1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to Hennepin and Wright Counties; authorizing
1.3 	the Hennepin County Board and the Wright County Board
1.4 	to initiate a process for the change of county
1.5 	boundaries by resolution.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. HENNEPIN AND WRIGHT COUNTIES; CHANGE OF
1.8 	BOUNDARIES.
 1.9 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 370.02, the
1.10 	Hennepin County Board and the Wright County Board may by
1.11 	resolution in lieu of the petition required by Minnesota
1.12 	Statutes, section 370.02, initiate the process for a change of
1.13 	boundaries of Hennepin County and Wright County to provide for
1.14 	the inclusion of the entire corporate limits of the city of
1.15 	Rockford in Wright County.  The process for the change of county
1.16 	boundaries must otherwise comply with Minnesota Statutes,
1.17 	sections 370.01 to 370.24.

1.18 	Sec. 2. LOCAL APPROVAL; EFFECTIVE DATE.
 1.19 	Section 1 is effective without local approval in Hennepin
1.20 	and Wright Counties in accordance with Minnesota Statutes,
1.21 	section 645.023, subdivision 1, clause (a), on the day following
1.22 	final enactment.