1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to special service districts; changing certain provisions for housing 
1.3 	improvement areas concerning petitions and veto powers;amending Minnesota 
1.4 	Statutes 2008, sections 428A.12; 428A.18, subdivision 2.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 428A.12, is amended to read:
1.7 	428A.12 PETITION REQUIRED.
1.8 	No action may be taken under sections 428A.13 and 428A.14 unless owners of 
1.9 	~~25~~ 50 percent or more of the housing units that would be subject to fees in the proposed 
1.10 	housing improvement area file a petition requesting a public hearing on the proposed 
1.11 	action with the city clerk. No action may be taken under section 428A.14 to impose a fee 
1.12 	unless owners of ~~25~~ 50 percent or more of the housing units subject to the proposed 
1.13 	fee file a petition requesting a public hearing on the proposed fee with the city clerk or 
1.14 	other appropriate official.

1.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for petitions filed beginning July 
1.16 	1, 2010.

1.17 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 428A.18, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.18 		Subd. 2.Requirements for veto. If residents of ~~35~~ 45 percent or more of the 
1.19 	housing units in the area subject to the fee file an objection to the ordinance adopted by the 
1.20 	city under section 428A.13 with the city clerk before the effective date of the ordinance, 
1.21 	the ordinance does not become effective. If owners of ~~35~~ 45 percent or more of the housing 
1.22 	units' tax capacity subject to the fee under section 428A.14 file an objection with the city 
1.23 	clerk before the effective date of the resolution, the resolution does not become effective.  

2.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective beginning July 1, 2010.