1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 1425 as follows:
1.2Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:

1.3    "Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 414.011, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
1.4    Subd. 5. Property owner. "Property owner" means the owner of any fee owner
1.5 interest of land, or the beneficial owner of land whose interest is primarily one of possession
1.6and enjoyment. The term includes, but is not limited to, vendees under a contract for deed,
1.7and mortgagors. Any reference to a percentage of property owners shall mean in number.
1.8EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment
1.9and applies to boundary adjustments commenced on or after that date.

1.10    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 414.011, is amended by adding a subdivision
1.11to read:
1.12    Subd. 13. Property description or boundaries of the area. "Property description"
1.13or "boundary of the area" means the legal description of the property.
1.14EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment
1.15and applies to boundary adjustments commenced on or after that date.

1.16    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 414.033, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.17    Subd. 2. Conditions. A municipal council may by ordinance declare land annexed
1.18to the municipality and any such land is deemed to be urban or suburban in character
1.19or about to become so if:
1.20    (1) the land is owned by the municipality;
1.21    (2) the land is completely surrounded by land within the municipal limits;
1.22    (3) the land abuts the municipality and the area to be annexed is 120 acres or less,
1.23and the area to be annexed is not presently served by public wastewater facilities or public
1.24wastewater facilities are not otherwise available, and the municipality receives a petition for
2.1annexation from all the property owners of the land. Except as provided for by an orderly
2.2annexation agreement, this clause may not be used to annex any property contiguous to
2.3any property either simultaneously proposed to be or previously annexed under this clause
2.4within the preceding 12 months if the property is or has been owned at any point during
2.5that period by the same owners and annexation would cumulatively exceed 120 acres; or
2.6    (4) the land has been approved after August 1, 1995, by a preliminary plat or final
2.7plat for subdivision to provide residential lots that average 21,780 square feet or less in
2.8area and the land is located within two miles of the municipal limits.
2.9EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment
2.10and applies to annexation ordinances adopted on or after that date."
2.11Amend the title accordingly