1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to local government; prohibiting municipalities from enforcing or enacting 
1.3 	an ordinance prohibiting emergency housing facilities;amending Minnesota 
1.4 	Statutes 2022, sections 462.352, subdivision 2; 462.357, by adding a subdivision.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 462.352, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 2.Municipality. "Municipality" means any city, including a city operating under 
1.8 	a home rule charter, and any town or township.

1.9 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 462.357, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
1.10 	read:
1.11 		Subd. 1j.Emergency housing facilities. (a) For purposes of this subdivision, the term 
1.12 	"emergency housing facility" means a facility that provides sleeping accommodations and 
1.13 	restroom facilities on a day-to-day basis to persons without permanent housing for fewer 
1.14 	than six months.
1.15 	(b) A municipality shall not enact, amend, or enforce a zoning ordinance that prohibits 
1.16 	emergency housing facilities, except in areas zoned as residential or agricultural.