1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to local government; changing certain county publication requirements; 
1.3 	amending authority to use alcohol enforcement account funds; expanding 
1.4 	application of qualified newspaper requirements; changing duties of Ramsey 
1.5 	County Community Corrections Department; amending collective bargaining 
1.6 	agreement on aggregate value of benefits; repealing bid process for certain 
1.7 	county publications; repealing notice to commissioner of certain liquor licenses; 
1.8 	repealing county petition for additional clerks; repealing seed and feed loan 
1.9 	program;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 279.09; 299A.77; 
1.10 	331A.11; 375.055, subdivision 1; 383A.404, by adding a subdivision; 471.6161, 
1.11 	subdivision 5; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 279.07; 279.08; 
1.12 	340A.403, subdivision 4; 382.265; 383A.404, subdivision 5; 395.14; 395.15; 
1.13 	395.16; 395.17; 395.18; 395.19; 395.20; 395.21; 395.22; 395.23; 395.24.
1.14 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.15 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 279.09, is amended to read:
1.16 	279.09 PUBLICATION OF NOTICE AND LIST.
1.17 	The county shall cause the notice and list of delinquent real property to be published 
1.18 	once in each of two weeks in the a qualified newspaper designated, the first publication of 
1.19 	which shall be made on or before March 20 immediately following the filing of such list 
1.20 	with the court administrator of the district court, and the second not less than two weeks 
1.21 	later. The county shall deliver the list to the newspaper designated at least ten days before 
1.22 	the date upon which the list is to be published for the first time. Not less than five days 
1.23 	before the second publication, the county shall submit a revised list to the newspaper. A 
1.24 	taxpayer who has paid delinquent taxes since the first publication must be removed by 
1.25 	the county from the second publication.

2.1 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 299A.77, is amended to read:
2.2 	299A.77 ALCOHOL ENFORCEMENT ACCOUNT; APPROPRIATION.
2.3 	(a) An alcohol enforcement account is created in the special revenue fund, consisting 
2.4 	of money credited to the account by law. Money in the account may be appropriated 
2.5 	by law for (1) costs of the Alcohol and Gambling Division related to administration 
2.6 	and enforcement of sections 340A.403, subdivision 4; 340A.414, subdivision 1a; and 
2.7 	340A.504, subdivision 7; and (2) costs of the State Patrol.
2.8 	(b) The commissioner shall transfer from the account to the trunk highway fund 
2.9 	$3,500,000 in fiscal year 2004 and $3,700,000 in fiscal year 2005, or so much thereof as 
2.10 	is necessary to pay costs of adding State Patrol positions.

2.11 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 331A.11, is amended to read:
2.12 	331A.11 APPLICATION.
2.13 		Subdivision 1.Application. Sections 331A.01 to 331A.11 apply This chapter 
2.14 	applies to all political subdivisions of the state. 
2.15 		Subd. 2.Notices excluded. Sections 331A.01 to 331A.11 do This chapter does
2.16 	not apply to notices required by private agreements or local laws to be published in 
2.17 	newspapers, unless they refer expressly or by implication to this chapter or to particular 
2.18 	provisions of this chapter. 

2.19 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 375.055, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
2.20 		Subdivision 1.Fixed by county board. (a) The county commissioners in all 
2.21 	counties, except Hennepin and Ramsey, shall receive as compensation for services 
2.22 	rendered by them for their respective counties, annual salaries and in addition may receive 
2.23 	per diem payments and reimbursement for necessary expenses in performing the duties of 
2.24 	the office as set by resolution of the county board. The salary and schedule of per diem 
2.25 	payments shall not be effective until January 1 of the next year. The resolution shall 
2.26 	contain a statement of the new salary on an annual basis. The board may establish a 
2.27 	schedule of per diem payments for service by individual county commissioners on any 
2.28 	board, committee, or commission of county government including committees of the 
2.29 	board, or for the performance of services by individual county commissioners when 
2.30 	required by law. In addition to its publication in the official newspaper of the county as 
2.31 	part of the proceedings of the meeting of the county board, the resolution setting the salary 
2.32 	and schedule of per diem payments shall be published in one other newspaper of the 
2.33 	county, if there is one located in a different municipality in the county than the official 
3.1 	newspaper. The salary of a county commissioner or the schedule of per diem payments 
3.2 	shall not change except in accordance with this subdivision.
3.3 	(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a resolution adopted by the county board to 
3.4 	decrease commissioners' salaries or per diem payments may take effect at any time.

3.5 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 383A.404, is amended by adding a 
3.6 	subdivision to read:
3.7 		Subd. 5a.Department duties. The duties of the department shall be the same 
3.8 	as those provided in chapter 401.

3.9 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 471.6161, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
3.10 		Subd. 5.Collective bargaining. To the extent specified in the collective bargaining 
3.11 	agreement, the aggregate value of benefits provided by a group insurance contract for 
3.12 	employees covered by a collective agreement shall not be reduced, unless the public 
3.13 	employer and exclusive representative of the employees of an appropriate bargaining unit, 
3.14 	certified under section 179A.12, agree to a reduction in benefits.

3.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective upon expiration of existing contracts.

3.16 	Sec. 7.  REPEALER.
 3.17 	Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 279.07; 279.08; 340A.403, subdivision 4; 
3.18 	382.265; 383A.404, subdivision 5; 395.14; 395.15; 395.16; 395.17; 395.18; 395.19; 
3.19 	395.20; 395.21; 395.22; 395.23; and 395.24, are repealed.