HF 533

2nd Engrossment - 79th Legislature (1995 - 1996) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to Stearns county; authorizing the 
  1.3             Paynesville area hospital district to annex the city 
  1.4             of Eden Valley to the district; authorizing the city 
  1.5             of Sauk Centre to determine the number of members of 
  1.6             the public utilities commission. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  [PAYNESVILLE AREA HOSPITAL DISTRICT.] 
  1.9      Notwithstanding the contiguity requirement of Minnesota 
  1.10  Statutes, section 447.36, the Paynesville area hospital 
  1.11  district, organized in 1992 by resolution of the Paynesville 
  1.12  city council and the Paynesville town board, may, upon the 
  1.13  request of the city of Eden Valley, annex the city of Eden 
  1.14  Valley to the district.  The annexation shall otherwise comply 
  1.15  with Minnesota Statutes, sections 447.31 to 447.50, including 
  1.16  the referendum provision of Minnesota Statutes, section 447.36. 
  1.17     Sec. 2.  [CITY OF SAUK CENTRE; UTILITIES COMMISSION; 
  1.18  MEMBERSHIP.] 
  1.19     Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 412.341, or any 
  1.20  other law to the contrary, the governing body of the city of 
  1.21  Sauk Centre may, by ordinance, establish the number of members 
  1.22  of the public utilities commission, without any limitation. 
  1.23     Sec. 3.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  1.24     Under Minnesota Statutes, section 645.023, subdivision 1, 
  1.25  paragraph (a), section 1 is effective without local approval, on 
  1.26  the day following final enactment.  Section 2 takes effect the 
  2.1   day after the city of Sauk Centre complies with Minnesota 
  2.2   Statutes, section 645.021, subdivision 3.