1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to taxation; minerals; modifying distribution of taconite municipal aid 
1.3 	account;amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 298.282, subdivision 1.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 298.282, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.6 		Subdivision 1.Distribution of taconite municipal aid account. The amount deposited 
1.7 	with the county as provided in section 298.28, subdivision 3, must be distributed as provided 
1.8 	by this section among: (1) the municipalities comprisinglocated within a taconite assistance 
1.9 	area under section 273.1341 that meet the criteria of section 273.1341, clause (1) or (2); (2) 
1.10 	a township that contains a state park consisting primarily of an underground iron ore mine; 
1.11 	and (3) a city located within five miles of that state park; and (4) a city located within six 
1.12 	miles of five other qualifying cities, each being referred to in this section as a qualifying 
1.13 	municipality.

1.14 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective beginning with distributions in 2020.