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

1.24 	ARTICLE 1
1.25 	MINNESOTA STADIUM AUTHORITY

1.26 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 3.971, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
1.27 		Subd. 6.Financial audits. The legislative auditor shall audit the financial 
1.28 	statements of the state of Minnesota required by section 16A.50 and, as resources permit, 
1.29 	shall audit Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, the University of Minnesota, state 
1.30 	agencies, departments, boards, commissions, courts, and other state organizations subject 
1.31 	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.07.

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 or 
3.32 	consumed in, and equipment incorporated into, the construction or improvement of the 
3.33 	football stadium and stadium infrastructure as defined in section 473J.03, subdivisions 7 
3.34 	and 9, are exempt. The same exemption applies to all supplies used in, and equipment 
3.35 	incorporated into, the construction or improvement of the stadium-related off-site roadway 
4.1 	and transportation improvements. This subdivision expires one year after the date that the 
4.2 	first National Football League game is played in the stadium for materials, supplies, and 
4.3 	equipment used in the construction and equipping of the stadium, and five years after the 
4.4 	issuance of the first bonds under article 2 for materials, supplies, and equipment used in 
4.5 	the public infrastructure, including the stadium-related off-site roadway and transportation 
4.6 	improvements.

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

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

5.8 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 352.01, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
5.9 		Subd. 2a.Included employees. (a) "State employee" includes:
5.10 	(1) employees of the Minnesota Historical Society;
5.11 	(2) employees of the State Horticultural Society;
5.12 	(3) employees of the Minnesota Crop Improvement Association;
5.13 	(4) employees of the adjutant general whose salaries are paid from federal funds and 
5.14 	who are not covered by any federal civilian employees retirement system;
5.15 	(5) employees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities who are employed 
5.16 	under the university or college activities program;
5.17 	(6) currently contributing employees covered by the system who are temporarily 
5.18 	employed by the legislature during a legislative session or any currently contributing 
5.19 	employee employed for any special service as defined in subdivision 2b, clause (8);
5.20 	(7) employees of the legislature who are appointed without a limit on the duration 
5.21 	of their employment and persons employed or designated by the legislature or by a 
5.22 	legislative committee or commission or other competent authority to conduct a special 
5.23 	inquiry, investigation, examination, or installation;
5.24 	(8) trainees who are employed on a full-time established training program 
5.25 	performing the duties of the classified position for which they will be eligible to receive 
5.26 	immediate appointment at the completion of the training period;
5.27 	(9) employees of the Minnesota Safety Council;
5.28 	(10) any employees who are on authorized leave of absence from the Transit 
5.29 	Operating Division of the former Metropolitan Transit Commission and who are employed 
5.30 	by the labor organization which is the exclusive bargaining agent representing employees 
5.31 	of the Transit Operating Division;
5.32 	(11) employees of the Metropolitan Council, Metropolitan Parks and Open Space 
5.33 	Commission, Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission, or Metropolitan Mosquito 
5.34 	Control Commission unless excluded under subdivision 2b or are covered by another 
5.35 	public pension fund or plan under section 473.415, subdivision 3;
6.1 	(12) judges of the Tax Court;
6.2 	(13) personnel who were employed on June 30, 1992, by the University of 
6.3 	Minnesota in the management, operation, or maintenance of its heating plant facilities, 
6.4 	whose employment transfers to an employer assuming operation of the heating plant 
6.5 	facilities, so long as the person is employed at the University of Minnesota heating plant 
6.6 	by that employer or by its successor organization;
6.7 	(14) personnel who are employed as seasonal employees in the classified or 
6.8 	unclassified service;
6.9 	(15) persons who are employed by the Department of Commerce as a peace officer 
6.10 	in the Insurance Fraud Prevention Division under section 45.0135 who have attained the 
6.11 	mandatory retirement age specified in section 43A.34, subdivision 4;
6.12 	(16) employees of the University of Minnesota unless excluded under subdivision 
6.13 	2b, clause (3);
6.14 	(17) employees of the Middle Management Association whose employment began 
6.15 	after July 1, 2007, and to whom section 352.029 does not apply; and
6.16 	(18) employees of the Minnesota Government Engineers Council to whom section 
6.17 	352.029 does not apply.; and
6.18 	(19) employees of the Minnesota Stadium Authority.
6.19 	(b) Employees specified in paragraph (a), clause (13), are included employees under 
6.20 	paragraph (a) if employer and employee contributions are made in a timely manner in the 
6.21 	amounts required by section 352.04. Employee contributions must be deducted from 
6.22 	salary. Employer contributions are the sole obligation of the employer assuming operation 
6.23 	of the University of Minnesota heating plant facilities or any successor organizations to 
6.24 	that employer.

6.25 	Sec. 7. [473J.01] PURPOSE.
6.26 	The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the construction, financing, and 
6.27 	long-term use of a stadium and related stadium infrastructure as a venue for professional 
6.28 	football and a broad range of other civic, community, athletic, educational, cultural, 
6.29 	and commercial activities. The legislature finds and declares that the expenditure of 
6.30 	public money for this purpose is necessary and serves a public purpose, and that property 
6.31 	acquired by the county and/or the Minnesota Stadium Authority for the construction of the 
6.32 	stadium and related stadium infrastructure is acquired for a public use or public purpose 
6.33 	under chapter 117. The legislature further finds and declares that any provision in a lease 
6.34 	or use agreement with a professional football team that requires the team to play all of its 
6.35 	home games in a publicly funded stadium for the duration of the lease or use agreement, 
7.1 	with the occasional exception of a game played elsewhere as set forth in such agreement, 
7.2 	serves a unique public purpose for which the remedies of specific performance and 
7.3 	injunctive relief are essential to its enforcement. The legislature further finds and declares 
7.4 	that government assistance to facilitate the presence of professional football provides to 
7.5 	the state of Minnesota and its citizens highly valued intangible benefits that are virtually 
7.6 	impossible to quantify and, therefore, not recoverable even if the government receives 
7.7 	monetary damages in the event of a team's breach of contract. Minnesota courts are, 
7.8 	therefore, charged with protecting those benefits through the use of specific performance 
7.9 	and injunctive relief as provided in this chapter and in the lease and use agreements.

7.10 	Section 8. [473J.03] DEFINITIONS.
7.11 		Subdivision 1.Application. For the purposes of this chapter, the terms defined in 
7.12 	this section have the meanings given them, except as otherwise expressly provided or 
7.13 	indicated by the context.
7.14 		Subd. 2.Authority. "Authority" means the Minnesota Stadium Authority 
7.15 	established under section 473J.07.
7.16 		Subd. 3.Authority/NFL team agreement. "Authority/NFL team agreement" 
7.17 	means the agreement or agreements to be entered into between the authority and the 
7.18 	NFL team.
7.19 		Subd. 4.City. "City" means the city of Arden Hills.
7.20 		Subd. 5.County. "County" means Ramsey County.
7.21 		Subd. 6.County/NFL team agreement. "County/NFL team agreement" means 
7.22 	the definitive agreement or agreements to be entered into between the county and the 
7.23 	NFL team.
7.24 		Subd. 7.County/authority agreement. "County/authority agreement" means the 
7.25 	agreement or agreements to be entered into between the county and the authority.
7.26 		Subd. 8.Development area. "Development area" means the approximately 170 acre 
7.27 	portion of the Twin Cities Army Ammunitions Plant property in Arden Hills, on which 
7.28 	private development will occur as further described in the county/NFL team agreement.
7.29 		Subd. 9.Land acquisition costs. "Land acquisition costs" mean the costs of 
7.30 	acquiring the land for the stadium project, which includes the cost for remediating the 
7.31 	site to allow commercial-industrial development to occur.
7.32 		Subd. 10.Infrastructure costs. "Infrastructure costs" mean the costs of the 
7.33 	stadium-related infrastructure.
7.34 		Subd. 11.NFL. The "NFL" means the National Football League.
8.1 		Subd. 12.NFL team. "NFL team" means the owner and operator of the NFL 
8.2 	professional football team known, as of the effective date of this chapter, as the Minnesota 
8.3 	Vikings or any team owned and operated by someone who purchases or otherwise takes 
8.4 	ownership or control of or reconstitutes the NFL team known as the Minnesota Vikings.
8.5 		Subd. 13.Site. "Site" means the 430-acre parcel included within the Twin Cities 
8.6 	Army Ammunition Plant property in Arden Hills to be purchased by the county from the 
8.7 	United States of America.
8.8 		Subd. 14.Stadium. "Stadium" means the stadium suitable for professional football 
8.9 	to be designed, constructed, and financed under this chapter. A stadium must have a roof 
8.10 	that covers the stadium, as set forth in section 473J.11, subdivision 3.
8.11 		Subd. 15.Stadium costs. "Stadium costs" means the costs of designing, 
8.12 	constructing, equipping, and financing a stadium suitable for professional football.
8.13 		Subd. 16.Stadium infrastructure. "Stadium infrastructure" means all property 
8.14 	facilities, and improvements determined by the authority as necessary or desirable to 
8.15 	facilitate the development and use of the stadium, including but not limited to property, 
8.16 	facilities and improvements for drainage, water management, parking, on-site roadways 
8.17 	and public rights-of-way, walkways, skyways, pedestrian bridges, bicycle paths, and 
8.18 	transit improvements to facilitate public access to the stadium, lighting, landscaping, 
8.19 	utilities, streets, and streetscapes. Stadium infrastructure does not include off-site roadway 
8.20 	and other transportation infrastructure improvements.
8.21 		Subd. 17.Stadium project. "Stadium project" means the stadium and 
8.22 	accompanying on-site infrastructure. It does not include ancillary private real estate 
8.23 	development.
8.24 		Subd. 18.Stadium area. "Stadium area" means the approximately 260 acre portion 
8.25 	of the Twin Cities Army Ammunitions Plant property in Arden Hills the definitive 
8.26 	boundaries of which shall be determined by the county and agreed to by the NFL team.
8.27 		Subd. 19.Streetscape. "Streetscape" means on-site improvements to streets and 
8.28 	sidewalks or other public rights-of-way for the purpose of enhancing the movement, 
8.29 	safety, convenience, or enjoyment of stadium patrons and other pedestrians, including 
8.30 	decorative lighting and surfaces, plantings, display and exhibit space, adornments, seating, 
8.31 	and transit and but shelters.
8.32 		Subd. 20.Watershed district. "Watershed district" means the Rice Creek 
8.33 	Watershed District.

8.34 	Sec. 9. [473J.05]  MINNESOTA STADIUM AUTHORITY.
9.1 		Subdivision 1.Established. The Minnesota Stadium Authority is established as a 
9.2 	public body, corporate and politic, and political subdivision of the state. The authority is 
9.3 	not a joint powers entity or an agency or instrumentality of the city or county.
9.4 		Subd. 2.Membership. The authority shall consist of five members:
9.5 	(a) The chair and one member shall be appointed by the governor. The member 
9.6 	appointed by the governor shall serve until December 31 of the third year following 
9.7 	appointment and the chair shall serve until December 31 of the fourth year following 
9.8 	appointment. Thereafter, members appointed by the governor shall serve four-year terms, 
9.9 	beginning January 1. Each member serves until a successor is appointed and takes office. 
9.10 	The chair serves at the pleasure of the governor.
9.11 	(b) The county shall appoint two members to the authority. One member  appointed 
9.12 	by the county shall serve until December 31 of the third year  following appointment and 
9.13 	one member shall serve until December 31 of the fourth year  following appointment. 
9.14 	Thereafter, members appointed by the county shall serve four-year terms beginning 
9.15 	January 1. The city shall appoint one member to the authority, who shall serve until 
9.16 	December 31 of the third year following appointment. Thereafter, the member appointed 
9.17 	by the city shall serve a four-year term beginning January 1. Each member serves until a 
9.18 	successor is appointed and takes office. Members appointed under this paragraph may 
9.19 	reside within the county and city and may be appointed officials of a political subdivision.
9.20 	(c) The initial members of the authority must be appointed not later than 30 days 
9.21 	after the date of enactment of this chapter.
9.22 		Subd. 3.Compensation. The authority may compensate its members, including 
9.23 	the chair, as provided in section 15.0575.
9.24 		Subd. 4.Chair. The chair presides at all meetings of the authority, if present, and 
9.25 	performs all other assigned duties and functions. The authority may appoint from among 
9.26 	its members a vice-chair to act for the chair during the temporary absence or disability of 
9.27 	the chair, and any other officers the authority determines are necessary or convenient.
9.28 		Subd. 5.Removal. A member, other than the chair, may be removed by the 
9.29 	appointing authority only for misfeasance, malfeasance, or nonfeasance in office, upon 
9.30 	written charges, and after an opportunity to be heard in defense of the charges.
9.31 		Subd. 6.Bylaws. The authority shall adopt bylaws to establish rules of procedure, 
9.32 	the powers and duties of its officers, and other matters relating to the governance of the 
9.33 	authority and the exercise of its powers. Except as provided in this section, the bylaws 
9.34 	adopted under this subdivision must be similar in form and substance to bylaws adopted 
9.35 	by the Minnesota Ballpark Authority pursuant to section 473.755.
10.1 		Subd. 7.Audit. The legislative auditor shall audit the books and accounts of the 
10.2 	authority once each year or as often as the legislative auditor's funds and personnel permit. 
10.3 	The authority shall pay the total cost of the audit pursuant to section 3.9741.
10.4 		Subd. 8.Executive director; employees. The authority may appoint an executive 
10.5 	director to serve as the chief executive officer of the authority. The executive director 
10.6 	serves at the pleasure of the authority and receives compensation as determined by the 
10.7 	authority. The executive director may be responsible for the operation, management, and 
10.8 	promotion of activities of the authority, as prescribed by the authority. The executive 
10.9 	director has the powers necessarily incident to the performance of duties required and 
10.10 	powers granted by the authority, but does not have authority to incur liability or make 
10.11 	expenditures on behalf of the authority without general or specific directions by the 
10.12 	authority, as shown by the bylaws or minutes of a meeting of the authority. The executive 
10.13 	director is responsible for hiring, supervision, and dismissal of all other employees of 
10.14 	the authority.
10.15 		Subd. 9.Web site. The authority shall establish a Web site for purposes of providing 
10.16 	information to the public concerning all actions taken by the authority. At a minimum, the 
10.17 	Web site must contain a current version of the authority's bylaws, notices of upcoming 
10.18 	meetings, minutes of the authority's meetings, and contact telephone, electronic mail, and 
10.19 	facsimile numbers for public comments.
10.20 		Subd. 10.Quorum; approvals. Any three members shall constitute a quorum for 
10.21 	the conduct of business and action may be taken upon the vote of a majority of members 
10.22 	present at a meeting duly called and held. During the design and construction stages of the 
10.23 	stadium, a four-fifths vote of the authority is required for authority decisions related to 
10.24 	zoning, land use, exterior design of the stadium, related parking, and the selection of the 
10.25 	authority's lead representative during design and construction. 

10.26 	Sec. 10. [473J.07] LOCATION.
10.27 	The stadium to be constructed under this chapter shall be located in the stadium area 
10.28 	of the Twin Cities Army Ammunitions Plant property in the city of Arden Hills. The 
10.29 	stadium is expected to be open and operational for the 2016 professional football season.

10.30 	Sec. 11. [473J.08] POWERS, DUTIES OF THE AUTHORITY.
10.31 		Subdivision 1.Actions. The authority may sue and be sued. The authority is a public 
10.32 	body and the stadium and stadium infrastructure are public improvements within the 
10.33 	meaning of chapter 562. The authority is a municipality within the meaning of chapter 466.
11.1 		Subd. 2.Acquisition of property. The authority may acquire from any public or 
11.2 	private entity by lease, purchase, gift, or devise all necessary right, title, and interest in 
11.3 	and to real property, air rights, and personal property deemed necessary to the purposes 
11.4 	contemplated by this chapter.
11.5 		Subd. 3.Disposition of property. The authority may sell, lease, or otherwise 
11.6 	dispose of any real or personal property acquired by the authority that is no longer required 
11.7 	for accomplishment of the authority's purposes. The property may be sold in accordance 
11.8 	with the procedures provided by section 469.065, except subdivisions 6 and 7, to the 
11.9 	extent the authority deems it to be practical and consistent with this chapter. Title to the 
11.10 	stadium must not be transferred or sold by the authority prior to the effective date of 
11.11 	enactment of any legislation approving such transfer or sale.
11.12 		Subd. 4.Data practices; open meetings. Except as otherwise provided in this 
11.13 	chapter, the authority is subject to chapters 13 and 13D.
11.14 		Subd. 5.Facility operation. The authority may, with the approval of the NFL 
11.15 	team,  develop, construct, equip, improve, own, operate, manage, maintain, finance, and 
11.16 	control the stadium, stadium infrastructure, and related facilities constructed or acquired 
11.17 	under this chapter, or may delegate all or a portion of such duties through an agreement, 
11.18 	subject to the rights and obligations transferred to and  assumed by the authority, the NFL 
11.19 	team, other user, third-party manager, or program manager, under the terms of a lease, 
11.20 	use agreement, or development agreement.
11.21 		Subd. 6.Employees; contracts for services. The authority may employ persons 
11.22 	and contract for services necessary to carry out its functions, including the utilization of 
11.23 	employees and consultants retained by other governmental entities.
11.24 		Subd. 7.Gifts, grants, loans. The authority may accept monetary contributions, 
11.25 	property, services, and grants or loans of money or other property from the United States, 
11.26 	the state, any subdivision of the state, any agency of those entities, or any person for any 
11.27 	of its purposes, and may enter into any agreement required in connection with the gifts, 
11.28 	grants, or loans. The authority shall hold, use, and dispose of the money, property, or 
11.29 	services according to the terms of the monetary contributions, grant, loan, or agreement.
11.30 		Subd. 8.Use agreements. The authority may lease, license, or enter into use 
11.31 	agreements and may fix, alter, charge, and collect rents, fees, and charges for the use, 
11.32 	occupation, and availability of part or all of any premises, property, or facilities under 
11.33 	its ownership, operation, or control for purposes that will provide athletic, educational, 
11.34 	cultural, commercial, or other entertainment, instruction, or activity for the citizens of 
11.35 	Minnesota and visitors. The use agreements may provide that the other contracting party 
11.36 	has exclusive use of the premises at the times agreed upon, as well as the right to retain 
12.1 	some or all revenues from ticket sales, suite licenses, concessions, advertising, naming 
12.2 	rights, NFL team designated broadcast/media, club seats, signage, and other revenues 
12.3 	derived from the stadium. In no case may a lease or use agreement permit smoking in the 
12.4 	stadium.
12.5 		Subd. 9.Personal seat licenses. The authority shall own and retain the exclusive 
12.6 	right to sell personal seat licenses (PSLs) in the stadium, although the authority may 
12.7 	contract with the team to act as the authority's agent in marketing and selling such 
12.8 	licenses.  The NFL team shall receive the proceeds from the sale of such licenses up to a 
12.9 	maximum amount of $125,000,000.  The authority shall remit any sale proceeds in excess 
12.10 	of $125,000,000 to the commissioner of revenue for deposit in the general fund for the 
12.11 	purposes set out in article 4, section 6, subdivision 4, paragraph (a), of this chapter.
12.12 		Subd. 10.Research. The authority may conduct research studies and programs; 
12.13 	collect and analyze data; prepare reports, maps, charts, and tables; and conduct all 
12.14 	necessary hearings and investigations in connection with its functions.
12.15 		Subd. 11.Insurance. The authority may require any employee to obtain and file 
12.16 	with the authority an individual bond or fidelity insurance policy. The authority may 
12.17 	procure insurance in the amounts the authority considers necessary against liability of the 
12.18 	authority or its officers and employees for personal injury or death and property damage or 
12.19 	destruction, consistent with chapter 466, and against risks of damage to or destruction of 
12.20 	any of its facilities, equipment, or other property.
12.21 		Subd. 12.Exemption from Metropolitan Council review; Business Subsidy Act.
 12.22 	The acquisition and betterment of a stadium and stadium infrastructure by the authority 
12.23 	must be conducted pursuant to this chapter and are not subject to sections 473.165 and 
12.24 	473.173. Section 116J.994 does not apply to any transactions of the authority or other 
12.25 	governmental entity related to the stadium or stadium infrastructure or to any tenant or 
12.26 	other users of the stadium or stadium infrastructure. The Metropolitan Council shall waive 
12.27 	any sewer access charges or similar fees and charges customarily imposed attributable to 
12.28 	the design and construction of the stadium and stadium infrastructure.
12.29 		Subd. 13.Incidental powers. In addition to the powers expressly granted in this 
12.30 	chapter, the authority has all powers necessary or incidental thereto.

12.31 	Sec. 12. [473J.09] SITE ACQUISITION AND REMEDIATION.
12.32 		Subdivision 1.Site acquisition.  The stadium and development areas will be 
12.33 	acquired by the county pursuant to the terms in the agreement dated December 28, 2011, 
12.34 	entitled "Offer to Purchase between Ramsey County and the United States of America 
12.35 	Acting by and Through the Administration of General Services."  The NFL team or a 
13.1 	related entity, will immediately thereafter acquire the development area from the county. 
13.2 	The county is authorized to buy property from the United States of America and sell a 
13.3 	portion directly to the NFL team at the county's acquisition price per acre, notwithstanding 
13.4 	any law or ordinance to the contrary.  The stadium project is intended to act as the catalyst 
13.5 	for the redevelopment and revitalization of the development area.  The NFL team shall 
13.6 	retain development rights for at least ten years from the date of enactment of this chapter. 
13.7 	If the team has not commenced development or provided the county with a reasonably 
13.8 	acceptable plan to develop the private land within five years after the opening of the 
13.9 	stadium, the county shall have the option, but shall not be required, to purchase the 
13.10 	private land from the team at the price per acre that the county paid to the United States 
13.11 	government for the property.
13.12 		Subd. 2.Site remediation. The county will be responsible for the remediation of 
13.13 	the stadium and development areas pursuant to the terms of the agreement dated February 
13.14 	7, 2012, entitled "Agreement Between Ramsey County and Carl Bolander & Sons Co. 
13.15 	for Hazardous Material Abatement, Demolition and Site Remediation – Former Twin 
13.16 	Cities Army Ammunition Plant."  The site will be remediated to a commercial/industrial 
13.17 	standard.  Should the private development of the development area require that the land 
13.18 	be remediated to a higher standard, the NFL team shall pay for any additional costs 
13.19 	associated with such remediation.
13.20 		Subd. 3.Acquisition and remediation costs.  The county and NFL team shall be 
13.21 	responsible for the land acquisition costs, which includes the cost of the land purchase 
13.22 	from the United States government and the cost of the environmental remediation.
13.23 		Subd. 4.Cost allocation. The cost to acquire the stadium and development areas 
13.24 	and the cost of remediating the site to a commercial/industrial standard will be allocated 
13.25 	between the county and the NFL team based on the number of acres owned by each 
13.26 	once the development area is sold to the NFL team or its affiliates. A mechanism will be 
13.27 	provided in the county NFL team agreement that will allow for public access between 
13.28 	the stadium and development areas. A mechanism will also be included in the county 
13.29 	NFL team agreement to provide the NFL team with flexibility in determining the final 
13.30 	composition of the development area for purposes of locating the stadium footprint and 
13.31 	future private development, to be mutually agreed upon by the county, authority, NFL 
13.32 	team and other key stakeholders, as appropriate.
13.33 		Subd. 5.Transfer of title. The county will transfer title to the stadium area to the 
13.34 	authority, at no cost to the authority, upon completion of the environmental remediation 
13.35 	of the stadium area. The county/authority agreement will provide for the terms and 
13.36 	conditions of the transfer of title.

14.1 	Sec. 13. [473J.11] STADIUM DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.
14.2 		Subdivision 1.Contracts. (a) The site preparation, design, development, and 
14.3 	construction of the stadium shall be a collaborative process between the authority, county 
14.4 	and the NFL team, exempt from the requirements of section 16B.335. The authority, 
14.5 	county and the NFL team shall establish a process to reach consensus on key elements of 
14.6 	the site preparation, stadium program and design, development, and construction.
14.7 	(b) Unless the authority, county and the NFL team agree otherwise:
14.8 	(1) the county shall be responsible for the acquisition and environmental remediation 
14.9 	of the stadium area;
14.10 	(2) the authority shall create a stadium design and construction group, including 
14.11 	representatives of the authority, county and the NFL team, to manage the design of the 
14.12 	stadium and oversee construction;
14.13 	(3) this group shall engage an owner's representative to act on behalf of the group. 
14.14 	The cost of the owner's representative shall be a stadium cost; and
14.15 	(4) the authority and the NFL team shall enter into an authority/NFL team agreement 
14.16 	providing for the rights and responsibilities of the authority and the NFL team, the design 
14.17 	and construction group, and the owner's representative for design and construction of the 
14.18 	stadium, including but not limited to establishment of minimum design standards.
14.19 	(5) the NFL team shall be responsible for cost overruns in the design, development 
14.20 	and construction of the stadium, stadium infrastructure and stadium-related off-site 
14.21 	roadway and transportation infrastructure improvements and accordingly, shall have 
14.22 	final decision-making authority with respect to the design, development and construction 
14.23 	of the stadium and stadium infrastructure.
14.24 	(c) Subject to the terms and conditions of the authority/NFL team agreement, the 
14.25 	authority, and entities under contract with the authority, may take the actions in clauses 
14.26 	(1) to (5).
14.27 	(1) The authority may enter into an agreement with any other entity relating to the 
14.28 	design, construction, financing, operation, maintenance, and use of the stadium and related 
14.29 	facilities and stadium infrastructure. The authority may contract for materials, supplies, 
14.30 	and equipment in accordance with section 471.345, except that  the authority may employ 
14.31 	or contract with persons, firms, or corporations to perform one or more or all of the 
14.32 	functions of architect, engineer, construction manager, or program  manager with respect 
14.33 	to all or any part of the design, construction, financing, operation, maintenance, and use of 
14.34 	the stadium and stadium infrastructure under the traditional separate design and build, 
14.35 	integrated design-build, construction manager at risk, or public and private partnership 
14.36 	(P3) structures, or in a combination thereof.
15.1 	(2) The authority and the NFL team may prepare a request for proposals for one 
15.2 	or more of the functions described in clause (1). The request must be published in the 
15.3 	State Register and shall include, at a minimum, such requirements that are agreed to by 
15.4 	the authority and the NFL team. The authority and the NFL team may prequalify offerors 
15.5 	by issuing a request for qualifications, in advance of the request for proposals, and select a 
15.6 	short list of responsible offerors prior to discussions and evaluations.  Alternatively, for 
15.7 	one or more of the functions, the authority and the NFL team may use the existing county 
15.8 	short-list of proposals submitted to the county on or before March 1, 2012, in response to 
15.9 	a county request for qualifications.
15.10 	(3) The authority, with the participation of the NFL team, may conduct discussions 
15.11 	and negotiations with responsible offerors in order to determine which proposal is 
15.12 	most advantageous to the authority and the NFL team and to negotiate the terms of an 
15.13 	agreement. In conducting discussions, there shall be no disclosure of any information 
15.14 	derived from proposals submitted by competing offerors and the content of all proposals is 
15.15 	nonpublic data under chapter 13 until such time as a notice to award a contract is given by 
15.16 	the authority. The agreement shall be subject to the approval of the NFL team.
15.17 	(4) The construction manager or program manager may enter into contracts with 
15.18 	contractors for labor, materials, supplies, and equipment for the construction of the 
15.19 	stadium and related stadium infrastructure through the process of public bidding, except 
15.20 	that the construction manager or program manager may, with the consent of the authority 
15.21 	or the NFL team if the NFL team has retained responsibility for construction:
15.22 	(i) narrow the listing of eligible bidders to those which the construction manager 
15.23 	or program manager determines to possess sufficient expertise to perform the intended 
15.24 	functions;
15.25 	(ii) award contracts to the contractors that the construction manager or program 
15.26 	manager determines provide the best value under a request for proposals as described in 
15.27 	section 16C.28, subdivision 1, paragraphs (a), clause (2), and (c), which are not required 
15.28 	to be the lowest responsible bidder; and
15.29 	(iii) for work the construction manager or program manager determines to be critical 
15.30 	to the completion schedule, award contracts on the basis of competitive proposals, or 
15.31 	perform work with its own forces without soliciting competitive bids if the construction 
15.32 	manager or program manager provides evidence of competitive pricing.
15.33 	(5) Without limiting the responsibility of the NFL team pursuant to subdivision 1, 
15.34 	paragraph (b), clause (5), the authority and the NFL team may require that the construction 
15.35 	manager or program manager certify, before the contract is signed, a fixed and stipulated 
15.36 	construction price and completion date to the authority and post a performance bond in an 
16.1 	amount at least equal to 100 percent of the certified price or such other security satisfactory 
16.2 	to the authority, to cover any costs which may be incurred in excess of the certified price 
16.3 	including, but not limited to, costs incurred by the authority or loss of revenues resulting 
16.4 	from incomplete construction on the completion date. The authority may secure surety 
16.5 	bonds as provided in section 574.26, securing payment of just claims in connection with 
16.6 	all public work undertaken by the authority. Persons entitled to the protection of the 
16.7 	bonds may enforce them as provided in sections 574.28 to 574.32 and are not entitled to a 
16.8 	lien on any property of the authority under the provisions of sections 514.01 to 514.16. 
16.9 	The construction of the stadium is a project as that term is defined in section 177.42, 
16.10 	subdivision 2, and is subject to the prevailing wage law under sections 177.41 to 177.43.
16.11 	(6) Alternatively, at the request of the NFL team, the NFL team may manage the 
16.12 	construction of the stadium and related stadium infrastructure in a manner consistent with 
16.13 	the agreed minimum design standards and design documents, subject to the terms of this 
16.14 	act, including responsibility for cost overruns in the design, development and construction 
16.15 	of the stadium, pursuant to subdivision 1, paragraph (b), clause (5).
16.16 		Subd. 2.Changes. Unless otherwise agreed to by the authority and the NFL team, if 
16.17 	any party requests a change in minimum design standards, and this change is responsible 
16.18 	for requiring the project to exceed the stated budget, the requesting party is liable for  any 
16.19 	cost overruns or associated liabilities associated with such change.
16.20 		Subd. 3.Stadium design. The stadium and stadium infrastructure shall be designed 
16.21 	and constructed incorporating the following general program and design elements:
16.22 	(1) unless otherwise agreed to by the authority and the NFL team, the stadium 
16.23 	shall comprise approximately 1,600,000 square feet with approximately 65,000 seats, 
16.24 	expandable to 72,000, shall meet or exceed NFL program requirements, and include 
16.25 	approximately 150 suites and approximately 7,500 club seats or other such components as 
16.26 	agreed to by the authority and the NFL team;
16.27 	(2) space for NFL team-related exhibitions and sales, which shall include the 
16.28 	following: NFL team museum and Hall of Fame, retail merchandise and gift shop retail 
16.29 	venues, and themed concessions and restaurants;
16.30 	(3) year-round space for the NFL team administrative operations, sales, and 
16.31 	marketing, including a ticket office, team meeting space, locker, and training rooms;
16.32 	(4) space for administrative offices of the authority;
16.33 	(5) parking spaces for up to 21,000 cars and trucks, including tailgate parking and 
16.34 	premium parking area with a separate entrance and exit;
16.35 	(6) elements sufficient to provide community and civic uses as determined by the 
16.36 	authority; and
17.1 	(7) a roof that is fixed or retractable, provided that if the roof is retractable, it is 
17.2 	accomplished without any increase to the funding provided by the state or the county.

17.3 	Sec. 14. [473J.112] COMMEMORATIVE BRICKS.
17.4 	The authority shall sell commemorative bricks to be displayed at a prominent 
17.5 	location in the new stadium, for an amount to be determined by the authority. The 
17.6 	authority shall work with the commissioner to ensure that purchase of a brick is a tax 
17.7 	deductible donation on the part of the donating person or organization. Funds raised 
17.8 	through this section shall be appropriated to the commissioner of management and budget 
17.9 	for a grant to the Minnesota Stadium Authority.

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

17.11 	Sec. 15. [473J.12] EMPLOYMENT.
17.12 		Subdivision 1.Hiring and recruitment. In the design, development, construction, 
17.13 	management, operation, maintenance and capital repair, replacement and improvement 
17.14 	of the stadium and stadium infrastructure, the NFL team and the authority shall make 
17.15 	every effort to employ and cause the construction manager and other subcontractors, 
17.16 	vendors, and concessionaires to employ women and members of minority communities 
17.17 	when hiring. Further, goals for construction contracts to be awarded to women and 
17.18 	minority-owned businesses will be in a percentage at least equal to the minimum used 
17.19 	for county development projects, and the other construction workforce will establish 
17.20 	workforce utilization goals at least equal to current city goals and include workers from 
17.21 	county zip codes that have high rates of poverty and unemployment.
17.22 		Subd. 2.Other required agreements. The NFL team and the authority shall give 
17.23 	food, beverage, retail, and concession workers presently employed by the NFL team or the 
17.24 	Minnesota Sports Facilities Commission or its vendors at the existing football stadium the 
17.25 	opportunity to continue their employment in comparable positions at the new stadium. 
17.26 	Workers who are presently represented under a collective bargaining agreement may seek 
17.27 	to continue such representation in the facility and designate such, or another collective 
17.28 	bargaining unit, as their representative.

17.29 	Sec. 16. [473J.13] STADIUM OPERATIONS; CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.
17.30 		Subdivision 1.Stadium operation. The NFL team will operate and manage the 
17.31 	stadium and parking facilities, or contract with the authority or other entity to manage 
17.32 	the stadium and parking facilities, pursuant to the authority/NFL team agreement. The 
17.33 	stadium shall be operated in a first class manner similar to and consistent with that of 
18.1 	other comparable NFL stadiums. The team shall be responsible for all aspects of stadium 
18.2 	operation.  All revenues, net of generally applicable taxes and fees, derived from the 
18.3 	operations of the stadium for all NFL team games, NFL team owned major league soccer 
18.4 	games and other NFL team events agreed to by the authority, except as otherwise provided 
18.5 	herein or in the authority/NFL team agreement or the county/NFL team agreement, shall 
18.6 	belong to the team.
18.7 		Subd. 2.Operating expenses. The team shall bear all the costs of operation of 
18.8 	the stadium and parking facilities in lieu of rent.  In addition, the team shall pay any 
18.9 	and all NFL game day expenses, including responsibility for any and all costs incurred 
18.10 	for municipal services including, but not limited to, police and security, traffic control, 
18.11 	fire prevention, emergency medical, street cleaning and trash removal, and other similar 
18.12 	services provided for events held by the team. The team and the authority, in coordination 
18.13 	with the city, shall cooperatively determine appropriate public and private staffing levels 
18.14 	for police and security, traffic control, fire prevention, emergency medical, street cleaning 
18.15 	and trash removal, and other similar services based upon anticipated attendance for NFL 
18.16 	games and any other events held at the stadium. The authority, however, in coordination 
18.17 	with the city, shall have final approval over appropriate staffing and service levels. 
18.18 	The authority, in coordination with the city, shall use a "reasonableness standard" in 
18.19 	determining appropriate staffing and service levels. In the event that the parties cannot 
18.20 	agree on appropriate staffing and service levels, the team shall have the right to submit 
18.21 	such dispute to a mutually agreed upon mediator or to arbitration for accelerated dispute 
18.22 	resolution. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the authority, in coordination with the city, 
18.23 	determines that an emergency public safety issue exists with respect to a particular NFL 
18.24 	game or event, the authority, in coordination with the city, shall have the right to determine 
18.25 	and impose the staffing level for such event. Sponsors of civic, noncommercial events and 
18.26 	uses shall be responsible for any and all incremental costs incurred for municipal services 
18.27 	provided for its events, as determined by the authority.
18.28 		Subd. 3.Public access. The authority will work to maximize access for public and 
18.29 	amateur sports, community, and civic events, and other public events in type and on terms 
18.30 	consistent with those currently held at the existing football stadium, as defined in section 
18.31 	473.551, subdivision 9. The authority may provide that these events have exclusive use  of 
18.32 	the premises at agreed-upon times subject to the scheduling rights of the NFL team under 
18.33 	the lease or use agreement. The NFL team will be reimbursed by the authority for the 
18.34 	incremental, out-of-pocket expenses to operate the stadium during such events and uses. 
18.35 		Subd. 4.Capital improvements. (a) The NFL team shall be responsible for 
18.36 	making, or for causing others to make, all capital repairs, replacements, and improvements 
19.1 	for the stadium and stadium infrastructure and shall establish a capital reserve fund for 
19.2 	such purposes. The NFL team shall maintain, or cause others to maintain, the stadium 
19.3 	and stadium infrastructure in a safe, clean, attractive, and first class manner so as to cause 
19.4 	them to remain in a condition comparable to that of other comparable NFL facilities 
19.5 	of similar design and age. The NFL team shall maintain, or cause others to maintain, 
19.6 	the stadium and parking facilities in a manner that is consistent with all applicable 
19.7 	requirements imposed by the NFL, and with the original design and construction program 
19.8 	of the stadium and parking facilities. The NFL team shall make, or cause others to make, 
19.9 	all necessary or appropriate repairs, renewals, and replacements, whether structural or 
19.10 	nonstructural, interior or exterior, ordinary or extraordinary, foreseen or unforeseen, in a 
19.11 	prompt and  timely manner. The authority, with approval of the NFL team, may enter into 
19.12 	an agreement with a program manager to perform some or all of the responsibilities of the 
19.13 	NFL team in this subdivision and to assume and accept financial liability for the cost of 
19.14 	performing the responsibilities.
19.15 	(b) The NFL team must contribute $1,500,000 each year for the term of the lease or 
19.16 	use agreement to the capital reserve fund, increased by a three percent annual inflation rate.
19.17 	(c) The NFL team, with input from the authority, shall develop short-term and 
19.18 	long-term capital funding plans and shall use those plans to guide the future capital needs 
19.19 	of the stadium and stadium infrastructure. The NFL team, after consultation with the 
19.20 	authority, shall make the final determination with respect to funding capital needs. Any 
19.21 	capital improvement proposed by the authority, except those intended primarily to provide 
19.22 	revenue enhancements to the NFL team shall be paid for by the authority, unless otherwise 
19.23 	agreed to by the NFL team.
19.24 		Subd. 5.Cooperation with financing. The authority will cooperate with the 
19.25 	NFL team to facilitate the financing of the NFL team's contribution. Such agreement to 
19.26 	cooperate shall not require the authority to incur any additional costs or provide conduit 
19.27 	financing. The lease, license, and other transaction documents shall include provisions 
19.28 	customarily required by lenders in stadium financings.

19.29 	Sec. 17. [473J.15] CRITERIA AND CONDITIONS.
19.30 		Subdivision 1.Binding and enforceable. In developing the stadium and entering 
19.31 	into related contracts, the authority must follow and enforce the criteria and conditions in 
19.32 	this section, provided that a determination by the authority that those criteria or conditions 
19.33 	have been met under any agreement or otherwise shall be conclusive.
19.34 		Subd. 2.NFL team/private contribution; timing of expenditures. The NFL 
19.35 	team/private contribution, including stadium builder license proceeds, for stadium costs 
20.1 	must be made in cash in the amount of at least $425,000,000. Prior to the first issuance 
20.2 	of bonds under section 16A.965, the first portion of the NFL team/private contribution 
20.3 	in the amount of $50,000,000 must be deposited to the construction fund to pay for 
20.4 	the initial stadium costs, as costs are incurred, or the team must provide security or 
20.5 	other credit worthiness in the amount of $50,000,000, subject to the satisfaction of the 
20.6 	authority. After the first $50,000,000 of stadium costs have been paid from the initial 
20.7 	NFL team/private contribution, state funds shall be deposited to the construction fund 
20.8 	to pay for the next $50,000,000 of costs of the project. Prior to any state funds being 
20.9 	deposited in the construction fund, the NFL team must provide security or a financing 
20.10 	commitment reasonably satisfactory to the authority for the balance of the required NFL 
20.11 	team/private contribution and for payment of cost overruns if the NFL team assumes 
20.12 	responsibility for stadium construction under section 473J.11. In the event the stadium 
20.13 	project terminates before the initial contributions are expended by the parties under this 
20.14 	subdivision, the parties shall be reimbursed in the amounts they have deposited to the 
20.15 	construction fund proportionate to the aggregate amount contributed by each at the time 
20.16 	the project is terminated.
20.17 		Subd. 3.Lease or use agreements; 30-year term. The authority must enter into 
20.18 	a long-term lease or use agreement with the NFL team for the NFL team's use of the 
20.19 	stadium. The NFL team must agree to play all regularly scheduled and postseason home 
20.20 	games at the stadium, with the occasional exception of a game played elsewhere as agreed 
20.21 	to in the lease or use agreement. Preseason games may also be scheduled and played at 
20.22 	the stadium. Training facilities must remain in Minnesota during the term of the lease 
20.23 	or use agreement. If the NFL team elects to construct a new corporate headquarters or 
20.24 	training complex, such development shall be within the stadium area of the site unless 
20.25 	the authority and county consent to another location. The lease or use agreement must 
20.26 	be for a term of at least 30 years from the date of substantial completion of the stadium 
20.27 	for professional football games. The lease or use agreement may provide options for the 
20.28 	NFL team to extend the term for up to four additional periods of five years. The lease or 
20.29 	use agreement must include terms for default, termination, and breach of the agreement. 
20.30 	Recognizing that the presence of professional football provides to the state of Minnesota 
20.31 	and its citizens highly valued, intangible benefits that are virtually impossible to quantify 
20.32 	and, therefore, not recoverable in the event of an NFL team owner's breach of contract, 
20.33 	the lease and use agreements must provide for specific performance and injunctive relief 
20.34 	to enforce provisions relating to use of the stadium for professional football and must 
20.35 	not include escape clauses or buyout provisions. The NFL team must not enter into or 
20.36 	accept any agreement or requirement with or from any entity that is inconsistent with the 
21.1 	NFL team's binding commitment  to the 30-year term of the lease or use agreement or 
21.2 	that would in any manner dilute, interfere with, or negate the provisions of the lease or 
21.3 	use agreement, providing for specific performance or injunctive relief. The legislature 
21.4 	conclusively determines, as a matter of public policy, that the lease or use agreement, and 
21.5 	any grant agreement under this chapter that includes a specific performance clause:
21.6 	(1) explicitly authorizes specific performance as a remedy for breach;
21.7 	(2) is made for adequate consideration and upon terms which are otherwise fair 
21.8 	and reasonable;
21.9 	(3) has not been included through sharp practice, misrepresentation, or mistake;
21.10 	(4) if specifically enforced, does not cause unreasonable or disproportionate hardship 
21.11 	or loss to the NFL team or to third parties; and
21.12 	(5) involves performance in a manner and the rendering of services of a nature and 
21.13 	under circumstances that the beneficiary cannot be adequately compensated in damages.
21.14 		Subd. 4.Lease or use agreements; revenues; payments. A lease or use agreement 
21.15 	shall include all fees and expenses to be paid by the NFL team. The authority shall agree 
21.16 	to provide in the lease or use agreement for the NFL team to receive all NFL game day 
21.17 	revenues, including but not limited to suite revenues, advertising, concessions,  signage, 
21.18 	broadcast and media, and club seat revenue, except to the extent otherwise provided 
21.19 	in this chapter. The agreement shall also provide that all naming rights to the stadium 
21.20 	are retained by the NFL team, subject to the approval of the name or names by the 
21.21 	authority consistent with those criteria set out in the lease or use agreement. The authority 
21.22 	shall have naming rights to the parking lots within the stadium area as provided in the 
21.23 	authority/NFL team agreement. The authority shall receive all event revenues other than 
21.24 	from NFL team games, NFL team owned major league soccer games, and other NFL team 
21.25 	events agreed to by the authority.
21.26 		Subd. 5.Notice of breach or default. Until 30 years from the date of stadium 
21.27 	completion, the NFL team must provide written notice to the authority not less than 180 
21.28 	days prior to any action, including any action imposed upon the NFL team by the NFL, 
21.29 	which would result in a breach or default of provisions of the lease or use agreements 
21.30 	required to be included under subdivision 3. If this notice provision is violated and the 
21.31 	NFL team has already breached or been in default under the required provisions, the 
21.32 	authority or the state of Minnesota may specifically enforce the lease or use agreement 
21.33 	and Minnesota courts shall fashion equitable remedies so that the NFL team fulfills the 
21.34 	conditions of the lease and use agreements.
21.35 		Subd. 6.Enforceable financial commitments. The authority must determine before 
21.36 	stadium construction begins that all public and private funding sources for construction, 
22.1 	operating expenses, and capital improvements and repairs of the stadium are included in 
22.2 	written agreements. The committed funds must be adequate to design, construct, furnish, 
22.3 	and equip the stadium, and pay projected operating expenses and the costs of capital 
22.4 	improvements and repairs during the term of the lease or use agreement with the NFL 
22.5 	team. The NFL team must provide the authority access to NFL team financial or other 
22.6 	information, which the authority deems necessary for such determination. Any financial 
22.7 	information obtained by the authority under this subdivision is nonpublic data under 
22.8 	section 13.02, subdivision 9.
22.9 		Subd. 7.Environmental requirements. The authority must comply with all 
22.10 	environmental requirements imposed by regulatory agencies for the stadium, site, and 
22.11 	structure, except as provided by section 473J.09, subdivision 2, or 473J.17.
22.12 		Subd. 8.Public share on sale of NFL team. The lease or use agreement must 
22.13 	provide that, if the NFL team is sold or an interest in the NFL team is sold after the 
22.14 	effective date of this chapter, a portion of the sale price must be paid to the authority and 
22.15 	deposited in a reserve fund for improvements to the stadium or expended as the authority 
22.16 	may otherwise direct. The portion required to be so paid to the authority is 18 percent 
22.17 	of the amount in excess of the purchase price of the NFL team by the selling owner or 
22.18 	owners, declining to zero 15 years after commencement of stadium construction in 
22.19 	increments of 1.2 percent each year. The agreement must provide exceptions for sales 
22.20 	to members of the owners' family and entities and trusts beneficially owned by family 
22.21 	members, sales to employees of equity interests aggregating up to ten percent, sales related 
22.22 	to capital infusions not distributed to the owners, and sales amongst existing owners not 
22.23 	exceeding 20 percent equity interest in the NFL team.
22.24 		Subd. 9.Authority's access to NFL team financial information. The lease/license 
22.25 	or other transaction documents shall provide the authority access to annual audited 
22.26 	financial statements of the team and other financial books and records that the authority 
22.27 	deems necessary to determine compliance by the team with this act, and to enforce the 
22.28 	terms of any lease/license or other transaction documents entered into under this act. 
22.29 	Any financial information obtained by the authority under this subdivision is nonpublic 
22.30 	data under section 13.02, subdivision 9.
22.31 		Subd. 10.NFL team name retained. The lease or use agreement must provide 
22.32 	that the NFL team and NFL will transfer to the state of Minnesota the Minnesota Vikings' 
22.33 	heritage and records, including the name, logo, colors, history, playing records, trophies, 
22.34 	and memorabilia if the NFL team is in violation of the lease or use agreement.
22.35 		Subd. 11.Stadium design. (a) The authority and the NFL team will strive to build a 
22.36 	stadium that is environmentally and energy efficient and will make an effort to build a 
23.1 	stadium that is eligible to receive the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design 
23.2 	(LEED) certification for environmental design, and to the extent practicable, will strive to 
23.3 	make the stadium design architecturally significant.
23.4 	(b) The stadium design must, to the extent feasible, follow sustainable building 
23.5 	guidelines established under section 16B.325.
23.6 	(c) The authority and the team must ensure that the stadium be, to the greatest extent 
23.7 	practicable, constructed of American-made steel.
23.8 		Subd. 12.Necessary approvals. The authority and the NFL team must secure 
23.9 	any necessary approvals to the terms of the lease and use agreement and the design and 
23.10 	construction plans for the stadium, including prior approval of the NFL.
23.11 		Subd. 13.Affordable access. The lease or use agreement must provide for an 
23.12 	agreed-upon number of affordable tickets to the professional sporting events held in the 
23.13 	stadium.
23.14 		Subd. 14.Stadium builder's licenses. The authority shall own and retain the 
23.15 	exclusive right to sell stadium builder's licenses in the stadium. The authority will retain 
23.16 	the NFL team to act as the authority's agent in marketing and selling such licenses.
23.17 		Subd. 15.Major league soccer. The authority shall, for five years after the first 
23.18 	NFL team home game is played in the stadium, grant the NFL team the exclusive right to 
23.19 	establish major league soccer at the stadium. The authority and the NFL team may enter 
23.20 	into an agreement providing the terms and conditions of such an arrangement, provided:
23.21 	(1) if any of the NFL team owners whose family owns at least three percent of 
23.22 	the NFL team purchases full or partial ownership in a major league soccer franchise, 
23.23 	such franchise may play in the stadium under a use agreement with similar terms as are 
23.24 	applicable to the NFL team; and
23.25 	(2) capital improvements required by a major league soccer franchise must be 
23.26 	financed by the owners of the major league soccer team.
23.27 		Subd. 16.NFL team-related entities. Subject to the prior approval of the authority, 
23.28 	which shall not be unreasonably withheld, any of the obligations by the NFL team may 
23.29 	be performed by the NFL team, a related entity, or a third party, and the NFL team, any 
23.30 	entity related to the NFL team or third party may receive any revenues to which the NFL 
23.31 	team is entitled hereunder; provided, however, the NFL team shall remain liable if any 
23.32 	obligations are assigned to a related entity or third party, including liability for all capital 
23.33 	and operating costs.

23.34 	Sec. 18. [473J.17] COUNTY ACTIVITIES.
24.1 		Subdivision 1.Property acquisition and disposition. The county may, to the 
24.2 	extent legally permissible, acquire land, air rights, and other property interests within the 
24.3 	stadium area and convey them to the authority without consideration, prepare a site for 
24.4 	development as a stadium, and acquire and construct any related stadium infrastructure, 
24.5 	if any, as provided in the county/authority agreement. To the extent property parcels or 
24.6 	interests acquired are more extensive than the stadium infrastructure requirements, the 
24.7 	county may sell or otherwise dispose of the excess. The legislature intends that, except 
24.8 	as expressly limited herein, the county may acquire, remediate, and dispose of the 
24.9 	development area within the site.
24.10 		Subd. 2.Claims. Except as may be mutually agreed to by the county and the 
24.11 	authority, the county has no interest in or claim to any assets or revenues of the authority.
24.12 		Subd. 3.Environmental; planning and zoning. The county is the responsible 
24.13 	governmental unit for an environmental impact statement for the stadium project 
24.14 	prepared under section 116D.04, if an environmental impact statement is necessary. 
24.15 	Notwithstanding section 116D.04, subdivision 2b, and implementing rules:
24.16 	(1) the environmental impact statement shall not be required to consider alternative 
24.17 	stadium sites; and
24.18 	(2) the environmental impact statement must be determined to be adequate before 
24.19 	commencing work on the foundation of the stadium, but the stadium and stadium 
24.20 	infrastructure may otherwise be started and all preliminary and final government decisions 
24.21 	and actions may be made and taken including, but not limited to, acquiring land; obtaining 
24.22 	financing; granting permits or other land use approvals; entering into grant, lease, or use 
24.23 	agreements; or preparing the site or related stadium infrastructure prior to a determination 
24.24 	of the adequacy of the environmental impact statement.
24.25 		Subd. 4.County expenditure. The county may make expenditures or grants for 
24.26 	other costs incidental and necessary to further the purposes of this chapter and may, by 
24.27 	agreement, reimburse in whole or in part, any entity that has granted, loaned, or advanced 
24.28 	funds to the county to further the purposes of this chapter. Notwithstanding any law, 
24.29 	ordinance, or charter provision to the contrary, exercise by the county of its powers under 
24.30 	this section does not affect the amount that the county may otherwise spend, borrow, 
24.31 	tax, or receive.
24.32 		Subd. 5.County authority. The legislature intends that, except as expressly limited 
24.33 	herein, the county may enter into contracts with the authority, the NFL team and other 
24.34 	governmental or nongovernmental entities, appropriate funds, and make employees, 
24.35 	consultants, and other revenues available for those purposes.
25.1 		Subd. 6.Stadium implementation committee; city review. In order to accomplish 
25.2 	the objectives of this act within the required time frame, it is necessary to establish an 
25.3 	alternative process for municipal land use and development review. It is hereby found 
25.4 	and declared that the construction of a stadium within the stadium area is consistent 
25.5 	with the city's adopted comprehensive plan, is the preferred stadium location, and is a 
25.6 	permitted land use. This subdivision establishes a procedure for all land and water use 
25.7 	and development reviews and approvals by the city and watershed district for the stadium 
25.8 	and related stadium infrastructure and supersedes all land use and development rules 
25.9 	and restrictions and procedures imposed by other law, charter, or ordinance including, 
25.10 	without limitation, section 15.99 and chapters 103A to 103G. No later than 30 days after 
25.11 	enactment, the city shall establish a stadium implementation committee with representation 
25.12 	from the city, county, and watershed district to make recommendations on the design 
25.13 	plans submitted for the stadium, stadium infrastructure, and related improvements. 
25.14 	The implementation committee must take action to issue its recommendations within 
25.15 	the time frames established in the planning and construction timetable issued by the 
25.16 	authority, which shall provide for no less than 60  days for the committee's review. The 
25.17 	recommendations of the implementation committee shall be forwarded to the city's 
25.18 	planning commission for an advisory recommendation and then to the city council for 
25.19 	final action in a single resolution. Final action must be taken within 45 days of the 
25.20 	submission of the recommendations to the planning commission. The watershed district 
25.21 	must act within 45 days of the implementation committee's recommendations. The city 
25.22 	council and watershed district shall not impose any unreasonable conditions on the 
25.23 	recommendations of the implementation committee, nor take any action or impose any 
25.24 	conditions that will result in delay from the time frames established in the planning 
25.25 	and construction timetable or in additional overall costs. Failure of the city council or 
25.26 	watershed district to act within the 45-day period shall be deemed to be approval by that 
25.27 	entity of the implementation committee's recommendations. The authority or county 
25.28 	may seek de novo review in the district court of any city council or watershed district 
25.29 	action. The district court or any appellate court shall expedite review to the maximum 
25.30 	extent possible and timely issue relief, orders, or opinions necessary to give effect to 
25.31 	the provisions and objectives in this act.
25.32 		Subd. 7.Suburban Ramsey County referendum and tax. Subject to approval by 
25.33 	a referendum in all municipalities within Ramsey County, with the exception of a city of 
25.34 	the first class, and notwithstanding section 477A.016, the county is authorized to impose a 
25.35 	sales tax of two percent on the sale of fermented malt beverages, retail on-sale liquor, and 
25.36 	food purchased at restaurants and other commercial establishments located in Ramsey 
26.1 	County except for those sales within a city of the first class. The referendum shall be 
26.2 	conducted as part of the 2012 general election. If the referendum receives the approval 
26.3 	of a majority voting on the issue, the county shall impose the taxes approved and the 
26.4 	revenue raised shall be remitted to the commissioner of revenue for deposit in the general 
26.5 	fund. The commissioner shall allocate the revenues deposited toward payment of the 
26.6 	costs associated with the off-site roadway and transportation infrastructure improvements 
26.7 	along marked Interstate Highway 694 including the marked Interstate Highway 35/694 
26.8 	interchange as identified by the Ramsey County Department of Public Works. The ballot 
26.9 	question shall state that the proposed tax revenues are legally required to be used for the 
26.10 	specified roadway and transportation infrastructure improvements.

26.11 	Sec. 19. [473J.19] PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION; SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS.
26.12 	Any real or personal property acquired, owned, leased, controlled, used, or occupied 
26.13 	within the stadium area by the authority for any of the purposes of this chapter, is acquired, 
26.14 	owned, leased, controlled, used, and occupied for public, governmental, and municipal 
26.15 	purposes. The stadium and stadium infrastructure are exempt from ad valorem taxation by 
26.16 	the state or any political subdivision of the state provided that the properties are subject to 
26.17 	special assessments levied by a political subdivision for a local improvement in amounts 
26.18 	proportionate to and not exceeding the special benefit received by the properties from the 
26.19 	improvement. No possible use of any of the properties in any manner different from their 
26.20 	use under this chapter may be considered in determining the special benefit received by 
26.21 	the properties. Notwithstanding section 272.01, subdivision 2, or 273.19, real or personal 
26.22 	property which is subject to a lease or use agreement between the authority and another 
26.23 	person for uses related to the purposes of this chapter, including the operation of the 
26.24 	stadium and related parking facilities, is exempt from taxation regardless of the length 
26.25 	of the lease or use agreement or the characteristics of the entity leasing or using the 
26.26 	property. This section, insofar as it provides an exemption or special treatment within the 
26.27 	stadium area, does not apply to any real property that is leased for residential, business, or 
26.28 	commercial development, or to a restaurant that is open for general business more than 
26.29 	200 days a year, or other purposes different from those contemplated in this chapter.

26.30 	Sec. 20. [473J.21] LIQUOR LICENSES.
26.31 	At the request of the authority, the city may issue intoxicating liquor licenses that are 
26.32 	reasonably requested for the premises of the stadium site. These licenses are in addition to 
26.33 	the number authorized by law. All provisions of chapter 340A not inconsistent with this 
26.34 	section apply to the licenses authorized under this section.

27.1 	Sec. 21. [473J.23] SITE REVENUES.
27.2 		Subdivision 1.Surcharge. No surcharge or new or additional local sales or use tax 
27.3 	shall be imposed on sales at the stadium site, except as provided in this section. 
27.4 		Subd. 2.Ticket surcharge. A three percent surcharge shall be imposed on sales of 
27.5 	tickets and admissions to NFL team games, NFL team owned major league soccer games, 
27.6 	and other team-related events at the stadium, notwithstanding any law or ordinance.
27.7 		Subd. 3.Site tax. A three percent food, beverage, liquor and lodging tax shall be 
27.8 	imposed for all sales occurring within the stadium and development areas in accordance 
27.9 	with article 4, section 1, of this chapter.
27.10 		Subd. 4.Expiration. The surcharge and taxes imposed under subdivisions 2 and 3 
27.11 	must only be collected for the later of: (1) the duration of bonds or any refunding bonds 
27.12 	sold to pay for the stadium and related infrastructure; or (2) the term of the lease, and must 
27.13 	be ended within six months after that date. Excess revenues from these taxes may only be 
27.14 	used for the purposes allowed under this chapter.

27.15 	Sec. 22. [473J.25] METROPOLITAN SPORTS FACILITIES COMMISSION 
27.16 	ASSETS; LIABILITIES TO AUTHORITY.
27.17 		Subdivision 1.Authority expenses. The Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission 
27.18 	shall pay the operating expenses of the authority including salaries, compensation, and 
27.19 	other personnel, office, equipment, consultant and any other costs, until the commission is 
27.20 	abolished pursuant to subdivision 3. 
27.21 		Subd. 2.Sale. Once the team concludes its 2015 football season, the Metropolitan 
27.22 	Sports Facilities Commission shall sell the Metrodome property at public sale for fair 
27.23 	market value. Upon sale of the Metrodome property and after payment of all outstanding 
27.24 	obligations, including those under Laws 2006, chapter 257, the Metropolitan Sports 
27.25 	Facilities Commission shall remit the remainder of the sale proceeds to the commissioner 
27.26 	of revenue for deposit in the general fund to be used for the purposes set out in article 
27.27 	4, section 4, subdivision 4, paragraph (a), of this act. The net value of such property is 
27.28 	currently estimated at $36,000,000.
27.29 		Subd. 3.Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission abolished. Upon transfer to 
27.30 	the authority of all remaining assets, liabilities, and obligations of the Metropolitan Sports 
27.31 	Facilities Commission in subdivision 1, the Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission is 
27.32 	abolished.
27.33 		Subd. 4.Employees. Upon transfer of ownership all persons employed by the 
27.34 	Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission shall be transferred to the Minnesota Stadium 
27.35 	Authority without loss of right or privilege. Nothing in this section shall be construed to 
28.1 	give any such person the right or privilege to continue in the same level or classification 
28.2 	of employment previously held. The Minnesota Stadium Authority may assign any such 
28.3 	person to an employment level and classification which it deems appropriate and desirable 
28.4 	in accordance with its personnel code.

28.5 	Sec. 23. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 28.6 	Except as otherwise provided, this article is effective the day following final 
28.7 	enactment.

28.8 	ARTICLE 2
28.9 	STATE STADIUM FUNDING

28.10 	Section 1. [16A.965] STADIUM APPROPRIATION BONDS.
28.11 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) The definitions in this subdivision and in chapter 
28.12 	473J apply to this section.
28.13 	(b) "Appropriation bond" means a bond, note, or other similar instrument of the state 
28.14 	payable during a biennium from one or more of the following sources:
28.15 	(1) money appropriated by law from the general fund, including, without limitation, 
28.16 	revenues deposited in the general fund as provided in articles 4 and 5, in any biennium for 
28.17 	debt service due with respect to obligations described in subdivision 2, paragraph (b);
28.18 	(2) proceeds of the sale of obligations described in subdivision 2, paragraph (b);
28.19 	(3) payments received for that purpose under agreements and ancillary arrangements 
28.20 	described in subdivision 2, paragraph (d); and
28.21 	(4) investment earnings on amounts in clauses (1) to (3).
28.22 	(c) "Debt service" means the amount payable in any biennium of principal, premium, 
28.23 	if any, and interest on appropriation bonds.
28.24 		Subd. 2.Authorization to issue appropriation bonds. (a) Subject to the limitations 
28.25 	of this subdivision, the commissioner may sell and issue appropriation bonds of the state 
28.26 	under this section for public purposes as provided by law, including, in particular, the 
28.27 	financing of all or a portion of the acquisition, construction, improving, and equipping 
28.28 	of the stadium project of the Minnesota Stadium Authority as provided by chapter 473J. 
28.29 	Proceeds of the appropriation bonds must be credited to a special appropriation stadium 
28.30 	bond proceeds fund in the state treasury. Net income from investment of the proceeds, 
28.31 	as estimated by the commissioner, must be credited to the special appropriation stadium 
28.32 	bond proceeds fund.
28.33 	(b) Appropriation bonds may be sold and issued in amounts that, in the opinion of the 
28.34 	commissioner, are necessary to provide sufficient funds, not to exceed $650,000,000 net of 
29.1 	costs of issuance, deposits for debt service reserve funds, and costs of credit enhancement 
29.2 	for achieving the purposes authorized as provided under paragraph (a), and pay debt 
29.3 	service, pay costs of issuance, make deposits to reserve funds, pay the costs of credit 
29.4 	enhancement, or make payments under other agreements entered into under paragraph (d).
29.5 	(c) Appropriation bonds may be issued from time to time in one or more series on 
29.6 	the terms and conditions the commissioner determines to be in the best interests of the 
29.7 	state, but the term on any series of appropriation bonds may not exceed 30 years. The 
29.8 	appropriation bonds of each issue and series thereof shall be dated and bear interest, 
29.9 	and may be includable in or excludable from the gross income of the owners for federal 
29.10 	income tax purposes.
29.11 	(d) At the time of, or in anticipation of, issuing the appropriation bonds, and at any 
29.12 	time thereafter, so long as the appropriation bonds are outstanding, the commissioner may 
29.13 	enter into agreements and ancillary arrangements relating to the appropriation bonds, 
29.14 	including but not limited to trust indentures, grant agreements, lease or use agreements, 
29.15 	operating agreements, management agreements, liquidity facilities, remarketing or 
29.16 	dealer agreements, letter of credit agreements, insurance policies, guaranty agreements, 
29.17 	reimbursement agreements, indexing agreements, or interest exchange agreements. Any 
29.18 	payments made or received according to the agreement or ancillary arrangement shall be 
29.19 	made from or deposited as provided in the agreement or ancillary arrangement. The 
29.20 	determination of the commissioner included in an interest exchange agreement that the 
29.21 	agreement relates to an appropriation bond shall be conclusive.
29.22 	(e) The commissioner may enter into written agreements or contracts relating to the 
29.23 	continuing disclosure of information necessary to comply with, or facilitate the issuance 
29.24 	of appropriation bonds in accordance with federal securities laws, rules, and regulations, 
29.25 	including Securities and Exchange Commission rules and regulations in Code of Federal 
29.26 	Regulations, title 17, section 240.15c 2-12. An agreement may be in the form of covenants 
29.27 	with purchasers and holders of appropriation bonds set forth in the order or resolution 
29.28 	authorizing the issuance of the appropriation bonds, or a separate document authorized 
29.29 	by the order or resolution.
29.30 	(f) The appropriation bonds are not subject to chapter 16C.
29.31 		Subd. 3.Form; procedure. (a) Appropriation bonds may be issued in the form 
29.32 	of bonds, notes, or other similar instruments, and in the manner provided in section 
29.33 	16A.672. In the event that any provision of section 16A.672 conflicts with this section, 
29.34 	this section shall control.
29.35 	(b) Every appropriation bond shall include a conspicuous statement of the limitation 
29.36 	established in subdivision 6.
30.1 	(c) Appropriation bonds may be sold at either public or private sale upon such terms 
30.2 	as the commissioner shall determine are not inconsistent with this section and may be sold 
30.3 	at any price or percentage of par value. Any bid received may be rejected.
30.4 	(d) Appropriation bonds must bear interest at a fixed or variable rate.
30.5 	(e) Notwithstanding any other law, appropriation bonds issued under this section 
30.6 	shall be fully negotiable.
30.7 		Subd. 4.Refunding bonds. The commissioner from time to time may issue 
30.8 	appropriation bonds for the purpose of refunding any appropriation bonds then 
30.9 	outstanding, including the payment of any redemption premiums on the bonds, any 
30.10 	interest accrued or to accrue to the redemption date, and costs related to the issuance and 
30.11 	sale of the refunding bonds. The proceeds of any refunding bonds may, in the discretion of 
30.12 	the commissioner, be applied to the purchase or payment at maturity of the appropriation 
30.13 	bonds to be refunded, to the redemption of the outstanding appropriation bonds on any 
30.14 	redemption date, or to pay interest on the refunding bonds and may, pending application, 
30.15 	be placed in escrow to be applied to the purchase, payment, retirement, or redemption. Any 
30.16 	escrowed proceeds, pending such use, may be invested and reinvested in obligations that 
30.17 	are authorized investments under section 11A.24. The income earned or realized on the 
30.18 	investment may also be applied to the payment of the appropriation bonds to be refunded 
30.19 	or interest or premiums on the refunded appropriation bonds, or to pay interest on the 
30.20 	refunding bonds. After the terms of the escrow have been fully satisfied, any balance of the 
30.21 	proceeds and any investment income may be returned to the general fund or, if applicable, 
30.22 	the special appropriation stadium bond proceeds fund for use in any lawful manner. All 
30.23 	refunding bonds issued under this subdivision must be prepared, executed, delivered, and 
30.24 	secured by appropriations in the same manner as the appropriation bonds to be refunded.
30.25 		Subd. 5.Appropriation bonds as legal investments. Any of the following entities 
30.26 	may legally invest any sinking funds, money, or other funds belonging to them or under 
30.27 	their control in any appropriation bonds issued under this section:
30.28 	(1) the state, the investment board, public officers, municipal corporations, political 
30.29 	subdivisions, and public bodies;
30.30 	(2) banks and bankers, savings and loan associations, credit unions, trust companies, 
30.31 	savings banks and institutions, investment companies, insurance companies, insurance 
30.32 	associations, and other persons carrying on a banking or insurance business; and
30.33 	(3) personal representatives, guardians, trustees, and other fiduciaries.
30.34 		Subd. 6.No full faith and credit; state not required to make appropriations.
 30.35 	The appropriation bonds are not public debt of the state, and the full faith, credit, and 
30.36 	taxing powers of the state are not pledged to the payment of the appropriation bonds or to 
31.1 	any payment that the state agrees to make under this section. Appropriation bonds shall 
31.2 	not be obligations paid directly, in whole or in part, from a tax of statewide application 
31.3 	on any class of property, income, transaction, or privilege. Appropriation bonds shall be 
31.4 	payable in each fiscal year only from amounts that the legislature may appropriate for debt 
31.5 	service for any fiscal year, provided that nothing in this section shall be construed to 
31.6 	require the state to appropriate funds sufficient to make debt service payments with respect 
31.7 	to the appropriation bonds in any fiscal year. Appropriation bonds shall be canceled and 
31.8 	shall no longer be outstanding on the earlier of (1) the first day of a fiscal year for which 
31.9 	the legislature shall not have appropriated amounts sufficient for debt service, or (2) the 
31.10 	date of final payment of the principal of and interest on the appropriation bonds.
31.11 		Subd. 7.Appropriation of proceeds. The proceeds of appropriation bonds and 
31.12 	interest credited to the special appropriation stadium bond proceeds fund are appropriated 
31.13 	to the commissioner for payment of capital expenses, debt service on outstanding 
31.14 	indebtedness of the state, operating and capital reserves of the authority, and the funding 
31.15 	of debt service reserves for the appropriation bonds, each as permitted by state and federal 
31.16 	law, and nonsalary expenses incurred in conjunction with the sale of the appropriation 
31.17 	bonds, and such proceeds may be granted, loaned, or otherwise provided to the authority 
31.18 	for the public purpose provided by subdivision 2, paragraph (a).
31.19 		Subd. 8.Commissioner; determination of available revenues. (a) By March 15 
31.20 	of each fiscal year, the commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of revenue, 
31.21 	shall determine the estimated increase in revenues received from taxes imposed under 
31.22 	chapter 297E over the estimated revenues under the February 2012 revenue forecast for 
31.23 	that fiscal year. For fiscal years after fiscal year 2015, the commissioner shall use the 
31.24 	February 2012 revenue forecast for fiscal year 2015 as the baseline. All calculations under 
31.25 	this paragraph must be made net of estimated refunds of the taxes required to be paid.
31.26 	(b) Available revenues for purposes of subdivision 9 and section 297E.02, 
31.27 	subdivision 12, equal the amount determined under paragraph (a), less the following 
31.28 	amounts for the fiscal year:
31.29 	(1) the appropriation to principal and interest on appropriation bonds under 
31.30 	paragraph (a);
31.31 	(2) the appropriation to make the payments required under section 473J.13, 
31.32 	subdivision 2;
31.33 	(3) the appropriation to make the payments required under section 473J.13, 
31.34 	subdivision 4, paragraph (c);
31.35 	(4) the appropriations under article 5, section 40, paragraph (a), for administration 
31.36 	and any successor appropriation;
32.1 	(5) the reduction in revenues resulting from the sales tax exemptions under section 
32.2 	297A.68, subdivision 43;
32.3 	(6) reimbursements authorized by section 473J.15, subdivision 2; and
32.4 	(7) payment of compulsive gambling appropriations under article 5, section 40, 
32.5 	paragraph (b), and any successor appropriation.
32.6 	(c) Available revenues, as determined under paragraph (b), are allocated:
32.7 	(1) .. percent to be used for appropriations under paragraph (b); and
32.8 	(2) .. percent for payment of gambling tax rebates or gambling tax reductions under 
32.9 	chapter 297E.
32.10 	(d) The provisions of this subdivision apply only after the issuance of appropriation 
32.11 	bonds under subdivision 2.
32.12 		Subd. 9.Appropriation for debt service and other purposes. (a) The amount 
32.13 	needed to pay principal and interest on appropriation bonds issued under this section is 
32.14 	appropriated each year from the general fund to the commissioner, subject to repeal, 
32.15 	unallotment under section 16A.152, or cancellation otherwise pursuant to subdivision 6, 
32.16 	for deposit into the bond payment accounts established for such purpose in the special 
32.17 	appropriation stadium bond proceeds fund.
32.18 	(b) To the extent the commissioner determines revenues are available under the 
32.19 	provisions of subdivision 8, paragraph (b), for the fiscal year, the following amounts 
32.20 	are appropriated from the general fund:
32.21 	(1) to replenish the amount on deposit in any debt service reserve account established 
32.22 	with respect to the appropriation bonds to the debt service reserve requirement amount as 
32.23 	determined by order of the commissioner; and
32.24 	(2) to the extent not required under clause (1), for deposit to any general reserve 
32.25 	account established by order of the commissioner for application against any shortfall in 
32.26 	the amounts deposited to the general fund pursuant to article 4, section 1, subdivision 3, 
32.27 	paragraph (b), clauses (1), (2), (3), and (4).
32.28 		Subd. 10.Waiver of immunity. The waiver of immunity by the state provided for 
32.29 	by section 3.751, subdivision 1, shall be applicable to the appropriation bonds and any 
32.30 	ancillary contracts to which the commissioner is a party.
32.31 		Subd. 11.Validation. (a) Appropriation bonds issued under this section may be 
32.32 	validated in the manner provided by this subdivision. If comparable appropriation bonds 
32.33 	are judicially determined to be valid, nothing in this subdivision shall be construed 
32.34 	to prevent the sale or delivery of any appropriation bonds or notes without entry of a 
32.35 	judgment of validation by the Minnesota Supreme Court pursuant to this subdivision with 
32.36 	respect to the appropriation bonds authorized under this section.
33.1 	(b) Any appropriation bonds issued under this section that are validated shall be 
33.2 	validated in the manner provided by this subdivision.
33.3 	(c) The Minnesota Supreme Court shall have original jurisdiction to determine the 
33.4 	validation of appropriation bonds and all matters connected therewith.
33.5 	(d) The commissioner may determine the commissioner's authority to issue 
33.6 	appropriation bonds and the legality of all proceedings in connection with issuing bonds. 
33.7 	For this purpose, a complaint shall be filed by the commissioner in the Minnesota Supreme 
33.8 	Court against the state and the taxpayers and citizens.
33.9 	(e) As a condition precedent to filing of a complaint for the validation of 
33.10 	appropriation bonds, the commissioner shall take action providing for the issuance of 
33.11 	appropriation bonds in accordance with law.
33.12 	(f) The complaint shall set out the state's authority to issue appropriation bonds, the 
33.13 	action or proceeding authorizing the issue and its adoption, all other essential proceedings 
33.14 	had or taken in connection with issuing bonds, the amount of the appropriation bonds to 
33.15 	be issued and the maximum interest they are to bear, and all other pertinent matters.
33.16 	(g) The Minnesota Supreme Court shall issue an order directed against the state and 
33.17 	taxpayers, citizens, and others having or claiming any right, title, or interest affected by 
33.18 	the issuance of appropriation bonds, or to be affected by the bonds, allowing all persons, 
33.19 	in general terms and without naming them, and the state through its attorney general, to 
33.20 	appear before the Minnesota Supreme Court at a designated time and place and show 
33.21 	why the complaint should not be granted and the proceedings and appropriation bonds 
33.22 	validated. A copy of the complaint and order shall be served on the attorney general at 
33.23 	least 20 days before the time fixed for hearing. The attorney general shall examine the 
33.24 	complaint, and, if it appears or there is reason to believe that it is defective, insufficient, or 
33.25 	untrue, or if in the opinion of the attorney general the issuance of the appropriation bonds 
33.26 	in question has not been duly authorized, defense shall be made by the attorney general as 
33.27 	the attorney general deems appropriate.
33.28 	(h) Before the date set for hearing, as directed by the Minnesota Supreme Court, 
33.29 	either the clerk of the Minnesota appellate courts or the commissioner shall publish a copy 
33.30 	of the order in a legal newspaper of general circulation in Ramsey County and the state, at 
33.31 	least once each week for two consecutive weeks, commencing with the first publication, 
33.32 	which shall not be less than 20 days before the date set for hearing. By this publication, 
33.33 	all taxpayers, citizens, and others having or claiming any right, title, or interest in the 
33.34 	state, are made parties defendant to the action and the Minnesota Supreme Court has 
33.35 	jurisdiction of them to the same extent as if named as defendants in the complaint and 
33.36 	personally served with process.
34.1 	(i) Any taxpayer, citizen, or person interested may become a party to the action by 
34.2 	moving against or pleading to the complaint at or before the time set for hearing. The 
34.3 	Minnesota Supreme Court shall determine all questions of law and fact and make orders 
34.4 	that will enable it to properly try and determine the action and render a final judgment 
34.5 	within 30 days of the hearing with the least possible delay.
34.6 	(j) If the judgment validates appropriation bonds, the judgment is forever conclusive 
34.7 	as to all matters adjudicated and as against all parties affected and all others having or 
34.8 	claiming any right, title, or interest affected by the issuance of appropriation bonds, or to 
34.9 	be affected in any way by issuing the bonds, and the validity of appropriation bonds or of 
34.10 	any revenues pledged for the payment of the bonds, or of the proceedings authorizing the 
34.11 	issuance of the bonds, including any remedies provided for their collection, shall never 
34.12 	be called in question in any court by any person or party.
34.13 	(k)(1) Appropriation bonds, when validated under this section, shall have stamped 
34.14 	or written on the bonds, by the proper officers of the state issuing them, a statement 
34.15 	in substantially the following form: "This appropriation bond is one of a series of 
34.16 	appropriation bonds which were validated by judgment of the Supreme Court of the State 
34.17 	of Minnesota, rendered on ……. , ....... (year)"
34.18 	(2) A certified copy of the judgment or decree shall be received as evidence in any 
34.19 	court in this state.
34.20 	(l) The costs shall be paid by the state, except when a taxpayer, citizen, or other 
34.21 	person contests the action or intervenes, the court may tax the whole or any part of the 
34.22 	costs against the person that is equitable.
34.23 	(m) A justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court is not disqualified in any validation 
34.24 	action because the justice is a landowner or taxpayer of the state.

34.25 	ARTICLE 3
34.26 	CONFORMING CHANGES

34.27 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 3.971, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
34.28 		Subd. 6.Financial audits. The legislative auditor shall audit the financial 
34.29 	statements of the state of Minnesota required by section 16A.50 and, as resources permit, 
34.30 	shall audit Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, the University of Minnesota, state 
34.31 	agencies, departments, boards, commissions, courts, and other state organizations subject 
34.32 	to audit by the legislative auditor, including the State Agricultural Society, Agricultural 
34.33 	Utilization Research Institute, Enterprise Minnesota, Inc., Minnesota Historical 
34.34 	Society, Labor Interpretive Center, Minnesota Partnership for Action Against Tobacco, 
34.35 	Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission, Metropolitan Airports Commission, and 
35.1 	Metropolitan Mosquito Control District. Financial audits must be conducted according to 
35.2 	generally accepted government auditing standards. The legislative auditor shall see that 
35.3 	all provisions of law respecting the appropriate and economic use of public funds are 
35.4 	complied with and may, as part of a financial audit or separately, investigate allegations 
35.5 	of noncompliance.

35.6 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 13.55, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
35.7 		Subdivision 1.Not public classification. The following data received, created, or 
35.8 	maintained by or for publicly owned and operated convention facilities, or civic center 
35.9 	authorities, or the Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission are classified as nonpublic 
35.10 	data pursuant to section 13.02, subdivision 9; or private data on individuals pursuant 
35.11 	to section 13.02, subdivision 12:
35.12 	(a) a letter or other documentation from any person who makes inquiry to or who is 
35.13 	contacted by the facility regarding the availability of the facility for staging events;
35.14 	(b) identity of firms and corporations which contact the facility;
35.15 	(c) type of event which they wish to stage in the facility;
35.16 	(d) suggested terms of rentals; and
35.17 	(e) responses of authority staff to these inquiries.

35.18 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 340A.404, subdivision 1, is 
35.19 	amended to read:
35.20 		Subdivision 1.Cities. (a) A city may issue an on-sale intoxicating liquor license to 
35.21 	the following establishments located within its jurisdiction:
35.22 	(1) hotels;
35.23 	(2) restaurants;
35.24 	(3) bowling centers;
35.25 	(4) clubs or congressionally chartered veterans organizations with the approval of 
35.26 	the commissioner, provided that the organization has been in existence for at least three 
35.27 	years and liquor sales will only be to members and bona fide guests, except that a club 
35.28 	may permit the general public to participate in a wine tasting conducted at the club under 
35.29 	section 340A.419; and
35.30 	(5) sports facilities located on land owned by the Metropolitan Sports Commission; 
35.31 	and
35.32 	(6) exclusive liquor stores.
35.33 	(b) A city may issue an on-sale intoxicating liquor license, an on-sale wine license, 
35.34 	or an on-sale malt liquor license to a theater within the city, notwithstanding any law, local 
36.1 	ordinance, or charter provision. A license issued under this paragraph authorizes sales on 
36.2 	all days of the week to persons attending events at the theater.
36.3 	(c) A city may issue an on-sale intoxicating liquor license, an on-sale wine license, 
36.4 	or an on-sale malt liquor license to a convention center within the city, notwithstanding 
36.5 	any law, local ordinance, or charter provision. A license issued under this paragraph 
36.6 	authorizes sales on all days of the week to persons attending events at the convention 
36.7 	center. This paragraph does not apply to convention centers located in the seven-county 
36.8 	metropolitan area.
36.9 	(d) A city may issue an on-sale wine license and an on-sale malt liquor license to 
36.10 	a person who is the owner of a summer collegiate league baseball team, or to a person 
36.11 	holding a concessions or management contract with the owner, for beverage sales at a 
36.12 	ballpark or stadium located within the city for the purposes of summer collegiate league 
36.13 	baseball games at the ballpark or stadium, notwithstanding any law, local ordinance, or 
36.14 	charter provision. A license issued under this paragraph authorizes sales on all days of the 
36.15 	week to persons attending baseball games at the ballpark or stadium.

36.16 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 352.01, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
36.17 		Subd. 2a.Included employees. (a) "State employee" includes:
36.18 	(1) employees of the Minnesota Historical Society;
36.19 	(2) employees of the State Horticultural Society;
36.20 	(3) employees of the Minnesota Crop Improvement Association;
36.21 	(4) employees of the adjutant general whose salaries are paid from federal funds and 
36.22 	who are not covered by any federal civilian employees retirement system;
36.23 	(5) employees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities who are employed 
36.24 	under the university or college activities program;
36.25 	(6) currently contributing employees covered by the system who are temporarily 
36.26 	employed by the legislature during a legislative session or any currently contributing 
36.27 	employee employed for any special service as defined in subdivision 2b, clause (8);
36.28 	(7) employees of the legislature who are appointed without a limit on the duration 
36.29 	of their employment and persons employed or designated by the legislature or by a 
36.30 	legislative committee or commission or other competent authority to conduct a special 
36.31 	inquiry, investigation, examination, or installation;
36.32 	(8) trainees who are employed on a full-time established training program 
36.33 	performing the duties of the classified position for which they will be eligible to receive 
36.34 	immediate appointment at the completion of the training period;
36.35 	(9) employees of the Minnesota Safety Council;
37.1 	(10) any employees who are on authorized leave of absence from the Transit 
37.2 	Operating Division of the former Metropolitan Transit Commission and who are employed 
37.3 	by the labor organization which is the exclusive bargaining agent representing employees 
37.4 	of the Transit Operating Division;
37.5 	(11) employees of the Metropolitan Council, Metropolitan Parks and Open Space 
37.6 	Commission, Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission, or Metropolitan Mosquito 
37.7 	Control Commission unless excluded under subdivision 2b or are covered by another 
37.8 	public pension fund or plan under section 473.415, subdivision 3;
37.9 	(12) judges of the Tax Court;
37.10 	(13) personnel who were employed on June 30, 1992, by the University of 
37.11 	Minnesota in the management, operation, or maintenance of its heating plant facilities, 
37.12 	whose employment transfers to an employer assuming operation of the heating plant 
37.13 	facilities, so long as the person is employed at the University of Minnesota heating plant 
37.14 	by that employer or by its successor organization;
37.15 	(14) personnel who are employed as seasonal employees in the classified or 
37.16 	unclassified service;
37.17 	(15) persons who are employed by the Department of Commerce as a peace officer 
37.18 	in the Insurance Fraud Prevention Division under section 45.0135 who have attained the 
37.19 	mandatory retirement age specified in section 43A.34, subdivision 4;
37.20 	(16) employees of the University of Minnesota unless excluded under subdivision 
37.21 	2b, clause (3);
37.22 	(17) employees of the Middle Management Association whose employment began 
37.23 	after July 1, 2007, and to whom section 352.029 does not apply; and
37.24 	(18) employees of the Minnesota Government Engineers Council to whom section 
37.25 	352.029 does not apply.
37.26 	(b) Employees specified in paragraph (a), clause (13), are included employees under 
37.27 	paragraph (a) if employer and employee contributions are made in a timely manner in the 
37.28 	amounts required by section 352.04. Employee contributions must be deducted from 
37.29 	salary. Employer contributions are the sole obligation of the employer assuming operation 
37.30 	of the University of Minnesota heating plant facilities or any successor organizations to 
37.31 	that employer.

37.32 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 473.121, subdivision 5a, is amended to read:
37.33 		Subd. 5a.Metropolitan agency. "Metropolitan agency" means the Metropolitan 
37.34 	Parks and Open Space Commission, and the Metropolitan Airports Commission, and 
37.35 	Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission.

38.1 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 473.164, is amended to read:
38.2 	473.164 SPORTS, AIRPORT COMMISSIONS TO PAY COUNCIL COSTS.
38.3 		Subdivision 1.Annually reimburse. The Metropolitan Sports Facilities 
38.4 	Commission and the Metropolitan Airports Commission shall annually reimburse the 
38.5 	council for costs incurred by the council in the discharge of its responsibilities relating to 
38.6 	the commission. The costs may be charged against any revenue sources of the commission 
38.7 	as determined by the commission.
38.8 		Subd. 2.Estimates, budget, transfer. On or before May 1 of each year, the council 
38.9 	shall transmit to each the commission an estimate of the costs which the council will 
38.10 	incur in the discharge of its responsibilities related to the commission in the next budget 
38.11 	year including, without limitation, costs in connection with the preparation, review, 
38.12 	implementation and defense of plans, programs and budgets of the commission. Each The
38.13 	commission shall include the estimates in its budget for the next budget year and may 
38.14 	transmit its comments concerning the estimated amount to the council during the budget 
38.15 	review process. Prior to December 15 of each year, the amount budgeted by each the
38.16 	commission for the next budget year may be changed following approval by the council. 
38.17 	During each budget year, the commission shall transfer budgeted funds to the council in 
38.18 	advance when requested by the council.
38.19 		Subd. 3.Final statement. At the conclusion of each budget year, the council, in 
38.20 	cooperation with each the commission, shall adopt a final statement of costs incurred by the 
38.21 	council for each the commission. Where costs incurred in the budget year have exceeded 
38.22 	the amount budgeted, each the commission shall transfer to the council the additional 
38.23 	moneys needed to pay the amount of the costs in excess of the amount budgeted, and shall 
38.24 	include a sum in its next budget. Any excess of budgeted costs over actual costs may be 
38.25 	retained by the council and applied to the payment of budgeted costs in the next year.

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

38.30 	Sec. 8.  REPEALER.
 38.31 	Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 473.551; 473.552; 473.553, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 
38.32 	4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13; 473.556, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 
38.33 	13, 14, 16, and 17; 473.561; 473.564, subdivisions 2 and 3; 473.572; 473.581; 473.592, 
38.34 	subdivision 1; 473.595; 473.598; 473.599; and 473.76, are repealed.

39.1 	Sec. 9. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 39.2 	This article is effective June 30, 2013.

39.3 	ARTICLE 4
39.4 	SITE REVENUES

39.5 	Section 1. LIQUOR, LODGING, AND RESTAURANT TAXES.
 39.6 		Subdivision 1.Imposition of site taxes. The city shall, by resolution, levy in 
39.7 	addition to taxes authorized by other law:
39.8 	(1) a sales tax of three percent on the gross receipts on retail on-sales of intoxicating 
39.9 	liquor and fermented malt beverages when sold at the stadium or within the stadium 
39.10 	area or at licensed on-sale liquor establishments located within the development area, 
39.11 	provided that this tax may not be imposed if sales of intoxicating liquor and fermented 
39.12 	malt beverages are exempt from taxation under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 297A;
39.13 	(2) a sales tax of three percent on the gross receipts from the furnishing for 
39.14 	consideration of lodging at a hotel, motel, tourist court, or trailer camp located within the 
39.15 	stadium or development areas; and
39.16 	(3) a sales tax of three percent on the gross receipts on all sales of food primarily for 
39.17 	consumption in the stadium or for consumption on or off the premises of the stadium or by 
39.18 	restaurants and places of refreshment within the stadium or development areas.
39.19 		Subd. 2.Duration, limitation. The taxes authorized by this section shall be 
39.20 	imposed until January 1, 2047. The commissioner of revenue may enter into appropriate 
39.21 	agreements with the city to provide for the collection of these taxes by the state on behalf 
39.22 	of the city. The commissioner may charge the city a reasonable fee for the collection of the 
39.23 	taxes from the tax proceeds. The city shall have no financial responsibility for the stadium 
39.24 	project beyond the imposition of the taxes authorized by this section.

39.25 	Sec. 2. PARKING REVENUES.
 39.26 	The authority/NFL team agreement shall provide for the authority to receive all 
39.27 	revenues from parking within the stadium area, net of costs directly associated with 
39.28 	vehicle parking services, from all events at the stadium.  Additionally, the authority/NFL 
39.29 	team agreement shall grant the authority all revenues received through the sale of naming 
39.30 	rights to the various parking lots within the stadium area.

39.31 	Sec. 3. STATE COMMERCIAL-INDUSTRIAL TAX LEVY.
 39.32 	For 2012, the base amount for the state general levy, as defined in Minnesota Statutes, 
39.33 	section 275.025, subdivision 1, is zero dollars for the stadium and development areas.  For 
40.1 	taxes payable in subsequent years, beginning in 2013, the general levy base amount will 
40.2 	increase due to private commercial development and/or private ownership of land and 
40.3 	buildings within the stadium and development areas.  The resulting revenue from the state 
40.4 	general levy shall be collected by the county and remitted to the commissioner of revenue.

40.5 	Sec. 4. ADMISSIONS SURCHARGE.
 40.6 	The authority shall remit the revenues from the three percent ticket and admissions 
40.7 	surcharge, authorized pursuant to article 1, section 21, to the commissioner of revenue.

40.8 	Sec. 5. METRODOME SITE.
 40.9 	The authority shall remit the net proceeds from the demolition and sale of the 
40.10 	Metrodome, authorized pursuant to article 1, section 22, of this act, to the commissioner of 
40.11 	revenue.

40.12 	Sec. 6. STATE SALES TAX GROWTH.
 40.13 	The commissioner of revenue shall determine the amount of state general 
40.14 	sales tax paid at the Arden Hills stadium in 2016 for tickets, concessions, and other 
40.15 	transactions taxable pursuant to the state general sales tax provisions of chapter 297A. 
40.16 	The commissioner of revenue shall similarly determine the amount of state general sales 
40.17 	tax paid in 2015 at the Metrodome. The commissioner of revenue shall then calculate 
40.18 	the amount by which the general sales tax proceeds at the Arden Hills stadium in 2016 
40.19 	exceed those collected at the Metrodome in 2015, which amount shall be designated 
40.20 	as the site-based general sales tax growth.

40.21 	Sec. 7. USE OF REVENUES.
 40.22 		Subdivision 1.Site tax revenues. From the revenues collected by the commissioner 
40.23 	of revenue from the sources identified in section 1, subdivision 1, paragraphs (a) to 
40.24 	(c), the commissioner of revenue shall apply the proceeds as follows, notwithstanding 
40.25 	the limitations provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 297A.99, subdivision 11, on the 
40.26 	use of proceeds:
40.27 	(1) the commissioner must deduct the costs of collecting and administering the taxes 
40.28 	authorized in section 2, according to the applicable state laws and agreements between 
40.29 	the commissioner of revenue and the city;
40.30 	(2) after deducting the costs in clause (1), the commissioner of revenue must deduct 
40.31 	refunds of any of these taxes due to taxpayers, if any; and
41.1 	(3) after making the deductions provided in clause (2), notwithstanding the 
41.2 	provisions of any agreement between the commissioner of revenue and the city providing 
41.3 	for collection and remittance of these taxes, the commissioner of revenue must deposit 
41.4 	the remaining amount in the general fund.
41.5 		Subd. 2.Parking revenue. The authority shall remit to the commissioner of 
41.6 	revenue the amounts collected from the parking lot admissions and the sale of parking lot 
41.7 	naming rights authorized under section 2 for deposit in the general fund.
41.8 		Subd. 3.State general levy revenues. The county shall remit to the commissioner 
41.9 	of revenue the amounts of increased state general levy revenue derived from taxable 
41.10 	private development within the stadium and development areas for deposit in the general 
41.11 	fund.
41.12 		Subd. 4.Site-based sales tax growth. The commissioner of revenue must designate 
41.13 	for each year, beginning in 2016 through 2047, the site-based general tax growth for that 
41.14 	year compared to the general sales tax paid at the Metrodome in 2015 as determined 
41.15 	pursuant to section 6.
41.16 		Subd. 5.Revenue deposits. From the revenues identified in subdivisions 1 to 4 
41.17 	and sections 4 and 5, the commissioner of revenue must deposit to the general fund for 
41.18 	state bond debt service support beginning in calendar year 2016, and for each calendar 
41.19 	year thereafter through calendar year 2046, proportionate amounts periodically so that 
41.20 	not later than December 31, 2046, an aggregate annual amount equal to a present value 
41.21 	of $270,000,000 shall have been deposited in the general fund. To determine aggregate 
41.22 	present value, the commissioner of revenue must consult with the commissioner of 
41.23 	management and budget regarding the present value dates, discount rate or rates, and 
41.24 	schedules of annual amounts. The present value date or dates must be based on the date 
41.25 	or dates bonds are sold under Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.965, or the date or dates 
41.26 	other state funds, if any, are deposited into the construction fund. The discount rate or 
41.27 	rates must be based on the all in true interest cost of the bonds issued under Minnesota 
41.28 	Statutes, section 16A.965, or equivalent 30-year bond index, as determined by the 
41.29 	commissioner of management and budget. The schedule of annual amounts must be 
41.30 	certified to the commissioner of revenue by the commissioner of management and budget 
41.31 	and the finance officer of the city.

41.32 	Sec. 8. EFFECTIVE DATE; LOCAL APPROVAL.
 41.33 	This article is effective the day after the governing body of the city of Arden Hills 
41.34 	and its chief clerical officer comply with Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021, subdivisions 
41.35 	2 and 3. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the city of Arden Hills and its chief 
42.1 	clerical officer have 30 calendar days following final enactment of this act, to comply with 
42.2 	Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021, subdivisions 2 and 3.

42.3 	Sec. 9. SEVERABILITY; SAVINGS.
 42.4 	If any part of this article is found to be invalid because it is in conflict with a 
42.5 	provision of the Minnesota Constitution or for any other reason, all other provisions of 
42.6 	this article shall remain valid and any rights, remedies, and privileges that have been 
42.7 	otherwise accrued by this article, shall remain in effect and may be proceeded with and 
42.8 	concluded under the provisions of this article.

42.9 	ARTICLE 5
42.10 	LAWFUL GAMBLING

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

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

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

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

43.5 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 349.12, subdivision 12a, is amended to read:
43.6 		Subd. 12a.Electronic bingo device. "Electronic bingo device" means an a 
43.7 	handheld and portable electronic device that:
43.8 	(a) is used by a bingo player to:
43.9 	(1) monitor bingo paper sheets or a facsimile of a bingo paper sheet when purchased 
43.10 	and played at the time and place of an organization's bingo occasion and which (1) 
43.11 	provides a means for bingo players to, or to play an electronic bingo game that is linked 
43.12 	with other permitted premises;
43.13 	(2) activate numbers announced by a bingo caller; (2) compares or displayed, and 
43.14 	to compare the numbers entered by the player to the bingo faces previously stored in 
43.15 	the memory of the device; and 
43.16 	(3) identifies identify a winning bingo pattern. or game requirement; and
43.17 	(4) play against other bingo players;
43.18 	(b) limits the play of bingo faces to 36 faces per game;
43.19 	(c) requires coded entry to activate play but does not allow the use of a coin, 
43.20 	currency, or tokens to be inserted to activate play;
43.21 	(d) may only be used for play against other bingo players in a bingo game;
43.22 	(e) has no additional function as an amusement or gambling device;
43.23 	(f) has the capability to ensure adequate levels of security and internal controls; and
43.24 	(g) has the capability to permit the board to electronically monitor the operation of 
43.25 	the device and the internal accounting systems.
43.26 	Electronic bingo device does not mean any device into which coin, currency, or tokens are 
43.27 	inserted to activate play.

43.28 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 349.12, is amended by adding a subdivision 
43.29 	to read:
43.30 		Subd. 12b.Electronic pull-tab device. "Electronic pull-tab device" means a 
43.31 	handheld and portable electronic device that:
43.32 	(a) is used to play one or more electronic pull-tab games;
43.33 	(b) requires coded entry to activate play but does not allow the use of coin, currency, 
43.34 	or tokens to be inserted to activate play;
44.1 	(c) allows a player the option to activate the opening of:
44.2 	(1) all tabs of a ticket at the same time; or 
44.3 	(2) each tab of a ticket separately;
44.4 	(d) records and maintains information pertaining to accumulated win credits that 
44.5 	may be applied to games in play or redeemed upon termination of play;
44.6 	(e) has no spinning symbols or other representations that mimic a video slot machine;
44.7 	(f) has no additional function as a gambling device;
44.8 	(g) may incorporate an amusement game feature as part of the pull-tab game but 
44.9 	may not require additional consideration for that feature or contain or award any points, 
44.10 	prizes, or other benefit for that feature;
44.11 	(h) may have auditory or visual enhancements to promote or provide information 
44.12 	about the game being played, provided the component does not affect the outcome of 
44.13 	a game or display the results of a game;
44.14 	(i) maintains, on nonresettable meters, a printable, permanent record of all 
44.15 	transactions involving each device and electronic pull-tab games played on the device; and
44.16 	(j) is not a pull-tab dispensing device as defined under subdivision 32a.

44.17 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 349.12, is amended by adding a subdivision 
44.18 	to read:
44.19 		Subd. 12c.Electronic pull-tab game. "Electronic pull-tab game" means a pull-tab 
44.20 	game containing:
44.21 	(a) facsimiles of pull-tab tickets that are played on an electronic pull-tab device;
44.22 	(b) a predetermined finite number of winning and losing tickets;
44.23 	(c) the same price for each ticket in the game;
44.24 	(d) a price paid by the player of not less than 25 cents per ticket;
44.25 	(e) tickets that are in conformance with applicable board rules for pull-tabs;
44.26 	(f) winning tickets that comply with prize limits under section 349.211;
44.27 	(g) a unique serial number that may not be regenerated;
44.28 	(h) an electronic flare that displays the game name, form number, predetermined 
44.29 	finite number of tickets in the game, and prize tier; and
44.30 	(i) no spinning symbols or other representations that mimic a video slot machine.

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

45.5 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 349.12, subdivision 18, is amended to read:
45.6 		Subd. 18.Gambling equipment. "Gambling equipment" means: gambling 
45.7 	equipment that is either disposable or permanent gambling equipment. 
45.8 	(a) Disposable gambling equipment includes the following:
45.9 	(1) bingo hard cards or paper sheets, including linked bingo paper sheets, devices for 
45.10 	selecting bingo numbers, electronic bingo devices,;
45.11 	(2) paper and electronic pull-tabs,;
45.12 	(3) jar tickets, paddle wheels, paddle wheel tables,;
45.13 	(4) paddle tickets, and paddle ticket cards,;
45.14 	(5) tipboards, and tipboard tickets,;and
45.15 	(6) promotional tickets that mimic a pull-tab or tipboard, pull-tab dispensing devices, 
45.16 	and programmable electronic devices that have no effect on the outcome of a game and 
45.17 	are used to provide a visual or auditory enhancement of a game.
45.18 	(b) Permanent gambling equipment includes the following:
45.19 	(1) devices for selecting bingo numbers;
45.20 	(2) electronic bingo devices;
45.21 	(3) electronic pull-tab devices;
45.22 	(4) pull-tab dispensing devices;
45.23 	(5) programmable electronic devices that have no effect on the outcome of a game 
45.24 	and are used to provide a visual or auditory enhancement of a game;
45.25 	(6) paddle wheels; and
45.26 	(7) paddle wheel tables.

45.27 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 349.12, subdivision 25b, is amended to read:
45.28 		Subd. 25b.Linked bingo game provider. "Linked bingo game provider" means 
45.29 	any person who provides the means to link bingo prizes in a linked bingo game, who 
45.30 	provides linked bingo paper sheets to the participating organizations games, who provides 
45.31 	linked bingo prize management, and who provides the linked bingo game system.

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

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

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

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

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

46.28 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 349.13, is amended to read:
46.29 	349.13 LAWFUL GAMBLING.
46.30 	Lawful gambling is not a lottery or gambling within the meaning of sections 609.75
46.31 	to 609.76 if it is conducted under this chapter. A pull-tab dispensing device, electronic 
47.1 	bingo device, and electronic pull-tab device permitted under this chapter and by board 
47.2 	rule is not a gambling device within the meaning of sections 609.75 to 609.76 and chapter 
47.3 	299L. An electronic game device allowed under this chapter may not be a slot machine. 
47.4 	Electronic game devices, including but not limited to electronic bingo devices, electronic 
47.5 	paddle wheels, and electronic pull-tab devices authorized under this chapter, may only 
47.6 	be used in the conduct of lawful gambling permitted under this chapter and board rule 
47.7 	and may not display or simulate any other form of gambling or entertainment, except 
47.8 	as otherwise allowed under this chapter. 

47.9 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 349.151, subdivision 4b, is amended to read:
47.10 		Subd. 4b.Pull-tab sales from dispensing devices. (a) The board may by rule 
47.11 	authorize but not require the use of pull-tab dispensing devices.
47.12 	(b) Rules adopted under paragraph (a):
47.13 	(1) must limit the number of pull-tab dispensing devices on any permitted premises 
47.14 	to three; and
47.15 	(2) must limit the use of pull-tab dispensing devices to a permitted premises which is 
47.16 	(i) a licensed premises for on-sales of intoxicating liquor or 3.2 percent malt beverages; 
47.17 	or (ii) a premises where bingo is conducted and admission is restricted to persons 18 
47.18 	years or older.
47.19 	(c) Notwithstanding rules adopted under paragraph (b), pull-tab dispensing devices 
47.20 	may be used in establishments licensed for the off-sale of intoxicating liquor, other than 
47.21 	drugstores and general food stores licensed under section 340A.405, subdivision 1.

47.22 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 349.151, subdivision 4c, is amended to read:
47.23 		Subd. 4c.Electronic bingo devices. (a) The board may by rule authorize but not 
47.24 	require the use of electronic bingo devices.
47.25 	(b) Rules adopted under paragraph (a):
47.26 	(1) must limit the number of bingo faces that can be played using an electronic 
47.27 	bingo device to 36;
47.28 	(2) must require that an electronic bingo device be used with corresponding bingo 
47.29 	paper sheets or a facsimile, printed at the point of sale, as approved by the board;
47.30 	(3) must require that the electronic bingo device site system have dial-up capability 
47.31 	to permit the board to remotely monitor the operation of the device and the internal 
47.32 	accounting systems; and
47.33 	(4) must prohibit the price of a face played on an electronic bingo device from being 
47.34 	less than the price of a face on a bingo paper sheet sold at the same occasion.
48.1 	(b) The board, or the director if authorized by the board, may require the deactivation 
48.2 	of an electronic bingo device for violation of a law or rule and to implement any other 
48.3 	controls deemed necessary to ensure and maintain the integrity of electronic bingo devices 
48.4 	and the electronic bingo games played on the devices.

48.5 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 349.151, is amended by adding a subdivision 
48.6 	to read:
48.7 		Subd. 4d.Electronic pull-tab devices and electronic pull-tab game system. (a) 
48.8 	The board may adopt rules it deems necessary to ensure the integrity of electronic pull-tab 
48.9 	devices, the electronic pull-tab games played on the devices, and the electronic pull-tab 
48.10 	game system necessary to operate them.
48.11 	(b) The board may not require an organization to use electronic pull-tab devices.
48.12 	(c) Before authorizing the lease or sale of electronic pull-tab devices and the 
48.13 	electronic pull-tab game system, the board shall examine electronic pull-tab devices 
48.14 	allowed under section 349.12, subdivision 12b. The board may contract for the 
48.15 	examination of the game system and electronic pull-tab devices and may require a working 
48.16 	model to be transported to locations the board designates for testing, examination, and 
48.17 	analysis. The manufacturer must pay all costs of any testing, examination, analysis, and 
48.18 	transportation of the model. The system must be approved by the board before its use in 
48.19 	the state and must have the capability to permit the board to electronically monitor its 
48.20 	operation and internal accounting systems. 
48.21 	(d) The board may require a manufacturer to submit a certificate from an independent 
48.22 	testing laboratory approved by the board to perform testing services, stating that the 
48.23 	equipment has been tested, analyzed, and meets the standards required in this chapter 
48.24 	and any applicable board rules.
48.25 	(e) The board, or the director if authorized by the board, may require the deactivation 
48.26 	of an electronic pull-tab device for violation of a law or rule and to implement any other 
48.27 	controls deemed necessary to ensure and maintain the integrity of electronic pull-tab 
48.28 	devices and the electronic pull-tab games played on the devices.

48.29 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 349.161, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
48.30 		Subdivision 1.Prohibited acts; licenses required. (a) No person may:
48.31 	(1) sell, offer for sale, or furnish gambling equipment for use within the state other 
48.32 	than for lawful gambling exempt or excluded from licensing, except to an organization 
48.33 	licensed for lawful gambling;
49.1 	(2) sell, offer for sale, or furnish gambling equipment for use within the state without 
49.2 	having obtained a distributor license or a distributor salesperson license under this section 
49.3 	except that an organization authorized to conduct bingo by the board may loan bingo 
49.4 	hard cards and devices for selecting bingo numbers to another organization authorized to 
49.5 	conduct bingo and a linked bingo game provider may provide electronic bingo devices for 
49.6 	linked electronic bingo games;
49.7 	(3) sell, offer for sale, or furnish gambling equipment for use within the state that is 
49.8 	not purchased or obtained from a manufacturer or distributor licensed under this chapter; or
49.9 	(4) sell, offer for sale, or furnish gambling equipment for use within the state that 
49.10 	has the same serial number as another item of gambling equipment of the same type sold 
49.11 	or offered for sale or furnished for use in the state by that distributor.
49.12 	(b) No licensed distributor salesperson may sell, offer for sale, or furnish gambling 
49.13 	equipment for use within the state without being employed by a licensed distributor or 
49.14 	owning a distributor license.
49.15 	(c) No distributor or distributor salesperson may also be licensed as a linked bingo 
49.16 	game provider under section 349.1635.

49.17 	Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 349.161, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
49.18 		Subd. 5.Prohibition. (a) No distributor, distributor salesperson, or other employee 
49.19 	of a distributor, may also be a wholesale distributor of alcoholic beverages or an employee 
49.20 	of a wholesale distributor of alcoholic beverages.
49.21 	(b) No distributor, distributor salesperson, or any representative, agent, affiliate, or 
49.22 	other employee of a distributor, may: (1) be involved in the conduct of lawful gambling 
49.23 	by an organization; (2) keep or assist in the keeping of an organization's financial records, 
49.24 	accounts, and inventories; or (3) prepare or assist in the preparation of tax forms and other 
49.25 	reporting forms required to be submitted to the state by an organization.
49.26 	(c) No distributor, distributor salesperson, or any representative, agent, affiliate, 
49.27 	or other employee of a distributor may provide a lessor of gambling premises any 
49.28 	compensation, gift, gratuity, premium, or other thing of value.
49.29 	(d) No distributor, distributor salesperson, or any representative, agent, affiliate, or 
49.30 	other employee of a distributor may provide an employee or agent of the organization 
49.31 	any compensation, gift, gratuity, premium, or other thing of value greater than $25 per 
49.32 	organization in a calendar year.
49.33 	(e) No distributor, distributor salesperson, or any representative, agent, affiliate, or 
49.34 	other employee of a distributor may participate in any gambling activity at any gambling 
50.1 	site or premises where gambling equipment purchased or leased from that distributor or 
50.2 	distributor salesperson is being used in the conduct of lawful gambling.
50.3 	(f) No distributor, distributor salesperson, or any representative, agent, affiliate, or 
50.4 	other employee of a distributor may alter or modify any gambling equipment, except to 
50.5 	add a "last ticket sold" prize sticker for a paper pull-tab game.
50.6 	(g) No distributor, distributor salesperson, or any representative, agent, affiliate, or 
50.7 	other employee of a distributor may: (1) recruit a person to become a gambling manager 
50.8 	of an organization or identify to an organization a person as a candidate to become 
50.9 	gambling manager for the organization; or (2) identify for an organization a potential 
50.10 	gambling location.
50.11 	(h) No distributor or distributor salesperson may purchase or lease gambling 
50.12 	equipment for resale or lease to a person for use within the state from any person not 
50.13 	licensed as a manufacturer under section 349.163, except for gambling equipment 
50.14 	returned from an organization licensed under section 349.16, or exempt or excluded from 
50.15 	licensing under section 349.166.
50.16 	(i) No distributor or distributor salesperson may sell gambling equipment, except 
50.17 	gambling equipment identified as a promotional ticket, to any person for use in Minnesota 
50.18 	other than (i) a licensed organization or organization excluded or exempt from licensing, 
50.19 	or (ii) the governing body of an Indian tribe.
50.20 	(j) No distributor or distributor salesperson may sell or otherwise provide a paper
50.21 	pull-tab or tipboard deal with the symbol required by section 349.163, subdivision 5, 
50.22 	paragraph (d), visible on the flare to any person other than in Minnesota to a licensed 
50.23 	organization or organization exempt from licensing.

50.24 	Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 349.162, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
50.25 		Subd. 5.Sales from facilities. (a) All gambling equipment purchased or possessed 
50.26 	by a licensed distributor for resale or lease to any person for use in Minnesota must, prior 
50.27 	to the equipment's resale or lease, be unloaded into a storage facility located in Minnesota 
50.28 	which the distributor owns or leases; and which has been registered, in advance and in 
50.29 	writing, with the Division of Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement as a storage facility of 
50.30 	the distributor. All unregistered gambling equipment and all unaffixed registration stamps 
50.31 	owned by, or in the possession of, a licensed distributor in the state of Minnesota shall be 
50.32 	stored at a storage facility which has been registered with the Division of Alcohol and 
50.33 	Gambling Enforcement. No gambling equipment may be moved from the facility unless 
50.34 	the gambling equipment has been first registered with the board or the Department of 
50.35 	Revenue. A distributor must notify the board of the method that it will use to sell and 
51.1 	transfer electronic pull-tab games to licensed organizations, and must receive approval of 
51.2 	the board before implementing or making changes to the approved method.
51.3 	(b) Notwithstanding section 349.163, subdivisions 5, 6, and 8, a licensed 
51.4 	manufacturer may ship into Minnesota approved or unapproved gambling equipment if the 
51.5 	licensed manufacturer ships the gambling equipment to a Minnesota storage facility that 
51.6 	is: (1) owned or leased by the licensed manufacturer; and (2) registered, in advance and 
51.7 	in writing, with the Division of Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement as a manufacturer's 
51.8 	storage facility. No gambling equipment may be shipped into Minnesota to the 
51.9 	manufacturer's registered storage facility unless the shipment of the gambling equipment 
51.10 	is reported to the Department of Revenue in a manner prescribed by the department. 
51.11 	No gambling equipment may be moved from the storage facility unless the gambling 
51.12 	equipment is sold to a licensed distributor and is otherwise in conformity with this chapter, 
51.13 	is shipped to an out-of-state site and the shipment is reported to the Department of 
51.14 	Revenue in a manner prescribed by the department, or is otherwise sold and shipped as 
51.15 	permitted by board rule. A manufacturer must notify the board of the method that it will 
51.16 	use to sell and transfer electronic pull-tab games to licensed distributors, and must receive 
51.17 	approval of the board before implementing or making changes to the approved method.
51.18 	(c) All storage facilities owned, leased, used, or operated by a licensed distributor 
51.19 	or manufacturer may be entered upon and inspected by the employees of the Division of 
51.20 	Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement, the Division of Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement 
51.21 	director's authorized representatives, employees of the Gambling Control Board or its 
51.22 	authorized representatives, employees of the Department of Revenue, or authorized 
51.23 	representatives of the director of the Division of Special Taxes of the Department of 
51.24 	Revenue during reasonable and regular business hours. Obstruction of, or failure to 
51.25 	permit, entry and inspection is cause for revocation or suspension of a manufacturer's or 
51.26 	distributor's licenses and permits issued under this chapter.
51.27 	(d) Unregistered gambling equipment found at any location in Minnesota other than 
51.28 	the manufacturing plant of a licensed manufacturer or a registered storage facility are 
51.29 	contraband under section 349.2125. This paragraph does not apply:
51.30 	(1) to unregistered gambling equipment being transported in interstate commerce 
51.31 	between locations outside this state, if the interstate shipment is verified by a bill of lading 
51.32 	or other valid shipping document; and
51.33 	(2) to gambling equipment registered with the Department of Revenue for 
51.34 	distribution to the tribal casinos.

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

52.8 	Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 349.163, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
52.9 		Subd. 5.Paper pull-tab and tipboard flares. (a) A manufacturer may not ship or 
52.10 	cause to be shipped into this state or sell for use or resale in this state any deal of paper
52.11 	pull-tabs or tipboards that does not have its own individual flare as required for that deal 
52.12 	by this subdivision and rule of the board. A person other than a manufacturer may not 
52.13 	manufacture, alter, modify, or otherwise change a flare for a deal of paper pull-tabs or 
52.14 	tipboards except as allowed by this chapter or board rules.
52.15 	(b) The flare of each paper pull-tab and tipboard game must have affixed to 
52.16 	or imprinted at the bottom a bar code that provides all information required by the 
52.17 	commissioner of revenue under section 297E.04, subdivision 2.
52.18 	The serial number included in the bar code must be the same as the serial number 
52.19 	of the tickets included in the deal. A manufacturer who manufactures a deal of paper
52.20 	pull-tabs must affix to the outside of the box containing that game the same bar code that 
52.21 	is affixed to or imprinted at the bottom of a flare for that deal.
52.22 	(c) No person may alter the bar code that appears on the outside of a box containing 
52.23 	a deal of paper pull-tabs and tipboards. Possession of a box containing a deal of paper
52.24 	pull-tabs and tipboards that has a bar code different from the bar code of the deal inside 
52.25 	the box is prima facie evidence that the possessor has altered the bar code on the box.
52.26 	(d) The flare of each deal of paper pull-tabs and tipboards sold by a manufacturer for 
52.27 	use or resale in Minnesota must have imprinted on it a symbol that is at least one inch high 
52.28 	and one inch wide consisting of an outline of the geographic boundaries of Minnesota 
52.29 	with the letters "MN" inside the outline. The flare must be placed inside the wrapping of 
52.30 	the deal which the flare describes.
52.31 	(e) Each paper pull-tab and tipboard flare must bear the following statement printed 
52.32 	in letters large enough to be clearly legible:
52.33 	"Pull-tab (or tipboard) purchasers -- This pull-tab (or tipboard) game is not legal in 
52.34 	Minnesota unless:
52.35 	-- an outline of Minnesota with letters "MN" inside it is imprinted on this sheet, and
53.1 	-- the serial number imprinted on the bar code at the bottom of this sheet is the same 
53.2 	as the serial number on the pull-tab (or tipboard) ticket you have purchased."
53.3 	(f) The flare of each paper pull-tab and tipboard game must have the serial number 
53.4 	of the game imprinted on the bar code at the bottom of the flare in numerals at least 
53.5 	one-half inch high.

53.6 	Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 349.163, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
53.7 		Subd. 6.Samples of gambling equipment. (a) The board shall require each 
53.8 	licensed manufacturer to submit to the board one or more samples of each item of gambling 
53.9 	equipment the manufacturer manufactures manufactured for use or resale in this state.
53.10 	For purposes of this subdivision, a manufacturer is also required to submit the applicable 
53.11 	version of any software necessary to operate electronic devices and related systems.
53.12 	(b) The board shall inspect and test all the equipment, including software and 
53.13 	software upgrades, it deems necessary to determine the equipment's compliance with 
53.14 	law and board rules. Samples required under this subdivision must be approved by the 
53.15 	board before the equipment being sampled is shipped into or sold for use or resale in this 
53.16 	state. The board shall impose a fee of $25 for each item of gambling equipment that the 
53.17 	manufacturer submits for approval or for which the manufacturer requests approval. The 
53.18 	board shall impose a fee of $100 for each sample of gambling equipment that it tests.
53.19 	(c) The board may require samples of gambling equipment to be tested by an 
53.20 	independent testing laboratory prior to submission to the board for approval. All costs 
53.21 	of testing by an independent testing laboratory must be borne by the manufacturer. An 
53.22 	independent testing laboratory used by a manufacturer to test samples of gambling 
53.23 	equipment must be approved by the board before the equipment is submitted to the 
53.24 	laboratory for testing.
53.25 	(d) The board may request the assistance of the commissioner of public safety and 
53.26 	the director of the State Lottery in performing the tests.

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

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

54.12 	Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 349.1635, is amended by adding a 
54.13 	subdivision to read:
54.14 		Subd. 5.Linked bingo game services requirements. (a) A linked bingo game 
54.15 	provider must contract with licensed distributors for linked bingo game services including, 
54.16 	but not limited to, the solicitation of agreements with licensed organizations, and 
54.17 	installation, repair, or maintenance of the linked bingo game system.
54.18 	(b) A distributor may not charge a fee to licensed organizations for services 
54.19 	authorized and rendered under paragraph (a).
54.20 	(c) A linked bingo game provider may not contract with any distributor on an 
54.21 	exclusive basis.
54.22 	(d) A linked bingo game provider may refuse to contract with a licensed distributor 
54.23 	if the linked bingo game provider demonstrates that the licensed distributor is not capable 
54.24 	of performing the services under the contract.

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

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

55.11 	Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 349.17, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
55.12 		Subd. 8.Linked bingo games. (a) A licensed organization may conduct or 
55.13 	participate in not more than two linked bingo games per occasion, one of which may be, 
55.14 	including a progressive game in which a portion of the prize is carried over from one 
55.15 	occasion game to another until won by a player achieving a bingo within a predetermined 
55.16 	amount of bingo numbers called.
55.17 	(b) Each participating licensed organization shall contribute to each prize awarded in 
55.18 	a linked bingo game in an amount not to exceed $300. Linked bingo games may only be 
55.19 	conducted by licensed organizations who have a valid agreement with the linked bingo 
55.20 	game provider.
55.21 	(c) An electronic bingo device as defined in section 349.12, subdivision 12a, may 
55.22 	be used for a linked bingo game.
55.23 	(d) The board may adopt rules to:
55.24 	(1) specify the manner in which a linked bingo game must be played and how the 
55.25 	linked bingo prizes must be awarded;
55.26 	(2) specify the records to be maintained by a linked bingo game provider;
55.27 	(3) require the submission of periodic reports by the linked bingo game provider and 
55.28 	specify the content of the reports;
55.29 	(4) establish the qualifications required to be licensed as a linked bingo game 
55.30 	provider; and
55.31 	(5) any other matter involving the operation of a linked bingo game.

55.32 	Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 349.17, is amended by adding a subdivision 
55.33 	to read:
56.1 		Subd. 9.Linked bingo games played exclusively on electronic bingo devices. In 
56.2 	addition to the requirements of subdivision 8, the following requirements and restrictions 
56.3 	apply when linked bingo games are played exclusively on electronic bingo devices:
56.4 	(a) The permitted premises must be:
56.5 	(1) a premises licensed for the on-sale or off-sale of intoxicating liquor or 3.2 percent 
56.6 	malt beverages, except for a general food store or drug store permitted to sell alcoholic 
56.7 	beverages under section 340A.405, subdivision 1; or
56.8 	(2) a premises where bingo is conducted as the primary business and has a seating 
56.9 	capacity of at least 100.
56.10 	(b) The number of electronic bingo devices is limited to:
56.11 	(1) no more than six devices in play for permitted premises with 200 seats or less;
56.12 	(2) no more than 12 devices in play for permitted premises with 201 seats or more; 
56.13 	and
56.14 	(3) no more than 50 devices in play for permitted premises where bingo is the 
56.15 	primary business.
56.16 	Seating capacity is determined as specified under the local fire code.
56.17 	(c) Prior to a bingo occasion, the linked bingo game provider, on behalf of the 
56.18 	participating organizations, must provide to the board a bingo program in a format 
56.19 	prescribed by the board.
56.20 	(d) Before participating in the play of a linked bingo game, a player must present 
56.21 	and register a valid picture identification card that includes the player's address and 
56.22 	date of birth.
56.23 	(e) An organization may remove from play a device that a player has not maintained 
56.24 	in an activated mode for a specified period of time determined by the organization. The 
56.25 	organization must provide the notice in its house rules.

56.26 	Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 349.1721, is amended to read:
56.27 	349.1721 CONDUCT OF PULL-TABS.
56.28 		Subdivision 1.Cumulative or carryover games. The board shall by rule permit 
56.29 	pull-tab games with multiple seals. The board shall also adopt rules for pull-tab games with 
56.30 	cumulative or carryover prizes. The rules shall also apply to electronic pull-tab games.
56.31 		Subd. 2.Event games. The board shall by rule permit pull-tab games in which 
56.32 	certain winners are determined by the random selection of one or more bingo numbers 
56.33 	or by another method approved by the board. The rules shall also apply to electronic 
56.34 	pull-tab games. 
57.1 		Subd. 3.Pull-tab dispensing device location restrictions and requirements.
 57.2 	The following pertain to pull-tab dispensing devices as defined under section 349.12, 
57.3 	subdivision 32a.
57.4 	(a) The use of any pull-tab dispensing device must be at a permitted premises 
57.5 	which is:
57.6 	(1) a licensed premises for on-sale of intoxicating liquor or 3.2 percent malt 
57.7 	beverages;
57.8 	(2) a premises where bingo is conducted as the primary business; or
57.9 	(3) an establishment licensed for the off-sale of intoxicating liquor, other than drug 
57.10 	stores and general food stores licensed under section 340A.405, subdivision 1.
57.11 	(b) The number of pull-tab dispensing devices located at any permitted premises 
57.12 	is limited to three.
57.13 		Subd. 4.Electronic pull-tab device requirements and restrictions. The following 
57.14 	pertain to the use of electronic pull-tab devices as defined under section 349.12, 
57.15 	subdivision 12b.
57.16 	(a) The use of any electronic pull-tab device must be at a permitted premises that is:
57.17 	(1) a premises licensed for the on-sale or off-sale of intoxicating liquor or 3.2 percent 
57.18 	malt beverages, except for a general food store or drug store permitted to sell alcoholic 
57.19 	beverages under section 340A.405, subdivision 1; or
57.20 	(2) a premises where bingo is conducted as the primary business and has a seating 
57.21 	capacity of at least 100; and
57.22 	(3) where the sale of paper pull-tabs is conducted by the licensed organization.
57.23 	(b) The number of electronic pull-tab devices is limited to:
57.24 	(1) no more than six devices in play at any permitted premises with 200 seats or less;
57.25 	(2) no more than 12 devices in play at any permitted premises with 201 seats 
57.26 	or more; and
57.27 	(3) no more than 50 devices in play at any permitted premises where the primary 
57.28 	business is bingo.
57.29 	Seating capacity is determined as specified under the local fire code.
57.30 	(c) The hours of operation for the devices are limited to 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m.
57.31 	(d) All electronic pull-tab games must be sold and played on the permitted premises 
57.32 	and may not be linked to other permitted premises.
57.33 	(e) Electronic pull-tab games may not be transferred electronically or otherwise to 
57.34 	any other location by the licensed organization.
57.35 	(f) Electronic pull-tab games may be commingled if the games are from the same 
57.36 	family of games and manufacturer and contain the same game name, form number, type 
58.1 	of game, ticket count, prize amounts, and prize denominations. Each commingled game 
58.2 	must have a unique serial number.
58.3 	(g) An organization may remove from play a device that a player has not maintained 
58.4 	in an activated mode for a specified period of time determined by the organization. The 
58.5 	organization must provide the notice in its house rules. 
58.6 	(h) Before participating in the play of an electronic pull-tab game, a player must 
58.7 	present and register a valid picture identification card that includes the player's address 
58.8 	and date of birth.
58.9 	(i) Each player is limited to the use of one device at a time.

58.10 	Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 349.18, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
58.11 		Subdivision 1.Lease or ownership required; rent limitations. (a) An organization 
58.12 	may conduct lawful gambling only on premises it owns or leases. Leases must be on a 
58.13 	form prescribed by the board. The term of the lease is concurrent with the premises permit. 
58.14 	Leases approved by the board must specify that the board may authorize an organization 
58.15 	to withhold rent from a lessor for a period of up to 90 days if the board determines that 
58.16 	illegal gambling occurred on the premises or that the lessor or its employees participated 
58.17 	in the illegal gambling or knew of the gambling and did not take prompt action to stop the 
58.18 	gambling. The lease must authorize the continued tenancy of the organization without 
58.19 	the payment of rent during the time period determined by the board under this paragraph. 
58.20 	Copies of all leases must be made available to employees of the board and the Division of 
58.21 	Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement on request.
58.22 	(b) Rent paid by an organization for leased premises for the conduct of pull-tabs, 
58.23 	tipboards, and paddle wheels lawful gambling is subject to the following limits and 
58.24 	restrictions:
58.25 	(1) For booth operations, including booth operations where a pull-tab dispensing 
58.26 	device is located, booth operations where a bar operation is also conducted, and booth 
58.27 	operations where both a pull-tab dispensing device is located and a bar operation is also 
58.28 	conducted, the maximum rent is: monthly rent may not exceed ten percent of gross profits 
58.29 	for that month.
58.30 	(i) in any month where the organization's gross profit at those premises does not 
58.31 	exceed $4,000, up to $400; and
58.32 	(ii) in any month where the organization's gross profit at those premises exceeds 
58.33 	$4,000, up to $400 plus not more than ten percent of the gross profit for that month in 
58.34 	excess of $4,000;
59.1 	(2) For bar operations, including bar operations where a pull-tab dispensing device 
59.2 	is located but not including bar operations subject to clause (1), and for locations where 
59.3 	only a pull-tab dispensing device is located: monthly rent may not exceed 15 percent of 
59.4 	the gross profits for that month.
59.5 	(i) in any month where the organization's gross profit at those premises does not 
59.6 	exceed $1,000, up to $200; and
59.7 	(ii) in any month where the organization's gross profit at those premises exceeds 
59.8 	$1,000, up to $200 plus not more than 20 percent of the gross profit for that month 
59.9 	in excess of $1,000;
59.10 	(3) a lease not governed by clauses (1) and (2) must be approved by the board before 
59.11 	becoming effective; For electronic linked bingo games and electronic pull-tab games that 
59.12 	are operated for separate time periods within a business day by an organization and the 
59.13 	lessor, monthly rent may not be more than:
59.14 	(i) 15 percent of the gross profits for that month for the time periods operated by 
59.15 	the lessor. The lessor is responsible for cash shortages that occur during the time periods 
59.16 	the games are operated by the lessor; and
59.17 	(ii) ten percent of gross profits for that month for the time periods operated by the 
59.18 	organization. The organization is responsible for cash shortages that occur during the time 
59.19 	periods the games are operated by the organization.
59.20 	(4) total rent paid to a lessor from all organizations from leases governed by clause 
59.21 	(1) may not exceed $1,750 per month.
59.22 	(c) Rent paid by an organization for leased premises for the conduct of bingo is 
59.23 	subject to either of the following limits at the option of the parties to the lease:
59.24 	(1) (4) For bingo conducted at a leased premises where the primary business is 
59.25 	bingo, rent is limited to either not more than ten percent of the monthly gross profit from 
59.26 	all lawful gambling activities held during bingo occasions, excluding bar bingo or at a 
59.27 	rate based on a cost per square foot not to exceed 110 percent of a comparable cost per 
59.28 	square foot for leased space as approved by the director; and.
59.29 	(2) (5) No rent may be paid for bar bingo as defined in section 349.12, subdivision 3c.
59.30 	(6) A lease not governed by clauses (1) to (5) must be approved by the director 
59.31 	before becoming effective.
59.32 	(d) (c) Amounts paid as rent under leases are all-inclusive. No other services or 
59.33 	expenses provided or contracted by the lessor may be paid by the organization, including, 
59.34 	but not limited to, trash removal, janitorial and cleaning services, snow removal, lawn 
59.35 	services, electricity, heat, security, security monitoring, storage, and other utilities or 
59.36 	services, and, in the case of bar operations, cash shortages, unless approved by the 
60.1 	director. The lessor shall be responsible for the cost of any communications network or 
60.2 	service required to conduct electronic pull-tab games or electronic bingo games. Any 
60.3 	other expenditure made by an organization that is related to a leased premises must be 
60.4 	approved by the director. For bar operations, the lessor is responsible for cash shortages.
60.5 	An organization may not provide any compensation or thing of value to a lessor or the 
60.6 	lessor's employees from any fund source other than its gambling account. Rent payments 
60.7 	may not be made to an individual.
60.8 	(e) (d) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), an organization may pay a lessor for food 
60.9 	or beverages or meeting room rental if the charge made is comparable to similar charges 
60.10 	made to other individuals or groups.
60.11 	(f) No entity other than the (e) A licensed organization may not conduct any activity 
60.12 	within a booth operation on behalf of the lessor on a leased premises.

60.13 	Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 349.19, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
60.14 		Subd. 2.Accounts. (a) Gross receipts from lawful gambling by each organization 
60.15 	must be segregated from all other revenues of the conducting organization and placed in a 
60.16 	separate gambling bank account.
60.17 	(b) All expenditures for allowable expenses, taxes, and lawful purposes must be 
60.18 	made from the separate account except (1) in the case of expenditures previously approved 
60.19 	by the organization's membership for emergencies as defined by board rule, (2) as provided 
60.20 	in subdivision 2a, or (3) when restricted to one electronic fund transaction for the payment 
60.21 	of taxes for the organization as a whole, the organization may transfer the amount of taxes 
60.22 	related to the conduct of gambling to the general account at the time when due and payable.
60.23 	(c) The name and address of the bank, the account number for the separate account, 
60.24 	and the names of organization members authorized as signatories on the separate account 
60.25 	must be provided to the board when the application is submitted. Changes in the 
60.26 	information must be submitted to the board at least ten days before the change is made.
60.27 	(d) Except for gambling receipts from electronic pull-tab games and linked 
60.28 	electronic bingo games, gambling receipts must be deposited into the gambling bank 
60.29 	account within four business days of completion of the bingo occasion, deal, or game from 
60.30 	which they are received.
60.31 	(1) A deal of paper pull-tabs is considered complete when either the last pull-tab of 
60.32 	the deal is sold or the organization does not continue the play of the deal during the next 
60.33 	scheduled period of time in which the organization will conduct pull-tabs.
61.1 	(2) A tipboard game is considered complete when the seal on the game flare is 
61.2 	uncovered or the organization does not continue the play of the deal during the next 
61.3 	scheduled period of time in which the organization will conduct tipboards.
61.4 	(e) Gambling receipts from all electronic pull-tab games and all linked electronic 
61.5 	bingo games must be recorded on a daily basis and deposited into the gambling bank 
61.6 	account within two business days.
61.7 	(e) (f) Deposit records must be sufficient to allow determination of deposits made 
61.8 	from each bingo occasion, deal, or game at each permitted premises.
61.9 	(f) (g) The person who accounts for gambling gross receipts and profits may not be 
61.10 	the same person who accounts for other revenues of the organization.

61.11 	Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 349.19, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
61.12 		Subd. 3.Expenditures. (a) All expenditures of gross profits from lawful gambling 
61.13 	must be itemized as to payee, purpose, amount, and date of payment.
61.14 	(b) Each licensed organization must report monthly to the board on a form in an 
61.15 	electronic format prescribed by the board each expenditure or contribution of net profits 
61.16 	from lawful gambling. The reports must provide for each expenditure or contribution:
61.17 	(1) the name of the recipient of the expenditure or contribution;
61.18 	(2) the date the expenditure or contribution was approved by the organization;
61.19 	(3) the date, amount, and check number or electronic transfer confirmation number 
61.20 	of the expenditure or contribution;
61.21 	(4) a brief description of how the expenditure or contribution meets one or more of 
61.22 	the purposes in section 349.12, subdivision 25; and
61.23 	(5) in the case of expenditures authorized under section 349.12, subdivision 25, 
61.24 	paragraph (a), clause (7), whether the expenditure is for a facility or activity that primarily 
61.25 	benefits male or female participants.
61.26 	(c) Authorization of the expenditures must be recorded in the monthly meeting 
61.27 	minutes of the licensed organization.
61.28 	(d) Checks or authorizations for electronic fund transfers for expenditures of gross 
61.29 	profits must be signed by at least two persons authorized by board rules to sign the 
61.30 	checks or authorizations.
61.31 	(e) Expenditures of gross profits from lawful gambling for local, state, and federal 
61.32 	taxes as identified in section 349.12, subdivision 25, paragraph (a), clause (8), may be 
61.33 	transferred electronically from the organization's gambling account directly to bank 
61.34 	accounts identified by local, state, or federal agencies if the organization's gambling 
62.1 	account monthly bank statement specifically identifies the payee by name, the amount 
62.2 	transferred, and the date of the transaction.
62.3 	(f) Expenditures of gross profits from lawful gambling for payments for lawful 
62.4 	purpose expenditures and allowable expenses may be transferred electronically from the 
62.5 	organization's gambling account directly to bank accounts identified by the vendor if the 
62.6 	organization's gambling account monthly bank statement specifically identifies the payee 
62.7 	by name, the amount transferred, the account number of the account into which the funds 
62.8 	were transferred, and the date of the transaction.
62.9 	(g) Expenditures of gross profits from lawful gambling for payroll compensation 
62.10 	to an employee's account and for the payment of local, state, and federal withholding 
62.11 	taxes may be transferred electronically to and from the account of a payroll processing 
62.12 	firm provided that the firm:
62.13 	(1) is currently registered with and meets the criteria of the Department of Revenue 
62.14 	as a third-party bulk filer under section 290.92, subdivision 30;
62.15 	(2) is able to provide proof of a third-party audit and an annual report and statement 
62.16 	of financial condition;
62.17 	(3) is able to provide evidence of a fidelity bond; and
62.18 	(4) can provide proof of having been in business as a third-party bulk filer for the 
62.19 	most recent three years.
62.20 	(h) Electronic payments of taxes, lawful purpose expenditures, and allowable 
62.21 	expenses are permitted only if they have been authorized by the membership, the 
62.22 	organization maintains supporting documentation, and the expenditures can be verified.

62.23 	Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 349.19, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
62.24 		Subd. 5.Reports. (a) A licensed organization must report monthly to the 
62.25 	Department of Revenue board in an electronic format prescribed by the board and to its 
62.26 	membership monthly, or quarterly in the case of a licensed organization which does not 
62.27 	report more than $1,000 in gross receipts from lawful gambling in any calendar quarter,
62.28 	on its gross receipts, expenses, profits, and expenditure of profits from lawful gambling
62.29 	for each permitted premises. The organization must account for and report on each form 
62.30 	of lawful gambling conducted. The report organization must include a reconciliation of 
62.31 	the organization's profit carryover with its cash balance on hand. If the organization 
62.32 	conducts both bingo and other forms of lawful gambling, the figures for both must be 
62.33 	reported separately.
62.34 	(b) The organization must report annually to its membership and annually file with 
62.35 	the board a financial summary report in a format prescribed by the board that identifies the 
63.1 	organization's receipts and use of lawful gambling proceeds, including: monthly to the 
63.2 	commissioner of revenue as required under section 297E.06.
63.3 	(1) gross receipts;
63.4 	(2) prizes paid;
63.5 	(3) allowable expenses;
63.6 	(4) lawful purpose expenditures, including annual totals for types of charitable 
63.7 	contributions and all taxes and fees as per section 349.12, subdivision 25, paragraph 
63.8 	(a), clauses (8) and (18);
63.9 	(5) the percentage of annual gross profits used for charitable contributions; and
63.10 	(6) the percentage of annual gross profits used for all taxes and fees as per section 
63.11 	349.12, subdivision 25, paragraph (a), clauses (8) and (18).

63.12 	Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 349.19, subdivision 10, is amended to read:
63.13 		Subd. 10.Pull-tab records. (a) The board shall by rule require a licensed 
63.14 	organization to require each winner of a paper pull-tab prize of $50 or more to present 
63.15 	identification in the form of a driver's license, Minnesota identification card, or other 
63.16 	identification the board deems sufficient to allow the identification and tracking of the 
63.17 	winner. The rule must require the organization to retain winning paper pull-tabs of $50 or 
63.18 	more, and the identification of the winner of the pull-tab, for 3-1/2 years.
63.19 	(b) An organization must maintain separate cash banks for each deal of paper
63.20 	pull-tabs unless (1) the licensed organization uses a pull-tab dispensing device, or (2) the 
63.21 	organization uses a cash register, of a type approved by the board, which records all 
63.22 	sales of paper pull-tabs by separate deals.
63.23 	(c) The board shall:
63.24 	(1) by rule adopt minimum technical standards for cash registers that may be used 
63.25 	by organizations, and shall approve for use by organizations any cash register that meets 
63.26 	the standards; and
63.27 	(2) before allowing an organization to use a cash register that commingles receipts 
63.28 	from several different paper pull-tab games in play, adopt rules that define how cash 
63.29 	registers may be used and that establish a procedure for organizations to reconcile all 
63.30 	pull-tab games in play at the end of each month.

63.31 	Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 349.211, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
63.32 		Subd. 1a.Linked bingo prizes. Prizes for a linked bingo game shall be limited 
63.33 	as follows:
64.1 	(1) no organization may contribute more than $300 per linked bingo game to a 
64.2 	linked bingo prize pool for linked bingo games played without electronic bingo devices, 
64.3 	an organization may not contribute to a linked bingo game prize pool more than $300 
64.4 	per linked bingo game per site;
64.5 	(2) for linked bingo games played exclusively with electronic bingo devices, an 
64.6 	organization may not contribute more than 85 percent of the gross receipts per permitted 
64.7 	premises to a linked bingo game prize pool;
64.8 	(2) (3) no organization may award more than $200 for a linked bingo game 
64.9 	consolation prize. For purposes of this subdivision, a linked bingo game consolation 
64.10 	prize is a prize awarded by an organization after a prize from the linked bingo prize pool 
64.11 	has been won; and
64.12 	(3) (4) for a progressive linked bingo game, if no player declares a valid bingo 
64.13 	within the for a progressive prize or prizes based on a predetermined amount of bingo 
64.14 	numbers called and posted win determination, a portion of the prize is gross receipts 
64.15 	may be carried over to another occasion game until the accumulated progressive prize 
64.16 	is won. The portion of the prize that is not carried over must be awarded to the first 
64.17 	player or players who declares a valid bingo as additional numbers are called. If a valid 
64.18 	bingo is declared within the predetermined amount of bingo numbers called, the entire 
64.19 	prize pool for that game is awarded to the winner. The annual limit for progressive bingo 
64.20 	game prizes contained in subdivision 2 must be reduced by the amount an organization 
64.21 	contributes to progressive linked bingo games during the same calendar year.; and
64.22 	(5) for linked bingo games played exclusively with electronic bingo devices, linked 
64.23 	bingo prizes in excess of $599 shall be paid by the linked bingo game provider to the 
64.24 	player within three business days. Winners of linked bingo prizes in excess of $599 will 
64.25 	be given a receipt or claim voucher as proof of a win.

64.26 	Sec. 40. APPROPRIATION.
 64.27 	(a) $450,000 in fiscal year 2012 and $779,000 in fiscal year 2013 are appropriated 
64.28 	from the lawful gambling regulation account in the special revenue fund to the Gambling 
64.29 	Control Board for operating expenses related to the regulatory oversight of lawful 
64.30 	gambling for electronic pull-tabs and electronic linked bingo.
64.31 	(b) One-half of one percent of the revenue deposited in the general fund under 
64.32 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.965, subdivision 8, paragraph (a), is appropriated to 
64.33 	the commissioner of human services for the compulsive gambling treatment program 
64.34 	established under Minnesota Statutes, section 245.98. One-half of one percent of the 
64.35 	revenue deposited in the general fund under Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695, 
65.1 	subdivision 8, paragraph (a), is appropriated to the Gambling Control Board for a 
65.2 	grant to the state affiliate recognized by the National Council on Problem Gambling to 
65.3 	increase public awareness of problem gambling, education and training for individuals 
65.4 	and organizations providing effective treatment services to problem gamblers and 
65.5 	their families, and research relating to problem gambling. Money appropriated by this 
65.6 	paragraph must supplement and must not replace existing state funding for these programs.

65.7 	Sec. 41. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 65.8 	This article is effective the day following final enactment.

65.9 	ARTICLE 6
65.10 	MISCELLANEOUS

65.11 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 297A.71, is amended by adding a 
65.12 	subdivision to read:
65.13 		Subd. 44.Building materials, capital projects. Materials and supplies used or 
65.14 	consumed in and equipment incorporated into the construction or improvement of a capital 
65.15 	project funded partially or wholly under section 297A.9905 are exempt, provided that the 
65.16 	project has a total construction cost of at least $40,000,000 within a ...-month period. 
65.17 	The tax on purchases exempt under this provision must be imposed and collected as if 
65.18 	the rate under section 297A.62, subdivision 1, applied and then refunded in the manner 
65.19 	provided in section 297A.75.

65.20 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for sales and purchases made after 
65.21 	June 30, 2013.

65.22 	Sec. 2. USE OF THE STADIUM.
 65.23 		Subdivision 1.Amateur sports use. The lessee of the stadium must make the 
65.24 	facilities of the stadium available to the Minnesota Amateur Sports Commission up to 
65.25 	ten days each year on terms satisfactory to the commission for amateur sports activities 
65.26 	consistent with Minnesota Statutes, chapter 240A, each year during the time the bonds 
65.27 	issued pursuant to this act are outstanding. The commission must negotiate in good faith 
65.28 	and may be required to pay no more than actual out-of-pocket expenses for the time 
65.29 	it uses the stadium.
65.30 		Subd. 2.High school league. The lessee of the stadium must make the facilities of 
65.31 	the stadium available for use by the Minnesota State High School League for at least seven 
65.32 	days each year for high school soccer and football tournaments. The lessee of the stadium 
66.1 	must provide, and may not charge the league a fee for, this use, including security, ticket 
66.2 	takers, custodial or cleaning services, or other similar services in connection with this use.