1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to annexation; limiting certain orderly annexation procedures; amending 
1.3 	Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 414.0325, subdivision 6.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 414.0325, subdivision 6, is amended to 
1.6 	read:
1.7 		Subd. 6.Validity, effect of orderly annexation agreement. An orderly annexation 
1.8 	agreement is a binding contract upon all parties to the agreement and is enforceable in the 
1.9 	district court in the county in which the unincorporated property in question is located. 
1.10 	The provisions of an orderly annexation agreement are not preempted by any provision 
1.11 	of this chapter unless the agreement specifically provides so. If an orderly annexation 
1.12 	agreement provides the exclusive procedures by which the unincorporated property 
1.13 	identified in the agreement may be annexed to the municipality, the municipality shall 
1.14 	not annex that property by any other procedure nor shall another city annex the area 
1.15 	identified in the agreement.