HF 42

1st Unofficial Engrossment - 87th Legislature (2011 - 2012) Posted on 04/06/2011 10:42am

1.1A bill for an act

1.2relating to the financing of state and local government; making technical, policy,
1.3administrative, enforcement, and clarifying changes to taxes on individual
1.4income, estates, sales and uses, property, minerals, local taxes, aids to local
1.5governments; reducing and eliminating certain payments and credits; modifying
1.6property tax refund payments; authorizing grants; modifying the rural preserve
1.7program; reducing and eliminating the state general levy; modifying various
1.8taxes and tax-related provisions; providing income tax, estate tax, sales tax,
1.9and property tax exemptions; authorizing local sales taxes; permitting certain
1.10appeals; modifying tax increment financing authorities; requiring studies; setting
1.11the levels of the cash flow account and the budget reserve account; appropriating
1.12money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 97A.061, subdivisions
1.131, 3; 270A.03, subdivisions 2, 7; 270A.07, subdivision 1; 270B.12, by adding
1.14a subdivision; 270C.13, subdivision 1; 272.02, subdivision 39, by adding a
1.15subdivision; 273.111, by adding a subdivision; 273.114, subdivisions 2, 5, 6;
1.16273.13, subdivisions 21b, 23, 25, 34; 273.1384, subdivisions 1, 3, 4, by adding
1.17a subdivision; 273.1393; 273.1398, subdivisions 3, 4; 274.01, subdivision 1;
1.18275.025, subdivisions 1, 4; 275.08, subdivision 1a; 276.04, subdivision 2;
1.19289A.50, subdivision 1; 290.01, subdivisions 6, 19b; 290.05, subdivision 1;
1.20290.0674, subdivision 1; 290.081; 290.091, subdivision 2; 290A.03, subdivisions
1.2111, 13; 290A.04, subdivisions 2, 4; 291.005, subdivision 1; 291.03, subdivision
1.221, by adding subdivisions; 297A.61, subdivision 3; 297A.67, subdivision 7, by
1.23adding subdivisions; 297A.68, subdivision 4; 297A.70, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 8;
1.24297A.75, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 297A.82, subdivision 4; 297A.99, subdivisions
1.251, 3; 298.001, by adding a subdivision; 298.01, subdivisions 3, 3a, 4; 298.015,
1.26subdivisions 1, 2; 298.016, subdivision 4; 298.225, subdivision 1; 298.24,
1.27subdivision 1; 298.28, subdivisions 3, 6, 7, 9, 9b; 469.176, subdivisions 4c,
1.284m; 477A.0124, by adding a subdivision; 477A.013, subdivision 9, by adding
1.29a subdivision; 477A.03; 477A.11, subdivision 1; 477A.12, subdivision 1;
1.30477A.14, subdivision 1; 477A.17; Laws 1996, chapter 471, article 2, section
1.3129, subdivision 1, as amended; Laws 1998, chapter 389, article 8, section
1.3243, subdivisions 3, as amended, 4, as amended, 5, as amended; Laws 2008,
1.33chapter 366, article 7, section 19, subdivision 3; Laws 2010, chapter 389, article
1.347, section 22; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters
1.35275; 290; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 10A.322, subdivision
1.364; 13.4967, subdivision 2; 273.114, subdivision 1; 273.1384, subdivision 6;
1.37273.1398, subdivision 4; 275.025; 275.295; 290.06, subdivision 23; 290C.01;
1.38290C.02; 290C.03; 290C.04; 290C.05; 290C.055; 290C.06; 290C.07; 290C.08;
2.1290C.09; 290C.10; 290C.11; 290C.12; 290C.13; 298.017; 298.227; 298.28,
2.2subdivisions 8, 9a, 9c, 10; 298.285; 477A.145.
2.3BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

2.4ARTICLE 1

2.5INCOME AND ESTATE TAXES

2.6    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 270B.12, is amended by adding a
2.7subdivision to read:
2.8    Subd. 14. Wisconsin secretary of revenue; income tax reciprocity benchmark
2.9study. The commissioner may disclose return information to the secretary of revenue
2.10of the state of Wisconsin for the purpose of conducting a joint individual income tax
2.11reciprocity study.
2.12EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

2.13    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 290.01, subdivision 19b, is amended to read:
2.14    Subd. 19b. Subtractions from federal taxable income. For individuals, estates,
2.15and trusts, there shall be subtracted from federal taxable income:
2.16    (1) net interest income on obligations of any authority, commission, or
2.17instrumentality of the United States to the extent includable in taxable income for federal
2.18income tax purposes but exempt from state income tax under the laws of the United States;
2.19    (2) if included in federal taxable income, the amount of any overpayment of income
2.20tax to Minnesota or to any other state, for any previous taxable year, whether the amount
2.21is received as a refund or as a credit to another taxable year's income tax liability;
2.22    (3) the amount paid to others, less the amount used to claim the credit allowed under
2.23section 290.0674, not to exceed $1,625 for each qualifying child in grades kindergarten
2.24to 6 and $2,500 for each qualifying child in grades 7 to 12, for tuition, textbooks, and
2.25transportation of each qualifying child in attending an elementary or secondary school
2.26situated in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, or Wisconsin, wherein a
2.27resident of this state may legally fulfill the state's compulsory attendance laws, which
2.28is not operated for profit, and which adheres to the provisions of the Civil Rights Act
2.29of 1964 and chapter 363A. For the purposes of this clause, "tuition" includes fees or
2.30tuition as defined in section 290.0674, subdivision 1, clause (1). As used in this clause,
2.31"textbooks" includes books and other instructional materials and equipment purchased
2.32or leased for use in elementary and secondary schools in teaching only those subjects
2.33legally and commonly taught in public elementary and secondary schools in this state.
3.1Equipment expenses qualifying for deduction includes expenses as defined and limited in
3.2section 290.0674, subdivision 1, clause (3). "Textbooks" does not include instructional
3.3books and materials used in the teaching of religious tenets, doctrines, or worship, the
3.4purpose of which is to instill such tenets, doctrines, or worship, nor does it include books
3.5or materials for, or transportation to, extracurricular activities including sporting events,
3.6musical or dramatic events, speech activities, driver's education, or similar programs. No
3.7deduction is permitted for any expense the taxpayer incurred in using the taxpayer's or
3.8the qualifying child's vehicle to provide such transportation for a qualifying child. For
3.9purposes of the subtraction provided by this clause, "qualifying child" has the meaning
3.10given in section 32(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code;
3.11    (4) income as provided under section 290.0802;
3.12    (5) to the extent included in federal adjusted gross income, income realized on
3.13disposition of property exempt from tax under section 290.491;
3.14    (6) to the extent not deducted or not deductible pursuant to section 408(d)(8)(E)
3.15of the Internal Revenue Code in determining federal taxable income by an individual
3.16who does not itemize deductions for federal income tax purposes for the taxable year, an
3.17amount equal to 50 percent of the excess of charitable contributions over $500 allowable
3.18as a deduction for the taxable year under section 170(a) of the Internal Revenue Code,
3.19under the provisions of Public Law 109-1 and Public Law 111-126;
3.20    (7) for individuals who are allowed a federal foreign tax credit for taxes that do not
3.21qualify for a credit under section 290.06, subdivision 22, an amount equal to the carryover
3.22of subnational foreign taxes for the taxable year, but not to exceed the total subnational
3.23foreign taxes reported in claiming the foreign tax credit. For purposes of this clause,
3.24"federal foreign tax credit" means the credit allowed under section 27 of the Internal
3.25Revenue Code, and "carryover of subnational foreign taxes" equals the carryover allowed
3.26under section 904(c) of the Internal Revenue Code minus national level foreign taxes to
3.27the extent they exceed the federal foreign tax credit;
3.28    (8) in each of the five tax years immediately following the tax year in which an
3.29addition is required under subdivision 19a, clause (7), or 19c, clause (15), in the case
3.30of a shareholder of a corporation that is an S corporation, an amount equal to one-fifth
3.31of the delayed depreciation. For purposes of this clause, "delayed depreciation" means
3.32the amount of the addition made by the taxpayer under subdivision 19a, clause (7), or
3.33subdivision 19c, clause (15), in the case of a shareholder of an S corporation, minus the
3.34positive value of any net operating loss under section 172 of the Internal Revenue Code
3.35generated for the tax year of the addition. The resulting delayed depreciation cannot be
3.36less than zero;
4.1    (9) job opportunity building zone income as provided under section 469.316;
4.2    (10) to the extent included in federal taxable income, the amount of compensation
4.3paid to members of the Minnesota National Guard or other reserve components of the
4.4United States military for active service performed in Minnesota, excluding compensation
4.5for services performed under the Active Guard Reserve (AGR) program. For purposes of
4.6this clause, "active service" means (i) state active service as defined in section 190.05,
4.7subdivision 5a , clause (1); (ii) federally funded state active service as defined in section
4.8190.05, subdivision 5b ; or (iii) federal active service as defined in section 190.05,
4.9subdivision 5c , but "active service" excludes service performed in accordance with section
4.10190.08, subdivision 3 ;
4.11    (11) to the extent included in federal taxable income, the amount of compensation
4.12paid to Minnesota residents who are members of the armed forces of the United States or
4.13United Nations for active duty performed outside Minnesota under United States Code,
4.14title 10, section 101(d); United States Code, title 32, section 101(12); or the authority of
4.15the United Nations;
4.16    (12) an amount, not to exceed $10,000, equal to qualified expenses related to a
4.17qualified donor's donation, while living, of one or more of the qualified donor's organs
4.18to another person for human organ transplantation. For purposes of this clause, "organ"
4.19means all or part of an individual's liver, pancreas, kidney, intestine, lung, or bone marrow;
4.20"human organ transplantation" means the medical procedure by which transfer of a human
4.21organ is made from the body of one person to the body of another person; "qualified
4.22expenses" means unreimbursed expenses for both the individual and the qualified donor
4.23for (i) travel, (ii) lodging, and (iii) lost wages net of sick pay, except that such expenses
4.24may be subtracted under this clause only once; and "qualified donor" means the individual
4.25or the individual's dependent, as defined in section 152 of the Internal Revenue Code. An
4.26individual may claim the subtraction in this clause for each instance of organ donation for
4.27transplantation during the taxable year in which the qualified expenses occur;
4.28    (13) in each of the five tax years immediately following the tax year in which an
4.29addition is required under subdivision 19a, clause (8), or 19c, clause (16), in the case of a
4.30shareholder of a corporation that is an S corporation, an amount equal to one-fifth of the
4.31addition made by the taxpayer under subdivision 19a, clause (8), or 19c, clause (16), in the
4.32case of a shareholder of a corporation that is an S corporation, minus the positive value of
4.33any net operating loss under section 172 of the Internal Revenue Code generated for the
4.34tax year of the addition. If the net operating loss exceeds the addition for the tax year, a
4.35subtraction is not allowed under this clause;
5.1    (14) to the extent included in federal taxable income, compensation paid to a service
5.2member as defined in United States Code, title 10, section 101(a)(5), for military service
5.3as defined in the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, Public Law 108-189, section 101(2);
5.4    (15) international economic development zone income as provided under section
5.5469.325 ;
5.6    (16) to the extent included in federal taxable income, the amount of national service
5.7educational awards received from the National Service Trust under United States Code,
5.8title 42, sections 12601 to 12604, for service in an approved Americorps National Service
5.9program; and
5.10(17) to the extent included in federal taxable income, discharge of indebtedness
5.11income resulting from reacquisition of business indebtedness included in federal taxable
5.12income under section 108(i) of the Internal Revenue Code. This subtraction applies only
5.13to the extent that the income was included in net income in a prior year as a result of the
5.14addition under section 290.01, subdivision 19a, clause (16); and
5.15(18) to the extent included in federal taxable income, a percentage of compensation
5.16received from a pension or other retirement pay from the federal government for service in
5.17the military, as computed under United States Code, title 10, sections 1401 to 1414, 1447
5.18to 1455, and 12733, as follows:
5.19(i) for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2010, and before January 1,
5.202012, the percentage is 20 percent;
5.21(ii) for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2011, and before January 1,
5.222013, the percentage is 35 percent; and
5.23(iii) for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2012, the percentage is 55
5.24percent.
5.25EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for taxable years beginning after
5.26December 31, 2010.

5.27    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 290.0674, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
5.28    Subdivision 1. Credit allowed. An individual is allowed a credit against the
5.29tax imposed by this chapter in an amount equal to 75 percent of the amount paid for
5.30education-related expenses for a qualifying child in kindergarten through grade 12. For
5.31purposes of this section, "education-related expenses" means:
5.32(1) fees or tuition for instruction by an instructor under section 120A.22, subdivision
5.3310 , clause (1), (2), (3), (4), or (5), or a member of the Minnesota Music Teachers
5.34Association, and who is not a lineal ancestor or sibling of the dependent for instruction
5.35outside the regular school day or school year, including tutoring, driver's education
6.1offered as part of school curriculum, regardless of whether it is taken from a public or
6.2private entity or summer camps, in grade or age appropriate curricula that supplement
6.3curricula and instruction available during the regular school year, that assists a dependent
6.4to improve knowledge of core curriculum areas or to expand knowledge and skills under
6.5the required academic standards under section 120B.021, subdivision 1, and the elective
6.6standard under section 120B.022, subdivision 1, clause (2), and that do not include the
6.7teaching of religious tenets, doctrines, or worship, the purpose of which is to instill such
6.8tenets, doctrines, or worship;
6.9(2) expenses for textbooks, including books and other instructional materials and
6.10equipment purchased or leased for use in elementary and secondary schools in teaching
6.11only those subjects legally and commonly taught in public elementary and secondary
6.12schools in this state. "Textbooks" does not include instructional books and materials
6.13used in the teaching of religious tenets, doctrines, or worship, the purpose of which is
6.14to instill such tenets, doctrines, or worship, nor does it include books or materials for
6.15extracurricular activities including sporting events, musical or dramatic events, speech
6.16activities, driver's education, or similar programs;
6.17(3) a maximum expense of $200 per family for personal computer hardware,
6.18excluding single purpose processors, and educational software that assists a dependent to
6.19improve knowledge of core curriculum areas or to expand knowledge and skills under
6.20the required academic standards under section 120B.021, subdivision 1, and the elective
6.21standard under section 120B.022, subdivision 1, clause (2), purchased for use in the
6.22taxpayer's home and not used in a trade or business regardless of whether the computer is
6.23required by the dependent's school; and
6.24(4) the amount paid to others for tuition and transportation of a qualifying child
6.25attending an elementary or secondary school situated in Minnesota, North Dakota, South
6.26Dakota, Iowa, or Wisconsin, wherein a resident of this state may legally fulfill the state's
6.27compulsory attendance laws, which is not operated for profit, and which adheres to the
6.28provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and chapter 363A.
6.29For purposes of this section, "qualifying child" has the meaning given in section
6.3032(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
6.31EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for taxable years beginning after
6.32December 31, 2010.

6.33    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 290.081, is amended to read:
6.34290.081 INCOME OF NONRESIDENTS, RECIPROCITY.
7.1    Subdivision 1. Reciprocity with other states. (a) The compensation received for
7.2the performance of personal or professional services within this state by an individual
7.3whose residence, place of abode, and place customarily returned to at least once a month
7.4is in another state, shall be excluded from gross income to the extent such compensation is
7.5subject to an income tax imposed by the state of residence; provided that such state allows
7.6a similar exclusion of compensation received by residents of Minnesota for services
7.7performed therein.
7.8(b) When it is deemed to be in the best interests of the people of this state, the
7.9commissioner may determine that the provisions of paragraph (a) shall not apply as they
7.10relate to all states, except Wisconsin. The provisions of paragraph (a) apply with respect
7.11to Wisconsin only for taxable years in which a reciprocity agreement with Wisconsin is
7.12in effect as provided in this section. As long as the provisions of paragraph (a) apply
7.13between Minnesota and Wisconsin, the provisions of paragraph (a) shall apply to any
7.14individual who is domiciled in Wisconsin.
7.15(c) For the purposes of paragraph (a), whenever the Wisconsin tax on Minnesota
7.16residents which would have been paid Wisconsin without paragraph (a) exceeds the
7.17Minnesota tax on Wisconsin residents which would have been paid Minnesota without
7.18paragraph (a), or vice versa, then the state with the net revenue loss resulting from
7.19paragraph (a) must be compensated by the other state as provided in the agreement under
7.20paragraph (d). This provision shall be effective for all years beginning after December 31,
7.211972. The data used for computing the loss to either state shall be determined on or before
7.22September 30 of the year following the close of the previous calendar year.
7.23(d) Interest is payable on all amounts calculated under paragraph (c) relating to
7.24taxable years beginning after December 31, 2000, and before January 1, 2010. Interest
7.25accrues from July 1 of the taxable year.
7.26(e) The commissioner of revenue is authorized to enter into agreements reciprocity
7.27agreement with the state of Wisconsin specifying must specify the compensation required
7.28under paragraph (b), the one or more reciprocity payment due date, dates for the revenue
7.29loss relating to each taxable year, with one or more estimated payment due dates in the
7.30same fiscal year in which the revenue loss occurred, and a final payment in the following
7.31fiscal year, conditions constituting delinquency, interest rates, and a method for computing
7.32interest due. Interest is payable from July 1 of the taxable year on final payments made in
7.33the following fiscal year. Calculation of compensation under the agreement must specify
7.34if the revenue loss is determined before or after the allowance of each state's credit for
7.35taxes paid to the other state.
8.1(e) (f) If an agreement cannot be reached as to the amount of the loss, the
8.2commissioner of revenue and the taxing official of the state of Wisconsin shall each
8.3appoint a member of a board of arbitration and these members shall appoint the third
8.4member of the board. The board shall select one of its members as chair. Such board may
8.5administer oaths, take testimony, subpoena witnesses, and require their attendance, require
8.6the production of books, papers and documents, and hold hearings at such places as are
8.7deemed necessary. The board shall then make a determination as to the amount to be paid
8.8the other state which determination shall be final and conclusive.
8.9(f) (g) The commissioner may furnish copies of returns, reports, or other information
8.10to the taxing official of the state of Wisconsin, a member of the board of arbitration, or a
8.11consultant under joint contract with the states of Minnesota and Wisconsin for the purpose
8.12of making a determination as to the amount to be paid the other state under the provisions
8.13of this section. Prior to the release of any information under the provisions of this section,
8.14the person to whom the information is to be released shall sign an agreement which
8.15provides that the person will protect the confidentiality of the returns and information
8.16revealed thereby to the extent that it is protected under the laws of the state of Minnesota.
8.17(h) Any reciprocity agreement entered into under this section continues in effect
8.18until terminated by Minnesota or Wisconsin law. The commissioner may agree to modify
8.19the timing or method of calculating the state payments to be made under the agreement,
8.20consistent with the requirements of paragraphs (c) and (e), but may not terminate the
8.21agreement.
8.22    Subd. 2. New reciprocity agreement with Wisconsin. The commissioner may
8.23not enter into an income tax reciprocity agreement with Wisconsin under this section
8.24until after Wisconsin has paid in full, with interest, the amount due to Minnesota under
8.25the income tax reciprocity agreement in full effect for taxable years beginning before
8.26January 1, 2010. The commissioner of revenue is directed to initiate negotiations with
8.27the secretary of revenue of Wisconsin, with the objective of entering into an income
8.28tax reciprocity agreement effective for tax years beginning after December 31, 2011.
8.29The agreement must satisfy the conditions of subdivision 1, with one or more estimated
8.30payment due dates and a final payment due date specified so that the state with a net
8.31revenue loss as a result of the agreement receives estimated payments from the other state,
8.32in the same fiscal year as that in which the net revenue loss occurred and a final payment
8.33with interest in the following fiscal year.
8.34EFFECTIVE DATE.Subdivision 2 is effective the day following final enactment.
8.35The changes to subdivision 1 are effective for taxable years beginning after December 31
8.36of the year of the agreement, contingent upon agreement from the state of Wisconsin to a
9.1reciprocity arrangement in which estimated payments are made in the same fiscal year in
9.2which a change in revenue occurs, and a final payment is made in the following fiscal year.

9.3    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 290.091, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
9.4    Subd. 2. Definitions. For purposes of the tax imposed by this section, the following
9.5terms have the meanings given:
9.6    (a) "Alternative minimum taxable income" means the sum of the following for
9.7the taxable year:
9.8    (1) the taxpayer's federal alternative minimum taxable income as defined in section
9.955(b)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code;
9.10    (2) the taxpayer's itemized deductions allowed in computing federal alternative
9.11minimum taxable income, but excluding:
9.12    (i) the charitable contribution deduction under section 170 of the Internal Revenue
9.13Code;
9.14    (ii) the medical expense deduction;
9.15    (iii) the casualty, theft, and disaster loss deduction; and
9.16    (iv) the impairment-related work expenses of a disabled person;
9.17    (3) for depletion allowances computed under section 613A(c) of the Internal
9.18Revenue Code, with respect to each property (as defined in section 614 of the Internal
9.19Revenue Code), to the extent not included in federal alternative minimum taxable income,
9.20the excess of the deduction for depletion allowable under section 611 of the Internal
9.21Revenue Code for the taxable year over the adjusted basis of the property at the end of the
9.22taxable year (determined without regard to the depletion deduction for the taxable year);
9.23    (4) to the extent not included in federal alternative minimum taxable income, the
9.24amount of the tax preference for intangible drilling cost under section 57(a)(2) of the
9.25Internal Revenue Code determined without regard to subparagraph (E);
9.26    (5) to the extent not included in federal alternative minimum taxable income, the
9.27amount of interest income as provided by section 290.01, subdivision 19a, clause (1); and
9.28    (6) the amount of addition required by section 290.01, subdivision 19a, clauses (7)
9.29to (9), (12), (13), (16), and (17);
9.30    less the sum of the amounts determined under the following:
9.31    (1) interest income as defined in section 290.01, subdivision 19b, clause (1);
9.32    (2) an overpayment of state income tax as provided by section 290.01, subdivision
9.3319b , clause (2), to the extent included in federal alternative minimum taxable income;
9.34    (3) the amount of investment interest paid or accrued within the taxable year on
9.35indebtedness to the extent that the amount does not exceed net investment income, as
10.1defined in section 163(d)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code. Interest does not include
10.2amounts deducted in computing federal adjusted gross income; and
10.3    (4) amounts subtracted from federal taxable income as provided by section 290.01,
10.4subdivision 19b , clauses (6), (8) to (15), and (17), and (18).
10.5    In the case of an estate or trust, alternative minimum taxable income must be
10.6computed as provided in section 59(c) of the Internal Revenue Code.
10.7    (b) "Investment interest" means investment interest as defined in section 163(d)(3)
10.8of the Internal Revenue Code.
10.9    (c) "Net minimum tax" means the minimum tax imposed by this section.
10.10    (d) "Regular tax" means the tax that would be imposed under this chapter (without
10.11regard to this section and section 290.032), reduced by the sum of the nonrefundable
10.12credits allowed under this chapter.
10.13    (e) "Tentative minimum tax" equals 6.4 percent of alternative minimum taxable
10.14income after subtracting the exemption amount determined under subdivision 3.
10.15EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for taxable years beginning after
10.16December 31, 2010.

10.17    Sec. 6. [290.433] BUDGET RESERVE FUND CHECKOFF.
10.18    (a) An individual who files an income tax return or property tax refund claim form
10.19may designate on the original return that $1 or more shall be added to the tax or deducted
10.20from the refund that would otherwise be payable by or to that individual and paid into the
10.21general fund.
10.22    (b) All amounts designated by individuals under paragraph (a) must be deposited in
10.23the state treasury and credited to the budget reserve established under section 16A.152,
10.24subdivision 1a.
10.25EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for taxable years beginning after
10.26December 31, 2010.

10.27    Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 291.005, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
10.28    Subdivision 1. Scope. Unless the context otherwise clearly requires, the following
10.29terms used in this chapter shall have the following meanings:
10.30    (1) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of revenue or any person to whom the
10.31commissioner has delegated functions under this chapter.
11.1    (2) "Federal gross estate" means the gross estate of a decedent as required to be
11.2valued and otherwise determined for federal estate tax purposes under the Internal
11.3Revenue Code.
11.4    (3) "Internal Revenue Code" means the United States Internal Revenue Code of
11.51986, as amended through March 18, 2010, but without regard to the provisions of
11.6sections 501 and 901 of Public Law 107-16.
11.7    (4) "Minnesota adjusted taxable estate" means federal adjusted taxable estate as
11.8defined by section 2011(b)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, increased by plus
11.9(i) the amount of deduction for state death taxes allowed under section 2058 of
11.10the Internal Revenue Code; less
11.11(ii) (A) the value of qualified small business property under section 291.03,
11.12subdivision 9, and the value of qualified farm property under section 291.03, subdivision
11.1310, or (B) $4,000,000, whichever is less.
11.14    (5) "Minnesota gross estate" means the federal gross estate of a decedent after (a)
11.15excluding therefrom any property included therein which has its situs outside Minnesota,
11.16and (b) including therein any property omitted from the federal gross estate which is
11.17includable therein, has its situs in Minnesota, and was not disclosed to federal taxing
11.18authorities.
11.19    (6) "Nonresident decedent" means an individual whose domicile at the time of
11.20death was not in Minnesota.
11.21    (7) "Personal representative" means the executor, administrator or other person
11.22appointed by the court to administer and dispose of the property of the decedent. If there
11.23is no executor, administrator or other person appointed, qualified, and acting within this
11.24state, then any person in actual or constructive possession of any property having a situs in
11.25this state which is included in the federal gross estate of the decedent shall be deemed
11.26to be a personal representative to the extent of the property and the Minnesota estate tax
11.27due with respect to the property.
11.28    (8) "Resident decedent" means an individual whose domicile at the time of death
11.29was in Minnesota.
11.30    (9) "Situs of property" means, with respect to real property, the state or country in
11.31which it is located; with respect to tangible personal property, the state or country in which
11.32it was normally kept or located at the time of the decedent's death; and with respect to
11.33intangible personal property, the state or country in which the decedent was domiciled
11.34at death.
11.35EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for decedents dying after December
11.3631, 2010.

12.1    Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 291.03, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
12.2    Subdivision 1. Tax amount. (a) The tax imposed shall be an amount equal to the
12.3proportion of the maximum credit for state death taxes computed under section 2011
12.4of the Internal Revenue Code, but using Minnesota adjusted taxable estate instead of
12.5federal adjusted taxable estate, as the Minnesota gross estate bears to the value of the
12.6federal gross estate.
12.7    (b) The tax determined under this subdivision must not be greater than the sum of
12.8the following amounts multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the Minnesota
12.9gross estate and the denominator of which is the federal gross estate:
12.10    (1) the rates and brackets under section 2001(c) of the Internal Revenue Code
12.11multiplied by the sum of:
12.12    (i) the taxable estate, as defined under section 2051 of the Internal Revenue Code;
12.13plus
12.14    (ii) adjusted taxable gifts, as defined in section 2001(b) of the Internal Revenue
12.15Code; less
12.16(iii) the lesser of (A) the sum of the value of qualified small business property
12.17under subdivision 9, and the value of qualified farm property under subdivision 10,
12.18or (B) $4,000,000; less
12.19    (2) the amount of tax allowed under section 2001(b)(2) of the Internal Revenue
12.20Code; and less
12.21    (3) the federal credit allowed under section 2010 of the Internal Revenue Code.
12.22    (c) For purposes of this subdivision, "Internal Revenue Code" means the Internal
12.23Revenue Code of 1986, as amended through December 31, 2000.
12.24EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for decedents dying after December
12.2531, 2010.

12.26    Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 291.03, is amended by adding a subdivision
12.27to read:
12.28    Subd. 8. Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the
12.29meanings given in this subdivision.
12.30(b) "Family member" means a family member as defined in section 2032A(e)(2) of
12.31the Internal Revenue Code.
12.32(c) "Qualified heir" means a family member who acquired qualified property from
12.33the decedent and satisfies the requirement under subdivision 9, clause (6), or subdivision
12.3410, clause (4), for the property.
13.1(d) "Qualified property" means qualified small businesss property under subdivision
13.29 and qualified farm property under subdivision 10.
13.3EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for decedents dying after December
13.431, 2010.

13.5    Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 291.03, is amended by adding a subdivision
13.6to read:
13.7    Subd. 9. Qualified small business property. Property satisfying all of the following
13.8requirements is qualified small business property:
13.9(1) The value of the property was included in the federal adjusted taxable estate.
13.10(2) The property consists of the assets of a trade or business or shares of stock or
13.11other ownership interests in a corporation or other entity engaged in a trade or business.
13.12The decedent or the decedent's spouse must have materially participated in the trade or
13.13business within the meaning of section 469 of the Internal Revenue Code during the
13.14taxable year that ended before the date of the decedent's death. Shares of stock in a
13.15corporation or an ownership interest in another type of entity do not qualify under this
13.16subdivision if the shares or ownership interests are traded on a public stock exchange at
13.17any time during the three-year period ending on the decedent's date of death.
13.18(3) The gross annual sales of the trade or business were $10,000,000 or less for the
13.19last taxable year that ended before the date of the death of the decedent.
13.20(4) The property does not consist of cash or cash equivalents. For property consisting
13.21of shares of stock or other ownership interests in an entity, the amount of cash or cash
13.22equivalents held by the corporation or other entity must be deducted from the value of
13.23the property qualifying under this subdivision in proportion to the decedent's share of
13.24ownership of the entity on the date of death.
13.25(5) The decedent continuously owned the property for the three-year period ending
13.26on the date of death of the decedent.
13.27(6) A family member continuously uses the property in the operation of the trade or
13.28business for three years following the date of death of the decedent.
13.29(7) The estate and the qualified heir elect to treat the property as qualified small
13.30business property and agree, in the form prescribed by the commissioner, to pay the
13.31recapture tax under subdivision 11, if applicable.
13.32EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for decedents dying after December
13.3331, 2010.

14.1    Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 291.03, is amended by adding a subdivision
14.2to read:
14.3    Subd. 10. Qualified farm property. Property satisfying all of the following
14.4requirements is qualified farm property:
14.5(1) The value of the property was included in the federal adjusted taxable estate.
14.6(2) The property consists of a farm meeting the requirements of section 500.24,
14.7and was classified for property tax purposes as the homestead of the decedent or the
14.8decedent's spouse or both under section 273.124, and as class 2a property under section
14.9273.13, subdivision 23.
14.10(3) The decedent continuously owned the property for the three-year period ending
14.11on the date of death of the decedent.
14.12(4) A family member continuously uses the property in the operation of the trade or
14.13business for three years following the date of death of the decedent.
14.14(5) The estate and the qualified heir elect to treat the property as qualified farm
14.15property and agree, in a form prescribed by the commissioner, to pay the recapture tax
14.16under subdivision 11, if applicable.
14.17EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for decedents dying after December
14.1831, 2010.

14.19    Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 291.03, is amended by adding a subdivision
14.20to read:
14.21    Subd. 11. Recapture tax. (a) If, within three years after the decedent's death and
14.22before the death of the qualified heir, the qualified heir disposes of any interest in the
14.23qualified property, other than by a disposition to a family member, or a family member
14.24ceases to use the qualified property which was acquired or passed from the decedent, an
14.25additional estate tax is imposed on the property.
14.26(b) The amount of the additional tax equals the amount of the exclusion claimed by
14.27the estate under subdivision 8, paragraph (d), multiplied by 16 percent.
14.28(c) The additional tax under this subdivision is due on the day which is six months
14.29after the date of the disposition or cessation in paragraph (a).
14.30EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for decedents dying after December
14.3131, 2010.

14.32    Sec. 13. INCOME TAX RECIPROCITY BENCHMARK STUDY.
15.1(a) The Department of Revenue, in conjunction with the Wisconsin Department of
15.2Revenue, must conduct a study to determine at least the following:
15.3(1) the number of residents of each state who earn income from personal services in
15.4the other state;
15.5(2) the total amount of income earned by residents of each state who earn income
15.6from personal services in the other state; and
15.7(3) the change in tax revenue in each state if an income tax reciprocity arrangement
15.8were resumed between the two states under which the taxpayers were required to pay
15.9income taxes on the income only in their state of residence.
15.10(b) The study must be conducted as soon as practicable, using information obtained
15.11from each state's income tax returns for tax year 2011, and from any other source of
15.12information the departments determine is necessary to complete the study.
15.13(c) No later than March 1, 2013, the Department of Revenue must submit a report
15.14containing the results of the study to the governor and to the chairs and ranking minority
15.15members of the legislative committees having jurisdiction over taxes.

15.16    Sec. 14. APPROPRIATIONS.
15.17    Subdivision 1. Income tax reciprocity benchmark study. The sum of $409,000 in
15.18fiscal year 2012 and $429,000 in fiscal year 2013 is appropriated from the general fund
15.19to the commissioner of revenue for the income reciprocity benchmark study required
15.20under section 13. The appropriation under this section is onetime and is not added to
15.21the agency's base budget.
15.22    Subd. 2. Tax checkoff for state budget reserve. $104,000 in fiscal year 2012 and
15.23$37,000 in fiscal year 2013 are appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of
15.24revenue to implement the tax checkoff in Minnesota Statutes, section 290.433.

15.25ARTICLE 2

15.26SALES TAXES

15.27    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 297A.61, subdivision 3, is amended to
15.28read:
15.29    Subd. 3. Sale and purchase. (a) "Sale" and "purchase" include, but are not limited
15.30to, each of the transactions listed in this subdivision.
15.31    (b) Sale and purchase include:
15.32    (1) any transfer of title or possession, or both, of tangible personal property, whether
15.33absolutely or conditionally, for a consideration in money or by exchange or barter; and
16.1    (2) the leasing of or the granting of a license to use or consume, for a consideration
16.2in money or by exchange or barter, tangible personal property, other than a manufactured
16.3home used for residential purposes for a continuous period of 30 days or more.
16.4    (c) Sale and purchase include the production, fabrication, printing, or processing of
16.5tangible personal property for a consideration for consumers who furnish either directly or
16.6indirectly the materials used in the production, fabrication, printing, or processing.
16.7    (d) Sale and purchase include the preparing for a consideration of food.
16.8Notwithstanding section 297A.67, subdivision 2, taxable food includes, but is not limited
16.9to, the following:
16.10    (1) prepared food sold by the retailer;
16.11    (2) soft drinks;
16.12    (3) candy;
16.13    (4) dietary supplements; and
16.14    (5) all food sold through vending machines.
16.15    (e) A sale and a purchase includes the furnishing for a consideration of electricity,
16.16gas, water, or steam for use or consumption within this state.
16.17    (f) A sale and a purchase includes the transfer for a consideration of prewritten
16.18computer software whether delivered electronically, by load and leave, or otherwise.
16.19    (g) A sale and a purchase includes the furnishing for a consideration of the following
16.20services:
16.21    (1) the privilege of admission to places of amusement, recreational areas, or athletic
16.22events, and the making available of amusement devices, tanning facilities, reducing
16.23salons, steam baths, Turkish baths, health clubs, and spas or athletic facilities;
16.24    (2) lodging and related services by a hotel, rooming house, resort, campground,
16.25motel, or trailer camp, including furnishing the guest of the facility with access to
16.26telecommunication services, and the granting of any similar license to use real property
16.27in a specific facility, other than the renting or leasing of it for a continuous period of
16.2830 days or more under an enforceable written agreement that may not be terminated
16.29without prior notice;
16.30    (3) nonresidential parking services, whether on a contractual, hourly, or other
16.31periodic basis, except for parking at a meter;
16.32    (4) the granting of membership in a club, association, or other organization if:
16.33    (i) the club, association, or other organization makes available for the use of its
16.34members sports and athletic facilities, without regard to whether a separate charge is
16.35assessed for use of the facilities; and
17.1    (ii) use of the sports and athletic facility is not made available to the general public
17.2on the same basis as it is made available to members.
17.3Granting of membership means both onetime initiation fees and periodic membership
17.4dues. Sports and athletic facilities include golf courses; tennis, racquetball, handball, and
17.5squash courts; basketball and volleyball facilities; running tracks; exercise equipment;
17.6swimming pools; and other similar athletic or sports facilities;
17.7    (5) delivery of aggregate materials by a third party, excluding delivery of aggregate
17.8material used in road construction, and delivery of concrete block by a third party if
17.9the delivery would be subject to the sales tax if provided by the seller of the concrete
17.10block; and
17.11    (6) services as provided in this clause:
17.12    (i) laundry and dry cleaning services including cleaning, pressing, repairing, altering,
17.13and storing clothes, linen services and supply, cleaning and blocking hats, and carpet,
17.14drapery, upholstery, and industrial cleaning. Laundry and dry cleaning services do not
17.15include services provided by coin operated facilities operated by the customer;
17.16    (ii) motor vehicle washing, waxing, and cleaning services, including services
17.17provided by coin operated facilities operated by the customer, and rustproofing,
17.18undercoating, and towing of motor vehicles;
17.19    (iii) building and residential cleaning, maintenance, and disinfecting services and
17.20pest control and exterminating services;
17.21    (iv) detective, security, burglar, fire alarm, and armored car services; but not
17.22including services performed within the jurisdiction they serve by off-duty licensed peace
17.23officers as defined in section 626.84, subdivision 1, or services provided by a nonprofit
17.24organization for monitoring and electronic surveillance of persons placed on in-home
17.25detention pursuant to court order or under the direction of the Minnesota Department
17.26of Corrections;
17.27    (v) pet grooming services;
17.28    (vi) lawn care, fertilizing, mowing, spraying and sprigging services; garden planting
17.29and maintenance; tree, bush, and shrub pruning, bracing, spraying, and surgery; indoor
17.30plant care; tree, bush, shrub, and stump removal, except when performed as part of a land
17.31clearing contract as defined in section 297A.68, subdivision 40; and tree trimming for
17.32public utility lines. Services performed under a construction contract for the installation of
17.33shrubbery, plants, sod, trees, bushes, and similar items are not taxable;
17.34    (vii) massages, except when provided by a licensed health care facility or
17.35professional or upon written referral from a licensed health care facility or professional for
17.36treatment of illness, injury, or disease; and
18.1    (viii) the furnishing of lodging, board, and care services for animals in kennels and
18.2other similar arrangements, but excluding veterinary and horse boarding services.
18.3    In applying the provisions of this chapter, the terms "tangible personal property" and
18.4"retail sale" include taxable services listed in clause (6), items (i) to (vi) and (viii), and
18.5the provision of these taxable services, unless specifically provided otherwise. Services
18.6performed by an employee for an employer are not taxable. Services performed by a
18.7partnership or association for another partnership or association are not taxable if one
18.8of the entities owns or controls more than 80 percent of the voting power of the equity
18.9interest in the other entity. Services performed between members of an affiliated group
18.10of corporations are not taxable.
18.11For purposes of the preceding sentence, "affiliated group of corporations" means
18.12those entities that would be classified as members of an affiliated group as defined under
18.13United States Code, title 26, section 1504, disregarding the exclusions in section 1504(b).
18.14    For purposes of clause (5), "road construction" means construction of (1) public
18.15roads, (2) cartways, and (3) private roads in townships located outside of the seven-county
18.16metropolitan area up to the point of the emergency response location sign.
18.17    (h) A sale and a purchase includes the furnishing for a consideration of tangible
18.18personal property or taxable services by the United States or any of its agencies or
18.19instrumentalities, or the state of Minnesota, its agencies, instrumentalities, or political
18.20subdivisions.
18.21    (i) A sale and a purchase includes the furnishing for a consideration of
18.22telecommunications services, ancillary services associated with telecommunication
18.23services, cable television services, and direct satellite services, and ring tones.
18.24Telecommunication services include, but are not limited to, the following services,
18.25as defined in section 297A.669: air-to-ground radiotelephone service, mobile
18.26telecommunication service, postpaid calling service, prepaid calling service, prepaid
18.27wireless calling service, and private communication services. The services in this
18.28paragraph are taxed to the extent allowed under federal law.
18.29    (j) A sale and a purchase includes the furnishing for a consideration of installation if
18.30the installation charges would be subject to the sales tax if the installation were provided
18.31by the seller of the item being installed.
18.32    (k) A sale and a purchase includes the rental of a vehicle by a motor vehicle dealer
18.33to a customer when (1) the vehicle is rented by the customer for a consideration, or (2)
18.34the motor vehicle dealer is reimbursed pursuant to a service contract as defined in section
18.3559B.02, subdivision 11.
19.1EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for sales and purchases made after
19.2June 30, 2011.

19.3    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 297A.67, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
19.4    Subd. 7. Drugs; medical devices. (a) Sales of the following drugs and medical
19.5devices for human use are exempt:
19.6    (1) drugs, including over-the-counter drugs;
19.7    (2) single-use finger-pricking devices for the extraction of blood and other single-use
19.8devices and single-use diagnostic agents used in diagnosing, monitoring, or treating
19.9diabetes;
19.10    (3) insulin and medical oxygen for human use, regardless of whether prescribed
19.11or sold over the counter;
19.12    (4) prosthetic devices;
19.13    (5) durable medical equipment for home use only;
19.14    (6) mobility enhancing equipment;
19.15    (7) prescription corrective eyeglasses; and
19.16    (8) kidney dialysis equipment, including repair and replacement parts.
19.17    (b) Items purchased in transactions covered by:
19.18(1) Medicare as defined under title XVIII of the Social Security Act, United States
19.19Code, title 42, sections 1395, et seq.; or
19.20(2) Medicaid as defined under title XIX of the Social Security Act, United States
19.21Code, title 42, sections 1396, et seq.
19.22(c) For purposes of this subdivision:
19.23    (1) "Drug" means a compound, substance, or preparation, and any component of
19.24a compound, substance, or preparation, other than food and food ingredients, dietary
19.25supplements, or alcoholic beverages that is:
19.26    (i) recognized in the official United States Pharmacopoeia, official Homeopathic
19.27Pharmacopoeia of the United States, or official National Formulary, and supplement
19.28to any of them;
19.29    (ii) intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention
19.30of disease; or
19.31    (iii) intended to affect the structure or any function of the body.
19.32    (2) "Durable medical equipment" means equipment, including repair and
19.33replacement parts, including single patient use items, but not including mobility enhancing
19.34equipment, that:
19.35    (i) can withstand repeated use;
20.1    (ii) is primarily and customarily used to serve a medical purpose;
20.2    (iii) generally is not useful to a person in the absence of illness or injury; and
20.3    (iv) is not worn in or on the body.
20.4    For purposes of this clause, "repair and replacement parts" includes all components
20.5or attachments used in conjunction with the durable medical equipment, but does not
20.6include including repair and replacement parts which are for single patient use only.
20.7    (3) "Mobility enhancing equipment" means equipment, including repair and
20.8replacement parts, but not including durable medical equipment, that:
20.9    (i) is primarily and customarily used to provide or increase the ability to move from
20.10one place to another and that is appropriate for use either in a home or a motor vehicle;
20.11    (ii) is not generally used by persons with normal mobility; and
20.12    (iii) does not include any motor vehicle or equipment on a motor vehicle normally
20.13provided by a motor vehicle manufacturer.
20.14    (4) "Over-the-counter drug" means a drug that contains a label that identifies the
20.15product as a drug as required by Code of Federal Regulations, title 21, section 201.66. The
20.16label must include a "drug facts" panel or a statement of the active ingredients with a list of
20.17those ingredients contained in the compound, substance, or preparation. Over-the-counter
20.18drugs do not include grooming and hygiene products, regardless of whether they otherwise
20.19meet the definition. "Grooming and hygiene products" are soaps, cleaning solutions,
20.20shampoo, toothpaste, mouthwash, antiperspirants, and suntan lotions and sunscreens.
20.21    (5) "Prescribed" and "prescription" means a direction in the form of an order,
20.22formula, or recipe issued in any form of oral, written, electronic, or other means of
20.23transmission by a duly licensed health care professional.
20.24    (6) "Prosthetic device" means a replacement, corrective, or supportive device,
20.25including repair and replacement parts, worn on or in the body to:
20.26    (i) artificially replace a missing portion of the body;
20.27    (ii) prevent or correct physical deformity or malfunction; or
20.28    (iii) support a weak or deformed portion of the body.
20.29Prosthetic device does not include corrective eyeglasses.
20.30    (7) "Kidney dialysis equipment" means equipment that:
20.31    (i) is used to remove waste products that build up in the blood when the kidneys are
20.32not able to do so on their own; and
20.33    (ii) can withstand repeated use, including multiple use by a single patient,
20.34notwithstanding the provisions of clause (2).
20.35(8) A transaction is covered by Medicare or Medicaid if any portion of the cost of
20.36the item purchased in the transaction is paid for or reimbursed by the federal government
21.1or the state of Minnesota pursuant to the Medicare or Medicaid program, by a private
21.2insurance company administering the Medicare or Medicaid program on behalf of the
21.3federal government or the state of Minnesota, or by a managed care organization for the
21.4benefit of a patient enrolled in a prepaid program that furnishes medical services in lieu
21.5of conventional Medicare or Medicaid coverage pursuant to agreement with the federal
21.6government or the state of Minnesota.
21.7EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for sales and purchases made after
21.8June 30, 2011.

21.9    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 297A.67, is amended by adding a subdivision
21.10to read:
21.11    Subd. 7a. Accessories and supplies. Accessories and supplies required for the
21.12effective use of durable medical equipment for home use only or purchased in a transaction
21.13covered by Medicare or Medicaid, that are not already exempt under subdivision 7 are
21.14exempt. Accessories and supplies for the effective use of a prosthetic device that are
21.15not already exempt under subdivision 7 are exempt. For purposes of this subdivision
21.16"durable medical equipment," "prosthetic device," "Medicare," and "Medicaid" have the
21.17definitions given in subdivision 7.
21.18EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for sales and purchases made after
21.19June 30, 2011.

21.20    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 297A.67, is amended by adding a subdivision
21.21to read:
21.22    Subd. 33. Resale ticket purchases. For resale purchases made subsequent to the
21.23purchase of a ticket from the initial seller, as defined under section 609.807, paragraph
21.24(a), the original face value of a ticket, as defined under section 609.807, paragraph (a),
21.25is exempt.
21.26EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for sales and purchases made after
21.27June 30, 2011.

21.28    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 297A.70, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
21.29    Subdivision 1. Scope. (a) To the extent provided in this section, the gross receipts
21.30from sales of items to or by, and storage, distribution, use, or consumption of items by the
21.31organizations or units of local government listed in this section are specifically exempted
21.32from the taxes imposed by this chapter.
22.1(b) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary enacted before 1992, only sales to
22.2governments and political subdivisions listed in this section are exempt from the taxes
22.3imposed by this chapter.
22.4(c) "Sales" includes purchases under an installment contract or lease purchase
22.5agreement under section 465.71.
22.6EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for sales and purchases made after
22.7June 30, 2011.

22.8    Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 297A.70, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
22.9    Subd. 2. Sales to government. (a) All sales, except those listed in paragraph (b),
22.10to the following governments and political subdivisions, or to the listed agencies or
22.11instrumentalities of governments and political subdivisions, are exempt:
22.12(1) the United States and its agencies and instrumentalities;
22.13(2) school districts, the University of Minnesota, state universities, community
22.14colleges, technical colleges, state academies, the Perpich Minnesota Center for Arts
22.15Education, and an instrumentality of a political subdivision that is accredited as an
22.16optional/special function school by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools;
22.17(3) hospitals and nursing homes owned and operated by political subdivisions of
22.18the state of tangible personal property and taxable services used at or by hospitals and
22.19nursing homes;
22.20(4) the Metropolitan Council, for its purchases of vehicles and repair parts to equip
22.21operations provided for in section 473.4051;
22.22(5) other states or political subdivisions of other states, if the sale would be exempt
22.23from taxation if it occurred in that state; and
22.24(6) sales to public libraries, public library systems, multicounty, multitype library
22.25systems as defined in section 134.001, county law libraries under chapter 134A, state
22.26agency libraries, the state library under section 480.09, and the Legislative Reference
22.27Library; and
22.28(7) towns.
22.29(b) This exemption does not apply to the sales of the following products and services:
22.30(1) building, construction, or reconstruction materials purchased by a contractor
22.31or a subcontractor as a part of a lump-sum contract or similar type of contract with a
22.32guaranteed maximum price covering both labor and materials for use in the construction,
22.33alteration, or repair of a building or facility;
23.1(2) construction materials purchased by tax exempt entities or their contractors to
23.2be used in constructing buildings or facilities which will not be used principally by the
23.3tax exempt entities;
23.4(3) the leasing of a motor vehicle as defined in section 297B.01, subdivision 11,
23.5except for leases entered into by the United States or its agencies or instrumentalities; or
23.6(4) lodging as defined under section 297A.61, subdivision 3, paragraph (g),
23.7clause (2), and prepared food, candy, soft drinks, and alcoholic beverages as defined in
23.8section 297A.67, subdivision 2, except for lodging, prepared food, candy, soft drinks,
23.9and alcoholic beverages purchased directly by the United States or its agencies or
23.10instrumentalities; or
23.11(5) goods or services purchased by a town that are generally provided by a private
23.12business and the purchases would be taxable if made by a private business engaged in the
23.13same activity.
23.14(c) As used in this subdivision, "school districts" means public school entities and
23.15districts of every kind and nature organized under the laws of the state of Minnesota, and
23.16any instrumentality of a school district, as defined in section 471.59.
23.17(d) As used in this subdivision, "goods or services generally provided by a private
23.18business" include, but are not limited to, goods or services provided by liquor stores, gas
23.19and electric utilities, golf courses, marinas, health and fitness centers, campgrounds, cafes,
23.20and laundromats. "Goods or services generally provided by a private business" do not
23.21include housing services, sewer and water services, wastewater treatment, ambulance and
23.22other public safety services, correctional services, chore or homemaking services provided
23.23to elderly or disabled individuals, or road and street maintenance or lighting.
23.24EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for sales and purchases made after
23.25June 30, 2011.

23.26    Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 297A.70, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
23.27    Subd. 3. Sales of certain goods and services to government. (a) The following
23.28sales to or use by the specified governments and political subdivisions of the state are
23.29exempt:
23.30    (1) repair and replacement parts for emergency rescue vehicles, fire trucks, and
23.31fire apparatus to a political subdivision;
23.32    (2) machinery and equipment, except for motor vehicles, used directly for mixed
23.33municipal solid waste management services at a solid waste disposal facility as defined in
23.34section 115A.03, subdivision 10;
24.1    (3) chore and homemaking services to a political subdivision of the state to be
24.2provided to elderly or disabled individuals;
24.3    (4) telephone services to the Office of Enterprise Technology that are used to provide
24.4telecommunications services through the enterprise technology revolving fund;
24.5    (5) firefighter personal protective equipment as defined in paragraph (b), if purchased
24.6or authorized by and for the use of an organized fire department, fire protection district, or
24.7fire company regularly charged with the responsibility of providing fire protection to the
24.8state or a political subdivision;
24.9    (6) bullet-resistant body armor that provides the wearer with ballistic and trauma
24.10protection, if purchased by a law enforcement agency of the state or a political subdivision
24.11of the state, or a licensed peace officer, as defined in section 626.84, subdivision 1;
24.12    (7) motor vehicles purchased or leased by political subdivisions of the state if the
24.13vehicles are exempt from registration under section 168.012, subdivision 1, paragraph (b),
24.14exempt from taxation under section 473.448, or exempt from the motor vehicle sales tax
24.15under section 297B.03, clause (12);
24.16    (8) equipment designed to process, dewater, and recycle biosolids for wastewater
24.17treatment facilities of political subdivisions, and materials incidental to installation of
24.18that equipment;
24.19    (9) sales to a town of gravel and of machinery, equipment, and accessories, except
24.20motor vehicles, used exclusively for road and bridge maintenance, and leases by a town of
24.21motor vehicles exempt from tax under section 297B.03, clause (10);
24.22    (10) the removal of trees, bushes, or shrubs for the construction and maintenance
24.23of roads, trails, or firebreaks when purchased by an agency of the state or a political
24.24subdivision of the state; and
24.25    (11) (10) purchases by the Metropolitan Council or the Department of Transportation
24.26of vehicles and repair parts to equip operations provided for in section 174.90, including,
24.27but not limited to, the Northstar Corridor Rail project.
24.28    (b) For purposes of this subdivision, "firefighters personal protective equipment"
24.29means helmets, including face shields, chin straps, and neck liners; bunker coats and
24.30pants, including pant suspenders; boots; gloves; head covers or hoods; wildfire jackets;
24.31protective coveralls; goggles; self-contained breathing apparatus; canister filter masks;
24.32personal alert safety systems; spanner belts; optical or thermal imaging search devices;
24.33and all safety equipment required by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
24.34    (c) For purchases of items listed in paragraph (a), clause (11), the tax must be
24.35imposed and collected as if the rate under section 297A.62, subdivision 1, applied and
24.36then refunded in the manner provided in section 297A.75.
25.1EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for sales and purchases made after
25.2June 30, 2011.

25.3    Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 297A.70, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
25.4    Subd. 8. Regionwide Public safety radio communication system systems;
25.5products and services. Products and services including, but not limited to, end user
25.6equipment used for construction, ownership, operation, maintenance, and enhancement
25.7of the backbone system of the regionwide public safety radio communication system
25.8established under sections 403.21 to 403.40 systems, including public safety radio
25.9dispatch centers, are exempt. For purposes of this subdivision, backbone system is defined
25.10in section 403.21, subdivision 9. This subdivision is effective for purchases, sales, storage,
25.11use, or consumption for use in the first and second phases of the system, as defined in
25.12section 403.21, subdivisions 3, 10, and 11, that portion of the third phase of the system that
25.13is located in the southeast district of the State Patrol and the counties of Benton, Sherburne,
25.14Stearns, and Wright, and that portion of the system that is located in Itasca County.
25.15EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for sales and purchases made after
25.16December 31, 2009. After December 31, 2013, purchasers may apply for a refund of tax
25.17paid for qualifying purchases under this subdivision made after December 31, 2009, and
25.18before January 1, 2013, in the manner provided in section 297A.75.

25.19    Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 297A.75, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
25.20    Subdivision 1. Tax collected. The tax on the gross receipts from the sale of the
25.21following exempt items must be imposed and collected as if the sale were taxable and the
25.22rate under section 297A.62, subdivision 1, applied. The exempt items include:
25.23    (1) capital equipment exempt under section 297A.68, subdivision 5;
25.24    (2) building materials for an agricultural processing facility exempt under section
25.25297A.71, subdivision 13 ;
25.26    (3) building materials for mineral production facilities exempt under section
25.27297A.71, subdivision 14 ;
25.28    (4) building materials for correctional facilities under section 297A.71, subdivision
25.293 ;
25.30    (5) building materials used in a residence for disabled veterans exempt under section
25.31297A.71, subdivision 11 ;
25.32    (6) elevators and building materials exempt under section 297A.71, subdivision 12;
25.33    (7) building materials for the Long Lake Conservation Center exempt under section
25.34297A.71, subdivision 17 ;
26.1    (8) materials and supplies for qualified low-income housing under section 297A.71,
26.2subdivision 23 ;
26.3    (9) materials, supplies, and equipment for municipal electric utility facilities under
26.4section 297A.71, subdivision 35;
26.5    (10) equipment and materials used for the generation, transmission, and distribution
26.6of electrical energy and an aerial camera package exempt under section 297A.68,
26.7subdivision 37;
26.8    (11) tangible personal property and taxable services and construction materials,
26.9supplies, and equipment exempt under section 297A.68, subdivision 41;
26.10    (12) commuter rail vehicle and repair parts under section 297A.70, subdivision
26.113, clause (11);
26.12    (13) materials, supplies, and equipment for construction or improvement of projects
26.13and facilities under section 297A.71, subdivision 40;
26.14(14) materials, supplies, and equipment for construction or improvement of a meat
26.15processing facility exempt under section 297A.71, subdivision 41; and
26.16(15) materials, supplies, and equipment for construction, improvement, or expansion
26.17of an aerospace defense manufacturing facility exempt under section 297A.71, subdivision
26.1842; and
26.19(16) products and services for a regionwide public safety radio communication
26.20system exempt under section 297A.70, subdivision 8, purchased after December 31,
26.212009, and before January 1, 2013.
26.22EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for sales and purchases made after
26.23December 31, 2009. After December 31, 2013, purchasers may apply for a refund of tax
26.24paid for qualifying purchases under this subdivision made after December 31, 2009, and
26.25before January 1, 2013, in the manner provided in section 297A.75.

26.26    Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 297A.75, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
26.27    Subd. 2. Refund; eligible persons. Upon application on forms prescribed by the
26.28commissioner, a refund equal to the tax paid on the gross receipts of the exempt items
26.29must be paid to the applicant. Only the following persons may apply for the refund:
26.30    (1) for subdivision 1, clauses (1) to (3), the applicant must be the purchaser;
26.31    (2) for subdivision 1, clauses (4) and (7), the applicant must be the governmental
26.32subdivision;
26.33    (3) for subdivision 1, clause (5), the applicant must be the recipient of the benefits
26.34provided in United States Code, title 38, chapter 21;
27.1    (4) for subdivision 1, clause (6), the applicant must be the owner of the homestead
27.2property;
27.3    (5) for subdivision 1, clause (8), the owner of the qualified low-income housing
27.4project;
27.5    (6) for subdivision 1, clause (9), the applicant must be a municipal electric utility or
27.6a joint venture of municipal electric utilities;
27.7    (7) for subdivision 1, clauses (10), (11), (14), and (15), the owner of the qualifying
27.8business; and
27.9    (8) for subdivision 1, clauses (12) and, (13), and (16), the applicant must be the
27.10governmental entity that owns or contracts for the project or facility.
27.11EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for sales and purchases made after
27.12December 31, 2009. After December 31, 2013, purchasers may apply for a refund of tax
27.13paid for qualifying purchases under this subdivision made after December 31, 2009, and
27.14before January 1, 2013, in the manner provided in section 297A.75.

27.15    Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 297A.75, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
27.16    Subd. 3. Application. (a) The application must include sufficient information
27.17to permit the commissioner to verify the tax paid. If the tax was paid by a contractor,
27.18subcontractor, or builder, under subdivision 1, clause (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11),
27.19(12), (13), (14), or (15), or (16), the contractor, subcontractor, or builder must furnish to
27.20the refund applicant a statement including the cost of the exempt items and the taxes paid
27.21on the items unless otherwise specifically provided by this subdivision. The provisions of
27.22sections 289A.40 and 289A.50 apply to refunds under this section.
27.23    (b) An applicant may not file more than two applications per calendar year for
27.24refunds for taxes paid on capital equipment exempt under section 297A.68, subdivision 5.
27.25    (c) Total refunds for purchases of items in section 297A.71, subdivision 40, must not
27.26exceed $5,000,000 in fiscal years 2010 and 2011. Applications for refunds for purchases
27.27of items in sections 297A.70, subdivision 3, paragraph (a), clause (11), and 297A.71,
27.28subdivision 40, must not be filed until after June 30, 2009.
27.29EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for sales and purchases made after
27.30December 31, 2009. After December 31, 2013, purchasers may apply for a refund of tax
27.31paid for qualifying purchases under this subdivision made after December 31, 2009, and
27.32before January 1, 2013, in the manner provided in section 297A.75.

27.33    Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 297A.82, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
28.1    Subd. 4. Exemptions. (a) The following transactions are exempt from the tax
28.2imposed in this chapter to the extent provided.
28.3(b) The purchase or use of aircraft previously registered in Minnesota by a
28.4corporation or partnership is exempt if the transfer constitutes a transfer within the
28.5meaning of section 351 or 721 of the Internal Revenue Code.
28.6(c) The sale to or purchase, storage, use, or consumption by a licensed aircraft dealer
28.7of an aircraft for which a commercial use permit has been issued pursuant to section
28.8360.654 is exempt, if the aircraft is resold while the permit is in effect.
28.9(d) Airflight equipment when sold to, or purchased, stored, used, or consumed by
28.10airline companies, as defined in section 270.071, subdivision 4, is exempt. For purposes of
28.11this subdivision, "airflight equipment" includes airplanes and parts necessary for the repair
28.12and maintenance of such airflight equipment, and flight simulators, but does not include
28.13airplanes with a gross weight of less than 30,000 pounds that are used on intermittent or
28.14irregularly timed flights.
28.15(e) Sales of, and the storage, distribution, use, or consumption of aircraft, as defined
28.16in section 360.511 and approved by the Federal Aviation Administration, and which the
28.17seller delivers to a purchaser outside Minnesota or which, without intermediate use, is
28.18shipped or transported outside Minnesota by the purchaser are exempt, but only if the
28.19purchaser is not a resident of Minnesota and provided that the aircraft is not thereafter
28.20returned to a point within Minnesota, except in the course of interstate commerce or
28.21isolated and occasional use, and will be registered in another state or country upon its
28.22removal from Minnesota. This exemption applies even if the purchaser takes possession of
28.23the aircraft in Minnesota and uses the aircraft in the state exclusively for training purposes
28.24for a period not to exceed ten days prior to removing the aircraft from this state.
28.25(f) The sale or purchase of aircraft and aircraft equipment, including parts necessary
28.26for repair and maintenance of such airflight equipment, as defined under Federal Aviation
28.27Regulations, Part 135, that has a maximum certified takeoff weight of 6,000 pounds or
28.28more are exempt.
28.29EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for sales and purchases made after
28.30June 30, 2011.

28.31    Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 297A.99, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
28.32    Subdivision 1. Authorization; scope. (a) A political subdivision of this state may
28.33impose a general sales tax (1) under section 297A.992, (2) under section 297A.993, (3) if
28.34permitted by special law enacted prior to May 20, 2008, or (4) if the political subdivision
28.35enacted and imposed the tax before January 1, 1982, and its predecessor provision.
29.1    (b) This section governs the imposition of a general sales tax by the political
29.2subdivision. The provisions of this section preempt the provisions of any special law:
29.3    (1) enacted before June 2, 1997, or
29.4    (2) enacted on or after June 2, 1997, that does not explicitly exempt the special law
29.5provision from this section's rules by reference.
29.6    (c) This section does not apply to or preempt a sales tax on motor vehicles or a
29.7special excise tax on motor vehicles.
29.8    (d) Until after May 31, 2010, a political subdivision may not advertise, promote,
29.9expend funds, or hold a referendum to support imposing a local option sales tax unless
29.10it is for extension of an existing tax or the tax was authorized by a special law enacted
29.11prior to May 20, 2008.

29.12    Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 297A.99, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
29.13    Subd. 3. Requirements for adoption, use, termination. (a) Imposition of a local
29.14sales tax is subject to approval by voters of the political subdivision at a general election.
29.15The election must be conducted before the governing body of the political subdivision
29.16requests legislative approval of the tax. A referendum on the issuance of bonds to be paid
29.17from the proceeds of a local sales tax is not subject to sections 275.60 and 275.61.
29.18(b) The proceeds of the tax must be dedicated exclusively to payment of the cost of a
29.19specific capital improvement which is designated at least 90 days before the referendum
29.20on imposition of the tax is conducted.
29.21(c) The tax must terminate after the improvement designated under paragraph (b)
29.22has been completed.
29.23(d) After a sales tax imposed by a political subdivision has expired or been
29.24terminated, the political subdivision is prohibited from imposing a local sales tax for a
29.25period of one year. Notwithstanding subdivision 13, this paragraph applies to all local
29.26sales taxes in effect at the time of or imposed after May 26, 1999.
29.27EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

29.28    Sec. 15. Laws 1996, chapter 471, article 2, section 29, subdivision 1, as amended by
29.29Laws 2006, chapter 259, article 3, section 3, is amended to read:
29.30    Subdivision 1. Sales tax authorized. (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes,
29.31section 477A.016, or any other contrary provision of law, ordinance, or city charter, the
29.32city of Hermantown may, by ordinance, impose an additional sales tax of up to one
29.33percent on sales transactions taxable pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, chapter 297A, that
30.1occur within the city. The proceeds of the tax imposed under this section must be used to
30.2meet the costs of:
30.3    (1) extending a sewer interceptor line;
30.4    (2) construction of a booster pump station, reservoirs, and related improvements
30.5to the water system; and
30.6    (3) construction of a building containing a police and fire station and an
30.7administrative services facility.
30.8(b) If the city imposed a sales tax of only one-half of one percent under paragraph (a),
30.9it may increase the tax to one percent to fund the purposes under paragraph (a) provided it
30.10is approved by the voters at a general or special election held before December 31, 2012.
30.11EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following compliance by the
30.12city of Hermantown with Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021, subdivision 3.

30.13    Sec. 16. Laws 1998, chapter 389, article 8, section 43, subdivision 3, as amended by
30.14Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 3, article 5, section 28, is amended to read:
30.15    Subd. 3. Use of revenues. (a) Revenues received from the taxes authorized by
30.16subdivisions 1 and 2 must be used by the city to pay for the cost of collecting and
30.17administering the taxes and to pay for the following projects:
30.18    (1) transportation infrastructure improvements including regional highway and
30.19airport improvements;
30.20    (2) improvements to the civic center complex;
30.21    (3) a municipal water, sewer, and storm sewer project necessary to improve regional
30.22ground water quality; and
30.23    (4) construction of a regional recreation and sports center and other higher education
30.24facilities available for both community and student use.
30.25    (b) The total amount of capital expenditures or bonds for these projects listed in
30.26paragraph (a) that may be paid from the revenues raised from the taxes authorized in this
30.27section may not exceed $111,500,000. The total amount of capital expenditures or bonds
30.28for the project in clause (4) that may be paid from the revenues raised from the taxes
30.29authorized in this section may not exceed $28,000,000.
30.30(c) In addition to the projects authorized in paragraph (a) and not subject to the
30.31amount stated in paragraph (b), the city of Rochester may, if approved by the voters at an
30.32election under subdivision 5, paragraph (c), use the revenues received from the taxes and
30.33bonds authorized in this section to pay the costs of or bonds for the following purposes:
30.34(1) $47,000,000 for capital expenditures and bonds for transportation infrastructure
30.35improvements including regional highway and airport improvements, but excluding any
31.1transportation improvements related to a railroad bypass that would divert rail traffic
31.2from the city of Rochester;
31.3(2) $26,500,000 for capital expenditures and bonds for higher education facilities in
31.4the city;
31.5(3) $40,500,000 for capital expenditures and bonds for improvements to regional
31.6youth and elder community facilities;
31.7(4) $8,000,000 for capital expenditures and bonds for construction of regional public
31.8safety facilities; and
31.9(5) $38,000,000 for project expenditures and bonds for any economic development
31.10purposes authorized under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 469.
31.11EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

31.12    Sec. 17. Laws 1998, chapter 389, article 8, section 43, subdivision 4, as amended by
31.13Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 3, article 5, section 29, is amended to read:
31.14    Subd. 4. Bonding authority. (a) The city may issue bonds under Minnesota
31.15Statutes, chapter 475, to finance the capital expenditure and improvement projects.
31.16An election to approve up to $71,500,000 in bonds under Minnesota Statutes, section
31.17475.58 , may be held in combination with the election to authorize imposition of the tax
31.18under subdivision 1. Whether to permit imposition of the tax and issuance of bonds
31.19may be posed to the voters as a single question. The question must state that the sales
31.20tax revenues are pledged to pay the bonds, but that the bonds are general obligations
31.21and will be guaranteed by the city's property taxes. An election to approve up to an
31.22additional $40,000,000 of bonds under Minnesota Statutes, section 475.58, may be held
31.23in combination with the election to authorize extension of the tax under subdivision 5,
31.24paragraph (b). An election to approve bonds under Minnesota Statutes, section 475.58,
31.25in an amount not to exceed $160,000,000 plus an amount equal to the costs of issuance
31.26of the bonds, may be held in combination with the election to authorize the extension of
31.27the tax under subdivision 5, paragraph (c).
31.28    (b) The city may shall enter into an agreement with Olmsted County under which the
31.29city and the county agree to jointly undertake and finance certain roadway infrastructure
31.30improvements. The agreement may shall provide that the city will make available to the
31.31county a portion of the sales tax revenues collected pursuant to the authority granted in
31.32this section and the bonding authority provided in this subdivision. The county may,
31.33pursuant to the agreement, issue its general obligation bonds in a principal amount not
31.34exceeding the amount authorized by its agreement with the city payable primarily from
31.35the sales tax revenues from the city under the agreement. The county's bonds must be
32.1issued in accordance with the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 475, except that
32.2no election is required for the issuance of the bonds and the bonds are not included in
32.3the net debt of the county.
32.4    (b) (c) The issuance of bonds under this subdivision is not subject to Minnesota
32.5Statutes, section 275.60.
32.6    (c) (d) The bonds are not included in computing any debt limitation applicable to the
32.7city, and the levy of taxes under Minnesota Statutes, section 475.61, to pay principal of
32.8and interest on the bonds is not subject to any levy limitation.
32.9    (e) The aggregate principal amount of bonds, plus the aggregate of the taxes used
32.10directly to pay eligible capital expenditures and improvements for projects listed in
32.11subdivision 3, paragraph (a), may not exceed $111,500,000, plus an amount equal to the
32.12costs related to issuance of the bonds. The aggregate principal amount of bonds plus the
32.13aggregate of the taxes used directly to pay the costs of eligible projects under subdivision
32.143, paragraph (c), may not exceed $160,000,000 plus an amount equal to the costs of
32.15issuance of the bonds.
32.16    (d) (f) The taxes may be pledged to and used for the payment of the bonds and
32.17any bonds issued to refund them, only if the bonds and any refunding bonds are general
32.18obligations of the city.
32.19EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

32.20    Sec. 18. Laws 1998, chapter 389, article 8, section 43, subdivision 5, as amended by
32.21Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 3, article 5, section 30, is amended to read:
32.22    Subd. 5. Termination of taxes. (a) The taxes imposed under subdivisions 1 and
32.232 expire at the later of (1) December 31, 2009, or (2) when the city council determines
32.24that sufficient funds have been received from the taxes to finance the first $71,500,000
32.25of capital expenditures and bonds for the projects authorized in subdivision 3, including
32.26the amount to prepay or retire at maturity the principal, interest, and premium due on any
32.27bonds issued for the projects under subdivision 4, unless the taxes are extended as allowed
32.28in paragraph (b). Any funds remaining after completion of the project and retirement or
32.29redemption of the bonds shall also be used to fund the projects under subdivision 3. The
32.30taxes imposed under subdivisions 1 and 2 may expire at an earlier time if the city so
32.31determines by ordinance.
32.32    (b) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 297A.99 and 477A.016, or any
32.33other contrary provision of law, ordinance, or city charter, the city of Rochester may, by
32.34ordinance, extend the taxes authorized in subdivisions 1 and 2 beyond December 31, 2009,
32.35if approved by the voters of the city at a special election in 2005 or the general election in
33.12006. The question put to the voters must indicate that an affirmative vote would allow
33.2up to an additional $40,000,000 of sales tax revenues be raised and up to $40,000,000
33.3of bonds to be issued above the amount authorized in the June 23, 1998, referendum for
33.4the projects specified in subdivision 3. If the taxes authorized in subdivisions 1 and 2 are
33.5extended under this paragraph, the taxes expire when the city council determines that
33.6sufficient funds have been received from the taxes to finance the projects and to prepay
33.7or retire at maturity the principal, interest, and premium due on any bonds issued for the
33.8projects under subdivision 4. Any funds remaining after completion of the project and
33.9retirement or redemption of the bonds may be placed in the general fund of the city.
33.10(c) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 297A.99 and 477A.016, or any
33.11other contrary provision of law, ordinance, or city charter, the city of Rochester may, by
33.12ordinance, extend the taxes authorized in subdivisions 1 and 2 beyond the date the city
33.13council determines that sufficient funds have been received from the taxes to finance
33.14$111,500,000 of expenditures and bonds for the projects authorized in subdivision 3,
33.15paragraph (a), plus an amount equal to the costs of issuance of the bonds and including
33.16the amount to prepay or retire at maturity the principal, interest, and premiums due on
33.17any bonds issued for the projects under subdivision 4, paragraph (a), if approved by the
33.18voters of the city at the general election in 2012. If the election to authorize the additional
33.19$160,000,000 of bonds plus an amount equal to the costs of the issuance of the bonds is
33.20placed on the general election ballot in 2012, the city may continue to collect the taxes
33.21authorized in subdivisions 1 and 2 until December 31, 2012. The question put to the
33.22voters must indicate that an affirmative vote would allow sales tax revenues be raised for
33.23an extended period of time and an additional $160,000,000 of bonds plus an amount
33.24equal to the costs of issuance of the bonds, to be issued above the amount authorized in
33.25the previous elections required under paragraphs (a) and (b) for the projects and amounts
33.26specified in subdivision 3. The issuance of bonds under this subdivision is not subject to
33.27Minnesota Statutes, sections 275.60 and 275.61. If the taxes authorized in subdivisions 1
33.28and 2 are extended under this paragraph, the taxes expire when the city council determines
33.29that $160,000,000 has been received from the taxes to finance the projects plus an amount
33.30sufficient to prepay or retire at maturity the principal, interest, and premium due on any
33.31bonds issued for the projects under subdivision 4, including any bonds issued to refund the
33.32bonds. Any funds remaining after completion of the projects and retirement or redemption
33.33of the bonds may be placed in the general fund of the city.
33.34EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day after compliance by the
33.35governing body of the city of Rochester with Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021,
33.36subdivision 3.

34.1    Sec. 19. Laws 2008, chapter 366, article 7, section 19, subdivision 3, is amended to
34.2read:
34.3    Subd. 3. Use of revenues. Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 297A.99,
34.4subdivision 3, paragraph (b), the proceeds of the tax imposed under this section shall be
34.5used to pay for the costs of acquisition, construction, improvement, and development of
34.6a regional parks, bicycle trails, park land, open space, and pedestrian bridge walkways,
34.7as described in the city improvement plan adopted by the city council by resolution on
34.8December 12, 2006, and land and buildings for a community and recreation center. The
34.9total amount of revenues from the taxes in subdivisions 1 and 2 that may be used to fund
34.10these projects is $12,000,000 plus any associated bond costs.
34.11EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day after compliance by the
34.12governing body of the city of Clearwater with Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021,
34.13subdivisions 2 and 3.

34.14    Sec. 20. CITY OF FERGUS FALLS; SALES AND USE TAX AUTHORIZED.
34.15    Subdivision 1. Sales and use tax. Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section
34.16297A.99, subdivision 1, or 477A.016, or any other provision of law, ordinance, or city
34.17charter, as approved by the voters at the November 2, 2010, general election, the city
34.18of Fergus Falls may impose by ordinance a sales and use tax of up to one-half of one
34.19percent for the purposes specified in subdivision 2. Except as provided in this section, the
34.20provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 297A.99, govern the imposition, administration,
34.21collection, and enforcement of the tax authorized under this subdivision.
34.22    Subd. 2. Use of revenues. Revenues received from taxes authorized by subdivision
34.231 must be used by the city of Fergus Falls to pay the cost of collecting the tax and to pay
34.24for all or part of the costs of the acquisition and betterment of a regional community ice
34.25arena facility. Authorized expenses include, but are not limited to, acquiring property,
34.26predesign, design, and paying construction, furnishing, and equipment costs related to
34.27the facility and paying debt service on bonds or other obligations issued by the Fergus
34.28Falls Port Authority to finance the facility.
34.29    Subd. 3. Termination of taxes. The tax imposed under this section expires when
34.30the Fergus Falls City Council determines that sufficient funds have been received from
34.31the taxes to finance the facility and to prepay or retire at maturity the principal, interest,
34.32and premium due on any bonds, including refunding bonds, issued by the Fergus Falls
34.33Port Authority for the facility. Any funds remaining after completion of the facility and
34.34retirement or redemption of the bonds may be placed in the general fund of the city of
35.1Fergus Falls. The tax imposed under subdivision 1 may expire at an earlier time if the
35.2city so determines by ordinance.
35.3EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day after the governing body
35.4of the city of Fergus Falls and its chief clerical officer timely comply with Minnesota
35.5Statutes, section 645.021, subdivisions 2 and 3.

35.6    Sec. 21. CITY OF LANESBORO; SALES TAX AUTHORIZED.
35.7    Subdivision 1. Sales and use tax authorized. Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes,
35.8section 477A.016, or any other provision of law, ordinance, or city charter, as approved by
35.9the voters at the November 2, 2010, general election, the city of Lanesboro may impose by
35.10ordinance a sales and use tax of up to one-half of one percent for the purposes specified in
35.11subdivision 2. Except as provided in this section, the provisions of Minnesota Statutes,
35.12section 297A.99, govern the imposition of the tax authorized under this subdivision.
35.13    Subd. 2. Use of revenues. Revenues received from the tax authorized under
35.14subdivision 1 must be used by the city of Lanesboro to pay the costs of collecting the tax
35.15and to pay for all or a part of the improvements to city streets and utility systems, and the
35.16betterment of city municipal buildings consisting of (i) street and utility improvements to
35.17Calhoun Avenue, Fillmore Avenue, Kenilworth Avenue, Pleasant Street, Kirkwood Street,
35.18Auburn Avenue, and Zenith Street, and street light replacement on State Highways 250
35.19and 16; (ii) improvements to utility systems consisting of wastewater treatment facility
35.20improvements and electric utility improvements to the Lanesboro High Hazard Dam; and
35.21(iii) improvements to the Lanesboro community center, library, and city hall, including
35.22paying debt service on bonds or other obligations issued to fund these projects under
35.23subdivision 3. The total amount of revenues from the taxes in subdivision 1 that may be
35.24used to fund these projects is $800,000 plus any associated bond costs.
35.25    Subd. 3. Bonding authority. The city of Lanesboro may issue bonds under
35.26Minnesota Statutes, chapter 475, to pay capital and administrative expenses related to the
35.27projects authorized in subdivision 2. An election to approve the bonds under Minnesota
35.28Statutes, section 475.58, is not required. The issuance of bonds under this subdivision
35.29is not subject to Minnesota Statutes, sections 275.60 and 275.61. The bonds are not
35.30included in computing any debt limitation applicable to the city and the levy of taxes
35.31under Minnesota Statutes, section 475.61, to pay principal and interest on the bonds is
35.32not subject to any levy limitation.
35.33The aggregate principal amount of the bonds plus the aggregate of the taxes used
35.34directly to pay costs of the projects listed in subdivision 2 may not exceed $800,000, plus
35.35an amount equal to the costs related to issuance of the bonds and capitalized interest.
36.1The taxes authorized in subdivision 1 may be pledged and used for payments of
36.2the bonds and bonds issued to refund them, only if the bonds and any refunding bonds
36.3are general obligations of the city.
36.4    Subd. 4. Termination of tax. The tax imposed under subdivision 1 expires when
36.5the Lanesboro City Council determines that sufficient funds have been raised from the
36.6taxes to finance the projects authorized under subdivision 2 and to prepay or retire at
36.7maturity the principal, interest, and premium due on any bonds issued under subdivision 3.
36.8Any funds remaining after completion of the project and retirement or redemption of the
36.9bonds may be placed in the general fund of the city. The tax imposed under subdivision 1
36.10may expire at an earlier time if the city so determines by ordinance.
36.11EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day after the governing body of
36.12the city of Lanesboro and its chief clerical officer comply with Minnesota Statutes, section
36.13645.021, subdivisions 2 and 3.

36.14    Sec. 22. CITY OF HUTCHINSON; TAXES AUTHORIZED.
36.15    Subdivision 1. Sales and use tax. Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section
36.16477A.016, or any other provision of law, ordinance, or city charter, as approved by
36.17the voters at a referendum held at the 2010 general election, the city of Hutchinson
36.18may impose by ordinance a sales and use tax of up to one-half of one percent for the
36.19purposes specified in subdivision 3. Except as otherwise provided in this section,
36.20Minnesota Statutes, section 297A.99, governs the imposition, administration, collection,
36.21and enforcement of the tax authorized under this subdivision. Minnesota Statutes, section
36.22297A.99, subdivision 1, paragraph (d), does not apply to this section.
36.23    Subd. 2. Excise tax authorized. Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section
36.24477A.016, or any other provision of law, ordinance, or city charter, the city of Hutchinson
36.25may impose by ordinance, for the purposes specified in subdivision 3, an excise tax of up
36.26to $20 per motor vehicle, as defined by ordinance, purchased or acquired from any person
36.27engaged within the city in the business of selling motor vehicles at retail.
36.28    Subd. 3. Use of revenues. Revenues received from the taxes authorized by this
36.29section must be used to pay the cost of collecting and administering the tax and to finance
36.30the costs of constructing the water treatment facility and renovating the wastewater
36.31treatment facility in the city of Hutchinson. Authorized costs include, but are not limited
36.32to, construction and engineering costs of the projects and associated bond costs.
36.33    Subd. 4. Termination of tax. The taxes authorized under subdivisions 1 and 2
36.34terminate at the earlier of: (1) 18 years after the date of initial imposition of the tax; or
36.35(2) when the Hutchinson City Council determines that the amount of revenues raised is
37.1sufficient to pay for the projects under subdivision 3, plus the amount needed to finance
37.2the capital and administrative costs for the projects specified in subdivision 3, and to repay
37.3or retire at maturity the principal, interest, and premium due on any bonds issued for the
37.4projects. Any funds remaining after completion of the projects specified in subdivision
37.53 and retirement or redemption of the associated bonds may be placed in the general
37.6fund of the city. The taxes imposed under subdivisions 1 and 2 may expire at an earlier
37.7time if the city so determines by ordinance.
37.8EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day after compliance by the
37.9governing body of the city of Hutchinson with Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021,
37.10subdivisions 2 and 3.

37.11ARTICLE 3

37.12TAX AIDS AND CREDITS

37.13    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97A.061, subdivision 1, is amended to
37.14read:
37.15    Subdivision 1. Applicability; amount. (a) The commissioner shall annually make a
37.16payment to each county having public hunting areas and game refuges. Money to make
37.17the payments is annually appropriated for that purpose from the general fund. Except as
37.18provided in paragraph (b), this section does not apply to state trust fund land and other
37.19state land not purchased for game refuge or public hunting purposes. Except as provided
37.20in paragraph (b), the payment shall be the greatest of:
37.21(1) 35 30.8 percent of the gross receipts from all special use permits and leases of
37.22land acquired for public hunting and game refuges;
37.23(2) 50 44 cents per acre on land purchased actually used for public hunting or game
37.24refuges; or
37.25(3) three-fourths of one .66 percent of the appraised value of purchased land actually
37.26used for public hunting and game refuges.
37.27(b) The payment shall be 50 percent of the dollar amount adjusted for inflation as
37.28determined under section 477A.12, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (1), multiplied
37.29by the number of acres of land in the county that are owned by another state agency for
37.30military purposes and designated as a game refuge under section 97A.085.
37.31(c) The payment must be reduced by the amount paid under subdivision 3 for
37.32croplands managed for wild geese.
38.1(d) The appraised value is the purchase price for five years after acquisition.
38.2The appraised value shall be determined by the county assessor every five years after
38.3acquisition.
38.4EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for aids payable in calendar year
38.52011 and thereafter.

38.6    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97A.061, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
38.7    Subd. 3. Goose management croplands. (a) The commissioner shall make a
38.8payment on July 1 of each year to each county where the state owns more than 1,000 acres
38.9of crop land, for wild goose management purposes. The payment shall be equal to 88
38.10percent of the taxes assessed on comparable, privately owned, adjacent land. Money to
38.11make the payments is annually appropriated for that purpose from the general fund. The
38.12county treasurer shall allocate and distribute the payment as provided in subdivision 2.
38.13(b) The land used for goose management under this subdivision is exempt from
38.14taxation as provided in sections 272.01 and 273.19.
38.15EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for aids payable in calendar year
38.162011 and thereafter.

38.17    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 270A.03, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
38.18    Subd. 7. Refund. "Refund" means an individual income tax refund or political
38.19contribution refund, pursuant to chapter 290, or a property tax credit or refund, pursuant to
38.20chapter 290A, or a sustainable forest tax payment to a claimant under chapter 290C.
38.21For purposes of this chapter, lottery prizes, as set forth in section 349A.08,
38.22subdivision 8 , and amounts granted to persons by the legislature on the recommendation
38.23of the joint senate-house of representatives Subcommittee on Claims shall be treated
38.24as refunds.
38.25In the case of a joint property tax refund payable to spouses under chapter 290A,
38.26the refund shall be considered as belonging to each spouse in the proportion of the total
38.27refund that equals each spouse's proportion of the total income determined under section
38.28290A.03, subdivision 3 . In the case of a joint income tax refund under chapter 289A, the
38.29refund shall be considered as belonging to each spouse in the proportion of the total
38.30refund that equals each spouse's proportion of the total taxable income determined under
38.31section 290.01, subdivision 29. The commissioner shall remit the entire refund to the
38.32claimant agency, which shall, upon the request of the spouse who does not owe the debt,
38.33determine the amount of the refund belonging to that spouse and refund the amount to
39.1that spouse. For court fines, fees, and surcharges and court-ordered restitution under
39.2section 611A.04, subdivision 2, the notice provided by the commissioner of revenue under
39.3section 270A.07, subdivision 2, paragraph (b), serves as the appropriate legal notice
39.4to the spouse who does not owe the debt.
39.5EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for refund claims based on
39.6contributions made after June 30, 2011.

39.7    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 273.13, subdivision 21b, is amended to read:
39.8    Subd. 21b. Tax capacity. (a) Gross tax capacity means the product of the
39.9appropriate gross class rates in this section and market values.
39.10(b) Net tax capacity means the product of the appropriate net class rates in this
39.11section and market values, minus the property's tax capacity reduction determined under
39.12section 273.1384, subdivision 1, if applicable.
39.13EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for taxes payable in 2012 and
39.14thereafter.

39.15    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 273.13, subdivision 23, is amended to read:
39.16    Subd. 23. Class 2. (a) An agricultural homestead consists of class 2a agricultural
39.17land that is homesteaded, along with any class 2b rural vacant land that is contiguous to
39.18the class 2a land under the same ownership. The market value of the house and garage
39.19and immediately surrounding one acre of land has the same class rates as class 1a or 1b
39.20property under subdivision 22. The value of the remaining land including improvements
39.21up to the first tier valuation limit of agricultural homestead property has a net class rate
39.22of 0.5 percent of market value. The remaining property over the first tier has a class rate
39.23of one percent of market value. For purposes of this subdivision, the "first tier valuation
39.24limit of agricultural homestead property" and "first tier" means the limit certified under
39.25section 273.11, subdivision 23.
39.26    (b) Class 2a agricultural land consists of parcels of property, or portions thereof, that
39.27are agricultural land and buildings. Class 2a property has a net class rate of one percent of
39.28market value, unless it is part of an agricultural homestead under paragraph (a). Class
39.292a property must also include any property that would otherwise be classified as 2b,
39.30but is interspersed with class 2a property, including but not limited to sloughs, wooded
39.31wind shelters, acreage abutting ditches, ravines, rock piles, land subject to a setback
39.32requirement, and other similar land that is impractical for the assessor to value separately
40.1from the rest of the property or that is unlikely to be able to be sold separately from
40.2the rest of the property.
40.3    An assessor may classify the part of a parcel described in this subdivision that is used
40.4for agricultural purposes as class 2a and the remainder in the class appropriate to its use.
40.5    (c) Class 2b rural vacant land consists of parcels of property, or portions thereof,
40.6that are unplatted real estate, rural in character and not used for agricultural purposes,
40.7including land used for growing trees for timber, lumber, and wood and wood products,
40.8that is not improved with a structure. The presence of a minor, ancillary nonresidential
40.9structure as defined by the commissioner of revenue does not disqualify the property from
40.10classification under this paragraph. Any parcel of 20 acres or more improved with a
40.11structure that is not a minor, ancillary nonresidential structure must be split-classified, and
40.12ten acres must be assigned to the split parcel containing the structure. Class 2b property
40.13has a net class rate of one percent of market value unless it is part of an agricultural
40.14homestead under paragraph (a), or qualifies as class 2c under paragraph (d).
40.15    (d) Class 2c managed forest land consists of no less than 20 and no more than
40.161,920 acres statewide per taxpayer that is being managed under a forest management
40.17plan that meets the requirements of chapter 290C, but is not enrolled in the sustainable
40.18forest resource management incentive program. It has a class rate of .65 percent,
40.19provided that the owner of the property must apply to the assessor in order for the
40.20property to initially qualify for the reduced rate and provide the information required
40.21by the assessor to verify that the property qualifies for the reduced rate. If the assessor
40.22receives the application and information before May 1 in an assessment year, the property
40.23qualifies beginning with that assessment year. If the assessor receives the application
40.24and information after April 30 in an assessment year, the property may not qualify until
40.25the next assessment year. The commissioner of natural resources must concur that the
40.26land is qualified. The commissioner of natural resources shall annually provide county
40.27assessors verification information on a timely basis. The presence of a minor, ancillary
40.28nonresidential structure as defined by the commissioner of revenue does not disqualify
40.29the property from classification under this paragraph. For purposes of this paragraph,
40.30a "forest management plan" means a written document providing a framework for
40.31site-specific healthy, productive, and sustainable forest resources. A forest management
40.32plan must include at least the following: (i) forest management goals for the land; (ii) a
40.33reliable field inventory of the individual forest cover types, their age, and density; (iii) a
40.34description of the soil type and quality; (iv) an aerial photo and/or map of the vegetation
40.35and other natural features of the land clearly indicating the boundaries of the land and of
40.36the forest land; (v) the proposed future conditions of the land; (vi) prescriptions to meet
41.1proposed future conditions of the land; (vii) a recommended timetable for implementing
41.2the prescribed activities; and (viii) a legal description of the land encompassing the
41.3parcels included in the plan. All management activities prescribed in a plan must be in
41.4accordance with the recommended timber harvesting and forest management guidelines.
41.5The commissioner of natural resources shall provide a framework for plan content and
41.6updating and revising plans.
41.7    (e) Agricultural land as used in this section means contiguous acreage of ten
41.8acres or more, used during the preceding year for agricultural purposes. "Agricultural
41.9purposes" as used in this section means the raising, cultivation, drying, or storage of
41.10agricultural products for sale, or the storage of machinery or equipment used in support
41.11of agricultural production by the same farm entity. For a property to be classified as
41.12agricultural based only on the drying or storage of agricultural products, the products
41.13being dried or stored must have been produced by the same farm entity as the entity
41.14operating the drying or storage facility. "Agricultural purposes" also includes enrollment
41.15in the Reinvest in Minnesota program under sections 103F.501 to 103F.535 or the federal
41.16Conservation Reserve Program as contained in Public Law 99-198 or a similar state
41.17or federal conservation program if the property was classified as agricultural (i) under
41.18this subdivision for the assessment year 2002 or (ii) in the year prior to its enrollment.
41.19Agricultural classification shall not be based upon the market value of any residential
41.20structures on the parcel or contiguous parcels under the same ownership.
41.21    (f) Real estate of less than ten acres, which is exclusively or intensively used for
41.22raising or cultivating agricultural products, shall be considered as agricultural land. To
41.23qualify under this paragraph, property that includes a residential structure must be used
41.24intensively for one of the following purposes:
41.25    (i) for drying or storage of grain or storage of machinery or equipment used to
41.26support agricultural activities on other parcels of property operated by the same farming
41.27entity;
41.28    (ii) as a nursery, provided that only those acres used to produce nursery stock are
41.29considered agricultural land;
41.30    (iii) for livestock or poultry confinement, provided that land that is used only for
41.31pasturing and grazing does not qualify; or
41.32    (iv) for market farming; for purposes of this paragraph, "market farming" means the
41.33cultivation of one or more fruits or vegetables or production of animal or other agricultural
41.34products for sale to local markets by the farmer or an organization with which the farmer
41.35is affiliated.
42.1    (g) Land shall be classified as agricultural even if all or a portion of the agricultural
42.2use of that property is the leasing to, or use by another person for agricultural purposes.
42.3    Classification under this subdivision is not determinative for qualifying under
42.4section 273.111.
42.5    (h) The property classification under this section supersedes, for property tax
42.6purposes only, any locally administered agricultural policies or land use restrictions that
42.7define minimum or maximum farm acreage.
42.8    (i) The term "agricultural products" as used in this subdivision includes production
42.9for sale of:
42.10    (1) livestock, dairy animals, dairy products, poultry and poultry products, fur-bearing
42.11animals, horticultural and nursery stock, fruit of all kinds, vegetables, forage, grains,
42.12bees, and apiary products by the owner;
42.13    (2) fish bred for sale and consumption if the fish breeding occurs on land zoned
42.14for agricultural use;
42.15    (3) the commercial boarding of horses, which may include related horse training and
42.16riding instruction, if the boarding is done on property that is also used for raising pasture
42.17to graze horses or raising or cultivating other agricultural products as defined in clause (1);
42.18    (4) property which is owned and operated by nonprofit organizations used for
42.19equestrian activities, excluding racing;
42.20    (5) game birds and waterfowl bred and raised for use on a shooting preserve licensed
42.21under section 97A.115;
42.22    (6) insects primarily bred to be used as food for animals;
42.23    (7) trees, grown for sale as a crop, including short rotation woody crops, and not
42.24sold for timber, lumber, wood, or wood products; and
42.25    (8) maple syrup taken from trees grown by a person licensed by the Minnesota
42.26Department of Agriculture under chapter 28A as a food processor.
42.27    (j) If a parcel used for agricultural purposes is also used for commercial or industrial
42.28purposes, including but not limited to:
42.29    (1) wholesale and retail sales;
42.30    (2) processing of raw agricultural products or other goods;
42.31    (3) warehousing or storage of processed goods; and
42.32    (4) office facilities for the support of the activities enumerated in clauses (1), (2),
42.33and (3),
42.34the assessor shall classify the part of the parcel used for agricultural purposes as class
42.351b, 2a, or 2b, whichever is appropriate, and the remainder in the class appropriate to its
42.36use. The grading, sorting, and packaging of raw agricultural products for first sale is
43.1considered an agricultural purpose. A greenhouse or other building where horticultural
43.2or nursery products are grown that is also used for the conduct of retail sales must be
43.3classified as agricultural if it is primarily used for the growing of horticultural or nursery
43.4products from seed, cuttings, or roots and occasionally as a showroom for the retail sale of
43.5those products. Use of a greenhouse or building only for the display of already grown
43.6horticultural or nursery products does not qualify as an agricultural purpose.
43.7    (k) The assessor shall determine and list separately on the records the market value
43.8of the homestead dwelling and the one acre of land on which that dwelling is located. If
43.9any farm buildings or structures are located on this homesteaded acre of land, their market
43.10value shall not be included in this separate determination.
43.11    (l) Class 2d airport landing area consists of a landing area or public access area of
43.12a privately owned public use airport. It has a class rate of one percent of market value.
43.13To qualify for classification under this paragraph, a privately owned public use airport
43.14must be licensed as a public airport under section 360.018. For purposes of this paragraph,
43.15"landing area" means that part of a privately owned public use airport properly cleared,
43.16regularly maintained, and made available to the public for use by aircraft and includes
43.17runways, taxiways, aprons, and sites upon which are situated landing or navigational aids.
43.18A landing area also includes land underlying both the primary surface and the approach
43.19surfaces that comply with all of the following:
43.20    (i) the land is properly cleared and regularly maintained for the primary purposes of
43.21the landing, taking off, and taxiing of aircraft; but that portion of the land that contains
43.22facilities for servicing, repair, or maintenance of aircraft is not included as a landing area;
43.23    (ii) the land is part of the airport property; and
43.24    (iii) the land is not used for commercial or residential purposes.
43.25The land contained in a landing area under this paragraph must be described and certified
43.26by the commissioner of transportation. The certification is effective until it is modified,
43.27or until the airport or landing area no longer meets the requirements of this paragraph.
43.28For purposes of this paragraph, "public access area" means property used as an aircraft
43.29parking ramp, apron, or storage hangar, or an arrival and departure building in connection
43.30with the airport.
43.31    (m) Class 2e consists of land with a commercial aggregate deposit that is not actively
43.32being mined and is not otherwise classified as class 2a or 2b, provided that the land is not
43.33located in a county that has elected to opt-out of the aggregate preservation program as
43.34provided in section 273.1115, subdivision 6. It has a class rate of one percent of market
43.35value. To qualify for classification under this paragraph, the property must be at least
44.1ten contiguous acres in size and the owner of the property must record with the county
44.2recorder of the county in which the property is located an affidavit containing:
44.3    (1) a legal description of the property;
44.4    (2) a disclosure that the property contains a commercial aggregate deposit that is not
44.5actively being mined but is present on the entire parcel enrolled;
44.6    (3) documentation that the conditional use under the county or local zoning
44.7ordinance of this property is for mining; and
44.8    (4) documentation that a permit has been issued by the local unit of government
44.9or the mining activity is allowed under local ordinance. The disclosure must include a
44.10statement from a registered professional geologist, engineer, or soil scientist delineating
44.11the deposit and certifying that it is a commercial aggregate deposit.
44.12    For purposes of this section and section 273.1115, "commercial aggregate deposit"
44.13means a deposit that will yield crushed stone or sand and gravel that is suitable for use
44.14as a construction aggregate; and "actively mined" means the removal of top soil and
44.15overburden in preparation for excavation or excavation of a commercial deposit.
44.16    (n) When any portion of the property under this subdivision or subdivision 22 begins
44.17to be actively mined, the owner must file a supplemental affidavit within 60 days from
44.18the day any aggregate is removed stating the number of acres of the property that is
44.19actively being mined. The acres actively being mined must be (1) valued and classified
44.20under subdivision 24 in the next subsequent assessment year, and (2) removed from the
44.21aggregate resource preservation property tax program under section 273.1115, if the
44.22land was enrolled in that program. Copies of the original affidavit and all supplemental
44.23affidavits must be filed with the county assessor, the local zoning administrator, and the
44.24Department of Natural Resources, Division of Land and Minerals. A supplemental
44.25affidavit must be filed each time a subsequent portion of the property is actively mined,
44.26provided that the minimum acreage change is five acres, even if the actual mining activity
44.27constitutes less than five acres.
44.28(o) The definitions prescribed by the commissioner under paragraphs (c) and (d) are
44.29not rules and are exempt from the rulemaking provisions of chapter 14, and the provisions
44.30in section 14.386 concerning exempt rules do not apply.
44.31EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for taxes levied in 2011, payable
44.32in 2012, and thereafter.

44.33    Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 273.1384, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
44.34    Subdivision 1. Residential homestead market value credit tax capacity
44.35reduction. Each county auditor shall determine a homestead credit tax capacity reduction
45.1for each class 1a, 1b, and 2a homestead property within the county equal to 0.4 percent of
45.2the first $76,000 of market value of the property minus .09 percent of the market value
45.3in excess of $76,000. The credit tax capacity reduction amount may not be less than
45.4zero. In the case of an agricultural or resort homestead, only the market value of the
45.5house, garage, and immediately surrounding one acre of land is eligible in determining
45.6the property's homestead credit tax capacity reduction. In the case of a property that is
45.7classified as part homestead and part nonhomestead, (i) the credit tax capacity reduction
45.8shall apply only to the homestead portion of the property, but (ii) if a portion of a property
45.9is classified as nonhomestead solely because not all the owners occupy the property, not
45.10all the owners have qualifying relatives occupying the property, or solely because not all
45.11the spouses of owners occupy the property, the credit tax capacity reduction amount shall
45.12be initially computed as if that nonhomestead portion were also in the homestead class and
45.13then prorated to the owner-occupant's percentage of ownership. For the purpose of this
45.14section, when an owner-occupant's spouse does not occupy the property, the percentage of
45.15ownership for the owner-occupant spouse is one-half of the couple's ownership percentage.
45.16EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for taxes payable in 2012 and
45.17thereafter.

45.18    Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 273.1384, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
45.19    Subd. 3. Credit reimbursements. The county auditor shall determine the tax
45.20reductions allowed under this section subdivision 2 within the county for each taxes
45.21payable year and shall certify that amount to the commissioner of revenue as a part of the
45.22abstracts of tax lists submitted by the county auditors under section 275.29. Any prior
45.23year adjustments shall also be certified on the abstracts of tax lists. The commissioner
45.24shall review the certifications for accuracy, and may make such changes as are deemed
45.25necessary, or return the certification to the county auditor for correction. The credits
45.26credit under this section must be used to proportionately reduce the net tax capacity-based
45.27property tax payable to each local taxing jurisdiction as provided in section 273.1393.
45.28EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for taxes payable in 2012 and
45.29thereafter.

45.30    Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 273.1384, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
45.31    Subd. 4. Payment. (a) The commissioner of revenue shall reimburse each local
45.32taxing jurisdiction, other than school districts, for the tax reductions granted under this
45.33section subdivision 2 in two equal installments on October 31 and December 26 of the
46.1taxes payable year for which the reductions are granted, including in each payment
46.2the prior year adjustments certified on the abstracts for that taxes payable year. The
46.3reimbursements related to tax increments shall be issued in one installment each year on
46.4December 26.
46.5(b) The commissioner of revenue shall certify the total of the tax reductions granted
46.6under this section subdivision 2 for each taxes payable year within each school district to
46.7the commissioner of the Department of Education and the commissioner of education shall
46.8pay the reimbursement amounts to each school district as provided in section 273.1392.
46.9EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for taxes payable in 2012 and
46.10thereafter.

46.11    Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 273.1384, is amended by adding a subdivision
46.12to read:
46.13    Subd. 7. Credit reductions and limitation; counties and cities. In 2011, the
46.14market value credit reimbursement payment to each county and city authorized under
46.15subdivision 4 may not exceed the reimbursement payment received by the county or city
46.16for taxes payable in 2010.
46.17EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for credit reimbursements in 2011.

46.18    Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 273.1393, is amended to read:
46.19273.1393 COMPUTATION OF NET PROPERTY TAXES.
46.20    Notwithstanding any other provisions to the contrary, "net" property taxes are
46.21determined by subtracting the credits in the order listed from the gross tax:
46.22    (1) disaster credit as provided in sections 273.1231 to 273.1235;
46.23    (2) powerline credit as provided in section 273.42;
46.24    (3) agricultural preserves credit as provided in section 473H.10;
46.25    (4) enterprise zone credit as provided in section 469.171;
46.26    (5) disparity reduction credit;
46.27    (6) conservation tax credit as provided in section 273.119;
46.28    (7) homestead and agricultural credits credit as provided in section 273.1384;
46.29    (8) taconite homestead credit as provided in section 273.135;
46.30    (9) supplemental homestead credit as provided in section 273.1391; and
46.31    (10) the bovine tuberculosis zone credit, as provided in section 273.113.
46.32    The combination of all property tax credits must not exceed the gross tax amount.
47.1EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for taxes payable in 2012 and
47.2thereafter.

47.3    Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 273.1398, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
47.4    Subd. 3. Disparity reduction aid. The amount of disparity aid certified in 2012
47.5for each taxing school district within each unique taxing jurisdiction for taxes payable in
47.6the prior year shall be multiplied by the ratio of (1) the jurisdiction's tax capacity using
47.7the class rates for taxes payable in the year for which aid is being computed, to (2) its tax
47.8capacity using the class rates for taxes payable in the year prior to that for which aid is
47.9being computed, both based upon market values for taxes payable in the year prior to
47.10that for which aid is being computed. If the commissioner determines that insufficient
47.11information is available to reasonably and timely calculate the numerator in this ratio
47.12for the first taxes payable year that a class rate change or new class rate is effective,
47.13the commissioner shall omit the effects of that class rate change or new class rate when
47.14calculating this ratio for aid payable in that taxes payable year. For aid payable in the
47.15year following a year for which such omission was made, the commissioner shall use in
47.16the denominator for the class that was changed or created, the tax capacity for taxes
47.17payable two years prior to that in which the aid is payable, based on market values for
47.18taxes payable in the year prior to that for which aid is being computed is equal to the
47.19amount certified for taxes payable in 2011.
47.20EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for taxes payable in 2012 and
47.21thereafter.

47.22    Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 273.1398, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
47.23    Subd. 4. Disparity reduction credit. (a) Beginning with taxes payable in 1989,
47.24class 4a, class 3a, and class 3b property qualifies for a disparity reduction credit if: (1)
47.25the property is located in a border city that has an enterprise zone designated pursuant
47.26to section 469.168, subdivision 4; (2) the property is located in a city with a population
47.27greater than 2,500 and less than 35,000 according to the 1980 decennial census; (3) the
47.28city is adjacent to a city in another state or immediately adjacent to a city adjacent to a city
47.29in another state; and (4) the adjacent city in the other state has a population of greater than
47.305,000 and less than 75,000 according to the 1980 decennial census.
47.31    (b) For taxes payable in 2012, the credit is 75 percent of an amount sufficient to
47.32reduce (i) the taxes levied on class 4a property to 2.3 percent of the property's market
47.33value and (ii) the tax on class 3a and class 3b property to 2.3 percent of market value.
48.1(c) For taxes payable in 2013, the credit is 50 percent of an amount sufficient to
48.2reduce (i) the taxes levied on class 4a property to 2.3 percent of the property's market
48.3value and (ii) the tax on class 3a and class 3b property to 2.3 percent of market value.
48.4(d) For taxes payable in 2014, the credit is 25 percent of an amount sufficient to
48.5reduce (i) the taxes levied on class 4a property to 2.3 percent of the property's market
48.6value and (ii) the tax on class 3a and class 3b property to 2.3 percent of market value.
48.7    (c) (e) The county auditor shall annually certify the costs of the credits to the
48.8Department of Revenue. The department shall reimburse local governments for the
48.9property taxes forgone as the result of the credits in proportion to their total levies.
48.10EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for taxes payable in 2012 and
48.11thereafter.

48.12    Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 275.08, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
48.13    Subd. 1a. Computation of tax capacity. For taxes payable in 1989, the county
48.14auditor shall compute the gross tax capacity for each parcel according to the class rates
48.15specified in section 273.13. The gross tax capacity will be the appropriate class rate
48.16multiplied by the parcel's market value. For taxes payable in 1990 and subsequent years,
48.17The county auditor shall compute the net tax capacity for each parcel according to the
48.18class rates specified in as defined under section 273.13, subdivision 21b. The net tax
48.19capacity will be the appropriate class rate multiplied by the parcel's market value.
48.20EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for taxes payable in 2012 and
48.21thereafter.

48.22    Sec. 14. [275.761] MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT REQUIREMENTS
48.23REDUCED.
48.24(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary and except as provided in paragraphs (b)
48.25and (c), the amounts required to be expended under the maintenance of effort requirements
48.26for counties under sections 134.34, 245.4835, 256F.10, and 256F.13, are reduced to 90
48.27percent of the amounts required for 2011.
48.28(b) This section does not permit a county to reduce compliance with maintenance of
48.29effort requirements to the extent that the reduction would:
48.30(1) require the state to expend additional money or incur additional costs; or
48.31(2) cause a reduction in the receipt by the state or the county of federal funds.
48.32(c) The commissioner of management and budget may determine the maintenance
48.33of effort requirements that are not permitted, in whole or in part, to be reduced under
49.1paragraph (b). The commissioner shall publish these determinations on the department's
49.2Web site and no county may reduce compliance with a maintenance of effort requirement
49.3that the commissioner determines is not subject to reduction.
49.4(d) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the amounts required to be expended
49.5under the maintenance of effort requirements for all statutory and home rule charter cities
49.6under section 134.34 are reduced to 90 percent of the amounts required for 2011.
49.7EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for maintenance of effort
49.8requirements in 2012 and 2013.

49.9    Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 276.04, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
49.10    Subd. 2. Contents of tax statements. (a) The treasurer shall provide for the
49.11printing of the tax statements. The commissioner of revenue shall prescribe the form of
49.12the property tax statement and its contents. The tax statement must not state or imply
49.13that property tax credits are paid by the state of Minnesota. The statement must contain
49.14a tabulated statement of the dollar amount due to each taxing authority and the amount
49.15of the state tax from the parcel of real property for which a particular tax statement is
49.16prepared. The dollar amounts attributable to the county, the state tax, the voter approved
49.17school tax, the other local school tax, the township or municipality, and the total of
49.18the metropolitan special taxing districts as defined in section 275.065, subdivision 3,
49.19paragraph (i), must be separately stated. The amounts due all other special taxing districts,
49.20if any, may be aggregated except that any levies made by the regional rail authorities in the
49.21county of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, or Washington under chapter
49.22398A shall be listed on a separate line directly under the appropriate county's levy. If the
49.23county levy under this paragraph includes an amount for a lake improvement district as
49.24defined under sections 103B.501 to 103B.581, the amount attributable for that purpose
49.25must be separately stated from the remaining county levy amount. In the case of Ramsey
49.26County, if the county levy under this paragraph includes an amount for public library
49.27service under section 134.07, the amount attributable for that purpose may be separated
49.28from the remaining county levy amount. The amount of the tax on homesteads qualifying
49.29under the senior citizens' property tax deferral program under chapter 290B is the total
49.30amount of property tax before subtraction of the deferred property tax amount. The
49.31amount of the tax on contamination value imposed under sections 270.91 to 270.98, if any,
49.32must also be separately stated. The dollar amounts, including the dollar amount of any
49.33special assessments, may be rounded to the nearest even whole dollar. For purposes of this
49.34section whole odd-numbered dollars may be adjusted to the next higher even-numbered
50.1dollar. The amount of market value excluded under section 273.11, subdivision 16, if any,
50.2must also be listed on the tax statement.
50.3    (b) The property tax statements for manufactured homes and sectional structures
50.4taxed as personal property shall contain the same information that is required on the
50.5tax statements for real property.
50.6    (c) Real and personal property tax statements must contain the following information
50.7in the order given in this paragraph. The information must contain the current year tax
50.8information in the right column with the corresponding information for the previous year
50.9in a column on the left:
50.10    (1) the property's estimated market value under section 273.11, subdivision 1;
50.11    (2) the property's taxable market value after reductions under section 273.11,
50.12subdivisions 1a and 16 ;
50.13    (3) the property's gross tax, before credits;
50.14    (4) for homestead residential and agricultural properties, the credits credit under
50.15section 273.1384;
50.16    (5) any credits received under sections 273.119; 273.1234 or 273.1235; 273.135;
50.17273.1391 ; 273.1398, subdivision 4; 469.171; and 473H.10, except that the amount of
50.18credit received under section 273.135 must be separately stated and identified as "taconite
50.19tax relief"; and
50.20    (6) the net tax payable in the manner required in paragraph (a).
50.21    (d) If the county uses envelopes for mailing property tax statements and if the county
50.22agrees, a taxing district may include a notice with the property tax statement notifying
50.23taxpayers when the taxing district will begin its budget deliberations for the current
50.24year, and encouraging taxpayers to attend the hearings. If the county allows notices to
50.25be included in the envelope containing the property tax statement, and if more than
50.26one taxing district relative to a given property decides to include a notice with the tax
50.27statement, the county treasurer or auditor must coordinate the process and may combine
50.28the information on a single announcement.
50.29EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for taxes payable in 2012 and
50.30thereafter.

50.31    Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 289A.50, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
50.32    Subdivision 1. General right to refund. (a) Subject to the requirements of this
50.33section and section 289A.40, a taxpayer who has paid a tax in excess of the taxes lawfully
50.34due and who files a written claim for refund will be refunded or credited the overpayment
50.35of the tax determined by the commissioner to be erroneously paid.
51.1(b) The claim must specify the name of the taxpayer, the date when and the period
51.2for which the tax was paid, the kind of tax paid, the amount of the tax that the taxpayer
51.3claims was erroneously paid, the grounds on which a refund is claimed, and other
51.4information relative to the payment and in the form required by the commissioner. An
51.5income tax, estate tax, or corporate franchise tax return, or amended return claiming an
51.6overpayment constitutes a claim for refund.
51.7(c) When, in the course of an examination, and within the time for requesting a
51.8refund, the commissioner determines that there has been an overpayment of tax, the
51.9commissioner shall refund or credit the overpayment to the taxpayer and no demand
51.10is necessary. If the overpayment exceeds $1, the amount of the overpayment must
51.11be refunded to the taxpayer. If the amount of the overpayment is less than $1, the
51.12commissioner is not required to refund. In these situations, the commissioner does not
51.13have to make written findings or serve notice by mail to the taxpayer.
51.14(d) If the amount allowable as a credit for withholding, estimated taxes, or dependent
51.15care exceeds the tax against which the credit is allowable, the amount of the excess is
51.16considered an overpayment. The refund allowed by section 290.06, subdivision 23, is also
51.17considered an overpayment. The requirements of section 270C.33 do not apply to the
51.18refunding of such an overpayment shown on the original return filed by a taxpayer.
51.19(e) If the entertainment tax withheld at the source exceeds by $1 or more the taxes,
51.20penalties, and interest reported in the return of the entertainment entity or imposed by
51.21section 290.9201, the excess must be refunded to the entertainment entity. If the excess is
51.22less than $1, the commissioner need not refund that amount.
51.23(f) If the surety deposit required for a construction contract exceeds the liability of
51.24the out-of-state contractor, the commissioner shall refund the difference to the contractor.
51.25(g) An action of the commissioner in refunding the amount of the overpayment does
51.26not constitute a determination of the correctness of the return of the taxpayer.
51.27(h) There is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of revenue the
51.28amount necessary to pay refunds allowed under this section.
51.29EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for refund claims based on
51.30contributions made after June 30, 2011.

51.31    Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 290.01, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
51.32    Subd. 6. Taxpayer. The term "taxpayer" means any person or corporation subject to
51.33a tax imposed by this chapter. For purposes of section 290.06, subdivision 23, the term
51.34"taxpayer" means an individual eligible to vote in Minnesota under section 201.014.
52.1EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for refund claims based on
52.2contributions made after June 30, 2011.

52.3    Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 290A.03, subdivision 11, is amended to read:
52.4    Subd. 11. Rent constituting property taxes. "Rent constituting property taxes"
52.5means 19 15 percent of the gross rent actually paid in cash, or its equivalent, or the portion
52.6of rent paid in lieu of property taxes, in any calendar year by a claimant for the right
52.7of occupancy of the claimant's Minnesota homestead in the calendar year, and which
52.8rent constitutes the basis, in the succeeding calendar year of a claim for relief under this
52.9chapter by the claimant.
52.10EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for claims based on rent paid in
52.112010 and following years.

52.12    Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 290A.03, subdivision 13, is amended to read:
52.13    Subd. 13. Property taxes payable. "Property taxes payable" means the property tax
52.14exclusive of special assessments, penalties, and interest payable on a claimant's homestead
52.15after deductions made under sections 273.135, 273.1384, 273.1391, 273.42, subdivision 2,
52.16and any other state paid property tax credits in any calendar year, and after any refund
52.17claimed and allowable under section 290A.04, subdivision 2h, that is first payable in
52.18the year that the property tax is payable. In the case of a claimant who makes ground
52.19lease payments, "property taxes payable" includes the amount of the payments directly
52.20attributable to the property taxes assessed against the parcel on which the house is located.
52.21No apportionment or reduction of the "property taxes payable" shall be required for the
52.22use of a portion of the claimant's homestead for a business purpose if the claimant does not
52.23deduct any business depreciation expenses for the use of a portion of the homestead in the
52.24determination of federal adjusted gross income. For homesteads which are manufactured
52.25homes as defined in section 273.125, subdivision 8, and for homesteads which are park
52.26trailers taxed as manufactured homes under section 168.012, subdivision 9, "property
52.27taxes payable" shall also include 19 15 percent of the gross rent paid in the preceding
52.28year for the site on which the homestead is located. When a homestead is owned by
52.29two or more persons as joint tenants or tenants in common, such tenants shall determine
52.30between them which tenant may claim the property taxes payable on the homestead. If
52.31they are unable to agree, the matter shall be referred to the commissioner of revenue
52.32whose decision shall be final. Property taxes are considered payable in the year prescribed
52.33by law for payment of the taxes.
53.1In the case of a claim relating to "property taxes payable," the claimant must have
53.2owned and occupied the homestead on January 2 of the year in which the tax is payable
53.3and (i) the property must have been classified as homestead property pursuant to section
53.4273.124 , on or before December 15 of the assessment year to which the "property taxes
53.5payable" relate; or (ii) the claimant must provide documentation from the local assessor
53.6that application for homestead classification has been made on or before December 15
53.7of the year in which the "property taxes payable" were payable and that the assessor has
53.8approved the application.
53.9EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for claims based on rent paid in
53.102010 and following years.

53.11    Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 290A.04, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
53.12    Subd. 2. Homeowners. A claimant whose property taxes payable are in excess
53.13of the percentage of the household income stated below shall pay an amount equal to
53.14the percent of income shown for the appropriate household income level along with the
53.15percent to be paid by the claimant of the remaining amount of property taxes payable.
53.16The state refund equals the amount of property taxes payable that remain, up to the state
53.17refund amount shown below.

53.18 53.19 53.20	Household Income	Percent of Income	Percent Paid by Claimant	Maximum State Refund
53.21	$0 to 1,189	1.0 percent	15 percent	$	1,850
53.22	1,190 to 2,379	1.1 percent	15 percent	$	1,850
53.23	2,380 to 3,589	1.2 percent	15 percent	$	1,800
53.24	3,590 to 4,789	1.3 percent	20 percent	$	1,800
53.25	4,790 to 5,979	1.4 percent	20 percent	$	1,730
53.26	5,980 to 8,369	1.5 percent	20 percent	$	1,730
53.27	8,370 to 9,559	1.6 percent	25 percent	$	1,670
53.28	9,560 to 10,759	1.7 percent	25 percent	$	1,670
53.29	10,760 to 11,949	1.8 percent	25 percent	$	1,610
53.30	11,950 to 13,139	1.9 percent	30 percent	$	1,610
53.31	13,140 to 14,349	2.0 percent	30 percent	$	1,540
53.32	14,350 to 16,739	2.1 percent	30 percent	$	1,540
53.33	16,740 to 17,929	2.2 percent	35 percent	$	1,480
53.34	17,930 to 19,119	2.3 percent	35 percent	$	1,480
53.35	19,120 to 20,319	2.4 percent	35 percent	$	1,420
53.36	20,320 to 25,099	2.5 percent	40 percent	$	1,420
53.37	25,100 to 28,679	2.6 percent	40 percent	$	1,360
53.38	28,680 to 35,849	2.7 percent	40 percent	$	1,360
54.1	35,850 to 41,819	2.8 percent	45 percent	$	1,240
54.2	41,820 to 47,799	3.0 percent	45 percent	$	1,240
54.3	47,800 to 53,779	3.2 percent	45 percent	$	1,110
54.4	53,780 to 59,749	3.5 percent	50 percent	$	990
54.5	59,750 to 65,729	3.5 percent	50 percent	$	870
54.6	65,730 to 69,319	3.5 percent	50 percent	$	740
54.7	69,320 to 71,719	3.5 percent	50 percent	$	610
54.8	71,720 to 74,619	3.5 percent	50 percent	$	500
54.9	74,620 to 77,519	3.5 percent	50 percent	$	370

54.10 54.11 54.12	Household Income	Percent of Income	Percent Paid by Claimant	Maximum State Refund
54.13	$0 to 1,549	1.0 percent	ten percent	$	2,500
54.14	1,550 to 3,089	1.1 percent	ten percent	$	2,500
54.15	3,090 to 4,669	1.2 percent	ten percent	$	2,500
54.16	4,670 to 6,229	1.3 percent	15 percent	$	2,500
54.17	6,230 to 7,769	1.4 percent	15 percent	$	2,500
54.18	7,770 to 10,879	1.5 percent	15 percent	$	2,500
54.19	10,880 to 12,429	1.6 percent	20 percent	$	2,500
54.20	12,430 to 13,989	1.7 percent	20 percent	$	2,500
54.21	13,990 to 15,539	1.8 percent	20 percent	$	2,500
54.22	15,540 to 17,079	1.9 percent	25 percent	$	2,500
54.23	17,080 to 18,659	2.0 percent	25 percent	$	2,500
54.24	18,660 to 21,759	2.1 percent	25 percent	$	2,500
54.25	21,760 to 23,309	2.2 percent	25 percent	$	2,500
54.26	23,310 to 24,859	2.3 percent	25 percent	$	2,500
54.27	24,860 to 26,419	2.4 percent	25 percent	$	2,500
54.28	26,420 to 32,629	2.5 percent	30 percent	$	2,500
54.29	32,630 to 37,279	2.6 percent	30 percent	$	2,500
54.30	37,280 to 46,609	2.7 percent	30 percent	$	2,000
54.31	46,610 to 54,369	2.8 percent	35 percent	$	2,000
54.32	54,370 to 62,139	2.8 percent	35 percent	$	1,750
54.33	62,140 to 69,909	3.0 percent	35 percent	$	1,440
54.34	69,910 to 77,679	3.0 percent	40 percent	$	1,290
54.35	77,680 to 84,449	3.0 percent	40 percent	$	1,130
54.36	85,450 to 90,119	3.5 percent	45 percent	$	960
54.37	90,120 to 93,239	3.5 percent	45 percent	$	790
54.38	93,240 to 97,009	3.5 percent	50 percent	$	650
54.39	97,010 to 100,779	3.5 percent	50 percent	$	480

54.40    The payment made to a claimant shall be the amount of the state refund calculated
54.41under this subdivision. No payment is allowed if the claimant's household income is
54.42$77,520 $100,780 or more.
55.1EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective beginning with refunds based on
55.2taxes payable in 2012.

55.3    Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 290A.04, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
55.4    Subd. 4. Inflation adjustment. (a) Beginning for property tax refunds payable in
55.5calendar year 2002, the commissioner shall annually adjust the dollar amounts of the
55.6income thresholds and the maximum refunds under subdivisions 2 and 2a for inflation.
55.7The commissioner shall make the inflation adjustments in accordance with section 1(f) of
55.8the Internal Revenue Code, except that for purposes of this subdivision the percentage
55.9increase shall be determined as provided in this subdivision.
55.10(b) In adjusting the dollar amounts of the income thresholds and the maximum
55.11refunds under subdivision 2 for inflation, the percentage increase shall be determined from
55.12the year ending on June 30, 2011, to the year ending on June 30 of the year preceding that
55.13in which the refund is payable.
55.14(c) In adjusting the dollar amounts of the income thresholds and the maximum
55.15refunds under subdivision 2a for inflation, the percentage increase shall be determined
55.16from the year ending on June 30, 2000, to the year ending on June 30 of the year preceding
55.17that in which the refund is payable.
55.18(d) The commissioner shall use the appropriate percentage increase to annually
55.19adjust the income thresholds and maximum refunds under subdivisions 2 and 2a for
55.20inflation without regard to whether or not the income tax brackets are adjusted for inflation
55.21in that year. The commissioner shall round the thresholds and the maximum amounts,
55.22as adjusted to the nearest $10 amount. If the amount ends in $5, the commissioner shall
55.23round it up to the next $10 amount.
55.24(e) The commissioner shall annually announce the adjusted refund schedule at the
55.25same time provided under section 290.06. The determination of the commissioner under
55.26this subdivision is not a rule under the Administrative Procedure Act.
55.27EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective beginning for refunds based on
55.28taxes payable in 2013.

55.29    Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 477A.0124, is amended by adding a
55.30subdivision to read:
55.31    Subd. 6. Aid payments in 2011 and 2012. Notwithstanding total aids calculated or
55.32certified for 2011 under subdivisions 3, 4, and 5, for 2011 and 2012, each county shall
55.33receive an aid distribution under this section equal to the lesser of (1) the total amount of
55.34aid it received under this section in 2010 after the reductions under sections 477A.0133
56.1and 477A.0134, or (2) the total amount the county is certified to receive in 2011 under
56.2subdivisions 3 to 5.
56.3EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for aids payable in calendar year
56.42011 and 2012.

56.5    Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 477A.013, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
56.6    Subd. 9. City aid distribution. (a) In calendar year 2009 and thereafter, each
56.7city shall receive an aid distribution equal to the sum of (1) the city formula aid under
56.8subdivision 8, and (2) its city aid base.
56.9    (b) For aids payable in 2011 2013 only, the total aid in the previous year for any
56.10city shall mean the amount of aid it was certified to receive for aids payable in 2010 2012
56.11under this section minus the amount of its aid reduction under section 477A.0134. For aids
56.12payable in 2012 2014 and thereafter, the total aid in the previous year for any city means
56.13the amount of aid it was certified to receive under this section in the previous payable year.
56.14    (c) For aids payable in 2010 and thereafter, the total aid for any city shall not exceed
56.15the sum of (1) ten percent of the city's net levy for the year prior to the aid distribution
56.16plus (2) its total aid in the previous year. For aids payable in 2009 and thereafter, the total
56.17aid for any city with a population of 2,500 or more may not be less than its total aid under
56.18this section in the previous year minus the lesser of $10 multiplied by its population, or ten
56.19percent of its net levy in the year prior to the aid distribution.
56.20    (d) For aids payable in 2010 and thereafter, the total aid for a city with a population
56.21less than 2,500 must not be less than the amount it was certified to receive in the
56.22previous year minus the lesser of $10 multiplied by its population, or five percent of its
56.232003 certified aid amount. For aids payable in 2009 only, the total aid for a city with a
56.24population less than 2,500 must not be less than what it received under this section in the
56.25previous year unless its total aid in calendar year 2008 was aid under section 477A.011,
56.26subdivision 36, paragraph (s), in which case its minimum aid is zero.
56.27    (e) A city's aid loss under this section may not exceed $300,000 in any year in
56.28which the total city aid appropriation under section 477A.03, subdivision 2a, is equal or
56.29greater than the appropriation under that subdivision in the previous year, unless the
56.30city has an adjustment in its city net tax capacity under the process described in section
56.31469.174, subdivision 28 .
56.32    (f) If a city's net tax capacity used in calculating aid under this section has decreased
56.33in any year by more than 25 percent from its net tax capacity in the previous year due to
56.34property becoming tax-exempt Indian land, the city's maximum allowed aid increase
56.35under paragraph (c) shall be increased by an amount equal to (1) the city's tax rate in the
57.1year of the aid calculation, multiplied by (2) the amount of its net tax capacity decrease
57.2resulting from the property becoming tax exempt.
57.3EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for aids payable in calendar year
57.42012 and thereafter.

57.5    Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 477A.013, is amended by adding a
57.6subdivision to read:
57.7    Subd. 11. Aid payments in 2011 and 2012. Notwithstanding aids calculated or
57.8certified for 2011 under subdivision 9, for 2011 and 2012, each city shall receive an aid
57.9distribution under this section equal to the lesser of (1) the total amount of aid it received
57.10under this section in 2010 after the reductions under sections 477A.0133 and 477A.0134,
57.11and reduced by the amount of payments made under section 477A.011, subdivision
57.1236, paragraphs (y) and (z), or (2) the amount it was certified to receive in 2011 under
57.13subdivision 9. In 2011 only, a city that qualifies for the aid base adjustment under section
57.14477A.011, subdivision 36, paragraph (aa), shall receive the amount that it was certified to
57.15receive in 2011. In 2012, a city that qualifies for the aid base adjustment under section
57.16477A.011, subdivision 36, paragraph (aa), shall receive the amount that it was certified
57.17to receive in 2011, minus the aid base adjustment provided under section 477A.011,
57.18subdivision 36, paragraph (aa).
57.19EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for aids payable in calendar years
57.202011 and 2012.

57.21    Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 477A.03, is amended to read:
57.22477A.03 APPROPRIATION.
57.23    Subd. 2. Annual appropriation. A sum sufficient to discharge the duties imposed
57.24by sections 477A.011 to 477A.014 is annually appropriated from the general fund to the
57.25commissioner of revenue.
57.26    Subd. 2a. Cities. For aids payable in 2011 2013 and thereafter, the total aid paid
57.27under section 477A.013, subdivision 9, is $527,100,646 $426,438,012.
57.28    Subd. 2b. Counties. (a) For aids payable in 2011 2013 and thereafter, the total aid
57.29payable under section 477A.0124, subdivision 3, is $96,395,000 $80,795,000. Each
57.30calendar year, $500,000 shall be retained by the commissioner of revenue to make
57.31reimbursements to the commissioner of management and budget for payments made
57.32under section 611.27. For calendar year 2004, the amount shall be in addition to the
57.33payments authorized under section 477A.0124, subdivision 1. For calendar year 2005
58.1and subsequent years, the amount shall be deducted from the appropriation under
58.2this paragraph. The reimbursements shall be to defray the additional costs associated
58.3with court-ordered counsel under section 611.27. Any retained amounts not used for
58.4reimbursement in a year shall be included in the next distribution of county need aid
58.5that is certified to the county auditors for the purpose of property tax reduction for the
58.6next taxes payable year.
58.7    (b) For aids payable in 2011 2013 and thereafter, the total aid under section
58.8477A.0124, subdivision 4 , is $101,309,575 $84,909,575. The commissioner of
58.9management and budget shall bill the commissioner of revenue for the cost of preparation
58.10of local impact notes as required by section 3.987, not to exceed $207,000 in fiscal year
58.112004 and thereafter. The commissioner of education shall bill the commissioner of
58.12revenue for the cost of preparation of local impact notes for school districts as required by
58.13section 3.987, not to exceed $7,000 in fiscal year 2004 and thereafter. The commissioner
58.14of revenue shall deduct the amounts billed under this paragraph from the appropriation
58.15under this paragraph. The amounts deducted are appropriated to the commissioner of
58.16management and budget and the commissioner of education for the preparation of local
58.17impact notes.
58.18EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for aids payable in calendar year
58.192012 and thereafter.

58.20    Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 477A.11, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
58.21    Subdivision 1. Terms. For the purpose of sections 477A.11 to 477A.145 477A.14,
58.22the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them.
58.23EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for aids payable in calendar year
58.242011 and thereafter.

58.25    Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 477A.12, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
58.26    Subdivision 1. Types of land; payments. (a) As an offset for expenses incurred
58.27by counties and towns in support of natural resources lands, the following amounts are
58.28annually appropriated to the commissioner of natural resources from the general fund for
58.29transfer to the commissioner of revenue. The commissioner of revenue shall pay the
58.30transferred funds to counties as required by sections 477A.11 to 477A.145 477A.14.
58.31The amounts are:
58.32(1) for acquired natural resources land, $3, as adjusted for inflation under section
58.33477A.145, $4.517 multiplied by the total number of acres of acquired natural resources
59.1land or, at the county's option three-fourths of one 0.66 percent of the appraised value of
59.2all acquired natural resources land in the county, whichever is greater;
59.3(2) 75 cents, as adjusted for inflation under section 477A.145, $1.129 multiplied by
59.4the number of acres of county-administered other natural resources land;
59.5(3) 75 cents, as adjusted for inflation under section 477A.145, $1.129 multiplied by
59.6the total number of acres of land utilization project land; and
59.7(4) 37.5 cents, as adjusted for inflation under section 477A.145, 56.5 cents multiplied
59.8by the number of acres of commissioner-administered other natural resources land located
59.9in each county as of July 1 of each year prior to the payment year.
59.10(b) The amount determined under paragraph (a), clause (1), is payable for land
59.11that is acquired from a private owner and owned by the Department of Transportation
59.12for the purpose of replacing wetland losses caused by transportation projects, but only
59.13if the county contains more than 500 acres of such land at the time the certification is
59.14made under subdivision 2.
59.15EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for aids payable in calendar year
59.162011 and thereafter.

59.17    Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 477A.14, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
59.18    Subdivision 1. General distribution. Except as provided in subdivision 2 or in
59.19section 97A.061, subdivision 5, 40 percent of the total payment to the county shall be
59.20deposited in the county general revenue fund to be used to provide property tax levy
59.21reduction. The remainder shall be distributed by the county in the following priority:
59.22(a) 37.5 cents, as adjusted for inflation under section 477A.145, 56.5 cents for
59.23each acre of county-administered other natural resources land shall be deposited in a
59.24resource development fund to be created within the county treasury for use in resource
59.25development, forest management, game and fish habitat improvement, and recreational
59.26development and maintenance of county-administered other natural resources land. Any
59.27county receiving less than $5,000 annually for the resource development fund may elect to
59.28deposit that amount in the county general revenue fund;
59.29(b) From the funds remaining, within 30 days of receipt of the payment to the
59.30county, the county treasurer shall pay each organized township 30 cents, as adjusted for
59.31inflation under section 477A.145, 45.2 cents for each acre of acquired natural resources
59.32land and each acre of land described in section 477A.12, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), and
59.337.5 cents, as adjusted for inflation under section 477A.145, 11.3 cents for each acre of
59.34other natural resources land and each acre of land utilization project land located within its
59.35boundaries. Payments for natural resources lands not located in an organized township
60.1shall be deposited in the county general revenue fund. Payments to counties and townships
60.2pursuant to this paragraph shall be used to provide property tax levy reduction, except
60.3that of the payments for natural resources lands not located in an organized township, the
60.4county may allocate the amount determined to be necessary for maintenance of roads in
60.5unorganized townships. Provided that, if the total payment to the county pursuant to
60.6section 477A.12 is not sufficient to fully fund the distribution provided for in this clause,
60.7the amount available shall be distributed to each township and the county general revenue
60.8fund on a pro rata basis; and
60.9(c) Any remaining funds shall be deposited in the county general revenue fund.
60.10Provided that, if the distribution to the county general revenue fund exceeds $35,000, the
60.11excess shall be used to provide property tax levy reduction.
60.12EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for aids payable in calendar year
60.132011 and thereafter.

60.14    Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 477A.17, is amended to read:
60.15477A.17 LAKE VERMILION STATE PARK AND SOUDAN
60.16UNDERGROUND MINE STATE PARK; ANNUAL PAYMENTS.
60.17    (a) Beginning in fiscal year 2012, in lieu of the payment amount provided under
60.18section 477A.12, subdivision 1, clause (1), the county shall receive an annual payment for
60.19land acquired for Lake Vermilion State Park, established in section 85.012, subdivision
60.2038a, and land within the boundary of Soudan Underground Mine State Park, established
60.21in section 85.012, subdivision 53a, equal to 1.5 1.32 percent of the appraised value of
60.22the land.
60.23    (b) For the purposes of this section, the appraised value of the land acquired for
60.24Lake Vermilion State Park for the first five years after acquisition shall be the purchase
60.25price of the land, plus the value of any portion of the land that is acquired by donation.
60.26The appraised value must be redetermined by the county assessor every five years after
60.27the land is acquired.
60.28    (c) The annual payments under this section shall be distributed to the taxing
60.29jurisdictions containing the property as follows: one-third to the school districts; one-third
60.30to the town; and one-third to the county. The payment to school districts is not a county
60.31apportionment under section 127A.34 and is not subject to aid recapture. Each of those
60.32taxing jurisdictions may use the payments for their general purposes.
60.33    (d) Except as provided in this section, the payments shall be made as provided
60.34in sections 477A.11 to 477A.13.
61.1EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for aids payable in calendar year
61.22011 and thereafter.

61.3    Sec. 30. ADMINISTRATION OF PROPERTY TAX REFUND CLAIMS; 2011.
61.4In administering Minnesota Statutes, section 290A.03, subdivisions 11 and 13, for
61.5claims for refunds submitted using 19 percent of gross rent as rent constituting property
61.6taxes under prior law, the commissioner shall recalculate and pay the refund amounts
61.7using 15 percent of gross rent. The commissioner shall notify the claimant that the
61.8recalculation was mandated by action of the 2011 Legislature.
61.9EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

61.10    Sec. 31. PROPERTY TAX STATEMENT FOR TAXES PAYABLE IN 2012 ONLY.
61.11For the purposes of the property tax statements required under Minnesota Statutes,
61.12section 276.04, subdivision 2, for taxes payable in 2012 only, the gross tax amount shown
61.13for the previous year is the gross tax minus the residential homestead market value credit.
61.14EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for taxes payable in 2012 only.

61.15    Sec. 32. REPORT ON PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TAXES FOR STATE NATURAL
61.16RESOURCE LANDS.
61.17By December 1, 2011, the commissioner of natural resources, after consultation with
61.18the commissioners of revenue and management and budget, and stakeholders, including
61.19representatives from affected local units of government and other interested parties, shall
61.20report to the chairs and ranking minority caucus members of the senate and house of
61.21representatives natural resources and tax policy and finance committees with recommended
61.22changes to payment in lieu of taxes for natural resource lands under Minnesota Statutes,
61.23sections 97A.061 and 477A.11 to 477A.145. The report shall include an analysis of the
61.24current payment and distribution system, and any recommended changes to:
61.25(1) the purpose of the payment system and the criteria for payments;
61.26(2) the rate of payments for specific classes of natural resource lands;
61.27(3) the formula for distribution of the payments to local units of government; and
61.28(4) recognition in the amount of the payments of the tax capacity foregone by the
61.29local government due to the loss of the future development potential of the land.

61.30    Sec. 33. CONSOLIDATION AND SERVICE-SHARING GRANTS;
61.31APPROPRIATION.
62.1    Subdivision 1. Definition. For the purposes of this section, "local government"
62.2means a county or a home rule charter or statutory city.
62.3    Subd. 2. Grants. (a) The state auditor may make a consolidation grant to a local
62.4government that is planning to consolidate with at least one other contiguous local
62.5government of the same type. The grants shall be made on a first-come first-served
62.6basis. The state auditor shall determine the form and content of the application and
62.7grant agreements. An application must contain a resolution adopted by the governing
62.8body of each participating local government supporting the consolidation of the local
62.9governments. The amount of the grant shall be determined by the state auditor based on
62.10the estimated cost to the local governments of the consolidation process and their need for
62.11state financial assistance to accomplish the consolidation. The maximum grant amount is
62.12$100,000 per local government.
62.13(b) The state auditor may make a service-sharing grant to a local government that
62.14is planning to implement a program of providing shared services in cooperation with at
62.15least one other local government. The grants shall be made on a first-come first-served
62.16basis. The state auditor shall determine the form and content of the application and grant
62.17agreements. An application must contain a resolution adopted by the governing body of
62.18each participating local government supporting the plan to provide shared services. The
62.19amount of the grant shall be determined by the state auditor based on the estimated cost
62.20to the local governments of implementing the service-sharing plan, and their need for
62.21state financial assistance to accomplish it. The maximum grant amount is $100,000 per
62.22local government.
62.23    Subd. 3. Report. The state auditor must report to the governor and legislative
62.24committees with jurisdiction over local government governance and local government
62.25taxes and finance on the consolidation and service-sharing grants made and how the
62.26money was used. An interim report is due February 1, 2012, and a final report is due
62.27December 15, 2012.
62.28    Subd. 4. Appropriation. $3,500,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the
62.29state auditor for each of the fiscal years 2012 and 2013, to make grants to counties and
62.30cities as provided in this section. In each of those years, $2,500,000 is to be used for
62.31consolidation grants and $1,000,000 is to be used for service-sharing grants, provided that
62.32if by November 30 in either year, one of those amounts has not been used for its primary
62.33purpose, that remainder may be used for the other type of grants.

62.34    Sec. 34. REPEALER.
63.1(a) Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 10A.322, subdivision 4; and 13.4967,
63.2subdivision 2, are repealed.
63.3(b) Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 290.06, subdivision 23, is repealed.
63.4(c) Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 275.295; and 477A.145, are repealed.
63.5(d) Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 273.1384, subdivision 6, is repealed.
63.6(e) Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 273.1398, subdivision 4, is repealed.
63.7(f) Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 290C.01; 290C.02; 290C.03; 290C.04;
63.8290C.05; 290C.055; 290C.06; 290C.07; 290C.08; 290C.09; 290C.10; 290C.11; 290C.12;
63.9and 290C.13, are repealed.
63.10EFFECTIVE DATE.Paragraph (a) is effective the day following final enactment.
63.11Paragraph (b) is effective for refund claims based on contributions made after June 30,
63.122011. Paragraph (c) is effective for aids payable in 2011 and thereafter. Paragraph (d)
63.13is effective for taxes payable in 2012 and thereafter. Paragraph (e) is effective for taxes
63.14payable in 2015 and thereafter. Paragraph (f) is effective July 1, 2011, and the covenants
63.15under the program are void on that date. No later than 60 days after enactment of this
63.16section, the commissioner of revenue shall issue a document to each enrollee immediately
63.17releasing the land from the covenant as provided in Minnesota Statutes 2010, section
63.18290C.04, paragraph (c).

63.19ARTICLE 4

63.20PROPERTY TAX

63.21    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 272.02, subdivision 39, is amended to read:
63.22    Subd. 39. Economic development; public purpose. The holding of property by a
63.23political subdivision of the state for later resale for economic development purposes shall
63.24be considered a public purpose in accordance with subdivision 8 for a period not to exceed
63.25eight ten years, except that for property located in a city of 5,000 population or under that
63.26is located outside of the metropolitan area as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 2, the
63.27period must not exceed 15 years.
63.28The holding of property by a political subdivision of the state for later resale (1)
63.29which is purchased or held for housing purposes, or (2) which meets the conditions
63.30described in section 469.174, subdivision 10, shall be considered a public purpose in
63.31accordance with subdivision 8.
63.32The governing body of the political subdivision which acquires property which is
63.33subject to this subdivision shall after the purchase of the property certify to the city or
63.34county assessor whether the property is held for economic development purposes or
64.1housing purposes, or whether it meets the conditions of section 469.174, subdivision 10.
64.2If the property is acquired for economic development purposes and buildings or other
64.3improvements are constructed after acquisition of the property, and if more than one-half
64.4of the floor space of the buildings or improvements which is available for lease to or use
64.5by a private individual, corporation, or other entity is leased to or otherwise used by
64.6a private individual, corporation, or other entity the provisions of this subdivision shall
64.7not apply to the property. This subdivision shall not create an exemption from section
64.8272.01, subdivision 2 ; 272.68; 273.19; or 469.040, subdivision 3; or other provision of
64.9law providing for the taxation of or for payments in lieu of taxes for publicly held property
64.10which is leased, loaned, or otherwise made available and used by a private person.
64.11EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for taxes levied in 2011, payable
64.12in 2012, and thereafter.

64.13    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 272.02, is amended by adding a subdivision
64.14to read:
64.15    Subd. 95. Electric generation facility; personal property. (a) Notwithstanding
64.16subdivision 9, clause (a), and section 453.54, subdivision 20, attached machinery and other
64.17personal property that is part of a multiple reciprocating engine electric generation facility
64.18that adds more than 20 and less than 30 megawatts of installed capacity at a site where
64.19there is presently more than ten megawatts and fewer than 15 megawatts of installed
64.20capacity and that meets the requirements of this subdivision is exempt from taxation and
64.21from payments in lieu of taxation. At the time of construction, the facility must:
64.22(1) be designed to utilize natural gas as a primary fuel;
64.23(2) be owned and operated by a municipal power agency as defined in section
64.24453.52, subdivision 8;
64.25(3) be located within one mile of an existing natural gas pipeline;
64.26(4) be designed to have black start capability and to furnish emergency backup
64.27power service to the city in which it is located;
64.28(5) satisfy a resource deficiency identified in an approved integrated resource plan
64.29filed under section 216B.2422; and
64.30(6) have received, by resolution, the approval of the governing bodies of the city
64.31and county in which it is located for the exemption of personal property provided by
64.32this subdivision.
64.33(b) Construction of the facility must be commenced after December 31, 2011, and
64.34before January 1, 2015. Property eligible for this exemption does not include (i) electric
64.35transmission lines and interconnections or gas pipelines and interconnections appurtenant
65.1to the property or the facility; or (ii) property located on the site on the enactment date
65.2of this subdivision.
65.3EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for assessments in 2012, taxes
65.4payable in 2013, and thereafter.

65.5    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 273.111, is amended by adding a subdivision
65.6to read:
65.7    Subd. 17. Appeal. If an assessor denies an application for valuation under this
65.8section, the applicant may appeal the decision to the local board of appeal and equalization
65.9as provided under section 274.01, subdivision 1, paragraph (h).
65.10EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for appeals denied after June 30,
65.112011.

65.12    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 273.114, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
65.13    Subd. 2. Requirements. Class 2a or 2b property that had been assessed properly
65.14classified under Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 273.111, or that is part of an agricultural
65.15homestead under Minnesota Statutes, section 273.13, subdivision 23, paragraph (a), is
65.16entitled to valuation and tax deferment under this section if:
65.17(1) the land consists of at least ten acres;
65.18(2) a conservation assessment plan for the land must be prepared by an approved
65.19plan writer and implemented during the period in which the land is subject to valuation
65.20and deferment under this section;
65.21(3) the land must be enrolled for a minimum of eight years;
65.22(4) there are no delinquent property taxes on the land; and
65.23(5) (3) the property is not also enrolled for valuation and deferment under section
65.24273.111 or 273.112, or chapter 290C or 473H.
65.25EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

65.26    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 273.114, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
65.27    Subd. 5. Application and covenant agreement. (a) Application for deferment
65.28of taxes and assessment under this section shall be filed by May 1 of the year prior to
65.29the year in which the taxes are payable. Any application filed under this subdivision
65.30and granted shall continue in effect for subsequent years until the termination of the
65.31covenant agreement under paragraph (b) property is withdrawn or no longer qualifies.
65.32The application must be filed with the assessor of the taxing district in which the real
66.1property is located on the form prescribed by the commissioner of revenue. Each
66.2application must include the most recent available aerial photograph or satellite image
66.3of the property provided by the Farm Service Agency of the United States Department
66.4of Agriculture that clearly delineates the land that is to be enrolled. The application
66.5form must contain a statement setting forth the consequences to the property owner of
66.6termination of qualification of property under the rural preserve program, together with a
66.7recommendation that land that is likely to be changed to a nonqualifying use during the
66.8period of enrollment should not be included in the application. The assessor may require
66.9proof by affidavit or otherwise that the property qualifies under subdivision 2.
66.10    (b) The owner of the property must sign a covenant agreement that is filed with the
66.11county recorder and recorded in the county where the property is located. The covenant
66.12agreement must include all of the following:
66.13    (1) legal description of the area to which the covenant applies;
66.14    (2) name and address of the owner;
66.15    (3) a statement that the land described in the covenant must be kept as rural preserve
66.16land, which meets the requirements of subdivision 2, for the duration of the covenant;
66.17    (4) a statement that the landowner may terminate the covenant agreement by
66.18notifying the county assessor in writing three years in advance of the date of proposed
66.19termination, provided that the notice of intent to terminate may not be given at any time
66.20before the land has been subject to the covenant for a period of five years;
66.21    (5) a statement that the covenant is binding on the owner or the owner's successor or
66.22assigns and runs with the land; and
66.23    (6) a witnessed signature of the owner, agreeing by covenant, to maintain the land as
66.24described in subdivision 2.
66.25(c) After a covenant under this section has been terminated, the land that had been
66.26subject to the covenant is ineligible for subsequent valuation under this section for a
66.27period of three years after the termination.
66.28EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

66.29    Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 273.114, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
66.30    Subd. 6. Additional taxes. Upon termination of a covenant agreement in
66.31subdivision 5, paragraph (b), the land to which the covenant applied When real property
66.32which is being, or has been valued and assessed under this section no longer qualifies
66.33under subdivision 2, the portion no longer qualifying shall be subject to additional taxes
66.34in the amount equal to the difference between the taxes determined in accordance with
66.35subdivision 3 and the amount determined under subdivision 4, provided that the amount
67.1determined under subdivision 4 shall not be greater than it would have been had the
67.2actual bona fide sale price of the real property at an arm's-length transaction been used in
67.3lieu of the market value determined under subdivision 4. The additional taxes shall be
67.4extended against the property on the tax list for the current year, provided that no interest
67.5or penalties shall be levied on the additional taxes if timely paid and that the additional
67.6taxes shall only be levied with respect to the current year plus two prior years that the
67.7property has been valued and assessed under this section.
67.8EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

67.9    Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 273.13, subdivision 25, is amended to read:
67.10    Subd. 25. Class 4. (a) Class 4a is residential real estate containing four or more
67.11units and used or held for use by the owner or by the tenants or lessees of the owner
67.12as a residence for rental periods of 30 days or more, excluding property qualifying for
67.13class 4d. Class 4a also includes hospitals licensed under sections 144.50 to 144.56, other
67.14than hospitals exempt under section 272.02, and contiguous property used for hospital
67.15purposes, without regard to whether the property has been platted or subdivided. The
67.16market value of class 4a property has a class rate of 1.25 percent.
67.17    (b) Class 4b includes:
67.18    (1) residential real estate containing less than four units that does not qualify as class
67.194bb, other than seasonal residential recreational property;
67.20    (2) manufactured homes not classified under any other provision;
67.21    (3) a dwelling, garage, and surrounding one acre of property on a nonhomestead
67.22farm classified under subdivision 23, paragraph (b) containing two or three units; and
67.23    (4) unimproved property that is classified residential as determined under subdivision
67.2433.
67.25    The market value of class 4b property has a class rate of 1.25 percent.
67.26    (c) Class 4bb includes:
67.27    (1) nonhomestead residential real estate containing one unit, other than seasonal
67.28residential recreational property; and
67.29    (2) a single family dwelling, garage, and surrounding one acre of property on a
67.30nonhomestead farm classified under subdivision 23, paragraph (b).
67.31    Class 4bb property has the same class rates as class 1a property under subdivision 22.
67.32    Property that has been classified as seasonal residential recreational property at
67.33any time during which it has been owned by the current owner or spouse of the current
67.34owner does not qualify for class 4bb.
67.35    (d) Class 4c property includes:
68.1    (1) except as provided in subdivision 22, paragraph (c), real and personal property
68.2devoted to temporary and seasonal residential occupancy for recreation purposes,
68.3including real and personal property devoted to temporary and seasonal residential
68.4occupancy for recreation purposes and not devoted to commercial purposes for more
68.5than 250 days in the year preceding the year of assessment. For purposes of this clause,
68.6property is devoted to a commercial purpose on a specific day if any portion of the
68.7property is used for residential occupancy, and a fee is charged for residential occupancy.
68.8Class 4c property under this clause must contain three or more rental units. A "rental unit"
68.9is defined as a cabin, condominium, townhouse, sleeping room, or individual camping site
68.10equipped with water and electrical hookups for recreational vehicles. Class 4c property
68.11under this clause must provide recreational activities such as renting ice fishing houses,
68.12boats and motors, snowmobiles, downhill or cross-country ski equipment; provide marina
68.13services, launch services, or guide services; or sell bait and fishing tackle. A camping pad
68.14offered for rent by a property that otherwise qualifies for class 4c under this clause is also
68.15class 4c under this clause regardless of the term of the rental agreement, as long as the use
68.16of the camping pad does not exceed 250 days. In order for a property to be classified as
68.17class 4c, seasonal residential recreational for commercial purposes under this clause, at
68.18least 40 percent of the annual gross lodging receipts related to the property must be from
68.19business conducted during 90 consecutive days and either (i) at least 60 percent of all paid
68.20bookings by lodging guests during the year must be for periods of at least two consecutive
68.21nights; or (ii) at least 20 percent of the annual gross receipts must be from charges for
68.22rental of fish houses, boats and motors, snowmobiles, downhill or cross-country ski
68.23equipment, or charges for marina services, launch services, and guide services, or the
68.24sale of bait and fishing tackle. For purposes of this determination, a paid booking of
68.25five or more nights shall be counted as two bookings. Class 4c property classified under
68.26this clause also includes commercial use real property used exclusively for recreational
68.27purposes in conjunction with other class 4c property classified under this clause and
68.28devoted to temporary and seasonal residential occupancy for recreational purposes, up to a
68.29total of two acres, provided the property is not devoted to commercial recreational use for
68.30more than 250 days in the year preceding the year of assessment and is located within two
68.31miles of the class 4c property with which it is used. Owners of real and personal property
68.32devoted to temporary and seasonal residential occupancy for recreation purposes and all
68.33or a portion of which was devoted to commercial purposes for not more than 250 days in
68.34the year preceding the year of assessment desiring classification as class 4c, must submit a
68.35declaration to the assessor designating the cabins or units occupied for 250 days or less in
68.36the year preceding the year of assessment by January 15 of the assessment year. Those
69.1cabins or units and a proportionate share of the land on which they are located must
69.2be designated class 4c under this clause as otherwise provided. The remainder of the
69.3cabins or units and a proportionate share of the land on which they are located will be
69.4designated as class 3a. The owner of property desiring designation as class 4c property
69.5under this clause must provide guest registers or other records demonstrating that the units
69.6for which class 4c designation is sought were not occupied for more than 250 days in the
69.7year preceding the assessment if so requested. The portion of a property operated as a
69.8(1) restaurant, (2) bar, (3) gift shop, (4) conference center or meeting room, and (5) other
69.9nonresidential facility operated on a commercial basis not directly related to temporary
69.10and seasonal residential occupancy for recreation purposes does not qualify for class 4c;
69.11    (2) qualified property used as a golf course if:
69.12    (i) it is open to the public on a daily fee basis. It may charge membership fees or
69.13dues, but a membership fee may not be required in order to use the property for golfing,
69.14and its green fees for golfing must be comparable to green fees typically charged by
69.15municipal courses; and
69.16    (ii) it meets the requirements of section 273.112, subdivision 3, paragraph (d).
69.17    A structure used as a clubhouse, restaurant, or place of refreshment in conjunction
69.18with the golf course is classified as class 3a property;
69.19    (3) real property up to a maximum of three acres of land owned and used by a
69.20nonprofit community service oriented organization and not used for residential purposes
69.21on either a temporary or permanent basis, provided that:
69.22    (i) the property is not used for a revenue-producing activity for more than six days
69.23in the calendar year preceding the year of assessment; or
69.24    (ii) the organization makes annual charitable contributions and donations at least
69.25equal to the property's previous year's property taxes and the property is allowed to be
69.26used for public and community meetings or events for no charge, as appropriate to the
69.27size of the facility.
69.28    For purposes of this clause,
69.29    (A) "charitable contributions and donations contribution" has the same meaning
69.30as lawful gambling purposes under section 349.12, subdivision 25, excluding those
69.31purposes relating to the payment of taxes, assessments, fees, auditing costs, and utility
69.32payments given in section 349.12, subdivision 7a, except that expenditures for erection or
69.33acquisition of a replacement building, as defined under section 349.12, subdivision 25,
69.34paragraph (a), clause (25), may be counted to meet up to 50 percent of the contribution
69.35requirement, for a period of not more than 20 years from the erection or acquisition of
69.36the replacement building;
70.1    (B) "property taxes" excludes the state general tax;
70.2    (C) a "nonprofit community service oriented organization" means any corporation,
70.3society, association, foundation, or institution organized and operated exclusively for
70.4charitable, religious, fraternal, civic, or educational purposes, and which is exempt from
70.5federal income taxation pursuant to section 501(c)(3), (8), (10), or (19) of the Internal
70.6Revenue Code; and
70.7    (D) "revenue-producing activities" shall include but not be limited to property or that
70.8portion of the property that is used as an on-sale intoxicating liquor or 3.2 percent malt
70.9liquor establishment licensed under chapter 340A, a restaurant open to the public, bowling
70.10alley, a retail store, gambling conducted by organizations licensed under chapter 349, an
70.11insurance business, or office or other space leased or rented to a lessee who conducts a
70.12for-profit enterprise on the premises.
70.13Any portion of the property not qualifying under either item (i) or (ii) is class 3a. The use
70.14of the property for social events open exclusively to members and their guests for periods
70.15of less than 24 hours, when an admission is not charged nor any revenues are received by
70.16the organization shall not be considered a revenue-producing activity.
70.17    The organization shall maintain records of its charitable contributions and donations
70.18and of public meetings and events held on the property and make them available upon
70.19request any time to the assessor to ensure eligibility. An organization meeting the
70.20requirement under item (ii) must file an application by May 1 with the assessor for
70.21eligibility for the current year's assessment. The commissioner shall prescribe a uniform
70.22application form and instructions;
70.23    (4) postsecondary student housing of not more than one acre of land that is owned by
70.24a nonprofit corporation organized under chapter 317A and is used exclusively by a student
70.25cooperative, sorority, or fraternity for on-campus housing or housing located within two
70.26miles of the border of a college campus;
70.27    (5) (i) manufactured home parks as defined in section 327.14, subdivision 3,
70.28excluding manufactured home parks described in section 273.124, subdivision 3a, and (ii)
70.29manufactured home parks as defined in section 327.14, subdivision 3, that are described in
70.30section 273.124, subdivision 3a;
70.31    (6) real property that is actively and exclusively devoted to indoor fitness, health,
70.32social, recreational, and related uses, is owned and operated by a not-for-profit corporation,
70.33and is located within the metropolitan area as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 2;
70.34    (7) a leased or privately owned noncommercial aircraft storage hangar not exempt
70.35under section 272.01, subdivision 2, and the land on which it is located, provided that:
71.1    (i) the land is on an airport owned or operated by a city, town, county, Metropolitan
71.2Airports Commission, or group thereof; and
71.3    (ii) the land lease, or any ordinance or signed agreement restricting the use of the
71.4leased premise, prohibits commercial activity performed at the hangar.
71.5    If a hangar classified under this clause is sold after June 30, 2000, a bill of sale must
71.6be filed by the new owner with the assessor of the county where the property is located
71.7within 60 days of the sale;
71.8    (8) a privately owned noncommercial aircraft storage hangar not exempt under
71.9section 272.01, subdivision 2, and the land on which it is located, provided that:
71.10    (i) the land abuts a public airport; and
71.11    (ii) the owner of the aircraft storage hangar provides the assessor with a signed
71.12agreement restricting the use of the premises, prohibiting commercial use or activity
71.13performed at the hangar; and
71.14    (9) residential real estate, a portion of which is used by the owner for homestead
71.15purposes, and that is also a place of lodging, if all of the following criteria are met:
71.16    (i) rooms are provided for rent to transient guests that generally stay for periods
71.17of 14 or fewer days;
71.18    (ii) meals are provided to persons who rent rooms, the cost of which is incorporated
71.19in the basic room rate;
71.20    (iii) meals are not provided to the general public except for special events on fewer
71.21than seven days in the calendar year preceding the year of the assessment; and
71.22    (iv) the owner is the operator of the property.
71.23The market value subject to the 4c classification under this clause is limited to five rental
71.24units. Any rental units on the property in excess of five, must be valued and assessed as
71.25class 3a. The portion of the property used for purposes of a homestead by the owner must
71.26be classified as class 1a property under subdivision 22;
71.27    (10) real property up to a maximum of three acres and operated as a restaurant
71.28as defined under section 157.15, subdivision 12, provided it: (A) is located on a lake
71.29as defined under section 103G.005, subdivision 15, paragraph (a), clause (3); and (B)
71.30is either devoted to commercial purposes for not more than 250 consecutive days, or
71.31receives at least 60 percent of its annual gross receipts from business conducted during
71.32four consecutive months. Gross receipts from the sale of alcoholic beverages must be
71.33included in determining the property's qualification under subitem (B). The property's
71.34primary business must be as a restaurant and not as a bar. Gross receipts from gift shop
71.35sales located on the premises must be excluded. Owners of real property desiring 4c
71.36classification under this clause must submit an annual declaration to the assessor by
72.1February 1 of the current assessment year, based on the property's relevant information for
72.2the preceding assessment year; and
72.3(11) lakeshore and riparian property and adjacent land, not to exceed six acres, used
72.4as a marina, as defined in section 86A.20, subdivision 5, which is made accessible to
72.5the public and devoted to recreational use for marina services. The marina owner must
72.6annually provide evidence to the assessor that it provides services, including lake or river
72.7access to the public by means of an access ramp or other facility that is either located on
72.8the property of the marina or at a publicly owned site that abuts the property of the marina.
72.9No more than 800 feet of lakeshore may be included in this classification. Buildings used
72.10in conjunction with a marina for marina services, including but not limited to buildings
72.11used to provide food and beverage services, fuel, boat repairs, or the sale of bait or fishing
72.12tackle, are classified as class 3a property.
72.13    Class 4c property has a class rate of 1.5 percent of market value, except that (i) each
72.14parcel of seasonal residential recreational property not used for commercial purposes
72.15has the same class rates as class 4bb property, (ii) manufactured home parks assessed
72.16under clause (5), item (i), have the same class rate as class 4b property, and the market
72.17value of manufactured home parks assessed under clause (5), item (ii), has the same class
72.18rate as class 4d property if more than 50 percent of the lots in the park are occupied by
72.19shareholders in the cooperative corporation or association and a class rate of one percent if
72.2050 percent or less of the lots are so occupied, (iii) commercial-use seasonal residential
72.21recreational property and marina recreational land as described in clause (11), has a
72.22class rate of one percent for the first $500,000 of market value, and 1.25 percent for the
72.23remaining market value, (iv) the market value of property described in clause (4) has a
72.24class rate of one percent, (v) the market value of property described in clauses (2), (6), and
72.25(10) has a class rate of 1.25 percent, and (vi) that portion of the market value of property
72.26in clause (9) qualifying for class 4c property has a class rate of 1.25 percent.
72.27    (e) Class 4d property is qualifying low-income rental housing certified to the assessor
72.28by the Housing Finance Agency under section 273.128, subdivision 3. If only a portion
72.29of the units in the building qualify as low-income rental housing units as certified under
72.30section 273.128, subdivision 3, only the proportion of qualifying units to the total number
72.31of units in the building qualify for class 4d. The remaining portion of the building shall be
72.32classified by the assessor based upon its use. Class 4d also includes the same proportion of
72.33land as the qualifying low-income rental housing units are to the total units in the building.
72.34For all properties qualifying as class 4d, the market value determined by the assessor must
72.35be based on the normal approach to value using normal unrestricted rents.
72.36    Class 4d property has a class rate of 0.75 percent.
73.1EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for assessment year 2011 and
73.2thereafter, for taxes payable in 2012 and thereafter.

73.3    Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 273.13, subdivision 34, is amended to read:
73.4    Subd. 34. Homestead of disabled veteran. (a) All or a portion of the market value
73.5of property owned by a veteran or by the veteran and the veteran's spouse qualifying
73.6for homestead classification under subdivision 22 or 23 is excluded in determining the
73.7property's taxable market value if it serves as the homestead of a military veteran, as
73.8defined in section 197.447, who has a service-connected disability of 70 percent or more.
73.9To qualify for exclusion under this subdivision, the veteran must have been honorably
73.10discharged from the United States armed forces, as indicated by United States Government
73.11Form DD214 or other official military discharge papers, and must be certified by the
73.12United States Veterans Administration as having a service-connected disability.
73.13    (b)(1) For a disability rating of 70 percent or more, $150,000 of market value is
73.14excluded, except as provided in clause (2); and
73.15    (2) for a total (100 percent) and permanent disability, $300,000 of market value is
73.16excluded.
73.17    (c) If a disabled veteran qualifying for a valuation exclusion under paragraph (b),
73.18clause (2), predeceases the veteran's spouse, and if upon the death of the veteran the
73.19spouse holds the legal or beneficial title to the homestead and permanently resides there,
73.20the exclusion shall carry over to the benefit of the veteran's spouse for one five additional
73.21assessment year taxes payable years or until such time as the spouse sells, transfers,
73.22remarries, or otherwise disposes of the property, whichever comes first. To qualify for
73.23the exemption under this paragraph, the surviving spouse must apply annually to the
73.24assessor by July 1 of the assessment year.
73.25    (d) In the case of an agricultural homestead, only the portion of the property
73.26consisting of the house and garage and immediately surrounding one acre of land qualifies
73.27for the valuation exclusion under this subdivision.
73.28    (e) A property qualifying for a valuation exclusion under this subdivision is not
73.29eligible for the credit under section 273.1384, subdivision 1, or classification under
73.30subdivision 22, paragraph (b).
73.31    (f) To qualify for a valuation exclusion under this subdivision a property owner must
73.32apply to the assessor by July 1 of each assessment year, except that an annual reapplication
73.33is not required once a property has been accepted for a valuation exclusion under paragraph
73.34(b), clause (2), and the property continues to qualify until there is a change in ownership.
74.1EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for taxes levied in 2010, payable in
74.22011, and thereafter, and applies to homesteads that initially qualified for the exclusion
74.3for taxes payable in 2009 and thereafter.

74.4    Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 274.01, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
74.5    Subdivision 1. Ordinary board; meetings, deadlines, grievances. (a) The town
74.6board of a town, or the council or other governing body of a city, is the board of appeal
74.7and equalization except (1) in cities whose charters provide for a board of equalization or
74.8(2) in any city or town that has transferred its local board of review power and duties to
74.9the county board as provided in subdivision 3. The county assessor shall fix a day and
74.10time when the board or the board of equalization shall meet in the assessment districts
74.11of the county. Notwithstanding any law or city charter to the contrary, a city board of
74.12equalization shall be referred to as a board of appeal and equalization. On or before
74.13February 15 of each year the assessor shall give written notice of the time to the city or
74.14town clerk. Notwithstanding the provisions of any charter to the contrary, the meetings
74.15must be held between April 1 and May 31 each year, provided that the board may review
74.16appeals of denials of green acres treatment as provided in paragraph (h) at any time.
74.17The clerk shall give published and posted notice of the meeting at least ten days before
74.18the date of the meeting.
74.19    The board shall meet at the office of the clerk to review the assessment and
74.20classification of property in the town or city. No changes in valuation or classification
74.21which are intended to correct errors in judgment by the county assessor may be made by
74.22the county assessor after the board has adjourned in those cities or towns that hold a
74.23local board of review; however, corrections of errors that are merely clerical in nature or
74.24changes that extend homestead treatment to property are permitted after adjournment until
74.25the tax extension date for that assessment year. The changes must be fully documented and
74.26maintained in the assessor's office and must be available for review by any person. A copy
74.27of the changes made during this period in those cities or towns that hold a local board of
74.28review must be sent to the county board no later than December 31 of the assessment year.
74.29    (b) The board shall determine whether the taxable property in the town or city has
74.30been properly placed on the list and properly valued by the assessor. If real or personal
74.31property has been omitted, the board shall place it on the list with its market value, and
74.32correct the assessment so that each tract or lot of real property, and each article, parcel,
74.33or class of personal property, is entered on the assessment list at its market value. No
74.34assessment of the property of any person may be raised unless the person has been
74.35duly notified of the intent of the board to do so. On application of any person feeling
75.1aggrieved, the board shall review the assessment or classification, or both, and correct
75.2it as appears just. The board may not make an individual market value adjustment or
75.3classification change that would benefit the property if the owner or other person having
75.4control over the property has refused the assessor access to inspect the property and the
75.5interior of any buildings or structures as provided in section 273.20. A board member
75.6shall not participate in any actions of the board which result in market value adjustments
75.7or classification changes to property owned by the board member, the spouse, parent,
75.8stepparent, child, stepchild, grandparent, grandchild, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, nephew,
75.9or niece of a board member, or property in which a board member has a financial interest.
75.10The relationship may be by blood or marriage.
75.11    (c) A local board may reduce assessments upon petition of the taxpayer but the total
75.12reductions must not reduce the aggregate assessment made by the county assessor by more
75.13than one percent. If the total reductions would lower the aggregate assessments made by
75.14the county assessor by more than one percent, none of the adjustments may be made. The
75.15assessor shall correct any clerical errors or double assessments discovered by the board
75.16without regard to the one percent limitation.
75.17    (d) A local board does not have authority to grant an exemption or to order property
75.18removed from the tax rolls.
75.19    (e) A majority of the members may act at the meeting, and adjourn from day to day
75.20until they finish hearing the cases presented. The assessor shall attend, with the assessment
75.21books and papers, and take part in the proceedings, but must not vote. The county assessor,
75.22or an assistant delegated by the county assessor shall attend the meetings. The board shall
75.23list separately, on a form appended to the assessment book, all omitted property added
75.24to the list by the board and all items of property increased or decreased, with the market
75.25value of each item of property, added or changed by the board, placed opposite the item.
75.26The county assessor shall enter all changes made by the board in the assessment book.
75.27    (f) Except as provided in subdivision 3, if a person fails to appear in person, by
75.28counsel, or by written communication before the board after being duly notified of the
75.29board's intent to raise the assessment of the property, or if a person feeling aggrieved by an
75.30assessment or classification fails to apply for a review of the assessment or classification,
75.31the person may not appear before the county board of appeal and equalization for a review
75.32of the assessment or classification. This paragraph does not apply if an assessment was
75.33made after the local board meeting, as provided in section 273.01, or if the person can
75.34establish not having received notice of market value at least five days before the local
75.35board meeting.
76.1    (g) The local board must complete its work and adjourn within 20 days from the
76.2time of convening stated in the notice of the clerk, unless a longer period is approved by
76.3the commissioner of revenue. No action taken after that date is valid. All complaints
76.4about an assessment or classification made after the meeting of the board must be heard
76.5and determined by the county board of equalization. A nonresident may, at any time,
76.6before the meeting of the board file written objections to an assessment or classification
76.7with the county assessor. The objections must be presented to the board at its meeting by
76.8the county assessor for its consideration.
76.9(h) The local board may, but is not required to, review appeals from property owners
76.10of denials by assessors of applications for valuation under section 273.111. If it intends
76.11to exercise the authority provided in this paragraph, the board must pass a resolution
76.12stating that it will do so, and must then review all such appeals until it passes a subsequent
76.13resolution stating that it will not review such appeals.
76.14EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for appeals denied after June 30,
76.152011.

76.16    Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 275.025, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
76.17    Subdivision 1. Levy amount. The state general levy is levied against
76.18commercial-industrial property and seasonal residential recreational property, as defined
76.19in this section. The state general levy base amount for commercial-industrial property
76.20is $592,000,000 $702,700,000 and the state general levy base amount for seasonal
76.21residential recreational property is $39,800,000 for taxes payable in 2002 2012 and 2013.
76.22For taxes payable in subsequent years, the levy base amount is increased each year by
76.23multiplying the levy base amount for the prior year by the sum of one plus the rate of
76.24increase, if any, in the implicit price deflator for government consumption expenditures
76.25and gross investment for state and local governments prepared by the Bureau of Economic
76.26Analysts of the United States Department of Commerce for the 12-month period ending
76.27March 31 of the year prior to the year the taxes are payable decreased as follows:
76.28(1) for taxes payable in 2014, the state general levy base amount is $667,600,000
76.29for commercial-industrial property and $37,800,000 for seasonal residential recreational
76.30property;
76.31(2) for taxes payable in 2015, the state general levy base amount is $632,500,000
76.32for commercial-industrial property and $35,800,000 for seasonal residential recreational
76.33property;
77.1(3) for taxes payable in 2016, the state general levy base amount is $562,300,000
77.2for commercial-industrial property and $31,800,000 for seasonal residential recreational
77.3property;
77.4(4) for taxes payable in 2017, the state general levy base amount is $492,100,000
77.5for commercial-industrial property and $27,800,000 for seasonal residential recreational
77.6property;
77.7(5) for taxes payable in 2018, the state general levy base amount is $421,900,000
77.8for commercial-industrial property and $23,800,000 for seasonal residential recreational
77.9property;
77.10(6) for taxes payable in 2019, the state general levy base amount is $351,700,000
77.11for commercial-industrial property and $19,800,000 for seasonal residential recreational
77.12property;
77.13(7) for taxes payable in 2020, the state general levy base amount is $281,500,000
77.14for commercial-industrial property and $15,800,000 for seasonal residential recreational
77.15property;
77.16(8) for taxes payable in 2021, the state general levy base amount is $211,300,000
77.17for commercial-industrial property and $11,800,000 for seasonal residential recreational
77.18property;
77.19(9) for taxes payable in 2022, the state general levy base amount is $141,100,000
77.20for commercial-industrial property and $7,800,000 for seasonal residential recreational
77.21property; and
77.22(10) for taxes payable in 2023, the state general levy base amount is $70,900,000
77.23for commercial-industrial property and $3,800,000 for seasonal residential recreational
77.24property.
77.25The tax under this section is not treated as a local tax rate under section 469.177 and
77.26is not the levy of a governmental unit under chapters 276A and 473F.
77.27The commissioner shall increase or decrease the preliminary or final rate for a year
77.28as necessary to account for errors and tax base changes that affected a preliminary or final
77.29rate for either of the two preceding years. Adjustments are allowed to the extent that the
77.30necessary information is available to the commissioner at the time the rates for a year must
77.31be certified, and for the following reasons:
77.32(1) an erroneous report of taxable value by a local official;
77.33(2) an erroneous calculation by the commissioner; and
77.34(3) an increase or decrease in taxable value for commercial-industrial or seasonal
77.35residential recreational property reported on the abstracts of tax lists submitted under
78.1section 275.29 that was not reported on the abstracts of assessment submitted under
78.2section 270C.89 for the same year.
78.3The commissioner may, but need not, make adjustments if the total difference in the tax
78.4levied for the year would be less than $100,000.

78.5    Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 275.025, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
78.6    Subd. 4. Apportionment and levy of state general tax. Ninety-five percent of the
78.7state general tax must be levied by applying a uniform rate to all commercial-industrial tax
78.8capacity and five percent of the state general tax must be levied by applying a uniform
78.9rate to all seasonal residential recreational tax capacity. On or before October 1 each year,
78.10the commissioner of revenue shall certify the preliminary state general levy rates to each
78.11county auditor that must be used to prepare the notices of proposed property taxes for taxes
78.12payable in the following year. By January 1 of each year, the commissioner shall certify
78.13the final state general levy rate to each county auditor that shall be used in spreading taxes.
78.14EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for taxes levied in 2011, payable
78.15in 2012, and thereafter.

78.16    Sec. 12. REPEALER.
78.17(a) Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 273.114, subdivision 1, is repealed.
78.18(b) Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 275.025, is repealed.
78.19EFFECTIVE DATE.Paragraph (a) is effective the day following final enactment.
78.20Paragraph (b) is effective for taxes levied in 2023, payable in 2024, and thereafter.

78.21ARTICLE 5

78.22TAX INCREMENT FINANCING

78.23    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 469.176, subdivision 4c, is amended to
78.24read:
78.25    Subd. 4c. Economic development districts. (a) Revenue derived from tax
78.26increment from an economic development district may not be used to provide
78.27improvements, loans, subsidies, grants, interest rate subsidies, or assistance in any form
78.28to developments consisting of buildings and ancillary facilities, if more than 15 percent
78.29of the buildings and facilities (determined on the basis of square footage) are used for a
78.30purpose other than:
79.1(1) the manufacturing or production of tangible personal property, including
79.2processing resulting in the change in condition of the property;
79.3(2) warehousing, storage, and distribution of tangible personal property, excluding
79.4retail sales;
79.5(3) research and development related to the activities listed in clause (1) or (2);
79.6(4) telemarketing if that activity is the exclusive use of the property;
79.7(5) tourism facilities;
79.8(6) qualified border retail facilities; or
79.9(7) space necessary for and related to the activities listed in clauses (1) to (6).
79.10(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of this subdivision, revenues derived from tax
79.11increment from an economic development district may be used to provide improvements,
79.12loans, subsidies, grants, interest rate subsidies, or assistance in any form for up to 15,000
79.13square feet of any separately owned commercial facility located within the municipal
79.14jurisdiction of a small city, if the revenues derived from increments are spent only to
79.15assist the facility directly or for administrative expenses, the assistance is necessary to
79.16develop the facility, and all of the increments, except those for administrative expenses,
79.17are spent only for activities within the district.
79.18(c) A city is a small city for purposes of this subdivision if the city was a small city
79.19in the year in which the request for certification was made and applies for the rest of
79.20the duration of the district, regardless of whether the city qualifies or ceases to qualify
79.21as a small city.
79.22(d) Notwithstanding the requirements of paragraph (a) and the finding requirements
79.23of section 469.174, subdivision 12, tax increments from an economic development district
79.24may be used to provide improvements, loans, subsidies, grants, interest rate subsidies, or
79.25assistance in any form to developments consisting of buildings and ancillary facilities, if
79.26all the following conditions are met:
79.27(1) the municipality finds that the project will create or retain jobs in this state,
79.28including construction jobs, and that construction of the project would not have
79.29commenced before July 1, 2011 2012, without the authority providing assistance under
79.30the provisions of this paragraph;
79.31(2) construction of the project begins no later than July 1, 2011 2012; and
79.32(3) the request for certification of the district is made no later than June 30, 2011
79.332012; and
79.34(4) for development of housing under this paragraph, the construction must begin
79.35before July 1, 2011.
79.36EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

80.1    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 469.176, subdivision 4m, is amended to read:
80.2    Subd. 4m. Temporary authority to stimulate construction. (a) Notwithstanding
80.3the restrictions in any other subdivision of this section or any other law to the contrary,
80.4except the requirement to pay bonds to which the increments are pledged and the
80.5provisions of subdivisions 4g and 4h, the authority may spend tax increments for one or
80.6more of the following purposes:
80.7(1) to provide improvements, loans, interest rate subsidies, or assistance in any
80.8form to private development consisting of the construction or substantial rehabilitation
80.9of buildings and ancillary facilities, if doing so will create or retain jobs in this state,
80.10including construction jobs, and that the construction commences before July 1, 2011
80.112012, and would not have commenced before that date without the assistance; or
80.12(2) to make an equity or similar investment in a corporation, partnership, or limited
80.13liability company that the authority determines is necessary to make construction of a
80.14development that meets the requirements of clause (1) financially feasible.
80.15(b) The authority may undertake actions under the authority of this subdivision only
80.16after approval by the municipality of a written spending plan that specifically authorizes
80.17the authority to take the actions. The municipality shall approve the spending plan only
80.18after a public hearing after published notice in a newspaper of general circulation in
80.19the municipality at least once, not less than ten days nor more than 30 days prior to the
80.20date of the hearing.
80.21(c) The authority to spend tax increments under this subdivision expires December
80.2231, 2011 2012.
80.23(d) For a development consisting of housing, the authority to spend tax increments
80.24under this subdivision expires December 31, 2011, and construction must commence
80.25before July 1, 2011.
80.26EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

80.27    Sec. 3. Laws 2010, chapter 389, article 7, section 22, is amended to read:
80.28    Sec. 22. CITY OF RAMSEY; TAX INCREMENT FINANCING DISTRICT;
80.29SPECIAL RULES.
80.30(a) If the city of Ramsey or an authority of the city elects upon the adoption of a tax
80.31increment financing plan for a district, the rules under this section apply to a redevelopment
80.32tax increment financing district established by the city or an authority of the city. The
80.33redevelopment tax increment district includes parcels within the area bounded on the east
80.34by Ramsey Boulevard, on the north by Bunker Lake Boulevard as extended west to Llama
80.35Street, on the west by Llama Street, and on the south by a line running parallel to and
81.1600 feet south of the southerly right-of-way for U.S. Highway 10, but including Parcels
81.228-32-25-43-0007 and 28-32-25-34-0002 in their entirety, and excluding the Anoka
81.3County Regional Park property in its entirety. A parcel within this area that is included in
81.4a tax increment financing district that was certified before the date of enactment of this act
81.5may be included in the district created under this act if the initial district is decertified.
81.6(b) The requirements for qualifying a redevelopment tax increment district under
81.7Minnesota Statutes, section 469.174, subdivision 10, do not apply to the parcels located
81.8within the district.
81.9(c) In addition to the costs permitted by Minnesota Statutes, section 469.176,
81.10subdivision 4j , Eligible expenditures within the district include the city's share of the
81.11costs necessary to provide for the construction of the Northstar Transit Station and
81.12related infrastructure, including structured parking, a pedestrian overpass, and roadway
81.13improvements.
81.14(d) The requirement of Minnesota Statutes, section 469.1763, subdivision 3, that
81.15activities must be undertaken within a five-year period from the date of certification of a
81.16tax increment financing district, is considered to be met for the district if the activities
81.17were undertaken within ten years from the date of certification of the district.
81.18(e) Except for administrative expenses, the in-district percentage for purposes of
81.19the restriction on pooling under Minnesota Statutes, section 469.1763, subdivision 2, for
81.20this district is 100 percent.
81.21EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective upon approval by the governing
81.22body of the city of Ramsey, and upon compliance by the city with Minnesota Statutes,
81.23section 645.021, subdivision 3.

81.24    Sec. 4. CITY OF COHASSET; USE OF TAX INCREMENTS.
81.25The authority operating tax increment financing districts No. 2-1 and No. 3-1 in
81.26the city of Cohasset may transfer tax increments from each of those districts to the city
81.27in an amount equal to the advances made by the city from its general fund to finance
81.28expenditures under Minnesota Statutes, section 469.176, subdivision 4, for the benefit
81.29of that district.
81.30EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment,
81.31upon approval by the governing body of the city of Cohasset and compliance with
81.32Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021, subdivision 3.

81.33    Sec. 5. CITY OF LINO LAKES; TAX INCREMENT FINANCING.
82.1    Subdivision 1. Duration of district. Notwithstanding the provisions of Minnesota
82.2Statutes, section 469.176, subdivision 1b, the city of Lino Lakes may collect tax
82.3increments from tax increment financing district No. 1-10 through December 31, 2023,
82.4subject to the conditions in subdivision 2.
82.5    Subd. 2. Conditions for extension. All tax increments remaining in the account
82.6for the district after February 1, 2011, and all tax increments collected thereafter, must
82.7be used only to pay debt service on bonds issued to finance the interchange of Anoka
82.8County Highway 23 and marked Interstate Highway 35W, bonds issued to finance public
82.9improvements serving the development known as Legacy at Woods Edge, and any bonds
82.10issued to refund those bonds. Minnesota Statutes, sections 469.176, subdivision 4c, and
82.11469.1763 do not apply to expenditures made under this section.
82.12EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective upon compliance by the governing
82.13body of the city of Lino Lakes with the requirements of Minnesota Statutes, sections
82.14469.1782, subdivision 2, and 645.021, subdivision 3.

82.15ARTICLE 6

82.16MINERALS

82.17    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 290.05, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
82.18    Subdivision 1. Exempt entities. The following corporations, individuals, estates,
82.19trusts, and organizations shall be exempted from taxation under this chapter, provided
82.20that every such person or corporation claiming exemption under this chapter, in whole
82.21or in part, must establish to the satisfaction of the commissioner the taxable status of
82.22any income or activity:
82.23(a) corporations, individuals, estates, and trusts engaged in the business of mining or
82.24producing iron ore and mining, producing, or refining other ores, metals, and minerals,
82.25the mining or, production, or refining of which is subject to the occupation tax imposed
82.26by section 298.01; but if any such corporation, individual, estate, or trust engages in any
82.27other business or activity or has income from any property not used in such business it
82.28shall be subject to this tax computed on the net income from such property or such other
82.29business or activity. Royalty shall not be considered as income from the business of
82.30mining or producing iron ore within the meaning of this section;
82.31(b) the United States of America, the state of Minnesota or any political subdivision
82.32of either agencies or instrumentalities, whether engaged in the discharge of governmental
82.33or proprietary functions; and
82.34(c) any insurance company.
83.1EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for taxable years beginning after
83.2December 31, 2010.

83.3    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 297A.68, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
83.4    Subd. 4. Taconite, other ores, metals, or minerals; production materials. Mill
83.5liners, grinding rods, and grinding balls that are substantially consumed in the production
83.6of taconite or other ores, metals, or minerals are exempt when sold to or stored, used, or
83.7consumed by persons taxed under the in-lieu or net proceeds provisions of chapter 298.
83.8EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for sales and purchases made after
83.9June 30, 2011.

83.10    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 298.001, is amended by adding a subdivision
83.11to read:
83.12    Subd. 10. Refining. "Refining" means and is limited to refining:
83.13(1) of ores, metals, or mineral products, the mining, extraction, or quarrying of
83.14which were subject to tax under section 298.015; and
83.15(2) carried out by the entity, or an affiliated entity, that mined, extracted, or quarried
83.16the metal or mineral products.
83.17EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for taxable years beginning after
83.18December 31, 2010.

83.19    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 298.01, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
83.20    Subd. 3. Occupation tax; other ores. Every person engaged in the business of
83.21mining, refining, or producing ores, metals, or minerals in this state, except iron ore or
83.22taconite concentrates, shall pay an occupation tax to the state of Minnesota as provided
83.23in this subdivision. For purposes of this subdivision, mining includes the application
83.24of hydrometallurgical processes. The tax is determined in the same manner as the tax
83.25imposed by section 290.02, except that sections 290.05, subdivision 1, clause (a), 290.17,
83.26subdivision 4 , and 290.191, subdivision 2, do not apply, and the occupation tax must
83.27be computed by applying to taxable income the rate of 2.45 percent. A person subject
83.28to occupation tax under this section shall apportion its net income on the basis of the
83.29percentage obtained by taking the sum of:
83.30(1) 75 percent of the percentage which the sales made within this state in connection
83.31with the trade or business during the tax period are of the total sales wherever made in
83.32connection with the trade or business during the tax period;
84.1(2) 12.5 percent of the percentage which the total tangible property used by the
84.2taxpayer in this state in connection with the trade or business during the tax period is of
84.3the total tangible property, wherever located, used by the taxpayer in connection with the
84.4trade or business during the tax period; and
84.5(3) 12.5 percent of the percentage which the taxpayer's total payrolls paid or incurred
84.6in this state or paid in respect to labor performed in this state in connection with the trade
84.7or business during the tax period are of the taxpayer's total payrolls paid or incurred in
84.8connection with the trade or business during the tax period.
84.9The tax is in addition to all other taxes.
84.10EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for taxable years beginning after
84.11December 31, 2010.

84.12    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 298.01, subdivision 3a, is amended to read:
84.13    Subd. 3a. Gross income. (a) For purposes of determining a person's taxable income
84.14under subdivision 3, gross income is determined by the amount of gross proceeds from
84.15mining in this state under section 298.016 and includes any gain or loss recognized
84.16from the sale or disposition of assets used in the business in this state. If more than one
84.17ore, mineral, or metal, or energy resource referred to in section 298.016 is mined and
84.18processed at the same mine and plant, a gross income for each ore, mineral, or metal, or
84.19energy resource must be determined separately. The gross incomes may be combined on
84.20one occupation tax return to arrive at the gross income of all production.
84.21(b) In applying section 290.191, subdivision 5, transfers of ores, metals, or minerals
84.22that are subject to tax under this chapter are deemed to be sales in this state.
84.23EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for taxable years beginning after
84.24December 31, 2010.

84.25    Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 298.01, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
84.26    Subd. 4. Occupation tax; iron ore; taconite concentrates. (a) A person engaged in
84.27the business of mining or producing of iron ore, taconite concentrates or direct reduced ore
84.28in this state shall pay an occupation tax to the state of Minnesota. The tax is determined
84.29in the same manner as the tax imposed by section 290.02, except that sections 290.05,
84.30subdivision 1 , clause (a), 290.17, subdivision 4, and 290.191, subdivision 2, do not apply,
84.31and the occupation tax shall be computed by applying to taxable income the rate of 2.45
84.32percent set in paragraph (b). A person subject to occupation tax under this section shall
84.33apportion its net income on the basis of the percentage obtained by taking the sum of:
85.1(1) 75 percent of the percentage which the sales made within this state in connection
85.2with the trade or business during the tax period are of the total sales wherever made in
85.3connection with the trade or business during the tax period;
85.4(2) 12.5 percent of the percentage which the total tangible property used by the
85.5taxpayer in this state in connection with the trade or business during the tax period is of
85.6the total tangible property, wherever located, used by the taxpayer in connection with the
85.7trade or business during the tax period; and
85.8(3) 12.5 percent of the percentage which the taxpayer's total payrolls paid or incurred
85.9in this state or paid in respect to labor performed in this state in connection with the trade
85.10or business during the tax period are of the taxpayer's total payrolls paid or incurred in
85.11connection with the trade or business during the tax period.
85.12The tax is in addition to all other taxes.
85.13(b) The rate of the tax imposed under this subdivision is as provided in this
85.14paragraph for the following taxable years:
85.15(1) for 2012 and 2013, 2.45 percent;
85.16(2) for 2014, 2.23 percent;
85.17(3) for 2015, 2.11 percent;
85.18(4) for 2016, 1.99 percent;
85.19(5) for 2017, 1.74 percent;
85.20(6) for 2018, 1.50 percent;
85.21(7) for 2019, 1.26 percent;
85.22(8) for 2020, 1.02 percent;
85.23(9) for 2021, .78 percent;
85.24(10) for 2022, .54 percent;
85.25(11) for 2023, .30 percent; and
85.26(12) for 2024 and subsequent years, .06 percent.
85.27EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for taxable years beginning after
85.28December 31, 2010.

85.29    Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 298.015, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
85.30    Subdivision 1. Tax imposed. A person engaged in the business of mining shall pay
85.31to the state of Minnesota for distribution as provided in section 298.018 a net proceeds tax
85.32equal to two percent of the net proceeds from mining in Minnesota. The tax applies to all
85.33mineral and energy resources ores, metals, and minerals mined or, extracted, produced,
85.34or refined within the state of Minnesota except for sand, silica sand, gravel, building
85.35stone, crushed rock, limestone, granite, dimension granite, dimension stone, horticultural
86.1peat, clay, soil, iron ore, and taconite concentrates. The tax is in addition to all other
86.2taxes provided for by law.
86.3EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for taxable years beginning after
86.4December 31, 2010.

86.5    Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 298.015, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
86.6    Subd. 2. Net proceeds. For purposes of this section, the term "net proceeds" means
86.7the gross proceeds from mining, as defined in section 298.016, less the deductions allowed
86.8in section 298.017 for purposes of determining taxable income under section 298.01,
86.9subdivision 3b, applied to the mining, production, processing, beneficiation, smelting, or
86.10refining of metal or mineral products. No other credits or deductions shall apply to this tax
86.11except for those provided in section 298.017.
86.12EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for taxes payable in 2012 and
86.13thereafter.

86.14    Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 298.016, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
86.15    Subd. 4. Definitions Metal or mineral products; definition. For the purposes of
86.16sections 298.015 and 298.017 this section, the terms defined in this subdivision have the
86.17meaning given them unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
86.18(a) "metal or mineral products" means all those mineral and energy resources ores,
86.19metals, and minerals subject to the tax provided in section 298.015.
86.20(b) "Exploration" means activities designed and engaged in to ascertain the
86.21existence, location, extent, or quality of any deposit of metal or mineral products prior to
86.22the development of a mining site.
86.23(c) "Development" means activities designed and engaged in to prepare or develop
86.24a potential mining site for mining after the existence of metal or mineral products in
86.25commercially marketable quantities has been disclosed including, but not limited to,
86.26the clearing of forestation, the building of roads, removal of overburden, or the sinking
86.27of shafts.
86.28(d) "Research" means activities designed and engaged in to create new or improved
86.29methods of mining, producing, processing, beneficiating, smelting, or refining metal
86.30or mineral products.
86.31EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for taxable years beginning after
86.32December 31, 2010.

87.1    Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 298.225, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
87.2    Subdivision 1. Guaranteed distribution. (a) The distribution of the taconite
87.3production tax as provided in section 298.28, subdivisions 3 to 5, 6, paragraph (b), and
87.47, and 8, shall equal the lesser of the following amounts:
87.5(1) the amount distributed pursuant to this section and section 298.28, with respect
87.6to 1983 production if the production for the year prior to the distribution year is no less
87.7than 42,000,000 taxable tons. If the production is less than 42,000,000 taxable tons, the
87.8amount of the distributions shall be reduced proportionately at the rate of two percent
87.9for each 1,000,000 tons, or part of 1,000,000 tons by which the production is less than
87.1042,000,000 tons; or
87.11(2)(i) for the distributions made pursuant to section 298.28, subdivisions 4,
87.12paragraphs (b) and (c), and 6, paragraph (c), 31.2 percent of the amount distributed
87.13pursuant to this section and section 298.28, with respect to 1983 production;
87.14(ii) for the distributions made pursuant to section 298.28, subdivision 5, paragraphs
87.15(b) and (d), 75 percent of the amount distributed pursuant to this section and section
87.16298.28 , with respect to 1983 production.
87.17(b) The distribution of the taconite production tax as provided in section 298.28,
87.18subdivision 2 , shall equal the following amount:
87.19(1) if the production for the year prior to the distribution year is at least 42,000,000
87.20taxable tons, the amount distributed pursuant to this section and section 298.28 with
87.21respect to 1999 production; or
87.22(2) if the production for the year prior to the distribution year is less than 42,000,000
87.23taxable tons, the amount distributed pursuant to this section and section 298.28 with respect
87.24to 1999 production, reduced proportionately at the rate of two percent for each 1,000,000
87.25tons or part of 1,000,000 tons by which the production is less than 42,000,000 tons.
87.26EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for distributions in 2012 and
87.27thereafter.

87.28    Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 298.24, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
87.29    Subdivision 1. Imposed; calculation. (a) For concentrate produced in 2001,
87.302002, and 2003 2011 and subsequent years, there is imposed upon taconite and iron
87.31sulphides, and upon the mining and quarrying thereof, and upon the production of
87.32iron ore concentrate therefrom, and upon the concentrate so produced, and upon other
87.33iron-bearing material, a tax of $2.103 $2.074 per gross ton of merchantable iron ore
87.34concentrate produced therefrom. For concentrates produced in 2005, the tax rate is the
88.1same rate imposed for concentrates produced in 2004. For concentrates produced in 2009
88.2and subsequent years, the tax is also imposed upon other iron-bearing material.
88.3    (b) For concentrates produced in 2006 and subsequent years, the tax rate shall be
88.4equal to the preceding year's tax rate plus an amount equal to the preceding year's tax rate
88.5multiplied by the percentage increase in the implicit price deflator from the fourth quarter
88.6of the second preceding year to the fourth quarter of the preceding year. "Implicit price
88.7deflator" means the implicit price deflator for the gross domestic product prepared by the
88.8Bureau of Economic Analysis of the United States Department of Commerce.
88.9    (c) An additional tax is imposed equal to three cents per gross ton of merchantable
88.10iron ore concentrate for each one percent that the iron content of the product exceeds 72
88.11percent, when dried at 212 degrees Fahrenheit.
88.12    (d) (c) The tax on taconite and iron sulphides shall be imposed on the average of the
88.13production for the current year and the previous two years. The rate of the tax imposed
88.14will be the current year's tax rate. This clause shall not apply in the case of the closing
88.15of a taconite facility if the property taxes on the facility would be higher if this clause
88.16and section 298.25 were not applicable. The tax on other iron-bearing material shall be
88.17imposed on the current year production.
88.18    (e) (d) If the tax or any part of the tax imposed by this subdivision is held to be
88.19unconstitutional, a tax of $2.103 $2.074 per gross ton of merchantable iron ore concentrate
88.20produced shall be imposed.
88.21    (f) (e) Consistent with the intent of this subdivision to impose a tax based upon the
88.22weight of merchantable iron ore concentrate, the commissioner of revenue may indirectly
88.23determine the weight of merchantable iron ore concentrate included in fluxed pellets by
88.24subtracting the weight of the limestone, dolomite, or olivine derivatives or other basic
88.25flux additives included in the pellets from the weight of the pellets. For purposes of this
88.26paragraph, "fluxed pellets" are pellets produced in a process in which limestone, dolomite,
88.27olivine, or other basic flux additives are combined with merchantable iron ore concentrate.
88.28No subtraction from the weight of the pellets shall be allowed for binders, mineral and
88.29chemical additives other than basic flux additives, or moisture.
88.30    (g) (f)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subdivision, for the first two
88.31years of a plant's commercial production of direct reduced ore from ore mined in this state,
88.32no tax is imposed under this section. As used in this paragraph, "commercial production"
88.33is production of more than 50,000 tons of direct reduced ore in the current year or in any
88.34prior year, "noncommercial production" is production of 50,000 tons or less of direct
88.35reduced ore in any year, and "direct reduced ore" is ore that results in a product that has an
88.36iron content of at least 75 percent. For the third year of a plant's commercial production of
89.1direct reduced ore, the rate to be applied to direct reduced ore is 25 percent of the rate
89.2otherwise determined under this subdivision. For the fourth commercial production year,
89.3the rate is 50 percent of the rate otherwise determined under this subdivision; for the fifth
89.4commercial production year, the rate is 75 percent of the rate otherwise determined under
89.5this subdivision; and for all subsequent commercial production years, the full rate is
89.6imposed.
89.7    (2) Subject to clause (1), production of direct reduced ore in this state is subject to
89.8the tax imposed by this section, but if that production is not produced by a producer of
89.9taconite, iron sulfides, or other iron-bearing material, the production of taconite, iron
89.10sulfides, or other iron-bearing material, that is consumed in the production of direct
89.11reduced iron in this state is not subject to the tax imposed by this section on taconite,
89.12iron sulfides, or other iron-bearing material.
89.13    (3) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subdivision, no tax is imposed
89.14on direct reduced ore under this section during the facility's noncommercial production
89.15of direct reduced ore. The taconite or iron sulphides consumed in the noncommercial
89.16production of direct reduced ore is subject to the tax imposed by this section on taconite
89.17and iron sulphides. Three-year average production of direct reduced ore does not
89.18include production of direct reduced ore in any noncommercial year. Three-year average
89.19production for a direct reduced ore facility that has noncommercial production is the
89.20average of the commercial production of direct reduced ore for the current year and the
89.21previous two commercial years.
89.22    (4) This paragraph applies only to plants for which all environmental permits have
89.23been obtained and construction has begun before July 1, 2008.
89.24EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for production in 2011 and thereafter.

89.25    Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 298.28, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
89.26    Subd. 3. Cities; towns. (a) 12.5 12.2 cents per taxable ton, less any amount
89.27distributed under subdivision 8, and paragraph (b), must be allocated to the taconite
89.28municipal aid account to be distributed as provided in section 298.282.
89.29    (b) An amount must be allocated to towns or cities that is annually certified by
89.30the county auditor of a county containing a taconite tax relief area as defined in section
89.31273.134, paragraph (b) , within which there is (1) an organized township if, as of January
89.322, 1982, more than 75 percent of the assessed valuation of the township consists of iron
89.33ore or (2) a city if, as of January 2, 1980, more than 75 percent of the assessed valuation
89.34of the city consists of iron ore.
90.1    (c) The amount allocated under paragraph (b) will be the portion of a township's or
90.2city's certified levy equal to the proportion of (1) the difference between 50 percent of
90.3January 2, 1982, assessed value in the case of a township and 50 percent of the January 2,
90.41980, assessed value in the case of a city and its current assessed value to (2) the sum of
90.5its current assessed value plus the difference determined in (1), provided that the amount
90.6distributed shall not exceed $55 per capita in the case of a township or $75 per capita in
90.7the case of a city. For purposes of this limitation, population will be determined according
90.8to the 1980 decennial census conducted by the United States Bureau of the Census. If the
90.9current assessed value of the township exceeds 50 percent of the township's January 2,
90.101982, assessed value, or if the current assessed value of the city exceeds 50 percent of the
90.11city's January 2, 1980, assessed value, this paragraph shall not apply. For purposes of this
90.12paragraph, "assessed value," when used in reference to years other than 1980 or 1982,
90.13means the appropriate net tax capacities multiplied by 10.2.
90.14    (d) In addition to other distributions under this subdivision, three 3.1 cents per
90.15taxable ton for distributions in 2009 2012 and subsequent years must be allocated for
90.16distribution to towns that are entirely located within the taconite tax relief area defined
90.17in section 273.134, paragraph (b). For distribution in 2010 and subsequent years, the
90.18three-cent amount must be annually increased in the same proportion as the increase
90.19in the implicit price deflator as provided in section 298.24, subdivision 1. The amount
90.20available under this paragraph will be distributed to eligible towns on a per capita basis,
90.21provided that no town may receive more than $50,000 in any year under this paragraph.
90.22Any amount of the distribution that exceeds the $50,000 limitation for a town under this
90.23paragraph must be redistributed on a per capita basis among the other eligible towns, to
90.24whose distributions do not exceed $50,000.

90.25    Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 298.28, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
90.26    Subd. 6. Property tax relief. (a) In 2002 2012 and thereafter, 33.9 41.6 cents per
90.27taxable ton, less any amount required to be distributed under paragraphs (b) and (c), or
90.28section 298.2961, subdivision 5, must be allocated to St. Louis County acting as the
90.29counties' fiscal agent, to be distributed as provided in sections 273.134 to 273.136.
90.30(b) If an electric power plant owned by and providing the primary source of power
90.31for a taxpayer mining and concentrating taconite is located in a county other than the
90.32county in which the mining and the concentrating processes are conducted, .1875 cent per
90.33taxable ton of the tax imposed and collected from such taxpayer shall be paid to the county.
90.34(c) If an electric power plant owned by and providing the primary source of power
90.35for a taxpayer mining and concentrating taconite is located in a school district other than
91.1a school district in which the mining and concentrating processes are conducted, .4541
91.2cent per taxable ton of the tax imposed and collected from the taxpayer shall be paid to
91.3the school district.

91.4    Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 298.28, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
91.5    Subd. 7. Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board. For the 1998 2012 and
91.6subsequent years distribution, 6.5 8.3 cents per taxable ton shall be paid to the Iron Range
91.7Resources and Rehabilitation Board for the purposes of section 298.22. That amount
91.8shall be increased in 1999 and subsequent years in the same proportion as the increase
91.9in the implicit price deflator as provided in section 298.24, subdivision 1. The amount
91.10distributed pursuant to this subdivision shall be expended within or for the benefit of the
91.11taconite assistance area defined in section 273.1341. No part of the fund provided in this
91.12subdivision may be used to provide loans for the operation of private business unless the
91.13loan is approved by the governor.

91.14    Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 298.28, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
91.15    Subd. 9. Douglas J. Johnson economic protection trust fund. In 1999, 3.35 2012
91.16and subsequent years, 4.2 cents per taxable ton shall be paid to the Douglas J. Johnson
91.17economic protection trust fund.

91.18    Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 298.28, subdivision 9b, is amended to read:
91.19    Subd. 9b. Taconite environmental fund. In 2012 and subsequent years, five cents
91.20per ton, plus the amount paid to the fund in 2011 under subdivision 10, paragraph (b), must
91.21be paid to the taconite environmental fund for use under section 298.2961, subdivision 4.

91.22    Sec. 17. REPEALER.
91.23(a) Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 298.227; and 298.28, subdivisions 8, 9a,
91.249c, and 10, are repealed.
91.25(b) Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 298.285, is repealed.
91.26(c) Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 298.017, is repealed.
91.27EFFECTIVE DATE.Paragraph (a) is effective for distributions in 2012 and
91.28thereafter of taxes on production in 2011 and thereafter. Paragraph (b) is effective June 30,
91.292011. Paragraph (c) is effective for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2010.

92.1ARTICLE 7

92.2MISCELLANEOUS

92.3    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 270A.03, subdivision 2, is amended to
92.4read:
92.5    Subd. 2. Claimant agency. "Claimant agency" means any state agency, as defined
92.6by section 14.02, subdivision 2, the regents of the University of Minnesota, any district
92.7court of the state, any county, any statutory or home rule charter city, including a city
92.8that is presenting a claim for a municipal hospital or a public library or a municipal
92.9ambulance service, a hospital district, a private nonprofit hospital that leases its building
92.10from the county or city in which it is located, any ambulance service licensed under
92.11chapter 144E, any public agency responsible for child support enforcement, any public
92.12agency responsible for the collection of court-ordered restitution, and any public agency
92.13established by general or special law that is responsible for the administration of a
92.14low-income housing program, and the Minnesota collection enterprise as defined in
92.15section 16D.02, subdivision 8, for the purpose of collecting the costs imposed under
92.16section 16D.11. A county may act as a claimant agency on behalf of an ambulance service
92.17licensed under chapter 144E if the ambulance service's primary service area is located at
92.18least in part within the county, but more than one county may not act as a claimant agency
92.19for a licensed ambulance service with respect to the same debt.
92.20EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

92.21    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 270A.07, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
92.22    Subdivision 1. Notification requirement. (a) Any claimant agency, seeking
92.23collection of a debt through setoff against a refund due, shall submit to the commissioner
92.24information indicating the amount of each debt and information identifying the debtor, as
92.25required by section 270A.04, subdivision 3.
92.26(b) For each setoff of a debt against a refund due, the commissioner shall charge a fee
92.27of $15. The proceeds of fees shall be allocated by depositing $4 of each $15 fee collected
92.28into a Department of Revenue recapture revolving fund and depositing the remaining
92.29balance into the general fund. The sums deposited into the revolving fund are appropriated
92.30to the commissioner for the purpose of administering the Revenue Recapture Act.
92.31(c) For each debt for which a county acts as claimant agency on behalf of a licensed
92.32ambulance service, the county may charge the ambulance service a fee not to exceed the
92.33cost of administering the claim.
93.1(d) The claimant agency shall notify the commissioner when a debt has been
93.2satisfied or reduced by at least $200 within 30 days after satisfaction or reduction.
93.3EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

93.4    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 270C.13, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
93.5    Subdivision 1. Biennial report. The commissioner shall report to the legislature
93.6by March 1 of each odd-numbered year on the overall incidence of the income tax,
93.7sales and excise taxes, and property tax. The report shall present information on the
93.8distribution of the tax burden as follows: (1) for the overall income distribution, using
93.9a systemwide incidence measure such as the Suits index or other appropriate measures
93.10of equality and inequality; (2) by income classes, including at a minimum deciles of the
93.11income distribution; and (3) by other appropriate taxpayer characteristics. The report
93.12must also include information on the distribution of the burden of federal taxes borne
93.13by Minnesota residents.
93.14EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective beginning with the report due in
93.15March 2013.

93.16    Sec. 4. APPROPRIATION; TAX INCIDENCE REPORT.
93.17$15,000 in fiscal year 2012 and $15,000 in fiscal year 2013 are appropriated from
93.18the general fund to the commissioner of revenue for the change to the tax incidence
93.19report in section 3.

93.20    Sec. 5. CASH FLOW ACCOUNT REDUCTION.
93.21On July 1, 2011, the commissioner of management and budget shall cancel
93.22$216,000,000 of the balance in the cash flow account in Minnesota Statutes, section
93.2316A.152, to the general fund.

93.24    Sec. 6. BUDGET RESERVE REDUCTION.
93.25On July 1, 2011, the commissioner of management and budget shall cancel
93.26$8,665,000 of the balance in the budget reserve account in Minnesota Statutes, section
93.2716A.152, to the general fund.