Subd. 1. Use of proceeds.

1. (a) Subject to the restrictions in this section, the municipality may impose one or more of the taxes under this section to make the payments or meet other obligations under the loan agreement under section 473I.05. The taxes authorized in this section are in addition to taxes authorized under other law. The municipality may repay the state ballpark loan using only revenues from the ballpark and the taxes imposed under this section.
2. (b) The municipality may not use property taxes or other money, other than ballpark revenues and taxes imposed under this section, to pay for the cost of acquiring, improving, or operating the ballpark. The municipality may not expend more than $50,000,000 for the cost of public infrastructure related to the ballpark. Public infrastructure related to the ballpark means parking, street improvements, interstate highway connections, sewer, water, and other utilities that are required under an agreement with the major league baseball team or as condition for financing of the baseball park.
3. (c) If the commissioner determines the money in the debt service accounts is sufficient to pay the bonds in full, the commissioner shall order a temporary or permanent reduction in the taxes imposed under subdivisions 5, 6, and 7 in the order of priority and as the commissioner determines appropriate.

Subd. 2. Referendum.

1. (a) Before the municipality imposes a tax under subdivision 5 or 6, the imposition of the tax must be approved by the voters of the municipality at an election held on a Tuesday before September 30, 2002.
2. (b) Notwithstanding any statute, charter provision, or other law to the contrary, if the tax is approved in a referendum under this subdivision, an ordinance enacting the tax or authorizing expenditures of the proceeds of the tax is not subject to another vote of the electorate by referendum, initiative, charter amendment, or in any other manner.

Subd. 3. Expiration; local option taxes.

When the bonds issued under section 473I.06 have been defeased or retired, subdivisions 4 to 7 and the taxes authorized by them expire.

Subd. 4. Baseball park admission tax.

Notwithstanding any other law and only upon the request of the commissioner under section 473I.04, subdivision 3, paragraph (c), the city shall impose an admission tax of up to five percent of the sale price upon the granting, issuance, sale, or distribution, by any private or public person, association, or corporation, of the privilege of admission to activities at the baseball park. No other tax, surcharge, or governmental imposition, except the taxes collected under chapter 297A, may be levied by any other unit of government upon the sale or distribution.

The admission tax must be stated and charged separately from the sales price so far as practicable and must be collected by the grantor, seller, or distributor from the person admitted. The admission tax collected must be used for repayment of the bonds issued under section 473I.06 or to pay for improvements to the baseball park. The tax is a debt from that person to the grantor, issuer, seller, or distributor, and the tax required to be collected is a debt owed by the grantor, issuer, seller, or distributor to the municipality, recoverable at law in the same manner as other debts. Every person granting, issuing, selling, or distributing tickets for admissions to the ballpark may be required to secure a permit, to file returns, to deposit security for the payment of the tax, and to pay the penalties for nonpayment and interest on late payments, as deemed necessary or expedient to ensure the prompt and uniform collection of the tax.

Subd. 5. Food and beverage taxes.

Notwithstanding section 477A.016, or any other limitation of law or charter, the municipality may by ordinance impose taxes on sales of food, as defined in section 297A.61, subdivision 31, and alcoholic beverages, as defined in section 297G.01, not to exceed five percent at a retail level on any business within the municipality. The municipality may impose this tax on all or part of the municipality, as provided in the ordinance. The ordinance must provide for dedication of the taxes or fees, after payment of collection and administrative expenses and refunds, to payment of principal and interest on bonds issued for the baseball park.

Subd. 6. Lodging tax.

Notwithstanding section 477A.016, or any other limitation of law or charter to the contrary, the municipality may impose, by ordinance, a lodging tax at a rate of no more than five percent on the gross receipts from the furnishing for consideration of lodging as described in section 469.190, subdivision 1. The municipality may impose this tax on all or part of the municipality, as provided in the ordinance and may provide for exempting hotels or motels based on the number of rooms they have available. The ordinance must provide for dedication of the taxes and other income from the tax, after payment of collection and administrative expenses and refunds, to payment of the principal and interest on bonds issued for the baseball park.

Subd. 7. Parking tax, surcharge, or both.

The municipality may, by ordinance, impose a parking tax or surcharge or both of not less than $2 per vehicle per event at the baseball park. The parking tax and surcharge apply to public and privately owned parking facilities in the area that the municipality determines in its ordinance provide event parking for the baseball park. The ordinance must provide for dedication of the taxes and other income from the tax, after payment of collection and administrative expenses and refunds, to payment of the principal and interest on bonds issued for the baseball park.