1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to local government; permitting counties to perform private audit 
1.3 	meeting standards of state auditor; permitting federal single audit for cities 
1.4 	and counties; eliminating certain mandated reporting; providing for alternative 
1.5 	Web site publication; making building code official designation permissive; 
1.6 	modifying certain mandates for municipal planning process; repealing mandate 
1.7 	of clerk hire in certain counties; repealing provisions on seed and feed loans; 
1.8 	repealing certain mandates regarding group insurance for governmental units; 
1.9 	repealing mandate for policy on out-of-state travel;amending Minnesota Statutes 
1.10 	2010, sections 6.48; 299A.77; 326B.133, subdivision 1; 331A.12; 462.355, 
1.11 	subdivision 4; 471.697, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law 
1.12 	in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 6; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 
1.13 	326B.145; 340A.403, subdivision 4; 382.265; 395.14; 395.15; 395.16; 395.17; 
1.14 	395.18; 395.19; 395.20; 395.21; 395.22; 395.23; 395.24; 471.6161, subdivision 
1.15 	5; 471.661.
1.16 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.17 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 6.48, is amended to read:
1.18 	6.48 EXAMINATION OF COUNTIES; COST, FEES.
1.19 	(a) All the powers and duties conferred and imposed upon the state auditor shall 
1.20 	be exercised and performed by the state auditor in respect to the offices, institutions, 
1.21 	public property, and improvements of several counties of the state. At least once in each 
1.22 	year, if funds and personnel permit, the state auditor may visit, without previous notice, 
1.23 	each county and make a thorough examination of all accounts and records relating to the 
1.24 	receipt and disbursement of the public funds and the custody of the public funds and 
1.25 	other property. If the audit is performed by a private certified public accountant, the state 
1.26 	auditor may require additional information from the private certified public accountant as 
1.27 	the state auditor deems in the public interest. The state auditor may accept the audit or 
1.28 	make additional examinations as the state auditor deems to be in the public interest. The 
2.1 	state auditor shall prescribe and install systems of accounts and financial reports that shall 
2.2 	be uniform, so far as practicable, for the same class of offices. A copy of the report of 
2.3 	such examination shall be filed and be subject to public inspection in the office of the state 
2.4 	auditor and another copy in the office of the auditor of the county thus examined. The state 
2.5 	auditor may accept the records and audit, or any part thereof, of the Department of Human 
2.6 	Services in lieu of examination of the county social welfare funds, if such audit has been 
2.7 	made within any period covered by the state auditor's audit of the other records of the 
2.8 	county. If any such examination shall disclose malfeasance, misfeasance, or nonfeasance 
2.9 	in any office of such county, such report shall be filed with the county attorney of the 
2.10 	county, and the county attorney shall institute such civil and criminal proceedings as the 
2.11 	law and the protection of the public interests shall require.
2.12 	(b) The county receiving any examination shall pay to the state general fund, 
2.13 	notwithstanding the provisions of section 16A.125, the total cost and expenses of such 
2.14 	examinations, including the salaries paid to the examiners while actually engaged in 
2.15 	making such examination. The state auditor on deeming it advisable may bill counties, 
2.16 	having a population of 200,000 or over, monthly for services rendered and the officials 
2.17 	responsible for approving and paying claims shall cause said bill to be promptly paid. The 
2.18 	general fund shall be credited with all collections made for any such examinations. 
2.19 	(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a county may provide for an audit to be 
2.20 	performed by a private certified public accountant. The audit performed under this 
2.21 	paragraph must meet the standards and be in the form required by the state auditor. 
2.22 	The state auditor may require additional information from the private certified public 
2.23 	accountant as the state auditor deems in the public interest, but the state auditor must 
2.24 	accept the audit unless the state auditor determines that it does not meet recognized 
2.25 	auditing industry standards. A county audited by a private public accountant cannot be 
2.26 	required to pay to the state general fund any costs for state auditor services.

2.27 	Sec. 2. [6.485] FEDERAL SINGLE AUDIT.
2.28 	A political subdivision that prepares a single audit that meets the requirements in 
2.29 	United States Code, title 31, section 7501 et seq., may submit the audit to the state auditor 
2.30 	to satisfy the audit requirements of this chapter.

2.31 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 299A.77, is amended to read:
2.32 	299A.77 ALCOHOL ENFORCEMENT ACCOUNT; APPROPRIATION.
2.33 	(a) An alcohol enforcement account is created in the special revenue fund, consisting 
2.34 	of money credited to the account by law. Money in the account may be appropriated 
3.1 	by law for (1) costs of the Alcohol and Gambling Division related to administration 
3.2 	and enforcement of sections 340A.403, subdivision 4;340A.414, subdivision 1a;, and 
3.3 	340A.504, subdivision 7; and (2) costs of the State Patrol.
3.4 	(b) The commissioner shall transfer from the account to the trunk highway fund 
3.5 	$3,500,000 in fiscal year 2004 and $3,700,000 in fiscal year 2005, or so much thereof as 
3.6 	is necessary to pay costs of adding State Patrol positions.

3.7 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 326B.133, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
3.8 		Subdivision 1.Designation.  Each municipality shall may designate a building 
3.9 	official to administer the code. A municipality may designate no more than one building 
3.10 	official responsible for code administration defined by each certification category created 
3.11 	by statute or rule. Two or more municipalities may combine in the designation of a 
3.12 	building official for the purpose of administering the provisions of the code within their 
3.13 	communities. In those municipalities for which no building officials have been designated, 
3.14 	the state building official may use whichever state employees are necessary to perform 
3.15 	the duties of the building official until the municipality makes a temporary or permanent 
3.16 	designation. All costs incurred by virtue of these services rendered by state employees 
3.17 	must be borne by the involved municipality and receipts arising from these services must 
3.18 	be paid to the commissioner.

3.19 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 331A.12, is amended to read:
3.20 	331A.12 WEB SITE PUBLICATION OF LOCAL TRANSPORTATION RFP.
3.21 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) The terms defined in this subdivision and section 
3.22 	331A.01 apply to this section.  
3.23 	(b) "Web site" means a specific, addressable location provided on a server connected 
3.24 	to the Internet and hosting World Wide Web pages and other files that are generally 
3.25 	accessible on the Internet all or most of the day.
3.26 		Subd. 2.Designation. At the meeting of the governing body of the local public 
3.27 	corporation political subdivision at which the governing body must designate its official 
3.28 	newspaper for the year, the governing body may designate in the same manner publication 
3.29 	of transportation projects, proceedings, official notices, and summaries on the local public 
3.30 	corporation's political subdivision's Web site. Publication on the Web site may be used 
3.31 	in place of or in addition to any other required form of publication. Each year after 
3.32 	designating publication on the Web site for transportation projects, proceedings, official 
3.33 	notices, and summaries, the local public corporation political subdivision must publish in 
3.34 	a qualified newspaper in the jurisdiction and on the Web site, notice that the local public 
4.1 	corporation political subdivision will publish any advertisements for bids, proceedings, 
4.2 	official notices, and summaries on its Web site.
4.3 		Subd. 3.Form, time for publication same. A local public corporation political 
4.4 	subdivision that publishes on its Web site under this section must post the information in 
4.5 	substantially the same format and for the same period of time as required for publication 
4.6 	in an official newspaper or other print publication.
4.7 		Subd. 4.Record retention. A local public corporation political subdivision that 
4.8 	publishes notice on its Web site under this section must ensure that a permanent record of 
4.9 	publication is maintained in a form accessible by the public.
4.10 		Subd. 5.Print copies. When a political subdivision publishes exclusively on the 
4.11 	Web site, it must also make print copies of all published documents available at the main 
4.12 	office of the political subdivision, any other government offices designated by the political 
4.13 	subdivision, all public libraries within the jurisdiction, and by mail upon request.
4.14 		Subd. 6.Newspaper notice of Web site publication. Each year after designating 
4.15 	alternative publication on the Web site, the political subdivision must publish notice of 
4.16 	the alternative means of publication in a qualified newspaper in the jurisdiction and on 
4.17 	the Web site.

4.18 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 462.355, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
4.19 		Subd. 4.Interim ordinance. (a) If a municipality is conducting studies or has 
4.20 	authorized a study to be conducted or has held or has scheduled a hearing for the purpose 
4.21 	of considering adoption or amendment of a comprehensive plan or official controls 
4.22 	as defined in section 462.352, subdivision 15, or if new territory for which plans or 
4.23 	controls have not been adopted is annexed to a municipality, The governing body of the 
4.24 	municipality may adopt an interim ordinance applicable to all or part of its jurisdiction 
4.25 	for the purpose of protecting the planning process and the health, safety and welfare of its 
4.26 	citizens. The interim ordinance may regulate, restrict, or prohibit any use, development, 
4.27 	or subdivision within the jurisdiction or a portion thereof for a period not to exceed one 
4.28 	year from the date it is effective.
4.29 	(b) If a proposed interim ordinance purports to regulate, restrict, or prohibit activities 
4.30 	relating to livestock production, a public hearing must be held following a ten-day notice 
4.31 	given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality before 
4.32 	the interim ordinance takes effect.
4.33 	(c) The period of an interim ordinance applicable to an area that is affected by 
4.34 	a city's master plan for a municipal airport may be extended for such additional periods 
4.35 	as the municipality may deem appropriate, not exceeding a total additional period of 18 
5.1 	months. In all other cases, no interim ordinance may halt, delay, or impede a subdivision 
5.2 	that has been given preliminary approval, nor may any interim ordinance extend the 
5.3 	time deadline for agency action set forth in section 15.99 with respect to any application 
5.4 	filed prior to the effective date of the interim ordinance. The governing body of the 
5.5 	municipality may extend the interim ordinance after a public hearing and written findings 
5.6 	have been adopted based upon one or more of the conditions in clause (1), (2), or (3). 
5.7 	The public hearing must be held at least 15 days but not more than 30 days before the 
5.8 	expiration of the interim ordinance, and notice of the hearing must be published at least 
5.9 	ten days before the hearing. The interim ordinance may be extended for the following 
5.10 	conditions and durations, but, except as provided in clause (3), an interim ordinance may 
5.11 	not be extended more than an additional 18 months:
5.12 	(1) up to an additional 120 days following the receipt of the final approval or review 
5.13 	by a federal, state, or metropolitan agency when the approval is required by law and the 
5.14 	review or approval has not been completed and received by the municipality at least 30 
5.15 	days before the expiration of the interim ordinance;
5.16 	(2) up to an additional 120 days following the completion of any other process 
5.17 	required by a state statute, federal law, or court order, when the process is not completed at 
5.18 	least 30 days before the expiration of the interim ordinance; or
5.19 	(3) up to an additional one year if the municipality has not adopted a comprehensive 
5.20 	plan under this section at the time the interim ordinance is enacted.

5.21 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 471.697, is amended by adding a subdivision 
5.22 	to read:
5.23 		Subd. 3.Federal single audit. A city or town that prepares a single audit that meets 
5.24 	the requirements in United States Code, title 31, section 7501 et seq., may submit the audit 
5.25 	to the state auditor to satisfy the requirements of this section.

5.26 	Sec. 8.  REPEALER.
 5.27 	Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 326B.145; 340A.403, subdivision 4; 382.265; 
5.28 	395.14; 395.15; 395.16; 395.17; 395.18; 395.19; 395.20; 395.21; 395.22; 395.23; 395.24; 
5.29 	471.6161, subdivision 5; and 471.661, are repealed.