SF 1684 Scandia Subordinated Service District as introduced1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to local government; authorizing the city of Scandia to create a subordinate
1.3 service district in order to provide broadband service.
1.4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. CITY OF SCANDIA; SUBORDINATE SERVICE DISTRICT
1.6 AUTHORIZED FOR BROADBAND SERVICE.
1.7 Subdivision 1.Subordinate service district authority.Subject to subdivisions 2 and
1.8 3, the city of Scandia may establish a subordinate service district under Minnesota Statutes,
1.9 chapter 365A, except that "city of Scandia," "city council," and "city clerk," replace "town,"
1.10 "town board," and "town clerk," respectively. Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section
1.11 365A.02, subdivision 1, the boundaries of the subordinate service district may be coterminous
1.12 with the city of Scandia's boundaries.
1.13 Subd. 2.Petition to create.Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 365A.04,
1.14 subdivision 1, a petition to create the subordinate service district must be signed by at least
1.15 25 percent of the property owners in the part of the city proposed for the subordinate service
1.16 district.
1.17 Subd. 3.Broadband service.The only purpose for which the city may establish a
1.18 subordinate service district is to assist the creation or expansion of broadband service to
1.19 cover all or part of the city, including financing the necessary capital improvements for the
1.20 service. "Broadband service" has the meaning given in Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.39,
1.21 subdivision 1, paragraph (b).
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SENATE
STATE OF MINNESOTA
S.F. No. 1684NINETY-FIRST SESSION
(SENATE AUTHORS: HOUSLEY)
OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
Introduction and first reading52502/25/2019
Referred to Local Government
Comm report: To pass65403/07/2019
Second reading683
Rule 47, returned to Local Government4689
2.1 EFFECTIVE DATE; LOCAL APPROVAL.This section is effective the day after
2.2 the governing body of the city of Scandia and its chief clerical officer timely complete their
2.3 compliance with Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021, subdivisions 2 and 3.
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