<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>providing assistance to prevent mortgage foreclosure; increasing the maximum <br/>
<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>amount of financial assistance;amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections <br/>
<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>13.681, by adding a subdivision; 462A.209, subdivision 7; proposing coding for <br/>
<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 216B.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 13.681, is amended by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>subdivision to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Utility disconnection.</b> Utility data on disconnections provided to cities <br/>
<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>under section 216B.0976 shall be treated as private data on individuals or nonpublic data.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.2.0"></a><a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>    Sec. 2. <b>[216B.0976] NOTICE TO CITIES OF UTILITY DISCONNECTION.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Notice required.</b> Notwithstanding section 13.685 or any other law <br/>
<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>or administrative rule to the contrary, a public utility, cooperative electric association, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>or municipal utility must provide notice to a statutory city or home rule charter city, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>as prescribed by this section, of disconnection of a customer's gas or electric service. <br/>
<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>Upon written request from a city, on October 15 and November 1 of each year, or the <br/>
<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>next business day if that date falls on a Saturday or Sunday, a report must be made <br/>
<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>available to the city of the address of properties currently disconnected and the date of <br/>
<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>the disconnection. Upon written request from a city, between October 15 and April 15, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>daily reports must be made available of the address and date of any newly disconnected <br/>
<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>properties.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>    For the purpose of this section, "disconnection" means a cessation of services <br/>
<a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>initiated by the public utility, cooperative electric association, or municipal utility that <br/>
<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>affects the primary heat source of a residence and service is not reconnected within 24 <br/>
<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>hours.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Data.</b> Data on customers that are provided to cities under subdivision 1 are <br/>
<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>private data on individuals or nonpublic data, as defined in section 13.02.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.3.0"></a><a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 462A.209, subdivision 7, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>    Subd. 7. <b>Assistance to prevent mortgage foreclosures.</b> (a) Program assistance <br/>
<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>and counseling to prevent mortgage foreclosures or cancellations of contract for deeds <br/>
<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>includes general information, screening, assessment, referral services, case management, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>advocacy, and financial assistance to borrowers who are delinquent on mortgage or <br/>
<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>contract for deed payments.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>(b) Not more than one-half of funds awarded for foreclosure prevention and <br/>
<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>assistance activities may be used for mortgage or financial counseling services.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>(c) Financial assistance consists of payments for delinquent mortgage or contract <br/>
<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>for deed payments, future mortgage or contract for deed payments for a period of up to <br/>
<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>six months, property taxes, assessments, utilities, insurance, home improvement repairs, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>future rent payments for a period of up to six months, and relocation costs if necessary, or <br/>
<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>other costs necessary to prevent foreclosure.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>(d) An individual or family may receive a maximum of $5,500 of financial assistance <br/>
<a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var>The maximum amount of financial assistance an individual or family may receive to <br/>
<a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>prevent a mortgage foreclosure or the cancellation of a contract for deed is 110 percent of <br/>
<a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var>the greater of state or applicable metropolitan statistical area median monthly owner cost <br/>
<a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var>of owner-occupied housing, as estimated by the United States Census Bureau using data <br/>
<a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var>collected in the most recent American Community Survey, multiplied by six.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var>(e) The agency may require the recipient of financial assistance to enter into an <br/>
<a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var>agreement with the agency for repayment. The repayment agreement for mortgages or <br/>
<a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var>contract for deed buyers must provide that in the event the property is sold, transferred, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var>or otherwise conveyed, or ceases to be the recipient's principal place of residence, the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var>recipient shall repay all or a portion of the financial assistance. The agency may take into <br/>
<a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var>consideration financial hardship in determining repayment requirements. The repayment <br/>
<a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var>agreement may be secured by a lien on the property for the benefit of the agency.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.4.0"></a><a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var>    Sec. 4. <b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.2.32"></a><var>2.32</var>Section 3 is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>