Minnesota Session Laws - 2000, Regular Session

                            CHAPTER 305-S.F.No. 3145 
                  An act relating to the city of Minnetonka; providing a 
                  variation from the general statutory priority for 
                  designation of a qualified newspaper for publication 
                  of its official proceedings and public notices. 
        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
           Section 1.  [MINNETONKA OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER DESIGNATION.] 
           Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 331A.04, 
        subdivision 2, if the city of Minnetonka has one or more 
        qualified newspapers with either a known office of issue or a 
        major secondary office within the city, the one if there is only 
        one, or one of them if there are more than one, may be 
        designated as the newspaper for publication of its official 
        proceedings and public notices when designation is authorized or 
        required by the city charter or by statute.  
           For the purpose of this section, a "major secondary office" 
        is a secondary office with a circulation of at least 5,000 
        copies, and home delivery to at least a majority of the 
        residences, within the city. 
           Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE; NO LOCAL APPROVAL.] 
           Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 645.023, 
        subdivision 1, paragraph (a), section 1 is effective the day 
        following final enactment. 
           Presented to the governor March 28, 2000 
           Signed by the governor March 31, 2000, 2:45 p.m.