754, and 473J.07, except that the 
14.32 	SDCG may employ or contract with persons, firms, or corporations to perform one or 
14.33 	more or all of the functions of architect, engineer, or construction manager with respect 
14.34 	to all or any part of the stadium and infrastructure. The construction manager appointed 
14.35 	by the SDCG may enter into contracts with contractors for labor, materials, supplies, 
15.1 	and equipment for the construction of the stadium and related infrastructure through the 
15.2 	process of public bidding, except that the construction manager may, with the consent 
15.3 	of the SDCG:
15.4 	(1) narrow the listing of eligible bidders to those which the construction manager 
15.5 	determines to possess sufficient expertise to perform the intended functions;
15.6 	(2) award contracts to the contractors that the construction manager determines 
15.7 	provide the best value, which are not required to be the lowest responsible bidder; and
15.8 	(3) for work the construction manager determines to be critical to the completion 
15.9 	schedule, award contracts on the basis of competitive proposals or perform work with 
15.10 	its own forces without soliciting competitive bids if the construction manager provides 
15.11 	evidence of competitive pricing.
15.12 	(c) The SDCG shall require that the construction manager certify, before the contract 
15.13 	is signed, a fixed and stipulated construction price and completion date to the authority 
15.14 	and post a performance bond in an amount at least equal to 100 percent of the certified 
15.15 	price, to cover any costs which may be incurred in excess of the certified price, including 
15.16 	but not limited to costs incurred by the authority or loss of revenues resulting from 
15.17 	incomplete construction on the completion date. The SDCG may secure surety bonds as 
15.18 	provided in section 574.26, securing payment of just claims in connection with all public 
15.19 	work undertaken by it. Persons entitled to the protection of the bonds may enforce them as 
15.20 	provided in sections 574.28 to 574.32, and shall not be entitled to a lien on any property of 
15.21 	the authority under the provisions of sections 514.01 to 514.16. Contracts for construction 
15.22 	and operation of the stadium must include programs to provide for participation by small 
15.23 	local businesses and businesses owned by people of color, and the inclusion of women and 
15.24 	people of color in the workforces of contractors and stadium operators. The construction 
15.25 	of the stadium is a "project" as that term is defined in section 177.42, subdivision 2, and is 
15.26 	subject to the prevailing wage law under sections 177.41 to 177.43.
15.27 		Subd. 4.Hiring and recruitment. The SDCG shall make every effort to employ 
15.28 	women and members of minority communities when hiring. The SDCG shall make good 
15.29 	faith efforts to engage qualified women, minority-owned, and small business enterprise 
15.30 	contractors.
15.31 		Subd. 5.Other required agreements. The team shall give food, beverage, retail, 
15.32 	and concession workers presently employed by the team or its vendors at the Hubert 
15.33 	H. Humphrey Metrodome the opportunity to continue their employment in comparable 
15.34 	positions at the new stadium. Workers who are presently represented under a collective 
15.35 	bargaining agreement may seek to continue such representation in the facility and 
15.36 	designate such, or another collective bargaining unit, as their representative.
16.1 		Subd. 6.Team-related entities. Subject to the prior approval of the SDCG, any 
16.2 	of the obligations set forth herein that are related to stadium design, development, 
16.3 	construction, operation, or management by the team may be performed by the team or a 
16.4 	related entity, and the team or any entity related to the team may receive any revenues to 
16.5 	which the team is entitled hereunder; provided, however, the team shall remain liable if 
16.6 	any obligations are assigned to a related entity.
16.7 		Subd. 7.Changes. Except as provided for in contracts approved by the SDCG, if 
16.8 	any party requests a change in minimum design standards, and this change is responsible 
16.9 	for requiring the project to exceed the stated budget, the requesting party is liable for 
16.10 	any cost overruns or associated liabilities.

16.11 	Sec. 13. [473J.15] CRITERIA AND CONDITIONS.
16.12 		Subdivision 1.Binding and enforceable. In developing the stadium and entering 
16.13 	into related contracts, the authority, and all bids submitted, must follow and enforce the 
16.14 	criteria and conditions in this section, provided that a determination by the authority that 
16.15 	those criteria or conditions have been met under any county agreement or otherwise 
16.16 	shall be conclusive.
16.17 		Subd. 2.Stadium location. The stadium will be located at the development area. 
16.18 	The stadium is expected to be open and operational no later than June 2016.
16.19 		Subd. 3.Stadium owner. The stadium will be owned by the stadium authority and 
16.20 	the team will enter into a long-term lease or license agreement with the authority. The 
16.21 	terms of the lease, license, or other transaction documents are discussed in this chapter.
16.22 		Subd. 4.Stadium design. The roofed stadium shall be designed and constructed 
16.23 	incorporating the following general program and design elements:
16.24 	(a) The stadium shall comprise approximately 1,600,000 square feet with 
16.25 	approximately 65,000 seats, expandable to 72,000. The stadium shall meet or exceed NFL 
16.26 	program requirements, and include approximately 150 suites and approximately 7,500 
16.27 	club seats.
16.28 	(b) Space for team-related exhibitions and sales, which shall include the following: 
16.29 	team museum and Hall of Fame, retail merchandise and gift shop retail venue, and themed 
16.30 	concessions and restaurants.
16.31 	(c) Space for administrative offices of the authority.
16.32 	(d) Parking for approximately 21,000 cars and trucks including tailgate parking and 
16.33 	premium parking area with a separate entrance/exit.
16.34 	(e) Elements sufficient to provide community and civic uses as determined by the 
16.35 	authority.
17.1 		Subd. 5.Stadium development. The design, development, and construction of the 
17.2 	stadium shall be a collaborative process between the authority, county, and team. The 
17.3 	authority, county, and team shall establish a process to reach consensus on key elements of 
17.4 	the stadium program and design, development, and construction.
17.5 		Subd. 6.Necessary approvals. The authority and the team must jointly seek 
17.6 	and shall secure any necessary approvals to the terms of the lease and the design and 
17.7 	construction plans for the stadium, including prior approval of the NFL.

17.8 	Sec. 14. [473J.17] SITE ACQUISITION AND REMEDIATION.
17.9 		Subdivision 1.Site acquisition. The county will acquire the development area from 
17.10 	the United States Army by the county on terms acceptable to the county, authority, and 
17.11 	team. The county shall transfer to the authority the land necessary for the stadium project 
17.12 	for no consideration. The team, or a related entity, will immediately thereafter acquire 
17.13 	from the county the portion of land not required for the footprint of the stadium and 
17.14 	stadium-related access, open green space, and parking spaces, such portion, "private 
17.15 	land," and shall become the owner of the private land. The county is authorized to buy 
17.16 	property from the Army and sell a portion directly to the team at the county's acquisition 
17.17 	price per acre, notwithstanding any law, ordinance, or charter provision to the contrary. 
17.18 	The team shall retain development rights for at least eight years following the opening of 
17.19 	the stadium. If the team has not commenced development of the private land or provided 
17.20 	the county with a reasonably acceptable plan to develop the private land within eight years 
17.21 	after the opening of the stadium, the county shall have the option, but shall not be required, 
17.22 	to purchase the private land from the team at the original price plus one dollar.
17.23 		Subd. 2.Site remediation. As a condition of the purchase agreement for the 
17.24 	development area, the United States Army must remediate the environmental conditions 
17.25 	of the entire development area to a commercial industrial standard to the satisfaction of 
17.26 	the county, the authority, and the state of Minnesota. If the proposed development of 
17.27 	the private land requires a higher standard of remediation, the team shall pay the costs 
17.28 	associated with such remediation.  The purchase and other agreements regarding the 
17.29 	development shall provide for the indemnification, protection, defense, and an undertaking 
17.30 	to hold harmless the county, the authority, and the state and their officers, employees, and 
17.31 	agents from liabilities, damages, losses, settlements, arbitration awards, expenses, costs, 
17.32 	penalties, remediation or cleanup obligations, and reasonable attorney fees and costs at 
17.33 	both the trial and appellate levels, that arise from or relate to the environmental condition 
17.34 	or remediation of the development area, including but not limited to any remediation 
18.1 	obligations or environmental conditions not disclosed or known at the time the site was 
18.2 	purchased by the county. 
18.3 		Subd. 3.Cost allocation. The costs to acquire the development area and costs of 
18.4 	the environmental remediation will be allocated between the county and the team based 
18.5 	on the number of acres owned by each after the private land is sold to the team or its 
18.6 	affiliates. The county shall acquire from the United States Army approximately 430 
18.7 	acres for the overall project. The team shall acquire approximately 170 acres from the 
18.8 	county immediately after the county has closed on its purchase transaction with the United 
18.9 	States Army. A mechanism will be provided in the county agreement that will allow 
18.10 	for public access between the stadium site and private land. A mechanism will also be 
18.11 	included in the county agreement to provide the team with flexibility in determining 
18.12 	the final composition of the private land for purposes of locating the stadium land and 
18.13 	development in the future, to be mutually agreed upon by the county and team and other 
18.14 	key stakeholders, as appropriate. The authority shall determine the site of the stadium 
18.15 	after consultation with the team and the county.

18.16 	Sec. 15. [473J.19] COUNTY ACTIVITIES.
18.17 		Subdivision 1.Stadium grants and payments. The county may authorize, by 
18.18 	resolution, and make one or more grants or payments to the authority for stadium 
18.19 	development and construction, infrastructure, reserves for capital improvements, operating 
18.20 	cost payments, and other purposes related to the stadium on the terms and conditions 
18.21 	agreed to by the county and the authority. 
18.22 		Subd. 2.Property acquisition and disposition. The county may acquire land, air 
18.23 	rights, and other property interests within the development area for the stadium site and 
18.24 	infrastructure by purchase or gift and convey it to the authority without consideration, 
18.25 	prepare a site for development as a stadium, and acquire and construct any related 
18.26 	infrastructure. To the extent property parcels or interests acquired are more extensive than 
18.27 	the infrastructure requirements, the county may sell or otherwise dispose of the excess. 
18.28 	The proceeds from sales of excess property must be used to reduce county and state 
18.29 	contributions as specified in this act, on a pro rata basis.
18.30 		Subd. 3.Grant agreement. The governing body of the county may delegate 
18.31 	responsibility for implementing the terms of an approved grant agreement to a designated 
18.32 	officer. The county may enforce the provisions of any grant agreement by specific 
18.33 	performance. Except to require compliance with the conditions of the grant or as may be 
18.34 	mutually agreed to by the county and the authority, the county and state have no interest in 
18.35 	or claim to any assets or revenues of the authority. 
19.1 		Subd. 4.Environmental review; planning and zoning. (a) The county is the 
19.2 	responsible governmental unit for an environmental impact statement for the stadium 
19.3 	and accompanying infrastructure prepared under section 116D.04, if an environmental 
19.4 	impact statement is necessary. Notwithstanding section 116D.04, subdivision 2b, and 
19.5 	implementing rules: (1) the environmental impact statement shall not be required to 
19.6 	consider alternative stadium sites; and (2) the environmental impact statement must be 
19.7 	determined to be adequate before commencing work on the foundation of the stadium, 
19.8 	but the stadium and infrastructure may otherwise be started and all preliminary and final 
19.9 	government decisions and actions may be made and taken, including but not limited to 
19.10 	acquiring land; obtaining financing; granting permits or other land use approvals; entering 
19.11 	into grant, lease, or use agreements; and preparing the site, including environmental 
19.12 	remediation, and related infrastructure prior to a determination of the adequacy of the 
19.13 	environmental impact statement.
19.14 	(b) In order to accomplish the objectives of this chapter within the required time 
19.15 	frame, it is necessary to establish an alternative process for municipal land use and 
19.16 	development review. It is hereby found and declared that the construction of a stadium 
19.17 	within the development area is (1) consistent with the city's adopted comprehensive plan 
19.18 	and the watershed district's water management plan, (2) is the preferred stadium location, 
19.19 	and (3) is a permitted land use. This paragraph establishes a procedure for all land and 
19.20 	water use and development reviews and approvals by the city and watershed district for 
19.21 	the stadium and related infrastructure and supersedes all land use and development rules 
19.22 	and restrictions and procedures imposed by other law, charter, or ordinance, including, 
19.23 	without limitation, section 15.99 and chapters 103A to 103G. No later than 90 days after 
19.24 	enactment, the city and county shall establish a stadium implementation committee with 
19.25 	representation from the county, city, and watershed district to make recommendations on 
19.26 	the design plans submitted for the stadium, infrastructure, and related improvements, 
19.27 	including but not limited to street vacation, parking, roadways, walkways, skyways, 
19.28 	pedestrian bridges, bicycle paths, transit improvements to facilitate public street access 
19.29 	to the stadium and integration into the transportation plan for the municipality and the 
19.30 	region, lighting, landscaping, utilities, streets, water management, drainage, environmental 
19.31 	remediation, and land acquired and prepared for private redevelopment in a manner 
19.32 	related to the use of the stadium. The implementation committee must take action to issue 
19.33 	its recommendations within the time frames established in the planning and construction 
19.34 	timetable issued by the city and watershed district which shall provide for no less than 60 
19.35 	days for the committee's review. The recommendations of the implementation committee 
19.36 	shall be forwarded to the city's planning commission for an advisory recommendation 
20.1 	and then to the city council for final action in a single resolution, which final action must 
20.2 	be taken within 45 days of the submission after the recommendations to the planning 
20.3 	commission. The watershed district must act within 60 days of the implementation 
20.4 	committee's recommendation. The city council and watershed district shall not impose any 
20.5 	unnecessary or unreasonable conditions on the recommendations of the implementation 
20.6 	committee, nor take any action or impose any conditions that will result in delay from the 
20.7 	time frames established in the planning and construction timetable or in additional overall 
20.8 	costs. Failure of the city council and watershed district to act within the 60-day period is 
20.9 	deemed to be approval by that entity of the implementation committee's recommendations. 
20.10 	The district court or any appellate court shall expedite review of any case brought relating 
20.11 	to the stadium to the maximum extent possible and timely issue relief, orders, or opinions 
20.12 	as necessary to give effect to the provisions and objectives in this chapter.
20.13 		Subd. 5.County expenditure.  The county may make expenditures or grants for 
20.14 	other costs incidental and necessary to further the purposes of this chapter and may, by 
20.15 	agreement, reimburse in whole or in part any entity that has granted, loaned, or advanced 
20.16 	funds to the county to further the purposes of this chapter. Notwithstanding any law, 
20.17 	ordinance, or charter provision to the contrary, exercise by the county of its powers under 
20.18 	this section does not affect the amounts that the county may otherwise spend, borrow, 
20.19 	tax, or receive.
20.20 		Subd. 6.County authority. The legislature intends that, except as expressly limited 
20.21 	herein, the county may acquire and develop a site for the stadium and infrastructure, 
20.22 	to enter into contracts with the authority and other governmental or nongovernmental 
20.23 	entities, to appropriate funds, and to make employees, consultants, and other revenues 
20.24 	available for those purposes.

20.25 	Sec. 16. [473J.21] SOURCES AND USES OF FUNDS.
20.26 		Subdivision 1.Funding sources. This subdivision summarizes the key components 
20.27 	of the funding sources for the project. The parties shall work together and cooperate in 
20.28 	good faith to identify additional funding sources.
20.29 	(a) The team contribution shall be at least $425,000,000, net of financing costs. This 
20.30 	amount shall be paid within one year of the effective date of this act and held in escrow. 
20.31 	The team shall provide a plan to finance its share of the cost allocations set out in the 
20.32 	county/team agreement to the authority on a timely basis. The team shall provide a written, 
20.33 	binding, bona fide commitment or commitments for the financing to the authority prior to 
20.34 	the county issuing any bonds for the project. The team shall be permitted to assign any of 
20.35 	its rights and obligations hereunder to its affiliates and as collateral to lenders for purposes 
21.1 	of obtaining financing, subject to the approval of the authority; provided, however, that the 
21.2 	team shall remain liable for its obligations hereunder. The team contribution will consist 
21.3 	of amounts contributed by the team, the NFL, personal seat license proceeds, and other 
21.4 	private revenues generated by the project.
21.5 	(b) The county will contribute $10,000,000 annually, as funds are available, to 
21.6 	the stadium project.
21.7 	(c) The state shall contribute $549,000,000, net of financing costs, to stadium 
21.8 	construction. The state shall contribute $101,000,000, net of financing costs, for 
21.9 	public infrastructure necessary for stadium development. In no event shall the state's 
21.10 	contribution, net of financing costs, exceed these amounts.
21.11 		Subd. 2.Cost overruns and project savings. Except as provided in the county 
21.12 	agreement, the team shall be responsible for cost overruns, if any, associated with the 
21.13 	development of the stadium, and with off-site transportation, excluding parking. The 
21.14 	county shall be responsible for cost overruns, if any, associated with certain infrastructure 
21.15 	improvements, including surface parking and related interior circulation, as delineated 
21.16 	and described in the county agreement. The infrastructure improvements shall be 
21.17 	further delineated in the county agreement but shall not include off-site transportation 
21.18 	infrastructure improvements. Notwithstanding any other cost-allocation provisions in this 
21.19 	chapter, the team shall be responsible for 39.5 percent and the county shall be responsible 
21.20 	for 60.5 percent of any cost overruns associated with site acquisition, remediation, and 
21.21 	infrastructure costs. Project savings, if any, shall be allocated between the state, county, 
21.22 	and team on a pro rata basis.

21.23 	Sec. 17. [473J.23] PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION; SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS.
21.24 	Any real or personal property acquired, owned, leased, controlled, used, or occupied 
21.25 	by the authority for any of the purposes of this chapter is acquired, owned, leased, 
21.26 	controlled, used, and occupied for public, governmental, and municipal purposes, and is 
21.27 	exempt from ad valorem taxation by the state or any political subdivision of the state; 
21.28 	provided that the properties are subject to special assessments levied by a political 
21.29 	subdivision for a local improvement in amounts proportionate to and not exceeding the 
21.30 	special benefit received by the properties from the improvement. No possible use of 
21.31 	any of the properties in any manner different from their use under this chapter may be 
21.32 	considered in determining the special benefit received by the properties. Notwithstanding 
21.33 	section 272.01, subdivision 2, or 273.19, real or personal property subject to a lease or use 
21.34 	agreement between the authority and another person for uses related to the purposes of this 
21.35 	chapter, including the operation of the stadium and related parking facilities, is exempt 
22.1 	from taxation regardless of the length of the lease or use agreement or the characteristics 
22.2 	of the entity leasing or using the property. This section, insofar as it provides an exemption 
22.3 	or special treatment, does not apply to any real property other than the stadium.

22.4 	Sec. 18. [473J.25] CITY REQUIREMENTS.
22.5 	At the request of the authority, the city shall issue intoxicating liquor licenses that 
22.6 	are reasonably requested for the premises of the stadium. These licenses are in addition to 
22.7 	the number authorized by law. All provisions of chapter 340A not inconsistent with this 
22.8 	section apply to the licenses authorized under this subdivision.

22.9 	Sec. 19. [473J.27] LOCAL SALES TAXES.
22.10 	No local sales or use tax may be imposed on sales at the stadium, except a general 
22.11 	sales tax permitted under section 297A.99.

22.12 	Sec. 20. [473J.29] METROPOLITAN SPORTS FACILITIES COMMISSION 
22.13 	ASSETS.
22.14 		Subdivision 1.Sale. Once the team stops playing home games at the Metrodome, 
22.15 	the Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission shall sell the Metrodome property at public 
22.16 	sale for fair market value. Upon sale of the Metrodome property and after payment of all 
22.17 	outstanding obligations, not to include any payment to Hennepin County or the city of 
22.18 	Minneapolis, the Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission shall pay the remainder of 
22.19 	the sale proceeds and any other remaining assets to the authority for its purposes.
22.20 		Subd. 2.Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission abolished. Upon transfer to 
22.21 	the authority of all assets of the Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission in subdivision 
22.22 	1, the Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission is abolished.

22.23 	Sec. 21. [473J.30] STADIUM APPROPRIATION BONDS.
22.24 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) The definitions in this subdivision apply to this 
22.25 	section.
22.26 	(b) "Appropriation bond" means a bond, note, or other similar instrument of the state 
22.27 	payable during a biennium from one or more of the following sources:
22.28 	(1) money appropriated by law in any biennium for debt service due with respect 
22.29 	to obligations described in subdivision 2, paragraph (b);
22.30 	(2) proceeds of the sale of obligations described in subdivision 2, paragraph (b);
22.31 	(3) payments received for that purpose under agreements and ancillary arrangements 
22.32 	described in subdivision 2, paragraph (d); and
23.1 	(4) investment earnings on amounts in clauses (1) to (3).
23.2 	(c) "Debt service" means the amount payable in any biennium of principal, premium, 
23.3 	if any, and interest on appropriation bonds.
23.4 		Subd. 2.Authority. (a) Subject to the limitations of this subdivision, the 
23.5 	commissioner of management and budget may sell and issue appropriation bonds of the 
23.6 	state under this section to acquire and better, including design, construction, furnishing, 
23.7 	and equipping, the stadium project under this chapter. Proceeds of the bonds must be 
23.8 	credited to a special appropriation bond proceeds account in the state treasury. Net income 
23.9 	from investment of the proceeds, as estimated by the commissioner, must be credited to 
23.10 	the special appropriation bond proceeds account.
23.11 	(b) Appropriation bonds may be sold and issued in amounts that, in the opinion of 
23.12 	the commissioner, are necessary to provide sufficient funds for achieving the purposes 
23.13 	authorized as provided under paragraph (a), and pay debt service, pay costs of issuance, 
23.14 	make deposits to reserve funds, pay the costs of credit enhancement, or make payments 
23.15 	under other agreements entered into under paragraph (d); provided, however, that bonds 
23.16 	issued under this section shall not exceed $650,000,000 in principal amount, excluding 
23.17 	refunding bonds sold and issued under subdivision 4.
23.18 	(c) Appropriation bonds may be issued in one or more series on the terms and 
23.19 	conditions the commissioner determines to be in the best interests of the state, but the term 
23.20 	on any series of bonds may not exceed 30 years.
23.21 	(d) At the time of, or in anticipation of, issuing the appropriation bonds, and at any 
23.22 	time thereafter, so long as the appropriation bonds are outstanding, the commissioner 
23.23 	may enter into agreements and ancillary arrangements relating to the appropriation 
23.24 	bonds, including but not limited to trust indentures, liquidity facilities, remarketing or 
23.25 	dealer agreements, letter of credit agreements, insurance policies, guaranty agreements, 
23.26 	reimbursement agreements, indexing agreements, or interest exchange agreements. Any 
23.27 	payments made or received according to the agreement or ancillary arrangement shall be 
23.28 	made from or deposited as provided in the agreement or ancillary arrangement. The 
23.29 	determination of the commissioner included in an interest exchange agreement that the 
23.30 	agreement relates to an appropriation bond shall be conclusive.
23.31 		Subd. 3.Form; procedure. (a) Appropriation bonds may be issued in the form 
23.32 	of bonds, notes, or other similar instruments, and in the manner provided in section 
23.33 	16A.672. In the event that any provision of section 16A.672 conflicts with this section, 
23.34 	this section shall control.
23.35 	(b) Every appropriation bond shall include a conspicuous statement of the limitation 
23.36 	established in subdivision 6.
24.1 	(c) Appropriation bonds may be sold at either public or private sale upon such terms 
24.2 	as the commissioner shall determine are not inconsistent with this section and may be sold 
24.3 	at any price or percentage of par value. Any bid received may be rejected.
24.4 	(d) Appropriation bonds may bear interest at a fixed or variable rate.
24.5 		Subd. 4.Refunding bonds. The commissioner from time to time may issue 
24.6 	appropriation bonds for the purpose of refunding any appropriation bonds then 
24.7 	outstanding, including the payment of any redemption premiums on the bonds, any 
24.8 	interest accrued or to accrue to the redemption date, and costs related to the issuance 
24.9 	and sale of the refunding bonds. The proceeds of any refunding bonds may, in the 
24.10 	discretion of the commissioner, be applied to the purchase or payment at maturity of the 
24.11 	appropriation bonds to be refunded, to the redemption of the outstanding bonds on any 
24.12 	redemption date, or to pay interest on the refunding bonds and may, pending application, 
24.13 	be placed in escrow to be applied to the purchase, payment, retirement, or redemption. 
24.14 	Any escrowed proceeds, pending such use, may be invested and reinvested in obligations 
24.15 	that are authorized investments under section 11A.24. The income earned or realized on 
24.16 	the investment may also be applied to the payment of the bonds to be refunded or interest 
24.17 	or premiums on the refunded bonds, or to pay interest on the refunding bonds. After 
24.18 	the terms of the escrow have been fully satisfied, any balance of the proceeds and any 
24.19 	investment income may be returned to the general fund or, if applicable, the appropriation 
24.20 	bond proceeds account for use in any lawful manner. All refunding bonds issued under 
24.21 	this subdivision must be prepared, executed, delivered, and secured by appropriations in 
24.22 	the same manner as the bonds to be refunded.
24.23 		Subd. 5.Appropriation bonds as legal investments. Any of the following entities 
24.24 	may legally invest any sinking funds, money, or other funds belonging to them or under 
24.25 	their control in any appropriation bonds issued under this section:
24.26 	(1) the state, the investment board, public officers, municipal corporations, political 
24.27 	subdivisions, and public bodies;
24.28 	(2) banks and bankers, savings and loan associations, credit unions, trust companies, 
24.29 	savings banks and institutions, investment companies, insurance companies, insurance 
24.30 	associations, and other persons carrying on a banking or insurance business; and
24.31 	(3) personal representatives, guardians, trustees, and other fiduciaries.
24.32 		Subd. 6.No full faith and credit; state not required to make appropriations.
 24.33 	The appropriation bonds are not public debt of the state, and the full faith, credit, and 
24.34 	taxing powers of the state are not pledged to the payment of the appropriation bonds or to 
24.35 	any payment that the state agrees to make under this section. Appropriation bonds shall 
24.36 	not be obligations paid directly, in whole or in part, from a tax of statewide application 
25.1 	on any class of property, income, transaction, or privilege. Appropriation bonds shall be 
25.2 	payable in each fiscal year only from amounts that the legislature may appropriate for debt 
25.3 	service for any fiscal year, provided that nothing in this section shall be construed to 
25.4 	require the state to appropriate funds sufficient to make debt service payments with respect 
25.5 	to the bonds in any fiscal year.
25.6 		Subd. 7.Appropriation of proceeds. The proceeds of appropriation bonds and 
25.7 	interest credited to the special appropriation bond proceeds account are appropriated to 
25.8 	the commissioner for payment of contract obligations under this chapter, as permitted by 
25.9 	state and federal law, and nonsalary expenses incurred in conjunction with the sale of 
25.10 	the appropriation bonds.
25.11 		Subd. 8.Appropriation for debt service. The amount needed to pay principal and 
25.12 	interest on appropriation bonds issued under this section is appropriated each year to the 
25.13 	commissioner from the general fund subject to the repeal, unallotment under section 
25.14 	16A.152, or cancellation otherwise pursuant to subdivision 6.

25.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

25.16 	Sec. 22. APPROPRIATION.
 25.17 	The Minnesota Stadium Authority shall be the recipient of all funds deposited in the 
25.18 	stadium account created under Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 473.5995, and shall use 
25.19 	those funds for the purposes of this act, including:
25.20 	(1) debt service for appropriations bonds to be sold in an amount not to exceed 
25.21 	$650,000,000, of which not more than $549,000,000 may be used for stadium 
25.22 	development, and not more than $101,000,000 may be used for public infrastructure 
25.23 	improvements; and
25.24 	(2) The commissioner of management and budget may, in consultation with the 
25.25 	authority, reduce the amount of appropriation bonds sold, and substitute direct payment 
25.26 	of public infrastructure costs as allowed under article 5.

25.27 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

25.28 	Sec. 23.  REPEALER.
 25.29 	Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 137.50, subdivision 5; 473.551; 473.552; 
25.30 	473.553, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13; 473.556, subdivisions 
25.31 	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, and 17; 473.561; 473.564, subdivisions 2 
25.32 	and 3; 473.572; 473.581; 473.592, subdivision 1; 473.595; 473.5955; 473.596; 473.598; 
25.33 	473.599; 473.5995; and 473.76, are repealed.

26.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective upon the completion of the transfer 
26.2 	of the assets of the Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission to the Minnesota Stadium 
26.3 	Authority under section 20.

26.4 	Sec. 24. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 26.5 	Except as otherwise provided, this article is effective the day following final 
26.6 	enactment.

26.7 	ARTICLE 2
26.8 	CONFORMING CHANGES

26.9 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 3.971, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
26.10 		Subd. 6.Financial audits. The legislative auditor shall audit the financial 
26.11 	statements of the state of Minnesota required by section 16A.50 and, as resources permit, 
26.12 	shall audit Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, the University of Minnesota, state 
26.13 	agencies, departments, boards, commissions, courts, and other state organizations subject 
26.14 	to audit by the legislative auditor, including the State Agricultural Society, Agricultural 
26.15 	Utilization Research Institute, Enterprise Minnesota, Inc., Minnesota Historical 
26.16 	Society, Labor Interpretive Center, Minnesota Partnership for Action Against Tobacco,
26.17 	~~Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission,~~ Metropolitan Airports Commission, and 
26.18 	Metropolitan Mosquito Control District. Financial audits must be conducted according to 
26.19 	generally accepted government auditing standards. The legislative auditor shall see that 
26.20 	all provisions of law respecting the appropriate and economic use of public funds are 
26.21 	complied with and may, as part of a financial audit or separately, investigate allegations 
26.22 	of noncompliance.

26.23 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2015.

26.24 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 13.55, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
26.25 		Subdivision 1.Not public classification. The following data received, created, or 
26.26 	maintained by or for publicly owned and operated convention facilities, civic center 
26.27 	authorities~~, or the Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission~~ are classified as nonpublic 
26.28 	data pursuant to section 13.02, subdivision 9; or private data on individuals pursuant 
26.29 	to section 13.02, subdivision 12:
26.30 	(a) a letter or other documentation from any person who makes inquiry to or who is 
26.31 	contacted by the facility regarding the availability of the facility for staging events;
26.32 	(b) identity of firms and corporations which contact the facility;
27.1 	(c) type of event which they wish to stage in the facility;
27.2 	(d) suggested terms of rentals; and
27.3 	(e) responses of authority staff to these inquiries.

27.4 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2015.

27.5 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 340A.404, subdivision 1, is 
27.6 	amended to read:
27.7 		Subdivision 1.Cities. (a) A city may issue an on-sale intoxicating liquor license to 
27.8 	the following establishments located within its jurisdiction:
27.9 	(1) hotels;
27.10 	(2) restaurants;
27.11 	(3) bowling centers;
27.12 	(4) clubs or congressionally chartered veterans organizations with the approval of 
27.13 	the commissioner, provided that the organization has been in existence for at least three 
27.14 	years and liquor sales will only be to members and bona fide guests, except that a club 
27.15 	may permit the general public to participate in a wine tasting conducted at the club under 
27.16 	section 340A.419; and
27.17 	(5) ~~sports facilities located on land owned by the Metropolitan Sports Commission;~~ 
27.18 	~~and~~
27.19 	~~(6)~~ exclusive liquor stores.
27.20 	(b) A city may issue an on-sale intoxicating liquor license, an on-sale wine license, 
27.21 	or an on-sale malt liquor license to a theater within the city, notwithstanding any law, local 
27.22 	ordinance, or charter provision. A license issued under this paragraph authorizes sales on 
27.23 	all days of the week to persons attending events at the theater.
27.24 	(c) A city may issue an on-sale intoxicating liquor license, an on-sale wine license, 
27.25 	or an on-sale malt liquor license to a convention center within the city, notwithstanding 
27.26 	any law, local ordinance, or charter provision. A license issued under this paragraph 
27.27 	authorizes sales on all days of the week to persons attending events at the convention 
27.28 	center. This paragraph does not apply to convention centers located in the seven-county 
27.29 	metropolitan area.
27.30 	(d) A city may issue an on-sale wine license and an on-sale malt liquor license to 
27.31 	a person who is the owner of a summer collegiate league baseball team, or to a person 
27.32 	holding a concessions or management contract with the owner, for beverage sales at a 
27.33 	ballpark or stadium located within the city for the purposes of summer collegiate league 
27.34 	baseball games at the ballpark or stadium, notwithstanding any law, local ordinance, or 
28.1 	charter provision. A license issued under this paragraph authorizes sales on all days of the 
28.2 	week to persons attending baseball games at the ballpark or stadium.

28.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2015.

28.4 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 352.01, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
28.5 		Subd. 2a.Included employees. (a) "State employee" includes:
28.6 	(1) employees of the Minnesota Historical Society;
28.7 	(2) employees of the State Horticultural Society;
28.8 	(3) employees of the Minnesota Crop Improvement Association;
28.9 	(4) employees of the adjutant general whose salaries are paid from federal funds and 
28.10 	who are not covered by any federal civilian employees retirement system;
28.11 	(5) employees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities who are employed 
28.12 	under the university or college activities program;
28.13 	(6) currently contributing employees covered by the system who are temporarily 
28.14 	employed by the legislature during a legislative session or any currently contributing 
28.15 	employee employed for any special service as defined in subdivision 2b, clause (8);
28.16 	(7) employees of the legislature who are appointed without a limit on the duration 
28.17 	of their employment and persons employed or designated by the legislature or by a 
28.18 	legislative committee or commission or other competent authority to conduct a special 
28.19 	inquiry, investigation, examination, or installation;
28.20 	(8) trainees who are employed on a full-time established training program 
28.21 	performing the duties of the classified position for which they will be eligible to receive 
28.22 	immediate appointment at the completion of the training period;
28.23 	(9) employees of the Minnesota Safety Council;
28.24 	(10) any employees who are on authorized leave of absence from the Transit 
28.25 	Operating Division of the former Metropolitan Transit Commission and who are employed 
28.26 	by the labor organization which is the exclusive bargaining agent representing employees 
28.27 	of the Transit Operating Division;
28.28 	(11) employees of the Metropolitan Council, Metropolitan Parks and Open Space 
28.29 	Commission, ~~Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission,~~ or Metropolitan Mosquito 
28.30 	Control Commission unless excluded under subdivision 2b or are covered by another 
28.31 	public pension fund or plan under section 473.415, subdivision 3;
28.32 	(12) judges of the Tax Court;
28.33 	(13) personnel who were employed on June 30, 1992, by the University of 
28.34 	Minnesota in the management, operation, or maintenance of its heating plant facilities, 
28.35 	whose employment transfers to an employer assuming operation of the heating plant 
29.1 	facilities, so long as the person is employed at the University of Minnesota heating plant 
29.2 	by that employer or by its successor organization;
29.3 	(14) personnel who are employed as seasonal employees in the classified or 
29.4 	unclassified service;
29.5 	(15) persons who are employed by the Department of Commerce as a peace officer 
29.6 	in the Insurance Fraud Prevention Division under section 45.0135 who have attained the 
29.7 	mandatory retirement age specified in section 43A.34, subdivision 4;
29.8 	(16) employees of the University of Minnesota unless excluded under subdivision 
29.9 	2b, clause (3);
29.10 	(17) employees of the Middle Management Association whose employment began 
29.11 	after July 1, 2007, and to whom section 352.029 does not apply; and
29.12 	(18) employees of the Minnesota Government Engineers Council to whom section 
29.13 	352.029 does not apply.
29.14 	(b) Employees specified in paragraph (a), clause (13), are included employees under 
29.15 	paragraph (a) if employer and employee contributions are made in a timely manner in the 
29.16 	amounts required by section 352.04. Employee contributions must be deducted from 
29.17 	salary. Employer contributions are the sole obligation of the employer assuming operation 
29.18 	of the University of Minnesota heating plant facilities or any successor organizations to 
29.19 	that employer.

29.20 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2015.

29.21 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 473.121, subdivision 5a, is amended to read:
29.22 		Subd. 5a.Metropolitan agency. "Metropolitan agency" means the Metropolitan 
29.23 	Parks and Open Space Commission~~,~~ and the Metropolitan Airports Commission~~, and~~ 
29.24 	~~Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission~~.

29.25 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective upon completion of the transfer.

29.26 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 473.164, is amended to read:
29.27 	473.164 SPORTS, AIRPORT COMMISSIONS TO PAY COUNCIL COSTS.
29.28 		Subdivision 1.Annually reimburse. The ~~Metropolitan Sports Facilities~~ 
29.29 	~~Commission and the~~ Metropolitan Airports Commission shall annually reimburse the 
29.30 	council for costs incurred by the council in the discharge of its responsibilities relating to 
29.31 	the commission. The costs may be charged against any revenue sources of the commission 
29.32 	as determined by the commission.
30.1 		Subd. 2.Estimates, budget, transfer. On or before May 1 of each year, the council 
30.2 	shall transmit to ~~each~~ the commission an estimate of the costs which the council will 
30.3 	incur in the discharge of its responsibilities related to the commission in the next budget 
30.4 	year including, without limitation, costs in connection with the preparation, review, 
30.5 	implementation and defense of plans, programs and budgets of the commission. ~~Each~~ The
30.6 	commission shall include the estimates in its budget for the next budget year and may 
30.7 	transmit its comments concerning the estimated amount to the council during the budget 
30.8 	review process. Prior to December 15 of each year, the amount budgeted by ~~each~~ the
30.9 	commission for the next budget year may be changed following approval by the council. 
30.10 	During each budget year, the commission shall transfer budgeted funds to the council in 
30.11 	advance when requested by the council.
30.12 		Subd. 3.Final statement. At the conclusion of each budget year, the council, in 
30.13 	cooperation with ~~each~~ the commission, shall adopt a final statement of costs incurred by the 
30.14 	council for ~~each~~ the commission. Where costs incurred in the budget year have exceeded 
30.15 	the amount budgeted, ~~each~~ the commission shall transfer to the council the additional 
30.16 	moneys needed to pay the amount of the costs in excess of the amount budgeted, and shall 
30.17 	include a sum in its next budget. Any excess of budgeted costs over actual costs may be 
30.18 	retained by the council and applied to the payment of budgeted costs in the next year.

30.19 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective upon completion of the transfer.

30.20 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 473.565, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
30.21 		Subdivision 1.In MSRS; exceptions. All employees of the former commission 
30.22 	shall be members of the Minnesota State Retirement System with respect to service 
30.23 	rendered on or after May 17, 1977, except as provided in this section.

30.24 	ARTICLE 3
30.25 	DEVELOPMENT

30.26 	Section 1. [383A.94] TWIN CITIES ARMY AMMUNITIONS PLANT (TCAAP) 
30.27 	DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TAX INCREMENT FINANCING POWERS.
30.28 		Subdivision 1.Exclusive authority. This section provides the exclusive authority 
30.29 	to establish and use tax increment financing within the area of the development site and 
30.30 	except as authorized in this section, no authority or city may establish a tax increment 
30.31 	financing district within the area of the development site.
30.32 		Subd. 2.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the 
30.33 	meanings given them, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
31.1 	(b) "Act" or "tax increment act" means the tax increment financing statute, sections 
31.2 	469.174 to 469.178.
31.3 	(c) "Development site" means the area located in the city of Arden Hills, described 
31.4 	in the TCAAP Boundary Survey dated December 12, 2007, by W. Brown Land Surveying, 
31.5 	Inc.
31.6 	(d) The terms defined in section 469.174 have the meanings given in that section.
31.7 		Subd. 3.Authority to use TIF powers. (a) The corporation established in section 
31.8 	383A.93 may establish one or more tax increment financing districts within the area of the 
31.9 	development site to assist in: (1) financing the professional football stadium and related 
31.10 	public infrastructure, (2) remediation of hazardous substances, and (3) development and 
31.11 	financing of commercial, industrial, or housing improvements, or any combination of the 
31.12 	improvements on the development site to allow its appropriate use and to aid in carrying 
31.13 	out the purposes under clauses (1) and (2). Except as otherwise provided in subdivision 
31.14 	4, the provisions of the tax increment act apply and the corporation is deemed to be the 
31.15 	authority and the county is the municipality for purposes of any tax increment financing 
31.16 	districts established and exercising powers and carrying out duties under this act.
31.17 	(b) For purposes of this section, the corporation may exercise any of the powers of a 
31.18 	housing and redevelopment authority under sections 469.001 to 469.047, an economic 
31.19 	development authority under sections 469.090 to 469.1082, a city under sections 469.124 
31.20 	to 469.134, and a municipality under sections 469.152 to 469.1655. This grant of authority 
31.21 	does not include the power to levy or to request the levy of property taxes under section 
31.22 	469.033 or 469.107 or to issue general obligation bonds under section 469.034 or 469.102.
31.23 		Subd. 4.Special rules. The following special rules apply to any tax increment 
31.24 	financing district established under this section, notwithstanding the requirements of 
31.25 	this act:
31.26 	(1) each district, unless designated as a housing district, is deemed to be a 
31.27 	redevelopment district without regard to the definition under section 469.174, subdivision 
31.28 	10;
31.29 	(2) the restrictions under section 469.1763 do not apply; and
31.30 	(3) increments may only be spent for improvements within, remediation of 
31.31 	hazardous substance on or in, or to provide access to, the development site for the purpose 
31.32 	of assisting in financing and construction of the professional football stadium and related 
31.33 	public infrastructure and for administrative expenses as permitted by the tax increment act. 
31.34 	This includes authority to spend increments for the purposes of facilitating or encouraging 
31.35 	development, if the corporation finds that will assist in providing financing for or other aid 
31.36 	for the professional football stadium and related infrastructure.
32.1 		Subd. 5.Expiration. The authority to form a tax increment financing district under 
32.2 	this section expires on December 31, .......
32.3 		Subd. 6.Transfer. An amount not to exceed $10,000,000 in any given year shall 
32.4 	be annually transferred from Ramsey County, if available from the tax increment district 
32.5 	created under this act, to the stadium fund created under section 473.5995.

32.6 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

32.7 	ARTICLE 4
32.8 	ELECTRONIC PULL-TABS AND BINGO

32.9 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 349.12, subdivision 3b, is amended to read:
32.10 		Subd. 3b.Bar operation. "Bar operation" means a method of selling and redeeming 
32.11 	disposable gambling equipment by an employee of the lessor within a leased premises 
32.12 	which is licensed for the on-sale of alcoholic beverages ~~where such sales and redemptions~~ 
32.13 	~~are made by an employee of the lessor from a common area where food and beverages~~ 
32.14 	~~are also sold~~.

32.15 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 349.12, subdivision 3c, is amended to read:
32.16 		Subd. 3c.Bar bingo. "Bar bingo" is a bingo occasion conducted at a permitted 
32.17 	premises in an area where intoxicating liquor or 3.2 percent malt beverages are sold and 
32.18 	where the licensed organization conducts another form of lawful gambling. Bar bingo 
32.19 	does not include bingo games linked to other permitted premises.

32.20 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 349.12, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
32.21 		Subd. 5.Bingo occasion. "Bingo occasion" means a single gathering or session at 
32.22 	which a series of one or more successive bingo games is played. There is no limit on the 
32.23 	number of games conducted during a bingo occasion ~~but~~. A bingo occasion must not last 
32.24 	longer than eight consecutive hours~~.~~, except that linked bingo games played on electronic 
32.25 	bingo devices may be played during regular business hours of the permitted premises and 
32.26 	all play during this period is considered a bingo occasion for reporting purposes. For 
32.27 	permitted premises where the primary business is bingo, regular business hours shall be 
32.28 	defined as the hours between 8:00 a.m. and 2:00 a.m.

32.29 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 349.12, subdivision 6a, is amended to read:
32.30 		Subd. 6a.Booth operation. "Booth operation" means a method of selling and 
32.31 	redeeming disposable gambling equipment by an employee of a licensed organization in 
33.1 	a premises the organization leases or owns ~~where such sales and redemptions are made~~ 
33.2 	~~within a separate enclosure that is distinct from areas where food and beverages are sold~~.

33.3 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 349.12, subdivision 12a, is amended to read:
33.4 		Subd. 12a.Electronic bingo device. "Electronic bingo device" means ~~an~~ a 
33.5 	handheld and portable electronic device that:
33.6 	(a) is used by a bingo player to:
33.7 	(1) monitor bingo paper sheets or a facsimile of a bingo paper sheet ~~when~~ purchased 
33.8 	and played at the time and place of an organization's bingo occasion ~~and which (1)~~ 
33.9 	~~provides a means for bingo players to~~, or to play an electronic bingo game that is linked 
33.10 	with other permitted premises;
33.11 	(2) activate numbers announced ~~by a bingo caller; (2) compares~~ or displayed, and 
33.12 	to compare the numbers ~~entered by the player~~ to the bingo faces previously stored in 
33.13 	the memory of the device; ~~and~~ 
33.14 	(3) ~~identifies~~ identify a winning bingo pattern~~.~~ or game requirement; and
33.15 	(4) play against other bingo players;
33.16 	(b) limits the play of bingo faces to 36 faces per game;
33.17 	(c) requires coded entry to activate play but does not allow the use of a coin, 
33.18 	currency, or tokens to be inserted to activate play;
33.19 	(d) may only be used for play against other bingo players in a bingo game;
33.20 	(e) has no additional function as an amusement or gambling device;
33.21 	(f) has the capability to ensure adequate levels of security and internal controls; and
33.22 	(g) has the capability to permit the board to electronically monitor the operation of 
33.23 	the device and the internal accounting systems.
33.24 	~~Electronic bingo device does not mean any device into which coin, currency, or tokens are~~ 
33.25 	~~inserted to activate play.~~

33.26 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 349.12, is amended by adding a subdivision 
33.27 	to read:
33.28 		Subd. 12b.Electronic pull-tab device. "Electronic pull-tab device" means a 
33.29 	handheld and portable electronic device that:
33.30 	(a) is used to play one or more electronic pull-tab games;
33.31 	(b) requires coded entry to activate play but does not allow the use of coin, currency, 
33.32 	or tokens to be inserted to activate play;
33.33 	(c) allows a player the option to activate the opening of:
33.34 	(1) all tabs of a ticket at the same time; or 
34.1 	(2) each tab of a ticket separately;
34.2 	(d) records and maintains information pertaining to accumulated win credits that 
34.3 	may be applied to games in play or redeemed upon termination of play;
34.4 	(e) has no spinning symbols or other representations that mimic a video slot machine;
34.5 	(f) has no additional function as a gambling device;
34.6 	(g) may incorporate an amusement game feature as part of the pull-tab game but 
34.7 	may not require additional consideration for that feature or contain or award any points, 
34.8 	prizes, or other benefit for that feature;
34.9 	(h) may have auditory or visual enhancements to promote or provide information 
34.10 	about the game being played, provided the component does not affect the outcome of 
34.11 	a game or display the results of a game;
34.12 	(i) maintains, on nonresettable meters, a printable, permanent record of all 
34.13 	transactions involving each device and electronic pull-tab games played on the device; and
34.14 	(j) is not a pull-tab dispensing device as defined under subdivision 32a.

34.15 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 349.12, is amended by adding a subdivision 
34.16 	to read:
34.17 		Subd. 12c.Electronic pull-tab game. "Electronic pull-tab game" means a pull-tab 
34.18 	game containing:
34.19 	(a) facsimiles of pull-tab tickets that are played on an electronic pull-tab device;
34.20 	(b) a predetermined finite number of winning and losing tickets;
34.21 	(c) the same price for each ticket in the game;
34.22 	(d) a price paid by the player of not less than 25 cents per ticket;
34.23 	(e) tickets that are in conformance with applicable board rules for pull-tabs;
34.24 	(f) winning tickets that comply with prize limits under section 349.211;
34.25 	(g) a unique serial number that may not be regenerated;
34.26 	(h) an electronic flare that displays the game name, form number, predetermined 
34.27 	finite number of tickets in the game, and prize tier; and
34.28 	(i) no spinning symbols or other representations that mimic a video slot machine.

34.29 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 349.12, is amended by adding a subdivision 
34.30 	to read:
34.31 		Subd. 12d.Electronic pull-tab game system. "Electronic pull-tab game system" 
34.32 	means the equipment leased from a licensed distributor and used by a licensed organization 
34.33 	to conduct, manage, and record electronic pull-tab games, and to report and transmit the 
34.34 	game results as prescribed by the board and the Department of Revenue. The system must 
35.1 	provide security and access levels sufficient so that internal control objectives are met as 
35.2 	prescribed by the board. The system must contain a point of sale station.

35.3 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 349.12, subdivision 18, is amended to read:
35.4 		Subd. 18.Gambling equipment. "Gambling equipment" means~~:~~ gambling 
35.5 	equipment that is either disposable or permanent gambling equipment. 
35.6 	(a) Disposable gambling equipment includes the following:
35.7 	(1)  bingo hard cards or paper sheets, including linked bingo paper sheets~~, devices for~~ 
35.8 	~~selecting bingo numbers, electronic bingo devices,~~;
35.9 	(2) paper and electronic pull-tabs~~,~~;
35.10 	(3) jar tickets~~, paddle wheels, paddle wheel tables,~~;
35.11 	(4) paddle tickets~~,~~ and paddle ticket cards~~,~~;
35.12 	(5) tipboards~~,~~ and tipboard tickets~~,~~;and
35.13 	(6) promotional tickets that mimic a pull-tab or tipboard~~, pull-tab dispensing devices,~~ 
35.14 	~~and programmable electronic devices that have no effect on the outcome of a game and~~ 
35.15 	~~are used to provide a visual or auditory enhancement of a game~~.
35.16 	(b) Permanent gambling equipment includes the following:
35.17 	(1) devices for selecting bingo numbers;
35.18 	(2) electronic bingo devices;
35.19 	(3) electronic pull-tab devices;
35.20 	(4) pull-tab dispensing devices;
35.21 	(5) programmable electronic devices that have no effect on the outcome of a game 
35.22 	and are used to provide a visual or auditory enhancement of a game;
35.23 	(6) paddle wheels; and
35.24 	(7) paddle wheel tables.

35.25 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 349.12, subdivision 25b, is amended to read:
35.26 		Subd. 25b.Linked bingo game provider. "Linked bingo game provider" means 
35.27 	any person who provides the means to link bingo ~~prizes in a linked bingo game, who~~ 
35.28 	~~provides linked bingo paper sheets to the participating organizations~~ games, who provides 
35.29 	linked bingo prize management, and who provides the linked bingo game system.

35.30 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 349.12, subdivision 25c, is amended to read:
35.31 		Subd. 25c.Linked bingo game system. "Linked bingo game system" means the 
35.32 	equipment used by the linked bingo provider to conduct, transmit, and track a linked 
35.33 	bingo game. The system must be approved by the board before its use in this state and 
36.1 	it must have ~~dial-up or other~~ the capability to permit the board to electronically monitor 
36.2 	its operation remotely. For linked electronic bingo games, the system includes electronic 
36.3 	bingo devices.

36.4 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 349.12, subdivision 25d, is amended to read:
36.5 		Subd. 25d.Linked bingo prize pool. "Linked bingo prize pool" means the total 
36.6 	of all prize money that each participating organization has contributed to a linked bingo 
36.7 	game prize and includes any portion of the prize pool that is carried over from one 
36.8 	~~occasion~~ game to another in a progressive linked bingo game.

36.9 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 349.12, subdivision 29, is amended to read:
36.10 		Subd. 29.Paddle wheel. "Paddle wheel" means a vertical wheel marked off into 
36.11 	sections containing one or more numbers, and which, after being turned or spun, uses a 
36.12 	pointer or marker to indicate winning chances, and may only be used to determine a 
36.13 	winning number or numbers matching a winning paddle ticket purchased by a player. A 
36.14 	paddle wheel may be an electronic device that simulates a paddle wheel.

36.15 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 349.12, subdivision 31, is amended to read:
36.16 		Subd. 31.Promotional ticket. A paper pull-tab ticket or paper tipboard ticket 
36.17 	created and printed by a licensed manufacturer with the words "no purchase necessary" and 
36.18 	"for promotional use only" and for which no consideration is given is a promotional ticket.

36.19 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 349.12, subdivision 32, is amended to read:
36.20 		Subd. 32.Pull-tab. "Pull-tab" means a single folded or banded paper ticket ~~or a~~,
36.21 	multi-ply card with perforated break-open tabs, or a facsimile of a paper pull-tab ticket 
36.22 	used in conjunction with an electronic pull-tab device, the face of which is initially 
36.23 	covered to conceal one or more numbers or symbols, and where one or more of each set of 
36.24 	tickets ~~or~~, cards, or facsimiles has been designated in advance as a winner.

36.25 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 349.13, is amended to read:
36.26 	349.13 LAWFUL GAMBLING.
36.27 	Lawful gambling is not a lottery or gambling within the meaning of sections 609.75
36.28 	to 609.76 if it is conducted under this chapter. A pull-tab dispensing device, electronic 
36.29 	bingo device, and electronic pull-tab device permitted under this chapter and by board 
36.30 	rule is not a gambling device within the meaning of sections 609.75 to 609.76 and chapter 
36.31 	299L. An electronic game device allowed under this chapter may not be a slot machine. 
37.1 	Electronic game devices, including but not limited to electronic bingo devices, electronic 
37.2 	paddle wheels, and electronic pull-tab devices authorized under this chapter, may only 
37.3 	be used in the conduct of lawful gambling permitted under this chapter and board rule 
37.4 	and may not display or simulate any other form of gambling or entertainment, except 
37.5 	as otherwise allowed under this chapter. 

37.6 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 349.151, subdivision 4b, is amended to read:
37.7 		Subd. 4b.Pull-tab sales from dispensing devices. ~~(a)~~ The board may by rule 
37.8 	authorize but not require the use of pull-tab dispensing devices.
37.9 	~~(b) Rules adopted under paragraph (a):~~
37.10 	~~(1) must limit the number of pull-tab dispensing devices on any permitted premises~~ 
37.11 	~~to three; and~~
37.12 	~~(2) must limit the use of pull-tab dispensing devices to a permitted premises which is~~ 
37.13 	~~(i) a licensed premises for on-sales of intoxicating liquor or 3.2 percent malt beverages;~~ 
37.14 	~~or (ii) a premises where bingo is conducted and admission is restricted to persons 18~~ 
37.15 	~~years or older.~~
37.16 	~~(c) Notwithstanding rules adopted under paragraph (b), pull-tab dispensing devices~~ 
37.17 	~~may be used in establishments licensed for the off-sale of intoxicating liquor, other than~~ 
37.18 	~~drugstores and general food stores licensed under section 340A.405, subdivision 1.~~

37.19 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 349.151, subdivision 4c, is amended to read:
37.20 		Subd. 4c.Electronic bingo devices. (a) The board may by rule authorize but not 
37.21 	require the use of electronic bingo devices.
37.22 	~~(b) Rules adopted under paragraph (a):~~
37.23 	~~(1) must limit the number of bingo faces that can be played using an electronic~~ 
37.24 	~~bingo device to 36;~~
37.25 	~~(2) must require that an electronic bingo device be used with corresponding bingo~~ 
37.26 	~~paper sheets or a facsimile, printed at the point of sale, as approved by the board;~~
37.27 	~~(3) must require that the electronic bingo device site system have dial-up capability~~ 
37.28 	~~to permit the board to remotely monitor the operation of the device and the internal~~ 
37.29 	~~accounting systems; and~~
37.30 	~~(4) must prohibit the price of a face played on an electronic bingo device from being~~ 
37.31 	~~less than the price of a face on a bingo paper sheet sold at the same occasion.~~
37.32 	(b) The board, or the director if authorized by the board, may require the deactivation 
37.33 	of an electronic bingo device for violation of a law or rule and to implement any other 
38.1 	controls deemed necessary to ensure and maintain the integrity of electronic bingo devices 
38.2 	and the electronic bingo games played on the devices.

38.3 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 349.151, is amended by adding a subdivision 
38.4 	to read:
38.5 		Subd. 4d.Electronic pull-tab devices and electronic pull-tab game system. (a) 
38.6 	The board may adopt rules it deems necessary to ensure the integrity of electronic pull-tab 
38.7 	devices, the electronic pull-tab games played on the devices, and the electronic pull-tab 
38.8 	game system necessary to operate them.
38.9 	(b) The board may not require an organization to use electronic pull-tab devices.
38.10 	(c) Before authorizing the lease or sale of electronic pull-tab devices and the 
38.11 	electronic pull-tab game system, the board shall examine electronic pull-tab devices 
38.12 	allowed under section 349.12, subdivision 12b. The board may contract for the 
38.13 	examination of the game system and electronic pull-tab devices and may require a working 
38.14 	model to be transported to locations the board designates for testing, examination, and 
38.15 	analysis. The manufacturer must pay all costs of any testing, examination, analysis, and 
38.16 	transportation of the model. The system must be approved by the board before its use in 
38.17 	the state and must have the capability to permit the board to electronically monitor its 
38.18 	operation and internal accounting systems. 
38.19 	(d) The board may require a manufacturer to submit a certificate from an independent 
38.20 	testing laboratory approved by the board to perform testing services, stating that the 
38.21 	equipment has been tested, analyzed, and meets the standards required in this chapter 
38.22 	and any applicable board rules.
38.23 	(e) The board, or the director if authorized by the board, may require the deactivation 
38.24 	of an electronic pull-tab device for violation of a law or rule and to implement any other 
38.25 	controls deemed necessary to ensure and maintain the integrity of electronic pull-tab 
38.26 	devices and the electronic pull-tab games played on the devices.

38.27 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 349.161, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
38.28 		Subdivision 1.Prohibited acts; licenses required. (a) No person may:
38.29 	(1) sell, offer for sale, or furnish gambling equipment for use within the state other 
38.30 	than for lawful gambling exempt or excluded from licensing, except to an organization 
38.31 	licensed for lawful gambling;
38.32 	(2) sell, offer for sale, or furnish gambling equipment for use within the state without 
38.33 	having obtained a distributor license or a distributor salesperson license under this section 
38.34 	except that an organization authorized to conduct bingo by the board may loan bingo 
39.1 	hard cards and devices for selecting bingo numbers to another organization authorized to 
39.2 	conduct bingo and a linked bingo game provider may provide electronic bingo devices for 
39.3 	linked electronic bingo games;
39.4 	(3) sell, offer for sale, or furnish gambling equipment for use within the state that is 
39.5 	not purchased or obtained from a manufacturer or distributor licensed under this chapter; or
39.6 	(4) sell, offer for sale, or furnish gambling equipment for use within the state that 
39.7 	has the same serial number as another item of gambling equipment of the same type sold 
39.8 	or offered for sale or furnished for use in the state by that distributor.
39.9 	(b) No licensed distributor salesperson may sell, offer for sale, or furnish gambling 
39.10 	equipment for use within the state without being employed by a licensed distributor or 
39.11 	owning a distributor license.
39.12 	(c) No distributor or distributor salesperson may also be licensed as a linked bingo 
39.13 	game provider under section 349.1635.

39.14 	Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 349.161, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
39.15 		Subd. 5.Prohibition. (a) No distributor, distributor salesperson, or other employee 
39.16 	of a distributor, may also be a wholesale distributor of alcoholic beverages or an employee 
39.17 	of a wholesale distributor of alcoholic beverages.
39.18 	(b) No distributor, distributor salesperson, or any representative, agent, affiliate, or 
39.19 	other employee of a distributor, may: (1) be involved in the conduct of lawful gambling 
39.20 	by an organization; (2) keep or assist in the keeping of an organization's financial records, 
39.21 	accounts, and inventories; or (3) prepare or assist in the preparation of tax forms and other 
39.22 	reporting forms required to be submitted to the state by an organization.
39.23 	(c) No distributor, distributor salesperson, or any representative, agent, affiliate, 
39.24 	or other employee of a distributor may provide a lessor of gambling premises any 
39.25 	compensation, gift, gratuity, premium, or other thing of value.
39.26 	(d) No distributor, distributor salesperson, or any representative, agent, affiliate, or 
39.27 	other employee of a distributor may provide an employee or agent of the organization 
39.28 	any compensation, gift, gratuity, premium, or other thing of value greater than $25 per 
39.29 	organization in a calendar year.
39.30 	(e) No distributor, distributor salesperson, or any representative, agent, affiliate, or 
39.31 	other employee of a distributor may participate in any gambling activity at any gambling 
39.32 	site or premises where gambling equipment purchased or leased from that distributor or 
39.33 	distributor salesperson is being used in the conduct of lawful gambling.
40.1 	(f) No distributor, distributor salesperson, or any representative, agent, affiliate, or 
40.2 	other employee of a distributor may alter or modify any gambling equipment, except to 
40.3 	add a "last ticket sold" prize sticker for a paper pull-tab game.
40.4 	(g) No distributor, distributor salesperson, or any representative, agent, affiliate, or 
40.5 	other employee of a distributor may: (1) recruit a person to become a gambling manager 
40.6 	of an organization or identify to an organization a person as a candidate to become 
40.7 	gambling manager for the organization; or (2) identify for an organization a potential 
40.8 	gambling location.
40.9 	(h) No distributor or distributor salesperson may purchase or lease gambling 
40.10 	equipment for resale or lease to a person for use within the state from any person not 
40.11 	licensed as a manufacturer under section 349.163, except for gambling equipment 
40.12 	returned from an organization licensed under section 349.16, or exempt or excluded from 
40.13 	licensing under section 349.166.
40.14 	(i) No distributor or distributor salesperson may sell gambling equipment, except 
40.15 	gambling equipment identified as a promotional ticket, to any person for use in Minnesota 
40.16 	other than (i) a licensed organization or organization excluded or exempt from licensing, 
40.17 	or (ii) the governing body of an Indian tribe.
40.18 	(j) No distributor or distributor salesperson may sell or otherwise provide a paper
40.19 	pull-tab or tipboard deal with the symbol required by section 349.163, subdivision 5, 
40.20 	paragraph (d), visible on the flare to any person other than in Minnesota to a licensed 
40.21 	organization or organization exempt from licensing.

40.22 	Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 349.162, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
40.23 		Subd. 5.Sales from facilities. (a) All gambling equipment purchased or possessed 
40.24 	by a licensed distributor for resale or lease to any person for use in Minnesota must, prior 
40.25 	to the equipment's resale or lease, be unloaded into a storage facility located in Minnesota 
40.26 	which the distributor owns or leases; and which has been registered, in advance and in 
40.27 	writing, with the Division of Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement as a storage facility of 
40.28 	the distributor. All unregistered gambling equipment and all unaffixed registration stamps 
40.29 	owned by, or in the possession of, a licensed distributor in the state of Minnesota shall be 
40.30 	stored at a storage facility which has been registered with the Division of Alcohol and 
40.31 	Gambling Enforcement. No gambling equipment may be moved from the facility unless 
40.32 	the gambling equipment has been first registered with the board or the Department of 
40.33 	Revenue. A distributor must notify the board of the method that it will use to sell and 
40.34 	transfer electronic pull-tab games to licensed organizations, and must receive approval of 
40.35 	the board before implementing or making changes to the approved method.
41.1 	(b) Notwithstanding section 349.163, subdivisions 5, 6, and 8, a licensed 
41.2 	manufacturer may ship into Minnesota approved or unapproved gambling equipment if the 
41.3 	licensed manufacturer ships the gambling equipment to a Minnesota storage facility that 
41.4 	is: (1) owned or leased by the licensed manufacturer; and (2) registered, in advance and 
41.5 	in writing, with the Division of Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement as a manufacturer's 
41.6 	storage facility. No gambling equipment may be shipped into Minnesota to the 
41.7 	manufacturer's registered storage facility unless the shipment of the gambling equipment 
41.8 	is reported to the Department of Revenue in a manner prescribed by the department. 
41.9 	No gambling equipment may be moved from the storage facility unless the gambling 
41.10 	equipment is sold to a licensed distributor and is otherwise in conformity with this chapter, 
41.11 	is shipped to an out-of-state site and the shipment is reported to the Department of 
41.12 	Revenue in a manner prescribed by the department, or is otherwise sold and shipped as 
41.13 	permitted by board rule. A manufacturer must notify the board of the method that it will 
41.14 	use to sell and transfer electronic pull-tab games to licensed distributors, and must receive 
41.15 	approval of the board before implementing or making changes to the approved method.
41.16 	(c) All storage facilities owned, leased, used, or operated by a licensed distributor 
41.17 	or manufacturer may be entered upon and inspected by the employees of the Division of 
41.18 	Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement, the Division of Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement 
41.19 	director's authorized representatives, employees of the Gambling Control Board or its 
41.20 	authorized representatives, employees of the Department of Revenue, or authorized 
41.21 	representatives of the director of the Division of Special Taxes of the Department of 
41.22 	Revenue during reasonable and regular business hours. Obstruction of, or failure to 
41.23 	permit, entry and inspection is cause for revocation or suspension of a manufacturer's or 
41.24 	distributor's licenses and permits issued under this chapter.
41.25 	(d) Unregistered gambling equipment found at any location in Minnesota other than 
41.26 	the manufacturing plant of a licensed manufacturer or a registered storage facility are 
41.27 	contraband under section 349.2125. This paragraph does not apply:
41.28 	(1) to unregistered gambling equipment being transported in interstate commerce 
41.29 	between locations outside this state, if the interstate shipment is verified by a bill of lading 
41.30 	or other valid shipping document; and
41.31 	(2) to gambling equipment registered with the Department of Revenue for 
41.32 	distribution to the tribal casinos.

41.33 	Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 349.163, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
41.34 		Subdivision 1.License required. No manufacturer of gambling equipment may 
41.35 	sell any gambling equipment to any person for use or resale within the state, unless the 
42.1 	manufacturer has a current and valid license issued by the board under this section and has 
42.2 	satisfied other criteria prescribed by the board by rule. A manufacturer licensed under this 
42.3 	section may also be licensed as a linked bingo game provider under section 349.1635. 
42.4 	A manufacturer licensed under this section may not also be directly or indirectly 
42.5 	licensed as a distributor under section 349.161.

42.6 	Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 349.163, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
42.7 		Subd. 5.Paper pull-tab and tipboard flares. (a) A manufacturer may not ship or 
42.8 	cause to be shipped into this state or sell for use or resale in this state any deal of paper
42.9 	pull-tabs or tipboards that does not have its own individual flare as required for that deal 
42.10 	by this subdivision and rule of the board. A person other than a manufacturer may not 
42.11 	manufacture, alter, modify, or otherwise change a flare for a deal of paper pull-tabs or 
42.12 	tipboards except as allowed by this chapter or board rules.
42.13 	(b) The flare of each paper pull-tab and tipboard game must have affixed to 
42.14 	or imprinted at the bottom a bar code that provides all information required by the 
42.15 	commissioner of revenue under section 297E.04, subdivision 2.
42.16 	The serial number included in the bar code must be the same as the serial number 
42.17 	of the tickets included in the deal. A manufacturer who manufactures a deal of paper
42.18 	pull-tabs must affix to the outside of the box containing that game the same bar code that 
42.19 	is affixed to or imprinted at the bottom of a flare for that deal.
42.20 	(c) No person may alter the bar code that appears on the outside of a box containing 
42.21 	a deal of paper pull-tabs and tipboards. Possession of a box containing a deal of paper
42.22 	pull-tabs and tipboards that has a bar code different from the bar code of the deal inside 
42.23 	the box is prima facie evidence that the possessor has altered the bar code on the box.
42.24 	(d) The flare of each deal of paper pull-tabs and tipboards sold by a manufacturer for 
42.25 	use or resale in Minnesota must have imprinted on it a symbol that is at least one inch high 
42.26 	and one inch wide consisting of an outline of the geographic boundaries of Minnesota 
42.27 	with the letters "MN" inside the outline. The flare must be placed inside the wrapping of 
42.28 	the deal which the flare describes.
42.29 	(e) Each paper pull-tab and tipboard flare must bear the following statement printed 
42.30 	in letters large enough to be clearly legible:
42.31 	"Pull-tab (or tipboard) purchasers -- This pull-tab (or tipboard) game is not legal in 
42.32 	Minnesota unless:
42.33 	-- an outline of Minnesota with letters "MN" inside it is imprinted on this sheet, and
42.34 	-- the serial number imprinted on the bar code at the bottom of this sheet is the same 
42.35 	as the serial number on the pull-tab (or tipboard) ticket you have purchased."
43.1 	(f) The flare of each paper pull-tab and tipboard game must have the serial number 
43.2 	of the game imprinted on the bar code at the bottom of the flare in numerals at least 
43.3 	one-half inch high.

43.4 	Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 349.163, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
43.5 		Subd. 6.Samples of gambling equipment. (a) The board shall require each 
43.6 	licensed manufacturer to submit to the board one or more samples of each item of gambling 
43.7 	equipment ~~the manufacturer manufactures~~ manufactured for use or resale in this state.
43.8 	For purposes of this subdivision, a manufacturer is also required to submit the applicable 
43.9 	version of any software necessary to operate electronic devices and related systems.
43.10 	(b) The board shall inspect and test all the equipment, including software and 
43.11 	software upgrades, it deems necessary to determine the equipment's compliance with 
43.12 	law and board rules. Samples required under this subdivision must be approved by the 
43.13 	board before the equipment being sampled is shipped into or sold for use or resale in this 
43.14 	state. The board shall impose a fee of $25 for each item of gambling equipment that the 
43.15 	manufacturer submits for approval or for which the manufacturer requests approval. The 
43.16 	board shall impose a fee of $100 for each sample of gambling equipment that it tests.
43.17 	(c) The board may require samples of gambling equipment to be tested by an 
43.18 	independent testing laboratory prior to submission to the board for approval. All costs 
43.19 	of testing by an independent testing laboratory must be borne by the manufacturer. An 
43.20 	independent testing laboratory used by a manufacturer to test samples of gambling 
43.21 	equipment must be approved by the board before the equipment is submitted to the 
43.22 	laboratory for testing.
43.23 	(d) The board may request the assistance of the commissioner of public safety and 
43.24 	the director of the State Lottery in performing the tests.

43.25 	Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 349.1635, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
43.26 		Subd. 2.License application. The board may issue a license to a linked bingo game 
43.27 	provider or to a manufacturer licensed under section 349.163 who meets the qualifications 
43.28 	of this chapter and the rules promulgated by the board. The application shall be on a form 
43.29 	prescribed by the board. The license is valid for two years and the fee for a linked bingo 
43.30 	game provider license is $5,000 per year.

43.31 	Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 349.1635, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
43.32 		Subd. 3.Attachments to application. An applicant for a linked bingo game 
43.33 	provider license must attach to its application:
44.1 	(1) evidence of a bond in the principal amount of $100,000 payable to the state of 
44.2 	Minnesota conditioned on the payment of all linked bingo prizes and any other money due 
44.3 	and payable under this chapter;
44.4 	(2) detailed plans and specifications for the operation of the linked bingo game and 
44.5 	the linked bingo system, along with a proposed fee schedule for the cost of providing 
44.6 	services and equipment to licensed organizations which may not exceed ... percent of 
44.7 	gross profits. The fee schedule must incorporate costs paid to distributors for services 
44.8 	provided under subdivision 5; and
44.9 	(3) any other information required by the board by rule.

44.10 	Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 349.1635, is amended by adding a 
44.11 	subdivision to read:
44.12 		Subd. 5.Linked bingo game services requirements. (a) A linked bingo game 
44.13 	provider must contract with licensed distributors for linked bingo game services including, 
44.14 	but not limited to, the solicitation of agreements with licensed organizations, and 
44.15 	installation, repair, or maintenance of the linked bingo game system.
44.16 	(b) A distributor may not charge a fee to licensed organizations for services 
44.17 	authorized and rendered under paragraph (a).
44.18 	(c) A linked bingo game provider may not contract with any distributor on an 
44.19 	exclusive basis.
44.20 	(d) A linked bingo game provider may refuse to contract with a licensed distributor 
44.21 	if the linked bingo game provider demonstrates that the licensed distributor is not capable 
44.22 	of performing the services under the contract.

44.23 	Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 349.17, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
44.24 		Subd. 6.Conduct of bingo. The price of a face played on an electronic bingo 
44.25 	device may not be less than the price of a face on a bingo paper sheet sold for the same 
44.26 	game at the same occasion. A game of bingo begins with the first letter and number called
44.27 	or displayed. Each player must cover, mark, or activate the numbers when bingo numbers 
44.28 	are randomly selected~~,~~ and announced~~, and~~ or displayed to the players~~, either manually~~ 
44.29 	~~or with a flashboard and monitor~~. The game is won when a player, using bingo paper, 
44.30 	bingo hard card, or a facsimile of a bingo paper sheet, has completed, as described in the 
44.31 	bingo program, a previously designated pattern or previously determined requirements 
44.32 	of the game and declared bingo. The game is completed when a winning card, sheet, or 
44.33 	facsimile is verified and a prize awarded pursuant to subdivision 3.

45.1 	Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 349.17, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
45.2 		Subd. 7.Bar bingo. An organization may conduct bar bingo subject to the 
45.3 	following restrictions:
45.4 	(1) the bingo is conducted at a site the organization owns or leases and which has a 
45.5 	license for the sale of intoxicating beverages on the premises under chapter 340A; and
45.6 	(2) the bingo is conducted using only bingo paper sheets or facsimiles of bingo paper 
45.7 	sheets purchased from a licensed distributor or licensed linked bingo game provider~~; and~~.
45.8 	~~(3) no rent may be paid for a bar bingo occasion.~~

45.9 	Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 349.17, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
45.10 		Subd. 8.Linked bingo games. (a) A licensed organization may conduct or 
45.11 	participate in ~~not more than two~~ linked bingo games ~~per occasion, one of which may be~~, 
45.12 	including a progressive game in which a portion of the prize is carried over from one 
45.13 	~~occasion~~ game to another until won by a player achieving a bingo within a predetermined 
45.14 	amount of bingo numbers called.
45.15 	(b) ~~Each participating licensed organization shall contribute to each prize awarded in~~ 
45.16 	~~a linked bingo game in an amount not to exceed $300.~~ Linked bingo games may only be 
45.17 	conducted by licensed organizations who have a valid agreement with the linked bingo 
45.18 	game provider.
45.19 	(c) An electronic bingo device as defined in section 349.12, subdivision 12a, may 
45.20 	be used for a linked bingo game.
45.21 	(d) The board may adopt rules to:
45.22 	(1) specify the manner in which a linked bingo game must be played and how the 
45.23 	linked bingo prizes must be awarded;
45.24 	(2) specify the records to be maintained by a linked bingo game provider;
45.25 	(3) require the submission of periodic reports by the linked bingo game provider and 
45.26 	specify the content of the reports;
45.27 	(4) establish the qualifications required to be licensed as a linked bingo game 
45.28 	provider; and
45.29 	(5) any other matter involving the operation of a linked bingo game.

45.30 	Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 349.17, is amended by adding a subdivision 
45.31 	to read:
45.32 		Subd. 9.Linked bingo games played exclusively on electronic bingo devices. In 
45.33 	addition to the requirements of subdivision 8, the following requirements and restrictions 
45.34 	apply when linked bingo games are played exclusively on electronic bingo devices:
46.1 	(a) The permitted premises must be:
46.2 	(1) a premises licensed for the on-sale or off-sale of intoxicating liquor or 3.2 percent 
46.3 	malt beverages, except for a general food store or drug store permitted to sell alcoholic 
46.4 	beverages under section 340A.405, subdivision 1; or
46.5 	(2) a premises where bingo is conducted as the primary business and has a seating 
46.6 	capacity of at least 100.
46.7 	(b) The number of electronic bingo devices is limited to:
46.8 	(1) no more than six devices in play for permitted premises with 200 seats or less;
46.9 	(2) no more than 12 devices in play for permitted premises with 201 seats or more; 
46.10 	and
46.11 	(3) no more than 50 devices in play for permitted premises where bingo is the 
46.12 	primary business.
46.13 	Seating capacity is determined as specified under the local fire code.
46.14 	(c) Prior to a bingo occasion, the linked bingo game provider, on behalf of the 
46.15 	participating organizations, must provide to the board a bingo program in a format 
46.16 	prescribed by the board.
46.17 	(d) Before participating in the play of a linked bingo game, a player must present 
46.18 	and register a valid picture identification card that includes the player's address and 
46.19 	date of birth.
46.20 	(e) An organization may remove from play a device that a player has not maintained 
46.21 	in an activated mode for a specified period of time determined by the organization. The 
46.22 	organization must provide the notice in its house rules.

46.23 	Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 349.1721, is amended to read:
46.24 	349.1721 CONDUCT OF PULL-TABS.
46.25 		Subdivision 1.Cumulative or carryover games. The board shall by rule permit 
46.26 	pull-tab games with multiple seals. The board shall also adopt rules for pull-tab games with 
46.27 	cumulative or carryover prizes. The rules shall also apply to electronic pull-tab games.
46.28 		Subd. 2.Event games. The board shall by rule permit pull-tab games in which 
46.29 	certain winners are determined by the random selection of one or more bingo numbers 
46.30 	or by another method approved by the board. The rules shall also apply to electronic 
46.31 	pull-tab games. 
46.32 		Subd. 3.Pull-tab dispensing device location restrictions and requirements.
 46.33 	The following pertain to pull-tab dispensing devices as defined under section 349.12, 
46.34 	subdivision 32a.
47.1 	(a) The use of any pull-tab dispensing device must be at a permitted premises 
47.2 	which is:
47.3 	(1) a licensed premises for on-sale of intoxicating liquor or 3.2 percent malt 
47.4 	beverages;
47.5 	(2) a premises where bingo is conducted as the primary business; or
47.6 	(3) an establishment licensed for the off-sale of intoxicating liquor, other than drug 
47.7 	stores and general food stores licensed under section 340A.405, subdivision 1.
47.8 	(b) The number of pull-tab dispensing devices located at any permitted premises 
47.9 	is limited to three.
47.10 		Subd. 4.Electronic pull-tab device requirements and restrictions. The following 
47.11 	pertain to the use of electronic pull-tab devices as defined under section 349.12, 
47.12 	subdivision 12b.
47.13 	(a) The use of any electronic pull-tab device must be at a permitted premises that is:
47.14 	(1) a premises licensed for the on-sale or off-sale of intoxicating liquor or 3.2 percent 
47.15 	malt beverages, except for a general food store or drug store permitted to sell alcoholic 
47.16 	beverages under section 340A.405, subdivision 1; or
47.17 	(2) a premises where bingo is conducted as the primary business and has a seating 
47.18 	capacity of at least 100; and
47.19 	(3) where the sale of paper pull-tabs is conducted by the licensed organization.
47.20 	(b) The number of electronic pull-tab devices is limited to:
47.21 	(1) no more than six devices in play at any permitted premises with 200 seats or less;
47.22 	(2) no more than 12 devices in play at any permitted premises with 201 seats 
47.23 	or more; and
47.24 	(3) no more than 50 devices in play at any permitted premises where the primary 
47.25 	business is bingo.
47.26 	Seating capacity is determined as specified under the local fire code.
47.27 	(c) The hours of operation for the devices are limited to 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m.
47.28 	(d) All electronic pull-tab games must be sold and played on the permitted premises 
47.29 	and may not be linked to other permitted premises.
47.30 	(e) Electronic pull-tab games may not be transferred electronically or otherwise to 
47.31 	any other location by the licensed organization.
47.32 	(f) Electronic pull-tab games may be commingled if the games are from the same 
47.33 	family of games and manufacturer and contain the same game name, form number, type 
47.34 	of game, ticket count, prize amounts, and prize denominations. Each commingled game 
47.35 	must have a unique serial number.
48.1 	(g) An organization may remove from play a device that a player has not maintained 
48.2 	in an activated mode for a specified period of time determined by the organization. The 
48.3 	organization must provide the notice in its house rules. 
48.4 	(h) Before participating in the play of an electronic pull-tab game, a player must 
48.5 	present and register a valid picture identification card that includes the player's address 
48.6 	and date of birth.
48.7 	(i) Each player is limited to the use of one device at a time.

48.8 	Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 349.18, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
48.9 		Subdivision 1.Lease or ownership required; rent limitations. (a) An organization 
48.10 	may conduct lawful gambling only on premises it owns or leases. Leases must be on a 
48.11 	form prescribed by the board. The term of the lease is concurrent with the premises permit. 
48.12 	Leases approved by the board must specify that the board may authorize an organization 
48.13 	to withhold rent from a lessor for a period of up to 90 days if the board determines that 
48.14 	illegal gambling occurred on the premises or that the lessor or its employees participated 
48.15 	in the illegal gambling or knew of the gambling and did not take prompt action to stop the 
48.16 	gambling. The lease must authorize the continued tenancy of the organization without 
48.17 	the payment of rent during the time period determined by the board under this paragraph. 
48.18 	Copies of all leases must be made available to employees of the board and the Division of 
48.19 	Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement on request.
48.20 	(b) Rent paid by an organization for leased premises for the conduct of ~~pull-tabs,~~ 
48.21 	~~tipboards, and paddle wheels~~ lawful gambling is subject to the following limits and 
48.22 	restrictions:
48.23 	(1) For booth operations, ~~including booth operations where a pull-tab dispensing~~ 
48.24 	~~device is located, booth operations where a bar operation is also conducted, and booth~~ 
48.25 	~~operations where both a pull-tab dispensing device is located and a bar operation is also~~ 
48.26 	~~conducted, the maximum rent is:~~ monthly rent may not exceed ten percent of gross profits 
48.27 	for that month.
48.28 	~~(i) in any month where the organization's gross profit at those premises does not~~ 
48.29 	~~exceed $4,000, up to $400; and~~
48.30 	~~(ii) in any month where the organization's gross profit at those premises exceeds~~ 
48.31 	~~$4,000, up to $400 plus not more than ten percent of the gross profit for that month in~~ 
48.32 	~~excess of $4,000;~~
48.33 	(2) For bar operations, ~~including bar operations where a pull-tab dispensing device~~ 
48.34 	~~is located but not including bar operations subject to clause (1), and for locations where~~ 
49.1 	~~only a pull-tab dispensing device is located:~~ monthly rent may not exceed 15 percent of 
49.2 	the gross profits for that month.
49.3 	~~(i) in any month where the organization's gross profit at those premises does not~~ 
49.4 	~~exceed $1,000, up to $200; and~~
49.5 	~~(ii) in any month where the organization's gross profit at those premises exceeds~~ 
49.6 	~~$1,000, up to $200 plus not more than 20 percent of the gross profit for that month~~ 
49.7 	~~in excess of $1,000;~~
49.8 	(3) ~~a lease not governed by clauses (1) and (2) must be approved by the board before~~ 
49.9 	~~becoming effective;~~ For electronic linked bingo games and electronic pull-tab games that 
49.10 	are operated for separate time periods within a business day by an organization and the 
49.11 	lessor, monthly rent may not be more than:
49.12 	(i) 15 percent of the gross profits for that month for the time periods operated by 
49.13 	the lessor. The lessor is responsible for cash shortages that occur during the time periods 
49.14 	the games are operated by the lessor; and
49.15 	(ii) ten percent of gross profits for that month for the time periods operated by the 
49.16 	organization. The organization is responsible for cash shortages that occur during the time 
49.17 	periods the games are operated by the organization.
49.18 	~~(4) total rent paid to a lessor from all organizations from leases governed by clause~~ 
49.19 	~~(1) may not exceed $1,750 per month.~~
49.20 	~~(c) Rent paid by an organization for leased premises for the conduct of bingo is~~ 
49.21 	~~subject to either of the following limits at the option of the parties to the lease:~~
49.22 	~~(1)~~ (4) For bingo conducted at a leased premises where the primary business is 
49.23 	bingo, rent is limited to either not more than ten percent of the monthly gross profit from 
49.24 	all lawful gambling activities held during bingo occasions, excluding bar bingo or at a 
49.25 	rate based on a cost per square foot not to exceed 110 percent of a comparable cost per 
49.26 	square foot for leased space as approved by the director~~; and~~.
49.27 	~~(2)~~ (5) No rent may be paid for bar bingo as defined in section 349.12, subdivision 3c.
49.28 	(6) A lease not governed by clauses (1) to (5) must be approved by the director 
49.29 	before becoming effective.
49.30 	~~(d)~~ (c) Amounts paid as rent under leases are all-inclusive. No other services or 
49.31 	expenses provided or contracted by the lessor may be paid by the organization, including, 
49.32 	but not limited to, trash removal, janitorial and cleaning services, snow removal, lawn 
49.33 	services, electricity, heat, security, security monitoring, storage, and other utilities or 
49.34 	services, ~~and, in the case of bar operations, cash shortages,~~ unless approved by the 
49.35 	director. The lessor shall be responsible for the cost of any communications network or 
49.36 	service required to conduct electronic pull-tab games or electronic bingo games. Any 
50.1 	other expenditure made by an organization that is related to a leased premises must be 
50.2 	approved by the director. For bar operations, the lessor is responsible for cash shortages.
50.3 	An organization may not provide any compensation or thing of value to a lessor or the 
50.4 	lessor's employees from any fund source other than its gambling account. Rent payments 
50.5 	may not be made to an individual.
50.6 	~~(e)~~ (d) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), an organization may pay a lessor for food 
50.7 	or beverages or meeting room rental if the charge made is comparable to similar charges 
50.8 	made to other individuals or groups.
50.9 	~~(f) No entity other than the~~ (e) A licensed organization may not conduct any activity 
50.10 	~~within a booth operation~~ on behalf of the lessor on a leased premises.

50.11 	Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 349.19, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
50.12 		Subd. 2.Accounts. (a) Gross receipts from lawful gambling by each organization 
50.13 	must be segregated from all other revenues of the conducting organization and placed in a 
50.14 	separate gambling bank account.
50.15 	(b) All expenditures for allowable expenses, taxes, and lawful purposes must be 
50.16 	made from the separate account except (1) in the case of expenditures previously approved 
50.17 	by the organization's membership for emergencies as defined by board rule, (2) as provided 
50.18 	in subdivision 2a, or (3) when restricted to one electronic fund transaction for the payment 
50.19 	of taxes for the organization as a whole, the organization may transfer the amount of taxes 
50.20 	related to the conduct of gambling to the general account at the time when due and payable.
50.21 	(c) The name and address of the bank, the account number for the separate account, 
50.22 	and the names of organization members authorized as signatories on the separate account 
50.23 	must be provided to the board when the application is submitted. Changes in the 
50.24 	information must be submitted to the board at least ten days before the change is made.
50.25 	(d) Except for gambling receipts from electronic pull-tab games and linked 
50.26 	electronic bingo games, gambling receipts must be deposited into the gambling bank 
50.27 	account within four business days of completion of the bingo occasion, deal, or game from 
50.28 	which they are received.
50.29 	(1) A deal of paper pull-tabs is considered complete when either the last pull-tab of 
50.30 	the deal is sold or the organization does not continue the play of the deal during the next 
50.31 	scheduled period of time in which the organization will conduct pull-tabs.
50.32 	(2) A tipboard game is considered complete when the seal on the game flare is 
50.33 	uncovered or the organization does not continue the play of the deal during the next 
50.34 	scheduled period of time in which the organization will conduct tipboards.
51.1 	(e) Gambling receipts from all electronic pull-tab games and all linked electronic 
51.2 	bingo games must be recorded on a daily basis and deposited into the gambling bank 
51.3 	account within two business days.
51.4 	~~(e)~~ (f) Deposit records must be sufficient to allow determination of deposits made 
51.5 	from each bingo occasion, deal, or game at each permitted premises.
51.6 	~~(f)~~ (g) The person who accounts for gambling gross receipts and profits may not be 
51.7 	the same person who accounts for other revenues of the organization.

51.8 	Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 349.19, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
51.9 		Subd. 3.Expenditures. (a) All expenditures of gross profits from lawful gambling 
51.10 	must be itemized as to payee, purpose, amount, and date of payment.
51.11 	(b) Each licensed organization must report monthly to the board ~~on a form~~ in an 
51.12 	electronic format prescribed by the board each expenditure or contribution of net profits 
51.13 	from lawful gambling. The reports must provide for each expenditure or contribution:
51.14 	(1) the name of the recipient of the expenditure or contribution;
51.15 	(2) the date the expenditure or contribution was approved by the organization;
51.16 	(3) the date, amount, and check number or electronic transfer confirmation number 
51.17 	of the expenditure or contribution;
51.18 	(4) a brief description of how the expenditure or contribution meets one or more of 
51.19 	the purposes in section 349.12, subdivision 25; and
51.20 	(5) in the case of expenditures authorized under section 349.12, subdivision 25, 
51.21 	paragraph (a), clause (7), whether the expenditure is for a facility or activity that primarily 
51.22 	benefits male or female participants.
51.23 	(c) Authorization of the expenditures must be recorded in the monthly meeting 
51.24 	minutes of the licensed organization.
51.25 	(d) Checks or authorizations for electronic fund transfers for expenditures of gross 
51.26 	profits must be signed by at least two persons authorized by board rules to sign the 
51.27 	checks or authorizations.
51.28 	(e) Expenditures of gross profits from lawful gambling for local, state, and federal 
51.29 	taxes as identified in section 349.12, subdivision 25, paragraph (a), clause (8), may be 
51.30 	transferred electronically from the organization's gambling account directly to bank 
51.31 	accounts identified by local, state, or federal agencies if the organization's gambling 
51.32 	account monthly bank statement specifically identifies the payee by name, the amount 
51.33 	transferred, and the date of the transaction.
51.34 	(f) Expenditures of gross profits from lawful gambling for payments for lawful 
51.35 	purpose expenditures and allowable expenses may be transferred electronically from the 
52.1 	organization's gambling account directly to bank accounts identified by the vendor if the 
52.2 	organization's gambling account monthly bank statement specifically identifies the payee 
52.3 	by name, the amount transferred, the account number of the account into which the funds 
52.4 	were transferred, and the date of the transaction.
52.5 	(g) Expenditures of gross profits from lawful gambling for payroll compensation 
52.6 	to an employee's account and for the payment of local, state, and federal withholding 
52.7 	taxes may be transferred electronically to and from the account of a payroll processing 
52.8 	firm provided that the firm:
52.9 	(1) is currently registered with and meets the criteria of the Department of Revenue 
52.10 	as a third-party bulk filer under section 290.92, subdivision 30;
52.11 	(2) is able to provide proof of a third-party audit and an annual report and statement 
52.12 	of financial condition;
52.13 	(3) is able to provide evidence of a fidelity bond; and
52.14 	(4) can provide proof of having been in business as a third-party bulk filer for the 
52.15 	most recent three years.
52.16 	(h) Electronic payments of taxes, lawful purpose expenditures, and allowable 
52.17 	expenses are permitted only if they have been authorized by the membership, the 
52.18 	organization maintains supporting documentation, and the expenditures can be verified.

52.19 	Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 349.19, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
52.20 		Subd. 5.Reports. (a) A licensed organization must report monthly to the 
52.21 	~~Department of Revenue~~ board in an electronic format prescribed by the board and to its 
52.22 	membership ~~monthly, or quarterly in the case of a licensed organization which does not~~ 
52.23 	~~report more than $1,000 in gross receipts from lawful gambling in any calendar quarter,~~
52.24 	on its gross receipts, expenses, profits, and expenditure of profits from lawful gambling
52.25 	for each permitted premises. The organization must account for and report on each form 
52.26 	of lawful gambling conducted. The ~~report~~ organization must include a reconciliation of 
52.27 	the organization's profit carryover with its cash balance on hand. ~~If the organization~~ 
52.28 	~~conducts both bingo and other forms of lawful gambling, the figures for both must be~~ 
52.29 	~~reported separately.~~
52.30 	(b) The organization must report ~~annually to its membership and annually file with~~ 
52.31 	~~the board a financial summary report in a format prescribed by the board that identifies the~~ 
52.32 	~~organization's receipts and use of lawful gambling proceeds, including:~~ monthly to the 
52.33 	commissioner of revenue as required under section 297E.06.
52.34 	~~(1) gross receipts;~~
52.35 	~~(2) prizes paid;~~
53.1 	~~(3) allowable expenses;~~
53.2 	~~(4) lawful purpose expenditures, including annual totals for types of charitable~~ 
53.3 	~~contributions and all taxes and fees as per section 349.12, subdivision 25, paragraph~~ 
53.4 	~~(a), clauses (8) and (18);~~
53.5 	~~(5) the percentage of annual gross profits used for charitable contributions; and~~
53.6 	~~(6) the percentage of annual gross profits used for all taxes and fees as per section~~ 
53.7 	~~349.12, subdivision 25, paragraph (a), clauses (8) and (18).~~

53.8 	Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 349.19, subdivision 10, is amended to read:
53.9 		Subd. 10.Pull-tab records. (a) The board shall by rule require a licensed 
53.10 	organization to require each winner of a paper pull-tab prize of $50 or more to present 
53.11 	identification in the form of a driver's license, Minnesota identification card, or other 
53.12 	identification the board deems sufficient to allow the identification and tracking of the 
53.13 	winner. The rule must require the organization to retain winning paper pull-tabs of $50 or 
53.14 	more, and the identification of the winner of the pull-tab, for 3-1/2 years.
53.15 	(b) An organization must maintain separate cash banks for each deal of paper
53.16 	pull-tabs unless (1) the licensed organization uses a pull-tab dispensing device, or (2) the 
53.17 	organization uses a cash register, of a type approved by the board, which records all 
53.18 	sales of paper pull-tabs by separate deals.
53.19 	(c) The board shall:
53.20 	(1) by rule adopt minimum technical standards for cash registers that may be used 
53.21 	by organizations, and shall approve for use by organizations any cash register that meets 
53.22 	the standards; and
53.23 	(2) before allowing an organization to use a cash register that commingles receipts 
53.24 	from several different paper pull-tab games in play, adopt rules that define how cash 
53.25 	registers may be used and that establish a procedure for organizations to reconcile all 
53.26 	pull-tab games in play at the end of each month.

53.27 	Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 349.211, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
53.28 		Subd. 1a.Linked bingo prizes. Prizes for a linked bingo game shall be limited 
53.29 	as follows:
53.30 	(1) ~~no organization may contribute more than $300 per linked bingo game to a~~ 
53.31 	~~linked bingo prize pool~~ for linked bingo games played without electronic bingo devices, 
53.32 	an organization may not contribute to a linked bingo game prize pool more than $300 
53.33 	per linked bingo game per site;
54.1 	(2) for linked bingo games played exclusively with electronic bingo devices, an 
54.2 	organization may not contribute more than 85 percent of the gross receipts per permitted 
54.3 	premises to a linked bingo game prize pool;
54.4 	~~(2)~~ (3) no organization may award more than $200 for a linked bingo game 
54.5 	consolation prize. For purposes of this subdivision, a linked bingo game consolation 
54.6 	prize is a prize awarded by an organization after a prize from the linked bingo prize pool 
54.7 	has been won; ~~and~~
54.8 	~~(3)~~ (4) for a progressive linked bingo game, if no player declares a valid bingo 
54.9 	~~within the~~ for a progressive prize or prizes based on a predetermined ~~amount of bingo~~ 
54.10 	~~numbers called~~ and posted win determination, a portion of the ~~prize is~~ gross receipts 
54.11 	may be carried over to another ~~occasion~~ game until the accumulated progressive prize 
54.12 	is won. The portion of the prize that is not carried over must be awarded to the first 
54.13 	player or players who declares a valid bingo as additional numbers are called. If a valid 
54.14 	bingo is declared within the predetermined amount of bingo numbers called, the entire 
54.15 	prize pool for that game is awarded to the winner~~. The annual limit for progressive bingo~~ 
54.16 	~~game prizes contained in subdivision 2 must be reduced by the amount an organization~~ 
54.17 	~~contributes to progressive linked bingo games during the same calendar year.~~; and
54.18 	(5) for linked bingo games played exclusively with electronic bingo devices, linked 
54.19 	bingo prizes in excess of $599 shall be paid by the linked bingo game provider to the 
54.20 	player within three business days. Winners of linked bingo prizes in excess of $599 will 
54.21 	be given a receipt or claim voucher as proof of a win.

54.22 	Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 349.2127, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
54.23 		Subd. 2.Prohibition against possession. (a) A person is guilty of a crime who sells, 
54.24 	offers for sale, or possesses a pull-tab or tipboard deal or paddle ticket cards not stamped 
54.25 	or bar coded in accordance with the provisions of this chapter or chapter 297E. A violation 
54.26 	of this paragraph is a gross misdemeanor if it involves ten or fewer pull-tab or tipboard 
54.27 	deals. A violation of this paragraph is a felony if it involves more than ten pull-tab or 
54.28 	tipboard deals, or a combination of more than ten deals of pull-tabs and tipboards.
54.29 	(b) A person, other than a licensed manufacturer, a licensed distributor, or an 
54.30 	organization licensed or exempt or excluded from licensing under this chapter, is guilty of 
54.31 	a crime who sells, offers to sell, or possesses gambling equipment. A violation of this 
54.32 	paragraph is a gross misdemeanor if it involves ten or fewer pull-tab or tipboard deals. 
54.33 	A violation of this paragraph is a felony if it involves more than ten pull-tab or tipboard 
54.34 	deals, or a combination of more than ten deals of pull-tabs and tipboards.
55.1 	(c) A person is guilty of a crime who alters, modifies, or counterfeits pull-tabs, 
55.2 	tipboards, or tipboard tickets, or possesses altered, modified, or counterfeit pull-tabs, 
55.3 	tipboards, or tipboard tickets. A violation of this paragraph is a gross misdemeanor if 
55.4 	the total face value for all such pull-tabs, tipboards, or tipboard tickets does not exceed 
55.5 	$200. A violation of this paragraph is a felony if the total face value exceeds $200. For 
55.6 	purposes of this paragraph, the face value of all pull-tabs, tipboards, and tipboard tickets 
55.7 	altered, modified, or counterfeited within a six-month period may be aggregated and the 
55.8 	defendant charged accordingly.
55.9 	(d) A person, other than a licensed distributor or licensed manufacturer, is guilty of a 
55.10 	crime who possesses a pull-tab or tipboard deal for which the person, upon demand of 
55.11 	a licensed peace officer or authorized agent of the commissioner of revenue or director 
55.12 	of alcohol and gambling enforcement, does not immediately produce for inspection the 
55.13 	invoice or a true and correct copy of the invoice for the acquisition of the deal from a 
55.14 	licensed distributor. A violation of this paragraph is a gross misdemeanor if it involves 
55.15 	ten or fewer pull-tab or tipboard deals. A violation of this paragraph is a felony if it 
55.16 	involves more than ten pull-tab or tipboard deals, or a combination of more than ten deals 
55.17 	of pull-tabs and tipboards. This paragraph does not apply to pull-tab and tipboard deals 
55.18 	being transported in interstate commerce between locations outside this state.
55.19 	(e) A person, other than a licensed distributor, licensed linked bingo game provider, 
55.20 	or licensed manufacturer, who removes or possesses an electronic bingo device or 
55.21 	electronic pull-tab device from a licensed organization is guilty of a felony.

55.22 	Sec. 41. APPROPRIATION.
 55.23 	(a) $72,000,000 from the general fund is annually appropriated to the stadium 
55.24 	account created under Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 473.5995, for the payment of 
55.25 	bonds authorized under this act. This appropriation shall be made for a term to be 
55.26 	determined by the commissioner of management and budget, not to exceed the time 
55.27 	necessary to complete payments on the bonds.
55.28 	(b) The commissioner of management and budget shall determine the annual 
55.29 	funds available from all sources, including electronic bingo and pull-tabs, tax increment 
55.30 	contributions from Ramsey County, and transportation funds, and shall be authorized to 
55.31 	allow the authority to use all funds made available under paragraph (a) for any of the 
55.32 	stated purposes of this act.
55.33 	(c) Any residual funds appropriated under paragraph (a) that are not, in the estimation 
55.34 	of the commissioner, needed for the purposes of paragraph (b), shall be transferred 
55.35 	annually to the commissioner of revenue. The commissioner of revenue shall establish a 
56.1 	rebate program, which shall return the funds available under this paragraph to licensed 
56.2 	lawful gambling organizations, according to the relative amount of taxes paid in the last 
56.3 	prior calendar year by each organization licensed under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 349.

56.4 	ARTICLE 5
56.5 	REGIONAL STADIUM FINANCE

56.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 297A.992, is amended by adding a 
56.7 	subdivision to read:
56.8 		Subd. 5a.Temporary allocations. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of this 
56.9 	section except subdivision 6a, clause (1), of the revenue collected under this section, the 
56.10 	joint powers board shall:
56.11 	(1) allocate to the Metropolitan Council, in fiscal year 2012, an amount not less 
56.12 	than 75 percent of the net cost of operations for those transit ways that were receiving 
56.13 	metropolitan sales tax funds through an operating grant agreement on June 30, 2011; and
56.14 	(2) allocate to the commissioner of management and budget all available funds, 
56.15 	annually until the total amount allocated equals $101,000,000, or until the commissioner 
56.16 	determines that sufficient funds have been transferred to cover the debt service obligations 
56.17 	of the state, in the event that appropriations bonds are sold by the state in the amount of 
56.18 	$101,000,000.
56.19 	(b) The Metropolitan Council shall expend any funds allocated to it under paragraph 
56.20 	(a) for the operations of the specified transit ways solely within those counties that are in 
56.21 	the metropolitan transportation area.
56.22 	(c) Nothing in paragraph (a) or (b) prevents grant awards to the Metropolitan 
56.23 	Council for capital and operating assistance for transit ways and park-and-ride facilities 
56.24 	subsequent to the required allocations under paragraph (a).
56.25 	(d) The commissioner of management and budget shall deposit the funds allocated 
56.26 	under paragraph (a) into the stadium account created under Minnesota Statutes 2010, 
56.27 	section 473.5995.

56.28 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.