1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to metropolitan governance; metropolitan livable communities act; 
1.3 	modifying certain local housing incentive account program requirements;amending 
1.4 	Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 473.254, subdivisions 2, 6.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 473.254, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 2.Affordable, life-cycle goals. The council shall negotiate with each municipality 
1.8 	to establish affordable and life-cycle housing goals for that municipality that are consistent 
1.9 	with and promote the policies of the Metropolitan Council as provided in the adopted 
1.10 	Metropolitan Development Guide. The council shall adopt, by resolution after a public 
1.11 	hearing action of its governing body, the negotiated affordable and life-cycle housing goals 
1.12 	for each municipality by January 15, 1996, and by January 15 in of each succeeding year 
1.13 	for each municipality newly electing to participate in the program or for each municipality 
1.14 	with which new housing goals have been negotiated. By June 30, 1996, and by June 30 in
1.15 	of each succeeding year for each municipality newly electing to participate in the program 
1.16 	or for each municipality with which new housing goals have been negotiated, each 
1.17 	municipality shall identify to the council the actions it plans to take to meet the established 
1.18 	housing goals.

1.19 	EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION. This section is effective the day following 
1.20 	final enactment and applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, 
1.21 	Scott, and Washington.

2.1 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 473.254, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
2.2 		Subd. 6.Distribution of funds. The funds in the account must be distributed annually 
2.3 	by the council to municipalities that:
2.4 	(1) have not met their affordable and life-cycle housing goals as determined by the 
2.5 	council; and
2.6 	(2) are actively funding projects designed to help meet the goals.
2.7 	Funds may also be distributed to a development authority for a project in an eligible 
2.8 	municipality. The funds distributed by the council must be matched on a dollar-for-dollar 
2.9 	basis by the municipality or development authority receiving the funds. When distributing 
2.10 	funds in the account, the council must give priority to projects that (1) are in municipalities 
2.11 	that have contribution net tax capacities that exceed their distribution net tax capacities by 
2.12 	more than $200 per household, and (2) demonstrate the proposed project will link 
2.13 	employment opportunities with affordable and life-cycle housing, and (3) provide matching 
2.14 	funds from a source other than the required affordable and life-cycle housing opportunities 
2.15 	amount under subdivision 3 or 3a, as applicable. For the purposes of this subdivision, 
2.16 	"municipality" means a statutory or home rule charter city or town in the metropolitan area 
2.17 	and "development authority" means a housing and redevelopment authority, economic 
2.18 	development authority, or port authority.

2.19 	EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION. This section is effective the day following 
2.20 	final enactment and applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, 
2.21 	Scott, and Washington.