1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to local government; requiring notice of proposed ordinances; proposing 
1.3 	coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 415.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. [415.19] NOTICE OF PROPOSED ORDINANCES TO BUSINESSES.
1.6 	(a) If a statutory or home rule charter city posts ordinances on the city Web site, the city 
1.7 	must also post proposed ordinances on the Web site.
1.8 	(b) If a statutory or home rule charter city has an e-mail address from which it sends 
1.9 	notices or city information, the city must allow businesses to sign up for e-mail notification 
1.10 	of proposed ordinances. At least ten days before the statutory or home rule charter city holds 
1.11 	an initial hearing on an ordinance, the city must notify, by e-mail, any business that has 
1.12 	signed up for e-mail notification. If e-mail notification is available, the statutory or home 
1.13 	rule charter city must notify a business of the notification procedure any time a business 
1.14 	applies for a new license or for a license renewal. If the statutory or home rule charter city 
1.15 	does not have an e-mail address from which it sends notices or city information, the city 
1.16 	must post the notification of the proposed ordinance in the same location as other public 
1.17 	notices are posted. Failure to provide notice described in this section does not invalidate 
1.18 	the ordinance.
1.19 	(c) The requirements in this section are minimum requirements. A city may provide 
1.20 	more notice if it has the ability to do so.