1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to local government; temporarily prohibiting incorporations; requiring 
1.3 	the commissioner of administration to conduct a study. 
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. INCORPORATIONS PROHIBITED TEMPORARILY.
 1.6 		Subdivision 1.Incorporations prohibited until 2015. The chief administrative law 
1.7 	judge must not order any new municipal incorporations after May 1, 2010, and before 
1.8 	June 1, 2015.
1.9 		Subd. 2.Municipal incorporation study. The commissioner of administration 
1.10 	must study the fiscal, environmental, transportation, and land use impacts of new 
1.11 	municipal incorporations on other local units of government and state government 
1.12 	generally. This study should be done in cooperation with the commissioners of revenue, 
1.13 	management and budget, Pollution Control Agency, transportation, agriculture, and 
1.14 	employment and economic development. The study must look at eligibility for state 
1.15 	property tax aids and credits, eligibility for transportation funding, eligibility for and 
1.16 	access to economic development grants, and the rate at which agricultural land is being 
1.17 	consumed for urban development. The study should include an analysis of the impacts 
1.18 	of municipal incorporations generally, as well as an analysis of incorporations that have 
1.19 	occurred since 1995. The commissioner of administration must report the findings of 
1.20 	the study to the chairs of the house and senate committees with jurisdiction over local 
1.21 	government and taxes by January 15, 2014.

1.22 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective May 1, 2010, and expires June 1, 
1.23 	2015.