1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to taxation; property; requiring counties to enter into joint operating 
1.3 	agreements with towns or townships in certain circumstances;amending 
1.4 	Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 273.072, by adding a subdivision.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 273.072, is amended by adding a 
1.7 	subdivision to read:
1.8 		Subd. 7.Termination of local assessor's office. A town or township may elect at 
1.9 	its annual meeting to enter into a joint assessment agreement with the county in which the 
1.10 	town or township is wholly or partially situated for purposes of providing assessments 
1.11 	under this section. A county must enter into an agreement with an electing town or 
1.12 	township under terms negotiated with the town or township, or, if such terms cannot be 
1.13 	mutually determined, on terms pursuant to the county's authority under this chapter.