1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to taxation; metropolitan revenue distribution; increasing the amount in 
1.3 	the livable communities fund;amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 473F.08, 
1.4 	subdivision 3b.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 473F.08, subdivision 3b, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 3b.Livable communities fund. (a) The Hennepin County auditor shall certify 
1.8 	the city of Bloomington's interest payments for 1987 for the bonds which were sold for 
1.9 	highway improvements pursuant to Laws 1986, chapter 391, section 2, paragraph (g), and 
1.10 	which were certified as an addition to the city of Bloomington's areawide levy for taxes 
1.11 	payable in 1988.
1.12 	(b) For taxes payable in 1996 through taxes payable in 1999, the Hennepin County 
1.13 	auditor shall certify the amount calculated by subtracting the amount certified under 
1.14 	subdivision 3a from the amount in paragraph (a). For taxes payable in 2000 and subsequent 
1.15 	years, the Hennepin County auditor shall certify the amount calculated in paragraph (a).
1.16 	(c) The Metropolitan Council may annually certify to the Ramsey County auditor the 
1.17 	amount calculated under paragraph (b), or a lesser amount, but not to exceed $5,000,000
1.18 	$10,000,000, to be used to provide funds for the cleanup of polluted lands in the metropolitan 
1.19 	area.
1.20 	(d) The amount certified under paragraph (c) shall be certified annually by the Ramsey 
1.21 	County auditor to the administrative auditor as an addition to the Metropolitan Council's 
1.22 	areawide levy under subdivision 5.

2.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective beginning with property taxes payable 
2.2 	in 2021.