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HF4669 • 2026

Local government noncompliance with unfunded mandates allowed.

Local government noncompliance with unfunded mandates allowed.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Roach
Last action
2026-03-25
Official status
Introduction and first reading, referred to Elections Finance and Government Operations
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Local government noncompliance with unfunded mandates allowed.

Local government noncompliance with unfunded mandates allowed.

What This Bill Does

  • Local government noncompliance with unfunded mandates allowed.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-25 House

    Introduction and first reading, referred to Elections Finance and Government Operations

Official Summary Text

Local government noncompliance with unfunded mandates allowed.

Current Bill Text

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A bill for an act

relating to local government; allowing local government noncompliance with

unfunded mandates; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters

373; 471.

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

Section 1.

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[373.52] NO MANDATES WITHOUT FUNDING.

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(a) A county is not required to comply with a state mandate in paragraph (b) until a state

law provides a county with the amount of revenue needed to pay for the mandate.

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(b) A state mandate that a county is not required to comply with under paragraph (a) is

a mandate that:

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(1) affects the daily operation of a county government;

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(2) changes the allocation of a county's resources; or

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(3) changes a county's spending priorities.

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EFFECTIVE DATE.

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This section applies to state mandates that are in effect after June

30, 2026.

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Sec. 2.

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[471.343] NO MANDATES WITHOUT FUNDING.

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(a) A municipality is not required to comply with a state mandate in paragraph (b) until

a state law provides a municipality with the amount of revenue needed to pay for the mandate.

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(b) A state mandate that a municipality is not required to comply with under paragraph

(a) is a mandate that:

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(1) affects the daily operation of municipal government;

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(2) changes the allocation of municipal resources; or

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(3) changes a municipality's spending priorities.

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EFFECTIVE DATE.

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This section applies to state mandates that are in effect after June

30, 2026.

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