1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public administration; requesting a meeting to create a new local 
1.3 	governmental system.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. MEETING REQUEST. 
1.6 	It is the policy of the state of Minnesota that local and state governments reduce 
1.7 	administrative costs and eliminate duplication of services.
1.8 	The Duluth, Iron Range, and St. Louis County legislative delegations request that all 
1.9 	elected officials of local units of government and school districts within the Western Lake 
1.10 	Superior Sanitary District (excluding Carlton and Lake Counties) meet to study and make 
1.11 	recommendations on the possibility of creating the Western Lake Superior Municipal 
1.12 	System of Government and School Districts to reduce administrative costs.
1.13 	It is not the intention of the legislature to abolish any unit of government or close 
1.14 	any community schools.
1.15 	The local elected officials must report their recommendations to the St. Louis 
1.16 	County legislative delegation by December 31, 2007, for possible establishment of a new 
1.17 	municipal government, a new Iron Range county, and one school district.
1.18 	The cost of local officials must be borne by local governments.