1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to local government; permitting certain metropolitan area local 
1.3 	governments to impose response time residency requirements upon firefighters.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. RICHFIELD FIREFIGHTERS; LIMITED RESPONSE TIME 
1.6 	RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT.
 1.7 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 415.16, subdivision 2, the city of 
1.8 	Richfield may impose a response time residency requirement upon firefighters under 
1.9 	the following conditions:
1.10 	(1) the residency requirement may not require a response time that is less than ten 
1.11 	minutes;
1.12 	(2) the residency requirement must only apply to firefighters hired after the effective 
1.13 	date of the residency requirement; and
1.14 	(3) the residency requirement must only apply during the first ten years of 
1.15 	employment or until this section expires, whichever is earlier.
1.16 	(b) This section expires seven years from the effective date.

1.17 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.