Minnesota Session Laws - 1996, Regular Session

  
    
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                            CHAPTER 365-H.F.No. 2778 
                  An act relating to courts; extending the streamlined 
                  dissolution procedure pilot project; modifying the 
                  duties and powers of a referee for the duration of a 
                  family court block calendar pilot program; amending 
                  Laws 1991, chapter 271, section 9. 
        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
           Section 1.  Laws 1991, chapter 271, section 9, is amended 
        to read: 
           Sec. 9.  [REPEALER.] 
           Section 5 is repealed effective July 1, 1996 1997, for 
        cases filed on or after that date. 
           Sec. 2.  [PILOT PROJECT; COMBINED JURISDICTION COURT.] 
           Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 260.031, 
        subdivision 4, and 484.70, subdivisions 6 and 7, paragraphs (d) 
        and (e), the second judicial district may implement a pilot 
        project to improve the resolution of family problems by 
        assigning related family, probate, and juvenile court matters, 
        other than delinquency proceedings, to a single judge or referee.
           The second judicial district shall report to the supreme 
        court by August 1, 1998, on the effectiveness of the combined 
        jurisdiction court. 
           Sec. 3.  [REPEALER.] 
           Section 2 is repealed when the project is completed, or 
        June 30, 1998, whichever occurs earlier. 
           Sec. 4.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
           Sections 1 and 2 are effective the day following final 
        enactment. 
           Presented to the governor March 21, 1996 
           Signed by the governor March 22, 1996, 10:45 a.m.