1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to local government; providing for the exclusion of Dodge County from 
1.3 	the Southeast Minnesota Multicounty Housing and Redevelopment Authority.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. DODGE COUNTY; EXCLUSION FROM SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA 
1.6 	MULTICOUNTY HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.
 1.7 	Notwithstanding the requirements of Minnesota Statutes, section 469.005, 
1.8 	Dodge County may withdraw from the Southeast Minnesota Multicounty Housing and 
1.9 	Redevelopment Authority if all of the following conditions are met:
1.10 	(1) the governing body of Dodge County adopts a resolution determining that the 
1.11 	services provided by the Southeast Minnesota Multicounty Housing and Redevelopment 
1.12 	Authority under Minnesota Statutes, sections 469.001 to 469.047, within Dodge County 
1.13 	would be more effectively, efficiently, or economically provided by the governing body of 
1.14 	Dodge County or an authority established by the county;
1.15 	(2) before adoption of the resolution, a public hearing is held. Dodge County 
1.16 	shall give notice of the time, place, and purpose of the public hearing not less than ten 
1.17 	days nor more than 30 days prior to the day on which the hearing is to be held, in a 
1.18 	manner appropriate to inform the public. Upon the date fixed for the public hearing, 
1.19 	an opportunity to be heard must be granted to all residents of Dodge County and to all 
1.20 	other interested persons; and 
1.21 	(3) Dodge County and the Southeast Minnesota Multicounty Housing and 
1.22 	Redevelopment Authority execute an agreement that provides for payment of outstanding 
1.23 	bonds, if any, involving any housing project located in Dodge County. The agreement 
1.24 	must provide for a reasonable allocation between Dodge County and Southeast Minnesota 
2.1 	Multicounty Housing and Redevelopment Authority of expenses directly associated with 
2.2 	those bonds, the amount to be paid by Dodge County, and a payment schedule. The 
2.3 	Southeast Minnesota Multicounty Housing and Redevelopment Authority shall provide 
2.4 	the information required to determine Dodge County's fair, equitable, and reasonable share 
2.5 	of that payment. Consent to the agreement by Dodge County and the Southeast Minnesota 
2.6 	Multicounty Housing and Redevelopment Authority shall not be unreasonably withheld.

2.7 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.