1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to local government; changing requirements for economic development 
1.3 	authorities to create and define economic development districts;amending 
1.4 	Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 469.101, subdivision 1.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 469.101, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Establishment. An economic development authority may create and 
1.8 	define the boundaries of economic development districts at any place or places within the 
1.9 	city if the district satisfies the requirements of section 469.174, subdivision 10, except that 
1.10 	the district boundaries must be contiguous, and may use the powers granted in sections 
1.11 	469.090 to 469.108 to carry out its purposes. First the authority must hold a public hearing 
1.12 	on the matter. At least ten days before the hearing, the authority shall publish notice of 
1.13 	the hearing in a daily newspaper of general circulation in the city. Also, the authority 
1.14 	shall find that an economic development district is proper and desirable to establish and 
1.15 	develop within the city. 

1.16 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for economic development districts 
1.17 	created after the day following final enactment.