HF 212

as introduced - 82nd Legislature (2001 - 2002) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to property taxation; airport property; 
  1.3             attaching the territory of Minneapolis-St. Paul 
  1.4             International Airport to special school district No. 
  1.5             1; eliminating the school district property tax 
  1.6             exemption for the St. Paul intermediate airport; 
  1.7             amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 473.625. 
  1.8   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.9      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 473.625, is 
  1.10  amended to read: 
  1.11     473.625 [DETACHING MAJOR AIRPORT LAND FROM CITY, SCHOOL 
  1.12  DISTRICT.] 
  1.13     (a) Lands constituting any major airport or a part thereof 
  1.14  now and which may hereafter be operated by any public 
  1.15  corporation organized under sections 473.601 to 473.679, and 
  1.16  embraced within any city or school district organized under the 
  1.17  laws of the state, are hereby detached from such city or school 
  1.18  district.  
  1.19     (b)(i) Except as provided in clause (ii), real and personal 
  1.20  property, including real and personal property otherwise taxable 
  1.21  under section 272.01, constituting all or part of an 
  1.22  intermediate airport operated by a public corporation organized 
  1.23  under sections 473.601 to 473.679 and embraced within a home 
  1.24  rule charter or statutory city or school district is exempt from 
  1.25  taxation by the city or school district. 
  1.26     (ii) The county assessor of the county where the property 
  2.1   under this paragraph is located shall determine the total market 
  2.2   value for all property at that site for assessment year 2001, 
  2.3   compare it to the market value of the property existing on that 
  2.4   site for the 1996 assessment, and report those market values to 
  2.5   the commission.  If the total market value has not increased by 
  2.6   at least 20 percent, the property tax exemption under clause (i) 
  2.7   shall expire and the property shall be taxable beginning in 
  2.8   assessment year 2001 and thereafter, for taxes payable in 2002 
  2.9   and thereafter.  The provisions of section 473.629 apply to 
  2.10  lands exempted from property tax under this paragraph. 
  2.11     (c) For the purposes of this section, an intermediate 
  2.12  airport is an airport that as of March 14, 1996, is a primary 
  2.13  reliever airport, provides general aviation services, has a 
  2.14  primary runway between 5,001 and 8,000 feet in length, and has 
  2.15  precision instrument capability. 
  2.16     [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective January 1, 
  2.17  2002, for taxes payable in 2002 and subsequent years. 
  2.18     Sec. 2.  [ATTACHMENT.] 
  2.19     The territory comprising the Minneapolis-St. Paul 
  2.20  International Airport is hereby attached to special school 
  2.21  district No. 1, Minneapolis. 
  2.22     [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective January 1, 
  2.23  2002, for taxes payable in 2002 and subsequent years. 
  2.24     Sec. 3.  [TAX BASE CERTIFICATIONS.] 
  2.25     The commissioner of revenue shall include the additional 
  2.26  tax base resulting from sections 1 and 2 in certifying school 
  2.27  district adjusted net tax capacities and referendum market 
  2.28  values to the commissioner of children, families, and learning 
  2.29  for determining levy amounts for taxes payable in 2002. 
  2.30     [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective the day 
  2.31  following final enactment.