Bill Text: MN HF2007 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Consolidating counties and rationalizing other internal boundaries feasibility study required, and money appropriated.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-20 - Committee report, to pass as amended and re-refer to State Government Finance [HF2007 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-HF2007-Engrossed.html
1.2relating to government operations; requiring a study of the feasibility of
1.3consolidating counties and rationalizing other internal boundaries; appropriating
1.4money.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. STUDY ON CONSOLIDATING COUNTIES AND RATIONALIZING
1.7OTHER INTERNAL BOUNDARIES.
1.8The state auditor shall study the feasibility of consolidating counties in the state. As
1.9part of the study, the state auditor shall consider conforming county boundaries to other
1.10existing physical or organizational boundaries including, among others, state judicial,
1.11watershed, and landscape districts, and shall consider the economic implications that
1.12may result from the consolidation.
1.13The study shall also include a consideration of the rationalization of other internal
1.14boundaries of the state such as highway maintenance and regional economic districts.
1.15In addition to any other information and resources the state auditor uses to study
1.16the feasibility of consolidating counties and rationalizing other internal boundaries of the
1.17state, the state auditor shall consider (1) the report and recommendations of the legislative
1.18auditor on consolidation of local governments published in 2012, (2) the ideas generated
1.19from the 2011 local government innovation forums summarized in the Association of
1.20Minnesota Counties' "Focus on Outcomes: Redesigning Minnesota's Local Government
1.21Services" along with any background research that went into the forums and report, and
1.22(3) the pilot projects that are proposed under the Minnesota Accountable Government
1.23Innovation and Collaboration Act, S.F. No. 1340, if enacted in the 2012 legislative session.
2.1The state auditor shall report on the study to the appropriate committees of the
2.2legislature by January 1, 2013.
2.3 Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.
2.4$....... is appropriated for fiscal year 2013 from the general fund to the state auditor
2.5for the purposes of section 1.
1.3consolidating counties and rationalizing other internal boundaries; appropriating
1.4money.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. STUDY ON CONSOLIDATING COUNTIES AND RATIONALIZING
1.7OTHER INTERNAL BOUNDARIES.
1.8The state auditor shall study the feasibility of consolidating counties in the state. As
1.9part of the study, the state auditor shall consider conforming county boundaries to other
1.10existing physical or organizational boundaries including, among others, state judicial,
1.11watershed, and landscape districts, and shall consider the economic implications that
1.12may result from the consolidation.
1.13The study shall also include a consideration of the rationalization of other internal
1.14boundaries of the state such as highway maintenance and regional economic districts.
1.15In addition to any other information and resources the state auditor uses to study
1.16the feasibility of consolidating counties and rationalizing other internal boundaries of the
1.17state, the state auditor shall consider (1) the report and recommendations of the legislative
1.18auditor on consolidation of local governments published in 2012, (2) the ideas generated
1.19from the 2011 local government innovation forums summarized in the Association of
1.20Minnesota Counties' "Focus on Outcomes: Redesigning Minnesota's Local Government
1.21Services" along with any background research that went into the forums and report, and
1.22(3) the pilot projects that are proposed under the Minnesota Accountable Government
1.23Innovation and Collaboration Act, S.F. No. 1340, if enacted in the 2012 legislative session.
2.1The state auditor shall report on the study to the appropriate committees of the
2.2legislature by January 1, 2013.
2.3 Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.
2.4$....... is appropriated for fiscal year 2013 from the general fund to the state auditor
2.5for the purposes of section 1.
