1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to economic development; authorizing counties 
  1.3             in the seven-county metropolitan area to grant 
  1.4             economic development authority powers to existing 
  1.5             county housing and redevelopment authorities; amending 
  1.6             Laws 1978, chapter 464, section 1; proposing coding 
  1.7             for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 469. 
  1.8   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.9      Section 1.  [469.1083] [COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SERVICE 
  1.10  PROVIDER; METROPOLITAN AREA.] 
  1.11     Subdivision 1.  [ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POWERS AND DUTIES.] A 
  1.12  county located in the metropolitan area may, by resolution of 
  1.13  the county board, grant an existing housing and redevelopment 
  1.14  authority any of the powers and duties of an economic 
  1.15  development authority under sections 469.090 to 469.093, 469.095 
  1.16  to 469.106, 469.108, and 469.1081.  For the purposes of this 
  1.17  section, a county community development authority is a county 
  1.18  housing and redevelopment authority that has been granted 
  1.19  economic development authority powers and duties.  In applying 
  1.20  sections 469.090 to 469.093, 469.095 to 469.106, 469.108, and 
  1.21  469.1081 to a county community development authority, the county 
  1.22  is considered to be the city and the county board is considered 
  1.23  to be the city council. 
  1.24     Subd. 2.  [RELATION TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES.] Nothing in this 
  1.25  section shall alter or impair the powers or duties of a city, a 
  1.26  municipal housing and redevelopment authority, or a municipal 
  2.1   economic development authority. 
  2.2      Subd. 3.  [LOCAL APPROVAL.] If an economic development 
  2.3   project is constructed in the county under this section and the 
  2.4   project is within the boundaries of a home rule charter or 
  2.5   statutory city, the location of the project must be approved by 
  2.6   the governing body of the city. 
  2.7      Sec. 2.  Laws 1978, chapter 464, section 1, is amended to 
  2.8   read: 
  2.9      Section 1.  [ANOKA COUNTY; HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT.] 
  2.10     Subdivision 1.  There is created in the county of Anoka a 
  2.11  public body corporate and politic, to be known as the Anoka 
  2.12  county housing and redevelopment authority, having all of the 
  2.13  powers and duties of a housing and redevelopment authority under 
  2.14  the provisions of the municipal housing and redevelopment act, 
  2.15  Minnesota Statutes, Section 462.411 to 462.711 sections 469.001 
  2.16  to 469.047.  For the purposes of applying the provisions of the 
  2.17  municipal housing and redevelopment act to Anoka county, the 
  2.18  county has all of the powers and duties of a municipality, the 
  2.19  county board has all of the powers and duties of a governing 
  2.20  body, the chairman of the county board has all of the powers and 
  2.21  duties of a mayor, and the area of operation includes the area 
  2.22  within the territorial boundaries of the county. 
  2.23     Subd. 2.  This section shall not limit or restrict any 
  2.24  existing housing and redevelopment authority or prevent a 
  2.25  municipality from creating an authority.  The county shall not 
  2.26  exercise jurisdiction in any municipality where a municipal 
  2.27  housing and redevelopment authority is established.  If a 
  2.28  municipal housing and redevelopment authority requests the Anoka 
  2.29  county housing and redevelopment authority to handle the housing 
  2.30  duties of the municipal authority, the Anoka county housing and 
  2.31  redevelopment authority shall act and have exclusive 
  2.32  jurisdiction for housing in the municipality.  A transfer of 
  2.33  duties relating to housing shall not transfer any duties 
  2.34  relating to redevelopment. 
  2.35     Sec. 3.  [EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION.] 
  2.36     Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment 
  3.1   and applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, 
  3.2   Ramsey, Scott, and Washington.  Section 2 is effective the day 
  3.3   after the governing body of Anoka county and its chief clerical 
  3.4   officer timely complete their compliance with Minnesota 
  3.5   Statutes, section 645.021, subdivisions 2 and 3.