1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to local government; permitting Meeker County EDA to increase its 
1.3 	membership to nine members;amending Laws 1998, chapter 389, article 11, 
1.4 	section 25, subdivision 1.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Laws 1998, chapter 389, article 11, section 25, subdivision 1, is amended to 
1.7 	read:
1.8 		Subdivision 1.Establishment. The board of county commissioners of Meeker 
1.9 	county may establish an economic development authority in the manner provided in 
1.10 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 469.090 to 469.1081, and may impose limits on the authority 
1.11 	enumerated in Minnesota Statutes, section 469.092. The economic development authority 
1.12 	has all of the powers and duties granted to or imposed upon economic development 
1.13 	authorities under Minnesota Statutes, sections 469.090 to 469.1081. The county economic 
1.14 	development authority may provide for a nine-member board as provided in Minnesota 
1.15 	Statutes, section 469.1082, subdivision 8. The county economic development authority 
1.16 	may create and define the boundaries of economic development districts at any place or 
1.17 	places within the county, provided that a project as recommended by the county authority 
1.18 	that is to be located within the corporate limits of a city may not be commenced without 
1.19 	the approval of the governing body of the city. Minnesota Statutes, section 469.174, 
1.20 	subdivision 10, and the contiguity requirement specified under Minnesota Statutes, section 
1.21 	469.101, subdivision 1, do not apply to limit the areas that may be designated as county 
1.22 	economic development districts.

2.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day after the county board for 
2.2 	Meeker County and its chief clerical officer timely complete their compliance with 
2.3 	Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021, subdivisions 2 and 3.