Minnesota Legislature
HF 1932
as introduced - 88th Legislature (2013 - 2014) Posted on 02/25/2014 01:54pm
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A bill for an act
relating to taxation; property; phasing out the state general levy over six years;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 275.025, subdivision 1.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 275.025, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1.
Levy amount.
The state general levy is levied against
commercial-industrial property and seasonal residential recreational property, as defined in
this section. The state general levy deleted text begin base amountdeleted text end is deleted text begin $592,000,000deleted text end new text begin $700,500,000new text end for taxes
payable in deleted text begin 2002deleted text end new text begin 2014new text end . For taxes payable in subsequent years, the levy deleted text begin base amountdeleted text end is
deleted text begin increaseddeleted text end new text begin reducednew text end each year by deleted text begin multiplying the levy base amount for the prior year by the
sum of one plus the rate of increase, if any, in the implicit price deflator for government
consumption expenditures and gross investment for state and local governments prepared
by the Bureau of Economic Analysts of the United States Department of Commerce for
the 12-month period ending March 31 of the year prior to the year the taxes are payable
deleted text end new text begin $140,100,000. For taxes payable in 2019 and thereafter, the levy amount is zeronew text end . The tax
under this section is not treated as a local tax rate under section 469.177 and is not the
levy of a governmental unit under chapters 276A and 473F.
The commissioner shall increase or decrease the preliminary or final rate for a year
as necessary to account for errors and tax base changes that affected a preliminary or final
rate for either of the two preceding years. Adjustments are allowed to the extent that the
necessary information is available to the commissioner at the time the rates for a year must
be certified, and for the following reasons:
(1) an erroneous report of taxable value by a local official;
(2) an erroneous calculation by the commissioner; and
(3) an increase or decrease in taxable value for commercial-industrial or seasonal
residential recreational property reported on the abstracts of tax lists submitted under
section 275.29 that was not reported on the abstracts of assessment submitted under
section 270C.89 for the same year.
The commissioner may, but need not, make adjustments if the total difference in the tax
levied for the year would be less than $100,000.
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
new text begin
This section is effective beginning with taxes payable in 2014.
new text end