1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to metropolitan government; modifying provisions governing 
1.3 	metropolitan livable communities fund; authorizing a transfer of funds between 
1.4 	metropolitan livable communities fund accounts; authorizing a onetime transfer 
1.5 	from the livable communities demonstration account for local planning 
1.6 	assistance grants and loans;amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 473.253, 
1.7 	subdivision 2.
1.8 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.9 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 473.253, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.10 		Subd. 2.Distribution of funds. The council shall use the funds in the livable 
1.11 	communities demonstration account to make grants or loans to municipalities participating 
1.12 	in the local housing incentives program under section 473.254 or to metropolitan area 
1.13 	counties or development authorities to fund the initiatives specified in section 473.25, 
1.14 	paragraph (b), in participating municipalities. A grant to a metropolitan county or a 
1.15 	development authority must be used for a project in a participating municipality. For the 
1.16 	purpose of this section, "development authority" means a statutory or home rule charter 
1.17 	city, housing and redevelopment authority, economic development authority, or port 
1.18 	authority. In 2007 and each year thereafter, the council may transfer up to $3,000,000 
1.19 	from the livable communities demonstration account to the tax base revitalization account 
1.20 	for distribution to eligible applicants under section 473.252, subdivision 3.

1.21 	Sec. 2. ONETIME TRANSFER.
 1.22 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 473.253, in 2007 the council may 
1.23 	transfer to the planning assistance fund provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 473.867, 
1.24 	subdivision 2, up to $1,000,000 of the amount levied by the council under Minnesota 
2.1 	Statutes, section 473.253, subdivision 1, for taxes payable in 2007. The council shall 
2.2 	use the amount transferred to the planning assistance fund for grants or loans to local 
2.3 	governments under section 473.867.

2.4 	Sec. 3. APPLICATION.
 2.5 	Sections 1 and 2 apply in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, 
2.6 	Scott, and Washington.

2.7 	Sec. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 2.8 	Sections 1 to 3 are effective the day following final enactment.