1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to local governmental bodies; authorizing 
  1.3             consideration of cost as a criterion in the 
  1.4             designation of newspapers for official publication; 
  1.5             amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 331A.04, 
  1.6             subdivision 1, and by adding a subdivision. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 331A.04, 
  1.9   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  1.10     Subdivision 1.  Except as provided in subdivision 6, the 
  1.11  governing body of any local public corporation, when authorized 
  1.12  or required by statute or charter to designate a newspaper for 
  1.13  publication of its official proceedings and public notices, 
  1.14  shall designate a newspaper which is a qualified medium of 
  1.15  official and legal publication in the ~~following~~ priority set out 
  1.16  in subdivisions 2 to 5. 
  1.17     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 331A.04, is 
  1.18  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  1.19     Subd. 6.  [COST OF PUBLICATION.] If the cost of publishing 
  1.20  official proceedings and public notices would be lower in a 
  1.21  newspaper other than one designated in accordance with 
  1.22  subdivisions 2 to 5, a governing body may designate another 
  1.23  newspaper so long as that newspaper has its known office of 
  1.24  issue located in either the county in which the local public 
  1.25  corporation lies in whole or in part or in an adjacent county.