1.1                          A bill for an act
  1.2             relating to annexation; strengthening the effect of an 
  1.3             orderly annexation agreement; amending Minnesota 
  1.4             Statutes 2000, section 414.0325, by adding a 
  1.5             subdivision. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 414.0325, is 
  1.8   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  1.9      Subd. 6.  [VALIDITY, EFFECT OF ORDERLY ANNEXATION 
  1.10  AGREEMENT.] An orderly annexation agreement is a binding 
  1.11  contract upon all parties to the agreement and is enforceable in 
  1.12  the district court in the county in which the unincorporated 
  1.13  property in question is located.  The provisions of an orderly 
  1.14  annexation agreement are not preempted by any provision of this 
  1.15  chapter unless the agreement specifically provides so.  If an 
  1.16  orderly annexation agreement provides the exclusive procedures 
  1.17  by which the unincorporated property identified in the agreement 
  1.18  may be annexed to the municipality, the municipality shall not 
  1.19  annex that property by any other procedure.