HF 1177

as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 03/30/2023 02:47pm

A bill for an act
relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a water treatment plant in
the city of Ramsey; providing a sales and use tax exemption for construction
materials used in the project; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 297A.71, subdivision 52.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 297A.71, subdivision 52, is amended to read:

Subd. 52.

Construction; certain local government facilities.

(a) Materials and supplies
used in and equipment incorporated into the construction, reconstruction, upgrade, expansion,
or remodeling of the following local government owned facilities are exempt:

(1) a new fire station, which includes firefighting, emergency management, public safety
training, and other public safety facilities in the city of Monticello if materials, supplies,
and equipment are purchased after January 31, 2019, and before January 1, 2022;

(2) a new fire station, which includes firefighting and public safety training facilities
and public safety facilities, in the city of Inver Grove Heights if materials, supplies, and
equipment are purchased after June 30, 2018, and before January 1, 2021;

(3) a fire station and police station, including access roads, lighting, sidewalks, and
utility components, on or adjacent to the property on which the fire station or police station
are located that are necessary for safe access to and use of those buildings, in the city of
Minnetonka if materials, supplies, and equipment are purchased after May 23, 2019, and
before January 1, 2022;

(4) the school building in Independent School District No. 414, Minneota, if materials,
supplies, and equipment are purchased after January 1, 2018, and before January 1, 2021;

(5) a fire station in the city of Mendota Heights, if materials, supplies, and equipment
are purchased after December 31, 2018, and before January 1, 2021; deleted text begin and
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(6) a Dakota County law enforcement collaboration center, also known as the Safety
and Mental Health Alternative Response Training (SMART) Center, if materials, supplies,
and equipment are purchased after June 30, 2019, and before July 1, 2021 deleted text begin . deleted text end new text begin ; and
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new text begin (7) a new water treatment plant in the city of Ramsey, if materials, supplies, and
equipment are purchased after December 31, 2022.
new text end

(b) The tax must be imposed and collected as if the rate under section 297A.62,
subdivision 1, applied and then refunded in the manner provided in section 297A.75.

(c) The total refund for the project listed in paragraph (a), clause (3), must not exceed
$850,000.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 2. new text begin RAMSEY; WATER TREATMENT PLANT.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Appropriation. new text end

new text begin $20,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds
fund to the Public Facilities Authority for a grant to the city of Ramsey to construct a new
water treatment plant to remove manganese and iron from the city's water supply.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Bond sale. new text end

new text begin To provide the money appropriated in this section from the bond
proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue bonds of
the state in an amount up to $20,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect
prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota
Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end