Skip to main content Skip to office menu Skip to footer
Capital IconMinnesota Legislature

Office of the Revisor of Statutes

469.333 APPLICATION FOR DESIGNATION.
    Subdivision 1. Who may apply. One or more local government units, or a joint powers
board under section 471.59, acting on behalf of two or more units, may apply for designation of
an area as a biotechnology and health sciences industry zone. All or part of the area proposed for
designation as a zone must be located within the boundaries of each of the governmental units. A
local government unit may not submit or have submitted on its behalf more than one application
for designation of a biotechnology and health sciences industry zone.
    Subd. 2. Application content. The application must include:
(1) a development plan meeting the requirements of section 469.331;
(2) the proposed duration of the zone, not to exceed 12 years;
(3) a resolution or ordinance adopted by each of the cities or towns and the counties in which
the zone is located, agreeing to provide all of the local sales and use tax exemptions provided
under section 469.336;
(4) an agreement by the applicant to treat incentives provided under the zone designation
as business subsidies under sections 116J.993 to 116J.995 and to comply with the requirements
of that law; and
(5) supporting evidence to allow the commissioner to evaluate the application under the
criteria in section 469.334.
History: 1Sp2003 c 21 art 2 s 12; 2007 c 13 art 3 s 26

Official Publication of the State of Minnesota
Revisor of Statutes