1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to libraries; modifying the maintenance of effort requirement for the 
1.3 	Hennepin County library system;amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 
1.4 	383B.247.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 383B.247, is amended to read:
1.7 	383B.247 MERGER.
1.8 	The county and the library board of the city of Minneapolis may agree to merge their 
1.9 	public library systems at a time and in a manner as they may agree as enabled pursuant to 
1.10 	Laws 2007, chapter 121. Notwithstanding section 134.34, subdivision 4, the maintenance 
1.11 	of effort requirement for the merged library system for 2009 to 2012 must be based on 85 
1.12 	percent of the combined Hennepin County and city of Minneapolis library spending for 
1.13 	operating purposes in calendar year 2007.