SF 1224

1st Engrossment - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 05/11/2018 04:01pm

A bill for an act
relating to local government; requiring notice of proposed ordinances to businesses;
proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 415.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

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