1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to land use; providing for comprehensive 
  1.3             planning and review and comment; appropriating money; 
  1.4             proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, 
  1.5             chapters 394; 462; and 473. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  [394.235] [CERTAIN COUNTIES REQUIRED TO ADOPT A 
  1.8   JOINT PLAN.] 
  1.9      Subdivision 1.  [JOINT POWERS BOARD.] A joint powers board 
  1.10  shall be formed to prepare and adopt a joint comprehensive plan 
  1.11  as provided in this section.  Each county outside the 
  1.12  metropolitan area, as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 2, 
  1.13  that has five percent or more of its residents commuting to 
  1.14  employment within the metropolitan area shall join the joint 
  1.15  powers board.  The county together with the metropolitan council 
  1.16  shall determine the percentage of its population commuting into 
  1.17  the metropolitan area for the purposes of this section. 
  1.18     Subd. 2.  [COORDINATION.] The joint powers board shall 
  1.19  coordinate development of the plan with the local government 
  1.20  units within each member county. 
  1.21     Subd. 3.  [CONTENTS.] In addition to any other requirement 
  1.22  under the law, the plan must cover a 20-year period.  The plan 
  1.23  must provide for efficient and compact development that 
  1.24  maximizes the use of existing highways and sewers before 
  1.25  construction of new facilities.  The plan must protect and 
  2.1   preserve productive farmland and environmentally sensitive areas.
  2.2      Subd. 4.  [ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY BOARD REVIEW AND COMMENT.] 
  2.3   Before the joint powers board adopts the joint plan, the board 
  2.4   shall submit the plan to the environmental quality board for 
  2.5   review and comment.  The environmental quality board shall 
  2.6   review and comment on the plan in relation to the development 
  2.7   guide adopted by the metropolitan council.  The environmental 
  2.8   quality board shall complete its review and comment within 60 
  2.9   days of receiving the plan. 
  2.10     Sec. 2.  [462.3535] [CERTAIN CITIES REQUIRED TO ADOPT A 
  2.11  PLAN.] 
  2.12     Subdivision 1.  [METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREAS; OTHER 
  2.13  AREAS.] Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a 
  2.14  statutory or home rule charter city or a town with a population 
  2.15  of 2,500 or more in a federally designated metropolitan 
  2.16  statistical area shall establish a joint powers board with all 
  2.17  other cities and towns over 2,500 in population in the area, and 
  2.18  the counties in which the cities and towns lie to adopt a 
  2.19  comprehensive municipal plan that meets the requirements of this 
  2.20  section.  A city or town with a population under 2,500 may join 
  2.21  the joint powers board and participate in the plan.  In those 
  2.22  parts of the state not included in a federally designated 
  2.23  metropolitan statistical area, each statutory or home rule 
  2.24  charter city with a population over 2,500 shall establish a 
  2.25  joint powers board with towns adjacent to the city to adopt a 
  2.26  joint comprehensive municipal plan that meets the requirements 
  2.27  of this section. 
  2.28     Subd. 2.  [COORDINATION.] The joint powers board shall 
  2.29  adopt the plan only after coordinating the plan with adjacent 
  2.30  local governments. 
  2.31     Subd. 3.  [CONTENTS.] The plan must cover a 20-year 
  2.32  period.  The plan must provide for efficient and compact 
  2.33  development that maximizes the use of existing highways and 
  2.34  sewers before construction of new facilities.  The plan must 
  2.35  protect and preserve productive farmland and environmentally 
  2.36  sensitive areas. 
  3.1      Subd. 4.  [ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY BOARD.] Before a joint 
  3.2   powers board adopts its plan, the board shall submit the plan to 
  3.3   the environmental quality board for review and comment.  The 
  3.4   environmental quality board shall review the plan to evaluate 
  3.5   how the plan addresses growth management and costs, and land 
  3.6   use.  The environmental quality board shall complete its review 
  3.7   and comment within 60 days of receiving the plan. 
  3.8      Sec. 3.  [473.8515] [URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY.] 
  3.9      The metropolitan council shall adopt a 20-year growth plan 
  3.10  that identifies the development needs of the region for a 
  3.11  20-year period.  The council shall establish an urban growth 
  3.12  boundary based on the 20-year growth plan.  The council shall 
  3.13  not provide, or permit another governmental entity to provide, 
  3.14  urban services beyond the urban growth boundary.  Within the 
  3.15  urban growth boundary, the council and local government units 
  3.16  shall provide for staged development and growth. 
  3.17     Sec. 4.  [APPLICATION.] 
  3.18     Section 3 applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, 
  3.19  Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington.  
  3.20     Sec. 5.  [APPROPRIATION.] 
  3.21     $....... is appropriated from the general fund to the 
  3.22  environmental quality board to make grants to joint powers 
  3.23  boards formed as required in this act, to assist those joint 
  3.24  powers boards in preparing and adopting plans required under 
  3.25  this act.