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2002 Law Summaries training or testing required by state or federal law or for leased by veterans organizations,payment of various • that required for the employee to maintain his/her current utility bills for buildings owned or leased by,and used as position unless such training is required for a license, the primary headquarters of,veteran's organization,and registration or certification.Effective Aug.1,2002.AH expenditures by veteran's organizations of up to $5,000 annually for meals and other membership events held in Unpaid leave for foster parents recognition of military service;and Chapter 380 (HF3648/SF3431*),Article 5,of the 2002 • Requirement that the Gambling Control Board draft omnibus jobs and economic development bill,provides model rules related to linked bingo games and electronic that foster parents are eligible for school conference and bingo devices and report back to the Legislature by activity unpaid leave from work.Effective Aug. 1,2002.AH Feb.1,2003. Youth � employment i Housing Chapter 380 (HF3648/SF3431*),Article 6,of the 2002 _ omnibus jobs and economic development bill,gives Base budget cuts to MHFA priority to rojects in whichYouthbuild labor is used for at least 25 percent (or$50,000) of the grant,whichever is less, Chapter 220 (HF351*/SF264),Budget Reconciliation, Phase I,Article 12,Section 5,reduces the FY 2003 budget as long as the work performed is appropriate for that for the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency (MHFA)by program and does not increase project costs.Effective Aug. $216,000 and also sets up further base budget reductions '1 1,2002.AH of$457,000 in both FY 2004 and 2005.The provisions direct MHFA to emphasize administrative cost savings and Farmers'markets and community potlucks reductions in overhead in order to minimize the impact Chapter 384 (HF3406/SF3256*) increases the dollar limits on funding for housing programs.Further reference to the on sales of food prepared for a community event or MHFA budget reduction can be found in the summary of farmers'market from$1000 to$5,000 or less in a calendar the Phase I budget reduction.Effective March 1,2002.AH year for purposes of exempting the seller from obtaining a state license and inspection.If the food is not prepared in a Livable Communities Act modifications kitchen that is licensed or inspected,the seller must post a • Chapter 246 (HF2899*/SF2711) expands the eligibility to visible sign or placard stating that:"These products are receive Livable Communities Act grants under the livable homemade and not subject to state inspection."Prepared communities demonstration account and the inclusionary foods sold under this subdivision must be labeled to housing account to include housing and redevelopment accurately reflect the name and address of the person authorities,economic development authorities,and port preparing and selling the foods.The law,amending MS authorities.Projects are required to be located in eligible 28A.15,became effective May 21,2002.RS municipalities.Elections to participate or to revoke participation in the local incentives housing account that Omnibus gambling bill occur by November 15 will become effective for the next Chapter 386 (HF3073*/SF2940) makes a number of calendar year.Elections to participate will be considered technical and other changes to the laws governing lawful effective until revoked.Effective March 22,2002.AH gambling.Various effective dates.ABH Some of the of the more notable provisions include: Inclusionary housing • Expansion of the use of net profits for disaster relief to Chapter 315 (HF3169/SF2881*) applies to situations include,not only natural disasters,but also situations that where a development application includes affordable create actual or imminent serious threats to persons' housing single-family or rental units as a portion of the health and safety or catastrophic losses to property or the project and gives cities the discretion,in situations where environment; an applicant for a subdivision,planned unit development, • Repeal of the prohibition against the use of pull-tab site plan,or other similar type action agrees to establish (1) dispensing devices at licensed premises where pull-tabs sales prices or rents for housing affordable to low-and are also sold by employees of the lessor; moderate-income households;(2) maximum income limits • Increase in the maximum starting prize of a progressive for initial and subsequent purchasers or renters of afford- bingo game from$300 to $500 and an increase in the able units;and (3) means to maintain the long-term total annual limit on such prizes per organization from affordability of the units,including land trusts and equity $36,000 to$48,000; sharing.This law also gives cities discretionary authority to • Increase in the maximum prize for a single pull-tab from prepare housing fiscal impact notes for use at public 0 $500 to$599; hearings prior to the adoption or amendment of official • Amendments to the definition of"lawful purpose"to controls.The housing fiscal impact is defined as the allow payment of property taxes on premises wholly LS 22 LMC Cities Bulletin