1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to local government; modifying provisions 
  1.3             relating to community-based planning; amending 
  1.4             Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 4A.08; 394.22, 
  1.5             subdivision 9, and by adding a subdivision; 394.232, 
  1.6             subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and by adding 
  1.7             subdivisions; 462.352, subdivision 5; 462.3535, 
  1.8             subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, and 9; Laws 1999, 
  1.9             chapter 250, article 1, section 115; proposing coding 
  1.10            for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 4A; 
  1.11            repealing Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 394.232, 
  1.12            subdivisions 7 and 8; and 462.3535, subdivisions 5 and 
  1.13            10. 
  1.14  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.15     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 4A.08, is 
  1.16  amended to read: 
  1.17     4A.08 [~~COMMUNITY-BASED PLANNING GOALS~~ COMPREHENSIVE 
  1.18  PLANNING GOALS.] 
  1.19     Subdivision 1.  [GOALS.] ~~The goals of community-based~~ 
  1.20  ~~planning are:~~ Comprehensive planning goals are as follows: 
  1.21     (1)  ~~[CITIZEN PARTICIPATION.]~~ to develop a ~~community-based~~ 
  1.22  planning process with broad citizen participation in order to 
  1.23  build local capacity to plan for sustainable development and to 
  1.24  benefit from the insights, knowledge, and support of local 
  1.25  residents~~.  The process must include at least one citizen from~~ 
  1.26  ~~each affected unit of local government~~; 
  1.27     (2)  ~~[COOPERATION.]~~ to promote cooperation among 
  1.28  ~~communities~~ all levels of government in order to work towards 
  1.29  the most efficient~~, planned,~~ and cost-effective delivery of 
  2.1   government services ~~by, among other means, facilitating~~ 
  2.2   ~~cooperative agreements among adjacent communities and to~~ 
  2.3   ~~coordinate planning~~ and to ensure compatibility of ~~one~~ 
  2.4   ~~community's development with development of neighboring~~ 
  2.5   ~~communities~~ actions across Minnesota's governments and agencies; 
  2.6      (3)  ~~[ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.]~~ to create sustainable economic 
  2.7   development strategies ~~and provide~~ that enhance economic 
  2.8   opportunities throughout the state ~~that will achieve a balanced~~ 
  2.9   ~~distribution of growth statewide~~; 
  2.10     (4)  ~~[CONSERVATION.]~~ to protect, ~~preserve~~ conserve, and 
  2.11  enhance the state's resources, including ~~agricultural land,~~ 
  2.12  ~~forests,~~ surface water and groundwater, ~~recreation and~~ open 
  2.13  space, ~~scenic areas, and~~ significant historic and archaeological 
  2.14  sites, farmland, and other lands that maintain ecosystem health 
  2.15  and support tourism and natural resource-based industries; 
  2.16     (5)  ~~[LIVABLE COMMUNITY DESIGN.]~~ to strengthen communities 
  2.17  by ~~following the principles of livable community design~~ 
  2.18  ~~in~~ fostering development and redevelopment~~, including~~ 
  2.19  ~~integration of all income and age groups, mixed land uses and~~ 
  2.20  ~~compact development, affordable and life-cycle housing, green~~ 
  2.21  ~~spaces, access to public transit, bicycle and pedestrian ways,~~ 
  2.22  ~~and enhanced aesthetics and beauty in public spaces~~ that enhance 
  2.23  communities' unique characteristics and the qualities that make 
  2.24  them desirable and safe places to live; 
  2.25     (6)  ~~[HOUSING.]~~ to provide and preserve an adequate supply 
  2.26  of affordable ~~and life-cycle~~ housing throughout the state to 
  2.27  accommodate people in all stages of their lives; 
  2.28     (7)  ~~[TRANSPORTATION.]~~ to ~~focus on the movement of people~~ 
  2.29  ~~and goods, rather than on the movement of automobiles, in~~ 
  2.30  ~~transportation planning, and to maximize the efficient use of~~ 
  2.31  ~~the transportation infrastructure by increasing the availability~~ 
  2.32  ~~and use of appropriate public transit throughout the state~~ 
  2.33  ~~through land-use planning and design that makes public transit~~ 
  2.34  ~~economically viable and desirable~~ provide and preserve an 
  2.35  enhanced mix of transportation options that efficiently move 
  2.36  people, goods, and information; 
  3.1      ~~(8)  [LAND-USE PLANNING.] To establish a community-based~~ 
  3.2   ~~framework as a basis for all decisions and actions related to~~ 
  3.3   ~~land use;~~ 
  3.4      ~~(9)  [PUBLIC INVESTMENTS.]~~ (8) to account for the full 
  3.5   environmental, social, and economic costs of ~~new development,~~ 
  3.6   ~~including infrastructure costs such as transportation, sewers~~ 
  3.7   ~~and wastewater treatment, water, schools, recreation, and open~~ 
  3.8   ~~space, and plan the funding mechanisms necessary to cover the~~ 
  3.9   ~~costs of the infrastructure~~ investments in order to make 
  3.10  efficient and effective use of existing infrastructure and 
  3.11  minimize future costs; and 
  3.12     ~~(10)  [PUBLIC EDUCATION.] To support research and public~~ 
  3.13  ~~education on a community's and the state's finite capacity to~~ 
  3.14  ~~accommodate growth, and the need for planning and resource~~ 
  3.15  ~~management that will sustain growth; and~~ 
  3.16     ~~(11)  [SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT.]~~ (9) to provide a better 
  3.17  quality of life for all residents ~~while maintaining nature's~~ 
  3.18  ~~ability to function over time~~ by minimizing waste, preventing 
  3.19  pollution, promoting efficiency, and developing local resources 
  3.20  to revitalize the local economy. 
  3.21     Subd. 2.  [CONSISTENCY WITH GOALS.] State agencies are 
  3.22  encouraged to ensure that their objectives, plans, and programs 
  3.23  are consistent with the comprehensive planning goals in 
  3.24  subdivision 1. 
  3.25     Sec. 2.  [4A.11] [COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING ASSISTANCE.] 
  3.26     Subdivision 1.  [DEFINITION.] "Comprehensive planning 
  3.27  assistance" means but is not limited to:  guidance documents 
  3.28  covering such topics as model agreements, model ordinances, 
  3.29  organizational structures for the planning process, capital 
  3.30  improvement planning, housing, economic development, public 
  3.31  participation, and urban growth area development; coordination 
  3.32  of state agency involvement in local comprehensive planning; 
  3.33  application of geographical information systems and other 
  3.34  technology; and population projections, estimates, and other 
  3.35  available data including soils, geology, transportation 
  3.36  facilities, natural areas, and other physical data. 
  4.1      Subd. 2.  [MINNESOTA PLANNING TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE.] The 
  4.2   office of strategic and long-range planning may provide 
  4.3   comprehensive planning assistance to local units of government, 
  4.4   including assistance to meet the planning goals in section 4A.08.
  4.5   The office may provide technical assistance and review and 
  4.6   comment on comprehensive plans prepared by counties, 
  4.7   municipalities, and towns, but it may not require changes to a 
  4.8   plan or withhold assistance.  Such review and comment is 
  4.9   encouraged throughout the planning process and only at the 
  4.10  request of the local government preparing the plan.  
  4.11     Sec. 3.  [4A.12] [PROPERTY RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN.] 
  4.12     A position is created in the office of strategic and 
  4.13  long-range planning to provide information and compile data on 
  4.14  private property rights and to facilitate resolutions of 
  4.15  disputes over private property rights that arise between the 
  4.16  state or local units of government and private property owners. 
  4.17     Sec. 4.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 394.22, 
  4.18  subdivision 9, is amended to read: 
  4.19     Subd. 9.  [COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.] "Comprehensive plan" means 
  4.20  the policies, ~~statements,~~ objectives, statement of goals, and 
  4.21  ~~interrelated plans for private and public land and water use,~~ 
  4.22  ~~transportation, and community facilities~~ maps for guiding the 
  4.23  physical, social, and economic development, both private and 
  4.24  public, of the county and its environs and may include, but is 
  4.25  not limited to, the following:  a land use plan, including urban 
  4.26  growth areas and proposed densities for development; a county 
  4.27  facilities plan; a transportation plan; parks and open space 
  4.28  plan; sewer plan; energy plan; water resource plan; solid waste 
  4.29  plan; human services plan; environmental protection plan; growth 
  4.30  management plan; capital improvement program; agricultural 
  4.31  preservation plan; and housing plan, including recommendations 
  4.32  for plan execution, documented in texts, ordinances and maps 
  4.33  which constitute the guide for the future development of the 
  4.34  county or any portion of the county.  
  4.35     Sec. 5.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 394.22, is 
  4.36  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  5.1      Subd. 13.  [URBAN GROWTH AREA.] "Urban growth area" means 
  5.2   areas identified around an urban area that contain a sufficient 
  5.3   supply of developable land for at least a prospective 20-year 
  5.4   period, based on demographic forecasts and the time reasonably 
  5.5   required to effectively provide municipal services to the 
  5.6   identified area. 
  5.7      Sec. 6.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 394.232, 
  5.8   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  5.9      Subdivision 1.  [GENERAL.] Each county is encouraged to 
  5.10  ~~prepare and implement a community-based comprehensive plan.  A~~ 
  5.11  ~~community-based comprehensive plan is a comprehensive plan that~~ 
  5.12  ~~is consistent with the goals of community-based~~ 
  5.13  ~~planning~~ consider the comprehensive planning goals contained in 
  5.14  section 4A.08.  
  5.15     Sec. 7.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 394.232, is 
  5.16  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  5.17     Subd. 1a.  [CITIZEN PARTICIPATION.] Each county is 
  5.18  encouraged to develop a planning process with broad citizen 
  5.19  participation that is early and continuous in order to build 
  5.20  local capacity to plan for sustainable development and to 
  5.21  benefit from the insights, knowledge, and support of local 
  5.22  residents. 
  5.23     Sec. 8.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 394.232, 
  5.24  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  5.25     Subd. 2.  [NOTICE AND PARTICIPATION.] Notice must be given 
  5.26  at the beginning of the ~~community-based~~ comprehensive planning 
  5.27  process to the office of strategic and long-range planning, ~~the~~ 
  5.28  ~~department of natural resources, the department of agriculture,~~ 
  5.29  ~~the department of trade and economic development, the board of~~ 
  5.30  ~~water and soil resources, the pollution control agency, the~~ 
  5.31  ~~department of transportation,~~ local government units, and local 
  5.32  citizens to actively participate in the development of the 
  5.33  plan.  The office of strategic and long-range planning shall 
  5.34  notify other state agencies about the county's comprehensive 
  5.35  planning process and coordinate their participation.  An agency 
  5.36  that is invited to participate in the development of a local 
  6.1   plan but declines to do so and fails to ~~participate or to~~ 
  6.2   provide information on state plans and written comments during 
  6.3   the plan development process waives the right during the 
  6.4   office's review and comment period to submit comments, except 
  6.5   for comments concerning consistency of the plan with laws and 
  6.6   rules administered by the agency.  In determining the merit of 
  6.7   the agency comment, the office shall consider the involvement of 
  6.8   the agency in the development of the plan. 
  6.9      Sec. 9.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 394.232, is 
  6.10  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  6.11     Subd. 2a.  [URBAN GROWTH AREAS.] A county is encouraged to 
  6.12  identify urban growth areas within its comprehensive plan based 
  6.13  on locally adopted guidelines when urban growth is expected 
  6.14  beyond existing city boundaries during the next 20 years.  A 
  6.15  county should invite the affected city and town to participate 
  6.16  with the county in the identification of urban growth areas. 
  6.17     Sec. 10.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 394.232, 
  6.18  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
  6.19     Subd. 3.  [COORDINATION.] A county that prepares a 
  6.20  ~~community-based~~ comprehensive plan shall coordinate its plan 
  6.21  with the plans of its neighbors and its constituent 
  6.22  municipalities and towns in order both to prevent its plan from 
  6.23  having an adverse impact on other jurisdictions and to 
  6.24  complement plans of other jurisdictions.  The county's 
  6.25  ~~community-based~~ comprehensive plan must incorporate the 
  6.26  ~~community-based~~ comprehensive plan of any municipality or town 
  6.27  in the county prepared in accordance with section 462.3535.  A 
  6.28  county may incorporate a municipal or town ~~community-based~~ 
  6.29  comprehensive plan by reference.  
  6.30     Sec. 11.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 394.232, 
  6.31  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
  6.32     Subd. 4.  [JOINT PLANNING.] Under the joint exercise of 
  6.33  powers provisions in section 471.59, a county may establish a 
  6.34  joint planning district with other counties, municipalities, and 
  6.35  towns, that are geographically contiguous, to adopt a single 
  6.36  ~~community-based~~ comprehensive plan for the district.  The county 
  7.1   may delegate its authority to adopt official controls under this 
  7.2   chapter to the board of the joint planning district. 
  7.3      Sec. 12.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 394.232, 
  7.4   subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
  7.5      Subd. 5.  [REVIEW AND COMMENT.] (a) The county or joint 
  7.6   planning district ~~shall~~ may submit its ~~community-based~~ 
  7.7   comprehensive plan to the office of strategic and long-range 
  7.8   planning for coordinated state agency review ~~of the extent to~~ 
  7.9   ~~which the plan promotes local citizen participation, promotes~~ 
  7.10  ~~cooperation among adjacent communities, and demonstrates~~ 
  7.11  ~~consideration of the community-based planning goals in section~~ 
  7.12  ~~4A.08~~ based on the plan's consistency with state laws and rules 
  7.13  or its impact on major state systems or plans.  The office has 
  7.14  60 days after submittal to comment on the plan. 
  7.15     ~~(b) The office may not disapprove a community-based~~ 
  7.16  ~~comprehensive plan if the office determines that the plan~~ 
  7.17  ~~promotes local citizen participation, promotes cooperation among~~ 
  7.18  ~~adjacent communities, and demonstrates consideration of the~~ 
  7.19  ~~community-based planning goals in section 4A.08.~~  
  7.20     ~~(c) If the office disagrees with a community-based~~ 
  7.21  ~~comprehensive plan or any elements of the plan, the office shall~~ 
  7.22  ~~notify the county or district in writing of how the plan~~ 
  7.23  ~~specifically fails to address the goals of community-based~~ 
  7.24  ~~planning.~~  (b) Upon receipt of the office's written comments, 
  7.25  the county or district has 120 days to ~~revise the~~ 
  7.26  ~~community-based comprehensive plan and resubmit it to the office~~ 
  7.27  ~~for reconsideration~~ consider and respond to the office's written 
  7.28  comments. 
  7.29     ~~(d) If the county or district refuses to revise the plan or~~ 
  7.30  ~~the office disagrees with the revised plan, the office shall~~ 
  7.31  ~~within 60 days notify the county or district that it wishes to~~ 
  7.32  ~~initiate the dispute resolution process in chapter 572A.~~ 
  7.33     ~~(e) Within 60 days of notice from the office, the county or~~ 
  7.34  ~~joint planning district shall notify the office of its intent to~~ 
  7.35  ~~enter the dispute resolution process.  If the county or district~~ 
  7.36  ~~refuses to enter the dispute resolution process, the county or~~ 
  8.1   ~~district is ineligible for any future grant disbursements~~ 
  8.2   ~~related to community-based planning activities through the~~ 
  8.3   ~~office.~~ 
  8.4      ~~(f) Priority for other state grants, loans, and other~~ 
  8.5   ~~discretionary spending must not be given to local units of~~ 
  8.6   ~~government based on their participation in community-based~~ 
  8.7   ~~planning.~~ 
  8.8      Sec. 13.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 394.232, 
  8.9   subdivision 6, is amended to read: 
  8.10     Subd. 6.  [PLAN UPDATE.] The county board, or the board of 
  8.11  the joint planning district, ~~shall~~ is encouraged to review and 
  8.12  update the ~~community-based~~ comprehensive plan periodically, but 
  8.13  at least every ten years, and submit the updated plan to the 
  8.14  office of strategic and long-range planning for review and 
  8.15  comment.  
  8.16     Sec. 14.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 462.352, 
  8.17  subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
  8.18     Subd. 5.  [COMPREHENSIVE MUNICIPAL PLAN.] "Comprehensive 
  8.19  municipal plan" means a compilation of policy statements, goals, 
  8.20  standards, and maps for guiding the physical, social and 
  8.21  economic development, both private and public, of the 
  8.22  municipality and its environs, including air space and 
  8.23  subsurface areas necessary for mined underground space 
  8.24  development pursuant to sections 469.135 to 469.141, and may 
  8.25  include, but is not limited to, the following:  statements of 
  8.26  policies, goals, standards, a land use plan, including proposed 
  8.27  densities for development, a community facilities plan, a 
  8.28  transportation plan, urban growth areas, parks and open space 
  8.29  plan, sewer plan, energy plan, water resource plan, solid waste 
  8.30  plan, human services plan, environmental protection plan, growth 
  8.31  management plan, capital improvement program, agricultural 
  8.32  preservation plan, housing plan, and recommendations for plan 
  8.33  execution.  A comprehensive plan represents the planning 
  8.34  agency's recommendations for the future development of the 
  8.35  community.  
  8.36     Sec. 15.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 462.3535, 
  9.1   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  9.2      Subdivision 1.  [GENERAL.] Each municipality is encouraged 
  9.3   to ~~prepare and implement a community-based comprehensive~~ 
  9.4   ~~municipal plan.  A community-based comprehensive municipal plan~~ 
  9.5   ~~is a comprehensive plan that is consistent with the goals of~~ 
  9.6   ~~community-based planning in~~ consider the comprehensive planning 
  9.7   goals contained in section 4A.08.  Each municipality is 
  9.8   encouraged to develop a planning process with broad citizen 
  9.9   participation that is early and continuous in order to build 
  9.10  local capacity to plan for sustainable development and to 
  9.11  benefit from the insights, knowledge, and support of local 
  9.12  residents. 
  9.13     Sec. 16.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 462.3535, 
  9.14  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  9.15     Subd. 2.  [COORDINATION.] A municipality that prepares 
  9.16  a ~~community-based~~ comprehensive municipal plan shall coordinate 
  9.17  its plan with the plans, if any, of the county and the 
  9.18  municipality's neighbors both in order to prevent the plan from 
  9.19  having an adverse impact on other jurisdictions and to 
  9.20  complement the plans of other jurisdictions.  The municipality 
  9.21  shall prepare its plan to be incorporated into the county's 
  9.22  ~~community-based~~ comprehensive plan, if the county is preparing 
  9.23  or has prepared one, and shall otherwise assist and cooperate 
  9.24  with the county in its ~~community-based~~ comprehensive planning. 
  9.25     Sec. 17.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 462.3535, 
  9.26  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
  9.27     Subd. 3.  [JOINT PLANNING.] Under the joint exercise of 
  9.28  powers provisions in section 471.59, a municipality may 
  9.29  establish a joint planning district with other municipalities or 
  9.30  counties that are geographically contiguous, to adopt a single 
  9.31  ~~community-based~~ comprehensive plan for the district.  A 
  9.32  municipality may delegate its authority to adopt official 
  9.33  controls under sections 462.351 to 462.364, to the board of the 
  9.34  joint planning district. 
  9.35     Sec. 18.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 462.3535, 
  9.36  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 10.1      Subd. 4.  [CITIES; URBAN GROWTH AREAS.] (a) The 
 10.2   ~~community-based~~ comprehensive municipal plan for a statutory or 
 10.3   home rule charter city, and official controls to implement the 
 10.4   plan, ~~must at a minimum~~ shall, in coordination with townships, 
 10.5   address any urban growth area identified in a county plan and 
 10.6   may establish an urban growth area for the urbanized and 
 10.7   urbanizing area.  The city plan ~~must~~ shall, in coordination with 
 10.8   townships, establish a staged process for boundary adjustment to 
 10.9   include the urbanized or urbanizing area within corporate limits 
 10.10  as the urban growth area is developed and provided municipal 
 10.11  services.  The designation of urban growth areas outside the 
 10.12  corporate limits of the city should involve the participation of 
 10.13  the county and the affected township. 
 10.14     (b) Within the urban growth area, the plan ~~must~~ should 
 10.15  provide for the staged provision of urban services, including, 
 10.16  but not limited to, water, wastewater collection and treatment, 
 10.17  and transportation.  
 10.18     Sec. 19.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 462.3535, 
 10.19  subdivision 6, is amended to read: 
 10.20     Subd. 6.  [REVIEW BY ADJACENT MUNICIPALITIES~~; CONFLICT~~ 
 10.21  ~~RESOLUTION~~.] Before a ~~community-based~~ comprehensive municipal 
 10.22  plan is incorporated into the county's plan under section 
 10.23  394.232, subdivision 3, ~~a municipality's community-based~~ 
 10.24  ~~comprehensive municipal plan must be coordinated with adjacent~~ 
 10.25  ~~municipalities within the county~~ municipalities are encouraged 
 10.26  to coordinate with neighboring local governments.  As soon as 
 10.27  practical after the development of a ~~community-based~~ 
 10.28  comprehensive municipal plan, the municipality ~~shall~~ should 
 10.29  provide a copy of the draft plan to ~~adjacent municipalities~~ 
 10.30  ~~within the county~~ local governments adjacent to or having 
 10.31  jurisdictions overlapping with the municipality for review and 
 10.32  comment.  ~~An adjacent municipality has 30 days after receipt to~~ 
 10.33  ~~review the plan and submit written comments.~~ 
 10.34     Sec. 20.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 462.3535, 
 10.35  subdivision 7, is amended to read: 
 10.36     Subd. 7.  [COUNTY REVIEW.] (a) If a city does not plan for 
 11.1   growth beyond its current boundaries, the city shall submit 
 11.2   its ~~community-based~~ comprehensive municipal plan to the county 
 11.3   for review and comment.  A county has 60 days after receipt to 
 11.4   review the plan and submit written comments to the city.  The 
 11.5   city may amend its plan based upon the county's comments.  
 11.6      (b) If a town prepares a ~~community-based~~ comprehensive 
 11.7   plan, it shall submit the plan to the county for review and 
 11.8   comment.  As provided in section 394.33, the town plan may not 
 11.9   be inconsistent with or less restrictive than the county plan.  
 11.10  A county has 60 days after receipt to review the plan and submit 
 11.11  written comments to the town.  The town may amend its plan based 
 11.12  on the county's comment. 
 11.13     Sec. 21.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 462.3535, 
 11.14  subdivision 8, is amended to read: 
 11.15     Subd. 8.  [COUNTY ~~APPROVAL~~ COMMENT; URBAN GROWTH AREAS.] 
 11.16  (a) If a city plans for growth beyond its current boundaries, 
 11.17  the city's proposed ~~community-based comprehensive municipal plan~~ 
 11.18  ~~and proposed~~ urban growth area must be reviewed and ~~approved~~ 
 11.19  commented on by the county ~~before the plan is incorporated into~~ 
 11.20  ~~the county's plan~~.  The county may review and provide comments 
 11.21  on any orderly annexation agreement during the same period of 
 11.22  review of ~~a comprehensive plan~~ an urban growth area. 
 11.23     (b) Upon receipt by the county of ~~a community-based~~ 
 11.24  ~~comprehensive plan~~ an urban growth area submitted by a city for 
 11.25  review and ~~approval~~ comment under this subdivision, the county 
 11.26  shall, within 60 days of receipt of a ~~city plan~~ city's urban 
 11.27  growth area, review and ~~approve~~ comment on the ~~plan in~~ 
 11.28  ~~accordance with this subdivision.  The county shall review and~~ 
 11.29  ~~approve the city plan~~ city's urban growth area if it is 
 11.30  consistent with the ~~goals stated in section 4A.08~~ county plan. 
 11.31     ~~(c) In the event the county does not approve the plan, the~~ 
 11.32  ~~county shall submit its comments to the city within 60 days.~~  
 11.33  ~~The city may, thereafter, amend the plan and resubmit the plan~~ 
 11.34  ~~to the county.  The county shall have an additional 60 days to~~ 
 11.35  ~~review and approve a resubmitted plan.  In the event the county~~ 
 11.36  ~~and city are unable to come to agreement, either party may~~ 
 12.1   ~~initiate the dispute resolution process contained in chapter~~ 
 12.2   ~~572A.  Within 30 days of receiving notice that the other party~~ 
 12.3   ~~has initiated dispute resolution, the city or county shall send~~ 
 12.4   ~~notice of its intent to enter dispute resolution.  If the city~~ 
 12.5   ~~refuses to enter the dispute resolution process, it must refund~~ 
 12.6   ~~any grant received from the county for community-based planning~~ 
 12.7   ~~activities.~~  
 12.8      Sec. 22.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 462.3535, 
 12.9   subdivision 9, is amended to read: 
 12.10     Subd. 9.  [PLAN ADOPTION.] The municipality shall not adopt 
 12.11  and implement the ~~community-based~~ comprehensive municipal plan 
 12.12  containing urban growth areas that are outside the existing 
 12.13  corporate limits until after the ~~office of strategic and~~ 
 12.14  ~~long-range planning has reviewed and commented on the county's~~ 
 12.15  ~~plan that incorporates the municipality's plan.  The~~ 
 12.16  ~~municipality shall thereafter, where it deems appropriate,~~ 
 12.17  ~~incorporate any comments made by the office into its plan and~~ 
 12.18  ~~adopt the plan~~ county has reviewed and commented on the urban 
 12.19  growth area. 
 12.20     Sec. 23.  Laws 1999, chapter 250, article 1, section 115, 
 12.21  is amended to read: 
 12.22     Sec. 115.  [REPEALER.] 
 12.23     (a) Minnesota Rules, part 8275.0045, subpart 2, is repealed.
 12.24     (b) Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 15.90; 15.91; 15.92; 
 12.25  16A.103, subdivision 3; 16E.11; 16E.12; and 16E.13, are repealed.
 12.26     (c) Laws 1991, chapter 235, article 5, section 3, as 
 12.27  amended by Laws 1995, chapter 254, article 1, section 91, is 
 12.28  repealed. 
 12.29     (d) Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 16A.1285, subdivisions 
 12.30  4 and 5, are repealed. 
 12.31     (e) Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 207A.01; 207A.02; 
 12.32  207A.03; 207A.04; 207A.06; 207A.07; 207A.08; 207A.09; and 
 12.33  207A.10, are repealed. 
 12.34     (f) S.F. No. 2223 of the 1999 regular session, if enacted, 
 12.35  is repealed. 
 12.36     (g) Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections ~~4A.08;~~ 4A.09; and 
 13.1   4A.10, are repealed. 
 13.2      Sec. 24.  [REPEALER.] 
 13.3      Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 394.232, subdivisions 7 
 13.4   and 8; and 462.3535, subdivisions 5 and 10, are repealed. 
 13.5      Sec. 25.  [EFFECTIVE DATE; EXPIRATION.] 
 13.6      This act is effective July 1, 2001.  Minnesota Statutes, 
 13.7   sections 4A.08, 4A.11, 394.232, and 462.3535, expire July 1, 
 13.8   2003.