Minnesota Session Laws - 2010, Regular Session

CHAPTER 306--S.F.No. 3325

An act

relating to local government; authorizing chairs and ranking minority members of the Committees on Finance and Ways and Means to request local impact notes;

amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 3.987, subdivision 1.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 3.987, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Local impact notes.

The commissioner of management and budget shall coordinate the development of a local impact note for any proposed legislation introduced after June 30, 1997, upon request of the chair or the ranking minority member of either legislative Tax new text begin , Finance, or Ways and Means new text end Committee. Upon receipt of a request to prepare a local impact note, the commissioner must notify the authors of the proposed legislation that the request has been made. The local impact note must be made available to the public upon request. If the action is among the exceptions listed in section 3.988, a local impact note need not be requested nor prepared. The commissioner shall make a reasonable and timely estimate of the local fiscal impact on each type of political subdivision that would result from the proposed legislation. The commissioner of management and budget may require any political subdivision or the commissioner of an administrative agency of the state to supply in a timely manner any information determined to be necessary to determine local fiscal impact. The political subdivision, its representative association, or commissioner shall convey the requested information to the commissioner of management and budget with a signed statement to the effect that the information is accurate and complete to the best of its ability. The political subdivision, its representative association, or commissioner, when requested, shall update its determination of local fiscal impact based on actual cost or revenue figures, improved estimates, or both. Upon completion of the note, the commissioner must provide a copy to the authors of the proposed legislation new text begin and to the chair and ranking minority member of each committee to which the proposed legislation is referred new text end .

Presented to the governor May 7, 2010

Signed by the governor May 11, 2010, 10:50 a.m.