1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to local government; requiring cities and towns to impose aggregate host 
1.3 	fees;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 298.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. [298.76] AGGREGATE HOST FEE.
1.6 	A city or town shall impose an aggregate host fee, not to exceed 11 cents per cubic 
1.7 	yard or eight cents per ton in accordance with the measurement used for transport from the 
1.8 	extraction site or sale of aggregate material removed from any city or town. Twenty-five 
1.9 	percent of the aggregate host fee revenue must be used by the city or town only for the 
1.10 	purposes of mitigating and compensating for the adverse effects of aggregate mining 
1.11 	material. The remainder of the aggregate host fee may be credited to the general fund or 
1.12 	other designated fund of the city or town. The reporting and payment of fees under this 
1.13 	section shall be administered in the same manner as an aggregate removal tax under 
1.14 	section 298.75, except that if the county does not impose an aggregate removal tax, the 
1.15 	city or town is deemed the "county" for the purposes of reporting and payment.