1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to local government; permitting addition of unorganized territory in Itasca 
1.3 	County to Harris Township, notwithstanding the petition requirement.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. HARRIS TOWNSHIP, ITASCA COUNTY.
 1.6 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 379.02, if the Itasca Board of County 
1.7 	Commissioners determines that there are not 20 or more legal voters residing in the territory 
1.8 	described in paragraph (b), the county board may by resolution add the unorganized territory 
1.9 	described in paragraph (b) to Harris Township upon the request of the township board of 
1.10 	supervisors in a resolution adopted by the township board of supervisors.
1.11 	(b) The legal description of the unorganized territory to be added to Harris Township 
1.12 	in Itasca County is Government Lot 1, Section 12, Township 54 North, Range 26 West of 
1.13 	the Fourth Principal Meridian.

1.14 	EFFECTIVE DATE; LOCAL APPROVAL. This section is effective the day after 
1.15 	both the Itasca Board of County Commissioners and Harris Township Board of Supervisors 
1.16 	in Itasca County and the chief clerical officers comply with Minnesota Statutes, section 
1.17 	645.021.