1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to housing; regulating the urban Indian 
  1.3             housing program; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, 
  1.4             section 462A.07, subdivision 15. 
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 462A.07, 
  1.7   subdivision 15, is amended to read: 
  1.8      Subd. 15.  [URBAN INDIAN HOUSING PROGRAM.] It may engage in 
  1.9   housing programs for low and moderate income American Indians 
  1.10  residing in the metropolitan area defined in section 473.121, 
  1.11  subdivision 2, cities with a population greater than 50,000 
  1.12  persons, and cities with an American Indian population greater 
  1.13  than 1,000 persons.  The programs shall demonstrate innovative 
  1.14  methods of providing housing for urban Indians~~,~~; may involve the 
  1.15  construction, purchase, and rehabilitation of residential 
  1.16  housing~~,~~; may provide transitional housing; may rehabilitate 
  1.17  rental histories; and may be administered through any other 
  1.18  provision of this chapter.  To the extent possible, the programs 
  1.19  shall combine appropriated money with other money from both 
  1.20  public and private sources, except that interest earned on the 
  1.21  portion of an appropriation to be expended for Indian housing 
  1.22  programs in the city of Duluth does not have to be combined with 
  1.23  money from other sources.  Effective June 30, 1985, all money 
  1.24  allocated by the agency under this subdivision to programs for 
  1.25  urban Indian housing that are not subject to active contracts 
  2.1   shall be reallocated by the agency to programs to fulfill the 
  2.2   purposes of this subdivision.  Members of boards, committees, or 
  2.3   other governing bodies of organizations administering the urban 
  2.4   Indian programs authorized by this subdivision must be 
  2.5   compensated for those services as provided in section 15.0575.  
  2.6   The agency shall consult with the advisory council on urban 
  2.7   Indians created pursuant to section 3.922, subdivision 8, in the 
  2.8   development of programs pursuant to this subdivision. 
  2.9      Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  2.10     Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment.