1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to local government; discontinuing Hennepin Conservation District 
1.3 	and transferring duties;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, 
1.4 	chapter 383B.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [383B.76] DISCONTINUANCE OF HENNEPIN CONSERVATION 
1.7 	DISTRICT; TRANSFER OF DUTIES.
1.8 	(a) Notwithstanding section 103C.225, the Hennepin Conservation District is 
1.9 	discontinued and the duties and authorities of the district under chapter 103C and other 
1.10 	statutory responsibilities are transferred to the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners 
1.11 	operating through the Hennepin County Department of Environmental Services or other 
1.12 	organizational unit as assigned by the county board.
1.13 	(b) Upon the discontinuance of the Hennepin Conservation District, the Hennepin 
1.14 	County Board of Commissioners operating through the Hennepin County Department of 
1.15 	Environmental Services or other organizational unit as assigned by the county board 
1.16 	retains the eligibility of the Hennepin Conservation District for state grant funds.
1.17 	(c) Upon the effective date of the discontinuance of the Hennepin Conservation 
1.18 	District, all contracts entered into, to which the district or district board was a party, remain 
1.19 	in force and effect for the period provided in the contracts. The Hennepin County Board 
1.20 	of Commissioners operating through the Hennepin County Department of Environmental 
1.21 	Services or its successors shall be substituted for the district or district board as party to 
1.22 	the contracts and succeed to the district's rights and duties. Any assets of the district on the 
1.23 	date of the discontinuance of the district are transferred to the Hennepin County Board of 
1.24 	Commissioners for the purpose of implementing the transferred duties and responsibilities.
2.1 	(d) If the Board of Water and Soil Resources finds that the Hennepin County Board 
2.2 	of Commissioners operating through the Hennepin County Department of Environmental 
2.3 	Services or its successors is not sufficiently carrying out the duties and responsibilities of 
2.4 	a soil and water conservation district under chapter 103C, the Board of Water and Soil 
2.5 	Resources may, in order:
2.6 	(1) reduce, withhold, or redirect grants and other funding if deficiencies have not 
2.7 	been corrected as prescribed in a notice from the Board of Water and Soil Resources 
2.8 	within one year from the date of the notice; and 
2.9 	(2) seek to reestablish the Hennepin Conservation District by legislative action.

2.10 	Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE; LOCAL APPROVAL.
 2.11 	Section 1 is effective the day after the governing body of Hennepin County and its 
2.12 	chief clerical officer timely complete their compliance with Minnesota Statutes, section 
2.13 	645.021, subdivisions 2 and 3.