Bill Text: MN HF2007 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
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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-Introduced.html
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-Introduced.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.
1.15The state auditor shall report on the study to the appropriate committees of the
1.16legislature by January 1, 2012.
1.17 Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.
1.18$....... is appropriated for fiscal year 2012 from the general fund to the state auditor
1.19for the purposes of section 1.
1.3consolidating counties and rationalizing other internal boundaries; appropriating
1.4money.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. STUDY ON CONSOLIDATING COUNTIES AND RATIONALIZING
1.7OTHER INTERNAL BOUNDARIES.
1.8The state auditor shall study the feasibility of consolidating counties in the state. As
1.9part of the study, the state auditor shall consider conforming county boundaries to other
1.10existing physical or organizational boundaries including, among others, state judicial,
1.11watershed, and landscape districts, and shall consider the economic implications that
1.12may result from the consolidation.
1.13The study shall also include a consideration of the rationalization of other internal
1.14boundaries of the state such as highway maintenance and regional economic districts.
1.15The state auditor shall report on the study to the appropriate committees of the
1.16legislature by January 1, 2012.
1.17 Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.
1.18$....... is appropriated for fiscal year 2012 from the general fund to the state auditor
1.19for the purposes of section 1.
