1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to community-based planning; mandating a 
  1.3             joint planning grant; changing an expiration date; 
  1.4             expanding advisory council membership; providing for 
  1.5             advisory council support and costs; providing an 
  1.6             exception to certain planning laws; amending Laws 
  1.7             1997, chapter 202, articles 1, section 11; and 4, 
  1.8             section 13, subdivision 7. 
  1.9   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.10     Section 1.  Laws 1997, chapter 202, article 1, section 11, 
  1.11  is amended to read: 
  1.12  Sec. 11.  OFFICE OF STRATEGIC 
  1.13  AND LONG-RANGE PLANNING                4,973,000      5,317,000
  1.14  $175,000 the first year and $175,000 
  1.15  the second year are for statewide 
  1.16  grants to implement teen courts pilot 
  1.17  projects.  Up to five percent of the 
  1.18  appropriation may be used to administer 
  1.19  the program.  This appropriation shall 
  1.20  not be included in the agency's base 
  1.21  for future bienniums. 
  1.22  $165,000 the first year and $165,000 
  1.23  the second year are for community-based 
  1.24  planning and the advisory council on 
  1.25  community-based planning. 
  1.26  $375,000 the second year is for 
  1.27  planning grants to counties, joint 
  1.28  planning districts that include at 
  1.29  least one county, or to a county and 
  1.30  one or more municipalities within the 
  1.31  county, when they submit a joint 
  1.32  planning application to prepare 
  1.33  community-based plans.  A county 
  1.34  receiving a grant may provide funding 
  1.35  to municipalities within the county for 
  1.36  purposes of the grant.  The office 
  1.37  shall give priority for grants to joint 
  1.38  planning districts or joint 
  1.39  applications from a county and one or 
  2.1   more municipalities.  This 
  2.2   appropriation is available until June 
  2.3   30, 2000. 
  2.4   $375,000 the second year is for 
  2.5   technology grants to counties, or joint 
  2.6   planning districts that include at 
  2.7   least one county, that elect to prepare 
  2.8   community-based plans.  This 
  2.9   appropriation is available until June 
  2.10  30, 2000. 
  2.11  $350,000 the first year is to make a 
  2.12  grant to a joint powers board, if one 
  2.13  is established by the counties of 
  2.14  Benton, Sherburne, and Stearns, and the 
  2.15  cities of St. Cloud, Waite Park, 
  2.16  Sartell, St. Joseph, and Sauk Rapids, 
  2.17  for the purposes of joint planning 
  2.18  under this act.  Other cities and towns 
  2.19  within the counties may elect to 
  2.20  participate in the joint planning 
  2.21  district.  The director ~~may~~ shall make 
  2.22  the grant once the joint powers board 
  2.23  has been formed and a copy of the joint 
  2.24  powers agreement has been received by 
  2.25  the director.  Members of the joint 
  2.26  powers board may delegate their 
  2.27  authority to adopt official controls to 
  2.28  the joint powers board. 
  2.29  $150,000 the first year is to make 
  2.30  three grants to additional counties or 
  2.31  joint powers boards selected to 
  2.32  participate in the community-based 
  2.33  planning pilot project.  A county that 
  2.34  receives a grant from this 
  2.35  appropriation may provide funding to 
  2.36  municipalities within the county for 
  2.37  purposes relating to the grant. 
  2.38     Sec. 2.  Laws 1997, chapter 202, article 4, section 13, 
  2.39  subdivision 7, is amended to read: 
  2.40     Subd. 7.  [EXPIRATION.] This section expires ~~June 30,~~ 
  2.41  ~~1998~~ December 31, 1999. 
  2.42     Sec. 3.  [ADVISORY COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP EXPANDED.] 
  2.43     (a) The membership of the advisory council on 
  2.44  community-based planning established under Laws 1997, chapter 
  2.45  202, article 4, section 13, subdivision 3, is increased by three 
  2.46  voting members appointed as follows: 
  2.47     (1) one member appointed by the speaker of the house of 
  2.48  representatives; 
  2.49     (2) one member appointed by the subcommittee on committees 
  2.50  of the committee on rules and administration of the senate; and 
  2.51     (3) one member appointed by the governor. 
  2.52     (b) The appointing authorities shall coordinate the 
  3.1   appointments so that the three members include elected 
  3.2   representatives of local government and provide broader 
  3.3   geographic representation of the state. 
  3.4      Sec. 4.  [FUNDING FROM EXISTING BUDGET.] 
  3.5      The office of strategic and long-range planning shall 
  3.6   provide administrative and staff support, and otherwise pay the 
  3.7   costs of the advisory council on community-based planning out of 
  3.8   its existing budget. 
  3.9      Sec. 5. [EXCEPTION TO REVIEW.] 
  3.10     Notwithstanding Laws 1997, chapter 202, article 4, section 
  3.11  17, and Minnesota Statutes, section 394.232, subdivision 5, 
  3.12  paragraph (e), the joint powers board established for 
  3.13  community-based planning in Benton, Sherburne, and Stearns 
  3.14  counties is not required to refund the grant funds received from 
  3.15  the office. 
  3.16     Sec. 6.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  3.17     This act is effective the day following final enactment.