1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to municipal tort liability; providing for
1.3 	actions against joint powers organizations; proposing
1.4 	coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 466.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [466.043] JOINT POWERS ORGANIZATIONS.
1.7 	An action for a tort may be brought against a joint powers
1.8 	board or organization created under section 471.59 or other
1.9 	statute, or against the municipalities that have formed the
1.10 	board or organization, but not against both.

1.11 	Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION.
 1.12 	Section 1 is effective August 1, 2005, and applies to
1.13 	actions arising from incidents occurring on or after that date.