1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to housing; repealing obsolete, redundant, and unnecessary laws and 
1.3 	rules under the direction of the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency; making 
1.4 	conforming changes; changing a State Register notice requirement;amending 
1.5 	Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 462A.225; 469.0171; repealing Minnesota 
1.6 	Statutes 2012, sections 462A.203; 462A.205; 462A.206, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 
1.7 	4; 462A.2092; 462A.21, subdivisions 15, 21, 24, 25, 28; 462C.04, subdivisions 
1.8 	3, 4; Minnesota Rules, parts 4900.0351; 4900.0352; 4900.0353; 4900.0354; 
1.9 	4900.0355; 4900.0356; 4900.0601; 4900.0602; 4900.0603; 4900.0604; 
1.10 	4900.0605; 4900.1800; 4900.1801; 4900.1802; 4900.1803; 4900.1804; 
1.11 	4900.1805; 4900.1806; 4900.1807; 4900.1808; 4900.1900; 4900.1905; 
1.12 	4900.1910; 4900.1915; 4900.3370; 4900.3371; 4900.3372; 4900.3373; 
1.13 	4900.3374; 4900.3375; 4900.3376; 4900.3377; 4900.3378; 4900.3379; 
1.14 	4900.3380; 4900.3400; 4900.3402; 4900.3403; 4900.3404; 4900.3410; 
1.15 	4900.3411; 4900.3412; 4900.3413; 4900.3414; 4900.3420; 4900.3421; 
1.16 	4900.3422; 4900.3423; 4900.3424.
1.17 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.18 	ARTICLE 1
1.19 	EXPIRATION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENT

1.20 	Section 1. REPORTING REQUIREMENT EXPIRATION.
 1.21 	The requirement that the commissioner of human services and the commissioner 
1.22 	of the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency jointly prepare and submit a report regarding 
1.23 	results of funding under Laws 2000, chapter 488, article 8, section 2, subdivision 6, 
1.24 	paragraph (d), of the Transfers to Minnesota Housing Finance Agency rider expires on 
1.25 	January 15, 2020.

2.1 	ARTICLE 2
2.2 	ELIMINATION OF LOCAL BOND ISSUE REPORT

2.3 	Section 1.  REPEALER.
 2.4 	Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 462C.04, subdivisions 3 and 4, are repealed.

2.5 	ARTICLE 3
2.6 	OBSOLETE STATUTES AND RULES

2.7 	Section 1.  REPEALER.
 2.8 		Subdivision 1.Housing preservation program.  Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 
2.9 	462A.203, is repealed.
2.10 		Subd. 2.Rent assistance for family stabilization. Minnesota Statutes 2012, 
2.11 	section 462A.205, is repealed.
2.12 		Subd. 3.Community rehabilitation fund account. Minnesota Statutes 2012, 
2.13 	section 462A.206, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, and 4, are repealed.
2.14 		Subd. 4.Employer housing contributions; matching grants. Minnesota Statutes 
2.15 	2012, section 462A.2092, is repealed.
2.16 		Subd. 5.Housing development fund uses. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 
2.17 	462A.21, subdivisions 15, 21, 24, 25, and 28, are repealed.
2.18 		Subd. 6.Market rate elderly shallow subsidy rental. Minnesota Rules, parts 
2.19 	4900.0351; 4900.0352; 4900.0353; 4900.0354; 4900.0355; and 4900.0356, are repealed.
2.20 		Subd. 7.Energy improvement loan insurance. Minnesota Rules, parts 4900.0601; 
2.21 	4900.0602; 4900.0603; 4900.0604; and 4900.0605, are repealed.
2.22 		Subd. 8.Elderly home sharing. Minnesota Rules, parts 4900.1800; 4900.1801; 
2.23 	4900.1802; 4900.1803; 4900.1804; 4900.1805; 4900.1806; 4900.1807; and 4900.1808,
2.24 	 are repealed.
2.25 		Subd. 9.Low-income persons living alone housing. Minnesota Rules, parts 
2.26 	4900.1900; 4900.1905; 4900.1910; and 4900.1915, are repealed.
2.27 		Subd. 10.Rent assistance for family stabilization demonstration. Minnesota 
2.28 	Rules, parts 4900.3370; 4900.3371; 4900.3372; 4900.3373; 4900.3374; 4900.3375; 
2.29 	4900.3376; 4900.3377; 4900.3378; 4900.3379; and 4900.3380, are repealed.
2.30 		Subd. 11.Special needs housing for adults with chronic chemical dependency.
 2.31 	Minnesota Rules, parts 4900.3400; 4900.3402; 4900.3403; and 4900.3404, are repealed.
2.32 		Subd. 12.Special needs housing for homeless persons. Minnesota Rules, parts 
2.33 	4900.3410; 4900.3411; 4900.3412; 4900.3413; and 4900.3414, are repealed.
3.1 		Subd. 13.Training and housing for homeless adults. Minnesota Rules, parts 
3.2 	4900.3420; 4900.3421; 4900.3422; 4900.3423; and 4900.3424, are repealed.

3.3 	ARTICLE 4
3.4 	CONFORMING CHANGES

3.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 469.0171, is amended to read:
3.6 	469.0171 HOUSING PLAN, PROGRAM, AND REVIEW.
3.7 	Prior to the issuance of bonds or obligations for a housing development project 
3.8 	proposed by an authority under section 469.017, the authority shall prepare and submit for 
3.9 	review a program as defined in section 462C.02, subdivision 3, in the manner provided in 
3.10 	sections 462C.04, subdivision 2, and 462C.05, subdivision 5, for the making or purchasing 
3.11 	of loans by cities.
3.12 	The authority shall prepare and submit the report required under section 462C.04, 
3.13 	subdivision 3.

3.14 	ARTICLE 5
3.15 	STATE REGISTER NOTICE

3.16 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 462A.225, is amended to read:
3.17 	462A.225 STATE REGISTER NOTICE.
3.18 	The agency shall publish in the State Register a notice of the availability 
3.19 	electronically of all data relating to the state ceiling, state demographer population 
3.20 	and rental unit estimates, and other information or procedures specified in section 42 
3.21 	of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, applicable United States Treasury Department 
3.22 	regulations, and this subdivision, that the agency considers pertinent to the distribution 
3.23 	of low-income housing credits and a link to the information described in this section. 
3.24 	Publications under this section are not subject to chapter 14.