1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to local government; allowing abolition of a 
  1.3             city public utilities commission or utility transfer 
  1.4             to city council by ordinance; amending Minnesota 
  1.5             Statutes 2000, section 412.391, subdivisions 1 and 4; 
  1.6             repealing Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 412.391, 
  1.7             subdivisions 2 and 3. 
  1.8   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.9      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 412.391, 
  1.10  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  1.11     Subdivision 1.  [TO COUNCIL; PROCEDURE.] ~~The~~ A statutory 
  1.12  city may abolish by ordinance its public utilities commission ~~of~~ 
  1.13  ~~any statutory city may be abolished~~ or ~~its~~ may transfer to the 
  1.14  council by ordinance the public utilities commission's 
  1.15  jurisdiction over any particular utility ~~transferred to the~~ 
  1.16  ~~council by following the procedure prescribed in this section~~.  
  1.17     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 412.391, 
  1.18  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
  1.19     Subd. 4.  [TIME OF EFFECT.] ~~If a majority of the votes cast~~ 
  1.20  ~~on a proposition submitted to the voters under subdivision 2 or~~ 
  1.21  ~~3 is in the affirmative,~~ The provisions of sections 412.331 to 
  1.22  412.381 shall cease to apply to the city, in the case of an 
  1.23  ~~election under subdivision 2~~ ordinance abolishing the public 
  1.24  utilities commission, or to the particular utility mentioned in 
  1.25  the ~~proposition submitted to the voters~~ ordinance, in the case 
  1.26  of an ~~election under subdivision 3~~ ordinance transferring 
  2.1   jurisdiction to the council.  Such change shall take place 30 
  2.2   days after the ~~election~~ effective date of the ordinance.  
  2.3      Sec. 3.  [REPEALER.] 
  2.4      Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 412.391, subdivisions 2 
  2.5   and 3, are repealed.