1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to taxation; property; authorizing an ad 
  1.3             valorem levy for watershed districts for certain 
  1.4             purposes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 
  1.5             103D.905, subdivision 5. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 103D.905, 
  1.8   subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
  1.9      Subd. 5.  [CONSTRUCTION OR IMPLEMENTATION FUND.] (a) A 
  1.10  construction or implementation fund consists of:  
  1.11     (1) the proceeds of watershed district bonds or notes or of 
  1.12  the sale of county bonds; 
  1.13     (2) construction or implementation loans from the pollution 
  1.14  control agency under sections 103F.701 to 103F.761, or from any 
  1.15  agency of the federal government; and 
  1.16     (3) special assessments, storm water charges, loan 
  1.17  repayments, and ad valorem tax levies levied or to be levied to 
  1.18  supply funds for the construction or implementation of the 
  1.19  projects of the watershed district, including reservoirs, 
  1.20  ditches, dikes, canals, channels, storm water facilities, sewage 
  1.21  treatment facilities, wells, and other works, and the expenses 
  1.22  incident to and connected with the construction or 
  1.23  implementation. 
  1.24     (b) Construction or implementation loans from the pollution 
  1.25  control agency under sections 103F.701 to 103F.761, or from an 
  2.1   agency of the federal government may be repaid from the proceeds 
  2.2   of watershed district bonds or notes or from the collections of 
  2.3   storm water charges, loan repayments, ad valorem tax levies, or 
  2.4   special assessments on properties benefited by the project.  
  2.5      (c) Any watershed district may levy an ad valorem tax not 
  2.6   to exceed 0.02418 percent of taxable market value for the 
  2.7   purposes of development, construction, and maintenance of 
  2.8   projects and programs of benefit to the district, provided, 
  2.9   however, that the watershed district does not have a 
  2.10  construction fund financed by a levy through a joint powers 
  2.11  agreement under section 471.59 or any other general or special 
  2.12  law for the same purposes and at the same time.  The levy under 
  2.13  this subdivision shall be in excess of any other levy authorized 
  2.14  under this section and is in addition to all other powers 
  2.15  granted by the state with reference to watershed districts. 
  2.16     <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective for taxes 
  2.17  levied in 2001, payable in 2002 and thereafter.