1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to local government; providing for payment of city charter commission 
1.3 	expenses;amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 410.06.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 410.06, is amended to read:
1.6 	410.06 COMPENSATION; EXPENSES.
1.7 	The members of suchthe commission shall receive no compensation, but the commission 
1.8 	may employ an attorney and other personnel to assist in framing such the charter, and any 
1.9 	amendment or revision thereof, and of it. When so directed by the commission, the reasonable 
1.10 	compensation and of personnel, the cost of printing such the charter, or any amendment or 
1.11 	revision thereof of it, when so directed by the commission and the cost of informing the 
1.12 	citizens of a suggested charter or suggested charter amendments or revisions, shall be paid 
1.13 	by such the city. The amount of reasonable and necessary charter commission expenses that 
1.14 	shall be so paid by the city shall is the greater of .0007 of the city's current certified general 
1.15 	property tax levy or $1,500, not to exceed $20,000 in any one year the sum of $10,000 for 
1.16 	a first class city and $1,500 for any other city;, but the council may authorize such additional 
1.17 	charter commission expenses as it deems considers necessary. Other statutory and charter 
1.18 	provisions requiring budgeting of, or limiting, expenditures do not apply to charter 
1.19 	commission expenses. The council may levy a tax in excess of charter tax limitations to 
1.20 	pay such the expenses.