1.1    .................... moves to amend H.F. No. 3717 as follows:
1.2Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:

1.3    "Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 216E.03, subdivision 4, is amended to
1.4read:
1.5    Subd. 4. Notice of application. (a) Project notice. At least 120 days before filing an
1.6application with the commission, the applicant shall provide notice to each local unit of
1.7government within which a route may be proposed. The notice shall describe the proposed
1.8project and the opportunity for a preapplication consultation meeting with local units of
1.9government as provided in paragraph (b).
1.10    (b) Preapplication consultation meetings. Within 30 days of receiving a project
1.11notice, local units of government may request the applicant hold a consultation meeting
1.12with local units of government. Upon receiving notice from a local unit of government
1.13requesting a preapplication consultation meeting the applicant shall arrange the meeting
1.14at a location chosen by the local unit of government. A single meeting requested by
1.15representatives of all local units of government within each county with the applicant
1.16satisfies this requirement.
1.17    (c) A construction moratorium adopted by a local unit of government after receiving
1.18notice under paragraph (a) does not apply to the proposed facility for which notice has
1.19been provided.
1.20    (d) Application notice. Within 15 days after submission of an application to the
1.21commission, the applicant shall publish notice of the application in a legal newspaper of
1.22general circulation in each county in which the site or route is proposed and send a copy
1.23of the application by certified mail to any regional development commission, county,
1.24incorporated municipality, and township in which any part of the site or route is proposed.
1.25Within the same 15 days, the applicant shall also send a notice of the submission of the
1.26application and description of the proposed project to each owner whose property is on
1.27or adjacent to any of the proposed sites for the power plant or along any of the proposed
2.1routes for the transmission line. The notice shall identify a location where a copy of
2.2the application can be reviewed. For the purpose of giving mailed notice under this
2.3subdivision, owners shall be those shown on the records of the county auditor or, in any
2.4county where tax statements are mailed by the county treasurer, on the records of the
2.5county treasurer; but other appropriate records may be used for this purpose. The failure
2.6to give mailed notice to a property owner, or defects in the notice, shall not invalidate the
2.7proceedings, provided a bona fide attempt to comply with this subdivision has been made.
2.8Within the same 15 days, the applicant shall also send the same notice of the submission
2.9of the application and description of the proposed project to those persons who have
2.10requested to be placed on a list maintained by the commission for receiving notice of
2.11proposed large electric generating power plants and high voltage transmission lines.
2.12EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment."
2.13Amend the title accordingly