HF 1393

as introduced - 87th Legislature (2011 - 2012) Posted on 04/06/2011 08:47am

A bill for an act
relating to taxation; property; reducing state general levy on commercial-industrial
property; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 275.025, subdivisions 1, 4.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 275.025, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Levy amount.

The state general levy is levied against
commercial-industrial property and seasonal residential recreational property, as defined
in this section. The state general levy base amount new text begin for commercial-industrial property new text end is
deleted text begin $592,000,000 deleted text end new text begin $739,000,000 new text end for taxes payable in deleted text begin 2002 deleted text end new text begin 2012. The state general levy base
amount for seasonal recreational property is $40,600,000 for taxes payable in 2012 new text end . For
taxes payable in subsequent years, deleted text begin the deleted text end new text begin each new text end 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.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for taxes payable in 2012 and
thereafter.
new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2010, 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 uniform rate to all commercial-industrial tax
capacity and deleted text begin five percent of the state general tax must be levied by applying deleted text end a uniform
rate to all seasonal residential recreational tax capacity. 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 deleted text begin rate deleted text end new text begin rates new text end to each county auditor that shall be
used in spreading taxes.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for taxes payable in 2012 and
thereafter.
new text end