1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to the Cook county hospital district; 
  1.3             clarifying that the district is a municipal 
  1.4             corporation; providing that its levy may be adjusted 
  1.5             for inflation; amending Laws 1989, chapter 211, 
  1.6             section 8, subdivisions 2, as amended, 4, as amended. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Laws 1989, chapter 211, section 8, subdivision 
  1.9   2, as amended by Laws 2002, chapter 390, section 24, is amended 
  1.10  to read: 
  1.11     Subd. 2.  [OPERATION OF DISTRICT.] (a) A hospital district 
  1.12  created under this section shall be subject to Minnesota 
  1.13  Statutes, sections 447.32, except subdivision 1, to 447.41, and 
  1.14  except as provided otherwise in this act.  
  1.15     (b) A hospital district created under this section is a 
  1.16  municipal corporation and political subdivision of the state. 
  1.17     <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective upon compliance 
  1.18  with Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021, subdivision 3, by the 
  1.19  governing body of the Cook county hospital district. 
  1.20     Sec. 2.  Laws 1989, chapter 211, section 8, subdivision 4, 
  1.21  as amended by Laws 2002, chapter 390, section 24, is amended to 
  1.22  read: 
  1.23     Subd. 4.  [TAX LEVY.] The tax levied under Minnesota 
  1.24  Statutes, section 447.34, shall not exceed $300,000 in any year, 
  1.25  and its for taxes levied in 2002.  For taxes levied in 2003 and 
  1.26  subsequent years, the tax must not exceed the lesser of: 
  2.1      (1) the product of the hospital district's property tax 
  2.2   levy limitation for the previous year determined under this 
  2.3   subdivision, multiplied by 103 percent; or 
  2.4      (2) the product of the hospital district's property tax 
  2.5   levy limitation for the previous year determined under this 
  2.6   subdivision multiplied by the ratio of the most recent available 
  2.7   annual medical care expenditure category of the revised Consumer 
  2.8   Price Index, U.S. citywide average, for all urban consumers 
  2.9   prepared by the United States Department of Labor to the same 
  2.10  annual index for the previous year. 
  2.11     The proceeds of the tax may be used for all purposes of the 
  2.12  hospital district. 
  2.13     <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective upon compliance 
  2.14  with Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021, subdivision 3, by the 
  2.15  governing body of the Cook county hospital district.