as introduced - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
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Introduction | Posted on 03/23/2005 |
A bill for an act
relating to metropolitan transit; allowing
municipalities to contract with the Metropolitan
Council to join the metropolitan transit district;
authorizing a property tax levy; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2004, sections 473.446, subdivision 3;
473.4461.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 473.446,
subdivision 3, is amended to read:
Each county
treasurer shall collect and make settlement of the taxes levied
under subdivisions 1 and 1a new text begin and section 473.4461, subdivision 3,
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with the treasurer of the council. The levy of transit taxes
pursuant to this section shall not affect the amount or rate of
taxes which may be levied by any county or municipality or by
the council for other purposes authorized by law and shall be in
addition to any other property tax authorized by law.
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This section is effective for taxes
payable in 2006 and thereafter.
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Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 473.4461, is
amended to read:
Notwithstanding any provision of section 473.446 or any other
law, the Metropolitan Council may not levy a tax under section
473.446, subdivision 1, in any city or town not included in the
transit taxing district as it existed on January 1, 2001, unless
the council and the governing body of that city or town have
agreed on a service expansion plan.
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Notwithstanding section 473.446, subdivision 2, the Metropolitan
Council may enter into an agreement with a city or a town to
join the transit taxing district. The agreement shall describe
the types and levels of transit services to be provided within
the area comprising the city or town. The agreement may provide
for a period of time, not to exceed 8 years, during which the
area comprising the city or town will not be subject to the levy
under section 473.446, subdivision 1. The agreement must
provide that after a period of time, not to exceed 8 years, the
area comprising the city or town shall be subject to the levy
under section 473.446, subdivision 1.
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new text begin An agreement described in subdivision 2 may provide
for a transit tax to be levied within the area comprising the
city or town by the Metropolitan Council. The rate of tax may
not exceed the rate that the area comprising the city or town
would be subject to if it were a part of the transit district
under section 473.446, subdivision 2. A tax levied under this
subdivision may be used to fund transit operations or to pay the
costs of principal and interest for transit-related bonded
debt. The agreement may provide that the rate of tax levied
under this subdivision may vary within the area comprising the
city or town, as long as the rate in any portion of the area
does not exceed the rate that would be in effect under section
473.446, subdivision 1. If an agreement to join the transit
taxing district authorizes a levy under this subdivision, a copy
of that portion of the agreement must be filed with the auditor
or auditors of the county or counties containing the city or
town.
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This section is effective the day
following final enactment, for taxes payable in 2006 and
thereafter.
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