HF 916

as introduced - 79th Legislature (1995 - 1996) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to taxation; providing an increased local 
  1.3             government aid distribution to certain cities; 
  1.4             amending Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 477A.013, 
  1.5             subdivision 9. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 477A.013, 
  1.8   subdivision 9, is amended to read: 
  1.9      Subd. 9.  [CITY AID DISTRIBUTION.] (a) In calendar year 
  1.10  1994 and thereafter, each city shall receive an aid distribution 
  1.11  equal to the sum of (1) the city formula aid under subdivision 
  1.12  8, and (2) its city aid base. 
  1.13     (b) The percentage increase for a first class city in 
  1.14  calendar year 1995 and thereafter shall not exceed the 
  1.15  percentage increase in the sum of the aid to all cities under 
  1.16  this section in the current calendar year compared to the sum of 
  1.17  the aid to all cities in the previous year. 
  1.18     (c) The total aid for any city, except a first class city, 
  1.19  shall not exceed the sum of (1) ten percent of the city's net 
  1.20  levy for the year prior to the aid distribution plus (2) its 
  1.21  total aid in the previous year before any increases or decreases 
  1.22  under sections 16A.711, subdivision 5, and 477A.0132. 
  1.23     (d) Notwithstanding paragraph (c), in 1995 only, for cities 
  1.24  which in 1992 or 1993 transferred an amount from governmental 
  1.25  funds to their sewer and water fund in an amount greater than 
  2.1   their net levy for taxes payable in the year in which the 
  2.2   transfer occurred, the total aid shall not exceed the sum of (1) 
  2.3   20 percent of the city's net levy for the year prior to the aid 
  2.4   distribution plus (2) its total aid in the previous year before 
  2.5   any increases or decreases under sections 16A.711, subdivision 
  2.6   5, and 477A.0132. 
  2.7      (e) For any city incorporated after January 1, 1975, in 
  2.8   which the taxable market value of all property has increased by 
  2.9   more than 50 percent from the 1990 assessment to the 1994 
  2.10  assessment, its city aid base is increased by $200,000 for 
  2.11  calendar year 1996 and thereafter.