1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to economic development; authorizing 
  1.3             Kandiyohi county to exercise the powers of a city for 
  1.4             the purposes of establishing an economic development 
  1.5             authority; permitting the joint exercise of powers by 
  1.6             Kandiyohi county and the city of Willmar; creating a 
  1.7             special taxing district as a political subdivision of 
  1.8             the state. 
  1.9   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.10     Section 1.  [KANDIYOHI COUNTY AND CITY OF WILLMAR; POWERS.] 
  1.11     Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 469.090 and 
  1.12  469.1082, Kandiyohi county may exercise the powers of a city 
  1.13  under Minnesota Statutes, sections 469.090 to 469.107.  
  1.14  Kandiyohi county and the city of Willmar may enter into a joint 
  1.15  powers agreement under Minnesota Statutes, section 471.59, to 
  1.16  jointly or cooperatively exercise any of the powers common to 
  1.17  both the county and the city under Minnesota Statutes, sections 
  1.18  469.090 to 469.107, in a manner to be determined by a majority 
  1.19  of the Kandiyohi county board and the Willmar city council.  
  1.20     Sec. 2.  [SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT.] 
  1.21     A joint powers entity created under section 1 is a 
  1.22  political subdivision of the state and a special taxing district 
  1.23  as defined by Minnesota Statutes, section 275.066, clause (24), 
  1.24  with the power to adopt and certify a property tax levy to the 
  1.25  county auditor.  The maximum allowable levy limit for this 
  1.26  special taxing district is the same levy limit as provided under 
  1.27  section 469.107, subdivision 1, and, to the extent levied, shall 
  2.1   replace the levy authorized under section 1 for Kandiyohi county 
  2.2   and the city of Willmar.  
  2.3      Sec. 3.  [EFFECTIVE DATE; NO LOCAL APPROVAL REQUIRED.] 
  2.4      (a) Under Minnesota Statutes, section 645.023, subdivision 
  2.5   1, paragraph (a), no local approval of sections 1 and 2 is 
  2.6   required. 
  2.7      (b) Sections 1 and 2 are effective the day after their 
  2.8   final enactment.