1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to local government; authorizing chairs and ranking minority members 
1.3 	of the Committees on Finance and Ways and Means to request local impact 
1.4 	notes;amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 3.987, subdivision 1.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 3.987, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subdivision 1. Local impact notes. The commissioner of management and budget 
1.8 	shall coordinate the development of a local impact note for any proposed legislation 
1.9 	introduced after June 30, 1997, upon request of the chair or the ranking minority member 
1.10 	of either legislative Tax, Finance, or Ways and Means Committee. Upon receipt of a 
1.11 	request to prepare a local impact note, the commissioner must notify the authors of the 
1.12 	proposed legislation that the request has been made. The local impact note must be made 
1.13 	available to the public upon request. If the action is among the exceptions listed in 
1.14 	section 3.988, a local impact note need not be requested nor prepared. The commissioner 
1.15 	shall make a reasonable and timely estimate of the local fiscal impact on each type of 
1.16 	political subdivision that would result from the proposed legislation. The commissioner 
1.17 	of management and budget may require any political subdivision or the commissioner 
1.18 	of an administrative agency of the state to supply in a timely manner any information 
1.19 	determined to be necessary to determine local fiscal impact. The political subdivision, 
1.20 	its representative association, or commissioner shall convey the requested information 
1.21 	to the commissioner of management and budget with a signed statement to the effect 
1.22 	that the information is accurate and complete to the best of its ability. The political 
1.23 	subdivision, its representative association, or commissioner, when requested, shall update 
1.24 	its determination of local fiscal impact based on actual cost or revenue figures, improved 
2.1 	estimates, or both. Upon completion of the note, the commissioner must provide a copy to 
2.2 	the authors of the proposed legislation and to the chair and ranking minority member of 
2.3 	each committee to which the proposed legislation is referred.