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Armed forces discharge certificates allowed to be recorded with the county recorder without a fee.
Hennepin Board of County Commissioners permitted to set reasonable allowances for expenses or a per diem allowance for members of boards or agencies.
County land sales online process authorized, and notice procedures modified for land sales.
Bloomington Housing and Redevelopment Authority statutory authority clarified.
Qualified newspaper requirements expanded relating to local government notices.
County boards allowed to spend tax-forfeited land sale net proceeds.
Self-insurance pool additional investment authority provided.
Memorial Day observance annual city spending amount amended.
Open meeting participation conditions from nonpublic location amended.
Construction-related and development-related fee collections threshold increased for municipal reporting, and commissioner of labor and industry required to establish a cost per square foot valuation of properties for the purpose of setting municipal building permit fees.
Conforming industrialized or modular residential buildings added to structures that may not be prohibited by regulation.
Homeownership opportunities created, African American and African Immigrant homeownership incentive account established, and money appropriated.
St. Paul; skate part project design-build process use authorized.
Open meeting law modified.
Elections; annexation of designated area prohibited by means not identified in orderly annexation agreement, annexation of designated areas by nonparties prohibited, and detachment proceedings modified.
Metropolitan Council and metropolitan agencies authorized to expand small business preferential application process.
Metropolitan Council and metropolitan agencies authorized to expand small business preferential application process and directly negotiate contracts.
Metropolitan significance rule review and assessment time period modified.
Sheriff or county attorney vacancy filling by special election authorized.
Affordable housing market value exclusion established.
Long-term equity investment eligibility expanded, and technical amendments made to language.
Township planning and zoning authority clarified.
Judicial boundary determinations created after the altering of a boundary line by a county; and every county required to assess, preserve, and restore United States public land survey monuments by December 31, 2025.
Local government exception allowing rent control repealed if approved by voters.
Metropolitan-area regional park basis for determining operation and maintenance expenditures modified.
Building permit requirements established for new development located near pipelines.
Mora; Public Utilities Commission membership increase permitted.
Cities required to allow native landscapes on private land, and vegetation overgrowth within cities prohibited.
Metropolitan Council authorized to levy a property tax for regional recreation open space capital costs.
Designated area annexation by means other than those identified in an orderly annexation agreement prohibited.
Transit guideway funding governing requirements established.
Orderly annexation and detachment provisions modified.
Legalizing Affordable Housing Act; local land use and building permit provision modified.
Government prohibited from inducing survey response.
Metropolitan Council authorized to compensate advisory committee.
Retention elections required for persons appointed to county office.
Towns and political subdivision authorized to established inflow and infiltration prevention programs and make loans or grants to property owners.
Dakota County; subordinate service district establishment authorized.
Elections; orderly annexation and detachment provisions modified.
Metropolitan Council gubernatorial appointee local approval required, and Council member removal method by local government provided.
Orderly annexation and detachment provisions modified.
Rochester; public park dedication fee authorized on new property developments.
Cities of the first class provided authority to impose ordinances on land or fee dedication on permit applications.
Cities and towns allowed to require additional licensing for hotels.
Notary publics authorized to perform civil marriages.
Political subdivision compensation limit repealed, and conforming change made.
Peace officer residency requirement authorized by cities and counties.
Local units of government required to establish targeted residential picketing permitting process, and civil penalty established.
Political subdivisions prohibited from establishing or enforcing ranked-choice voting.
Open Meeting Law; recording votes and interactive technology provided, meetings provided for during emergencies, and member of public body allowed to attend a meeting from a private location more than three times in calendar year 2021.
Political subdivision ban prohibited on new natural gas or propane service in any building.
Counties permitted to establish subordinate service districts.
County collection of costs for noncitizen public assistance allowed.
Duluth; Seaway Port Authority modified to allow for creation of a nonprofit.
Municipalities authorized to charge street impact fee.
Elections; ranked-choice voting provided for in federal and state office elections; jurisdictions authorized to adopt ranked-choice voting for local offices; adoption, implementation, and use of ranked-choice voting procedures established; municipalities allowed to use electronic voting systems with reallocation feature; and rulemaking authorized.
Lake City; port authority commission establishment permitted.
Open Meeting Law; terminology and requirements modified related to meetings conducted through the use of telephone or interactive technology.
Minneapolis City Council annual salary of members prohibited from exceeding the state median household income.
Political subdivisions prohibited from spending public money for lobbying.
Town adoption of home rule charter provided, and report required.
Metropolitan Council member election provided.
Metropolitan Council; staggered terms provided, nomination committee membership expanded, additional information required to be made publicly available during selection process, and council member qualifications clarified.
Local government authorized to issue licenses for barbering and cosmetology, and barbers and cosmetologists state licensing repealed.
Council on Disability authorized to accept and disburse grants and other aids, and money appropriated for grants to cities and counties to improve website accessibility.
Coroner and medical examiner annual review by county board required, and report required.
Public comments required at all public bodies open meetings, including those conducted by electronic means.
Counties, cities, and townships authorized to accept documents and signatures electronically, by mail, or by facsimile.
City and school district official recall elections authorized, and school board authority to remove members eliminated.
Municipalities authorized to charge street impact fee.
Counties authorized to designate business days for public business subject to certain limitations.
Mobile food units permitted to operate for more than 21 days in one place.
Employees of city-owned or county-owned hospital exempt from certain reporting requirements.
Public service corporation eminent domain authority clarified, and granting of route permits regulated for high-voltage transmission lines.
Alternative plans for a new National Football League stadium in Minnesota provided, Minnesota Stadium Authority established, and Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission abolished.
Tax-forfeited property use and conveyance procedures modified.
Watershed district borrowing authority increased.
Securities lending agreements and holding of municipal funds provided.
Municipalities authorized to permit certain solicitations by firefighters.
Watershed district drainage system provisions modified, and money appropriated.
Right of first refusal offers modified for property obtained with federal transit funding.
Hennepin County; energy purchase authorized under forward pricing mechanisms.
City employees prohibited from serving as mayor or on the city council.
Hennepin County; business entity participation authorized for certain energy-related purposes.
Duluth; membership rules provided for the Spirit Mountain Recreation Area Authority.
Local governments authorized to finance energy improvements for property owners to install energy efficient or renewable energy improvements, repayment provided as a special assessment, and bonds issued.
Treatment works allocation and interceptors reserved capacity costs provisions modified.
State Building Code municipal enforcement provisions modified.
Richfield; firefighter limited response time residency requirements permitted.
Municipal comprehensive plan for affordable housing amendments authorized to be approved by a simple majority.
Local disaster assistance program and local disaster fund established, and money appropriated.
Economic development authority requirement changed to create and define development districts.
Audit requirements eliminated for very small towns.
Mower County; process provided for making office of county recorder appointive.
Buckthorn control ordinances allowed by municipalities.
Municipalities authorized to raise and spend money on 4-H, and a University of Minnesota Extension Service policy required.
Mandate relief provided, Legislative Commission on Mandate Reform established, and levy limits abolished.
Council on Local Results and Innovation created, local governments encouraged to develop performance measurement programs, and money appropriated.
Assessor duties specified.
Indian tribes and the Minnesota Historical Society authorized to participate in joint powers agreement.
General burning permits provided, forestry service fees establishment authority modified, forest management lease pilot project modified, timber sales provisions modified, and certain pilot projects and reports eliminated.
Voting requirements modified to authorize local government construction of certain telephone exchanges.
County offices authorized to be open on Saturdays, modification prohibited of certain collective bargaining agreements, and report required to the legislature.
Dependent definition modified for purposes of group benefits for local government officers and employees.
Town boards authorized to require sewer and water connections on certain property.
Stearns; Benton; Sherburne Counties; charter commission provided to report on a form of county government.
Moratorium imposed on unfunded mandates to businesses and units of local government, and commissions created to recommend elimination of unfunded mandates on units of local government and to reduce mandates and paperwork imposed on businesses.
Urban or suburban defined in character for the purpose of annexation, and factor added to be considered in annexation.
Probationary period lengthened for newly hired peace officers in certain statutory cities.
Subdivision development contracts regulated.
Mower County; public business allowed to go to four-day week for five years.
Discharge provided of a portion of an easement acquired by condemnation.
Referendum by petition provided in an orderly annexation proceeding.
Annexation procedures limited.
City payments provided to towns following annexation.
Incorporations temporarily prohibited, and study required.
Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission directed to offer the Metrodome to the professional football team, and commission abolished.
Anoka county design build contract process use for construction of intersection of U.S. highway #10 and county state-aid highway #83
Twin Cities metropolitan area regional dog park and matching grant program created, and money appropriated.
Local governmental unit mandates removed, extended, and modified, and requirements changed for a qualified newspaper.
Nonconforming lots in shoreland areas regulated.
County maintenance of effort provisions amended.
Central Iron Range Sanitary Sewer District authorized.
Town election requirements changed.
Communities for a lifetime criteria specified, and Minnesota Board on Aging required to study and report on communities for a lifetime.
Omnibus game and fish bill.
Central Lakes Region Sanitary District bonds exempted from elector approval, special charges authorized, and dissolution of district authorized.
Home rule charter or statutory city authorized to adopt a program requiring certain hiring practices in city contracts.
Transfer on death deeds technical modifications; common element certificates modifications; real estate designated transfer, power of attorney and cartway procedure modifications
Municipality rent control provisions modified.
Hennepin County; personnel rules and procedures modified, and Victory Memorial Drive Historic District task force sunset date extended.
Critical Areas Act of 1973 modified, and money appropriated.
Greenhouse gas reduction goals and strategies added to various state and metropolitan programs and plans, goals established for per capita reduction in vehicle miles driven to reduce greenhouse gases, and money transferred.
Hennepin County; Three Rivers Park District town board consent required before acquisition of property.
Dog park matching grant program established, and money appropriated.
Greenhouse gas emissions reduced, land use planning required and certain types of development limited, new incorporations prohibited, tax standards modified, minimum acreage standards prohibited, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
Municipality design-build method of contracting pilot program created.
Counties authorized to make joint purchases of energy and energy generation projects, and a tax levy authorized.
Anoka and Washington Counties excepted from certain land plan requirements.
County governments allowed to opt out of state mandates.
Counties and cities authorized to establish a main street and neighborhood revitalization program, and money appropriated.
Temporary transfers authorized from the metropolitan livable communities fund accounts and the right-of-way loan acquisition fund for transit operating deficits, and funding sources modified for metropolitan livable communities fund accounts.
Municipalities required to utilize state cooperative purchasing.
Metropolitan Airports Commission required to prohibit outsourcing of certain jobs.
Metropolitan Council restructured as a council of governments.
Comprehensive plan reviews by adjacent governmental unit time period modified, and water management plan requirements clarified.
County publication of individual claim threshold amount increased.
Zoning for owner-occupied residential uses authorized.
University of Minnesota; enacting of ordinances authorized, and criminal penalties provided.
Dakota County; Metropolitan Council conveyance of land and buildings required.
Morrison County; county treasurer office appointment process provided.
Metropolitan area local government permitted to impose reasonable area or response time residency requirements for job-related reasons.
Milaca; street improvement district establishment and street improvement fee apportionment authorized, and street improvement plan adoption required.
Limitations on salary changes for city council members modified.
County officer appointment law authorization repealed.
County boards permitted to decrease their compensation at any time, and limitations on salary changes for city council members modified.
County, home rule charter, and statutory city governing bodies authorized to reduce their salaries.
Municipal boundary adjustment law amended.
Sleepy Eye authorized to establish street improvement districts and apportion street improvement fees within district subject to reverse referendum, street improvement plan adoption required, and fee collection authorized.
Municipalities authorized to establish street improvement districts and apportion street improvement fees within districts, adoption of street improvement plan required, and collection of fees authorized.
Official notices authorized to be publicized in newspaper alternatives.
Special town meetings required upon petition of electors.
County offices appointment and consolidation provided, subject to notice, hearing, and reverse referendum.
Cities prohibited from owning municipal liquor stores, and divestiture required.
Billboard nonconforming use provisions modified.
Billboard erection prohibited near roads and highways, and maintenance of advertising devices restricted.
New billboard statewide moratorium established, and existing billboards declared as nonconforming.
Local governments allowed to provide health coverage for employees through negotiated contributions to self-funded, and multiemployer health and welfare plans.
Cannon Falls library and fire station construction design-build process contracts award authorization
Local government; notice and public hearing required before adoption of interim ordinance.
Minnetonka; street improvement districts establishment and apportionment of fees authorized, and street improvement plan required.
Development credits bank transfer authorized for local government.
County consolidation and internal boundary rationalization feasibility study required, and money appropriated.
Taylor Falls; border city development zone powers established, and money appropriated.
Metropolitan Council annual audit by private certified public accountants authorized.
Out-of-state travel policy requirements changed.
Pesticide application warning requirements modified that apply in cities with pesticide application ordinances.
Metropolitan Airports Commission environmental planning required.
Jackson County; process provided to make office of county auditor-treasurer appointive.
Local governments authorized to regulate use of escort motorcycles or vehicles by licensed protective agents.