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Local Government Policy

2023-2024 Regular Session

Report Date: August 22, 2023 2:50:20 PM

Bill # Senate Author Description Date Received Hearing Date Action Taken Senate Last Action
SF38 Osmek Metropolitan council members staggered terms imposition 01/09/2017
SF40 Osmek Metropolitan council gubernatorial appointees local approval requirement and council member removal process 01/09/2017
SF123 Latz Electronic communications retention requirements establishment 01/17/2017
SF150 Osmek Metropolitan council light rail projects without explicit legislative authority prohibition and appropriation 01/17/2017
SF174 Newton Parks, trails and recreational facilities additional funding for local units of government through special fees authorization 01/17/2017
SF201 Hall Statutory or home rule charter city two-thirds vote for interim ordinance imposition; interim housing ordinance imposition 10-day notice and public hearing requirements 01/19/2017 See SF1456, Art. 11, Sec. 3
SF235 Westrom Fireworks manufacture, sale, and use regulation 03/22/2018
SF261 Mathews Benton county recorder office appointment authorization 01/23/2017 See SF514, Art. 3, Sec. 2
SF373 Housley County board commissioner vacancy filling by appointment authorization 01/26/2017
SF421 Newton Vacant elected county offices appointment procedures establishment 01/26/2017
SF480 Senjem Long-term equity investment authority for local governments additions 01/30/2017 See First Special Session, SF1, Art. 2, Sec. 27
SF514 Kiffmeyer Omnibus elections bill 03/06/2017 See also SF2384, Sec. 5-10
SF533 Wiklund Public body liable for unpaid costs when there is no performance or payment bond 02/02/2017
SF561 Osmek Small wireless facilities collocation authorization 03/06/2017 See SF1456, Art. 9
SF580 Miller Uniform State Labor Standards Act 02/09/2017
SF592 Lourey Pine county auditor-treasurer appointment authorization 02/02/2017 See SF514, Art. 3, Sec. 3
SF601 Benson Metropolitan system plan reasonableness consideration prohibition elimination 02/02/2017
SF620 Dahms County boards appropriations authorization for veterans memorials anywhere in the county 02/13/2017
SF641 Dibble Metropolitan council staggered terms, member qualifications and member selection process provisions modifications 02/06/2017
SF642 Dibble Metropolitan council members election authorization 02/06/2017 See HF4385, Art. 4, Sec. 31-35
SF692 Lourey Cloquet area fire and ambulance taxing district modifications 02/06/2017
SF699 Relph Municipal hotels local government additional licensing requirements authorization 02/06/2017
SF870 Fischbach National Night Out local government expenditures and fundraising authorization 02/13/2017
SF883 Dibble Metropolitan governance task force establishment 02/13/2017
SF892 Osmek Metropolitan council governance modification 02/13/2017
SF931 Benson Oak Grove land designation as rural residential for comprehensive plan update purposes 02/13/2017 See First Special Session, HF3, Art. 3, Sec. 126
SF975 Benson Metropolitan council members communication with elected officials in their respective district requirement 02/15/2017
SF1001 Franzen Edina 2014 special law file approval time extension 02/15/2017
SF1011 Chamberlain Transit financial activity auditing and reporting requirement and appropriation 03/09/2017 See First Special Session, SF1, Art. 2, Sec. 5
SF1011 Chamberlain Transit financial activity auditing and reporting requirement and appropriation See First Special Session, SF1, Art. 2, Sec. 5
SF1012 Relph Stearns county recorder office appointive authorization 02/15/2017 See SF514, Art. 3, Sec. 4
SF1020 Hall Awards and trophies purchase spending cap elimination 02/15/2017
SF1040 Tomassoni County higher education scholarship program funded by mineral royalties establishment 03/06/2017 See SF943, Art. 2, Sec. 22
SF1040 Tomassoni County higher education scholarship program funded by mineral royalties establishment See SF943, Art. 2, Sec. 22
SF1113 Kiffmeyer County law library transfer of money to county for construction costs authorization 02/16/2017
SF1135 Pappas Ramsey county human resources statutes technical modifications 02/20/2017
SF1139 Anderson, B. Metropolitan council expansion beyond metro area prohibition 02/20/2017
SF1195 Ingebrigtsen Consumer Choice Act; plastic and paper bags local government bans or taxation prohibition; plastic bag recycling pilot project appropriation 02/20/2017 See SF1456, Art. 8, Sec. 14
SF1224 Mathews Proposed ordinances affecting business licenses notice requirement 02/20/2017
SF1245 Mathews Claims payment requirements modification 02/22/2017
SF1267 Benson Thrive MSP 2040 metropolitan development guide legislative approval requirement 02/22/2017
SF1274 Bakk City and town historical societies use of city and town expenditures authorization 02/22/2017 See HF4385, Art. 4, Sec. 1
SF1295 Osmek Local governments alternative Web site publication authorization 02/22/2017
SF1354 Latz Police and firefighters civil service commissions and department employees provisions modifications 02/23/2017
SF1399 Abeler County license bureaus business hours modification 02/23/2017
SF1416 Johnson Marshall county office of recorder appointive office authorization 02/27/2017 See SF514, Art. 3, Sec. 5
SF1426 Fischbach County recorders appointment authorization 02/27/2017
SF1430 Relph Sherburne county office of county recorder appointment authorization 02/27/2017
SF1483 Benson Metropolitan Land Planning Act reasonableness of system statements consideration authorization 02/27/2017
SF1487 Pappas Large retail stores excessive consumption of law enforcement services local government units to assess costs authorization 02/27/2017
SF1490 Osmek Metropolitan council membership, terms, and voting modifications; transportation advisory board elimination 02/27/2017
SF1494 Draheim Rice county auditor-treasurer and recorder appointment authorization 02/27/2017 See SF514, Art. 3, Sec. 6
SF1715 Limmer Open meeting law meeting definition clarification 03/02/2017
SF1736 Westrom Partition fences construction or maintenance costs landowners or occupants exemption from costs sharing requirement 03/06/2017
SF1741 Bakk Tofte municipal housing operation authorization 03/06/2017
SF1749 Anderson, B. Orderly annexation agreement effect; parcel annexation by ordinance limit 03/06/2017
SF1755 Anderson, B. Solid waste organized collection requirements modification 03/06/2017
SF1822 Osmek Long-range transportation planning functions transfer from the Metropolitan council to the department of transportation (DOT) authorization 03/06/2017
SF1855 Marty Ramsey county supported work program for people with disabilities positions selection 03/06/2017
SF1877 Torres Ray Metropolitan council sewer availability charge regulation modification 03/07/2017
SF1943 Tomassoni Central Iron Range sanitary sewer board appointment of members of the governing bodies of participating municipalities authorization 03/08/2017
SF2069 Kiffmeyer Sherburne county examiner and deputy examiner of titles manner of compensation modification 03/13/2017 See First Special Session, SF1, Art. 2, Sec. 47
SF2072 Bakk Town electors financial assistance to schools authorization 03/13/2017
SF2092 Draheim Municipality use of public utility license, permit, rights or franchise fees to raise revenue notice and referendum requirement 03/13/2017
SF2158 Osmek Metropolitan council debt obligations issuance legal authority requirement 03/16/2017
SF2260 Bigham Washington county regional railroad authority Red Rock Corridor transitway demonstration project appropriation 03/27/2017
SF2287 Goggin Cannon Falls exclusion from metropolitan area definition 03/30/2017 See First Special Session, HF3, Art. 3, Sec. 116
SF2328 Hall Notice requirements for certain local government ordinances and resolutions authorization; economic analysis on the impact of licensed businesses and local or state revenue requirement 04/20/2017
SF2364 Mathews Community food shelves appropriations of funds by towns authorization 05/01/2017
SF2393 Koran Water tank service contracts bidding exception modification 05/15/2017
SF2415 Osmek Metropolitan council abolishment and duty transfer authorization; metropolitan land use planning provisions repeal; metropolitan council oversight of metropolitan airports commission repeal; metropolitan area sanitary sewer district establishment and appropriation 05/20/2017
SF2481 Housley Metropolitan airports commission (MAC) airport runway extension expenditures prohibition 02/20/2018
SF2605 Housley School district bond referendums requirements modifications; certain information to be made available in polling places; ballot language modifications 03/22/2018 See SF3656, Art. 51, Sec. 9, 13
SF2641 Ruud Service cooperatives inclusion in definition of governmental units for purposes of joint powers 02/26/2018 See SF3656, Art. 47, Sec. 20
SF2651 Tomassoni St. Louis County civil service commission technical modifications 02/26/2018
SF2661 Housley Metropolitan agricultural preserves expiration modification; Gateway trail predesign and design bond issue and appropriation 02/26/2018 See HF4385, Art. 4, Sec. 26-28
SF2697 Hall Solid waste management provisions modification; organized collection agreement joint liability limitation 03/12/2018 See SF3656, Art. 20, Sec. 66-72
SF2783 Koran Public contracts progress payments and release of retainage within a certain time period requirement 03/12/2018
SF2809 Pratt Metropolitan council governance modification and transportation advisory board elimination; transportation technical advisory committee establishment 03/01/2018
SF2858 Newton Meetings conducted via interactive television conditions modification 03/01/2018
SF2871 Koran Hair braiders cosmetology registration requirements exemption 03/08/2018 See SF3656, Art. 2, Sec. 8-9, 22
SF2921 Draheim Local recycling programs matching funds requirements modification 03/05/2018 See SF3141, Art. 1, Sec. 52
SF2978 Koran State auditor review of CPA firms audits requirements 03/12/2018 See SF3656, Art. 2, Sec. 3
SF3003 Anderson, B. Adjutant general authority clarification 03/12/2018
SF3055 Pratt County authorization for storm and sanitary sewer systems modification 03/08/2018
SF3114 Newton Meetings conducted via interactive television conditions modification 03/08/2018
SF3121 Mathews Morrison county recorder appointment authorization 03/08/2018
SF3135 Hall Auxiliary containers regulation by counties, cities and towns prohibition 03/08/2018
SF3190 Hall Local governments alternative Web site publication of sample ballots for state primary and general elections authorization 03/12/2018
SF3262 Hall Purple Heart City and Purple Heart County designation authorization 03/12/2018
SF3293 Koran Chisago county office of auditor-treasurer made appointive authorization 03/14/2018
SF3297 Wiger St. Paul McCarron's treatment process improvements project design-build process authorization 03/14/2018
SF3320 Mathews Wadena county auditor-treasurer and recorder appointment authorization 03/14/2018
SF3349 Osmek Metropolitan council regional solicitation process funding requirements establishment 03/14/2018
SF3350 Osmek Metropolitan council promotional signs and activities prohibition 03/14/2018
SF3377 Simonson Duluth regional exchange district for development purposes establishment; Duluth sales and use tax authority modification 04/30/2018
SF3399 Hall Uniform municipal contracting law contract ranges increase 03/15/2018
SF3411 Laine Ramsey soil and water conservation district discontinuance and duties transfer to the Ramsey county board of commissioners 03/15/2018 See SF3656, Art. 20, Sec. 88
SF3418 Chamberlain Metropolitan council transportation finance, budget, appropriations, accounting, fiscal planning, and reporting provisions establishment and modification 03/15/2018 See SF3656, Art. 24, Sec. 1, 113
SF3422 Koran Isanti county recorder appointive position establishment 03/15/2018
SF3473 Pratt Scott County turn lane fee authorization 03/15/2018
SF3497 Wiger Metropolitan council staggered terms requirement, nomination committee membership expansion, selection process additional information disclosure requirement, and council member qualifications clarification 03/15/2018
SF3525 Jasinski Metropolitan airports commission (MAC) political subdivision compensation limit exemption 03/19/2018
SF3562 Hall Data sharing between human services department and the metropolitan council for special transportation purposes; metro mobility service area extension 03/19/2018 See SF3656, Art. 24, Sec. 115
SF3688 Relph Town officer terms and audit requirements modification 03/21/2018
SF3709 Rest Municipal liquor store statement of operations long-term pension benefit obligations inclusion prohibition 03/21/2018
SF3720 Lang Renville county recorder appointive position authorization 03/21/2018
SF3793 Anderson, P. Counties competitive bidding for small business enterprises or veteran-owned small businesses modification 03/22/2018
SF3825 Rosen Rural electric cooperative and USDA loan caps to certain local units of government modification 03/26/2018 See SF3656, Art. 7, Sec. 5
SF3857 Benson Metropolitan council system plans local governments challenge authorization 03/29/2018 See HF4425, Art. 2, Sec. 22
SF4020 Anderson, B. Annexation of designated areas by means other than in an orderly annexation agreement prohibition 04/23/2018
SF4079 Tomassoni Hospital district board members terms of office modification 05/14/2018
SF4088 Koran Municipal contracting bids transparency increase 05/17/2018
SF4090 Bigham Contested case hearing procedure to challenge a coroner or medical examiner report establishment 05/17/2018
HF375 Dahms County boards appropriations authorization for veterans memorials anywhere in the county 02/15/2017
HF739 Osmek Small wireless facilities collocation authorization 05/20/2017
HF739 Osmek Small wireless facilities collocation authorization
HF1975 Koran Water tank service contracts bidding exception modification 03/21/2018