1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to economic development; clarifying local 
  1.3             conflict of interest provisions; amending Minnesota 
  1.4             Statutes 1994, sections 13.99, subdivision 97a; 
  1.5             469.174, subdivision 2; and 471.88, subdivision 14; 
  1.6             Minnesota Statutes 1995 Supplement, section 216B.161, 
  1.7             subdivision 1; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1994, 
  1.8             sections 13.99, subdivision 97; and 469.150. 
  1.9   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.10     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 13.99, 
  1.11  subdivision 97a, is amended to read: 
  1.12     Subd. 97a.  [ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DATA.] Access to 
  1.13  preliminary information submitted to the commissioner of trade 
  1.14  and economic development under sections 469.142 to 469.151 or 
  1.15  sections 469.152 to 469.165 is limited under sections 469.150 
  1.16  and section 469.154, subdivision 2. 
  1.17     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1995 Supplement, section 
  1.18  216B.161, subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  1.19     Subdivision 1.  [DEFINITIONS.] (a) For purposes of this 
  1.20  section, the following terms have the meanings given them in 
  1.21  this subdivision. 
  1.22     (b) "Area development rate" means a rate schedule 
  1.23  established by a utility that provides customers within an area 
  1.24  development zone service under a base utility rate schedule, 
  1.25  except that charges may be reduced from the base rate as agreed 
  1.26  upon by the utility and the customer consistent with this 
  1.27  section. 
  2.1      (c) "Area development zone" means a contiguous or 
  2.2   noncontiguous area designated by an authority or municipality 
  2.3   for development or redevelopment and within which one of the 
  2.4   following conditions exists: 
  2.5      (1) obsolete buildings not suitable for improvement or 
  2.6   conversion or other identified hazards to the health, safety, 
  2.7   and general well-being of the community; 
  2.8      (2) buildings in need of substantial rehabilitation or in 
  2.9   substandard condition; or 
  2.10     (3) low values and damaged investments. 
  2.11     (d) "Authority" means a rural development financing 
  2.12  authority established under sections 469.142 to 469.150 469.151; 
  2.13  a housing and redevelopment authority established under sections 
  2.14  469.001 to 469.047; a port authority established under sections 
  2.15  469.048 to 469.068; an economic development authority 
  2.16  established under sections 469.090 to 469.108; a redevelopment 
  2.17  agency as defined in sections 469.152 to 469.165; the iron range 
  2.18  resources and rehabilitation board established under section 
  2.19  298.22; a municipality that is administering a development 
  2.20  district created under sections 469.124 to 469.134 or any 
  2.21  special law; a municipality that undertakes a project under 
  2.22  sections 469.152 to 469.165, except a town located outside the 
  2.23  metropolitan area as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 2, 
  2.24  or with a population of 5,000 persons or less; or a municipality 
  2.25  that exercises the powers of a port authority under any general 
  2.26  or special law.  
  2.27     (e) "Municipality" means a city, however organized, and, 
  2.28  with respect to a project undertaken under sections 469.152 to 
  2.29  469.165, "municipality" has the meaning given in sections 
  2.30  469.152 to 469.165, and, with respect to a project undertaken 
  2.31  under sections 469.142 to 469.151 or a county or multicounty 
  2.32  project undertaken under sections 469.004 to 469.008, also 
  2.33  includes any county. 
  2.34     Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 469.174, 
  2.35  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  2.36     Subd. 2.  [AUTHORITY.] "Authority" means a rural 
  3.1   development financing authority created pursuant to sections 
  3.2   469.142 to 469.150 469.151; a housing and redevelopment 
  3.3   authority created pursuant to sections 469.001 to 469.047; a 
  3.4   port authority created pursuant to sections 469.048 to 469.068; 
  3.5   an economic development authority created pursuant to sections 
  3.6   469.090 to 469.108; a redevelopment agency as defined in 
  3.7   sections 469.152 to 469.165; a municipality that is 
  3.8   administering a development district created pursuant to 
  3.9   sections 469.124 to 469.134 or any special law; a municipality 
  3.10  that undertakes a project pursuant to sections 469.152 to 
  3.11  469.165, except a town located outside the metropolitan area or 
  3.12  with a population of 5,000 persons or less; or a municipality 
  3.13  that exercises the powers of a port authority pursuant to any 
  3.14  general or special law.  
  3.15     Sec. 4.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 471.88, 
  3.16  subdivision 14, is amended to read: 
  3.17     Subd. 14.  [HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY LOCAL 
  3.18  DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION.] (a) For the purposes of this 
  3.19  subdivision: 
  3.20     (1) "local development organization" means a housing and 
  3.21  redevelopment authority, economic development authority, 
  3.22  community action program, port authority, or private consultant; 
  3.23  and 
  3.24     (2) "government unit" has the meaning given in section 
  3.25  471.59, subdivision 1. 
  3.26     (b) When a county or multicounty housing and redevelopment 
  3.27  authority local development organization administers a loan or 
  3.28  grant program for individual residential property owners within 
  3.29  the geographical boundaries of a government unit by an agreement 
  3.30  entered into by the government unit and the housing and 
  3.31  redevelopment authority local development organization, an 
  3.32  officer of the government unit may apply for a loan or grant 
  3.33  from the housing and redevelopment authority local development 
  3.34  organization.  If an officer applies for a loan or grant, the 
  3.35  officer must disclose as part of the official minutes of a 
  3.36  public meeting of the governmental unit that the officer has 
  4.1   applied for a loan or grant. 
  4.2      Sec. 5.  [REPEALER.] 
  4.3      Minnesota Statutes 1994, sections 13.99, subdivision 97; 
  4.4   and 469.150, are repealed.