1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to border city enterprise zones; authorizing 
  1.3             additional allocations; advancing a date for 
  1.4             designation of border city development zones; amending 
  1.5             Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 469.169, by adding a 
  1.6             subdivision; 469.1731, subdivision 3. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 469.169, is 
  1.9   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  1.10     Subd. 16.  [ADDITIONAL BORDER CITY ALLOCATIONS.] (a) In 
  1.11  addition to tax reductions authorized in subdivisions 7 to 15, 
  1.12  the commissioner shall allocate $750,000 for tax reductions to 
  1.13  border city enterprise zones in cities located on the western 
  1.14  border of the state.  The commissioner shall make allocations to 
  1.15  zones in cities on the western border on a per capita basis.  
  1.16  Allocations made under this subdivision may be used for tax 
  1.17  reductions as provided in section 469.171, or for other offsets 
  1.18  of taxes imposed on or remitted by businesses located in the 
  1.19  enterprise zone, but only if the municipality determines that 
  1.20  the granting of the tax reduction or offset is necessary in 
  1.21  order to retain a business within or attract a business to the 
  1.22  zone.  Any portion of the allocation provided in this paragraph 
  1.23  may alternatively be used for tax reductions under section 
  1.24  469.1732 or 469.1734. 
  1.25     (b) The commissioner shall allocate $750,000 for tax 
  1.26  reductions under section 469.1732 or 469.1734 to cities with 
  2.1   border city enterprise zones located on the western border of 
  2.2   the state.  The commissioner shall allocate this amount among 
  2.3   the cities on a per capita basis.  Any portion of the allocation 
  2.4   provided in this paragraph may alternatively be used for tax 
  2.5   reductions as provided in section 469.171. 
  2.6      <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective the day 
  2.7   following final enactment. 
  2.8      Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 469.1731, 
  2.9   subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
  2.10     Subd. 3.  [FILING.] The city must file a copy of the 
  2.11  resolution and development plan with the commissioner of trade 
  2.12  and economic development.  The designation takes effect for the 
  2.13  first calendar year that begins more than 90 30 days after the 
  2.14  filing. 
  2.15     <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective the day 
  2.16  following final enactment.