1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to state aids; adjusting aid amounts related 
  1.3             to the state assumption of district court costs; 
  1.4             amending Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, sections 
  1.5             273.1398, subdivision 4a; and 275.71, subdivision 2. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section 
  1.8   273.1398, subdivision 4a, is amended to read: 
  1.9      Subd. 4a.  [AID OFFSET FOR COURT COSTS.] (a) By July 15, 
  1.10  1999, the supreme court shall determine and certify to the 
  1.11  commissioner of revenue for each county, other than counties 
  1.12  located in the eighth judicial district, the county's share of 
  1.13  the costs assumed under Laws 1999, chapter 216, article 7, 
  1.14  during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2000, less an amount 
  1.15  equal to the county's share of transferred fines collected by 
  1.16  the district courts in the county during calendar year 1998.  
  1.17     (b) Payments to a county under subdivision 2 or section 
  1.18  273.166 for calendar year 2000 must be permanently reduced by an 
  1.19  amount equal to 75 percent of the net cost to the state for 
  1.20  assumption of district court costs as certified in paragraph (a).
  1.21     (c) Payments to a county under subdivision 2 or section 
  1.22  273.166 for calendar year 2001 must be permanently reduced by an 
  1.23  amount equal to 25 percent of the net cost to the state for 
  1.24  assumption of district court costs as certified in paragraph (a).
  1.25     (d) Payments to a county under subdivision 2 for calendar 
  2.1   year 2001 are permanently increased by an amount equal to 7.5 
  2.2   percent of the county's share of transferred fines collected by 
  2.3   the district courts in the county during calendar year 1998, as 
  2.4   determined under paragraph (a). 
  2.5      Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section 
  2.6   275.71, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  2.7      Subd. 2.  [LEVY LIMIT BASE.] (a) The levy limit base for a 
  2.8   local governmental unit for taxes levied in 1997 shall be equal 
  2.9   to the sum of: 
  2.10     (1) the amount the local governmental unit levied in 1996, 
  2.11  less any amount levied for debt, as reported to the department 
  2.12  of revenue under section 275.62, subdivision 1, clause (1), and 
  2.13  less any tax levied in 1996 against market value as provided for 
  2.14  in section 275.61; 
  2.15     (2) the amount of aids the local governmental unit was 
  2.16  certified to receive in calendar year 1997 under sections 
  2.17  477A.011 to 477A.03 before any reductions for state tax 
  2.18  increment financing aid under section 273.1399, subdivision 5; 
  2.19     (3) the amount of homestead and agricultural credit aid the 
  2.20  local governmental unit was certified to receive under section 
  2.21  273.1398 in calendar year 1997 before any reductions for tax 
  2.22  increment financing aid under section 273.1399, subdivision 5; 
  2.23     (4) the amount of local performance aid the local 
  2.24  governmental unit was certified to receive in calendar year 1997 
  2.25  under section 477A.05; and 
  2.26     (5) the amount of any payments certified to the local 
  2.27  government unit in 1997 under sections 298.28 and 298.282. 
  2.28     If a governmental unit was not required to report under 
  2.29  section 275.62 for taxes levied in 1997, the commissioner shall 
  2.30  request information on levies used for debt from the local 
  2.31  governmental unit and adjust its levy limit base accordingly. 
  2.32     (b) The levy limit base for a local governmental unit for 
  2.33  taxes levied in 1998 is equal to its adjusted levy limit base in 
  2.34  the previous year, subject to any adjustments under section 
  2.35  275.72 and multiplied by the increase that would have occurred 
  2.36  under subdivision 3, clause (3), if that clause had been in 
  3.1   effect for taxes levied in 1997. 
  3.2      (c) The levy limit base for a city with a population 
  3.3   greater than 2,500 for taxes levied in 1999 is limited to its 
  3.4   adjusted levy limit base in the previous year, subject to 
  3.5   adjustments under section 275.72. 
  3.6      (d) The levy limit base for a county for taxes levied in 
  3.7   1999 is limited to the difference between (1) its adjusted levy 
  3.8   limit base in the previous year subject to adjustments under 
  3.9   section 275.72, and (2) one-half of the county's share of the 
  3.10  net cost to the state for assumption of district court costs, as 
  3.11  reported by the supreme court to the commissioner of revenue 
  3.12  under section 273.1398, subdivision 4a, paragraph (a). 
  3.13     (e) The levy limit base for a county for taxes levied in 
  3.14  2000 is limited to the following amount: 
  3.15     (1) its adjusted levy limit base in the previous year, 
  3.16  subject to adjustments under section 275.72, minus 
  3.17     (2) one-half of the county's share of the net cost to the 
  3.18  state for assumption of district court costs, as reported by the 
  3.19  supreme court to the commissioner of revenue under section 
  3.20  273.1398, subdivision 4a, paragraph (a), plus 
  3.21     (3) the increase in its homestead and agricultural credit 
  3.22  aid under section 273.1398, subdivision 4a, paragraph (d). 
  3.23     Sec. 3.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  3.24     Section 1 is effective beginning with aids payable in 2001. 
  3.25  Section 2 is effective for taxes levied in 2000, payable in 
  3.26  2001, provided that the levy limits under Minnesota Statutes, 
  3.27  sections 275.71 to 275.74, are still in effect.