Metropolitan Council program requirements modified, reporting requirements modified, Metropolitan Council and regional development commission review of city housing finance programs removed, and technical corrections made.

A bill for an act

relating to metropolitan government; modifying requirements for certain

Metropolitan Council programs; modifying certain reporting requirements to the

legislature; removing Metropolitan Council and regional development commission

review of certain city housing finance programs; making technical corrections;

amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 473.149, subdivision 1; 473.165;

473.173, subdivision 6; 473.245; 473.25; 473.251; 473.254, subdivisions 6, 8;

473.351, subdivision 3; 473.621, subdivision 6; 473.851; 473.859, subdivision 1;

473.864, subdivision 2; 473H.08, subdivision 3; Minnesota Statutes 2025

Supplement, section 462C.04, subdivision 2; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024,

sections 473.254, subdivisions 1, 2, 9; 473.859, subdivision 2a.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 462C.04, subdivision 2, is amended

to read:

Subd. 2.

Program review.

A public hearing shall be held on each program after one

publication of notice in a newspaper circulating generally in the city, at least ten days before

the hearing.
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On or before the day on which notice of the public hearing is published, the

city shall submit the program to the Metropolitan Council, if the city is located in the

metropolitan area as defined in section
473.121, subdivision 2
, or to the regional development

commission for the area in which the city is located, if any, for review and comment. The

appropriate reviewing agency shall comment on:
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(a) whether the program furthers local and regional housing policies and is consistent

with the Metropolitan Development Guide, if the city is located in the metropolitan area,

or adopted policies of the regional development commission; and

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(b) the compatibility of the program with the housing portion of the comprehensive plan

of the city, if any.

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Review of the program may be conducted either by the board of the reviewing agency

or by the staff of the agency. Any comment submitted by the reviewing agency to the city

must be presented to the body considering the proposed program at the public hearing held

on the program.

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A member or employee of the reviewing agency shall be permitted to present the

comments of the reviewing agency at the public hearing.
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After conducting the public hearing,

the program may be adopted with or without amendment
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, provided that any amendments

must not be inconsistent with the comments, if any, of the reviewing agency and must not

contain any material changes from the program submitted to the reviewing agency other

than changes in the financial aspects of any proposed issue of bonds or obligations
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. If
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an

amendment contains
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any material change other than a change in the financial aspects of a

proposed issue of bonds or obligations,
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or any change which is inconsistent with the

comments of the reviewing agency is adopted, the amended program shall be resubmitted

to the appropriate reviewing agency for review and comment, and
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a public hearing shall be

held on the amended program after one publication of notice in a newspaper circulating

generally in the city at least ten days before the hearing. The amended program shall be

considered after the public hearing in the same manner as consideration of the initial program.

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EFFECTIVE DATE.

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This section is effective the day following final enactment.

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Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 473.149, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Policy plan; general requirements.

The commissioner of the Pollution

Control Agency
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shall
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must
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revise the metropolitan
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long range
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long-range
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policy plan for

solid waste management
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adopted in 2011
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by December 31, 2016, and every
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sixth year
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six

years
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thereafter. The plan
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shall
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must
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be followed in the metropolitan area. The plan
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shall
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must
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address the state policies and purposes expressed in section
115A.02
. In revising the

plan the commissioner
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shall
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must
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follow the procedures in subdivision 3. The plan
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shall
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must
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include goals and policies for solid waste management, including recycling consistent

with section
115A.551
, and household hazardous waste management consistent with section

115A.96, subdivision 6
, in the metropolitan area.

The plan
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shall
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must
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include criteria and standards for solid waste facilities and solid

waste facility sites respecting the following matters: general location; capacity; operation;

processing techniques; environmental impact; effect on existing, planned, or proposed

collection services and waste facilities; and economic viability. The plan
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shall
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must
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, to the

extent practicable and consistent with the achievement of other public policies and purposes,

encourage ownership and operation of solid waste facilities by private industry. For solid

waste facilities owned or operated by public agencies or supported primarily by public funds

or obligations issued by a public agency, the plan
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shall
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must
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include additional criteria and

standards to protect comparable private and public facilities already existing in the area

from displacement unless the displacement is required in order to achieve the waste

management objectives identified in the plan. In revising the plan, the commissioner
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shall
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must
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consider the orderly and
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economic
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economical
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development, public and private, of

the metropolitan area; the preservation and best and most economical use of land and water

resources in the metropolitan area; the protection and enhancement of environmental quality;

the conservation and reuse of resources and energy; the preservation and promotion of

conditions conducive to efficient, competitive, and adaptable systems of waste management;

and the orderly resolution of questions concerning changes in systems of waste management.

Criteria and standards for solid waste facilities
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shall
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must
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be consistent with rules adopted

by the Pollution Control Agency pursuant to chapter 116 and
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shall
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must
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be at least as

stringent as the guidelines, regulations, and standards of the federal Environmental Protection

Agency.

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EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION.

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This section is effective the day following

final enactment and applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey,

Scott, and Washington.

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Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 473.165, is amended to read:

473.165 COUNCIL REVIEW; INDEPENDENT COMMISSION, BOARD,

AGENCY.

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Subdivision 1.

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Council review.

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(1)
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The Metropolitan Council
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shall
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must
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review all

long-term comprehensive plans of each independent commission, board, or agency prepared

for its operation and development within the metropolitan area but only if such plan is

determined by the council to have an areawide effect, a multicommunity effect, or to have

a substantial effect on metropolitan development. Each plan
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shall
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must
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be submitted to the

council before any action is taken to place the plan or any part thereof, into effect.

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Review process.

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No action shall be taken to place any plan or any part

thereof, into effect until 60 days have lapsed after the date of its submission to the council,

or until the council finds and notifies the submitting commission, board, or agency that the

plan is consistent with its comprehensive guide for the metropolitan area and the orderly

and
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economical
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development of the metropolitan area, whichever first occurs. If,

within 60 days after the date of submission, the council finds that a plan, or any part thereof,

is inconsistent with its comprehensive guide for the metropolitan area or detrimental to the

orderly and
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economic
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economical
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development of the metropolitan area, or any part thereof,

it may direct that the operation of the plan, or such part thereof, be indefinitely suspended;

provided that the council
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shall
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must
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not direct the suspension of any plan or part thereof of

any sanitary sewer district operating within the metropolitan area which pertains to the

location and construction of a regional sewer plant or plants or the expansion or improvement

of the present Minneapolis-St. Paul sanitary district treatment plant. An affected commission,

board, or agency may appeal the decision of the Metropolitan Council suspending a plan,

or part thereof, to the entire membership of the Metropolitan Council for public hearing. If

the Metropolitan Council and the affected commission, board, or agency are unable to agree

as to an adjustment of the plan, so that it may receive the council's approval, then a record

of the disagreeing positions of the Metropolitan Council and the affected commission, board,

or agency
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shall
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must
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be made and the Metropolitan Council
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shall
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must
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prepare a

recommendation in connection therewith for consideration and disposition by the next

regular session of the legislature.

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EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION.

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This section is effective the day following

final enactment and applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey,

Scott, and Washington.

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Sec. 4.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 473.173, subdivision 6, is amended to read:

Subd. 6.

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Biennial
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Decennial
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review
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; legislative report
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.

The council and the advisory

metropolitan land use committee shall review and assess the rules
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following their effective

date and at least every two years thereafter.
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by January 15 of each year ending in the numeral

"5."
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No major alteration or amendments to standards for determining metropolitan

significance shall be put into effect by the council until 90 days
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have elapsed following a

report to the legislature in which
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after
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the alteration or amendment was proposed and

recommended by the council in the form of a proposed rule published under section
14.14,

subdivision 1a
, or
14.22
.
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The report to the legislature must be made during the month of

January.
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EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION.

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This section is effective the day following

final enactment and applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey,

Scott, and Washington.

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Sec. 5.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 473.245, is amended to read:

473.245 REPORTS.

On or before January 15 of each year, the Metropolitan Council shall report to the

legislature. The report shall include:

(1) a statement of the Metropolitan Council's receipts and expenditures by category since

the preceding report;

(2) a detailed budget for the year in which the report is filed and the following year

including an outline of its program for such period;

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(3) an explanation of any policy plan and other comprehensive plan adopted in whole

or in part for the metropolitan area and the review comments of the affected metropolitan

agency;

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(4)
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(3)
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summaries of any studies and the recommendations resulting therefrom made by

the Metropolitan Council, and a listing of all applications for federal money made by

governmental units within the metropolitan area submitted to the Metropolitan Council;

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(5)
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(4)
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a
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listing
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summary
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of plans
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and plan amendments
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of local governmental units
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and
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, environmental reviews, and other permit and plan reviews conducted by the council,

in addition to
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proposed matters of metropolitan significance submitted to the Metropolitan

Council;

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(6)
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(5)
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a detailed report on the progress of any project undertaken by the council pursuant

to sections
473.194
to
473.201
; and

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(7)
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(6)
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recommendations of the Metropolitan Council for metropolitan area legislation,

including the organization and functions of the Metropolitan Council and the metropolitan

agencies.

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EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION.

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This section is effective the day following

final enactment and applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey,

Scott, and Washington.

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Sec. 6.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 473.25, is amended to read:

473.25 LIVABLE COMMUNITIES CRITERIA AND GUIDELINES.

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Subdivision 1.

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Funding criteria.

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(a)
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The council shall establish criteria for uses of the

fund provided in section
473.251
that are consistent with and promote the purposes of this

article and the policies of the Metropolitan Development Guide adopted by the council

including, but not limited to:

(1) helping to change long-term market incentives that adversely impact creation and

preservation of living-wage jobs in the fully developed area;

(2) creating incentives for developing communities to include a full range of housing

opportunities;

(3) creating incentives to preserve and rehabilitate affordable housing in the fully

developed area; and

(4) creating incentives for all communities to implement compact and efficient

development.

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Subd. 2.

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Guidelines.

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(b)
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The council shall establish guidelines for the livable community

demonstration account for projects that the council would consider funding with either

grants or loans. The guidelines must provide that the projects will:

(1) interrelate development or redevelopment and transit;

(2) interrelate affordable housing and employment growth areas;

(3) intensify land use that leads to more compact development or redevelopment;

(4) involve development or redevelopment that mixes incomes of residents in housing,

including introducing or reintroducing higher value housing in lower income areas to achieve

a mix of housing opportunities; or

(5) encourage public infrastructure investments which connect urban neighborhoods

and suburban communities, attract private sector redevelopment investment in commercial

and residential properties adjacent to the public improvement, and provide project area

residents with expanded opportunities for private sector employment.

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Subd. 3.

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Priority applications.

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(c)
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The council shall establish guidelines governing who

may apply for a grant or loan from the fund, providing priority for proposals using innovative

partnerships between government, private for-profit, and nonprofit sectors.

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Subd. 4.

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Annual plan.

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The council shall prepare an annual plan for distribution of

the fund based on the criteria for project and applicant selection.

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Subd. 5.

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Report to the legislature.

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By April 1 each year,
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the council shall prepare

and submit to the legislature, as provided in section
3.195
, an annual report on the

metropolitan livable communities fund. The report must include information on
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the

municipalities that have either elected to participate or elected to not participate under section

473.251, subdivision 3,
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the amount of money in the fund, the amount distributed, to whom

the funds were distributed and for what purposes, and an evaluation of the effectiveness of

the projects funded in meeting the policies and goals of the council. The report may make

recommendations to the legislature on changes to Laws 1995, chapter 255.

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EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION.

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This section is effective the day following

final enactment and applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey,

Scott, and Washington.

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Sec. 7.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 473.251, is amended to read:

473.251 METROPOLITAN LIVABLE COMMUNITIES FUND.

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Subdivision 1.

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Accounts.

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The metropolitan livable communities fund is created and

consists of the following accounts:

(1) the tax base revitalization account;

(2) the livable communities demonstration account;

(3) the local housing incentives account; and

(4) the inclusionary housing account.

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Subd. 2.

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Distribution of funds.

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The council must use the money from the accounts in

the metropolitan livable communities fund to make grants and loans to municipalities

participating in the metropolitan livable communities program under subdivision 3 or to

metropolitan area counties or development authorities for a project in a participating

municipality. For purposes of this section, "development authority" means a statutory or

home rule charter city, housing and redevelopment authority, economic development

authority, port authority, Tribal government, or Tribal development entity.

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Subd. 3.

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Program participation.

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(a) A municipality may elect to participate in the

metropolitan livable communities program. The election to participate is effective after the

council adopts the municipality's affordable and life-cycle housing goals under subdivision

4. The election to participate in the program is effective until revoked according to paragraph

(b). A municipality is subject to this section only in those calendar years for which its

election to participate in the program is effective. For purposes of this section, "municipality"

means a municipality electing to participate in the metropolitan livable communities program

for the calendar year in question, unless the context indicates otherwise.

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(b) A municipality may revoke its election to participate in the metropolitan livable

communities program. If the revocation occurs by December 31 of any year, the revocation

is effective commencing the next calendar year. After revoking its election to participate

in the program, a municipality may again elect to participate in the program according to

paragraph (a).

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(c) A municipality that elects to participate may receive grants or loans from any account

in the metropolitan livable communities fund under subdivision 1. A municipality that does

not participate is not eligible to receive a grant under sections 116J.551 to 116J.557. The

council, when making discretionary funding decisions, must consider a municipality's

participation in the metropolitan livable communities program.

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Subd. 4.

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Affordable and life-cycle goals.

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The council must negotiate with each

municipality to establish affordable and life-cycle housing goals for that municipality that

are consistent with and promote the policies of the Metropolitan Council as provided in the

adopted Metropolitan Development Guide. The governing body of the council must adopt

the negotiated affordable and life-cycle housing goals of each municipality by January 15

of each year for each municipality newly electing to participate in the program or for each

municipality with which new housing goals have been negotiated. By June 30 of each year

for each municipality newly electing to participate in the program or for each municipality

with which new housing goals have been negotiated, each municipality must identify to the

council the actions it plans to take to meet the established housing goals.

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EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION.

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This section is effective the day following

final enactment and applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey,

Scott, and Washington.

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Sec. 8.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 473.254, subdivision 6, is amended to read:

Subd. 6.

Distribution of funds.

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The
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funds
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money
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in the account must be distributed

annually by the council to municipalities that:

(1) have not met their affordable and life-cycle housing goals as determined by the

council; and

(2) are actively funding projects designed to help meet the goals.

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Funds
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(b) Money
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may also be distributed to a development authority for a project in an

eligible municipality.
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The funds distributed by the council must be matched on a

dollar-for-dollar basis by the municipality or development authority receiving the funds.
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When distributing
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funds in
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money from
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the account, the council must give priority to projects

that (1) are in municipalities that have contribution net tax capacities that exceed their

distribution net tax capacities by more than $200 per household,
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and
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(2) demonstrate the

proposed project will link employment opportunities with affordable and life-cycle housing
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,

and (3) provide matching funds from a source other than the required affordable and life-cycle

housing opportunities amount under subdivision 3 or 3a, as applicable
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purposes of

this subdivision, "municipality" means a statutory or home rule charter city or town in the

metropolitan area and "development authority" means a housing and redevelopment authority,

economic development authority,
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or
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port authority
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, Tribal government, or Tribal development

entity
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.

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EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION.

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This section is effective the day following

final enactment and applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey,

Scott, and Washington.

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Sec. 9.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 473.254, subdivision 8, is amended to read:

Subd. 8.

Later election to participate.

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(a)
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If a municipality did not participate
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in the

metropolitan livable communities program
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for one or more years and elects later to

participate, the municipality must, with respect to its affordable and life-cycle housing

opportunities amount for the calendar year preceding the participating calendar year:

(1) establish that it spent such amount on affordable and life-cycle housing during that

preceding calendar year; or

(2) agree to spend such amount from the preceding calendar year on affordable and

life-cycle housing in the participating calendar year, in addition to its affordable and life-cycle

housing opportunities amount for the participating calendar year; or

(3) distribute such amount to the local housing incentives account.

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The council will determine which investments count toward the required affordable

and life-cycle housing opportunities amount by comparing the municipality to participating

municipalities similar in terms of stage of development and demographics. If it determines

it to be in the best interests of the region, the council may waive a reasonable portion of the

amount.

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EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION.

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This section is effective the day following

final enactment and applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey,

Scott, and Washington.

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Sec. 10.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 473.351, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

Allocation formula.

By
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July 1
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May 15
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of every year each implementing agency

must submit to the Metropolitan Parks and Open Space Commission a statement of the next

annual anticipated operation and maintenance expenditures of the regional recreation open

space parks systems within their respective jurisdictions and the
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previous year's
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actual

expenditures
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from the most recent annual audited financial statement
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. After reviewing the

actual expenditures
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from the most recent annual audited financial statement
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submitted and

by July 15 of each year, the parks and open space commission shall forward to the

Metropolitan Council the funding requests from the implementing agencies based on the

actual expenditures
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made
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from the most recent annual audited financial statements
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. The

Metropolitan Council shall distribute the operation and maintenance money as follows:

(1) 40 percent based on the use that each implementing agency's regional recreation

open space system has in proportion to the total use of the metropolitan regional recreation

open space system;

(2) 40 percent based on the operation and maintenance expenditures made in the previous

year by each implementing agency in proportion to the total operation and maintenance

expenditures of all of the implementing agencies; and

(3) 20 percent based on the acreage that each implementing agency's regional recreation

open space system has in proportion to the total acreage of the metropolitan regional

recreation open space system. The 80 percent natural resource management land acreage

of the park reserves must be divided by four in calculating the distribution under this clause.

Each implementing agency must receive no less than 40 percent of its actual operation

and maintenance expenses to be incurred in the current calendar year budget as submitted

to the parks and open space commission. If the available operation and maintenance money

is less than the total amount determined by the formula including the preceding, the

implementing agencies will share the available money in proportion to the amounts they

would otherwise be entitled to under the formula.

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EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION.

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This section is effective the day following

final enactment and applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey,

Scott, and Washington.

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Sec. 11.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 473.621, subdivision 6, is amended to read:

Subd. 6.

Capital projects; review.

All Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport capital

projects of the commission requiring the expenditure of more than $5,000,000
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must
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be submitted to the Metropolitan Council for review. All other capital projects of the

commission requiring the expenditure of more than $2,000,000
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shall
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must
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be submitted to

the Metropolitan Council for review. No such project that has a significant effect on the

orderly and
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development of the metropolitan area may be commenced

without the approval of the Metropolitan Council. In addition to any other criteria applied

by the Metropolitan Council in reviewing a proposed project, the council
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must
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not

approve a proposed project unless the council finds that the commission has completed a

process intended to provide affected municipalities the opportunity for discussion and public

participation in the commission's decision-making process. An "affected municipality" is

any municipality that (1) is adjacent to a commission airport, (2) is within the noise zone

of a commission airport, as defined in the Metropolitan Development Guide, or (3) has

notified the commission's secretary that it considers itself an "affected municipality." The

council must at a minimum determine that the commission:

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(a)
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provided adequate and timely notice of the proposed project to each affected

municipality;

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(b)
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(ii)
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provided to each affected municipality a complete description of the proposed

project;

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(c)
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(iii)
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provided to each affected municipality notices, agendas, and meeting minutes

of all commission meetings, including advisory committee meetings, at which the proposed

project was to be discussed or voted on in order to provide the municipalities the opportunity

to solicit public comment and participate in the project development on an ongoing basis;

and

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(d)
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considered the comments of each affected municipality.

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EFFECTIVE DATE.

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This section is effective the day following final enactment.

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Sec. 12.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 473.851, is amended to read:

473.851 LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

The legislature finds and declares that the local governmental units within the

metropolitan area are interdependent, that the growth and patterns of urbanization within

the area create the need for additional state, metropolitan and local public services and

facilities and increase the danger of air and water pollution and water shortages, and that

developments in one local governmental unit may affect the provision of regional capital

improvements for sewers, transportation, airports, water supply, and regional recreation

open space. Since problems of urbanization and development transcend local governmental

boundaries, there is a need for the adoption of coordinated plans, programs and controls by

all local governmental units in order to protect the health, safety and welfare of the residents

of the metropolitan area and to ensure coordinated, orderly, and
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economical
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development. Therefore, it is the purpose of sections
462.355
,
473.175
, and
473.851
to

473.871
to (1) establish requirements and procedures to accomplish comprehensive local

planning with land use controls consistent with planned, orderly and staged development

and the metropolitan system plans, and (2) to provide assistance to local governmental units

within the metropolitan area for the preparation of plans and official controls appropriate

for their areas and consistent with metropolitan system plans.

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EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION.

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This section is effective the day following

final enactment and applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey,

Scott, and Washington.

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Sec. 13.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 473.859, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Contents.

The comprehensive plan
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shall
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must
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contain objectives, policies,

standards and programs to guide public and private land use, development, redevelopment

and preservation for all lands and waters within the jurisdiction of the local governmental

unit through
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1990
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the planning year identified in the metropolitan development guide in

effect
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and may extend through any year thereafter which is evenly divisible by five. Each

plan
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shall
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must
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specify expected industrial and commercial development, planned population

distribution, and local public facility capacities upon which the plan is based. Each plan
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shall
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contain a discussion of the use of the public facilities specified in the metropolitan

system statement and the effect of the plan on adjacent local governmental units and affected

school districts. Existing plans and official controls may be used in whole or in part following

modification, as necessary, to satisfy the requirements of sections
462.355
,
473.175
, and

473.851
to
473.871
. Each plan may contain an intergovernmental coordination element that

describes how its planned land uses and urban services affect other communities, adjacent

local government units, the region, and the state, and that includes guidelines for joint

planning and decision making with other communities, school districts, and other jurisdictions

for siting public schools, building public facilities, and sharing public services.

Each plan may contain an economic development element that identifies types of mixed

use development, expansion facilities for businesses, and methods for developing a balanced

and stable economic base.

The comprehensive plan may contain any additional matter which may be included in

a comprehensive plan of the local governmental unit pursuant to the applicable planning

statute.

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EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION.

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This section is effective the day following

final enactment and applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey,

Scott, and Washington.

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Sec. 14.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 473.864, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Decennial review.

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By December 31, 1998, and at least once every ten years

thereafter, each local governmental unit
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must
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review and, if necessary, amend its entire

comprehensive plan and its fiscal devices and official controls. Such review and, if necessary,

amendment
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shall
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must
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ensure that, as provided in section
473.865
, the fiscal devices and

official controls of each local government unit are not in conflict with its comprehensive

plan.

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(b)
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Upon completion of review and, if necessary, amendment of its comprehensive plan,

fiscal devices, and official controls as required by this section, each local government unit
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shall
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must
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either:

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(a)
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(1)
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submit to the Metropolitan Council the entire current comprehensive plan together

with written certification by the governing body of the local government unit that it has

complied with this section and that no amendments to its plan or fiscal devices or official

controls are necessary; or

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(b)(1)
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submit the entire updated comprehensive plan and amendment or amendments

to its comprehensive plan necessitated by its review to the Metropolitan Council for review;

and

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(2)
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(ii)
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submit the amendment or amendments to its fiscal devices or official controls

necessitated by its review to the Metropolitan Council for information purposes as provided

by section
473.865
.

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(c)
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Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, local governments
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shall
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must
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consider,

in preparing their updated comprehensive plans, amendments to metropolitan system plans

in effect
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on December 31, 1996
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at the time of consideration
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.
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For metropolitan system plans,

or amendments thereto, adopted after December 31, 1996,
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Local governments
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shall
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must
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review their comprehensive plans to determine if an amendment is necessary to conform

to the metropolitan system plans. If an amendment is necessary, the local government
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shall
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must
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prepare the amendment and submit it to the council
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for review by September 30, 1999,

or nine months after the council transmits the metropolitan system plan amendment to the

local government, whichever is later
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pursuant to the time frames established under section

473.856
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.

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(d)
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The periodic review required in this subdivision
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shall be
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is
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in addition to the review

required by section
473.856
.

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(e)
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The Metropolitan Council may grant extensions to local government units in order

to allow local government units to complete the review and, if necessary, amendment

required by this subdivision. Such extensions, if granted by the Metropolitan Council, must

include a timetable and plan for completion of the review and amendment.

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(f)
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Amendments to comprehensive plans of local governmental units
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shall
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must
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be

prepared, submitted, and adopted in conformance with guidelines adopted by the Metropolitan

Council pursuant to section
473.854
.

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EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION.

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This section is effective the day following

final enactment and applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey,

Scott, and Washington.

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Sec. 15.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 473H.08, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

Expiration by authority.

The authority may initiate expiration by notifying

the landowner by registered letter on a form provided by the commissioner of agriculture,

provided that before notification
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(i) the comprehensive plan and the zoning for the land

have been officially amended so that the land is no longer planned for long-term agriculture

and is no longer zoned for long-term agriculture, evidenced by a maximum residential

density permitting more than one unit per quarter/quarter, and (ii) the authority has certified

such changes pursuant to section
473H.04, subdivision 2
. The notice shall describe the

property for which expiration is desired and shall state the date of expiration which shall

be at least eight years from the date of notice.
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the authority adopts a resolution describing

the property for which expiration is desired and states the date of expiration, which must

be at least eight years from the date of notice. At least two weeks before the authority adopts

the resolution, the authority must publish a notice of its intended action in a newspaper

having a general circulation within the area of jurisdiction of the authority. Within six

months of the authority issuing notice, the authority must amend the comprehensive plan

and the zoning for the land, pursuant to sections 473.854 and 473.865, so that the land is

no longer planned for long-term agriculture and is no longer zoned for long-term agriculture,

evidenced by a maximum residential density permitting more than one unit per

quarter/quarter.
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EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION.

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This section is effective the day following

final enactment and applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey,

Scott, and Washington.

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Sec. 16.
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REPEALER.
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Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 473.254, subdivisions 1, 2, and 9; and 473.859,

subdivision 2a,

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are repealed.

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EFFECTIVE DATE.

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This section is effective the day following final enactment.

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APPENDIX

Repealed Minnesota Statutes: 26-06158

473.254 LOCAL HOUSING INCENTIVES ACCOUNT.

Subdivision 1.

Participation.

(a) A municipality may elect to participate in the local housing incentive account program. If the election to participate occurs by November 15 of any year, it is effective commencing the next calendar year; otherwise it is effective commencing the next succeeding calendar year. An election to participate in the program is effective until revoked according to paragraph (b). A municipality is subject to this section only in those calendar years for which its election to participate in the program is effective. For purposes of this section, municipality means a municipality electing to participate in the local housing incentive account program for the calendar year in question, unless the context indicates otherwise.

(b) A municipality may revoke its election to participate in the local housing incentive account program. If the revocation occurs by November 15 of any year, it is effective commencing the next calendar year; otherwise it is effective commencing the next succeeding calendar year. After revoking its election to participate in the program, a municipality may again elect to participate in the program according to paragraph (a).

(c) A municipality that elects to participate may receive grants or loans from the tax base revitalization account, livable communities demonstration account, or the local housing incentive account. A municipality that does not participate is not eligible to receive a grant under sections
116J.551
to
116J.557
. The council, when making discretionary funding decisions, shall give consideration to a municipality's participation in the local housing incentives program.

Subd. 2.

Affordable, life-cycle goals.

The council shall negotiate with each municipality to establish affordable and life-cycle housing goals for that municipality that are consistent with and promote the policies of the Metropolitan Council as provided in the adopted Metropolitan Development Guide. The council shall adopt, by resolution after a public hearing, the negotiated affordable and life-cycle housing goals for each municipality by January 15, 1996, and by January 15 in each succeeding year for each municipality newly electing to participate in the program or for each municipality with which new housing goals have been negotiated. By June 30, 1996, and by June 30 in each succeeding year for each municipality newly electing to participate in the program or for each municipality with which new housing goals have been negotiated, each municipality shall identify to the council the actions it plans to take to meet the established housing goals.

Subd. 9.

Report to legislature.

By February 1 of each year, the council must report to the legislature the municipalities that have elected to participate and not to participate under subdivision 1. This report must be filed as provided in section
3.195
.

473.859 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CONTENT.

Subd. 2a.

Application of subdivision 2, paragraph (d).

Subdivision 2, paragraph (d), applies only to land use plans adopted or amended by the governing body in relation to aggregate or when the governing body is presented with a written application for adoption or amendment of a land use plan relating to aggregate, from a landowner after August 1, 2001, in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington.