1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to special assessments; authorizing a
1.3 	municipality to assess for road and street
1.4 	improvements outside the municipality in certain
1.5 	circumstances; proposing coding for new law in
1.6 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 429.
1.7 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.8 	Section 1. [429.052] STREET OR ROAD IMPROVEMENTS OUTSIDE
1.9 	MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES.
1.10 	A municipality may construct street or road improvements
1.11 	outside its jurisdiction with the consent of the affected
1.12 	township or, if the property is located in unorganized
1.13 	territory, the county.  When property is brought within the
1.14 	corporate limits of the municipality, the municipality may
1.15 	subsequently reimburse itself for all or any portion of the cost
1.16 	of the improvement for which municipal funds have been expended,
1.17 	by levying an assessment upon any property abutting on, but not
1.18 	previously assessed for the improvement.  No assessment may be
1.19 	so levied unless the property to be assessed was given notice
1.20 	and hearing of the improvements under section 429.031 at the
1.21 	time the improvement was ordered and subsequently upon notice
1.22 	and hearing as provided for the improvement initially made.

1.23 	Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 1.24 	Section 1 is effective for street and road improvements
1.25 	first ordered after August 1, 2005.