1998 Minnesota Statutes

     469.136 Definitions. 

    Subdivision 1.    Terms defined.  In sections 469.135 to 
 469.141, the terms defined in this section have the meanings 
 given them herein, unless the context indicates a different 
 meaning. 

    Subd. 2.    Authority.  "Authority" means an authority, 
 as defined in section 469.174, subdivision 2. 

    Subd. 3.    Mined underground space.  "Mined underground 
 space" means space resulting from, or which will result from, 
 the excavation of subsurface areas by underground mining methods 
 and having limited access from and to the surface and the 
 supporting material surrounding the space. 

    Subd. 4.    Mined underground space development.  "Mined 
 underground space development" means the development or 
 redevelopment of mined underground space for commercial, 
 industrial, and other public and private use, but does not 
 include the development or redevelopment of mined underground 
 space for long-term storage or disposal of hazardous waste or 
 high level nuclear waste. 

    Subd. 5.    City.  "City" means a home rule charter or 
 statutory city. 

    Subd. 6.    Project.  "Project" means a project 
 encompassing mined underground space development. 

    Subd. 7.    Project costs.  "Project costs" mean all 
 costs and estimated costs incurred and to be incurred by a city 
 or by any other person in connection with the acquisition, 
 construction, reconstruction, improvement, betterment, and 
 extension of a project, including all engineering, 
 architectural, legal, fiscal, and administrative fees and 
 expenses, interest on money borrowed to pay project costs during 
 construction and for a period up to six months thereafter, title 
 insurance premiums, rating agency fees, printing expenses, 
 underwriters' commission or discount, bond insurance or other 
 credit enhancement premiums or fees, bond trustee fees, and, for 
 bonds that are not general obligation bonds, a debt service 
 reserve. 

    Subd. 8.    Property rights.  The words "interest in 
 land," "land," "property," "property right," "property 
 interest," and other terms describing real property include 
 airspace necessary for the development of projects in subsurface 
 areas. 

    HIST: 1987 c 291 s 137