In addition to other powers granted by this chapter, the board may:

Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 41A.023

  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Small business: means a business entity organized for profit, including but not limited to any individual, partnership, corporation, joint venture, association or cooperative, which entity:

    (1) is not an affiliate or subsidiary of a business dominant in its field of operation; and

    (2) has 20 or fewer full-time employees; or

    (3) in the preceding fiscal year has not had more than the equivalent of $1,000,000 in annual gross revenues; or

    (4) if the business is a technical or professional service, shall not have had more than the equivalent of $2,500,000 in annual gross revenues in the preceding fiscal year. See Minnesota Statutes 645.445

  • state: extends to and includes the District of Columbia and the several territories. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44

(1) sue and be sued;

(2) acquire, hold, lease, and transfer any interest in real and personal property for its corporate purposes;

(3) sell at public or private sale, at the price or prices determined by the board, any note, mortgage, lease, sublease, lease purchase, or other instrument or obligation evidencing or securing a loan made for the purpose of economic development, job creation, redevelopment, or community revitalization by a public agency to a business, for-profit or nonprofit organization, or an individual;

(4) obtain insurance on its property;

(5) obtain municipal bond insurance, letters of credit, surety obligations, or similar agreements from financial institutions;

(6) enter into other agreements or transactions, without regard to chapter 16B or 16C, that the board considers necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this chapter with federal or state agencies, political subdivisions of the state, or other persons, firms, or corporations;

(7) establish and collect fees without regard to chapter 14 and section 16A.1285;

(8) accept appropriations, gifts, grants, and bequests;

(9) use money received from any source for any legal purpose or program of the board;

(10) participate in loans for agricultural resource projects in accordance with section 41A.035;

(11) provide small business development loans in accordance with section 41A.036; and

(12) guarantee or insure bonds or notes issued by the board.