1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to condemnation; limiting railroad condemnation power in Hennepin 
1.3 	County for public safety reasons;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota 
1.4 	Statutes, chapter 383B.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [383B.83] LIMITS ON RAILROAD CONDEMNATION POWERS 
1.7 	OVER CERTAIN GOVERNMENTAL PROPERTY INTERESTS.
1.8 	Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in chapter 117, sections 222.26, 222.27, 
1.9 	222.36, or any other law, the powers of a railroad corporation or a railroad company 
1.10 	or a railroad interest acting as a public service corporation or a common carrier do not 
1.11 	include the power to exercise eminent domain over a property interest owned by Hennepin 
1.12 	County, the Hennepin County Housing and Redevelopment Authority, or the Hennepin 
1.13 	County Regional Railroad Authority if such governmental power, by resolution of its 
1.14 	governing board, determines based on findings that the public safety or access of first 
1.15 	responders would be detrimentally affected by the exercise. 

1.16 	Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 1.17 	This section is effective the day following final enactment.