Minnesota Session Laws - 1998, Regular Session

                            CHAPTER 256-H.F.No. 2372 
                  An act relating to public contracts; exempting the 
                  reconstruction of the Bridges Medical Center in Norman 
                  County from competitive bid requirements. 
        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
           Section 1.  [EXEMPTION.] 
           Because the project for the repair and reconstruction of 
        the damaged Bridges Medical Center in Norman County is emergency 
        construction, that project is exempt from the competitive bid 
        requirements of Minnesota Statutes, section 471.345, or other 
        law or charter. 
           Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE; NO LOCAL APPROVAL.] 
           Section 1 is effective the day after its final enactment.  
        Under Minnesota Statutes, section 645.023, subdivision 1, 
        paragraph (a), no local approval is required. 
           Presented to the governor February 23, 1998 
           Signed by the governor February 25, 1998, 3:02 p.m.