HF 1320

as introduced - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to Hennepin County; modifying regional park
district provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004,
sections 383B.68, subdivisions 2, 4; 383B.703;
383B.71; 383B.73, subdivision 1.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 383B.68,
subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Two residents appointed by county board.

Two
park district commissioners shall be appointed by the Board of
Commissioners of Hennepin County. An appointee must be a
resident of the deleted text begin Hennepin County Park Reserve deleted text end new text begin Three Rivers Park
new text end District in order to qualify and serve as a park district
commissioner. Each park district commissioner appointed
pursuant to this subdivision shall serve for a four-year term.
If a vacancy occurs among the commissioners appointed pursuant
to this subdivision, the Board of Commissioners of Hennepin
County shall appoint a successor.

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 383B.68,
subdivision 4, is amended to read:

Subd. 4.

Decennial redistricting.

After September 1,
1985, and after at least 30 days' notice and public hearing, the
Board of Park District Commissioners of the deleted text begin Hennepin County Park
Reserve deleted text end new text begin Three Rivers Park new text end District shall divide the territory of
Hennepin County outside the city of Minneapolis into five
districts, which constitute the deleted text begin Hennepin County Park Reserve
deleted text end new text begin Three Rivers Park new text end District. Each district shall be composed of
contiguous territory as regular and compact in form as
practicable and as nearly equal in population as possible,
provided that no district shall vary in population more than ten
percent from the average of all the districts, unless compliance
with this requirement requires division of a voting precinct.
After each federal census and by the date prescribed for
redistricting of election districts in section 204B.135,
subdivision 2, after at least 30 days' notice and public
hearing, the Board of Park District Commissioners of
the deleted text begin Hennepin County Park Reserve deleted text end new text begin Three Rivers Park new text end District
shall redistrict the territory of the deleted text begin Hennepin County Park
Reserve deleted text end new text begin Three Rivers Park new text end District into new commissioner
districts as necessary to comply with the provisions of this
subdivision. The districts established pursuant to this
subdivision shall remain effective until new districts are
established. Any person aggrieved by a districting plan
established pursuant to this subdivision may challenge the plan
in the same manner as a county commissioner districting plan may
be challenged pursuant to section 375.025. The district court
in reviewing any challenge to a districting plan under this
subdivision shall proceed in the manner prescribed by section
375.025. Each districting plan established pursuant to this
subdivision shall be filed in the office of the director of
finance of Hennepin County or any successor office and shall be
effective 31 days after its publication in a newspaper of
general circulation in the county.

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 383B.703, is
amended to read:

383B.703 DISTRICT RENAMING.

The deleted text begin Hennepin County Park Reserve deleted text end new text begin Three Rivers Park
new text end District, a local government unit organized and existing under
the provisions of sections 398.01 to 398.36, is renamed
the deleted text begin Suburban Hennepin Regional deleted text end new text begin Three Rivers new text end Park District. The
district so named is the legal successor in all respects of
the deleted text begin Hennepin County deleted text end new text begin Suburban Hennepin Regional new text end Park deleted text begin Reserve
deleted text end District as deleted text begin originally deleted text end new text begin previously new text end named and constituted. All
bonds, resolutions, contracts, and liabilities of the deleted text begin Hennepin
County deleted text end new text begin Suburban Hennepin Regional new text end Park deleted text begin Reserve deleted text end District are the
bonds, resolutions, contracts, and liabilities of the deleted text begin Suburban
Hennepin Regional deleted text end new text begin Three Rivers new text end Park District as so renamed and
reconstituted. The boundaries of the deleted text begin Suburban Hennepin Regional
deleted text end new text begin Three Rivers new text end Park District shall include all of Hennepin County
except the city of Minneapolis.

Sec. 4.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 383B.71, is
amended to read:

383B.71 TRAIL SYSTEM.

In addition to the authority granted by chapter 398, the
deleted text begin Hennepin County deleted text end new text begin Three Rivers new text end Park deleted text begin Reserve deleted text end District is authorized
to acquire, establish, operate and maintain trail systems.

Sec. 5.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 383B.73,
subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Levy.

To provide funds for the purposes
of the deleted text begin Hennepin County deleted text end new text begin Three Rivers new text end Park deleted text begin Reserve deleted text end District as set
forth in its annual budget, in lieu of the levies authorized by
any other special law for such purposes, the Board of Park
District Commissioners may levy taxes on all the taxable
property in the county and park district at a rate not exceeding
0.03224 percent of market value. Notwithstanding section
398.16, on or before October 1 of each year, after public
hearing, the Board of Park District Commissioners shall adopt a
budget for the ensuing year and shall determine the total amount
necessary to be raised from ad valorem tax levies to meet its
budget. The Board of Park District Commissioners shall submit
the budget to the county board. The county board may veto or
modify an item contained in the budget. If the county board
determines to veto or to modify an item in the budget, it must,
within 15 days after the budget was submitted by the district
board, state in writing the specific reasons for its objection
to the item vetoed or the reason for the modification. The Park
deleted text begin Reserve deleted text end District Board, after consideration of the county
board's objections and proposed modifications, may reapprove a
vetoed item or the original version of an item with respect to
which a modification has been proposed, by a two-thirds
majority. If the district board does not reapprove a vetoed
item, the item shall be deleted from the budget. If the
district board does not reapprove the original version of a
modified item, the item shall be included in the budget as
modified by the county board. After adoption of the final
budget and no later than October 1, the superintendent of the
park district shall certify to the office of the Hennepin County
director of tax and public records exercising the functions of
the county auditor the total amount to be raised from ad valorem
tax levies to meet its budget for the ensuing year. The
director of tax and public records shall add the amount of any
levy certified by the district to other tax levies on the
property of the county within the district for collection by the
director of tax and public records with other taxes. When
collected, the director shall make settlement of such taxes with
the district in the same manner as other taxes are distributed
to the other political subdivisions in Hennepin County.