1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to aids to local government; providing 2017 city aid penalty forgiveness 
1.3 	to the city of Flensburg; appropriating money.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. 2017 CITY AID PENALTY FORGIVENESS; CITY OF FLENSBURG.
 1.6 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 477A.017, subdivision 3, the city of 
1.7 	Flensburg shall receive its aid payment for calendar year 2017 under Minnesota Statutes, 
1.8 	section 477A.013, that was withheld under Minnesota Statutes, section 477A.017, subdivision 
1.9 	3, and its small city assistance payment for calendar year 2017 under Minnesota Statutes, 
1.10 	section 162.145, that was withheld under subdivision 3, paragraph (c), of that section, 
1.11 	provided that the state auditor certifies to the commissioner of revenue that it received the 
1.12 	audited financial statement from the city for calendar year 2016 by June 1, 2018.
1.13 	(b) The commissioner of revenue shall make the payments under paragraph (a) to the 
1.14 	city no later than June 30, 2019. $38,400 in fiscal year 2019 is appropriated from the general 
1.15 	fund to the commissioner of revenue to make the payments under paragraph (a). This is a 
1.16 	onetime appropriation.

1.17 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.