SF 2159

as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 03/14/2023 09:33am

A bill for an act
relating to metropolitan government; clarifying application of environmental review
statutes to regional and local comprehensive land use planning; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 473.145; proposing coding for new law in
Minnesota Statutes, chapter 473.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 473.145, is amended to read:

473.145 DEVELOPMENT GUIDE.

The Metropolitan Council shall prepare and adopt, after appropriate study and such
public hearings as may be necessary, a comprehensive development guide for the
metropolitan area. It shall consist of a compilation of policy statements, goals, standards,
programs, and maps prescribing guides for the orderly and economical development, public
and private, of the metropolitan area. The comprehensive development guide shall recognize
and encompass physical, social, or economic needs of the metropolitan area and those future
developments which will have an impact on the entire area including but not limited to such
matters as land use, parks and open space land needs, the necessity for and location of
airports, highways, transit facilities, public hospitals, libraries, schools, and other public
buildings. new text begin The council's adoption and amendment of the comprehensive development guide
and its adoption and amendment of metropolitan system plans, as defined in section 473.852,
subdivision 8; other policy plans; and metropolitan system statements under chapter 473
shall not constitute conduct that causes or is likely to cause "pollution, impairment, or
destruction" under section 116B.02, subdivision 5, or "governmental action" under section
116D.04, subdivision 1a, paragraph (d).
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 2.

new text begin [473.8651] ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.
new text end

new text begin Notwithstanding any environmental review required under section 116D.04 and
Minnesota Rules, chapter 4410, the adoption or amendment of comprehensive plans and
the adoption or amendment of fiscal devices and official controls consistent with sections
473.858 to 473.865 shall not constitute conduct that causes or is likely to cause "pollution,
impairment, or destruction" under section 116B.02, subdivision 5.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION. new text end

new text begin This section is effective retroactively from
March 1, 2018, and applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey,
Scott, and Washington.
new text end