HF 573

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

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to taxation; providing that certain lands 
  1.3             qualify for payments in lieu of taxation; modifying 
  1.4             the annual adjustment of payments in lieu of taxation; 
  1.5             amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 477A.11, 
  1.6             subdivisions 3 and 4; and 477A.145. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 477A.11, 
  1.9   subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
  1.10     Subd. 3.  [ACQUIRED NATURAL RESOURCES LAND.] "Acquired 
  1.11  natural resources land" means: 
  1.12     (1) any land presently administered by the commissioner in 
  1.13  which the state acquired by purchase, condemnation, or gift, a 
  1.14  fee title interest in lands which were previously privately 
  1.15  owned; and 
  1.16     (2) lands acquired by the state under chapter 84A that are 
  1.17  designated as state parks, state recreation areas, scientific 
  1.18  and natural areas, or wildlife management areas; and 
  1.19     (3) land leased or acquired by the state from the United 
  1.20  States of America through the United States Secretary of 
  1.21  Agriculture pursuant to Title III of the Bankhead Jones Farm 
  1.22  Tenant Act, which land is commonly referred to as land 
  1.23  utilization project land that is administered by the 
  1.24  commissioner.  
  1.25     [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective for payments 
  1.26  made in 2002 and thereafter. 
  2.1      Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 477A.11, 
  2.2   subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
  2.3      Subd. 4.  [OTHER NATURAL RESOURCES LAND.] "Other natural 
  2.4   resources land" means:  (1) any other land presently owned in 
  2.5   fee title by the state and administered by the commissioner, or 
  2.6   any tax-forfeited land, other than platted lots within a city or 
  2.7   those lands described under subdivision 3, clause (2), which is 
  2.8   owned by the state and administered by the commissioner or by 
  2.9   the county in which it is located; and (2) land leased by the 
  2.10  state from the United States of America through the United 
  2.11  States Secretary of Agriculture pursuant to Title III of the 
  2.12  Bankhead Jones Farm Tenant Act, which land is commonly referred 
  2.13  to as land utilization project land that is administered by the 
  2.14  commissioner. 
  2.15     [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective for payments 
  2.16  made in 2002 and thereafter. 
  2.17     Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 477A.145, is 
  2.18  amended to read: 
  2.19     477A.145 [INFLATION ADJUSTMENT.] 
  2.20     In 2001 2002 and each year thereafter, the amounts required 
  2.21  to be adjusted for inflation in sections 477A.12 and 477A.14 
  2.22  shall be increased to an amount equal to:  (1) the amount before 
  2.23  the inflation adjustment multiplied by (2) one plus the 
  2.24  percentage increase in the implicit price deflator for 
  2.25  government consumption expenditures and gross investment for 
  2.26  state and local governments prepared by the Bureau of Economic 
  2.27  Analysis of the United States Department of Commerce for the 
  2.28  period indicated below:  (i) the period starting with the first 
  2.29  quarter of 1994 1980 and ending with the third quarter of the 
  2.30  calendar year prior to the year in which aid is paid, provided 
  2.31  that lands acquired by the state under chapter 84A that are 
  2.32  designated as state parks, state recreation areas, scientific 
  2.33  and natural areas, or wildlife management areas are included in 
  2.34  the definition of acquired natural resource land under section 
  2.35  477A.11 for calculating payments in calendar year 2001 and 
  2.36  thereafter; (ii) otherwise the period starting with the first 
  3.1   quarter of 1987 and ending with the third quarter of the 
  3.2   calendar year prior to the year in which the aid is paid.  
  3.3   These adjusted amounts must be rounded to the nearest one-tenth 
  3.4   of a cent. 
  3.5      [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective for payments 
  3.6   made in 2002 and thereafter.