1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to local government; providing for concurrent detachment and 
1.3 	annexation;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 414.061, subdivision 5.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 414.061, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
1.6 		Subd. 5.Property owners may initiate. Property owners may initiate proceedings 
1.7 	for the concurrent detachment of their property from one municipality and its annexation 
1.8 	to an adjacent municipality by a petition signed by all of them that they submit to the chief 
1.9 	administrative law judge accompanied by a resolution of the city council of each at least 
1.10 	one  of the affected municipalities describing the land and stating its desire to have the land 
1.11 	concurrently detached and annexed as provided in the property owners' petition. The chief 
1.12 	administrative law judge shall conduct hearings and issue an order pursuant to section 
1.13 	414.09. In arriving at a decision, the chief administrative law judge shall consider the 
1.14 	factors in section 414.02, subdivision 3. The chief administrative law judge shall order 
1.15 	the proposed action on finding that it will be for the best interests of the municipalities 
1.16 	and the property owner. In all cases, the chief administrative law judge shall set forth the 
1.17 	factors which are the basis for the decision.