HF 964

as introduced - 80th Legislature (1997 - 1998) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act
  1.2             relating to education; expanding the uses of 
  1.3             interactive television revenue for school districts 
  1.4             that have completed construction of interactive 
  1.5             television systems; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, 
  1.6             section 124.91, subdivision 5. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 124.91, 
  1.9   subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
  1.10     Subd. 5.  [INTERACTIVE TELEVISION.] (a) A school district 
  1.11  with its central administrative office located within economic 
  1.12  development region one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, 
  1.13  eight, nine, and ten may apply to the commissioner of children, 
  1.14  families, and learning for ITV revenue up to the greater of .5 
  1.15  percent of the adjusted net tax capacity of the district or 
  1.16  $25,000 for.  Eligible interactive television expenditures 
  1.17  include the construction, maintenance, and lease costs of an 
  1.18  interactive television system for instructional purposes.  An 
  1.19  eligible school district that has completed the construction of 
  1.20  its interactive television system may also purchase computer 
  1.21  hardware and software used primarily for instructional purposes 
  1.22  and access to the Internet provided that its total expenditures 
  1.23  for interactive television maintenance and lease costs and for 
  1.24  computer hardware and software under this subdivision do not 
  1.25  exceed its interactive television revenue for fiscal year 1998.  
  1.26  The approval by the commissioner of children, families, and 
  2.1   learning and the application procedures set forth in subdivision 
  2.2   1 shall apply to the revenue in this subdivision.  In granting 
  2.3   the approval, the commissioner must consider whether the 
  2.4   district is maximizing efficiency through peak use and off-peak 
  2.5   use pricing structures. 
  2.6      (b) To obtain ITV revenue, a district may levy an amount 
  2.7   not to exceed the district's ITV revenue times the lesser of one 
  2.8   or the ratio of: 
  2.9      (1) the quotient derived by dividing the adjusted net tax 
  2.10  capacity of the district for the year before the year the levy 
  2.11  is certified by the actual pupil units in the district for the 
  2.12  year to which the levy is attributable; to 
  2.13     (2) 100 percent of the equalizing factor as defined in 
  2.14  section 124A.02, subdivision 8, for the year to which the levy 
  2.15  is attributable. 
  2.16     (c) A district's ITV aid is the difference between its ITV 
  2.17  revenue and the ITV levy. 
  2.18     (d) The revenue in the first year after reorganization for 
  2.19  a district that has reorganized under section 122.22, 122.23, or 
  2.20  122.241 to 122.247 shall be the greater of: 
  2.21     (1) the revenue computed for the reorganized district under 
  2.22  paragraph (a), or 
  2.23     (2)(i) for two districts that reorganized, 75 percent of 
  2.24  the revenue computed as if the districts involved in the 
  2.25  reorganization were separate, or 
  2.26     (ii) for three or more districts that reorganized, 50 
  2.27  percent of the revenue computed as if the districts involved in 
  2.28  the reorganization were separate. 
  2.29     (e) The revenue in paragraph (d) is increased by the 
  2.30  difference between the initial revenue and ITV lease costs for 
  2.31  leases that had been entered into by the preexisting districts 
  2.32  on the effective date of the consolidation or combination and 
  2.33  with a term not exceeding ten years.  This increased revenue is 
  2.34  only available for the remaining term of the lease.  However, in 
  2.35  no case shall the revenue exceed the amount available had the 
  2.36  preexisting districts received revenue separately. 
  3.1      Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  3.2      Section 1 is effective July 1, 1997, for revenue for fiscal 
  3.3   years 1999 and later.