1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to taxation; modifying the amount of casino 
  1.3             tax revenues distributed to Itasca and Cass counties. 
  1.4   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.5      Section 1.  [ITASCA AND CASS COUNTIES; DISTRIBUTION OF 
  1.6   CASINO TAX REVENUES.] 
  1.7      Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, in the case 
  1.8   of one tribal government that operates three casinos, two of 
  1.9   which are located in Cass county, and one of which is located in 
  1.10  Itasca county, the payments to the counties under Minnesota 
  1.11  Statutes, section 270.60, subdivision 4, attributable to 
  1.12  agreements with that tribe, must be distributed, two-thirds to 
  1.13  Cass county, and one-third to Itasca county.  This section 
  1.14  applies to distributions in 2001, 2002, and 2003. 
  1.15     Sec. 2.  [LOCAL APPROVAL.] 
  1.16     Section 1 is effective upon approval by the governing 
  1.17  bodies of each of Itasca county and Cass county, and compliance 
  1.18  by each of them with Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021, 
  1.19  subdivision 3.