HF 2862

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

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to natural resources; modifying provisions of 
  1.3             the watershed district administrative fund; amending 
  1.4             Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 103D.905, subdivision 
  1.5             3. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 103D.905, 
  1.8   subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
  1.9      Subd. 3.  [ADMINISTRATIVE FUND.] An administrative fund, 
  1.10  consisting of an ad valorem tax levy, may not exceed 0.02418 
  1.11  percent of taxable market value, or $125,000, whichever is 
  1.12  less.  The money in the fund shall be used for all general 
  1.13  administrative expenses, including those for staff and office, 
  1.14  accounting, auditing, regulatory programs, enforcement, and 
  1.15  managers' per diems, and for the construction or implementation 
  1.16  and maintenance of projects of common benefit to the watershed 
  1.17  district.  The managers may make an annual levy for the 
  1.18  administrative fund as provided in section 103D.911.  In 
  1.19  addition to the annual administrative levy, the managers may 
  1.20  annually levy a tax not to exceed 0.00798 percent of taxable 
  1.21  market value for a period not to exceed 15 consecutive years to 
  1.22  pay the cost attributable to the basic water management features 
  1.23  of projects initiated by petition of a municipality of the 
  1.24  watershed district.