1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to the city of Maplewood; authorizing a tax increment financing district.
1.3 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.4 	Section 1. CITY OF MAPLEWOOD; TAX INCREMENT FINANCING 
1.5 	DISTRICT; SPECIAL RULES.
 1.6 	(a) If the city of Maplewood elects, upon the adoption of a tax increment financing 
1.7 	plan for a district, the rules under this section apply to one or more redevelopment 
1.8 	tax increment financing districts established by the city or the economic development 
1.9 	authority of the city. The area within which the redevelopment tax increment districts may 
1.10 	be created is parcel 362922240002 (the "parcel") or any replatted parcels constituting 
1.11 	a part of the parcel and the adjacent rights-of-way and shall be referred to as the "3M 
1.12 	Renovation and Retention Project Area" or "project area."
1.13 	(b) The requirements for qualifying redevelopment tax increment districts under 
1.14 	Minnesota Statutes, section 469.174, subdivision 10, do not apply to the parcel, which is 
1.15 	deemed eligible for inclusion in a redevelopment tax increment district.
1.16 	(c) The 90 percent rule under Minnesota Statutes, section 469.176, subdivision 
1.17 	4j, does not apply to the parcel.
1.18 	(d) The expenditures outside district rule under Minnesota Statutes, section 
1.19 	469.1763, subdivision 2; the five-year rule under Minnesota Statutes, section 469.1763, 
1.20 	subdivision 3; and the use of revenues for decertification in Minnesota Statutes, section 
1.21 	469.1763, subdivision 4, do not apply to the parcel; however, expenditures shall only 
1.22 	be made within the project area.
1.23 	(e) If, after one year from the date of certification of the original net tax capacity 
1.24 	of the tax increment district, no demolition, rehabilitation, or renovation of property has 
2.1 	been commenced on a parcel located within the tax increment district, no additional tax 
2.2 	increment may be taken from that parcel, and the original net tax capacity of the parcel 
2.3 	shall be excluded from the original net tax capacity of the tax increment district. If 3M 
2.4 	Company subsequently commences demolition, rehabilitation, or renovation, the authority 
2.5 	shall certify to the county auditor that the activity has commenced, and the county auditor 
2.6 	shall certify the net tax capacity thereof as most recently certified by the commissioner 
2.7 	of revenue and add it to the original net tax capacity of the tax increment district. The 
2.8 	authority must submit to the county auditor evidence that the required activity has taken 
2.9 	place for each parcel in the district.
2.10 	(f) The provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 469.176, subdivision 4g, paragraph 
2.11 	(b), do not apply to a municipal fire station facility to be constructed within the project 
2.12 	area, which will be a city emergency operating center and will provide fire protection and 
2.13 	emergency medical services for the project area.
2.14 	(g) The provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 469.177, subdivision 1b, do not 
2.15 	apply to the first 412,000 square feet of new building.
2.16 	(h) The authority to approve a tax increment financing plan and to establish a tax 
2.17 	increment financing district under this section expires December 31, 2018.

2.18 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective upon approval by the governing body 
2.19 	of the city of Maplewood and upon compliance by the city with Minnesota Statutes, 
2.20 	section 645.021, subdivision 3.