1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to local government; authorizing agreements 
  1.3             between a township and a natural gas utility to 
  1.4             provide natural gas services in the township; 
  1.5             proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, 
  1.6             chapter 216B. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  [216B.361] [TOWNSHIP AGREEMENT WITH NATURAL GAS 
  1.9   UTILITY.] 
  1.10     A township may enter into an agreement with a public 
  1.11  utility providing natural gas services to provide such services 
  1.12  within a designated portion or all of the township.  If a city 
  1.13  annexes township land for which a utility has an agreement with 
  1.14  a township to serve, the utility shall continue to have a 
  1.15  nonexclusive right to offer and provide service in the area 
  1.16  identified by the agreement with the township for the term of 
  1.17  that agreement, subject to the authority of the annexing city to 
  1.18  manage public rights-of-way within the city as provided in 
  1.19  sections 216B.36, 237.162, and 237.163.