1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to historical societies; creating contracting provisions for historic 
1.3 	preservation corps;amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 471.59, subdivision 
1.4 	1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 138.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [138.935] HISTORIC PRESERVATION CORPS.
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Definition. For the purposes of this section "historic preservation corps" 
1.8 	means a nonprofit corporation under section 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Code that 
1.9 	provides on-the-job training and workforce development skills to youth and young adults 
1.10 	by engaging them in the repair and maintenance of historic structures, buildings, and sites.
1.11 		Subd. 2.Joint powers. Historic preservation corps are governmental units for the 
1.12 	purposes of section 471.59 and have the rights and liabilities available under that section.

1.13 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 471.59, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.14 		Subdivision 1.Agreement. Two or more governmental units, by agreement entered into 
1.15 	through action of their governing bodies, may jointly or cooperatively exercise any power 
1.16 	common to the contracting parties or any similar powers, including those which are the 
1.17 	same except for the territorial limits within which they may be exercised. The agreement 
1.18 	may provide for the exercise of such powers by one or more of the participating governmental 
1.19 	units on behalf of the other participating units. The term "governmental unit" as used in this 
1.20 	section includes every city, county, town, school district, independent nonprofit firefighting 
1.21 	corporation, other political subdivision of this or another state, another state, federally 
1.22 	recognized Indian tribe, the University of Minnesota, the Minnesota Historical Society,
2.1 	historic preservation corps under section 138.395, nonprofit hospitals licensed under sections 
2.2 	144.50 to 144.56, rehabilitation facilities and extended employment providers that are 
2.3 	certified by the commissioner of employment and economic development, day and supported 
2.4 	employment services licensed under chapter 245D, and any agency of the state of Minnesota 
2.5 	or the United States, and includes any instrumentality of a governmental unit. For the purpose 
2.6 	of this section, an instrumentality of a governmental unit means an instrumentality having 
2.7 	independent policy-making and appropriating authority.