HF 747

as introduced - 88th Legislature (2013 - 2014) Posted on 02/21/2013 08:50am

A bill for an act
relating to taxation; property; modifying the definition of referendum market
value; modifying the state general levy; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012,
sections 126C.01, subdivision 3; 275.025, subdivisions 1, 4; repealing Minnesota
Statutes 2012, section 275.025, subdivision 3.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 126C.01, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

Referendum market value.

"Referendum market value" means the
market value of all taxable property, excluding property classified as class 2 deleted text begin , deleted text end new text begin or new text end 4c(4) deleted text begin , or
4c(12) deleted text end under section 273.13. The portion of class 2a property consisting of the house,
garage, and surrounding one acre of land of an agricultural homestead is included in
referendum market value. For the purposes of this subdivision, in the case of class 1a,
1b, or 2a property, "market value" means the value prior to the exclusion under section
273.13, subdivision 35. Any class of property, or any portion of a class of property, that is
included in the definition of referendum market value and that has a class rate of less than
one percent under section 273.13 shall have a referendum market value equal to its market
value times its class rate, multiplied by 100.

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new text begin This section is effective for taxes payable in 2014 and
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Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 275.025, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Levy amount.

The state general levy is levied against
commercial-industrial property deleted text begin and seasonal residential recreational property, deleted text end as defined in
this section. The state general levy base amount is deleted text begin $592,000,000 deleted text end new text begin $809,232,172 new text end for taxes
payable in deleted text begin 2002 deleted text end new text begin 2014 new text end . For taxes payable in subsequent years, the levy base amount is
increased each year by multiplying the levy base amount for the prior year by the sum
of one plus the rate of increase, if any, in the implicit price deflator for government
consumption expenditures and gross investment for state and local governments prepared
by the Bureau of Economic Analysts of the United States Department of Commerce for
the 12-month period ending March 31 of the year prior to the year the taxes are payable.
The tax under this section is not treated as a local tax rate under section 469.177 and is not
the levy of a governmental unit under chapters 276A and 473F.

The commissioner shall increase or decrease the preliminary or final rate for a year
as necessary to account for errors and tax base changes that affected a preliminary or final
rate for either of the two preceding years. Adjustments are allowed to the extent that the
necessary information is available to the commissioner at the time the rates for a year must
be certified, and for the following reasons:

(1) an erroneous report of taxable value by a local official;

(2) an erroneous calculation by the commissioner; and

(3) an increase or decrease in taxable value for commercial-industrial or seasonal
residential recreational property reported on the abstracts of tax lists submitted under
section 275.29 that was not reported on the abstracts of assessment submitted under
section 270C.89 for the same year.

The commissioner may, but need not, make adjustments if the total difference in the tax
levied for the year would be less than $100,000.

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Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 275.025, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

Subd. 4.

Apportionment and levy of state general tax.

deleted text begin Ninety-five percent of deleted text end The
state general tax must be levied by applying a deleted text begin uniform deleted text end rate to all commercial-industrial tax
capacity deleted text begin and five percent of the state general tax must be levied by applying a uniform rate
to all seasonal residential recreational tax capacity deleted text end . On or before October 1 each year,
the commissioner of revenue shall certify the preliminary state general levy rates to each
county auditor that must be used to prepare the notices of proposed property taxes for taxes
payable in the following year. By January 1 of each year, the commissioner shall certify
the final state general levy rate to each county auditor that shall be used in spreading taxes.

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Sec. 4. new text begin REPEALER.
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new text begin Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 275.025, subdivision 3, new text end new text begin is repealed.
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new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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