Minn. Stat. § 15B.10
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§ 15B.10 DESIGN COMPETITIONS.
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§ Subdivision 1. Required and permitted competitions. (a) The board must secure plans for a new public building by a competition. (b) A competition also may be used for plans for a proposed (1) comprehensive plan; (2) landscaping scheme; (3) street plan; (4) property acquisition; or (5) change to a public building, landscaping scheme, or street plan. (c) The competition must be conducted under rules adopted by the board. (d) The competition must be of a type that meets the competition standards of the American Institute of Architects.
§ Subd. 2. Design ownership. When a design is selected in a competition it becomes the property of the state.
§ Subd. 3. Premiums; costs. The board may award premiums in a competition and may pay the costs and fees required to conduct it.
§ Subd. 4. Competition waiver. (a) Notwithstanding subdivision 1, paragraph (a), the board, without a competition, may approve plans for a project estimated to cost less than $1,000,000. (b) The plans still must have been considered by the advisory committee established under section 15B.11 . (c) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), the advisory committee need not consider projects that are in conformity with the comprehensive plan and that are: (1) to construct a street; or (2) estimated to cost less than $400,000.
§ Subd. 2. Design ownership. When a design is selected in a competition it becomes the property of the state.
§ Subd. 3. Premiums; costs. The board may award premiums in a competition and may pay the costs and fees required to conduct it.
§ Subd. 4. Competition waiver. (a) Notwithstanding subdivision 1, paragraph (a), the board, without a competition, may approve plans for a project estimated to cost less than $1,000,000. (b) The plans still must have been considered by the advisory committee established under section 15B.11 . (c) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), the advisory committee need not consider projects that are in conformity with the comprehensive plan and that are: (1) to construct a street; or (2) estimated to cost less than $400,000.
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