HF 4165

as introduced - 81st Legislature (1999 - 2000) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to local government; encouraging local 
  1.3             planning; requiring the office of strategic and 
  1.4             long-range planning to assist local governments in 
  1.5             planning; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 
  1.6             4A.08; 4A.09; 4A.10; 394.22, subdivision 9, and by 
  1.7             adding a subdivision; 394.232, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 
  1.8             4, 5, 6, and by adding subdivisions; 462.352, 
  1.9             subdivision 5; 462.3535, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 
  1.10            7, 8, and 9; Laws 1999, chapter 250, article 1, 
  1.11            sections 115 and 116; proposing coding for new law in 
  1.12            Minnesota Statutes, chapter 4A; repealing Minnesota 
  1.13            Statutes 1998, sections 394.232, subdivisions 7 and 8; 
  1.14            and 462.3535, subdivisions 5 and 10. 
  1.15  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.16     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 4A.08, is 
  1.17  amended to read: 
  1.18     4A.08 [COMMUNITY-BASED PLANNING STATE PLANNING GOALS.] 
  1.19     The goals of community-based state's goals in planning are: 
  1.20     (1) [CITIZEN PARTICIPATION.] To develop a community-based 
  1.21  planning process with broad citizen participation in order to 
  1.22  build local capacity to plan for sustainable development and to 
  1.23  benefit from the insights, knowledge, and support of local 
  1.24  residents.  The process must include at least one citizen from 
  1.25  each affected unit of local government; 
  1.26     (2) [COOPERATION.] To promote cooperation among communities 
  1.27  all levels of government in order to work towards the most 
  1.28  efficient, planned, and cost-effective delivery of government 
  1.29  services by, among other means, facilitating cooperative 
  1.30  agreements among adjacent communities and to coordinate planning 
  2.1   to ensure compatibility of one community's development with 
  2.2   development of neighboring communities actions across 
  2.3   Minnesota's governments and agencies; 
  2.4      (3) [ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.] To create sustainable economic 
  2.5   development strategies and provide that enhance economic 
  2.6   opportunities throughout the state that will achieve a balanced 
  2.7   distribution of growth statewide; 
  2.8      (4) [CONSERVATION.] To protect, preserve conserve, and 
  2.9   enhance the state's resources, including agricultural land, 
  2.10  forests, surface water and groundwater, recreation and open 
  2.11  space, scenic areas, and significant historic and archaeological 
  2.12  sites, farmland, and other lands that maintain ecosystem health 
  2.13  and support tourism and natural resource-based industries; 
  2.14     (5) [LIVABLE COMMUNITY DESIGN.] To strengthen communities 
  2.15  by following the principles of livable community design in 
  2.16  fostering development and redevelopment, including integration 
  2.17  of all income and age groups, mixed land uses and compact 
  2.18  development, affordable and life-cycle housing, green spaces, 
  2.19  access to public transit, bicycle and pedestrian ways, and 
  2.20  enhanced aesthetics and beauty in public spaces that enhance 
  2.21  communities' unique characteristics and the qualities that make 
  2.22  them desirable and safe places in which to live; 
  2.23     (6) [HOUSING.] To provide and preserve an adequate supply 
  2.24  of affordable and life-cycle housing throughout the state to 
  2.25  accommodate people at various stages of their lives; 
  2.26     (7) [TRANSPORTATION.] To focus on the movement of people 
  2.27  and goods, rather than on the movement of automobiles, in 
  2.28  transportation planning, and to maximize the efficient use of 
  2.29  the transportation infrastructure by increasing the availability 
  2.30  and use of appropriate public transit throughout the state 
  2.31  through land-use planning and design that makes public transit 
  2.32  economically viable and desirable provide and preserve an 
  2.33  enhanced mix of transportation options that efficiently move 
  2.34  people, goods, and information; 
  2.35     (8) [LAND-USE PLANNING.] To establish a community-based 
  2.36  framework as a basis for all decisions and actions related to 
  3.1   land use; 
  3.2      (9) [PUBLIC INVESTMENTS.] To account for the full 
  3.3   environmental, social, and economic costs of new development, 
  3.4   including infrastructure costs such as transportation, sewers 
  3.5   and wastewater treatment, water, schools, recreation, and open 
  3.6   space, and plan the funding mechanisms necessary to cover the 
  3.7   costs of the infrastructure public investments in order to make 
  3.8   efficient and effective use of existing infrastructure and 
  3.9   minimize future costs; 
  3.10     (10) [PUBLIC EDUCATION.] To support research and public 
  3.11  education on a community's and the state's finite capacity to 
  3.12  accommodate growth, and the need for planning and resource 
  3.13  management that will sustain growth; and 
  3.14     (11) (9) [SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT.] To provide a better 
  3.15  quality of life for all residents while maintaining nature's 
  3.16  ability to function over time by minimizing waste, preventing 
  3.17  pollution, promoting efficiency, and developing local resources 
  3.18  to revitalize the local economy. 
  3.19     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 4A.09, is amended 
  3.20  to read: 
  3.21     4A.09 [TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.] 
  3.22     The office shall provide local governments technical and 
  3.23  financial assistance in preparing their comprehensive plans to 
  3.24  meet the community-based planning goals in section 4A.08.  
  3.25     Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 4A.10, is amended 
  3.26  to read: 
  3.27     4A.10 [PLAN REVIEW AND COMMENT.] 
  3.28     The office shall review and comment on community-based 
  3.29  comprehensive plans prepared by counties, including the 
  3.30  community-based comprehensive plans of municipalities and towns 
  3.31  that are incorporated into a county's plan, as required in 
  3.32  section 394.232, subdivision 3. 
  3.33     Sec. 4.  [4A.11] [COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING ASSISTANCE.] 
  3.34     Subdivision 1.  [COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING 
  3.35  ASSISTANCE.] "Comprehensive planning assistance" means but is 
  3.36  not limited to:  guidance documents covering such topics as 
  4.1   orderly annexation agreements, model agreements, and model 
  4.2   ordinances; organizational structures for the planning process, 
  4.3   capital improvement planning, housing, economic development, 
  4.4   public participation, and urban growth area development; 
  4.5   coordination of state agency involvement in local comprehensive 
  4.6   planning; application of GIS and other technology; and 
  4.7   population projections, estimates, and other available data 
  4.8   including soils, geology, transportation facilities, natural 
  4.9   areas, and other physical data. 
  4.10     Subd. 2.  [MINNESOTA PLANNING TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE.] The 
  4.11  office of strategic and long-range planning must provide 
  4.12  comprehensive planning assistance to local units of government.  
  4.13  The office may provide technical assistance and review and 
  4.14  comment on comprehensive plans prepared by counties, 
  4.15  municipalities, and towns, but it may not require changes to a 
  4.16  plan or withhold assistance. 
  4.17     Sec. 5.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 394.22, 
  4.18  subdivision 9, is amended to read: 
  4.19     Subd. 9.  [COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.] "Comprehensive plan" means 
  4.20  the policies, statements, objectives, statement of goals, and 
  4.21  interrelated plans for private and public land and water use, 
  4.22  transportation, and community facilities maps for guiding the 
  4.23  physical, social and economic development, both private and 
  4.24  public, of the county and its environs and may include, but is 
  4.25  not limited to, the following:  a land use plan, including urban 
  4.26  growth areas and proposed densities for development; a county 
  4.27  facilities plan; a transportation plan; a parks and open space 
  4.28  plan; a sewer plan; an energy plan; a water resource plan; a 
  4.29  solid waste plan; a human services plan; an environmental 
  4.30  protection plan; a growth management plan; a capital improvement 
  4.31  program; an agricultural preservation plan; and a housing plan, 
  4.32  including recommendations for plan execution, documented in 
  4.33  texts, ordinances and maps which constitute the guide for the 
  4.34  future development of the county or any portion of the county.  
  4.35     Sec. 6.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 394.22, is 
  4.36  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  5.1      Subd. 13.  [URBAN GROWTH AREA.] "Urban growth area" means 
  5.2   the identified area around an urban area within which there is a 
  5.3   sufficient supply of developable land for at least a prospective 
  5.4   20-year period, based on demographic forecasts and the time 
  5.5   reasonably required to effectively provide municipal services to 
  5.6   the identified area. 
  5.7      Sec. 7.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 394.232, 
  5.8   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  5.9      Subdivision 1.  [GENERAL.] Each county is encouraged to 
  5.10  prepare and implement a community-based comprehensive plan.  A 
  5.11  community-based comprehensive plan is a comprehensive plan that 
  5.12  is consistent with the goals of community-based 
  5.13  planning consider the state's planning goals contained in 
  5.14  section 4A.08.  The board has the power and authority to prepare 
  5.15  and adopt by ordinance a comprehensive plan.  A comprehensive 
  5.16  plan, when adopted by ordinance, must be the basis for official 
  5.17  controls adopted under sections 394.21 to 394.37. 
  5.18     Sec. 8.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 394.232, is 
  5.19  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  5.20     Subd. 1a.  [CITIZEN PARTICIPATION.] Each county is 
  5.21  encouraged to develop a planning process with broad citizen 
  5.22  participation that is early and continuous in order to build 
  5.23  local capacity to plan for sustainable development and to 
  5.24  benefit from the insights, knowledge, and support of local 
  5.25  residents. 
  5.26     Sec. 9.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 394.232, 
  5.27  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  5.28     Subd. 2.  [NOTICE AND PARTICIPATION.] Notice must be given 
  5.29  at the beginning of the community-based comprehensive planning 
  5.30  process to the office of strategic and long-range planning, the 
  5.31  department of natural resources, the department of agriculture, 
  5.32  the department of trade and economic development, the board of 
  5.33  soil and water resources, the pollution control agency, the 
  5.34  department of transportation, local government units, and local 
  5.35  citizens to actively participate in the development of the 
  5.36  plan.  An agency that is invited to participate in the 
  6.1   development of a local plan but declines to do so and fails to 
  6.2   participate or to provide written comments during the plan 
  6.3   development process waives the right during the office's review 
  6.4   and comment period to submit comments, except for comments 
  6.5   concerning consistency of the plan with laws and rules 
  6.6   administered by the agency.  In determining the merit of the 
  6.7   agency comment, the office shall consider the involvement of the 
  6.8   agency in the development of the plan.  The office of strategic 
  6.9   and long-range planning will notify other state agencies about 
  6.10  the county's comprehensive planning process and coordinate their 
  6.11  participation. 
  6.12     Sec. 10.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 394.232, is 
  6.13  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  6.14     Subd. 2a.  [URBAN GROWTH AREAS.] Counties are encouraged to 
  6.15  identify urban growth areas within their comprehensive plan when 
  6.16  urban growth is expected beyond existing city boundaries during 
  6.17  the next 20 years.  Counties should invite the affected city and 
  6.18  town to participate with the county in the identification of 
  6.19  urban growth areas. 
  6.20     Sec. 11.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 394.232, 
  6.21  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
  6.22     Subd. 3.  [COORDINATION.] A county that prepares a 
  6.23  community-based comprehensive plan shall coordinate its plan 
  6.24  with the plans of its neighbors and its constituent 
  6.25  municipalities and towns in order both to prevent its plan from 
  6.26  having an adverse impact on other jurisdictions and to 
  6.27  complement plans of other jurisdictions.  The county's 
  6.28  community-based comprehensive plan must incorporate the 
  6.29  community-based comprehensive plan of any municipality or town 
  6.30  in the county prepared in accordance with section 462.3535.  A 
  6.31  county may incorporate a municipal or town community-based 
  6.32  comprehensive plan by reference.  
  6.33     Sec. 12.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 394.232, 
  6.34  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
  6.35     Subd. 4.  [JOINT PLANNING.] Under the joint exercise of 
  6.36  powers provisions in section 471.59, a county may establish a 
  7.1   joint planning district with other counties, municipalities, and 
  7.2   towns, that are geographically contiguous, to adopt a single 
  7.3   community-based comprehensive plan for the district.  The county 
  7.4   may delegate its authority to adopt official controls under this 
  7.5   chapter to the board of the joint planning district. 
  7.6      Sec. 13.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 394.232, 
  7.7   subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
  7.8      Subd. 5.  [REVIEW AND COMMENT.] (a) The county or joint 
  7.9   planning district shall submit its community-based comprehensive 
  7.10  plan to the office of strategic and long-range planning for 
  7.11  coordinated state agency review of the extent to which the plan 
  7.12  promotes local citizen participation, promotes cooperation among 
  7.13  adjacent communities, and demonstrates consideration of the 
  7.14  community-based planning goals in section 4A.08 consistency with 
  7.15  state laws and rules or impact on major state systems or plans.  
  7.16  The office has 60 days after submittal to comment on the plan. 
  7.17     (b) The office may not disapprove a community-based 
  7.18  comprehensive plan if the office determines that the plan 
  7.19  promotes local citizen participation, promotes cooperation among 
  7.20  adjacent communities, and demonstrates consideration of the 
  7.21  community-based planning goals in section 4A.08.  
  7.22     (c) If the office disagrees with a community-based 
  7.23  comprehensive plan or any elements of the plan, the office shall 
  7.24  notify the county or district in writing of how the plan 
  7.25  specifically fails to address the goals of community-based 
  7.26  planning.  Upon receipt of the office's written comments, the 
  7.27  county or district has 120 days to revise the community-based 
  7.28  comprehensive plan and resubmit it to the office for 
  7.29  reconsideration consider and respond to the office's written 
  7.30  comments. 
  7.31     (d) If the county or district refuses to revise the plan or 
  7.32  the office disagrees with the revised plan, the office shall 
  7.33  within 60 days notify the county or district that it wishes to 
  7.34  initiate the dispute resolution process in chapter 572A. 
  7.35     (e) Within 60 days of notice from the office, the county or 
  7.36  joint planning district shall notify the office of its intent to 
  8.1   enter the dispute resolution process.  If the county or district 
  8.2   refuses to enter the dispute resolution process, the county or 
  8.3   district is ineligible for any future grant disbursements 
  8.4   related to community-based planning activities through the 
  8.5   office. 
  8.6      (f) Priority for other state grants, loans, and other 
  8.7   discretionary spending must not be given to local units of 
  8.8   government based on their participation in community-based 
  8.9   planning. 
  8.10     Sec. 14.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 394.232, 
  8.11  subdivision 6, is amended to read: 
  8.12     Subd. 6.  [PLAN UPDATE.] The county board, or the board of 
  8.13  the joint planning district, shall is encouraged to review and 
  8.14  update the community-based comprehensive plan periodically, but 
  8.15  at least every ten years, and submit the updated plan to the 
  8.16  office of strategic and long-range planning for review and 
  8.17  comment.  
  8.18     Sec. 15.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 462.352, 
  8.19  subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
  8.20     Subd. 5.  [COMPREHENSIVE MUNICIPAL PLAN.] "Comprehensive 
  8.21  municipal plan" means a compilation of policy statements, goals, 
  8.22  standards, and maps for guiding the physical, social and 
  8.23  economic development, both private and public, of the 
  8.24  municipality and its environs, including air space and 
  8.25  subsurface areas necessary for mined underground space 
  8.26  development pursuant to sections 469.135 to 469.141, and may 
  8.27  include, but is not limited to, the following:  statements of 
  8.28  policies, goals, standards, a land use plan, including proposed 
  8.29  densities for development, a community facilities plan, a 
  8.30  transportation plan, an urban growth area plan, a parks and open 
  8.31  space plan, a sewer plan, an energy plan, a water resource plan, 
  8.32  a solid waste plan, a human services plan, an environmental 
  8.33  protection plan, a growth management plan, a capital improvement 
  8.34  program, an agricultural preservation plan, a housing plan, and 
  8.35  recommendations for plan execution.  A comprehensive plan 
  8.36  represents the planning agency's recommendations for the future 
  9.1   development of the community.  
  9.2      Sec. 16.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 462.3535, 
  9.3   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  9.4      Subdivision 1.  [GENERAL.] Each municipality is encouraged 
  9.5   to prepare and implement a community-based comprehensive 
  9.6   municipal plan.  A community-based comprehensive municipal plan 
  9.7   is a comprehensive plan that is consistent with the goals of 
  9.8   community-based planning consider the state's goals contained in 
  9.9   section 4A.08.  Each municipality is encouraged to develop a 
  9.10  planning process with broad citizen participation that is early 
  9.11  and continuous in order to build local capacity to plan for 
  9.12  sustainable development and to benefit from the insights, 
  9.13  knowledge, and support of local residents. 
  9.14     Sec. 17.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 462.3535, 
  9.15  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  9.16     Subd. 2.  [COORDINATION.] A municipality that prepares 
  9.17  a community-based comprehensive municipal plan shall coordinate 
  9.18  its plan with the plans, if any, of the county and the 
  9.19  municipality's neighbors both in order to prevent the plan from 
  9.20  having an adverse impact on other jurisdictions and to 
  9.21  complement the plans of other jurisdictions.  The municipality 
  9.22  shall prepare its plan to be incorporated into the county's 
  9.23  community-based comprehensive plan, if the county is preparing 
  9.24  or has prepared one, and shall otherwise assist and cooperate 
  9.25  with the county in its community-based comprehensive planning. 
  9.26     Sec. 18.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 462.3535, 
  9.27  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
  9.28     Subd. 3.  [JOINT PLANNING.] Under the joint exercise of 
  9.29  powers provisions in section 471.59, a municipality may 
  9.30  establish a joint planning district with other municipalities or 
  9.31  counties that are geographically contiguous, to adopt a single 
  9.32  community-based comprehensive plan for the district.  A 
  9.33  municipality may delegate its authority to adopt official 
  9.34  controls under sections 462.351 to 462.364, to the board of the 
  9.35  joint planning district. 
  9.36     Sec. 19.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 462.3535, 
 10.1   subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 10.2      Subd. 4.  [CITIES; URBAN GROWTH AREAS.] (a) The 
 10.3   community-based comprehensive municipal plan for a statutory or 
 10.4   home rule charter city, and official controls to implement the 
 10.5   plan, must should at a minimum, address any urban growth area 
 10.6   identified in a county plan and may establish an urban growth 
 10.7   area for the urbanized and urbanizing area.  The city plan must 
 10.8   should establish a staged process for boundary adjustment to 
 10.9   include the urbanized or urbanizing area within corporate limits 
 10.10  as the urban growth area is developed and provided municipal 
 10.11  services. 
 10.12     (b) Within the urban growth area, the plan must should 
 10.13  provide for the staged provision of urban services, including, 
 10.14  but not limited to, water, wastewater collection and treatment, 
 10.15  and transportation.  
 10.16     Sec. 20.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 462.3535, 
 10.17  subdivision 6, is amended to read: 
 10.18     Subd. 6.  [REVIEW BY ADJACENT MUNICIPALITIES; CONFLICT 
 10.19  RESOLUTION.] Before a community-based comprehensive municipal 
 10.20  plan is incorporated into the county's plan under section 
 10.21  394.232, subdivision 3, a municipality's community-based 
 10.22  comprehensive municipal plan must be coordinated with adjacent 
 10.23  municipalities within the county municipalities are encouraged 
 10.24  to coordinate with neighboring local governments.  As soon as 
 10.25  practical after the development of a community-based 
 10.26  comprehensive municipal plan, the municipality shall should 
 10.27  provide a copy of the draft plan to adjacent municipalities 
 10.28  within the county neighboring local governments for review and 
 10.29  comment.  An adjacent municipality has 30 days after receipt to 
 10.30  review the plan and submit written comments. 
 10.31     Sec. 21.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 462.3535, 
 10.32  subdivision 7, is amended to read: 
 10.33     Subd. 7.  [COUNTY REVIEW.] (a) If a city does not plan for 
 10.34  growth beyond its current boundaries, the city shall submit 
 10.35  its community-based comprehensive municipal plan to the county 
 10.36  for review and comment.  A county has 60 days after receipt to 
 11.1   review the plan and submit written comments to the city.  The 
 11.2   city may amend its plan based upon the county's comments.  
 11.3      (b) If a town prepares a community-based comprehensive 
 11.4   plan, it shall submit the plan to the county for review and 
 11.5   comment.  As provided in section 394.33, the town plan may not 
 11.6   be inconsistent with or less restrictive than the county plan.  
 11.7   A county has 60 days after receipt to review the plan and submit 
 11.8   written comments to the town.  The town may amend its plan based 
 11.9   on the county's comment. 
 11.10     Sec. 22.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 462.3535, 
 11.11  subdivision 8, is amended to read: 
 11.12     Subd. 8.  [COUNTY APPROVAL.] (a) If a city plans for growth 
 11.13  beyond its current boundaries, the city's proposed 
 11.14  community-based comprehensive municipal plan and proposed urban 
 11.15  growth area must be reviewed and approved by the county before 
 11.16  the plan is incorporated into the county's plan.  The county may 
 11.17  review and provide comments on any orderly annexation agreement 
 11.18  during the same period of review of a comprehensive plan. 
 11.19     (b) Upon receipt by the county of a community-based 
 11.20  comprehensive plan submitted by a city for review and approval 
 11.21  under this subdivision, the county shall, within 60 days of 
 11.22  receipt of a city plan, review and approve the plan in 
 11.23  accordance with this subdivision.  The county shall review and 
 11.24  approve the city plan if it is consistent with the goals stated 
 11.25  in section 4A.08 county plan. 
 11.26     (c) In the event the county does not approve the plan, the 
 11.27  county shall submit its comments to the city within 60 days.  
 11.28  The city may, thereafter, amend the plan and resubmit the plan 
 11.29  to the county.  The county shall have an additional 60 days to 
 11.30  review and approve a resubmitted plan.  In the event the county 
 11.31  and city are unable to come to agreement, either party may 
 11.32  initiate the dispute resolution process contained in chapter 
 11.33  572A.  Within 30 days of receiving notice that the other party 
 11.34  has initiated dispute resolution, the city or county shall send 
 11.35  notice of its intent to enter dispute resolution.  If the city 
 11.36  refuses to enter the dispute resolution process, it must refund 
 12.1   any grant received from the county for community-based planning 
 12.2   activities.  
 12.3      Sec. 23.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 462.3535, 
 12.4   subdivision 9, is amended to read: 
 12.5      Subd. 9.  [PLAN ADOPTION.] The municipality shall not adopt 
 12.6   and implement the community-based comprehensive municipal plan 
 12.7   containing urban growth areas that are outside the existing 
 12.8   corporate limits until after the office of strategic and 
 12.9   long-range planning has reviewed and commented on the county's 
 12.10  plan that incorporates the municipality's plan.  The 
 12.11  municipality shall thereafter, where it deems appropriate, 
 12.12  incorporate any comments made by the office into its plan and 
 12.13  adopt the plan county has reviewed and approved the municipal 
 12.14  plan. 
 12.15     Sec. 24.  Laws 1999, chapter 250, article 1, section 115, 
 12.16  is amended to read: 
 12.17     Sec. 115.  [REPEALER.] 
 12.18     (a) Minnesota Rules, part 8275.0045, subpart 2, is repealed.
 12.19     (b) Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 15.90; 15.91; 15.92; 
 12.20  16A.103, subdivision 3; 16E.11; 16E.12; and 16E.13, are repealed.
 12.21     (c) Laws 1991, chapter 235, article 5, section 3, as 
 12.22  amended by Laws 1995, chapter 254, article 1, section 91, is 
 12.23  repealed. 
 12.24     (d) Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 16A.1285, subdivisions 
 12.25  4 and 5, are repealed. 
 12.26     (e) Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 207A.01; 207A.02; 
 12.27  207A.03; 207A.04; 207A.06; 207A.07; 207A.08; 207A.09; and 
 12.28  207A.10, are repealed. 
 12.29     (f) S.F. No. 2223 of the 1999 regular session, if enacted, 
 12.30  is repealed. 
 12.31     (g) Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 4A.08; 4A.09; and 
 12.32  4A.10, are repealed. 
 12.33     Sec. 25.  Laws 1999, chapter 250, article 1, section 116, 
 12.34  is amended to read: 
 12.35     Sec. 116.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
 12.36     (a) Section 41 is effective January 1, 2001.  Section 43 is 
 13.1   effective July 1, 2000, with respect to preparation of the model 
 13.2   policies and procedures by the commissioner of administration, 
 13.3   and January 1, 2001, with respect to the other provisions of 
 13.4   section 43. 
 13.5      (b) Sections 62 to 64 and 93 are effective January 1, 2001. 
 13.6      (c) Sections 94 to 100 are effective the day following 
 13.7   final enactment. 
 13.8      (d) Sections 47, 49, 55, and 115, paragraphs 
 13.9   paragraph (d) and (g), are effective July 1, 2001. 
 13.10     (e) Section 61 is effective the day following final 
 13.11  enactment and applies only to contracts executed on or after 
 13.12  that date. 
 13.13     (f) The commissioner of employee relations may not 
 13.14  implement the long-term care insurance plan under section 78 
 13.15  until April 1, 2000. 
 13.16     Sec. 26.  [CONTINUOUS EFFECT.] 
 13.17     Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 4A.08, 4A.09, and 4A.10, 
 13.18  to be repealed by Laws 1999, chapter 250, article 1, section 
 13.19  115, paragraph (g), effective July 1, 2001, by Laws 1999, 
 13.20  chapter 250, article 1, section 116, paragraph (d), are by 
 13.21  virtue of sections 24 and 25 not to be repealed; rather they 
 13.22  remain in continuous effect. 
 13.23     Sec. 27.  [REPEALER.] 
 13.24     Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 394.232, subdivisions 7 
 13.25  and 8; and 462.3535, subdivisions 5 and 10, are repealed.