1.1                          A bill for an act
  1.2             relating to annexation; limiting the municipal tax 
  1.3             rate to the township rate applicable prior to 
  1.4             annexation until sewer and water are provided; 
  1.5             amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 414.033, by 
  1.6             adding a subdivision. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 414.033, is 
  1.9   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  1.10     Subd. 12a.  [PROPERTY TAX RATE; TOWNSHIP RATE TO APPLY.] An 
  1.11  area annexed under subdivision 2, clause (2), is established as 
  1.12  a separate taxing area in the annexing municipality.  Within the 
  1.13  separate taxing area, the municipality may not impose a tax rate 
  1.14  higher than the tax rate imposed by the township in that area 
  1.15  for the taxes payable year in which the annexation was effective 
  1.16  until the municipality has provided sewer and water service to 
  1.17  substantially all of the annexed area.  Once sewer and water 
  1.18  have been provided to substantially all properties in the 
  1.19  annexed area, the limitations of this subdivision no longer 
  1.20  apply. 
  1.21     Sec. 2.  [APPLICATION; EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  1.22     Section 1 applies to any annexation effective on or after 
  1.23  June 1, 1999, and is effective for taxes payable in 2002 and 
  1.24  after.