1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to local government; modifying county authorization for storm and sanitary 
1.3 	sewer systems;amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 444.075, subdivision 
1.4 	1a.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 444.075, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 1a.Authorization. Any municipality may build, construct, reconstruct, repair, 
1.8 	enlarge, improve, or in any other manner obtain facilities, and maintain and operate the 
1.9 	facilities inside or outside its corporate limits, and acquire by gift, purchase, lease, 
1.10 	condemnation, or otherwise any and all land and easements required for that purpose. The 
1.11 	authority hereby granted is in addition to all other powers with reference to the facilities 
1.12 	otherwise granted by the laws of this state or by the charter of any municipality. The authority 
1.13 	regarding storm sewers granted to municipalities which have territory within a watershed 
1.14 	which has adopted a watershed plan pursuant to section 103B.231 shall be exercised, with 
1.15 	respect to facilities acquired following the adoption of the watershed plan, only for facilities 
1.16 	which are not inconsistent with the watershed plan. The authority regarding storm sewers 
1.17 	granted to municipalities which have adopted local water management plans pursuant to 
1.18 	section 103B.235 shall be exercised, with respect to facilities acquired following the adoption 
1.19 	of a local plan, only for facilities which are not inconsistent with the local plan. Counties, 
1.20 	except counties in the seven-county metropolitan area, shall have the same authority granted 
1.21 	to municipalities by this subdivision except for areas of the county organized into cities and 
1.22 	areas of the county incorporated within a sanitary district established by special act of the 
1.23 	legislature.