1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to courts; authorizing a combined 
  1.3             jurisdiction program in the second and fourth judicial 
  1.4             districts; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota 
  1.5             Statutes, chapter 484. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  [484.78] [COMBINED JURISDICTION PROGRAM.] 
  1.8      Notwithstanding sections 260.031, subdivision 4, and 
  1.9   484.70, subdivisions 6 and 7, the second and the fourth judicial 
  1.10  districts may assign related family, probate, and juvenile court 
  1.11  matters, other than delinquency proceedings, to a single judge 
  1.12  or referee. 
  1.13     Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  1.14     Section 1 is effective July 1, 2002.