HF 2035

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

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to transportation; allocating proceeds from 
  1.3             sales tax on motor vehicles to highway user tax 
  1.4             distribution fund; proposing an amendment to the 
  1.5             Minnesota Constitution, article XIV, section 5, and by 
  1.6             adding a section; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, 
  1.7             sections 174.32, subdivision 2; 297B.09, subdivision 1.
  1.8   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.9      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 174.32, 
  1.10  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  1.11     Subd. 2.  [TRANSIT ASSISTANCE FUND; DISTRIBUTION.] The 
  1.12  transit assistance fund receives money distributed under section 
  1.13  297B.09.  Eighty percent of the receipts of the fund must be 
  1.14  placed into a metropolitan account for distribution to 
  1.15  recipients located in the metropolitan area and 20 percent into 
  1.16  a separate account for distribution to recipients located 
  1.17  outside of the metropolitan area.  Except as otherwise provided 
  1.18  in this subdivision, the metropolitan council is responsible for 
  1.19  distributing assistance from the metropolitan account, and the 
  1.20  commissioner is responsible for distributing assistance from the 
  1.21  other account.  
  1.22     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 297B.09, 
  1.23  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  1.24     Subdivision 1.  [GENERAL FUND SHARE TAX PROCEEDS 
  1.25  DEPOSITED.] All money collected and received under this chapter 
  1.26  must be deposited as provided in this subdivision.  
  2.1      Thirty-two percent of the money collected and received must 
  2.2   be deposited in the highway user tax distribution fund, and the 
  2.3   remaining 68 percent of the money must be deposited in the 
  2.4   general fund.  
  2.5      Sec. 3.  [CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PROPOSED.] 
  2.6      An amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, changing 
  2.7   article XIV, is proposed to the people. 
  2.8      If the amendment is adopted, article XIV, section 5, will 
  2.9   read: 
  2.10     Sec. 5.  There is hereby created a highway user tax 
  2.11  distribution fund to be used solely for highway purposes as 
  2.12  specified in this article.  The fund consists of the proceeds of 
  2.13  any taxes authorized by sections 9 and, 10, and 12 of this 
  2.14  article.  The net proceeds of the taxes shall be apportioned:  
  2.15  62 percent to the trunk highway fund; 29 percent to the county 
  2.16  state-aid highway fund; nine percent to the municipal state-aid 
  2.17  street fund.  Five percent of the net proceeds of the highway 
  2.18  user tax distribution fund may be set aside and apportioned by 
  2.19  law to one or more of the three foregoing funds.  The balance of 
  2.20  the highway user tax distribution fund shall be transferred to 
  2.21  the trunk highway fund, the county state-aid highway fund, and 
  2.22  the municipal state-aid street fund in accordance with the 
  2.23  percentages set forth in this section.  No change in the 
  2.24  apportionment of the five percent may be made within six years 
  2.25  of the last previous change. 
  2.26     and article XIV shall be amended by adding a section to 
  2.27  read: 
  2.28     Sec. 12.  Of the net proceeds from any tax imposed by the 
  2.29  state on the sale of new and used motor vehicles, 100 percent 
  2.30  must be deposited in the highway user tax distribution fund. 
  2.31     Sec. 4.  [SUBMISSION TO VOTERS.] 
  2.32     The constitutional amendment proposed in section 3 must be 
  2.33  submitted to the people at the 2002 general election.  The 
  2.34  question submitted must be: 
  2.35     "Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to require 
  2.36  that 100 percent of the net proceeds from the state sales tax on 
  3.1   new and used motor vehicles must be deposited in the highway 
  3.2   user tax distribution fund? 
  3.3                                      Yes .......
  3.4                                      No ........"
  3.5      Sec. 5.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  3.6      Sections 1 to 4 are effective July 1, 2003, except that if 
  3.7   the constitutional amendment proposed in section 3 is not 
  3.8   adopted by the people at the 2002 general election, sections 1 
  3.9   to 4 shall not take effect.