1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to local government; extending the municipal boundary adjustment 
1.3 	advisory task force;amending Laws 2006, chapter 270, article 2, section 1.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Laws 2006, chapter 270, article 2, section 1, is amended to read:
1.6 	Section 1. MUNICIPAL BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT ADVISORY TASK 
1.7 	FORCE ESTABLISHED.
 1.8 		Subdivision 1.Membership. An advisory task force on municipal boundary 
1.9 	adjustments is established to study and make recommendations on what, if any, changes 
1.10 	should be made to the law governing municipal boundary adjustments. The task force 
1.11 	shall develop recommendations regarding best practices annexation training for city and 
1.12 	township officials to better communicate and jointly plan potential annexations. The task 
1.13 	force is comprised of the following members:
1.14 	(1) two members of the senate, one appointed by the majority leader and one 
1.15 	appointed by the minority leader;
1.16 	(2) two members of the house of representatives, one appointed by the speaker of the 
1.17 	house and one appointed by the minority leader;
1.18 	(3) three representatives of city interests, appointed by the League of Minnesota 
1.19 	Cities in consultation with the Association of Metropolitan Municipalities, the Coalition 
1.20 	of Greater Minnesota Cities, and the Minnesota Association of Small Cities;
1.21 	(4) three representatives of township interests, appointed by the Minnesota 
1.22 	Association of Townships; and
1.23 	(5) one person appointed jointly by the senate majority leader and the speaker of the 
1.24 	house of representatives to serve as chair of the task force, selected based on knowledge 
2.1 	and experience in municipal boundary adjustment issues and who could serve without bias 
2.2 	towards either side of the issue of annexation. The chair must convene the first meeting of 
2.3 	the task force no later than August 1, 2007.
2.4 	All appointing authorities must make the appointments to the task force within 30 days of 
2.5 	the effective date of this section and shall provide for balance of geographic areas of the 
2.6 	state and city and town interests.
2.7 		Subd. 2.Report by January 2007 2008. The task force shall report its 
2.8 	recommendations to the chairs and members of the house of representatives and senate 
2.9 	committees with jurisdiction over municipal boundary adjustments by January 1 15, 2007
2.10 	2008. The task force shall also provide a copy of its recommendations to the Legislative 
2.11 	Reference Library.
2.12 		Subd. 3.Funds available Expenses.  Any funds remaining in the committee budgets 
2.13 	for the house local government committee or the senate state and local government 
2.14 	operations committee as of the 2006 adjournment of the legislature will be available to 
2.15 	pay for the administrative expenses of the task force, including per diems and expenses 
2.16 	of members and the services of a facilitator from the management analysis division of 
2.17 	the Department of Administration. The cost of preparing the report must be divided 
2.18 	among the League of Minnesota Cities, the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities, and 
2.19 	the Minnesota Association of Townships.

2.20 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment. 
2.21 	The Municipal Boundary Adjustment Advisory Task Force expires on June 30, 2008.