2000 Minnesota Statutes

     465.83 State agency approval. 

    Before scheduling a referendum on the question of combining 
 local government units under section 465.84, the units shall 
 submit the plan adopted under section 465.82 to the board.  
 Metropolitan area units shall also submit the plan to the 
 metropolitan council for review and comment.  The board may 
 require any information it deems necessary to evaluate the 
 plan.  The board shall disapprove the proposed combination if it 
 finds that the plan is not reasonably likely to enable the 
 combined unit to provide services in a more efficient or less 
 costly manner than the separate units would provide them, or if 
 the plans or plan modification are incomplete.  If the 
 combination of local government units is approved by the board 
 under this section, the local units are not required to proceed 
 under chapter 414 to accomplish the combination. 

    HIST: 1991 c 291 art 14 s 4; 1993 c 375 art 15 s 12