1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to local government; increasing charter commission expense limitations 
1.3 	for certain cities;amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 410.06.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 410.06, is amended to read:
1.6 	410.06 COMPENSATION; EXPENSES.
1.7 	The members of such commission shall receive no compensation, but the 
1.8 	commission may employ an attorney and other personnel to assist in framing such charter, 
1.9 	and any amendment or revision thereof, and the reasonable compensation and the cost 
1.10 	of printing such charter, or any amendment or revision thereof, when so directed by the 
1.11 	commission, shall be paid by such city. The amount of reasonable and necessary charter 
1.12 	commission expenses that shall be so paid by the city shall not exceed in any one year 
1.13 	the sum of $10,000 for a first class city and $1,500 for any other city; but theA city 
1.14 	of the first class must pay up to $10,000 in any one year for reasonable and necessary 
1.15 	expenses of the charter commission. Any other city must pay up to $5,000 in any one year 
1.16 	for reasonable and necessary expenses of the charter commission. A city council may 
1.17 	authorize such additional charter commission expenses as it deems necessary. Other 
1.18 	statutory and charter provisions requiring budgeting of, or limiting, expenditures do not 
1.19 	apply to charter commission expenses. The council may levy a tax in excess of charter tax 
1.20 	limitations to pay such expenses.