2000 Minnesota Statutes

     469.049 Establishment; characteristics. 

    Subdivision 1.    Saint Paul, Duluth; establishment.  
 The port authority of Saint Paul and the seaway port authority 
 of Duluth are established.  The seaway port authority of Duluth 
 may also be known as the Duluth seaway port authority. 

    Subd. 2.    Public body characteristics.  A port 
 authority is a body politic and corporate with the right to sue 
 and be sued in its own name. 

    A port authority is a governmental subdivision under 
 section 282.01.  

    A port authority carries out an essential governmental 
 function of the state when it exercises its power, but the 
 authority is not immune from liability because of this. 

    HIST: 1987 c 291 s 50; 1999 c 68 s 1