1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to local government; adding certain water and sewer districts to the
1.3 definition of municipality; setting a maximum tort liability for certain water and
1.4 sewer districts; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 466.01, subdivision
1.5 1.
1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 466.01, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.8 Subdivision 1.Municipality.For the purposes of sections 466.01 to 466.15,
1.9"municipality" means any city, whether organized under home rule charter or otherwise,
1.10any county, town, public authority, public corporation, nonprofit firefighting corporation
1.11that has associated with it a relief association as defined in section 424A.001, subdivision
1.124, special district, school district, however organized, water or sewer system formed under
1.13chapter 116A, county agricultural society organized pursuant to chapter 38, joint powers
1.14board or organization created under section 471.59 or other statute, public library, regional
1.15public library system, multicounty multitype library system, the following local collaboratives
1.16whose plans have been approved by the Children's Cabinet: family services collaboratives
1.17established under section 142D.15, children's mental health collaboratives established under
1.18sections 245.491 to 245.495, or a collaborative established by the merger of a children's
1.19mental health collaborative and a family services collaborative, other political subdivision,
1.20community action agency, or a limited partnership in which a community action agency is
1.21the sole general partner.
1.22 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to causes
1.23of action accruing on or after that date.
1Section 1.
25-02430 as introduced01/22/25 REVISOR MS/ES
SENATE
STATE OF MINNESOTA
S.F. No. 1398NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
(SENATE AUTHORS: WEBER and Dahms)
OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
Introduction and first reading02/13/2025
Referred to State and Local Government