1997 Minnesota Statutes

     383D.41 Housing and redevelopment authority. 

    Subdivision 1.    Housing and redevelopment authority.  
 There is hereby created in Dakota county a public body corporate 
 and politic, to be known as the Dakota county housing and 
 redevelopment authority, having all of the powers and duties of 
 a housing and redevelopment authority under sections 469.001 to 
 469.047; which act applies to the county of Dakota.  For the 
 purposes of applying the provisions of the municipal housing and 
 redevelopment act to Dakota county, and subject to the 
 provisions of this section, the county has all of the powers and 
 duties of a municipality, the county board has all of the powers 
 and duties of a governing body, the chair of the county board 
 has all of the powers and duties of a mayor, and the area of 
 operation includes the area within the territorial boundaries of 
 the county. 

    Subd. 2.  This section shall not limit or restrict any 
 existing housing and redevelopment authority or prevent a 
 municipality from creating an authority.  The county shall not 
 exercise jurisdiction in any municipality where a municipal 
 housing and redevelopment authority is established.  A municipal 
 housing and redevelopment authority may request the Dakota 
 county housing and redevelopment authority to handle the housing 
 duties of the authority and, in such an event, the Dakota county 
 housing and redevelopment authority shall act and have exclusive 
 jurisdiction for housing in the municipality pursuant to 
 sections 469.001 to 469.047.  A transfer of duties relating to 
 housing shall not transfer any duties relating to redevelopment. 

    Subd. 3.  If any housing or redevelopment project is 
 constructed in Dakota county pursuant to this authorization, and 
 such project is within the boundaries of any incorporated home 
 rule charter or statutory city, the location of such project 
 shall be approved by the governing body of the city. 

    Subd. 4.  Notwithstanding section 469.015, subdivision 3, a 
 performance bond is not required for any works of single family 
 housing construction undertaken by the authority if the 
 authority determines that the cost of a performance bond is 
 greater than the benefit of the bond. 

    Subd. 5.  The authority shall consist of seven 
 commissioners who, except as otherwise provided in this 
 subdivision, shall serve three-year terms, which shall begin on 
 the first Tuesday following the first Monday in January of the 
 first year of the term.  A commissioner shall also serve after 
 the expiration of a term until a successor is appointed and 
 qualified.  

    The terms of office of persons who are commissioners of the 
 housing and redevelopment authority on July 20, 1993, shall 
 continue in accordance with the terms of their appointments, 
 except that their appointments shall end on the first Tuesday 
 following the first Monday in January of the year following the 
 original termination date of their terms.  Following July 20, 
 1993, two commissioners shall be appointed who shall reside in 
 the fourth and sixth county commissioner districts, 
 respectively.  Those commissioners shall be appointed for a term 
 commencing on the date of their appointment and ending on the 
 first Tuesday following the first Monday in January 1996.  

    Each commissioner appointed following the date on which 
 this subdivision takes effect shall be a resident of and shall 
 represent the same county commissioner district as the 
 commissioner who is replaced.  A commissioner who ceases to 
 maintain a principal residence in the district from which 
 appointed shall cease to serve as a commissioner. 

    HIST: 1971 c 333 s 1-3; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1973 c 534 s 1; 
 1989 c 79 s 1; 1990 c 426 art 2 s 11,12; 1993 c 23 s 1-3