1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to the board of government innovation and 
  1.3             cooperation; clarifying the distribution of 
  1.4             cooperation and combination aid in certain 
  1.5             circumstances when an entire township is annexed by 
  1.6             two or more contiguous cities; amending Minnesota 
  1.7             Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 465.87, subdivision 
  1.8             1a. 
  1.9   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.10     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 
  1.11  465.87, subdivision 1a, is amended to read: 
  1.12     Subd. 1a.  [ADDITIONAL ELIGIBILITY.] A local government 
  1.13  unit is eligible to apply for aid under this section if it has 
  1.14  combined with another unit of government in accordance with any 
  1.15  process within chapter 414 that results in the elimination of at 
  1.16  least one local government unit and a copy of the municipal 
  1.17  board's order or orders combining the units of government is 
  1.18  forwarded to the board.  If the municipal board issues an order, 
  1.19  or two or more orders within 30 days, for the annexation of the 
  1.20  area of an entire township by two or more cities contiguous to 
  1.21  the township, the cities subject to the board's order are 
  1.22  eligible to receive pro rata shares, on the basis of ~~their~~ 
  1.23  ~~populations~~ the population of the area of the township that was 
  1.24  annexed by each contiguous city, of the total amount of 
  1.25  cooperation and combination aid all participating units of 
  1.26  government would be eligible to receive under subdivision 2.  If 
  1.27  two units of government cooperate in the orderly annexation of 
  2.1   the entire area of a third unit of government which has a 
  2.2   population of at least 8,000 people, the two units of government 
  2.3   are each eligible for the amount of aid specified in subdivision 
  2.4   2.  
  2.5      Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  2.6      Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment.