HF 133

as introduced - 82nd Legislature (2001 - 2002) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to local government aids; increasing the city 
  1.3             aid base and the maximum aid for certain cities; 
  1.4             amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 477A.011, 
  1.5             subdivision 36. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 477A.011, 
  1.8   subdivision 36, is amended to read: 
  1.9      Subd. 36.  [CITY AID BASE.] (a) Except as provided in 
  1.10  paragraphs (b) to (n), "city aid base" means, for each city, the 
  1.11  sum of the local government aid and equalization aid it was 
  1.12  originally certified to receive in calendar year 1993 under 
  1.13  Minnesota Statutes 1992, section 477A.013, subdivisions 3 and 5, 
  1.14  and the amount of disparity reduction aid it received in 
  1.15  calendar year 1993 under Minnesota Statutes 1992, section 
  1.16  273.1398, subdivision 3. 
  1.17     (b) For aids payable in 1996 and thereafter, a city that in 
  1.18  1992 or 1993 transferred an amount from governmental funds to 
  1.19  its sewer and water fund, which amount exceeded its net levy for 
  1.20  taxes payable in the year in which the transfer occurred, has a 
  1.21  "city aid base" equal to the sum of (i) its city aid base, as 
  1.22  calculated under paragraph (a), and (ii) one-half of the 
  1.23  difference between its city aid distribution under section 
  1.24  477A.013, subdivision 9, for aids payable in 1995 and its city 
  1.25  aid base for aids payable in 1995. 
  2.1      (c) The city aid base for any city with a population less 
  2.2   than 500 is increased by $40,000 for aids payable in calendar 
  2.3   year 1995 and thereafter, and the maximum amount of total aid it 
  2.4   may receive under section 477A.013, subdivision 9, paragraph 
  2.5   (c), is also increased by $40,000 for aids payable in calendar 
  2.6   year 1995 only, provided that: 
  2.7      (i) the average total tax capacity rate for taxes payable 
  2.8   in 1995 exceeds 200 percent; 
  2.9      (ii) the city portion of the tax capacity rate exceeds 100 
  2.10  percent; and 
  2.11     (iii) its city aid base is less than $60 per capita. 
  2.12     (d) The city aid base for a city is increased by $20,000 in 
  2.13  1998 and thereafter and the maximum amount of total aid it may 
  2.14  receive under section 477A.013, subdivision 9, paragraph (c), is 
  2.15  also increased by $20,000 in calendar year 1998 only, provided 
  2.16  that: 
  2.17     (i) the city has a population in 1994 of 2,500 or more; 
  2.18     (ii) the city is located in a county, outside of the 
  2.19  metropolitan area, which contains a city of the first class; 
  2.20     (iii) the city's net tax capacity used in calculating its 
  2.21  1996 aid under section 477A.013 is less than $400 per capita; 
  2.22  and 
  2.23     (iv) at least four percent of the total net tax capacity, 
  2.24  for taxes payable in 1996, of property located in the city is 
  2.25  classified as railroad property. 
  2.26     (e) The city aid base for a city is increased by $200,000 
  2.27  in 1999 and thereafter and the maximum amount of total aid it 
  2.28  may receive under section 477A.013, subdivision 9, paragraph 
  2.29  (c), is also increased by $200,000 in calendar year 1999 only, 
  2.30  provided that: 
  2.31     (i) the city was incorporated as a statutory city after 
  2.32  December 1, 1993; 
  2.33     (ii) its city aid base does not exceed $5,600; and 
  2.34     (iii) the city had a population in 1996 of 5,000 or more. 
  2.35     (f) The city aid base for a city is increased by $450,000 
  2.36  in 1999 to 2008 and the maximum amount of total aid it may 
  3.1   receive under section 477A.013, subdivision 9, paragraph (c), is 
  3.2   also increased by $450,000 in calendar year 1999 only, provided 
  3.3   that: 
  3.4      (i) the city had a population in 1996 of at least 50,000; 
  3.5      (ii) its population had increased by at least 40 percent in 
  3.6   the ten-year period ending in 1996; and 
  3.7      (iii) its city's net tax capacity for aids payable in 1998 
  3.8   is less than $700 per capita. 
  3.9      (g) Beginning in 2002, the city aid base for a city is 
  3.10  equal to the sum of its city aid base in 2001 and the amount of 
  3.11  additional aid it was certified to receive under section 477A.06 
  3.12  in 2001.  For 2002 only, the maximum amount of total aid a city 
  3.13  may receive under section 477A.013, subdivision 9, paragraph 
  3.14  (c), is also increased by the amount it was certified to receive 
  3.15  under section 477A.06 in 2001. 
  3.16     (h) The city aid base for a city is increased by $150,000 
  3.17  for aids payable in 2000 and thereafter, and the maximum amount 
  3.18  of total aid it may receive under section 477A.013, subdivision 
  3.19  9, paragraph (c), is also increased by $150,000 in calendar year 
  3.20  2000 only, provided that: 
  3.21     (1) the city has a population that is greater than 1,000 
  3.22  and less than 2,500; 
  3.23     (2) its commercial and industrial percentage for aids 
  3.24  payable in 1999 is greater than 45 percent; and 
  3.25     (3) the total market value of all commercial and industrial 
  3.26  property in the city for assessment year 1999 is at least 15 
  3.27  percent less than the total market value of all commercial and 
  3.28  industrial property in the city for assessment year 1998. 
  3.29     (i) The city aid base for a city is increased by $200,000 
  3.30  in 2000 and thereafter, and the maximum amount of total aid it 
  3.31  may receive under section 477A.013, subdivision 9, paragraph 
  3.32  (c), is also increased by $200,000 in calendar year 2000 only, 
  3.33  provided that: 
  3.34     (1) the city had a population in 1997 of 2,500 or more; 
  3.35     (2) the net tax capacity of the city used in calculating 
  3.36  its 1999 aid under section 477A.013 is less than $650 per 
  4.1   capita; 
  4.2      (3) the pre-1940 housing percentage of the city used in 
  4.3   calculating 1999 aid under section 477A.013 is greater than 12 
  4.4   percent; 
  4.5      (4) the 1999 local government aid of the city under section 
  4.6   477A.013 is less than 20 percent of the amount that the formula 
  4.7   aid of the city would have been if the need increase percentage 
  4.8   was 100 percent; and 
  4.9      (5) the city aid base of the city used in calculating aid 
  4.10  under section 477A.013 is less than $7 per capita. 
  4.11     (j) The city aid base for a city is increased by $225,000 
  4.12  in calendar years 2000 to 2002 and the maximum amount of total 
  4.13  aid it may receive under section 477A.013, subdivision 9, 
  4.14  paragraph (c), is also increased by $225,000 in calendar year 
  4.15  2000 only, provided that: 
  4.16     (1) the city had a population of at least 5,000; 
  4.17     (2) its population had increased by at least 50 percent in 
  4.18  the ten-year period ending in 1997; 
  4.19     (3) the city is located outside of the Minneapolis-St. Paul 
  4.20  metropolitan statistical area as defined by the United States 
  4.21  Bureau of the Census; and 
  4.22     (4) the city received less than $30 per capita in aid under 
  4.23  section 477A.013, subdivision 9, for aids payable in 1999. 
  4.24     (k) The city aid base for a city is increased by $102,000 
  4.25  in 2000 and thereafter, and the maximum amount of total aid it 
  4.26  may receive under section 477A.013, subdivision 9, paragraph 
  4.27  (c), is also increased by $102,000 in calendar year 2000 only, 
  4.28  provided that: 
  4.29     (1) the city has a population in 1997 of 2,000 or more; 
  4.30     (2) the net tax capacity of the city used in calculating 
  4.31  its 1999 aid under section 477A.013 is less than $455 per 
  4.32  capita; 
  4.33     (3) the net levy of the city used in calculating 1999 aid 
  4.34  under section 477A.013 is greater than $195 per capita; and 
  4.35     (4) the 1999 local government aid of the city under section 
  4.36  477A.013 is less than 38 percent of the amount that the formula 
  5.1   aid of the city would have been if the need increase percentage 
  5.2   was 100 percent. 
  5.3      (l) The city aid base for a city is increased by $32,000 in 
  5.4   2001 and thereafter, and the maximum amount of total aid it may 
  5.5   receive under section 477A.013, subdivision 9, paragraph (c), is 
  5.6   also increased by $32,000 in calendar year 2001 only, provided 
  5.7   that: 
  5.8      (1) the city has a population in 1998 that is greater than 
  5.9   200 but less than 500; 
  5.10     (2) the city's revenue need used in calculating aids 
  5.11  payable in 2000 was greater than $200 per capita; 
  5.12     (3) the city net tax capacity for the city used in 
  5.13  calculating aids available in 2000 was equal to or less than 
  5.14  $200 per capita; 
  5.15     (4) the city aid base of the city used in calculating aid 
  5.16  under section 477A.013 is less than $65 per capita; and 
  5.17     (5) the city's formula aid for aids payable in 2000 was 
  5.18  greater than zero. 
  5.19     (m) The city aid base for a city is increased by $7,200 in 
  5.20  2001 and thereafter, and the maximum amount of total aid it may 
  5.21  receive under section 477A.013, subdivision 9, paragraph (c), is 
  5.22  also increased by $7,200 in calendar year 2001 only, provided 
  5.23  that: 
  5.24     (1) the city had a population in 1998 that is greater than 
  5.25  200 but less than 500; 
  5.26     (2) the city's commercial industrial percentage used in 
  5.27  calculating aids payable in 2000 was less than ten percent; 
  5.28     (3) more than 25 percent of the city's population was 60 
  5.29  years old or older according to the 1990 census; 
  5.30     (4) the city aid base of the city used in calculating aid 
  5.31  under section 477A.013 is less than $15 per capita; and 
  5.32     (5) the city's formula aid for aids payable in 2000 was 
  5.33  greater than zero. 
  5.34     (n) The city aid base for a city is increased by $45,000 in 
  5.35  2001 and thereafter, and the maximum amount of total aid it may 
  5.36  receive under section 477A.013, subdivision 9, paragraph (c), is 
  6.1   also increased by $45,000 in calendar year 2001 only, provided 
  6.2   that: 
  6.3      (1) the net tax capacity of the city used in calculating 
  6.4   its 2000 aid under section 477A.013 is less than $810 per 
  6.5   capita; 
  6.6      (2) the population of the city declined more than two 
  6.7   percent between 1988 and 1998; 
  6.8      (3) the net levy of the city used in calculating 2000 aid 
  6.9   under section 477A.013 is greater than $240 per capita; and 
  6.10     (4) the city received less than $36 per capita in aid under 
  6.11  section 477A.013, subdivision 9, for aids payable in 2000. 
  6.12     (o) The city aid base for a city is increased by $255,000 
  6.13  in 2002 and thereafter, and the maximum amount of total aid it 
  6.14  may receive under section 477A.013, subdivision 9, paragraph 
  6.15  (c), is also increased by $255,000 in calendar year 2002 only, 
  6.16  provided that: 
  6.17     (1) the net tax capacity of the city used in calculating 
  6.18  its 2001 aid under section 477A.013 is less than $870 per 
  6.19  capita; 
  6.20     (2) the 1999 population of the city was greater than 2,500 
  6.21  and the population of the city declined more than two percent 
  6.22  between 1988 and 1999; 
  6.23     (3) the net levy of the city used in calculating 2001 aid 
  6.24  under section 477A.013 is greater than $250 per capita; and 
  6.25     (4) the city received less than $52 per capita in aid under 
  6.26  section 477A.013, subdivision 9, for aids payable in 2001. 
  6.27     Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  6.28     Section 1 is effective for aids paid in 2002 and subsequent 
  6.29  years.