160.84 DEFINITIONS.

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Subdivision 1.Scope.

The terms used in sections 160.84 to 160.98 have the meanings given them in this section and section 160.02. §

Subd. 2.BOT facility.

“BOT facility” means a build-operate-transfer toll facility developed, financed, designed, constructed, improved, rehabilitated, and operated by a private operator who holds title to the facility subject to a development agreement providing that title will be transferred to the road authority on expiration of an agreed term. §

Subd. 3.BTO facility.

“BTO facility” means a build-transfer-operate toll facility developed, financed, designed, constructed, improved, or rehabilitated by a private operator who: (1) transfers any interest it may have in the toll facility to the road authority before operation begins; and (2) operates the toll facility for an agreed term under a lease, management, or toll concession agreement. §

Subd. 4.Commissioner.

“Commissioner” means the commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Transportation. §

Subd. 5.Development agreement.

“Development agreement” means a written agreement between a road authority and a private operator that provides for the development, financing, design, construction, improvement, rehabilitation, ownership, and operation of a toll facility. §

Subd. 6.Metropolitan area.

“Metropolitan area” has the meaning given it in section 473.121, subdivision 2. §

Subd. 7.Private operator.

“Private operator” means an individual, corporation, partnership, cooperative or unincorporated association, joint venture, or consortium that develops, finances, designs, constructs, improves, rehabilitates, owns, or operates a toll facility subject to sections 160.84 to 160.92. §

Subd. 8.Road authority.

“Road authority” has the meaning given it in section 160.02, subdivision 25, and also refers to a joint powers authority formed under section 160.91. §

Subd. 9.Toll facility.

“Toll facility” means a bridge, causeway, or tunnel, and its approaches; a road, street, or highway; an appurtenant building, structure, or other improvement; land lying within applicable rights-of-way; and other appurtenant rights or hereditaments that together comprise a project for which a road authority or private operator is authorized to develop, finance, design, operate, and impose tolls under sections 160.84 to 160.92.

History:

1993 c 211 s 1; 2008 c 152 art 6 s 1

History: History: 1993 c 211 s 1; 2008 c 152 art 6 s 1