1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to local government; adding certain water and sewer districts to the 
1.3 	definition of municipality; setting a maximum tort liability for certain water and 
1.4 	sewer districts;amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 466.01, subdivision 
1.5 	1.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 466.01, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.8 		Subdivision 1.Municipality. For the purposes of sections 466.01 to 466.15, 
1.9 	"municipality" means any city, whether organized under home rule charter or otherwise, 
1.10 	any county, town, public authority, public corporation, nonprofit firefighting corporation 
1.11 	that has associated with it a relief association as defined in section 424A.001, subdivision 
1.12 	4, special district, school district, however organized, water or sewer system formed under 
1.13 	chapter 116A, county agricultural society organized pursuant to chapter 38, joint powers 
1.14 	board or organization created under section 471.59 or other statute, public library, regional 
1.15 	public library system, multicounty multitype library system, the following local collaboratives 
1.16 	whose plans have been approved by the Children's Cabinet: family services collaboratives 
1.17 	established under section 142D.15, children's mental health collaboratives established under 
1.18 	sections 245.491 to 245.495, or a collaborative established by the merger of a children's 
1.19 	mental health collaborative and a family services collaborative, other political subdivision, 
1.20 	community action agency, or a limited partnership in which a community action agency is 
1.21 	the sole general partner.

1.22 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2026, and applies to causes 
1.23 	of action accruing on or after that date.