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1	1		1.1 A bill for an act
2		-	1.2 relating to local government; modifying classification of certain public data;
3		-	1.3 modifying authorized amounts for certain reimbursements; modifying threshold
4		-	1.4 amount for certain audits; modifying requirements for publishing notice in a
5		-	1.5 qualified newspaper; modifying organization provisions for certain special districts
6		-	1.6 and commissions; modifying certain rental licensing provisions; amending
7		-	1.7 Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 13.43, subdivision 2; 117.036, subdivision 2;
8		-	1.8 222.37, subdivision 1; 331A.10, subdivision 2; 367.36, subdivision 1; 383C.035;
9		-	1.9 412.02, subdivision 3; 412.341, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 412.591,
10		-	1.10 subdivision 3; 477A.017, subdivision 3; Laws 1992, chapter 534, sections 7,
11		-	1.11 subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 8, subdivision 2; 10, subdivision 4; 16; proposing coding for
12		-	1.12 new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 471; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024,
13		-	1.13 sections 383C.07; 383C.74, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4.
14		-	1.14BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
15		-	1.15 ARTICLE 1
16		-	1.16 LOCAL GOVERNMENT POLICY
17		-	1.17 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 13.43, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
18		-	1.18 Subd. 2.Public data.(a) Except for employees described in subdivision 5 and subject
19		-	1.19to the limitations described in subdivision 5a, the following personnel data on current and
20		-	1.20former employees, volunteers, and independent contractors of a government entity is public:
21		-	1.21 (1) name; employee identification number, which must not be the employee's Social
22		-	1.22Security number; actual gross salary; salary range; terms and conditions of employment
23		-	1.23relationship; contract fees; actual gross pension; the value and nature of employer paid
24		-	1.24fringe benefits; and the basis for and the amount of any added remuneration, including
25		-	1.25expense reimbursement, in addition to salary;
26		-	1Article 1 Section 1.
27		-	REVISOR MS H2098-1HF2098 FIRST ENGROSSMENT
28		-	148
29		-	Printed
30		-	Page No.State of Minnesota
	2	+	1.2 relating to Metropolitan Council; modifying procedures and review period for
	3	+	1.3 certain metropolitan programs; modifying certain reporting requirements for
	4	+	1.4 expenditures; eliminating a report; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections
	5	+	1.5 473.173, subdivision 6; 473.254, subdivisions 2, 6; 473.351, subdivision 3;
	6	+	1.6 473H.08, subdivision 3.
	7	+	1.7BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
	8	+	1.8 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 473.173, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
	9	+	1.9 Subd. 6.Biennial Decennial review; legislative report.The council and the advisory
	10	+	1.10metropolitan land use committee shall review and assess the rules following their effective
	11	+	1.11date and at least every two years thereafter. by January 15 of each year ending in the numeral
	12	+	1.12"5." No major alteration or amendments to standards for determining metropolitan
	13	+	1.13significance shall be put into effect by the council until 90 days have elapsed following a
	14	+	1.14report to the legislature in which after the alteration or amendment was proposed and
	15	+	1.15recommended by the council in the form of a proposed rule published under section 14.14,
	16	+	1.16subdivision 1a, or 14.22. The report to the legislature must be made during the month of
	17	+	1.17January.
	18	+	1.18 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 473.254, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
	19	+	1.19 Subd. 2.Affordable, life-cycle goals.The council shall negotiate with each municipality
	20	+	1.20to establish affordable and life-cycle housing goals for that municipality that are consistent
	21	+	1.21with and promote the policies of the Metropolitan Council as provided in the adopted
	22	+	1.22Metropolitan Development Guide. The council shall adopt, by resolution after a public
	23	+	1.23hearing action of its governing body, the negotiated affordable and life-cycle housing goals
	24	+	1Sec. 2.
	25	+	REVISOR EB/BM 25-0027202/13/25
	26	+	State of Minnesota
31	27		This Document can be made available
32	28		in alternative formats upon request
33	29		HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
34	30		H. F. No. 2098
35	31		NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
36	32		Authored by Freiberg03/10/2025
37		-	The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Elections Finance and Government Operations
38		-	Adoption of Report: Placed on the General Register as Amended04/07/2025
39		-	Read for the Second Time 2.1 (2) job title and bargaining unit; job description; education and training background;
40		-	2.2and previous work experience;
41		-	2.3 (3) date of first and last employment;
42		-	2.4 (4) the existence and status of any complaints or charges against the employee, regardless
43		-	2.5of whether the complaint or charge resulted in a disciplinary action;
44		-	2.6 (5) the final disposition of any disciplinary action together with the specific reasons for
45		-	2.7the action and data documenting the basis of the action, excluding data that would identify
46		-	2.8confidential sources who are employees of the public body;
47		-	2.9 (6) the complete terms of any agreement settling any dispute arising out of an employment
48		-	2.10relationship, including a buyout agreement as defined in section 123B.143, subdivision 2,
49		-	2.11paragraph (a); except that the agreement must include specific reasons for the agreement if
50		-	2.12it involves the payment of more than $10,000 of public money;
51		-	2.13 (7) work location; a work telephone number; badge number; work-related continuing
52		-	2.14education; and honors and awards received; and
53		-	2.15 (8) payroll time sheets or other comparable data that are only used to account for
54		-	2.16employee's work time for payroll purposes, except to the extent that release of time sheet
55		-	2.17data would reveal the employee's reasons for the use of sick or other medical leave or other
56		-	2.18not public data.
57		-	2.19 (b) For purposes of this subdivision, a final disposition occurs when the government
58		-	2.20entity makes its final decision about the disciplinary action, regardless of the possibility of
59		-	2.21any later proceedings or court proceedings. Final disposition includes a resignation by an
60		-	2.22individual when the resignation occurs after the final decision of the government entity, or
61		-	2.23arbitrator. In the case of arbitration proceedings arising under collective bargaining
62		-	2.24agreements, a final disposition occurs at the conclusion of the arbitration proceedings, or
63		-	2.25upon the failure of the employee to elect arbitration within the time provided by the collective
64		-	2.26bargaining agreement. A disciplinary action does not become public data if an arbitrator
65		-	2.27sustains a grievance and reverses all aspects of any disciplinary action.
66		-	2.28 (c) The government entity may display a photograph of a current or former employee
67		-	2.29to a prospective witness as part of the government entity's investigation of any complaint
68		-	2.30or charge against the employee.
69		-	2.31 (d) A complainant has access to a statement provided by the complainant to a government
70		-	2.32entity in connection with a complaint or charge against an employee.
71		-	2Article 1 Section 1.
72		-	REVISOR MS H2098-1HF2098 FIRST ENGROSSMENT 3.1 (e) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), clause (5), and subject to paragraph (f), upon
73		-	3.2completion of an investigation of a complaint or charge against a public official, or if a
74		-	3.3public official resigns or is terminated from employment while the complaint or charge is
75		-	3.4pending, all data relating to the complaint or charge are public, unless access to the data
76		-	3.5would jeopardize an active investigation or reveal confidential sources. For purposes of this
77		-	3.6paragraph, "public official" means:
78		-	3.7 (1) the head of a state agency and deputy and assistant state agency heads;
79		-	3.8 (2) members of boards or commissions required by law to be appointed by the governor
80		-	3.9or other elective officers;
81		-	3.10 (3) members of the Metropolitan Council appointed by the governor under section
82		-	3.11473.123, subdivision 3;
83		-	3.12 (3) (4) executive or administrative heads of departments, bureaus, divisions, or institutions
84		-	3.13within state government; and
85		-	3.14 (4) (5) the following employees:
86		-	3.15 (i) the chief administrative officer, or the individual acting in an equivalent position, in
87		-	3.16all political subdivisions;
88		-	3.17 (ii) individuals required to be identified by a political subdivision pursuant to section
89		-	3.18471.701;
90		-	3.19 (iii) in a city with a population of more than 7,500 or a county with a population of more
91		-	3.20than 5,000: managers; chiefs; heads or directors of departments, divisions, bureaus, or
92		-	3.21boards; and any equivalent position; and
93		-	3.22 (iv) in a school district: business managers; human resource directors; athletic directors
94		-	3.23whose duties include at least 50 percent of their time spent in administration, personnel,
95		-	3.24supervision, and evaluation; chief financial officers; directors; individuals defined as
96		-	3.25superintendents and principals under Minnesota Rules, part 3512.0100; and in a charter
97		-	3.26school, individuals employed in comparable positions.; and
98		-	3.27 (v) in the Metropolitan Council, a public corporation and political subdivision of the
99		-	3.28state established under chapter 473: the chair of the Metropolitan Council appointed by the
100		-	3.29governor; the regional administrator appointed as the principal administrative officer by the
101		-	3.30Metropolitan Council under section 473.125; the deputy regional administrator; the general
102		-	3.31counsel appointed by the Metropolitan Council under section 473.123, subdivision 8; the
103		-	3.32executive heads of divisions, including the general managers and executive directors; the
104		-	3.33executive head responsible for compliance with Equal Employment Opportunity provisions
105		-	3Article 1 Section 1.
106		-	REVISOR MS H2098-1HF2098 FIRST ENGROSSMENT 4.1of federal law; and the chief law enforcement officer of the Metropolitan Transit Police
107		-	4.2appointed by the regional administrator under section 473.407, subdivision 4.
108		-	4.3 (f) Data relating to a complaint or charge against an employee identified under paragraph
109		-	4.4(e), clause (4) (5), are is public only if:
110		-	4.5 (1) the complaint or charge results in disciplinary action or the employee resigns or is
111		-	4.6terminated from employment while the complaint or charge is pending; or
112		-	4.7 (2) potential legal claims arising out of the conduct that is the subject of the complaint
113		-	4.8or charge are released as part of a settlement agreement.
114		-	4.9 This paragraph and paragraph (e) do not authorize the release of data that are made not
115		-	4.10public under other law.
116		-	4.11 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 117.036, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
117		-	4.12 Subd. 2.Appraisal.(a) Before commencing an eminent domain proceeding under this
118		-	4.13chapter for an acquisition greater than $25,000, the acquiring authority must obtain at least
119		-	4.14one appraisal for the property proposed to be acquired. In making the appraisal, the appraiser
120		-	4.15must confer with one or more of the owners of the property, if reasonably possible. For
121		-	4.16acquisitions less than $25,000, the acquiring authority may obtain a minimum damage
122		-	4.17acquisition report in lieu of an appraisal. In making the minimum damage acquisition report,
123		-	4.18the qualified person with appraisal knowledge must confer with one or more of the owners
124		-	4.19of the property, if reasonably possible. Notwithstanding section 13.44, the acquiring authority
125		-	4.20must provide the owner with a copy of (1) each appraisal for property acquisitions over
126		-	4.21$25,000, or (2) the minimum damage acquisition report for properties under $25,000, the
127		-	4.22acquiring authority has obtained for the property at the time an offer is made, but no later
128		-	4.23than 60 days before presenting a petition under section 117.055. The acquiring authority
129		-	4.24must also inform the owner of the right to obtain an appraisal under this section. Upon
130		-	4.25request, the acquiring authority must make available to the owner all appraisals for properties
131		-	4.26over $25,000, or the minimum damage acquisition report for properties under $25,000. If
132		-	4.27the acquiring authority is considering both a full and partial taking of the property, the
133		-	4.28acquiring authority shall obtain and provide the owner with appraisals for properties over
134		-	4.29$25,000 for both types of takings, or minimum damage acquisition reports for properties
135		-	4.30under $25,000.
136		-	4.31 (b) The owner may obtain an appraisal by a qualified appraiser of the property proposed
137		-	4.32to be acquired. The owner is entitled to reimbursement for the reasonable costs of the
138		-	4.33appraisal from the acquiring authority up to a maximum of $1,500 $3,000 for single family
139		-	4Article 1 Sec. 2.
140		-	REVISOR MS H2098-1HF2098 FIRST ENGROSSMENT 5.1and two-family residential property and minimum damage acquisitions and $5,000 $10,000
141		-	5.2for other types of property, provided that the owner submits to the acquiring authority the
142		-	5.3information necessary for reimbursement, including a copy of the owner's appraisal, at least
143		-	5.4five days before a condemnation commissioners' hearing. For purposes of this subdivision,
144		-	5.5a "minimum damage acquisition" means an interest in property that a qualified person having
145		-	5.6an understanding of the local real estate market indicates can be acquired for $25,000 or
146		-	5.7less.
147		-	5.8 (c) The acquiring authority must pay the reimbursement to the owner within 30 days
148		-	5.9after receiving a copy of the appraisal and the reimbursement information. Upon agreement
149		-	5.10between the acquiring authority and the owner, the acquiring authority may pay the
150		-	5.11reimbursement directly to the appraiser.
151		-	5.12 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 222.37, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
152		-	5.13 Subdivision 1.Use requirements.(a) Any water power, telegraph, telephone, pneumatic
153		-	5.14tube, pipeline, community antenna television, cable communications or electric light, heat,
154		-	5.15power company, entity that receives a route permit under chapter 216E for a high-voltage
155		-	5.16transmission line necessary to interconnect an electric power generating facility with
156		-	5.17transmission lines or associated facilities of an entity that directly, or through its members
157		-	5.18or agents, provides retail electric service in the state, or fire department may use public
158		-	5.19roads for the purpose of constructing, using, operating, and maintaining lines, subways,
159		-	5.20canals, conduits, transmission lines, hydrants, or dry hydrants, for their business, but such
160		-	5.21lines shall be so located as in no way to interfere with the safety and convenience of ordinary
161		-	5.22travel along or over the same; and, in the construction and maintenance of such line, subway,
162		-	5.23canal, conduit, transmission lines, hydrants, or dry hydrants, the entity shall be subject to
163		-	5.24all reasonable regulations imposed by the governing body of any county, town or city in
164		-	5.25which such public road may be. If the governing body does not require the entity to obtain
165		-	5.26a permit, an entity shall notify the governing body of any county, town, or city having
166		-	5.27jurisdiction over a public road prior to the construction or major repair, involving extensive
167		-	5.28excavation on the road right-of-way, of the entity's equipment along, over, or under the
168		-	5.29public road, unless the governing body waives the notice requirement. A waiver of the
169		-	5.30notice requirement must be renewed on an annual basis. For emergency repair an entity
170		-	5.31shall notify the governing body as soon as practical after the repair is made. Nothing herein
171		-	5.32shall be construed to grant to any person any rights for the maintenance of a telegraph,
172		-	5.33telephone, pneumatic tube, community antenna television system, cable communications
173		-	5.34system, or light, heat, power system, electric power generating system, high-voltage
174		-	5.35transmission line, or hydrant system within the corporate limits of any city until such person
175		-	5Article 1 Sec. 3.
176		-	REVISOR MS H2098-1HF2098 FIRST ENGROSSMENT 6.1shall have obtained the right to maintain such system within such city or for a period beyond
177		-	6.2that for which the right to operate such system is granted by such city.
178		-	6.3 (b) Any public water district, sewer district, or combination water and sewer district
179		-	6.4established under chapter 116A may install water and sewer lines and all other ancillary
180		-	6.5infrastructure within a public road right-of-way in accordance with paragraph (a).
181		-	6.6 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 331A.10, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
182		-	6.7 Subd. 2.Discontinuance.(a) When a newspaper ceases to be published before the
183		-	6.8publication of a public notice is commenced, or when commenced ceases before the
184		-	6.9publication is completed, the following procedures apply: (1) when the publication is required
185		-	6.10by court order, the order for publication, when one is required in the first instance, may be
186		-	6.11amended by order of the court or judge, to designate another newspaper, as may be necessary.
187		-	6.12If no order is required in the first instance,; or (2) when the publication is required by law,
188		-	6.13rule, or ordinance, the publication may be made or completed in any other qualified
189		-	6.14newspaper.
190		-	6.15 (b) If no qualified newspaper is available for publication of a public notice after the
191		-	6.16discontinuance of a newspaper, the political subdivision must post the information required
192		-	6.17to be published on the political subdivision's website until another qualified newspaper is
193		-	6.18identified, which shall then be designated. During the time when no qualified newspaper is
194		-	6.19available, the political subdivision must also post the public notice on the Minnesota
195		-	6.20Newspaper Association's statewide public notice website, at no additional cost to the political
196		-	6.21subdivision.
197		-	6.22 (c) Any time during which the notice is published in the first a newspaper prior to the
198		-	6.23newspaper's discontinuance shall be calculated as a part of the time required for the
199		-	6.24publication, proof of which may be made by affidavit of any person acquainted with the
200		-	6.25facts.
201		-	6.26 Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 367.36, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
202		-	6.27 Subdivision 1.Transition; audit.(a) In a town in which option D is adopted, the
203		-	6.28incumbent treasurer shall continue in office until the expiration of the term. Thereafter, or
204		-	6.29at any time a vacancy other than a temporary vacancy under section 367.03 occurs in the
205		-	6.30position, the duties of the treasurer prescribed by law shall be performed by the clerk who
206		-	6.31shall be referred to as the clerk-treasurer. If option D is adopted at an election in which the
207		-	6.32treasurer is also elected, the election of the treasurer's position is void.
208		-	6Article 1 Sec. 5.
209		-	REVISOR MS H2098-1HF2098 FIRST ENGROSSMENT 7.1 (b) If the offices of clerk and treasurer are combined and the town's annual revenue is
210		-	7.2more than the amount in paragraph (c), the town board shall provide for an annual audit of
211		-	7.3the town's financial affairs by the state auditor or a public accountant in accordance with
212		-	7.4minimum audit procedures prescribed by the state auditor. If the offices of clerk and treasurer
213		-	7.5are combined and the town's annual revenue is the amount in paragraph (c) or less, the town
214		-	7.6board shall provide for an audit of the town's financial affairs by the state auditor or a public
215		-	7.7accountant in accordance with minimum audit procedures prescribed by the state auditor
216		-	7.8at least once every five years, which audit shall be for a one-year period to be determined
217		-	7.9at random by the person conducting the audit. Upon completion of an audit by a public
218		-	7.10accountant, the public accountant shall forward a copy of the audit to the state auditor. For
219		-	7.11purposes of this subdivision, "public accountant" means a certified public accountant or a
220		-	7.12certified public accounting firm licensed in accordance with chapter 326A.
221		-	7.13 (c) For the purposes of paragraph (b), the amount in 2004 2025 is $150,000 $1,000,000,
222		-	7.14and in 2005 and after, $150,000 is adjusted annually thereafter for inflation using the annual
223		-	7.15implicit price deflator for state and local expenditures as published by the United States
224		-	7.16Department of Commerce.
225		-	7.17 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to audits
226		-	7.18performed for 2026 and thereafter.
227		-	7.19 Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 383C.035, is amended to read:
228		-	7.20 383C.035 UNCLASSIFIED CIVIL SERVICE.
229		-	7.21 (a) The officers and employees of the county and of any agency, board, or commission,
230		-	7.22supported in whole or in part by taxation upon the taxable property of the county or appointed
231		-	7.23by the judges of the district court for the county, are divided into the unclassified and
232		-	7.24classified service.
233		-	7.25 (b) The unclassified service comprises:
234		-	7.26 (1) all officers elected by popular vote or persons appointed to fill vacancies in such
235		-	7.27offices;
236		-	7.28 (2) superintendent or principal administrative officer or comptroller of any separate
237		-	7.29department of county government which is now or hereafter created pursuant to law, who
238		-	7.30is directly responsible to the board of county commissioners or any other board or
239		-	7.31commission, as well as the county agricultural agents reporting to the county extension
240		-	7.32committee;
241		-	7Article 1 Sec. 6.
242		-	REVISOR MS H2098-1HF2098 FIRST ENGROSSMENT 8.1 (3) members of nonpaid board, or commissioners appointed by the board of county
243		-	8.2commissioners or acting in an advisory capacity;
244		-	8.3 (4) assistant county attorneys or special investigators in the employ of the county attorney.
245		-	8.4For purposes of this section, special investigators are defined as all nonclerical positions in
246		-	8.5the employ of the county attorney;
247		-	8.6 (5) all common labor temporarily employed on an hourly basis;
248		-	8.7 (6) not more than a total of nine full-time equivalent clerical employees serving the
249		-	8.8county board and administrator;
250		-	8.9 (7) a legislative lobbyist/grant coordinator appointed by the county board to act as
251		-	8.10legislative liaison with the St. Louis County legislative delegation and pursue legislative
252		-	8.11concerns and grant opportunities for the county, and the clerk for that position;
253		-	8.12 (8) any department head and deputy director designated by the county board;
254		-	8.13 (9) three administrative assistants in the county administrator's office;
255		-	8.14 (10) the county administrator and two deputy administrators; and
256		-	8.15 (11) all court bailiffs.
257		-	8.16 (c) The classified service includes all other positions now existing and hereinafter created
258		-	8.17in the service of the county or any board or commission, agency, or offices of the county.
259		-	8.18 Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 412.02, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
260		-	8.19 Subd. 3.Clerk, treasurer combined; audit standards.(a) In cities operating under
261		-	8.20the standard plan of government the council may by ordinance adopted at least 60 days
262		-	8.21before the next regular city election combine the offices of clerk and treasurer in the office
263		-	8.22of clerk-treasurer, but such an ordinance shall not be effective until the expiration of the
264		-	8.23term of the incumbent treasurer or when an earlier vacancy occurs. After the effective date
265		-	8.24of the ordinance, the duties of the treasurer and deputy treasurer as prescribed by this chapter
266		-	8.25shall be performed by the clerk-treasurer or a duly appointed deputy. The offices of clerk
267		-	8.26and treasurer may be reestablished by ordinance.
268		-	8.27 (b) If the offices of clerk and treasurer are combined as provided by this section and the
269		-	8.28city's annual revenue for all governmental and enterprise funds combined is more than the
270		-	8.29amount in paragraph (c), the council shall provide for an annual audit of the city's financial
271		-	8.30affairs by the state auditor or a public accountant in accordance with minimum auditing
272		-	8.31procedures prescribed by the state auditor. If the offices of clerk and treasurer are combined
273		-	8.32and the city's annual revenue for all governmental and enterprise funds combined is the
274		-	8Article 1 Sec. 7.
275		-	REVISOR MS H2098-1HF2098 FIRST ENGROSSMENT 9.1amount in paragraph (c), or less, the council shall provide for an audit of the city's financial
276		-	9.2affairs by the state auditor or a public accountant in accordance with minimum audit
277		-	9.3procedures prescribed by the state auditor at least once every five years, which audit shall
278		-	9.4be for a one-year period to be determined at random by the person conducting the audit.
279		-	9.5 (c) For the purposes of paragraph (b), the amount in 2004 2025 is $150,000 $1,000,000,
280		-	9.6and in 2005 and after, $150,000 is adjusted annually thereafter for inflation using the annual
281		-	9.7implicit price deflator for state and local expenditures as published by the United States
282		-	9.8Department of Commerce.
283		-	9.9 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to audits
284		-	9.10performed for 2026 and thereafter.
285		-	9.11 Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 412.341, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
286		-	9.12 Subdivision 1.Membership.(a) The commission shall consist of three, five, or seven
287		-	9.13members appointed by the council. No more than one member may be chosen from the
288		-	9.14council membership for a commission with three members, and no more than two members
289		-	9.15may be chosen from the council membership for a commission with five or seven members.
290		-	9.16Except for the terms of members appointed to the initial commission as provided in paragraph
291		-	9.17(b), each member shall serve for a term of three years and until a successor is appointed
292		-	9.18and qualified except that of the members initially appointed in any city, one shall serve for
293		-	9.19a term of one year, one for a term of two years, and one for a term of three years. Residence
294		-	9.20shall not be a qualification for membership on the commission unless the council so provides.
295		-	9.21A vacancy shall be filled by the council for the unexpired term.
296		-	9.22 (b) The members appointed to the initial commission after its establishment under section
297		-	9.23412.331 shall serve the following terms:
298		-	9.24 (1) if the initial commission consists of three members, one member shall serve for a
299		-	9.25term of one year, one member for a term of two years, and one member for a term of three
300		-	9.26years;
301		-	9.27 (2) if the initial commission consists of five members, one member shall serve for a term
302		-	9.28of one year, two members for a term of two years, and two members for a term of three
303		-	9.29years; or
304		-	9.30 (3) if the initial commission consists of seven members, two members shall serve for a
305		-	9.31term of one year, two members for a term of two years, and three members for a term of
306		-	9.32three years.
307		-	9Article 1 Sec. 8.
308		-	REVISOR MS H2098-1HF2098 FIRST ENGROSSMENT 10.1 Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 412.341, is amended by adding a subdivision to
309		-	10.2read:
310		-	10.3 Subd. 3.Change in membership; procedures.(a) The number of commission members
311		-	10.4may be increased or decreased by ordinance within the permitted number of commissioner
312		-	10.5members as provided in subdivision 1, paragraph (a). The ordinance changing the number
313		-	10.6of commission members must include a provision for maintaining staggered terms for
314		-	10.7commission members, provided that if the number of members is reduced, the reduction
315		-	10.8must be effected in such a manner that all incumbent members are permitted to serve their
316		-	10.9full terms. An ordinance adopted under this subdivision must not be effective until at least
317		-	10.1045 days after its adoption.
318		-	10.11 (b) An ordinance reducing the size of the commission shall not take effect and the
319		-	10.12question of whether to reduce the size of the commission must be placed on the ballot at
320		-	10.13the next general or special election if: (1) within 45 days of the ordinance's adoption by the
321		-	10.14city council, a petition is filed with the city clerk requesting that a referendum be held on
322		-	10.15reducing the size of the commission; and (2) the petition is signed by a number of eligible
323		-	10.16voters equal to at least 15 percent of the number of electors voting at the most recent general
324		-	10.17election. The ballot question shall be substantially stated as follows:
325		-	10.18 "Shall the size of the public utilities commission be reduced from ....... members to
326		-	10.19.......members?"
327		-	10.20The question shall be followed by the words "Yes" and "No" with an appropriate oval or
328		-	10.21similar target shape before each in which a voter may record a choice. If a majority of the
329		-	10.22votes cast on the question are in favor of reducing the size of the commission, the ordinance
330		-	10.23shall be considered approved and shall be effective immediately. If the majority of votes
331		-	10.24cast on the question are against reducing the size of the commission, the ordinance shall
332		-	10.25not take effect.
333		-	10.26Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 412.591, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
334		-	10.27 Subd. 3.Audit standards if combined.(a) If the offices of clerk and treasurer are
335		-	10.28combined as provided by this section, and the city's annual revenue for all governmental
336		-	10.29and enterprise funds combined is more than the amount in paragraph (b), the council shall
337		-	10.30provide for an annual audit of the city's financial affairs by the state auditor or a certified
338		-	10.31public accountant in accordance with minimum procedures prescribed by the state auditor.
339		-	10.32If the offices of clerk and treasurer are combined and the city's annual revenue for all
340		-	10.33governmental and enterprise funds combined is the amount in paragraph (b), or less, the
341		-	10.34council shall provide for an audit of the city's financial affairs by the state auditor or a
342		-	10Article 1 Sec. 10.
343		-	REVISOR MS H2098-1HF2098 FIRST ENGROSSMENT 11.1certified public accountant in accordance with minimum audit procedures prescribed by the
344		-	11.2state auditor at least once every five years, which audit shall be for a one-year period to be
345		-	11.3determined at random by the person conducting the audit.
346		-	11.4 (b) For the purposes of paragraph (a), the amount in 2004 2025 is $150,000 $1,000,000,
347		-	11.5and in 2005 and after, $150,000 is adjusted annually thereafter for inflation using the annual
348		-	11.6implicit price deflator for state and local expenditures as published by the United States
349		-	11.7Department of Commerce.
350		-	11.8 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to audits
351		-	11.9performed for 2026 and thereafter.
352		-	11.10Sec. 11. [471.9994] LANDLORD-TENANT GUIDE.
353		-	11.11 If a home rule charter city, statutory city, or town issues or renews a rental license, a
354		-	11.12registration or certificate of occupancy, or a similar document for purposes of allowing a
355		-	11.13dwelling unit to be occupied by a residential tenant, as defined in section 504B.001,
356		-	11.14subdivision 12, the city or town must provide the landlord, as defined in section 504B.001,
357		-	11.15subdivision 7, with a physical copy of the attorney general's landlord-tenant guide, as defined
358		-	11.16in section 504B.275, or, if the document is renewed or issued electronically, a link to the
359		-	11.17guide on the attorney general's website.
360		-	11.18Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 477A.017, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
361		-	11.19 Subd. 3.Conformity.(a) Other law to the contrary notwithstanding, in order to receive
362		-	11.20distributions under sections 477A.011 to 477A.03, or a special district aid program, counties
363		-	11.21and, cities, towns, and special districts, must conform to the standards set in subdivision 2
364		-	11.22in making all financial reports required to be made to the state auditor.
365		-	11.23 (b) For the purpose of this subdivision, "special district" has the meaning under section
366		-	11.246.465, subdivision 3.
367		-	11.25 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to aid
368		-	11.26distributions on or after that date.
369		-	11.27Sec. 13. REPEALER.
370		-	11.28 Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 383C.07; and 383C.74, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, and 4,
371		-	11.29are repealed.
372		-	11Article 1 Sec. 13.
373		-	REVISOR MS H2098-1HF2098 FIRST ENGROSSMENT 12.1 Sec. 14. EFFECTIVE DATE.
374		-	12.2 Except as otherwise specified, this article is effective the day following final enactment.
375		-	12.3 ARTICLE 2
376		-	12.4SWIFT COUNTY: ORGANIZATION OF JOINT POWERS HOSPITAL DISTRICT
377		-	12.5 Section 1. Laws 1992, chapter 534, section 7, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
378		-	12.6 Subdivision 1.Governing board.The hospital district shall be governed by a board of
379		-	12.7directors of at least nine and not more than 12 six voting members, elected as provided in
380		-	12.8subdivision 2. All members of the hospital board at the time the hospital district is organized
381		-	12.9shall continue in office until the members of the first board of the hospital district are elected
382		-	12.10and qualify. The hospital district may change the number of board members through the
383		-	12.11adoption and amendment of bylaws under section 10, subdivision 5.
384		-	12.12Sec. 2. Laws 1992, chapter 534, section 7, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
385		-	12.13 Subd. 2.Election.Three Two directors shall be elected by the city council and six four
386		-	12.14directors shall be elected by the county board, unless otherwise provided in the bylaws
387		-	12.15under section 10, subdivision 5. Up to three Additional voting members and additional
388		-	12.16nonvoting members may be provided for in bylaws adopted pursuant to section 5 10,
389		-	12.17subdivision 5. As nearly as possible, one-third of the members of the first board of directors
390		-	12.18shall be elected for a term to expire one year from the next December 31 following that
391		-	12.19election, one-third for a term to expire two years from that date, and one-third for a term to
392		-	12.20expire three years from that date. Each of the political subdivisions electing directors shall
393		-	12.21assign terms of office to each director according to these staggered terms. Successors to the
394		-	12.22first board members shall each be elected for terms of three years, and all members shall
395		-	12.23hold office until their successors are elected and qualify. Terms of office shall expire on
396		-	12.24December 31. In case of vacancy on the board of directors, whether due to death, removal
397		-	12.25from the district, inability to serve, resignation, removal by the entity that elected the director,
398		-	12.26or other cause, the majority of the governing body of the entity that elected the director
399		-	12.27whose position is vacant shall elect a director to fill such vacancy for the then unexpired
400		-	12.28term.
401		-	12.29Sec. 3. Laws 1992, chapter 534, section 7, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
402		-	12.30 Subd. 3.Compensation.The members of the board of directors may receive
403		-	12.31compensation for their services as such and may be reimbursed for reasonable expenses
404		-	12Article 2 Sec. 3.
405		-	REVISOR MS H2098-1HF2098 FIRST ENGROSSMENT 13.1necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties to the extent provided for in bylaws
406		-	13.2adopted pursuant to section 5 10, subdivision 5.
407		-	13.3 Sec. 4. Laws 1992, chapter 534, section 8, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
408		-	13.4 Subd. 2.Duties.The officers shall have the duties specified in this subdivision and
409		-	13.5additional duties as set forth in bylaws adopted in accordance with section 5 10, subdivision
410		-	13.65. The chair shall preside at all meetings of the board of directors and shall perform all
411		-	13.7duties usually incumbent upon such an officer. The vice-chair shall preside in the absence
412		-	13.8of the chair. The secretary shall record the minutes of all meetings of the board and be the
413		-	13.9custodian of all books and records of the district. The treasurer shall be the custodian of
414		-	13.10money received by the district and shall see that they are properly accounted for. The board
415		-	13.11may appoint deputies who shall perform any functions and duties of any officer, subject to
416		-	13.12the supervision and control of the officer.
417		-	13.13Sec. 5. Laws 1992, chapter 534, section 10, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
418		-	13.14 Subd. 4.Approval for sale or lease.Nothing contained in this section 5 shall be
419		-	13.15construed to authorize the district or its board of directors to at any time sell, lease, or
420		-	13.16otherwise transfer the management, control or operation of the hospital, including nursing
421		-	13.17home or other facilities, except upon approval by a majority vote of the county board and
422		-	13.18the city council.
423		-	13.19Sec. 6. Laws 1992, chapter 534, section 16, is amended to read:
424		-	13.20Sec. 16. LEASE OF FACILITIES TO NONPROFIT OR PUBLIC CORPORATION.
425		-	13.21 Subject to section 5 10, subdivision 4, the hospital district may lease hospital, nursing
426		-	13.22home, or other facilities to be run by a nonprofit or public corporation as community facilities.
427		-	13.23The facilities must be open to all residents of the community on equal terms. The district
428		-	13.24may lease related medical facilities to any person, firm, association, or corporation, at rent
429		-	13.25and on conditions agreed. The term of the lease must not exceed 30 years. The lessee may
430		-	13.26be granted an option to renew the lease for an additional term or to purchase the facilities.
431		-	13.27The terms of renewal or purchase must be provided for in the lease. The hospital district
432		-	13.28may by resolution of its governing body agree to pay to the lessee annually, and to include
433		-	13.29in each annual budget for hospital and nursing home purposes, a fixed compensation for
434		-	13.30services agreed to be performed by the lessee in running the hospital, nursing home, or other
435		-	13.31facilities as a community facility; for any investment by the lessee of its own funds or funds
436		-	13.32granted or contributed to it in the construction or equipment of the hospital, nursing home,
437		-	13Article 2 Sec. 6.
438		-	REVISOR MS H2098-1HF2098 FIRST ENGROSSMENT 14.1or other facilities; and for any auxiliary services to be provided or made available by the
439		-	14.2lessee through other facilities owned or operated by it. Services other than those provided
440		-	14.3for in the lease agreement may be compensated at rates agreed upon later. The lease
441		-	14.4agreement must, however, require the lessee to pay a net rental not less than the amount
442		-	14.5required to pay the principal and interest when due on all revenue bonds issued by the
443		-	14.6hospital district to acquire, improve, and refinance the leased facilities, and to maintain the
444		-	14.7agreed revenue bond reserve. The lease agreement must not grant the lessee an option to
445		-	14.8purchase the facilities at a price less than the amount of the bonds issued and interest accrued
446		-	14.9on them, except bonds and accrued interest paid from the net rentals before the option is
447		-	14.10exercised.
448		-	14.11 To the extent that the facilities are leased under this section for use by persons in private
449		-	14.12medical or dental or similar practice or other private business, a tax on that use must be
450		-	14.13imposed just as though the user were the owner of the space. It must be collected as provided
451		-	14.14in Minnesota Statutes, section 272.01, subdivision 2.
452		-	14.15Sec. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE.
453		-	14.16 This article is effective the day after the governing bodies of Swift County and the city
454		-	14.17of Benson comply with the requirements of Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021, subdivisions
455		-	14.182 and 3.
456		-	14Article 2 Sec. 7.
457		-	REVISOR MS H2098-1HF2098 FIRST ENGROSSMENT Page.Ln 1.15LOCAL GOVERNMENT POLICY......................................................ARTICLE 1
458		-	Page.Ln 12.3
459		-	SWIFT COUNTY: ORGANIZATION OF JOINT POWERS HOSPITAL
460		-	DISTRICT..............................................................................................ARTICLE 2
461		-	1
462		-	APPENDIX
463		-	Article locations for H2098-1 383C.07 MEMBERS OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS; TERMS OF OFFICE.
464		-	Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, in St. Louis County every lay member
465		-	hereafter appointed by the county board to any board or commission heretofore or hereafter created
466		-	by law, shall be appointed for a term of three years.
467		-	383C.74 HISTORICAL WORK.
468		-	Subdivision 1.Appropriation.The St. Louis County Board may appropriate from the treasury
469		-	of the county a sum not to exceed $2,500 each year for the promotion of historical work within its
470		-	borders.
471		-	Subd. 2.Minnesota State Historical Society.Said sum shall be so appropriated for the use of
472		-	a historical society organized in said county and devoted to the collection, preservation and
473		-	publication of historical material, the dissemination of historical information and in general carrying
474		-	on historical work, said society to be designated by the Minnesota State Historical Society.
475		-	Subd. 3.Purpose of appropriation.The work of said historical society shall be done in the
476		-	county making such appropriation and in reference to the history of said county and all facts relevant
477		-	thereto.
478		-	Subd. 4.Money to remain in county treasury.The money appropriated as aforesaid shall
479		-	remain in the treasury of the county and be paid out in payment of expense incurred by said county
480		-	historical society for the purposes above indicated on verified bills approved by said local society
481		-	according to its rules, in the same way that county bills are paid. Said appropriation shall be available
482		-	for expense occurring in any year although not paid until the succeeding year. Any unused portion
483		-	of any appropriation for any year shall revert to the funds of the county. Said appropriation shall
484		-	be effective only for the year in which it is made.
485		-	1R
486		-	APPENDIX
487		-	Repealed Minnesota Statutes: H2098-1
	33	+	The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Elections Finance and Government Operations 2.1for each municipality by January 15, 1996, and by January 15 in of each succeeding year
	34	+	2.2for each municipality newly electing to participate in the program or for each municipality
	35	+	2.3with which new housing goals have been negotiated. By June 30, 1996, and by June 30 in
	36	+	2.4of each succeeding year for each municipality newly electing to participate in the program
	37	+	2.5or for each municipality with which new housing goals have been negotiated, each
	38	+	2.6municipality shall identify to the council the actions it plans to take to meet the established
	39	+	2.7housing goals.
	40	+	2.8 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 473.254, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
	41	+	2.9 Subd. 6.Distribution of funds.The funds in the account must be distributed annually
	42	+	2.10by the council to municipalities that:
	43	+	2.11 (1) have not met their affordable and life-cycle housing goals as determined by the
	44	+	2.12council; and
	45	+	2.13 (2) are actively funding projects designed to help meet the goals.
	46	+	2.14 Funds may also be distributed to a development authority for a project in an eligible
	47	+	2.15municipality. The funds distributed by the council must be matched on a dollar-for-dollar
	48	+	2.16basis by the municipality or development authority receiving the funds. When distributing
	49	+	2.17funds in the account, the council must give priority to projects that (1) are in municipalities
	50	+	2.18that have contribution net tax capacities that exceed their distribution net tax capacities by
	51	+	2.19more than $200 per household, and (2) demonstrate the proposed project will link
	52	+	2.20employment opportunities with affordable and life-cycle housing, and (3) provide matching
	53	+	2.21funds from a source other than the required affordable and life-cycle housing opportunities
	54	+	2.22amount under subdivision 3 or 3a, as applicable. For the purposes of this subdivision,
	55	+	2.23"municipality" means a statutory or home rule charter city or town in the metropolitan area
	56	+	2.24and "development authority" means a housing and redevelopment authority, economic
	57	+	2.25development authority, or port authority.
	58	+	2.26 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 473.351, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
	59	+	2.27 Subd. 3.Allocation formula.By July 1 May 15 of every year each implementing agency
	60	+	2.28must submit to the Metropolitan Parks and Open Space Commission a statement of the next
	61	+	2.29annual anticipated operation and maintenance expenditures of the regional recreation open
	62	+	2.30space parks systems within their respective jurisdictions and the previous year's actual
	63	+	2.31expenditures from the most recent annual audited financial statement. After reviewing the
	64	+	2.32actual expenditures from the most recent annual audited financial statements submitted and
	65	+	2.33by July 15 of each year, the parks and open space commission shall forward to the
	66	+	2Sec. 4.
	67	+	REVISOR EB/BM 25-0027202/13/25 3.1Metropolitan Council the funding requests from the implementing agencies based on the
	68	+	3.2actual expenditures made from the most recent annual audited financial statements. The
	69	+	3.3Metropolitan Council shall distribute the operation and maintenance money as follows:
	70	+	3.4 (1) 40 percent based on the use that each implementing agency's regional recreation
	71	+	3.5open space system has in proportion to the total use of the metropolitan regional recreation
	72	+	3.6open space system;
	73	+	3.7 (2) 40 percent based on the operation and maintenance expenditures made in the previous
	74	+	3.8year by each implementing agency in proportion to the total operation and maintenance
	75	+	3.9expenditures of all of the implementing agencies; and
	76	+	3.10 (3) 20 percent based on the acreage that each implementing agency's regional recreation
	77	+	3.11open space system has in proportion to the total acreage of the metropolitan regional
	78	+	3.12recreation open space system. The 80 percent natural resource management land acreage
	79	+	3.13of the park reserves must be divided by four in calculating the distribution under this clause.
	80	+	3.14 Each implementing agency must receive no less than 40 percent of its actual operation
	81	+	3.15and maintenance expenses from the most recent annual audited financial statements to be
	82	+	3.16incurred in the current calendar year budget as submitted to the parks and open space
	83	+	3.17commission. If the available operation and maintenance money is less than the total amount
	84	+	3.18determined by the formula including the preceding, the implementing agencies will share
	85	+	3.19the available money in proportion to the amounts they would otherwise be entitled to under
	86	+	3.20the formula.
	87	+	3.21 Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 473H.08, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
	88	+	3.22 Subd. 3.Expiration by authority.The authority may initiate expiration by notifying
	89	+	3.23the landowner by registered letter on a form provided by the commissioner of agriculture,
	90	+	3.24provided that before notification (i) the comprehensive plan and the zoning for the land
	91	+	3.25have been officially amended so that the land is no longer planned for long-term agriculture
	92	+	3.26and is no longer zoned for long-term agriculture, evidenced by a maximum residential
	93	+	3.27density permitting more than one unit per quarter/quarter, and (ii) the authority has certified
	94	+	3.28such the changes pursuant to section 473H.04, subdivision 2. The notice shall describe the
	95	+	3.29property for which expiration is desired and shall state the date of expiration which shall
	96	+	3.30be at least eight years from the date of notice. Within six months of issuing notice, the
	97	+	3.31authority shall amend the comprehensive plan and the zoning for the land, pursuant to
	98	+	3.32sections 473.854 and 473.865, so that the land is no longer planned for long-term agriculture
	99	+	3.33and is no longer zoned for long-term agriculture, evidenced by a maximum residential
	100	+	3.34density permitting more than one unit per quarter/quarter.
	101	+	3Sec. 5.
	102	+	REVISOR EB/BM 25-0027202/13/25 4.1 Sec. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION.
	103	+	4.2 This act is effective the day following final enactment and applies in the counties of
	104	+	4.3Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington.
	105	+	4Sec. 6.
	106	+	REVISOR EB/BM 25-0027202/13/25