HF 1969

as introduced - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 03/17/2015 11:40am

A bill for an act
relating to the Metropolitan Council; requiring legislative approval of housing
incentives and allocations by the Metropolitan Council; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2014, sections 473.145; 473.254, subdivisions 2, 3a.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 473.145, is amended to read:

473.145 DEVELOPMENT GUIDE.

The Metropolitan Council shall prepare and adopt, after appropriate study and
such public hearings as may be necessary, a comprehensive development guide for the
metropolitan area. It shall consist of a compilation of policy statements, goals, standards,
programs, and maps prescribing guides for the orderly and economical development,
public and private, of the metropolitan area. The comprehensive development guide shall
recognize and encompass physical, social, or economic needs of the metropolitan area and
those future developments which will have an impact on the entire area including but not
limited to such matters as land use, parks and open space land needs, the necessity for
and location of airports, highways, transit facilities, public hospitals, libraries, schools,
and other public buildings. new text begin Notwithstanding any council action to adopt it, a plan or plan
element relating to housing does not take effect until a law is enacted approving the plan.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following
final enactment and applies to plans adopted before, on, or after that date. This section
applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and
Washington.
new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 473.254, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

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.

new text begin Beginning in 2016, the negotiated affordable and life-cycle housing goals for
each municipality must be submitted by January 15 each year to the chairs and ranking
minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over the Metropolitan
Council and housing policy and finance, and may be adopted by the council only after
a law is enacted approving them or the legislature has adjourned its regular session for
that calendar year without taking any action on the matter.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following
final enactment and applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey,
Scott, and Washington.
new text end

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 473.254, subdivision 3a, is amended to read:

Subd. 3a.

Affordable, life-cycle housing opportunities amount.

(a) Each
municipality's "affordable and life-cycle housing opportunities amount" for that year
must be determined annually by the council using the method in this subdivision. The
affordable and life-cycle housing opportunities amount must be determined for each
calendar year for all municipalities in the metropolitan area.

(b) The council must allocate to each municipality its portion of the $1,000,000 of
the revenue generated by the levy authorized in section 473.249 which is credited to the
local housing incentives account pursuant to subdivision 5, paragraph (b). The allocation
must be made by determining the amount levied for and payable in each municipality in
the previous calendar year pursuant to the council levy in section 473.249 divided by the
total amount levied for and payable in the metropolitan area in the previous calendar year
pursuant to such levy and multiplying that result by $1,000,000.

(c) The council must also determine the amount levied for and payable in each
municipality in the previous calendar year pursuant to the council levy in section 473.253,
subdivision 1.

(d) A municipality's affordable and life-cycle housing opportunities amount for the
calendar year is the sum of the amounts determined under paragraphs (b) and (c).

new text begin (e) The council must report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the
legislative committees with jurisdiction over the Metropolitan Council and housing policy
and finance by March 15 each year the council's estimated amount under paragraph (d). The
legislature may approve, modify, or reject the amounts the council will use in paragraph (f).
If no law is enacted to approve, modify, or reject the amounts during the regular legislative
session for that calendar year, the council may proceed with its proposed amounts.
new text end

deleted text begin (e) deleted text end new text begin (f) new text end By August 1 of each year, the council must notify each municipality of its
affordable and life-cycle housing opportunities amount for the following calendar year
determined by the method in this subdivision.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following
final enactment and applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey,
Scott, and Washington.
new text end