1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to local government; requiring a municipality 
  1.3             to issue building permits once a special permit has 
  1.4             been issued and an environmental assessment worksheet 
  1.5             has been completed; proposing coding for new law in 
  1.6             Minnesota Statutes, chapter 462. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  [462.3953] [SPECIAL PERMITS; ISSUANCE OF 
  1.9   BUILDING PERMITS REQUIRED.] 
  1.10     Once a municipality has issued a special permit for the 
  1.11  conduct of a specific business or use for a project subject to 
  1.12  section 116G.151, whether issuance occurs before or after the 
  1.13  effective date of this section, and upon completion of an 
  1.14  environmental assessment worksheet and issuance of a negative 
  1.15  declaration for the business or use, whether completion and 
  1.16  issuance occurs before or after the effective date of this 
  1.17  section, a municipality shall issue all building permits for the 
  1.18  business or use notwithstanding any other statute, rule, permit 
  1.19  or local ordinance, resolution, or moratorium. 
  1.20     Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  1.21     Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment.