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102 MINNESOTA STATUTES 2011 469.1081 469.107 CITY MAY LEVY TAXES FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. Subdivision 1. City tax levy. A city may, at the request of the authority, levy a tax in any year for the benefit of the authority. The tax must be not more than 0.01813 percent of taxable market value. The amount levied must be paid by the city treasurer to the treasurer of the authority, to be spent by the authority. Subd. 2. Reverse referendum. A city may increase its levy for economic development authority purposes under subdivision 1 in the following way. Its city council must first pass a resolution stating the proposed amount of levy increase. The city must then publish the resolution together with a notice of public hearing on the resolution for two successive weeks in its official newspaper or if none exists in a newspaper of general circulation in the city. The hearing must be held two to four weeks after the first publication. After the hearing, the city council may decide to take no action or may adopt a resolution authorizing the proposed increase or a lesser increase.A resolution authorizing an increase must be published in the city's official newspaper or if none exists in a newspaper of general circulation in the city. The resolution is not effective if a petition requesting a referendum on the resolution is filed with the city clerk within 30 days of publication of the resolution. The petition must be signed by voters equaling five percent of the votes cast in the city in the last general election. The election must be held at a general or special election.Notice of the election must be given in the manner required by law. The notice must state the purpose and amount of the levy. History: 1987 c 291 s 108; 1988 c 719 art S s 84; 1989 c 277 art 4 s 64; 1992 c 511 art S s 13 469.108 SPECIAL LAW; OPTIONAL USE. A city that has established a port authority by special law or that has been granted the power to establish a port authority by special law,or a city whose city council has been authorized to exercise the powers of a port authority by special law may elect to use the powers granted in sections 469.090 to 469.108. If the election is made,the powers and duties set forth in sections 469.090 to 469.108 supersede the special law and the special law must not be used after the election. The use of powers under sections 469.090 to 469.108 by a city described in this section does not impair the security of any obligations issued or contracts or agreements executed under the special law. Control,authority,and operation of any project may be transferred to the authority in the manner provided in section 469.094. History: 1987 c 291 s 109 469.1081 LIABLE IN CONTRACT OR TORT. Subject to the provisions of chapter 466, an authority shall be liable in contract or in tort in the same manner as a private corporation. The commissioners of an authority shall not be personally liable as such on its contracts, or for torts, not committed or directly authorized by them. The property or funds of an authority shall not be subject to attachment, or to levy and sale on execution, but, if an authority refuses to pay a judgment entered against it in any court of competent jurisdiction, the district court for the county in which the authority is situated may, by writ of mandamus, direct the treasurer of the authority to pay the judgment from any unencumbered funds available for that purpose. History: 1991 c 342 s 13 Copyright©2011 by the Office of the Revisor of Statutes,State of Minnesota.All Rights Reserved.