HF 3346
1st Unofficial Engrossment - 85th Legislature (2007 - 2008)
Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00 a.m.
KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.
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1.1A bill for an act
1.2relating to housing; requiring notice of utility dislocation; classifying data;
1.3providing assistance to prevent mortgage foreclosure; increasing the maximum
1.4amount of financial assistance;amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections
1.513.681, by adding a subdivision; 462A.209, subdivision 7; proposing coding for
1.6new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 216B.
1.7BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.8 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 13.681, is amended by adding a
1.9subdivision to read:
1.10 new text begin Subd. 6.new text end new text begin Utility disconnection.new text end new text begin Utility data on disconnections provided to cities new text end
1.11new text begin under section 216B.0976 shall be treated as private data on individuals or nonpublic data.new text end
1.12 Sec. 2. new text begin [216B.0976] NOTICE TO CITIES OF UTILITY DISCONNECTION.new text end
1.13 new text begin Subdivision 1.new text end new text begin Notice required.new text end new text begin Notwithstanding section 13.685 or any other law new text end
1.14new text begin or administrative rule to the contrary, a public utility, cooperative electric association, new text end
1.15new text begin or municipal utility must provide notice to a statutory city or home rule charter city, new text end
1.16new text begin as prescribed by this section, of disconnection of a customer's gas or electric service. new text end
1.17new text begin Upon written request from a city, on October 15 and November 1 of each year, or the new text end
1.18new text begin next business day if that date falls on a Saturday or Sunday, a report must be made new text end
1.19new text begin available to the city of the address of properties currently disconnected and the date of new text end
1.20new text begin the disconnection. Upon written request from a city, between October 15 and April 15, new text end
1.21new text begin daily reports must be made available of the address and date of any newly disconnected new text end
1.22new text begin properties.new text end
1.23 new text begin For the purpose of this section, "disconnection" means a cessation of services new text end
1.24new text begin initiated by the public utility, cooperative electric association, or municipal utility that new text end
2.1new text begin affects the primary heat source of a residence and service is not reconnected within 24 new text end
2.2new text begin hours.new text end
2.3 new text begin Subd. 2.new text end new text begin Data.new text end new text begin Data on customers that are provided to cities under subdivision 1 are new text end
2.4new text begin private data on individuals or nonpublic data, as defined in section 13.02.new text end
2.5 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 462A.209, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
2.6 Subd. 7. Assistance to prevent mortgage foreclosures. (a) Program assistance
2.7and counseling to prevent mortgage foreclosures or cancellations of contract for deeds
2.8includes general information, screening, assessment, referral services, case management,
2.9advocacy, and financial assistance to borrowers who are delinquent on mortgage or
2.10contract for deed payments.
2.11(b) Not more than one-half of funds awarded for foreclosure prevention and
2.12assistance activities may be used for mortgage or financial counseling services.
2.13(c) Financial assistance consists of payments for delinquent mortgage or contract
2.14for deed payments, future mortgage or contract for deed payments for a period of up to
2.15six months, property taxes, assessments, utilities, insurance, home improvement repairs,
2.16future rent payments for a period of up to six months, and relocation costs if necessary, or
2.17other costs necessary to prevent foreclosure.
2.18(d) An individual or family may receive a maximum of $5,500 of financial assistance
2.19new text begin The maximum amount of financial assistance an individual or family may receive new text end to
2.20prevent a mortgage foreclosure or the cancellation of a contract for deednew text begin is 110 percent of new text end
2.21new text begin the greater of state or applicable metropolitan statistical area median monthly owner cost new text end
2.22new text begin of owner-occupied housing, as estimated by the United States Census Bureau using data new text end
2.23new text begin collected in the most recent American Community Survey, multiplied by sixnew text end .
2.24(e) The agency may require the recipient of financial assistance to enter into an
2.25agreement with the agency for repayment. The repayment agreement for mortgages or
2.26contract for deed buyers must provide that in the event the property is sold, transferred,
2.27or otherwise conveyed, or ceases to be the recipient's principal place of residence, the
2.28recipient shall repay all or a portion of the financial assistance. The agency may take into
2.29consideration financial hardship in determining repayment requirements. The repayment
2.30agreement may be secured by a lien on the property for the benefit of the agency.
2.31 Sec. 4. new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end
2.32new text begin Section 3 is effective the day following final enactment.new text end