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MN HF4931

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/14/2024

Primary Sponsor

Alicia Kozlowski

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Origin

House of Representatives

93rd Legislature 2023-2024

AI Summary

  • Prohibits municipalities (cities, towns, and townships) from enacting, amending, or enforcing zoning ordinances that ban emergency housing facilities, except in residential or agricultural zones.

  • Defines "emergency housing facility" as a facility providing sleeping accommodations and restroom facilities on a day-to-day basis to persons without permanent housing for fewer than six months.

  • Amends Minnesota Statutes sections 462.352 and 462.357 to clarify the definition of municipality and add new restrictions on zoning ordinances related to emergency housing.

  • Allows municipalities to prohibit emergency housing facilities only in areas specifically zoned as residential or agricultural.

Legislative Description

Municipalities prohibited from enforcing or enacting an ordinance prohibiting emergency housing facilities.

Last Action

Author added Finke

3/18/2024

Committee Referrals

State and Local Government Finance and Policy3/14/2024

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