Minnesota § 410.32 CITIES MAY ISSUE CAPITAL NOTES FOR CAPITAL EQUIPMENT

Minnesota Statutes

§ 410.32 — CITIES MAY ISSUE CAPITAL NOTES FOR CAPITAL EQUIPMENT

Minnesota § 410.32

PartCITIES, ORGANIZATION

Ch. 410CLASSIFICATION; CHARTERS

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Bluebook

Minn. Stat. § 410.32 (2026).

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(a)Notwithstanding any contrary provision of other law or charter, a home rule charter city may, by resolution and without public referendum, issue capital notes subject to the city debt limit to purchase capital equipment.

(b)For purposes of this section, "capital equipment" means:

(1)public safety equipment, ambulance and other medical equipment, road construction and maintenance equipment, and other capital equipment;

(2)computer hardware and software, whether bundled with machinery or equipment or unbundled, together with application development services and training related to the use of the computer hardware and software; and

(3)projects that eliminate R-22, as defined in section240A.09, paragraph (b), clause (2).

(c)The equipment or software must have an expected useful life a

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(a) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of other law or charter, a home rule charter city may, by resolution and without public referendum, issue capital notes subject to the city debt limit to purchase capital equipment.
(b) For purposes of this section, "capital equipment" means:
(1) public safety equipment, ambulance and other medical equipment, road construction and maintenance equipment, and other capital equipment;
(2) computer hardware and software, whether bundled with machinery or equipment or unbundled, together with application development services and training related to the use of the computer hardware and software; and
(3) projects that eliminate R-22, as defined in section240A.09, paragraph (b), clause (2).
(c) The equipment or software must have an expected useful life at least as long as the term of the notes.
(d) The notes shall be payable in not more than 20 years and be issued on the terms and in the manner determined by the city. The total principal amount of the capital notes issued in a fiscal year shall not exceed 0.03 percent of the estimated market value of taxable property in the city for that year.
(e) A tax levy shall be made for the payment of the principal and interest on the notes, in accordance with section475.61, as in the case of bonds.
(f) Notes issued under this section shall require an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the governing body of the city.
(g) Notwithstanding a contrary provision of other law or charter, a home rule charter city may also issue capital notes subject to its debt limit in the manner and subject to the limitations applicable to statutory cities pursuant to section412.301.

Legislative History

1983 c 361 s 1;1988 c 702 s 2;1988 c 719 art 5 s 84;1989 c 1 s 4;1990 c 612 s 15;2003 c 127 art 12 s 15;1Sp2003 c 21 art 10 s 11;2005 c 152 art 1 s 8;2008 c 154 art 10 s 15;2013 c 143 art 12 s 8; art 14 s 64;1Sp2017 c 1 art 7 s 3;2023 c 64 art 12 s 6