1.1                          A bill for an act
  1.2             relating to property taxation; local performance aid; 
  1.3             modifying eligibility requirements; allowing for 
  1.4             participation by school districts; amending Minnesota 
  1.5             Statutes 1996, section 477A.05. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 477A.05, is 
  1.8   amended to read: 
  1.9      477A.05 [LOCAL PERFORMANCE AID.] 
  1.10     Subdivision 1.  [QUALIFICATION.] By May 15, 1996, and March 
  1.11  31 25 of each year thereafter, the commissioner shall send a 
  1.12  local performance aid qualification form to each county and, 
  1.13  city, and school district in the state.  Jurisdictions that are 
  1.14  eligible to receive the aid must return the completed form by 
  1.15  June 30 in order to receive aid in the following calendar year.  
  1.16  For each determinator specified in subdivision 2, the form shall 
  1.17  have a space for the jurisdiction to indicate that it has 
  1.18  satisfied the conditions of the determinator.  For counties, the 
  1.19  form must be signed by the chair of the county board.  For 
  1.20  cities, the form must be signed by the mayor, if the city has a 
  1.21  mayor, and a member the chair of the city council.  For school 
  1.22  districts, the form must be signed by the chair of the school 
  1.23  board.  Applications may be filed jointly by jurisdictions 
  1.24  planning to spend the aid jointly. 
  1.25     Subd. 2.  [ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATOR.] For calendar year 
  2.1   1997 1998 and subsequent calendar years, a jurisdiction is 
  2.2   eligible to receive local performance aid if the jurisdiction 
  2.3   affirms that it will spend the aid on programs for which it has 
  2.4   developed a system of performance measures for the services 
  2.5   provided by the jurisdiction, and that these measures are will 
  2.6   allow for the measurement of continuous improvement and will be 
  2.7   regularly compiled and presented to the county or school board 
  2.8   or the city council at least once a year.  The jurisdiction must 
  2.9   identify the program or programs that are to be funded with the 
  2.10  aid.  A jurisdiction is also eligible for aid under this 
  2.11  determinator if it affirms that it is in the process of 
  2.12  developing and implementing a system of performance measures for 
  2.13  the program or programs for which the aid is being sought; 
  2.14  however, eligibility based upon being in the process of 
  2.15  development may not be used for more than two consecutive 
  2.16  years aid amounts under this section may not be spent on the 
  2.17  program or programs until the performance measurement system has 
  2.18  been instituted, unless the aid is being used to establish the 
  2.19  performance measurement system. 
  2.20     Subd. 3.  [DETERMINATION OF AID AMOUNT.] The commissioner 
  2.21  shall sum the populations of all jurisdictions that have met the 
  2.22  condition specified in subdivision 2.  The commissioner shall 
  2.23  determine a per capita aid amount by dividing the aggregate aid 
  2.24  available under subdivision 5 by the sum of the populations for 
  2.25  all qualifying jurisdictions, separately for counties and, 
  2.26  cities, and school districts.  Each jurisdiction shall then be 
  2.27  eligible for aid equal to the jurisdictions's population times 
  2.28  the per capita aid amount.  For purposes of this subdivision, 
  2.29  population means the most recent population established under 
  2.30  section 275.14 or 477A.011, subdivision 3, in the year in which 
  2.31  the aid is determined. 
  2.32     If the program qualifying for aid is either (1) a 
  2.33  collaborative program involving two or more jurisdictions, at 
  2.34  least one of which is a county, (2) a program that is efficient, 
  2.35  meaning that future total costs for providing the service will 
  2.36  be reduced as a result of the program, or (3) a program that is 
  3.1   innovative, in that it restructures the relationship between the 
  3.2   governments responsible for providing the services or 
  3.3   substantively changes the method for providing services, the 
  3.4   jurisdiction's population will be increased by a factor of 1.5 
  3.5   for the purposes of this subdivision.  If the program is both 
  3.6   collaborative and efficient, or both collaborative and 
  3.7   innovative, the jurisdiction's population will be increased by a 
  3.8   factor of two for the purposes of this subdivision.  The 
  3.9   jurisdiction shall indicate on its application whether it 
  3.10  qualifies for treatment under this paragraph. 
  3.11     Subd. 4.  [NOTIFICATION AND PAYMENT.] Jurisdictions shall 
  3.12  be notified of their aid under this section at the same time as 
  3.13  the notification for aid under section 477A.014, subdivision 1.  
  3.14  Payments of aid under this section shall be made on the dates 
  3.15  prescribed in section 477A.015. 
  3.16     Subd. 5.  [APPROPRIATION.] For payments to counties under 
  3.17  this section, there is The following amounts are annually 
  3.18  appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of 
  3.19  revenue an amount equal to the sum of $558,625 plus the amount 
  3.20  by which county aids were reduced under Laws 1996, chapter 471, 
  3.21  article 3, section 49, adjusted for inflation as provided under 
  3.22  section 477A.03, subdivision 3. for payments to cities under 
  3.23  this section, there is annually appropriated from the general 
  3.24  fund to the commissioner of revenue an amount equal to the sum 
  3.25  of $441,735 plus the amount by which city aids were reduced 
  3.26  under Laws 1996, chapter 471, article 3, section 49,: 
  3.27  $16,000,000 for counties, $13,000,000 for cities, and $6,000,000 
  3.28  for school districts.  For payments in 1999 and subsequent 
  3.29  years, the appropriated amounts are adjusted for inflation as 
  3.30  provided under section 477A.03, subdivision 3. 
  3.31     Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  3.32     Section 1 is effective beginning with aids payable in 1998.