HF 677

4th Engrossment - 88th Legislature (2013 - 2014) Posted on 08/26/2013 02:07pm

A bill for an act
relating to financing and operation of state and local government; making
changes to individual income, corporate franchise, property, sales and use,
estate, mineral, tobacco, alcohol, special, local, and other taxes and tax-related
provisions modifying the property tax refund; changing property tax aids and
credits; modifying the Sustainable Forest Incentive Act; modifying education
aids and levies; providing additional pension funding; modifying definitions and
distributions for property taxes; providing for property tax exemptions; modifying
the payment in lieu of tax provisions; modifying education aids and levies;
modifying tobacco tax provisions; making changes to additions and subtractions
from federal taxable income; providing for federal conformity; changing income
tax rates for individuals, estates, and trusts; providing income tax credits;
modifying estate tax provisions; providing for a state gift tax; expanding the sales
tax base; modifying the duty to collect and remit sales taxes for certain sellers;
imposing the sales tax on digital products and selected services; modifying the
definition of sale and purchase; modifying provisions for the rental motor vehicle
tax rate; providing for multiple points of use certificates; modifying sales tax
exemptions; authorizing local sales taxes; authorizing economic development
powers; modifying tax increment financing rules; providing authority,
organization, powers, duties, and requiring a prevailing wage for development
of a Destination Medical Center; authorizing state infrastructure aid; modifying
the distribution of taconite production taxes; authorizing taconite production tax
bonds for grants to school districts; modifying and providing provisions for
public finance; providing funding for legislative office facilities; modifying the
definition of market value for tax, debt, and other purposes; making conforming,
policy, and technical changes to tax provisions; requiring studies and reports;
appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 13.792;
16A.46; 16A.727; 38.18; 40A.15, subdivision 2; 69.011, subdivision 1; 69.021,
subdivisions 7, 8; 88.51, subdivision 3; 103B.102, subdivision 3; 103B.245,
subdivision 3; 103B.251, subdivision 8; 103B.335; 103B.3369, subdivision 5;
103B.635, subdivision 2; 103B.691, subdivision 2; 103C.501, subdivision 4;
103D.905, subdivisions 2, 3, 8; 103F.405, subdivision 1; 116J.8737, subdivisions
1, 2, 8; 117.025, subdivision 7; 118A.04, subdivision 3; 118A.05, subdivision
5; 123A.455, subdivision 1; 126C.10, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision;
126C.13, subdivision 4; 126C.17; 126C.48, subdivision 8; 127A.48, subdivision
1; 138.053; 144F.01, subdivision 4; 162.07, subdivisions 3, 4; 163.04, subdivision
3; 163.06, subdivision 6; 165.10, subdivision 1; 168.012, subdivision 9, by
adding a subdivision; 216C.436, subdivision 7; 237.52, subdivision 3, by adding
a subdivision; 270.077; 270.41, subdivisions 3, 5, by adding a subdivision;
270.45; 270B.01, subdivision 8; 270B.03, subdivision 1; 270B.12, subdivision
4; 270C.03, subdivision 1; 270C.34, subdivision 1; 270C.38, subdivision 1;
270C.42, subdivision 2; 270C.56, subdivision 1; 271.06, subdivision 2a, as added;
272.01, subdivision 2; 272.02, subdivisions 39, 97, by adding subdivisions;
272.03, subdivision 9, by adding subdivisions; 273.032; 273.061, subdivision
2; 273.0645; 273.11, subdivision 1; 273.114, subdivision 6; 273.117; 273.124,
subdivisions 3a, 13; 273.13, subdivisions 21b, 23, 25; 273.1398, subdivisions 3,
4; 273.19, subdivision 1; 273.372, subdivision 4; 273.39; 275.011, subdivision 1;
275.077, subdivision 2; 275.71, subdivision 4; 276.04, subdivision 2; 276A.01,
subdivisions 10, 12, 13, 15; 276A.06, subdivision 10; 279.01, subdivision 1, by
adding a subdivision; 279.02; 279.06, subdivision 1; 279.37, subdivisions 1a, 2;
281.14; 281.17; 287.05, by adding a subdivision; 287.08; 287.20, by adding a
subdivision; 287.23, subdivision 1; 287.385, subdivision 7; 289A.08, subdivision
3; 289A.10, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 289A.12, subdivision 14, by
adding a subdivision; 289A.18, by adding a subdivision; 289A.20, subdivisions
3, 4, by adding a subdivision; 289A.26, subdivisions 3, 4, 7, 9; 289A.55,
subdivision 9; 289A.60, subdivision 4; 290.01, subdivisions 19, as amended,
19b, 19c, 19d; 290.06, subdivisions 2c, 2d, by adding a subdivision; 290.0677,
subdivision 2; 290.068, subdivisions 3, 6a; 290.0681, subdivisions 1, 3, 4, 5, 10;
290.091, subdivisions 1, 2, 6; 290.0921, subdivision 3; 290.0922, subdivision 1;
290.095, subdivision 2; 290.10, subdivision 1; 290.17, subdivision 4; 290.191,
subdivision 5; 290.21, subdivision 4; 290.9705, subdivision 1; 290A.03,
subdivision 3; 290A.04, subdivisions 2, 2a, 4; 290B.04, subdivision 2; 290C.02,
subdivision 6; 290C.03; 290C.055; 290C.07; 291.005, subdivision 1; 291.03,
subdivisions 1, 8, 9, 10, 11, by adding a subdivision; 296A.01, subdivisions 7, 8,
14, 19, 20, 23, 24, 26, by adding a subdivision; 296A.09, subdivision 2; 296A.17,
subdivision 3; 296A.22, subdivisions 1, 3; 297A.61, subdivisions 3, 4, 10, 25,
38, 45, by adding subdivisions; 297A.64, subdivision 1; 297A.66, subdivision
3, by adding a subdivision; 297A.665; 297A.668, by adding a subdivision;
297A.67, subdivisions 7, 13, by adding a subdivision; 297A.68, subdivisions
2, 5, 42, by adding a subdivision; 297A.70, subdivisions 2, 4, 5, 7, 13, 14, by
adding subdivisions; 297A.71, by adding subdivisions; 297A.75, subdivisions
1, 2, 3; 297A.82, subdivision 4, by adding a subdivision; 297A.99, subdivision
1; 297B.11; 297E.021, subdivision 3; 297E.14, subdivision 7; 297F.01,
subdivisions 3, 19, 23, by adding subdivisions; 297F.05, subdivisions 1, 3, 4, by
adding subdivisions; 297F.09, subdivision 9; 297F.18, subdivision 7; 297F.24,
subdivision 1; 297F.25, subdivision 1; 297G.04, subdivision 2; 297G.09,
subdivision 8; 297G.17, subdivision 7; 297I.05, subdivisions 7, 11, 12; 297I.30,
subdivisions 1, 2; 297I.80, subdivision 1; 298.01, subdivisions 3, 3b; 298.018;
298.17; 298.227, as amended; 298.24, subdivision 1; 298.28, subdivisions 4, 6,
9c, 10; 325D.32, subdivision 2; 325F.781, subdivision 1; 349.166, subdivision
1; 353G.08, subdivision 2; 360.531; 360.66; 365.025, subdivision 4; 366.095,
subdivision 1; 366.27; 368.01, subdivision 23; 368.47; 370.01; 373.01,
subdivisions 1, 3; 373.40, subdivisions 1, 2, 4; 375.167, subdivision 1; 375.18,
subdivision 3; 375.555; 383A.80, subdivision 4; 383B.152; 383B.245; 383B.73,
subdivision 1; 383B.80, subdivision 4; 383D.41, by adding a subdivision;
383E.20; 383E.23; 385.31; 394.36, subdivision 1; 398A.04, subdivision 8;
401.05, subdivision 3; 403.02, subdivision 21, by adding subdivisions; 403.06,
subdivision 1a; 403.11, subdivision 1, by adding subdivisions; 410.32; 412.221,
subdivision 2; 412.301; 428A.02, subdivision 1; 428A.101; 428A.21; 430.102,
subdivision 2; 447.10; 450.19; 450.25; 458A.10; 458A.31, subdivision 1; 465.04;
469.033, subdivision 6; 469.034, subdivision 2; 469.053, subdivisions 4, 4a, 6;
469.071, subdivision 5; 469.107, subdivision 1; 469.169, by adding a subdivision;
469.176, subdivisions 4c, 4g, 6; 469.177, subdivisions 1a, 9, by adding
subdivisions; 469.180, subdivision 2; 469.187; 469.206; 469.319, subdivision
4; 469.340, subdivision 4; 471.24; 471.571, subdivisions 1, 2; 471.73; 473.325,
subdivision 2; 473.39, by adding a subdivision; 473.606, subdivision 3; 473.629;
473.661, subdivision 3; 473.667, subdivision 9; 473.671; 473.711, subdivision
2a; 473F.02, subdivisions 12, 14, 15, 23; 473F.08, subdivisions 3a, 10, by adding
a subdivision; 474A.04, subdivision 1a; 474A.062; 474A.091, subdivision 3a;
475.521, subdivisions 1, 2, 4; 475.53, subdivisions 1, 3, 4; 475.58, subdivisions
2, 3b; 475.73, subdivision 1; 477A.011, subdivisions 20, 30, 34, 42, by adding
subdivisions; 477A.0124, subdivision 2; 477A.013, subdivisions 1, 8, 9, by
adding a subdivision; 477A.015; 477A.03, subdivisions 2a, 2b, by adding a
subdivision; 477A.11, subdivisions 3, 4, by adding subdivisions; 477A.12,
subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 477A.14, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 641.23;
641.24; 645.44, by adding a subdivision; Laws 1971, chapter 773, section 1,
subdivision 2, as amended; Laws 1988, chapter 645, section 3, as amended;
Laws 1993, chapter 375, article 9, section 46, subdivisions 2, as amended, 5, as
amended; Laws 1998, chapter 389, article 8, section 43, subdivisions 1, 3, as
amended, 5, as amended; Laws 1999, chapter 243, article 6, section 11; Laws
2002, chapter 377, article 3, section 25, as amended; Laws 2005, First Special
Session chapter 3, article 5, section 37, subdivisions 2, 4; Laws 2006, chapter
259, article 11, section 3, as amended; Laws 2008, chapter 366, article 5, sections
26; 33; 34, as amended; article 7, section 19, subdivision 3, as amended; Laws
2009, chapter 88, article 2, section 46, subdivisions 1, 3; Laws 2010, chapter 216,
sections 11; 55; Laws 2010, chapter 389, article 1, section 12; article 5, section 6,
subdivision 6; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 116J;
116V; 124D; 136A; 270C; 287; 290A; 292; 403; 423A; 469; 477A; repealing
Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 16A.725; 97A.061; 256.9658; 272.69; 273.11,
subdivisions 1a, 22; 276A.01, subdivision 11; 289A.60, subdivision 31; 290.01,
subdivision 6b; 290.06, subdivision 22a; 290.0921, subdivision 7; 290.171;
290.173; 290.174; 297A.61, subdivision 27; 297A.68, subdivision 35; 473F.02,
subdivision 13; 477A.011, subdivisions 2a, 19, 21, 29, 31, 32, 33, 36, 39, 40, 41;
477A.013, subdivisions 11, 12; 477A.0133; 477A.0134; Laws 1973, chapter 567,
section 7, as amended; Laws 2009, chapter 88, article 4, section 23, as amended.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

ARTICLE 1

HOMESTEAD CREDIT REFUND AND RENTER PROPERTY TAX REFUND

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 290A.03, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

Income.

(1) "Income" means the sum of the following:

(a) federal adjusted gross income as defined in the Internal Revenue Code; and

(b) the sum of the following amounts to the extent not included in clause (a):

(i) all nontaxable income;

(ii) the amount of a passive activity loss that is not disallowed as a result of section
469, paragraph (i) or (m) of the Internal Revenue Code and the amount of passive activity
loss carryover allowed under section 469(b) of the Internal Revenue Code;

(iii) an amount equal to the total of any discharge of qualified farm indebtedness
of a solvent individual excluded from gross income under section 108(g) of the Internal
Revenue Code;

(iv) cash public assistance and relief;

(v) any pension or annuity (including railroad retirement benefits, all payments
received under the federal Social Security Act, Supplemental Security Income, and
veterans benefits), which was not exclusively funded by the claimant or spouse, or which
was funded exclusively by the claimant or spouse and which funding payments were
excluded from federal adjusted gross income in the years when the payments were made;

(vi) interest received from the federal or a state government or any instrumentality
or political subdivision thereof;

(vii) workers' compensation;

(viii) nontaxable strike benefits;

(ix) the gross amounts of payments received in the nature of disability income or
sick pay as a result of accident, sickness, or other disability, whether funded through
insurance or otherwise;

(x) a lump-sum distribution under section 402(e)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended through December 31, 1995;

(xi) contributions made by the claimant to an individual retirement account,
including a qualified voluntary employee contribution; simplified employee pension plan;
self-employed retirement plan; cash or deferred arrangement plan under section 401(k)
of the Internal Revenue Code; or deferred compensation plan under section 457 of the
Internal Revenue Code, to the extent the sum of amounts exceeds the retirement base
amount for the claimant and spouse;

(xii) to the extent not included in federal adjusted gross income, distributions received
by the claimant or spouse from a traditional or Roth style retirement account or plan;

(xiii) nontaxable scholarship or fellowship grants;

(xiii) (xiv) the amount of deduction allowed under section 199 of the Internal
Revenue Code;

(xiv) (xv) the amount of deduction allowed under section 220 or 223 of the Internal
Revenue Code;

(xv) (xvi) the amount of deducted for tuition expenses required to be added to
income under section 290.01, subdivision 19a, clause (12); under section 222 of the
Internal Revenue Code; and

(xvi) (xvii) the amount deducted for certain expenses of elementary and secondary
school teachers under section 62(a)(2)(D) of the Internal Revenue Code; and.

(xvii) unemployment compensation.

In the case of an individual who files an income tax return on a fiscal year basis, the
term "federal adjusted gross income" shall mean federal adjusted gross income reflected
in the fiscal year ending in the calendar year. Federal adjusted gross income shall not be
reduced by the amount of a net operating loss carryback or carryforward or a capital loss
carryback or carryforward allowed for the year.

(2) "Income" does not include:

(a) amounts excluded pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code, sections 101(a) and 102;

(b) amounts of any pension or annuity which was exclusively funded by the claimant
or spouse and which funding payments were not excluded from federal adjusted gross
income in the years when the payments were made;

(c) to the extent included in federal adjusted gross income, amounts contributed by
the claimant or spouse to a traditional or Roth style retirement account or plan, but not
to exceed the retirement base amount reduced by the amount of contributions excluded
from federal adjusted gross income, but not less than zero;

(d) surplus food or other relief in kind supplied by a governmental agency;

(d) (e) relief granted under this chapter;

(e) (f) child support payments received under a temporary or final decree of
dissolution or legal separation; or

(f) (g) restitution payments received by eligible individuals and excludable interest
as defined in section 803 of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of
2001, Public Law 107-16.

(3) The sum of the following amounts may be subtracted from income:

(a) for the claimant's first dependent, the exemption amount multiplied by 1.4;

(b) for the claimant's second dependent, the exemption amount multiplied by 1.3;

(c) for the claimant's third dependent, the exemption amount multiplied by 1.2;

(d) for the claimant's fourth dependent, the exemption amount multiplied by 1.1;

(e) for the claimant's fifth dependent, the exemption amount; and

(f) if the claimant or claimant's spouse was disabled or attained the age of 65
on or before December 31 of the year for which the taxes were levied or rent paid, the
exemption amount.

For purposes of this subdivision, the "exemption amount" means the exemption
amount under section 151(d) of the Internal Revenue Code for the taxable year for which
the income is reported; "retirement base amount" means the deductible amount for the
taxable year for the claimant and spouse under section 219(b)(5)(A) of the Internal
Revenue Code, adjusted for inflation as provided in section 219(b)(5)(D) of the Internal
Revenue Code, without regard to whether the claimant or spouse claimed a deduction;
and "traditional or Roth style retirement account or plan" means retirement plans under
sections 401, 403, 408, 408A, and 457 of the Internal Revenue Code.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective beginning with refunds based on
property taxes payable in 2014 and rent paid in 2013.

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 290A.04, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Homeowners; homestead credit refund.

A claimant whose property
taxes payable are in excess of the percentage of the household income stated below shall
pay an amount equal to the percent of income shown for the appropriate household
income level along with the percent to be paid by the claimant of the remaining amount
of property taxes payable. The state refund equals the amount of property taxes payable
that remain, up to the state refund amount shown below.

Household Income	Percent of Income	Percent Paid by Claimant	Maximum State Refund
$0 to 1,549	1.0 percent	15 percent	$	2,460
1,550 to 3,089	1.1 percent	15 percent	$	2,460
3,090 to 4,669	1.2 percent	15 percent	$	2,460
4,670 to 6,229	1.3 percent	20 percent	$	2,460
6,230 to 7,769	1.4 percent	20 percent	$	2,460
7,770 to 10,879	1.5 percent	20 percent	$	2,460
10,880 to 12,429	1.6 percent	20 percent	$	2,460
12,430 to 13,989	1.7 percent	20 percent	$	2,460
13,990 to 15,539	1.8 percent	20 percent	$	2,460
15,540 to 17,079	1.9 percent	25 percent	$	2,460
17,080 to 18,659	2.0 percent	25 percent	$	2,460
18,660 to 21,759	2.1 percent	25 percent	$	2,460
21,760 to 23,309	2.2 percent	30 percent	$	2,460
23,310 to 24,859	2.3 percent	30 percent	$	2,460
24,860 to 26,419	2.4 percent	30 percent	$	2,460
26,420 to 32,629	2.5 percent	35 percent	$	2,460
32,630 to 37,279	2.6 percent	35 percent	$	2,460
37,280 to 46,609	2.7 percent	35 percent	$	2,000
46,610 to 54,369	2.8 percent	35 percent	$	2,000
54,370 to 62,139	2.8 percent	40 percent	$	1,750
62,140 to 69,909	3.0 percent	40 percent	$	1,440
69,910 to 77,679	3.0 percent	40 percent	$	1,290
77,680 to 85,449	3.0 percent	40 percent	$	1,130
85,450 to 90,119	3.5 percent	45 percent	$	960
90,120 to 93,239	3.5 percent	45 percent	$	790
93,240 to 97,009	3.5 percent	50 percent	$	650
97,010 to 100,779	3.5 percent	50 percent	$	480

Household Income	Percent of Income	Percent Paid by Claimant	Maximum State Refund
$0 to 1,619	1.0 percent	15 percent	$	2,580
1,620 to 3,229	1.1 percent	15 percent	$	2,580
3,230 to 4,889	1.2 percent	15 percent	$	2,580
4,890 to 6,519	1.3 percent	20 percent	$	2,580
6,520 to 8,129	1.4 percent	20 percent	$	2,580
8,130 to 11,389	1.5 percent	20 percent	$	2,580
11,390 to 13,009	1.6 percent	20 percent	$	2,580
13,010 to 14,649	1.7 percent	20 percent	$	2,580
14,650 to 16,269	1.8 percent	20 percent	$	2,580
16,270 to 17,879	1.9 percent	25 percent	$	2,580
17,880 to 22,779	2.0 percent	25 percent	$	2,580
22,780 to 24,399	2.0 percent	30 percent	$	2,580
24,400 to 27,659	2.0 percent	30 percent	$	2,580
27,660 to 39,029	2.0 percent	35 percent	$	2,580
39,030 to 56,919	2.0 percent	35 percent	$	2,090
56,920 to 65,049	2.0 percent	40 percent	$	1,830
65,050 to 73,189	2.1 percent	40 percent	$	1,510
73,190 to 81,319	2.2 percent	40 percent	$	1,350
81,320 to 89,449	2.3 percent	40 percent	$	1,180
89,450 to 94,339	2.4 percent	45 percent	$	1,000
94,340 to 97,609	2.5 percent	45 percent	$	830
97,610 to 101,559	2.5 percent	50 percent	$	680
101,560 to 105,499	2.5 percent	50 percent	$	500

The payment made to a claimant shall be the amount of the state refund calculated
under this subdivision. No payment is allowed if the claimant's household income is
$100,780 $105,500 or more.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for refund claims based on taxes
payable in 2014 and thereafter.

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 290A.04, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:

Subd. 2a.

Renters.

A claimant whose rent constituting property taxes exceeds the
percentage of the household income stated below must pay an amount equal to the percent
of income shown for the appropriate household income level along with the percent to
be paid by the claimant of the remaining amount of rent constituting property taxes. The
state refund equals the amount of rent constituting property taxes that remain, up to the
maximum state refund amount shown below.

Household Income	Percent of Income	Percent Paid by Claimant	Maximum State Refund
$0 to 3,589	1.0 percent	5 percent	$	1,190
3,590 to 4,779	1.0 percent	10 percent	$	1,190
4,780 to 5,969	1.1 percent	10 percent	$	1,190
5,970 to 8,369	1.2 percent	10 percent	$	1,190
8,370 to 10,759	1.3 percent	15 percent	$	1,190
10,760 to 11,949	1.4 percent	15 percent	$	1,190
11,950 to 13,139	1.4 percent	20 percent	$	1,190
13,140 to 15,539	1.5 percent	20 percent	$	1,190
15,540 to 16,729	1.6 percent	20 percent	$	1,190
16,730 to 17,919	1.7 percent	25 percent	$	1,190
17,920 to 20,319	1.8 percent	25 percent	$	1,190
20,320 to 21,509	1.9 percent	30 percent	$	1,190
21,510 to 22,699	2.0 percent	30 percent	$	1,190
22,700 to 23,899	2.2 percent	30 percent	$	1,190
23,900 to 25,089	2.4 percent	30 percent	$	1,190
25,090 to 26,289	2.6 percent	35 percent	$	1,190
26,290 to 27,489	2.7 percent	35 percent	$	1,190
27,490 to 28,679	2.8 percent	35 percent	$	1,190
28,680 to 29,869	2.9 percent	40 percent	$	1,190
29,870 to 31,079	3.0 percent	40 percent	$	1,190
31,080 to 32,269	3.1 percent	40 percent	$	1,190
32,270 to 33,459	3.2 percent	40 percent	$	1,190
33,460 to 34,649	3.3 percent	45 percent	$	1,080
34,650 to 35,849	3.4 percent	45 percent	$	960
35,850 to 37,049	3.5 percent	45 percent	$	830
37,050 to 38,239	3.5 percent	50 percent	$	720
38,240 to 39,439	3.5 percent	50 percent	$	600
38,440 to 40,629	3.5 percent	50 percent	$	360
40,630 to 41,819	3.5 percent	50 percent	$	120

$0 to 4,909	1.0 percent	5 percent	$	2,000
4,910 to 6,529	1.0 percent	10 percent	$	2,000
6,530 to 8,159	1.1 percent	10 percent	$	1,950
8,160 to 11,439	1.2 percent	10 percent	$	1,900
11,440 to 14,709	1.3 percent	15 percent	$	1,850
14,710 to 16,339	1.4 percent	15 percent	$	1,800
16,340 to 17,959	1.4 percent	20 percent	$	1,750
17,960 to 21,239	1.5 percent	20 percent	$	1,700
21,240 to 22,869	1.6 percent	20 percent	$	1,650
22,870 to 24,499	1.7 percent	25 percent	$	1,650
24,500 to 27,779	1.8 percent	25 percent	$	1,650
27,780 to 29,399	1.9 percent	30 percent	$	1,650
29,400 to 34,299	2.0 percent	30 percent	$	1,650
34,300 to 39,199	2.0 percent	35 percent	$	1,650
39,200 to 45,739	2.0 percent	40 percent	$	1,650
45,740 to 47,369	2.0 percent	45 percent	$	1,500
47,370 to 49,009	2.0 percent	45 percent	$	1,350
49,010 to 50,649	2.0 percent	45 percent	$	1,150
50,650 to 52,269	2.0 percent	50 percent	$	1,000
52,270 to 53,909	2.0 percent	50 percent	$	900
53,910 to 55,539	2.0 percent	50 percent	$	500
55,540 to 57,169	2.0 percent	50 percent	$	200

The payment made to a claimant is the amount of the state refund calculated under
this subdivision. No payment is allowed if the claimant's household income is $41,820
$57,170 or more.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for claims based on rent paid in
2013 and following years.

Sec. 4.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 290A.04, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

Subd. 4.

Inflation adjustment.

(a) Beginning for property tax refunds payable in
calendar year 2002, the commissioner shall annually adjust the dollar amounts of the
income thresholds and the maximum refunds under subdivisions 2 and 2a for inflation.
The commissioner shall make the inflation adjustments in accordance with section 1(f) of
the Internal Revenue Code, except that for purposes of this subdivision the percentage
increase shall be determined as provided in this subdivision.

(b) In adjusting the dollar amounts of the income thresholds and the maximum
refunds under subdivision 2 for inflation, the percentage increase shall be determined
from the year ending on June 30, 2011 2013, to the year ending on June 30 of the year
preceding that in which the refund is payable.

(c) In adjusting the dollar amounts of the income thresholds and the maximum
refunds under subdivision 2a for inflation, the percentage increase shall be determined
from the year ending on June 30, 2000 2013, to the year ending on June 30 of the year
preceding that in which the refund is payable.

(d) The commissioner shall use the appropriate percentage increase to annually
adjust the income thresholds and maximum refunds under subdivisions 2 and 2a for
inflation without regard to whether or not the income tax brackets are adjusted for inflation
in that year. The commissioner shall round the thresholds and the maximum amounts,
as adjusted to the nearest $10 amount. If the amount ends in $5, the commissioner shall
round it up to the next $10 amount.

(e) The commissioner shall annually announce the adjusted refund schedule at the
same time provided under section 290.06. The determination of the commissioner under
this subdivision is not a rule under the Administrative Procedure Act.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for refund claims based on taxes
payable in 2014 and rent paid in 2013 and following years.

Sec. 5.

[290A.28] NOTIFICATION OF POTENTIAL ELIGIBILITY.

Subdivision 1.

Notification of eligibility.

(a) By September 1, 2014, the
commissioner shall notify, in writing or electronically, individual homeowners whom the
commissioner determines may be eligible for a homestead credit refund under this chapter
for that property taxes payable year as provided in this section. In determining whether
to notify a homeowner, the commissioner shall consider the property tax information
available to the commissioner under paragraph (b) for the homeowner and must estimate
the homeowner's household income using the most recent income information available to
the commissioner from filing under this chapter for the prior year, under chapter 290 for
the current or prior year, and any other income information available to the commissioner.
For each homeowner, the commissioner must estimate the homestead credit refund
amount under the schedule in section 290A.04, subdivision 2, using the homeowner's
property tax amount and estimated household income. If the estimated homestead credit
refund is at least $1,000, the commissioner must notify the homeowner of potential
eligibility for the homestead credit refund. The notification must include information
on how to file for the homestead credit refund. The notification requirement under this
section does not apply to a homeowner who has already filed for the homestead credit
refund for the current or prior year.

(b) By May 15, 2014, each county auditor shall transmit to the commissioner
of revenue the following information for each property classified as a residential or
agricultural homestead under section 273.13, subdivision 22 or 23:

(1) the property taxes payable;

(2) the name and address of the owner;

(3) the Social Security number or numbers of the owners; and

(4) any other information the commissioner deems necessary or useful to carry
out the provisions of this section.

The information must be provided in the form and manner prescribed by the commissioner.

Subd. 2.

Reports.

(a) By March 15, 2015, the commissioner must provide a written
report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with
jurisdiction over taxes, in compliance with sections 3.195 and 3.197. The report must
provide information on the number and dollar amount of homeowner property tax refund
claims based on taxes payable in 2014, including:

(1) the number and dollar amount of claims projected for homestead credit refunds
based on taxes payable in 2014 prior to enactment of the notification requirement in
this section;

(2) the number of notifications issued as provided in this section, including the
number issued by county;

(3) preliminary information on the number and dollar amount of claims for
homestead credit refunds based on taxes payable in 2014; and

(4) a description of any outreach efforts undertaken by the commissioner for
homestead credit refunds based on taxes payable in 2014, in addition to the notification
required in this section.

(b) By February 1, 2016, the commissioner must provide a written report to the chairs
and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over taxes,
in compliance with sections 3.195 and 3.197. The report must include the information
required in paragraph (a) and must also include final information on the number and dollar
amount of claims for homestead credit refunds based on taxes payable in 2014.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for refund claims based on property
taxes payable in 2014.

ARTICLE 2

PROPERTY TAX AIDS AND CREDITS

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 273.1398, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

Subd. 4.

Disparity reduction credit.

(a) Beginning with taxes payable in 1989,
class 4a and class 3a property qualifies for a disparity reduction credit if: (1) the property
is located in a border city that has an enterprise zone, as defined in section 469.166; (2)
the property is located in a city with a population greater than 2,500 and less than 35,000
according to the 1980 decennial census; (3) the city is adjacent to a city in another state or
immediately adjacent to a city adjacent to a city in another state; and (4) the adjacent city
in the other state has a population of greater than 5,000 and less than 75,000 according to
the 1980 decennial census.

(b) The credit is an amount sufficient to reduce (i) the taxes levied on class 4a
property to 2.3 1.9 percent of the property's market value and (ii) the tax on class 3a
property to 2.3 1.9 percent of market value.

(c) The county auditor shall annually certify the costs of the credits to the
Department of Revenue. The department shall reimburse local governments for the
property taxes forgone as the result of the credits in proportion to their total levies.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective beginning with taxes payable in 2014.

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 290C.02, subdivision 6, is amended to read:

Subd. 6.

Forest land.

"Forest land" means land containing a minimum of 20
contiguous acres for which the owner has implemented a forest management plan that was
prepared or updated within the past ten years by an approved plan writer. For purposes of
this subdivision, acres are considered to be contiguous even if they are separated by a road,
waterway, railroad track, or other similar intervening property. At least 50 percent of the
contiguous acreage must meet the definition of forest land in section 88.01, subdivision
7. For the purposes of sections 290C.01 to 290C.11, forest land does not include (i)
land used for residential or agricultural purposes, (ii) land enrolled in the reinvest in
Minnesota program, a state or federal conservation reserve or easement reserve program
under sections 103F.501 to 103F.531, the Minnesota agricultural property tax law under
section 273.111, or land subject to agricultural land preservation controls or restrictions
as defined in section 40A.02 or under the Metropolitan Agricultural Preserves Act under
chapter 473H, or (iii) land exceeding 60,000 acres that is subject to a single conservation
easement funded under section 97A.056 or a comparable permanent easement conveyed
to a governmental or nonprofit entity; (iv) any land that becomes subject to a conservation
easement funded under section 97A.056 or a comparable permanent easement conveyed
to a governmental or nonprofit entity after May 30, 2013; or (v) land improved with a
structure, pavement, sewer, campsite, or any road, other than a township road, used for
purposes not prescribed in the forest management plan.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for certifications and applications
due in 2013 and thereafter.

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 290C.03, is amended to read:

290C.03 ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.

(a) Land may be enrolled in the sustainable forest incentive program under this
chapter if all of the following conditions are met:

(1) the land consists of at least 20 contiguous acres and at least 50 percent of the
land must meet the definition of forest land in section 88.01, subdivision 7, during the
enrollment;

(2) a forest management plan for the land must be prepared by an approved plan
writer and implemented during the period in which the land is enrolled;

(3) timber harvesting and forest management guidelines must be used in conjunction
with any timber harvesting or forest management activities conducted on the land during
the period in which the land is enrolled;

(4) the land must be enrolled for a minimum of eight years;

(5) there are no delinquent property taxes on the land; and

(6) claimants enrolling more than 1,920 acres in the sustainable forest incentive
program must allow year-round, nonmotorized access to fish and wildlife resources and
motorized access on established and maintained roads and trails, unless the road or trail is
temporarily closed for safety, natural resource, or road damage reasons on enrolled land
except within one-fourth mile of a permanent dwelling or during periods of high fire
hazard as determined by the commissioner of natural resources.

(b) Claimants required to allow access under paragraph (a), clause (6), do not by
that action:

(1) extend any assurance that the land is safe for any purpose;

(2) confer upon the person the legal status of an invitee or licensee to whom a duty
of care is owed; or

(3) assume responsibility for or incur liability for any injury to the person or property
caused by an act or omission of the person.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for calculations made in 2013 and
thereafter.

Sec. 4.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 290C.055, is amended to read:

290C.055 LENGTH OF COVENANT.

(a) The covenant remains in effect for a minimum of eight years. If land is removed
from the program before it has been enrolled for four years, the covenant remains in
effect for eight years from the date recorded.

(b) If land that has been enrolled for four years or more is removed from the program
for any reason, there is a waiting period before the covenant terminates. The covenant
terminates on January 1 of the fifth calendar year that begins after the date that:

(1) the commissioner receives notification from the claimant that the claimant wishes
to remove the land from the program under section 290C.10; or

(2) the date that the land is removed from the program under section 290C.11.

(c) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this section, the covenant is terminated:

(1) at the same time that the land is removed from the program due to acquisition of
title or possession for a public purpose under section 290C.10; or

(2) at the request of the claimant after a reduction in payments due to changes in the
payment formula under section 290C.07.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for calculations made in 2013 and
thereafter.

Sec. 5.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 290C.07, is amended to read:

290C.07 CALCULATION OF INCENTIVE PAYMENT.

(a) An approved claimant under the sustainable forest incentive program is eligible
to receive an annual payment. The payment shall equal $7 per acre for each acre enrolled
in the sustainable forest incentive program.

(b) The annual payment for each Social Security number or state or federal business
tax identification number must not exceed $100,000.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for calculations made in 2013 and
thereafter.

Sec. 6.

[423A.022] POLICE AND FIREFIGHTER RETIREMENT
SUPPLEMENTAL STATE AID.

Subdivision 1.

Supplemental state aid.

Annually, the commissioner of revenue
shall allocate police and firefighter retirement supplemental state aid appropriated under
subdivision 6 as provided in subdivision 2 and paid as provided in subdivision 4.

Subd. 2.

Allocation.

Of the total amount appropriated as supplemental state aid:

(1) 58.065 percent must be paid to the executive director of the Public Employees
Retirement Association for deposit in the public employees police and fire retirement fund
established by section 353.65, subdivision 1;

(2) 35.484 percent must be paid to municipalities other than municipalities solely
employing firefighters with retirement coverage provided by the public employees police
and fire retirement plan which qualified to receive fire state aid in that calendar year,
allocated in proportion to the most recent amount of fire state aid paid under section
69.021, subdivision 7, for the municipality bears to the most recent total fire state aid
for all municipalities other than the municipalities solely employing firefighters with
retirement coverage provided by the public employees police and fire retirement plan
paid under section 69.021, subdivision 7, with the allocated amount for fire departments
participating in the voluntary statewide lump-sum volunteer firefighter retirement plan
paid to the executive director of the Public Employees Retirement Association for deposit
in the fund established by section 353G.02, subdivision 3, and credited to the respective
account and with the balance paid to the treasurer of each municipality for transmittal
within 30 days of receipt to the treasurer of the applicable volunteer firefighter relief
association for deposit in its special fund; and

(3) 6.452 percent must be paid to the executive director of the Minnesota State
Retirement System for deposit in the state patrol retirement fund.

Subd. 3.

Reporting; definitions.

(a) On or before September 1, annually, the
executive director of the Public Employees Retirement Association shall report to the
commissioner of revenue the following:

(1) the municipalities which employ firefighters with retirement coverage by the
public employees police and fire retirement plan;

(2) the number of firefighters with public employees police and fire retirement plan
coverage employed by each municipality;

(3) the fire departments covered by the voluntary statewide lump-sum volunteer
firefighter retirement plan; and

(4) any other information requested by the commissioner to administer the police
and firefighter retirement supplemental state aid program.

(b) For this subdivision, (i) the number of firefighters employed by a municipality
who have public employees police and fire retirement plan coverage means the number
of firefighters with public employees police and fire retirement plan coverage that were
employed by the municipality for not less than 30 hours per week for a minimum of six
months prior to December 31 preceding the date of the payment under this section and, if
the person was employed for less than the full year, prorated to the number of full months
employed; and (ii) the number of active police officers certified for police state aid receipt
under section 69.011, subdivisions 2 and 2b, means, for each municipality, the number of
police officers meeting the definition of peace officer in section 69.011, subdivision 1,
counted as provided and limited by section 69.011, subdivisions 2 and 2b.

Subd. 4.

Payments; conditions prerequisite.

(a) The payments under this section
must be made on October 1 each year, with interest at one percent for each month, or
portion of a month, that the amount remains unpaid after October 1. Any necessary
adjustments must be made to subsequent payments.

(b) The provisions of sections 69.011 to 69.051 that prevent municipalities and relief
associations from being eligible for, or receiving fire state aid under sections 69.011 to
69.051 until the applicable financial reporting requirements have been complied with,
apply to the amounts payable to municipalities and relief associations under this section.

Subd. 5.

Aid termination.

The aid program under this section ends on the
December 1 next following the actuarial valuation date on which the assets of the
retirement plan on a market value basis equals or exceeds 90 percent of the total
actuarial accrued liabilities of the retirement plan as disclosed in an actuarial valuation
prepared under section 356.215 and the Standards for Actuarial Work promulgated by the
Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement, for the State Patrol retirement plan
or the public employees police and fire retirement plan, whichever occurs last.

Subd. 6.

Appropriation.

$15,500,000 is appropriated annually to the commissioner
of revenue for this aid program.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective beginning in the fiscal year beginning
July 1, 2013.

Sec. 7.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 477A.011, subdivision 30, is amended to read:

Subd. 30.

Pre-1940 housing percentage.

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b),
"pre-1940 housing percentage" for a city is 100 times the most recent federal census count
by the United States Bureau of the Census of all housing units in the city built before
1940, divided by the total number of all housing units in the city. Housing units includes
both occupied and vacant housing units as defined by the federal census. For aids payable
in 2014, "pre-1940 housing percentage" shall be based on 2010 housing data.

(b) For the city of East Grand Forks only, "pre-1940 housing percentage" is equal
to 100 times the 1990 federal census count of all housing units in the city built before
1940, divided by the most recent count by the United States Bureau of the Census of all
housing units in the city. Housing units includes both occupied and vacant housing units
as defined by the federal census.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for aids payable in calendar year
2014 and thereafter.

Sec. 8.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 477A.011, is amended by adding a
subdivision to read:

Subd. 30a.

Percent of housing built between 1940 and 1970.

"Percent of housing
built between 1940 and 1970" is equal to 100 times the most recent count by the United
States Bureau of the Census of all housing units in the city built after 1939 but before
1970, divided by the total number of all housing units in the city. Housing units includes
both occupied and vacant housing units as defined by the federal census. For aids payable
in 2014, "percent of housing built between 1940 and 1970" shall be based on 2010
housing data.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for aids payable in calendar year
2014 and thereafter.

Sec. 9.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 477A.011, subdivision 34, is amended to read:

Subd. 34.

City revenue need.

(a) For a city with a population equal to or greater
than 2,500 10,000, "city revenue need" is the greater of 285 or 1.15 times the sum of (1)
5.0734098 4.59 times the pre-1940 housing percentage; plus (2) 19.141678 times the
population decline percentage 0.622 times the percent of housing built between 1940 and
1970; plus (3) 2504.06334 times the road accidents factor 169.415 times the jobs per
capita; plus (4) 355.0547; minus (5) the metropolitan area factor; minus (6) 49.10638
times the household size the sparsity adjustment; plus (5) 307.664.

(b) For a city with a population equal to or greater than 2,500 and less than 10,000,
"city revenue need" is 1.15 times the sum of (1) 572.62; plus (2) 5.026 times the pre-1940
housing percentage; minus (3) 53.768 times household size; plus (4) 14.022 times peak
population decline.

(b) (c) For a city with a population less than 2,500, "city revenue need" is the sum of
(1) 2.387 times the pre-1940 housing percentage; plus (2) 2.67591 times the commercial
industrial percentage; plus (3) 3.16042 times the population decline percentage; plus (4)
1.206 times the transformed population; minus (5) 62.772 410 plus 0.367 times the city's
population over 100. The city revenue need under this paragraph shall not exceed 630.

(c) (d) For a city with a population of at least 2,500 or more and a population in one
of the most recently available five years that was less than 2,500, "city revenue need"
is the sum of (1) its city revenue need calculated under paragraph (a) multiplied by its
transition factor; plus (2) its city revenue need calculated under the formula in paragraph
(b) multiplied by the difference between one and its transition factor. For purposes of this
paragraph, a city's "transition factor" is equal to 0.2 multiplied by the number of years that
the city's population estimate has been 2,500 or more. This provision only applies for aids
payable in calendar years 2006 to 2008 to cities with a 2002 population of less than 2,500.
It applies to any city for aids payable in 2009 and thereafter but less than 3,000, the "city
revenue need" equals (1) the transition factor times the city's revenue need calculated in
paragraph (b) plus (2) 630 times the difference between one and the transition factor. For
a city with a population of at least 10,000 but less than 10,500, the "city revenue need"
equals (1) the transition factor times the city's revenue need calculated in paragraph (a)
plus (2) the city's revenue need calculated under the formula in paragraph (b) times the
difference between one and the transition factor. For purposes of this paragraph "transition
factor" is 0.2 percent times the amount that the city's population exceeds the minimum
threshold in either of the first two sentences.

(d) (e) The city revenue need cannot be less than zero.

(e) (f) For calendar year 2005 2015 and subsequent years, the city revenue need for
a city, as determined in paragraphs (a) to (d) (e), is multiplied by the ratio of the annual
implicit price deflator for government consumption expenditures and gross investment for
state and local governments as prepared by the United States Department of Commerce,
for the most recently available year to the 2003 2013 implicit price deflator for state
and local government purchases.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for aids payable in calendar year
2014 and thereafter.

Sec. 10.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 477A.011, subdivision 42, is amended to read:

Subd. 42.

City jobs base Jobs per capita.

(a) "City jobs base" for a city with a
population of 5,000 or more is equal to the product of (1) $25.20, (2) the number of
jobs per capita in the city, and (3) its population. For cities with a population less than
5,000, the city jobs base is equal to zero. For a city receiving aid under subdivision 36,
paragraph (k), its city jobs base is reduced by the lesser of 36 percent of the amount of
aid received under that paragraph or $1,000,000. No city's city jobs base may exceed
$4,725,000 under this paragraph.

(b) For calendar year 2010 and subsequent years, the city jobs base for a city, as
determined in paragraph (a), is multiplied by the ratio of the appropriation under section
477A.03, subdivision 2a, for the year in which the aid is paid to the appropriation under
that section for aids payable in 2009.

(c) For purposes of this subdivision, "Jobs per capita in the city" means (1) the
average annual number of employees in the city based on the data from the Quarterly
Census of Employment and Wages, as reported by the Department of Employment and
Economic Development, for the most recent calendar year available as of May 1, 2008
November 1 of every odd-numbered year, divided by (2) the city's population for the
same calendar year as the employment data. The commissioner of the Department of
Employment and Economic Development shall certify to the city the average annual
number of employees for each city by June 1, 2008 January 1, of every even-numbered
year beginning with January 1, 2014. A city may challenge an estimate under this
paragraph by filing its specific objection, including the names of employers that it feels
may have misreported data, in writing with the commissioner by June 20, 2008 December
1 of every odd-numbered year. The commissioner shall make every reasonable effort
to address the specific objection and adjust the data as necessary. The commissioner
shall certify the estimates of the annual employment to the commissioner of revenue by
July 15, 2008 January 1 of all even-numbered years, including any estimates still under
objection. For aids payable in 2014, "jobs per capita" shall be based on the annual number
of employees and population for calendar year 2010 without additional review.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for aids payable in calendar year
2014 and thereafter.

Sec. 11.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 477A.011, is amended by adding a
subdivision to read:

Subd. 44.

Peak population decline.

"Peak population decline" is equal to 100
times the difference between one and the ratio of the city's current population, to the
highest city population reported in a federal census from the 1970 census or later. "Peak
population decline" shall not be less than zero.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for aids payable in calendar year
2014 and thereafter.

Sec. 12.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 477A.011, is amended by adding a
subdivision to read:

Subd. 45.

Sparsity adjustment.

For a city with a population of 10,000 or more, the
sparsity adjustment is 100 for any city with an average population density less than 150
per square mile, according to the most recent federal census, and the sparsity adjustment is
zero for all other cities.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for aids payable in calendar year
2014 and thereafter.

Sec. 13.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 477A.013, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Towns.

In 2002, no town is eligible for a distribution under this
subdivision. In 2014 and thereafter, each town is eligible for a distribution under this
subdivision equal to the product of (i) its agricultural property factor, (ii) its town area
factor, (iii) its population factor, and (iv) 0.0045. As used in this subdivision, the following
terms have the meanings given them:

(1) "agricultural property factor" means the ratio of the adjusted net tax capacity of
agricultural property located in a town, divided by the adjusted net tax capacity of all other
property located in the town. The agricultural property factor cannot exceed eight;

(2) "agricultural property" means property classified under section 273.13, as
homestead and nonhomestead agricultural property, rural vacant land, and noncommercial
seasonal recreational property;

(3) "town area factor" means the most recent estimate of total acreage, not to exceed
50,000 acres, located in the township available as of July 1 in the aid calculation year,
estimated or established by:

(i) the United States Bureau of the Census;

(ii) the State Land Management Information Center; or

(iii) the secretary of state; and

(4) "population factor" means the square root of the towns' population.

If the sum of the aids payable to all towns under this subdivision exceeds the limit
under section 477A.03, subdivision 2c, the distribution to each town must be reduced
proportionately so that the total amount of aids distributed under this section does not
exceed the limit in section 477A.03, subdivision 2c.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for aids payable in calendar year
2014 and thereafter.

Sec. 14.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 477A.013, subdivision 8, is amended to read:

Subd. 8.

City formula aid.

(a) For aids payable in 2014 only, the formula aid for a
city is equal to the sum of (1) its 2013 certified aid and (2) the product of (i) the difference
between its unmet need and its 2013 certified aid and (ii) the aid gap percentage.

(b) For aids payable in 2015 and thereafter, the formula aid for a city is equal to
the sum of (1) its city jobs base, (2) its small city aid base, and (3) the need increase
percentage multiplied by the average of its unmet need for the most recently available two
years formula aid in the previous year and (2) the product of (i) the difference between
its unmet need and its certified aid in the previous year under subdivision 9, and (ii)
the aid gap percentage.

No city may have a formula aid amount less than zero. The need increase aid gap
percentage must be the same for all cities.

The applicable need increase aid gap percentage must be calculated by the
Department of Revenue so that the total of the aid under subdivision 9 equals the total
amount available for aid under section 477A.03. Data used in calculating aids to cities
under sections 477A.011 to 477A.013 shall be the most recently available data as of
January 1 in the year in which the aid is calculated except that the data used to compute "net
levy" in subdivision 9 is the data most recently available at the time of the aid computation.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for aids payable in calendar year
2014 and thereafter.

Sec. 15.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 477A.013, subdivision 9, is amended to read:

Subd. 9.

City aid distribution.

(a) In calendar year 2013 2014 and thereafter, each
city shall receive an aid distribution equal to the sum of (1) the city formula aid under
subdivision 8, and (2) its city aid base aid adjustment under subdivision 13.

(b) For aids payable in 2013 and 2014 only, the total aid in the previous year for
any city shall mean the amount of aid it was certified to receive for aids payable in 2012
under this section. For aids payable in 2015 and thereafter, the total aid in the previous
year for any city means the amount of aid it was certified to receive under this section in
the previous payable year.

(c) For aids payable in 2010 and thereafter, the total aid for any city shall not exceed
the sum of (1) ten percent of the city's net levy for the year prior to the aid distribution
plus (2) its total aid in the previous year. For aids payable in 2009 and thereafter, the total
aid for any city with a population of 2,500 or more may not be less than its total aid under
this section in the previous year minus the lesser of $10 multiplied by its population, or ten
percent of its net levy in the year prior to the aid distribution.

(d) (b) For aids payable in 2014 only, the total aid for a city may not be less than the
amount it was certified to receive in 2013. For aids payable in 2010 2015 and thereafter,
the total aid for a city with a population less than 2,500 must not be less than the amount
it was certified to receive in the previous year minus the lesser of $10 multiplied by its
population, or five percent of its 2003 certified aid amount. For aids payable in 2009 only,
the total aid for a city with a population less than 2,500 must not be less than what it
received under this section in the previous year unless its total aid in calendar year 2008
was aid under section 477A.011, subdivision 36, paragraph (s), in which case its minimum
aid is zero its net levy in the year prior to the aid distribution.

(e) A city's aid loss under this section may not exceed $300,000 in any year in
which the total city aid appropriation under section 477A.03, subdivision 2a, is equal or
greater than the appropriation under that subdivision in the previous year, unless the
city has an adjustment in its city net tax capacity under the process described in section
469.174, subdivision 28.

(f) If a city's net tax capacity used in calculating aid under this section has decreased
in any year by more than 25 percent from its net tax capacity in the previous year due to
property becoming tax-exempt Indian land, the city's maximum allowed aid increase
under paragraph (c) shall be increased by an amount equal to (1) the city's tax rate in the
year of the aid calculation, multiplied by (2) the amount of its net tax capacity decrease
resulting from the property becoming tax exempt.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for aids payable in calendar year
2014 and thereafter.

Sec. 16.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 477A.013, is amended by adding a
subdivision to read:

Subd. 13.

Certified aid adjustments.

(a) A city that received an aid base increase
under Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 477A.011, subdivision 36, paragraph (e), shall
have its total aid under subdivision 9 increased by an amount equal to $150,000 for aids
payable in 2014 through 2018.

(b) A city that received an aid base increase under section 477A.011, subdivision 36,
paragraph (r), shall have its total aid under subdivision 9 increased by an amount equal to
$160,000 for aids payable in 2014 and thereafter.

(c) A city that received a temporary aid increase under Minnesota Statutes 2012,
section 477A.011, subdivision 36, paragraph (o), shall have its total aid under subdivision
9 increased by an amount equal to $1,000,000 for aids payable in 2014 only.

Sec. 17.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 477A.015, is amended to read:

477A.015 PAYMENT DATES.

The commissioner of revenue shall make the payments of local government aid to
affected taxing authorities in two installments on July 20 and December 26 annually.

When the commissioner of public safety determines that a local government has
suffered financial hardship due to a natural disaster, the commissioner of public safety
shall notify the commissioner of revenue, who shall make payments of aids under sections
477A.011 to 477A.014, which are otherwise due on December 26, as soon as is practical
after the determination is made but not before July 20.

The commissioner may pay all or part of the payments of aids under sections
477A.011 to 477A.014, which are due on December 26 at any time after August 15 if a
local government requests such payment as being necessary for meeting its cash flow
needs. For aids payable in 2013 only, a city that is located in an area deemed a disaster
area during the month of April 2013, as defined in section 12A.02, subdivision 5, shall
receive its December 26, 2013 payment with its July 20, 2013 payment.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for aids payable in calendar year
2013 and thereafter.

Sec. 18.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 477A.03, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:

Subd. 2a.

Cities.

For aids payable in 2013 2014 and thereafter, the total aid paid
under section 477A.013, subdivision 9, is $426,438,012 $507,598,012. The total aid paid
under section 477A.013, subdivision 9, is $509,098,012 for aids payable in 2015. For aids
payable in 2016 and thereafter, the total aid paid under section 477A.013, subdivision
9, is $511,598,012.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for aids payable in calendar year
2014 and thereafter.

Sec. 19.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 477A.03, subdivision 2b, is amended to read:

Subd. 2b.

Counties.

(a) For aids payable in 2013 2014 and thereafter, the total aid
payable under section 477A.0124, subdivision 3, is $80,795,000 $100,795,000. Each
calendar year, $500,000 of this appropriation shall be retained by the commissioner
of revenue to make reimbursements to the commissioner of management and budget
for payments made under section 611.27. For calendar year 2004, the amount shall
be in addition to the payments authorized under section 477A.0124, subdivision 1.
For calendar year 2005 and subsequent years, the amount shall be deducted from the
appropriation under this paragraph. The reimbursements shall be to defray the additional
costs associated with court-ordered counsel under section 611.27. Any retained amounts
not used for reimbursement in a year shall be included in the next distribution of county
need aid that is certified to the county auditors for the purpose of property tax reduction
for the next taxes payable year.

(b) For aids payable in 2013 2014 and thereafter, the total aid under section
477A.0124, subdivision 4, is $84,909,575 $104,909,575. The commissioner of
management and budget shall bill the commissioner of revenue shall transfer to the
commissioner of management and budget $207,000 annually for the cost of preparation
of local impact notes as required by section 3.987, not to exceed $207,000 in fiscal year
2004 and thereafter and other local government activities. The commissioner of education
shall bill the commissioner of revenue for the cost of preparation of local impact notes for
school districts as required by section 3.987, not to exceed $7,000 in fiscal year 2004 and
thereafter shall transfer to the commissioner of education $7,000 annually for the cost of
preparation of local impact notes for school districts as required by section 3.987. The
commissioner of revenue shall deduct the amounts billed transferred under this paragraph
from the appropriation under this paragraph. The amounts deducted transferred are
appropriated to the commissioner of management and budget and the commissioner of
education for the preparation of local impact notes respectively.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for aid payable in 2014 and thereafter.

Sec. 20.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 477A.03, is amended by adding a
subdivision to read:

Subd. 2c.

Towns.

For aids payable in 2014, the total aids paid under section
477A.013, subdivision 1, is limited to $10,000,000. For aids payable in 2015 and
thereafter, the total aids paid under section 477A.013, subdivision 1, is limited to the
amount certified to be paid in the previous year.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for aids payable in calendar year
2014 and thereafter.

Sec. 21.

[477A.085] DEBT SERVICE AID; CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS.

On or before November 1, 2016, and the first day of each November thereafter, the
commissioner shall pay to the city of Minneapolis an amount equal to 40 percent of the
city's otherwise required levy to pay its general obligation library referendum bonds for
the following calendar year. The levy excludes any amount to pay bonds, other than
refunding bonds, issued after May 1, 2013. An amount sufficient to pay the aid under this
section is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of revenue.

Sec. 22.

[477A.10] NATURAL RESOURCES LAND PAYMENTS IN LIEU;
PURPOSE.

The purposes of sections 477A.11 to 477A.14 are:

(1) to compensate local units of government for the loss of tax base from state
ownership of land and the need to provide services for state land;

(2) to address the disproportionate impact of state land ownership on local units of
government with a large proportion of state land; and

(3) to address the need to manage state lands held in trust for the local taxing districts.

Sec. 23.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 477A.11, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

Acquired natural resources land.

"Acquired natural resources land"
means:

(1) any land, other than wildlife management land, presently administered by the
commissioner in which the state acquired by purchase, condemnation, or gift, a fee title
interest in lands which were previously privately owned; and

(2) lands acquired by the state under chapter 84A that are designated as state parks,
state recreation areas, scientific and natural areas, or wildlife management areas.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for aids payable in calendar year
2013 and thereafter.

Sec. 24.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 477A.11, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

Subd. 4.

Other natural resources land.

"Other natural resources land" means
any other land, other than acquired natural resource land or wildlife management land,
presently owned in fee title by the state and administered by the commissioner, or
any tax-forfeited land, other than platted lots within a city or those lands described
under subdivision 3, clause (2), which is owned by the state and administered by the
commissioner or by the county in which it is located.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for aids payable in calendar year
2013 and thereafter.

Sec. 25.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 477A.11, is amended by adding a
subdivision to read:

Subd. 6.

Military game refuge.

"Military game refuge" means land owned in
fee by another state agency for military purposes and designated as a state game refuge
under section 97A.085.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for aids payable in calendar year
2013 and thereafter.

Sec. 26.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 477A.11, is amended by adding a
subdivision to read:

Subd. 7.

Transportation wetland.

"Transportation wetland" means land
administered by the Department of Transportation in which the state acquired, by purchase
from a private owner, a fee title interest in over 500 acres of land within a county to
replace wetland losses from transportation projects.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for aids payable in calendar year
2013 and thereafter.

Sec. 27.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 477A.11, is amended by adding a
subdivision to read:

Subd. 8.

Wildlife management land.

"Wildlife management land" means land
administered by the commissioner in which the state acquired, from a private owner by
purchase, condemnation, or gift, a fee interest under the authority granted in chapter 94 or
97A for wildlife management purposes and actually used as a wildlife management area.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for aids payable in calendar year
2013 and thereafter.

Sec. 28.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 477A.12, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Types of land; payments.

(a) As an offset for expenses incurred
by counties and towns in support of natural resources lands, The following amounts are
annually appropriated to the commissioner of natural resources from the general fund for
transfer to the commissioner of revenue. The commissioner of revenue shall pay the
transferred funds to counties as required by sections 477A.11 to 477A.14. The amounts,
based on the acreage as of July 1 of each year prior to the payment year, are:

(1) for acquired natural resources land, $5.133 multiplied by the total number of acres
of acquired natural resources land or, at the county's option three-fourths of one percent of
the appraised value of all acquired natural resources land in the county, whichever is greater;

(2) $5.133, multiplied by the total number of acres of transportation wetland or, at
the county's option, three-fourths of one percent of the appraised value of all acquired
natural resources land in the county, whichever is greater;

(3) three-fourths of one percent of the appraised value of all wildlife management
land in the county;

(4) 50 percent of the dollar amount as determined under clause (1), multiplied by
the number of acres of military refuge land in the county;

$1.283 (5) $1.50, multiplied by the number of acres of county-administered other
natural resources land in the county;

(3) $1.283 (6) $5.133, multiplied by the total number of acres of land utilization
project land in the county; and

(4) 64.2 cents (7) $1.50, multiplied by the number of acres of
commissioner-administered other natural resources land located in each the county as of
July 1 of each year prior to the payment year.; and

(8) without regard to acreage, $300,000 for local assessments under section 84A.55,
subdivision 9.

(b) The amount determined under paragraph (a), clause (1), is payable for land
that is acquired from a private owner and owned by the Department of Transportation
for the purpose of replacing wetland losses caused by transportation projects, but only
if the county contains more than 500 acres of such land at the time the certification is
made under subdivision 2.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for aids payable in calendar year
2013 and thereafter.

Sec. 29.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 477A.12, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Procedure.

Lands for which payments in lieu are made pursuant to
section 97A.061, subdivision 3, and Laws 1973, chapter 567, shall not be eligible for
payments under this section. Each county auditor shall certify to the Department of
Natural Resources during July of each year prior to the payment year the number of acres
of county-administered other natural resources land within the county. The Department of
Natural resources may, in addition to the certification of acreage, require descriptive lists
of land so certified. The commissioner of natural resources shall determine and certify to
the commissioner of revenue by March 1 of the payment year:

(1) the number of acres and most recent appraised value of acquired natural
resources land, wildlife management land, and military refuge land within each county;

(2) the number of acres of commissioner-administered natural resources land within
each county;

(3) the number of acres of county-administered other natural resources land within
each county, based on the reports filed by each county auditor with the commissioner
of natural resources; and

(4) the number of acres of land utilization project land within each county.

The commissioner of transportation shall determine and certify to the commissioner
of revenue by March 1 of the payment year the number of acres of land transportation
wetland and the appraised value of the land described in subdivision 1, paragraph (b), but
only if it exceeds 500 acres in a county.

The commissioner of revenue shall determine the distributions provided for in this
section using the number of acres and appraised values certified by the commissioner of
natural resources and the commissioner of transportation by March 1 of the payment year.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for aids payable in calendar year
2013 and thereafter.

Sec. 30.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 477A.12, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

Determination of appraised value.

For the purposes of this section, the
appraised value of acquired natural resources land is the purchase price for the first five
years after acquisition until the next six-year appraisal required under this subdivision.
The appraised value of acquired natural resources land received as a donation is the value
determined for the commissioner of natural resources by a licensed appraiser, or the
county assessor's estimated market value if no appraisal is done. The appraised value must
be determined by the county assessor every five six years after the land is acquired. All
reappraisals shall be done in the same year as county assessors are required to assess
exempt land under section 273.18.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for aids payable in calendar year
2013 and thereafter.

Sec. 31.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 477A.14, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

General distribution.

Except as provided in subdivision 2 or in
section 97A.061, subdivision 5 subdivisions 2 and 3, 40 percent of the total payment to
the county shall be deposited in the county general revenue fund to be used to provide
property tax levy reduction. The remainder shall be distributed by the county in the
following priority:

(a) 64.2 cents, for each acre of county-administered other natural resources land shall
be deposited in a resource development fund to be created within the county treasury for
use in resource development, forest management, game and fish habitat improvement, and
recreational development and maintenance of county-administered other natural resources
land. Any county receiving less than $5,000 annually for the resource development fund
may elect to deposit that amount in the county general revenue fund;

(b) from the funds remaining, within 30 days of receipt of the payment to the county,
the county treasurer shall pay each organized township 51.3 cents for each acre of acquired
natural resources land and each acre of land described in section 477A.12, subdivision 1,
paragraph (b), and 12.8 cents for each acre of other natural resources land and each acre of
land utilization project land located within its boundaries ten percent of the amount received
under section 477A.12, subdivision 1, clauses (1), (2), and (5) to (7). Payments for natural
resources lands not located in an organized township shall be deposited in the county
general revenue fund. Payments to counties and townships pursuant to this paragraph shall
be used to provide property tax levy reduction, except that of the payments for natural
resources lands not located in an organized township, the county may allocate the amount
determined to be necessary for maintenance of roads in unorganized townships. Provided
that, if the total payment to the county pursuant to section 477A.12 is not sufficient to fully
fund the distribution provided for in this clause, the amount available shall be distributed
to each township and the county general revenue fund on a pro rata basis; and

(c) any remaining funds shall be deposited in the county general revenue fund.
Provided that, if the distribution to the county general revenue fund exceeds $35,000, the
excess shall be used to provide property tax levy reduction.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for aids payable in calendar year
2013 and thereafter.

Sec. 32.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 477A.14, is amended by adding a
subdivision to read:

Subd. 3.

Distribution for wildlife management lands and military refuge lands.

(a) The county treasurer shall allocate the payment for wildlife management land and
military game refuge land among the county, towns, and school districts on the same basis
as if the payments were taxes on the land received in the year. Payment of a town's or a
school district's allocation must be made by the county treasurer to the town or school
district within 30 days of receipt of the payment to the county. The county's share of the
payment shall be deposited in the county general revenue fund.

(b) The county treasurer of a county with a population over 39,000, but less than
42,000, in the 1950 federal census shall allocate the payment only among the towns and
school districts on the same basis as if the payments were taxes on the lands received
in the current year.

(c) If a town received a payment in calendar year 2006 or thereafter under this
subdivision, and subsequently incorporated as a city, the city shall continue to receive any
future year's allocations of wildlife land payments that would have been made to the town
had it not incorporated, provided that the payments shall terminate if the governing body
of the city passes an ordinance that prohibits hunting within the boundaries of the city.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for aids payable in calendar year
2013 and thereafter.

Sec. 33.

Laws 2006, chapter 259, article 11, section 3, as amended by Laws 2008,
chapter 154, article 1, section 4, is amended to read:

Sec. 3. MAHNOMEN COUNTY; COUNTY, CITY, SCHOOL DISTRICT,
PROPERTY TAX REIMBURSEMENT.

Subdivision 1.

Aid appropriation.

$600,000 $1,200,000 is appropriated annually
from the general fund to the commissioner of revenue to be used to make payments to
compensate for the loss of property tax revenue related to the trust conversion application
of the Shooting Star Casino. The commissioner shall pay the county of Mahnomen,
$450,000 $900,000; the city of Mahnomen, $80,000 $160,000; and Independent School
District No. 432, Mahnomen, $70,000 $140,000. The payments shall be made on July 20,
of 2008 2013 and each subsequent year.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for aids payable in calendar year
2013 and thereafter.

Sec. 34. INELIGIBILITY; SUSTAINABLE FOREST INCENTIVE PROGRAM.

Lands that no longer qualify as forest land under Minnesota Statutes, section
290C.02, subdivision 6, item (iii), are released from the covenant required under
Minnesota Statutes, section 290C.04.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 35. REENROLLMENT; SUSTAINABLE FOREST INCENTIVE
PROGRAM.

A person who elected to terminate participation in the sustainable forest incentive
program, as provided in Laws 2011, First Special Session chapter 7, article 6, section 12,
may reenroll lands for which the claimant terminated participation and be eligible for a
payment in October 2013. A person must apply for reenrollment under this section within
60 days after the effective date of this section.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 36. REPEALER.

(a) Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 477A.011, subdivisions 2a, 19, 29, 31, 32, 33,
36, 39, 40, and 41; 477A.013, subdivisions 11 and 12; 477A.0133; and 477A.0134, are
repealed.

(b) Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 97A.061, and Laws 1973, chapter 567, section
7, as amended by Laws 1977, chapter 403, section 12, are repealed on July 1, 2013.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for aids payable in calendar year
2014 and thereafter.

ARTICLE 3

EDUCATION AIDS AND LEVIES

Section 1.

[124D.862] ACHIEVEMENT AND INTEGRATION REVENUE.

Subdivision 1.

Initial achievement and integration revenue.

(a) An eligible
district's initial achievement and integration revenue equals the sum of (1) $350 times
the district's adjusted pupil units for that year times the ratio of the district's enrollment
of protected students for the previous school year to total enrollment for the previous
school year and (2) the greater of zero or 66 percent of the difference between the district's
integration revenue for fiscal year 2013 and the district's integration revenue for fiscal
year 2014 under clause (1).

(b) In each year, 0.3 percent of each district's initial achievement and integration
revenue is transferred to the department for the oversight and accountability activities
required under this section and section 124D.861.

Subd. 2.

Incentive revenue.

An eligible school district's maximum incentive
revenue equals $10 per adjusted pupil unit. In order to receive this revenue, a district must
be implementing a voluntary plan to reduce racial and economic enrollment disparities
through intradistrict and interdistrict activities that have been approved as a part of the
district's achievement and integration plan.

Subd. 3.

Achievement and integration revenue.

Achievement and integration
revenue equals the sum of initial achievement and integration revenue and incentive
revenue.

Subd. 4.

Achievement and integration aid.

For fiscal year 2015 and later,
a district's achievement and integration aid equals 70 percent of its achievement and
integration revenue.

Subd. 5.

Achievement and integration levy.

A district's achievement and
integration levy equals its achievement and integration revenue times 30 percent. For
Special School District No. 1, Minneapolis; Independent School District No. 625, St.
Paul; and Independent School District No. 709, Duluth, 100 percent of the levy certified
under this subdivision is shifted into the prior calendar year for purposes of sections
123B.75, subdivision 5, and 127A.441.

Subd. 6.

Revenue uses.

(a) At least 80 percent of a district's achievement and
integration revenue received under this section must be used for innovative and integrated
learning environments, school enrollment choices, family engagement activities, and other
approved programs providing direct services to students.

(b) Up to 20 percent of the revenue may be used for professional development and
staff development activities and placement services.

(c) No more than ten percent of the total amount of revenue may be spent on
administrative services.

Subd. 7.

Revenue reserved.

Integration revenue received under this section must
be reserved and used only for the programs authorized in subdivision 2.

Subd. 8.

Commissioner authority to withhold revenue.

(a) The commissioner
must review the results of each district's integration and achievement plan by August 1 at
the end of the third year of implementing the plan and determine if the district met its goals.

(b) If a district met its goals, it may submit a new three-year plan to the commissioner
for review.

(c) If a district has not met its goals, the commissioner must:

(1) develop a district improvement plan and timeline, in consultation with the
affected district, that identifies strategies and practices designed to meet the district's goals
under this section and section 120B.11; and

(2) use up to 20 percent of the district's integration revenue, until the district's goals
are reached, to implement the improvement plan.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2014 and
later. Subdivision 5 is effective for taxes payable in 2014 only.

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 126C.10, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

General education revenue.

(a) For fiscal years 2013 and 2014, the
general education revenue for each district equals the sum of the district's basic revenue,
extended time revenue, gifted and talented revenue, small schools revenue, basic skills
revenue, training and experience revenue, secondary sparsity revenue, elementary sparsity
revenue, transportation sparsity revenue, total operating capital revenue, equity revenue,
alternative teacher compensation revenue, and transition revenue.

(b) For fiscal year 2015 and later, the general education revenue for each district
equals the sum of the district's basic revenue, extended time revenue, gifted and
talented revenue, declining enrollment revenue, location equity revenue, small schools
revenue, basic skills revenue, secondary sparsity revenue, elementary sparsity revenue,
transportation sparsity revenue, total operating capital revenue, equity revenue, pension
adjustment revenue, and transition revenue.

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 126C.10, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

Subd. 2d.

Location equity revenue.

(a) For a school district with any of its area
located within the seven-county metropolitan area, location equity revenue equals $424
times the adjusted pupil units of the district for that school year.

(b) For all other school districts with more than 2,000 pupils in adjusted average
daily membership for the fiscal year ending in the year before the levy is certified, location
equity revenue equals $212 times the adjusted pupil units of the district for that year.

(c) A district's location equity levy equals its location equity revenue times the lesser
of one or the ratio of its referendum market value per resident pupil unit to $510,000. The
location equity revenue levy must be spread on referendum market value.

(d) A district's location equity aid equals its location equity revenue less its location
equity levy, times the ratio of the actual amount levied to the permitted levy.

(e) A school district may elect not to participate in the location equity revenue
program by a board vote taken prior to September 1 of the fiscal year before the fiscal year
for which the decision not to participate becomes effective. The board resolution must
state which fiscal years the district will not participate. A copy of the board resolution
to not participate must be submitted to the commissioner.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2015
and later.

Sec. 4.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 126C.13, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

Subd. 4.

General education aid.

(a) For fiscal years 2007 2013 and later 2014 only,
a district's general education aid is the sum of the following amounts:

(1) general education revenue, excluding equity revenue, total operating capital
revenue, alternative teacher compensation revenue, and transition revenue;

(2) operating capital aid under section 126C.10, subdivision 13b;

(3) equity aid under section 126C.10, subdivision 30;

(4) alternative teacher compensation aid under section 126C.10, subdivision 36;

(5) transition aid under section 126C.10, subdivision 33;

(6) shared time aid under section 126C.01, subdivision 7;

(7) referendum aid under section 126C.17, subdivisions 7 and 7a; and

(8) online learning aid according to section 124D.096.

(b) For fiscal year 2015 and later, a district's general education aid equals:

(1) general education revenue, excluding operating capital revenue, equity revenue,
location equity revenue, and transition revenue, minus the student achievement levy,
multiplied times the ratio of the actual amount of student achievement levy levied to the
permitted student achievement levy; plus

(2) equity aid under section 126C.10, subdivision 30; plus

(3) transition aid under section 126C.10, subdivision 33; plus

(4) shared time aid under section 126C.10, subdivision 7; plus

(5) referendum aid under section 126C.17, subdivisions 7 and 7a;

(6) online learning aid under section 124D.096; plus

(7) location equity aid according to section 126C.10, subdivision 2d, paragraph (d).

Sec. 5.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 126C.17, is amended to read:

126C.17 REFERENDUM REVENUE.

Subdivision 1.

Referendum allowance.

(a) For fiscal year 2003 and later, a district's
initial referendum revenue allowance equals the sum of the allowance under section
126C.16, subdivision 2, plus any additional allowance per resident marginal cost pupil
unit authorized under subdivision 9 before May 1, 2001, for fiscal year 2002 and later,
plus the referendum conversion allowance approved under subdivision 13, minus $415.
For districts with more than one referendum authority, the reduction must be computed
separately for each authority. The reduction must be applied first to the referendum
conversion allowance and next to the authority with the earliest expiration date. A
district's initial referendum revenue allowance may not be less than zero.

(b) For fiscal year 2003, a district's referendum revenue allowance equals the initial
referendum allowance plus any additional allowance per resident marginal cost pupil unit
authorized under subdivision 9 between April 30, 2001, and December 30, 2001, for
fiscal year 2003 and later.

(c) For fiscal year 2004 and later, a district's referendum revenue allowance equals
the sum of:

(1) the product of (i) the ratio of the resident marginal cost pupil units the district
would have counted for fiscal year 2004 under Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 126C.05,
to the district's resident marginal cost pupil units for fiscal year 2004, times (ii) the initial
referendum allowance plus any additional allowance per resident marginal cost pupil unit
authorized under subdivision 9 between April 30, 2001, and May 30, 2003, for fiscal
year 2003 and later, plus

(2) any additional allowance per resident marginal cost pupil unit authorized under
subdivision 9 after May 30, 2003, for fiscal year 2005 and later.

(a) A district's initial referendum allowance for fiscal year 2015 equals the result of
the following calculations:

(1) multiply the referendum allowance the district would have received for fiscal
year 2015 under Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 126C.17, subdivision 1, based on
elections held before July 1, 2013, by the resident marginal cost pupil units the district
would have counted for fiscal year 2015 under Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 126C.05;

(2) add to the result of clause (1) the adjustment the district would have received
under Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 127A.47, subdivision 7, paragraphs (a), (b), and
(c), based on elections held before July 1, 2013;

(3) divide the result of clause (2) by the district's adjusted pupil units for fiscal
year 2015; and

(4) if the result of clause (3) is less than zero, set the allowance to zero.

(b) A district's referendum allowance equals the sum of the district's initial
referendum allowance for fiscal year 2015, plus any additional referendum allowance per
adjusted pupil unit authorized after June 30, 2013, minus (i) the location equity revenue
subtraction, and (ii) any allowances expiring in fiscal year 2016 or later, provided that
the allowance may not be less than zero. For a district with more than one referendum
allowance for fiscal year 2015 under Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 126C.17, the
allowance calculated under paragraph (a) must be divided into components such that the
same percentage of the district's allowance expires at the same time as the old allowances
would have expired under Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 126C.17.

(c) For purposes of this subdivision, a district's location equity revenue subtraction
equals $424 for a district receiving location equity revenue under section 126C.10,
subdivision 2d, paragraph (a), $212 for a district receiving location equity revenue under
section 126C.10, subdivision 2d, paragraph (b), and zero for all other school districts.

Subd. 2.

Referendum allowance limit.

(a) Notwithstanding subdivision 1, for fiscal
year 2007 2015 and later, a district's referendum allowance must not exceed the greater of:

(1) the sum of: (i) a district's referendum allowance for fiscal year 1994 times 1.177
times the annual inflationary increase as calculated under paragraph (b) plus (ii) its
referendum conversion allowance for fiscal year 2003, minus (iii) $215;

(2) the greater of (i): 26 percent of the formula allowance or (ii) $1,294 times the
annual inflationary increase as calculated under paragraph (b); or times the greatest of:

(1) $1,845;

(2) the sum of the referendum revenue the district would have received for fiscal
year 2015 under Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 126C.17, subdivision 4, based on
elections held before July 1, 2013, and the adjustment the district would have received
under Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 127A.47, subdivision 7, paragraphs (a), (b), and
(c), based on elections held before July 1, 2013, divided by the district's adjusted pupil
units for fiscal year 2015; or

(3) the product of the referendum allowance limit the district would have received
for fiscal year 2015 under Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 126C.17, subdivision 2, and
the resident marginal cost pupil units the district would have received for fiscal year 2015
under Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 126C.05, subdivision 6, plus the adjustment the
district would have received under Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 127A.47, subdivision
7, paragraphs (a), (b), and (c), based on elections held before July 1, 2013, divided by
the district's adjusted pupil units for fiscal year 2015; minus $424 for a district receiving
location equity revenue under section 126C.10, subdivision 2d, paragraph (a), minus
$212 for a district receiving location equity revenue under section 126C.10, subdivision
2d, paragraph (b), or

(3) (4) for a newly reorganized district created after July 1, 2006 2013, the referendum
revenue authority for each reorganizing district in the year preceding reorganization divided
by its resident marginal cost adjusted pupil units for the year preceding reorganization.

(b) For purposes of this subdivision, for fiscal year 2005 2016 and later, "inflationary
increase" means one plus the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for urban
consumers, as prepared by the United States Bureau of Labor Standards, for the current
fiscal year to fiscal year 2004 2015. For fiscal years 2009 year 2016 and later, for purposes
of paragraph (a), clause (1) (3), the inflationary increase equals the inflationary increase
for fiscal year 2008 plus one-fourth of the percentage increase in the formula allowance
for that year compared with the formula allowance for fiscal year 2008 2015.

Subd. 3.

Sparsity exception.

A district that qualifies for sparsity revenue under
section 126C.10 is not subject to a referendum allowance limit.

Subd. 4.

Total referendum revenue.

The total referendum revenue for each district
equals the district's referendum allowance times the resident marginal cost adjusted pupil
units for the school year.

Subd. 5.

Referendum equalization revenue.

(a) For fiscal year 2003 and later,
A district's referendum equalization revenue equals the sum of the first tier referendum
equalization revenue and the second tier referendum equalization revenue, and the third
tier referendum equalization revenue.

(b) A district's first tier referendum equalization revenue equals the district's first
tier referendum equalization allowance times the district's resident marginal cost adjusted
pupil units for that year.

(c) For fiscal year 2006, a district's first tier referendum equalization allowance
equals the lesser of the district's referendum allowance under subdivision 1 or $500. For
fiscal year 2007, a district's first tier referendum equalization allowance equals the lesser
of the district's referendum allowance under subdivision 1 or $600.

For fiscal year 2008 and later, A district's first tier referendum equalization allowance
equals the lesser of the district's referendum allowance under subdivision 1 or $700 $300.

(d) A district's second tier referendum equalization revenue equals the district's
second tier referendum equalization allowance times the district's resident marginal cost
adjusted pupil units for that year.

(e) For fiscal year 2006, a district's second tier referendum equalization allowance
equals the lesser of the district's referendum allowance under subdivision 1 or 18.6
percent of the formula allowance, minus the district's first tier referendum equalization
allowance. For fiscal year 2007 and later, A district's second tier referendum equalization
allowance equals the lesser of the district's referendum allowance under subdivision 1
or 26 percent of the formula allowance $760, minus the district's first tier referendum
equalization allowance.

(f) Notwithstanding paragraph (e), the second tier referendum allowance for a
district qualifying for secondary sparsity revenue under section 126C.10, subdivision 7, or
elementary sparsity revenue under section 126C.10, subdivision 8, equals the district's
referendum allowance under subdivision 1 minus the district's first tier referendum
equalization allowance. A district's third tier referendum equalization revenue equals the
district's third tier referendum equalization allowance times the district's adjusted pupil
units for that year.

(g) A district's third tier referendum equalization allowance equals the lesser of
the district's referendum allowance under subdivision 1 or 25 percent of the formula
allowance, minus the sum of the district's first tier referendum equalization allowance and
second tier referendum equalization allowance.

(h) Notwithstanding paragraph (g), the third tier referendum allowance for a district
qualifying for secondary sparsity revenue under section 126C.10, subdivision 7, or
elementary sparsity revenue under section 126C.10, subdivision 8, equals the district's
referendum allowance under subdivision 1 minus the sum of the district's first tier
referendum equalization allowance and second tier referendum equalization allowance.

Subd. 6.

Referendum equalization levy.

(a) For fiscal year 2003 and later,
a district's referendum equalization levy equals the sum of the first tier referendum
equalization levy and the second tier referendum equalization levy, and the third tier
referendum equalization levy.

(b) A district's first tier referendum equalization levy equals the district's first tier
referendum equalization revenue times the lesser of one or the ratio of the district's
referendum market value per resident marginal cost pupil unit to $476,000 $880,000.

(c) A district's second tier referendum equalization levy equals the district's second
tier referendum equalization revenue times the lesser of one or the ratio of the district's
referendum market value per resident marginal cost pupil unit to $270,000 $510,000.

(d) A district's third tier referendum equalization levy equals the district's third
tier referendum equalization revenue times the lesser of one or the ratio of the district's
referendum market value per resident pupil unit to $290,000.

Subd. 7.

Referendum equalization aid.

(a) A district's referendum equalization aid
equals the difference between its referendum equalization revenue and levy.

(b) If a district's actual levy for first or, second, or third tier referendum equalization
revenue is less than its maximum levy limit for that tier, aid shall be proportionately
reduced.

(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the referendum equalization aid for a district,
where the referendum equalization aid under paragraph (a) exceeds 90 percent of the
referendum revenue, must not exceed 26 25 percent of the formula allowance times the
district's resident marginal cost adjusted pupil units. A district's referendum levy is
increased by the amount of any reduction in referendum aid under this paragraph.

Subd. 7a.

Referendum tax base replacement aid.

For each school district that
had a referendum allowance for fiscal year 2002 exceeding $415, for each separately
authorized referendum levy, the commissioner of revenue, in consultation with the
commissioner of education, shall certify the amount of the referendum levy in taxes
payable year 2001 attributable to the portion of the referendum allowance exceeding $415
levied against property classified as class 2, noncommercial 4c(1), or 4c(4), under section
273.13, excluding the portion of the tax paid by the portion of class 2a property consisting
of the house, garage, and surrounding one acre of land. The resulting amount must be
used to reduce the district's referendum levy amount otherwise determined, and must be
paid to the district each year that the referendum authority remains in effect, is renewed,
or new referendum authority is approved. The aid payable under this subdivision must
be subtracted from the district's referendum equalization aid under subdivision 7. The
referendum equalization aid after the subtraction must not be less than zero.

Subd. 7b.

Referendum aid guarantee.

(a) Notwithstanding subdivision 7, a
district's referendum equalization aid for fiscal year 2015 must not be less than the sum
of the referendum equalization aid the district would have received for fiscal year 2015
under Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 126C.17, subdivision 7, and the adjustment the
district would have received under Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 127A.47, subdivision
7, paragraphs (a), (b), and (c).

(b) Notwithstanding subdivision 7, referendum equalization aid for fiscal year 2016
and later, for a district qualifying for additional aid under paragraph (a) for fiscal year
2015, must not be less than the product of (1) the district's referendum equalization aid
for fiscal year 2015, times (2) the lesser of one or the ratio of the district's referendum
revenue for that school year to the district's referendum revenue for fiscal year 2015, times
(3) the lesser of one or the ratio of the district's referendum market value used for fiscal
year 2015 referendum equalization calculations to the district's referendum market value
used for that year's referendum equalization calculations.

Subd. 8.

Unequalized referendum levy.

Each year, a district may levy an amount
equal to the difference between its total referendum revenue according to subdivision 4
and its referendum equalization revenue according to subdivision 5.

Subd. 9.

Referendum revenue.

(a) The revenue authorized by section 126C.10,
subdivision 1, may be increased in the amount approved by the voters of the district
at a referendum called for the purpose. The referendum may be called by the board.
The referendum must be conducted one or two calendar years before the increased levy
authority, if approved, first becomes payable. Only one election to approve an increase
may be held in a calendar year. Unless the referendum is conducted by mail under
subdivision 11, paragraph (a), the referendum must be held on the first Tuesday after the
first Monday in November. The ballot must state the maximum amount of the increased
revenue per resident marginal cost adjusted pupil unit. The ballot may state a schedule,
determined by the board, of increased revenue per resident marginal cost adjusted pupil
unit that differs from year to year over the number of years for which the increased revenue
is authorized or may state that the amount shall increase annually by the rate of inflation.
For this purpose, the rate of inflation shall be the annual inflationary increase calculated
under subdivision 2, paragraph (b). The ballot may state that existing referendum levy
authority is expiring. In this case, the ballot may also compare the proposed levy authority
to the existing expiring levy authority, and express the proposed increase as the amount, if
any, over the expiring referendum levy authority. The ballot must designate the specific
number of years, not to exceed ten, for which the referendum authorization applies. The
ballot, including a ballot on the question to revoke or reduce the increased revenue amount
under paragraph (c), must abbreviate the term "per resident marginal cost adjusted pupil
unit" as "per pupil." The notice required under section 275.60 may be modified to read, in
cases of renewing existing levies at the same amount per pupil as in the previous year:

"BY VOTING "YES" ON THIS BALLOT QUESTION, YOU ARE VOTING
TO EXTEND AN EXISTING PROPERTY TAX REFERENDUM THAT IS
SCHEDULED TO EXPIRE."

The ballot may contain a textual portion with the information required in this
subdivision and a question stating substantially the following:

"Shall the increase in the revenue proposed by (petition to) the board of .........,
School District No. .., be approved?"

If approved, an amount equal to the approved revenue per resident marginal cost
adjusted pupil unit times the resident marginal cost adjusted pupil units for the school
year beginning in the year after the levy is certified shall be authorized for certification
for the number of years approved, if applicable, or until revoked or reduced by the voters
of the district at a subsequent referendum.

(b) The board must prepare and deliver by first class mail at least 15 days but no more
than 30 days before the day of the referendum to each taxpayer a notice of the referendum
and the proposed revenue increase. The board need not mail more than one notice to any
taxpayer. For the purpose of giving mailed notice under this subdivision, owners must be
those shown to be owners on the records of the county auditor or, in any county where
tax statements are mailed by the county treasurer, on the records of the county treasurer.
Every property owner whose name does not appear on the records of the county auditor
or the county treasurer is deemed to have waived this mailed notice unless the owner
has requested in writing that the county auditor or county treasurer, as the case may be,
include the name on the records for this purpose. The notice must project the anticipated
amount of tax increase in annual dollars for typical residential homesteads, agricultural
homesteads, apartments, and commercial-industrial property within the school district.

The notice for a referendum may state that an existing referendum levy is expiring
and project the anticipated amount of increase over the existing referendum levy in
the first year, if any, in annual dollars for typical residential homesteads, agricultural
homesteads, apartments, and commercial-industrial property within the district.

The notice must include the following statement: "Passage of this referendum will
result in an increase in your property taxes." However, in cases of renewing existing levies,
the notice may include the following statement: "Passage of this referendum extends an
existing operating referendum at the same amount per pupil as in the previous year."

(c) A referendum on the question of revoking or reducing the increased revenue
amount authorized pursuant to paragraph (a) may be called by the board. A referendum to
revoke or reduce the revenue amount must state the amount per resident marginal cost
pupil unit by which the authority is to be reduced. Revenue authority approved by the
voters of the district pursuant to paragraph (a) must be available to the school district at
least once before it is subject to a referendum on its revocation or reduction for subsequent
years. Only one revocation or reduction referendum may be held to revoke or reduce
referendum revenue for any specific year and for years thereafter.

(d) The approval of 50 percent plus one of those voting on the question is required to
pass a referendum authorized by this subdivision.

(e) At least 15 days before the day of the referendum, the district must submit a
copy of the notice required under paragraph (b) to the commissioner and to the county
auditor of each county in which the district is located. Within 15 days after the results
of the referendum have been certified by the board, or in the case of a recount, the
certification of the results of the recount by the canvassing board, the district must notify
the commissioner of the results of the referendum.

Subd. 9a.

Board-approved referendum allowance.

Notwithstanding subdivision
9, a school district may convert up to $300 per adjusted pupil unit of referendum authority
from voter approved to board approved by a board vote. A district with less than $300
per adjusted pupil unit of referendum authority may authorize new referendum authority
up to the difference between $300 per adjusted pupil unit and the district's referendum
authority. The board may authorize this levy for up to five years and may subsequently
reauthorize that authority in increments of up to five years.

Subd. 10.

School referendum levy; market value.

A school referendum levy must
be levied against the referendum market value of all taxable property as defined in section
126C.01, subdivision 3. Any referendum levy amount subject to the requirements of this
subdivision must be certified separately to the county auditor under section 275.07.

Subd. 11.

Referendum date.

(a) Except for a referendum held under paragraph (b),
any referendum under this section held on a day other than the first Tuesday after the first
Monday in November must be conducted by mail in accordance with section 204B.46.
Notwithstanding subdivision 9, paragraph (b), to the contrary, in the case of a referendum
conducted by mail under this paragraph, the notice required by subdivision 9, paragraph (b),
must be prepared and delivered by first-class mail at least 20 days before the referendum.

(b) In addition to the referenda allowed in subdivision 9, clause (a), the commissioner
may grant authority to a district to hold a referendum on a different day if the district is in
statutory operating debt and has an approved plan or has received an extension from the
department to file a plan to eliminate the statutory operating debt.

(c) The commissioner must approve, deny, or modify each district's request for a
referendum levy on a different day within 60 days of receiving the request from a district.

Subd. 13.

Referendum conversion allowance.

A school district that received
supplemental or transition revenue in fiscal year 2002 may convert its supplemental
revenue conversion allowance and transition revenue conversion allowance to additional
referendum allowance under subdivision 1 for fiscal year 2003 and thereafter. A majority
of the school board must approve the conversion at a public meeting before November 1,
2001. For a district with other referendum authority, the referendum conversion allowance
approved by the board continues until the portion of the district's other referendum
authority with the earliest expiration date after June 30, 2006, expires. For a district
with no other referendum authority, the referendum conversion allowance approved by
the board continues until June 30, 2012.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2015
and later.

Sec. 6. OPERATING REFERENDUM FREEZE, FISCAL YEAR 2015.

(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 126C.17, subdivision 9, a school
district may not authorize an increase to its operating referendum in fiscal year 2015. A
school district may reauthorize an operating referendum that is expiring in fiscal year 2015.

(b) Paragraph (a) shall not apply to a district if, prior to June 30, 2013, the board
adopted a resolution to conduct a referendum in 2013.

(c) Paragraph (a) shall not apply to a district if the district did not authorize an
operating referendum in fiscal year 2014.

(d) Paragraph (a) shall not apply to a district if the district is in statutory operating
debt under Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.81, as of June 30, 2013, and has an approved
plan with the Department of Education.

ARTICLE 4

PROPERTY TAXES

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 103B.102, subdivision 3, is amended to
read:

Subd. 3.

Evaluation and report.

The Board of Water and Soil Resources shall
evaluate performance, financial, and activity information for each local water management
entity. The board shall evaluate the entities' progress in accomplishing their adopted plans
on a regular basis as determined by the board based on budget and operations of the local
water management entity, but not less than once every five ten years. The board shall
maintain a summary of local water management entity performance on the board's Web site.
Beginning February 1, 2008, and annually thereafter, the board shall provide an analysis
of local water management entity performance to the chairs of the house of representatives
and senate committees having jurisdiction over environment and natural resources policy.

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 103B.335, is amended to read:

103B.335 TAX LEVY AUTHORITY.

Subdivision 1.

Local water planning and management.

The governing body of
any county, municipality, or township may levy a tax in an amount required to implement
sections 103B.301 to 103B.355 or a comprehensive watershed management plan as
defined in section 103B.3363.

Subd. 2.

Priority programs; conservation and watershed districts.

A county
may levy amounts necessary to pay the reasonable increased costs to soil and water
conservation districts and watershed districts of administering and implementing priority
programs identified in an approved and adopted plan or a comprehensive watershed
management plan as defined in section 103B.3363.

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 103B.3369, subdivision 5, is amended to read:

Subd. 5.

Financial assistance.

A base grant may be awarded to a county that
provides a match utilizing a water implementation tax or other local source. A water
implementation tax that a county intends to use as a match to the base grant must be
levied at a rate sufficient to generate a minimum amount determined by the board.
The board may award performance-based grants to local units of government that are
responsible for implementing elements of applicable portions of watershed management
plans, comprehensive plans, local water management plans, or comprehensive watershed
management plans, developed or amended, adopted and approved, according to chapter
103B, 103C, or 103D. Upon request by a local government unit, the board may also
award performance-based grants to local units of government to carry out TMDL
implementation plans as provided in chapter 114D, if the TMDL implementation plan has
been incorporated into the local water management plan according to the procedures for
approving comprehensive plans, watershed management plans, local water management
plans, or comprehensive watershed management plans under chapter 103B, 103C, or
103D, or if the TMDL implementation plan has undergone a public review process.
Notwithstanding section 16A.41, the board may award performance-based grants on an
advanced basis. The fee authorized in section 40A.152 may be used as a local match
or as a supplement to state funding to accomplish implementation of comprehensive
plans, watershed management plans, local water management plans, or comprehensive
watershed management plans under chapter 103B, 103C, or 103D.

Sec. 4.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 103C.501, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

Subd. 4.

Cost-sharing funds.

(a) The state board shall allocate at least 70 percent
of cost-sharing funds to areas with high priority erosion, sedimentation, or water quality
problems or water quantity problems due to altered hydrology. The areas must be selected
based on the statewide priorities established by the state board.

(b) The allocated funds must be used for conservation practices for high priority
problems identified in the comprehensive and annual work plans of the districts, for
the technical assistance portion of the grant funds to leverage federal or other nonstate
funds, or to address high-priority needs identified in local water management plans or
comprehensive watershed management plans.

(b) The remaining cost-sharing funds may be allocated to districts as follows:

(1) for technical and administrative assistance, not more than 20 percent of the
funds; and

(2) for conservation practices for lower priority erosion, sedimentation, or water
quality problems.

Sec. 5.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 103F.405, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Authority.

Each statutory or home rule charter city, town, or
county that has planning and zoning authority under sections 366.10 to 366.19, 394.21
to 394.37, or 462.351 to 462.365 is encouraged to adopt a soil loss ordinance. The soil
loss ordinance must use the soil loss tolerance for each soil series described in the United
States Soil Natural Resources Conservation Service Field Office Technical Guide, or
another method approved by the Board of Water and Soil Resources, to determine the
soil loss limits, but the soil loss limits must be attainable by the best practicable soil
conservation practice. Ordinances adopted by local governments within the metropolitan
area defined in section 473.121 must be consistent with local water management plans
adopted under section 103B.235 a comprehensive plan, local water management plan, or
watershed management plan developed or amended, adopted, and approved according
to chapter 103B, 103C, or 103D.

Sec. 6.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 168.012, subdivision 9, is amended to read:

Subd. 9.

Manufactured homes and park trailers.

Manufactured homes and park
trailers shall not be taxed as motor vehicles using the public streets and highways and shall
be exempt from the motor vehicle tax provisions of this chapter. Except as provided in
section 273.125, manufactured homes and park trailers shall be taxed as personal property.
The provisions of Minnesota Statutes 1957, section 272.02 or any other act providing for
tax exemption shall be inapplicable to manufactured homes and park trailers, except
such manufactured homes as are held by a licensed dealer or limited dealer, as defined
in section 327B.04, and exempted as inventory under subdivision 9a. Travel trailers not
conspicuously displaying current registration plates on the property tax assessment date
shall be taxed as manufactured homes if occupied as human dwelling places.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for taxes payable in 2014 and
thereafter.

Sec. 7.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 168.012, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

Subd. 9a.

Manufactured home as dealer inventory.

Manufactured homes as
defined in section 327.31, subdivision 6, shall be considered as dealer inventory, on the
January 2 assessment date, if the home is:

(1) listed as inventory and held by a licensed or limited dealer;

(2) unoccupied and not available for rent;

(3) connected or not connected to utilities when located in a manufactured home
park; and

(4) connected or not connected to utilities when located at a dealer's sales center.

The exemption under this subdivision is allowable for up to five assessment years after
the date a home is initially claimed as dealer inventory.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for taxes payable in 2014 and
thereafter.

Sec. 8.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 270.41, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

Licenses; refusal or revocation Assessor sanctions; refusal to license.

(a) The board may (i) refuse to grant or renew, or may suspend or revoke, a license
of an applicant or licensee, or (ii) censure, warn, or fine any licensed assessor, or any
other person employed by an assessment jurisdiction or contracting with an assessment
jurisdiction for the purpose of valuing or classifying property for property tax purposes,
for any of the following causes or acts:

(1) failure to complete required training;

(2) inefficiency or neglect of duty;

(3) failure to comply with the Code of Conduct and Ethics for Licensed Minnesota
Assessors adopted by the board pursuant to Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 3,
article 1, section 38;

(4) conviction of a crime involving moral turpitude; or

(5) failure to faithfully and fully perform his or her duties through malfeasance,
misfeasance, or nonfeasance; or

(5) (6) any other cause or act that in the board's opinion warrants a refusal to issue
or suspension or revocation of a license or the imposition of a sanction provided under
this subdivision.

(b) When appropriate for the level of infraction, a written warning must be given
to assessors who have no prior identified infractions. The warning must identify the
infraction and, as appropriate, detail future expectations of performance and behavior.
Fines must not exceed $1,000 for the first occurrence and must not exceed $3,000 for each
occurrence thereafter, and suspensions must not exceed one year for each occurrence,
depending in each case upon the severity of the infraction and the level of negligence or
intent. An action by the board to impose a sanction is subject to review in a contested
case hearing under chapter 14.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective beginning July 1, 2013.

Sec. 9.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 270.41, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

Subd. 3a.

Report on disciplinary actions.

Each odd-numbered year, the board
must publish a report detailing the number and types of disciplinary actions recommended
by the commissioner of revenue under section 273.0645, subdivision 2, and the disposition
of those recommendations by the board. The report must be presented to the house of
representatives and senate committees with jurisdiction over property taxes by February 1
of each odd-numbered year.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective beginning July 1, 2013.

Sec. 10.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 270.45, is amended to read:

270.45 DISPOSITION OF FEES AND FINES.

All fees and fines so established and collected shall be paid to the commissioner of
management and budget for deposit in the general fund. The expenses of carrying out the
provisions of sections 270.41 to 270.50 shall be paid from appropriations made to the board.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective beginning July 1, 2013.

Sec. 11.

[270C.9901] ASSESSOR ACCREDITATION.

Every individual who appraises or physically inspects real property for the purpose
of determining its valuation or classification for property tax purposes must obtain
licensure as an accredited Minnesota assessor from the State Board of Assessors by July 1,
2019, or within four years of that person having become licensed as a certified Minnesota
assessor, whichever is later.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective beginning January 1, 2014.

Sec. 12.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 272.02, subdivision 39, is amended to read:

Subd. 39.

Economic development; public purpose.

The holding of property by a
political subdivision of the state for later resale for economic development purposes
shall be considered a public purpose in accordance with subdivision 8 for a period not to
exceed nine years, except that:

(1) for property located in a city of 5,000 20,000 population or under that is located
outside of the metropolitan area as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 2, the period
must not exceed 15 years.; and

(2) for any property that was acquired on or after January 1, 2000, and on or before
December 31, 2010, and is located in a city, the period must not exceed 15 years.

The holding of property by a political subdivision of the state for later resale (1)
which is purchased or held for housing purposes, or (2) which meets the conditions
described in section 469.174, subdivision 10, shall be considered a public purpose in
accordance with subdivision 8.

The governing body of the political subdivision which acquires property which is
subject to this subdivision shall after the purchase of the property certify to the city or
county assessor whether the property is held for economic development purposes or
housing purposes, or whether it meets the conditions of section 469.174, subdivision 10.
If the property is acquired for economic development purposes and buildings or other
improvements are constructed after acquisition of the property, and if more than one-half
of the floor space of the buildings or improvements which is available for lease to or use
by a private individual, corporation, or other entity is leased to or otherwise used by
a private individual, corporation, or other entity the provisions of this subdivision shall
not apply to the property. This subdivision shall not create an exemption from section
272.01, subdivision 2; 272.68; 273.19; or 469.040, subdivision 3; or other provision of
law providing for the taxation of or for payments in lieu of taxes for publicly held property
which is leased, loaned, or otherwise made available and used by a private person.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for assessment year 2013 and
thereafter and for taxes payable in 2014 and thereafter.

Sec. 13.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 272.02, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

Subd. 98.

Certain property owned by an Indian tribe.

(a) Property is exempt that:

(1) was classified as 3a under section 273.13, subdivision 24, for taxes payable
in 2013;

(2) is located in a city of the first class with a population greater than 300,000 as of
the 2010 federal census;

(3) was on January 2, 2012, and is for the current assessment owned by a federally
recognized Indian tribe, or its instrumentality, that is located within the state of Minnesota;
and

(4) is used exclusively for tribal purposes or institutions of purely public charity as
defined in subdivision 7.

(b) For purposes of this subdivision, a "tribal purpose" means a public purpose
as defined in subdivision 8 and includes noncommercial tribal government activities.
Property that qualifies for the exemption under this subdivision is limited to no more than
two contiguous parcels and structures that do not exceed in the aggregate 20,000 square
feet. Property acquired for single-family housing, market-rate apartments, agriculture, or
forestry does not qualify for this exemption. The exemption created by this subdivision
expires with taxes payable in 2024.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective beginning with taxes payable in 2014.

Sec. 14.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 272.02, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

Subd. 99.

Electric generation facility; personal property.

(a) Notwithstanding
subdivision 9, clause (a), and section 453.54, subdivision 20, attached machinery and
other personal property which is part of an electric generation facility that exceeds five
megawatts of installed capacity and meets the requirements of this subdivision is exempt.
At the time of construction, the facility must be:

(1) designed to utilize natural gas as a primary fuel;

(2) owned and operated by a municipal power agency as defined in section 453.52,
subdivision 8;

(3) designed to utilize reciprocating engines paired with generators to produce
electrical power;

(4) located within the service territory of a municipal power agency's electrical
municipal utility that serves load exclusively in a metropolitan county as defined in
section 473.121, subdivision 4; and

(5) designed to connect directly with a municipality's substation.

(b) Construction of the facility must be commenced after June 1, 2013, and before
June 1, 2017. Property eligible for this exemption does not include electric transmission
lines and interconnections or gas pipelines and interconnections appurtenant to the
property or the facility.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for assessment year 2013, taxes
payable in 2014, and thereafter.

Sec. 15.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 273.061, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Term; vacancy.

(a) The terms of county assessors appointed under this
section shall be four years. A new term shall begin on January 1 of every fourth year
after 1973. When any vacancy in the office occurs, the board of county commissioners,
within 90 days thereafter, shall fill the same by appointment for the remainder of the term,
following the procedure prescribed in subdivision 1. The term of the county assessor
may be terminated by the board of county commissioners at any time, on charges of
malfeasance, misfeasance, or nonfeasance by the commissioner of revenue. If the board
of county commissioners does not intend to reappoint a county assessor who has been
certified by the state Board of Assessors, the board shall present written notice to the
county assessor not later than 90 days prior to the termination of the assessor's term, that it
does not intend to reappoint the assessor. If written notice is not timely made, the county
assessor will automatically be reappointed by the board of county commissioners.

The commissioner of revenue may recommend to the state Board of Assessors the
nonrenewal, suspension, or revocation of an assessor's license as provided in sections
270.41 to 270.50.

(b) In the event of a vacancy in the office of county assessor, through death,
resignation or other reasons, the deputy (or chief deputy, if more than one) shall perform
the functions of the office. If there is no deputy, the county auditor shall designate a person
to perform the duties of the office until an appointment is made as provided in clause (a).
Such person shall perform the duties of the office for a period not exceeding 90 days
during which the county board must appoint a county assessor. Such 90-day period may,
however, be extended by written approval of the commissioner of revenue.

(c) In the case of the first appointment under paragraph (a) of a county assessor who
is accredited but who does not have senior accreditation, an approval of the appointment
by the commissioner shall be provisional, provided that a county assessor appointed to
a provisional term under this paragraph must reapply to the commissioner at the end of
the provisional term. A provisional term may not exceed two years. The commissioner
shall not approve the appointment for the remainder of the four-year term unless the
assessor has obtained senior accreditation.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective beginning July 1, 2013.

Sec. 16.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 273.0645, is amended to read:

273.0645 COMMISSIONER REVIEW OF LOCAL ASSESSMENT
PRACTICES.

Subdivision 1.

Local assessment practices.

The commissioner of revenue must
review the assessment practices in a taxing jurisdiction if requested in writing by a
qualifying number of property owners in that taxing jurisdiction. The request must be
signed by the greater of:

(1) ten percent of the registered voters who voted in the last general election; or

(2) five property owners.

The request must identify the city, town, or county and describe why a review is
sought for that taxing jurisdiction. The commissioner must conduct the review in a
reasonable amount of time and report the findings to the county board of the affected
county, to the affected city council or town board, if the review is for a specific city or
town, and to the property owner designated in the request as the person to receive the
report on behalf of all the property owners who signed the request. The commissioner
must also provide the report electronically to all property owners who signed the request
and provided an e-mail address in order to receive the report electronically.

Subd. 2.

Nonfeasance, misfeasance, and malfeasance.

County assessors may file a
written complaint with the commissioner of revenue detailing allegations of nonfeasance,
misfeasance, or malfeasance by a local assessor. After receiving a complaint from a county
assessor, the commissioner must complete an investigation and recommend an appropriate
action to the State Board of Assessors. The commissioner is not required to have a written
complaint from a county assessor in order to conduct an investigation and recommend an
action to the board. Active investigative data relating to the investigation of complaints
against an assessor by the commissioner of revenue are subject to section 13.39.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective July 1, 2013.

Sec. 17.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 273.117, is amended to read:

273.117 CONSERVATION PROPERTY TAX VALUATION.

The value of real property which is subject to a conservation restriction or easement
may be adjusted shall not be reduced by the assessor if:

(a) the restriction or easement is for a conservation purpose as defined in section
84.64, subdivision 2, and is recorded on the property; and

(b) the property is being used in accordance with the terms of the conservation
restriction or easement.

This section does not apply to (1) conservation restrictions or easements covering
riparian buffers along lakes, rivers, and streams that are used for water quantity or quality
control; or (2) to easements in a county that has adopted, by referendum, a program to
protect farmland and natural areas since 1999.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for assessment year 2013 and
thereafter, and for taxes payable in 2014 and thereafter.

Sec. 18.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 273.13, subdivision 25, is amended to read:

Subd. 25.

Class 4.

(a) Class 4a is residential real estate containing four or more
units and used or held for use by the owner or by the tenants or lessees of the owner
as a residence for rental periods of 30 days or more, excluding property qualifying for
class 4d. Class 4a also includes hospitals licensed under sections 144.50 to 144.56, other
than hospitals exempt under section 272.02, and contiguous property used for hospital
purposes, without regard to whether the property has been platted or subdivided. The
market value of class 4a property has a class rate of 1.25 percent.

(b) Class 4b includes:

(1) residential real estate containing less than four units that does not qualify as class
4bb, other than seasonal residential recreational property;

(2) manufactured homes not classified under any other provision;

(3) a dwelling, garage, and surrounding one acre of property on a nonhomestead
farm classified under subdivision 23, paragraph (b) containing two or three units; and

(4) unimproved property that is classified residential as determined under subdivision
33.

The market value of class 4b property has a class rate of 1.25 percent.

(c) Class 4bb includes:

(1) nonhomestead residential real estate containing one unit, other than seasonal
residential recreational property; and

(2) a single family dwelling, garage, and surrounding one acre of property on a
nonhomestead farm classified under subdivision 23, paragraph (b).

Class 4bb property has the same class rates as class 1a property under subdivision 22.

Property that has been classified as seasonal residential recreational property at
any time during which it has been owned by the current owner or spouse of the current
owner does not qualify for class 4bb.

(d) Class 4c property includes:

(1) except as provided in subdivision 22, paragraph (c), real and personal property
devoted to commercial temporary and seasonal residential occupancy for recreation
purposes, for not more than 250 days in the year preceding the year of assessment. For
purposes of this clause, property is devoted to a commercial purpose on a specific day
if any portion of the property is used for residential occupancy, and a fee is charged for
residential occupancy. Class 4c property under this clause must contain three or more
rental units. A "rental unit" is defined as a cabin, condominium, townhouse, sleeping room,
or individual camping site equipped with water and electrical hookups for recreational
vehicles. A camping pad offered for rent by a property that otherwise qualifies for class
4c under this clause is also class 4c under this clause regardless of the term of the rental
agreement, as long as the use of the camping pad does not exceed 250 days. In order for a
property to be classified under this clause, either (i) the business located on the property
must provide recreational activities, at least 40 percent of the annual gross lodging receipts
related to the property must be from business conducted during 90 consecutive days,
and either (A) at least 60 percent of all paid bookings by lodging guests during the year
must be for periods of at least two consecutive nights; or (B) at least 20 percent of the
annual gross receipts must be from charges for providing recreational activities, or (ii) the
business must contain 20 or fewer rental units, and must be located in a township or a city
with a population of 2,500 or less located outside the metropolitan area, as defined under
section 473.121, subdivision 2, that contains a portion of a state trail administered by the
Department of Natural Resources. For purposes of item (i)(A), a paid booking of five or
more nights shall be counted as two bookings. Class 4c property also includes commercial
use real property used exclusively for recreational purposes in conjunction with other class
4c property classified under this clause and devoted to temporary and seasonal residential
occupancy for recreational purposes, up to a total of two acres, provided the property is
not devoted to commercial recreational use for more than 250 days in the year preceding
the year of assessment and is located within two miles of the class 4c property with which
it is used. In order for a property to qualify for classification under this clause, the owner
must submit a declaration to the assessor designating the cabins or units occupied for 250
days or less in the year preceding the year of assessment by January 15 of the assessment
year. Those cabins or units and a proportionate share of the land on which they are located
must be designated class 4c under this clause as otherwise provided. The remainder of the
cabins or units and a proportionate share of the land on which they are located will be
designated as class 3a. The owner of property desiring designation as class 4c property
under this clause must provide guest registers or other records demonstrating that the units
for which class 4c designation is sought were not occupied for more than 250 days in the
year preceding the assessment if so requested. The portion of a property operated as a
(1) restaurant, (2) bar, (3) gift shop, (4) conference center or meeting room, and (5) other
nonresidential facility operated on a commercial basis not directly related to temporary and
seasonal residential occupancy for recreation purposes does not qualify for class 4c. For
the purposes of this paragraph, "recreational activities" means renting ice fishing houses,
boats and motors, snowmobiles, downhill or cross-country ski equipment; providing
marina services, launch services, or guide services; or selling bait and fishing tackle;

(2) qualified property used as a golf course if:

(i) it is open to the public on a daily fee basis. It may charge membership fees or
dues, but a membership fee may not be required in order to use the property for golfing,
and its green fees for golfing must be comparable to green fees typically charged by
municipal courses; and

(ii) it meets the requirements of section 273.112, subdivision 3, paragraph (d).

A structure used as a clubhouse, restaurant, or place of refreshment in conjunction
with the golf course is classified as class 3a property;

(3) real property up to a maximum of three acres of land owned and used by a
nonprofit community service oriented organization and not used for residential purposes
on either a temporary or permanent basis, provided that:

(i) the property is not used for a revenue-producing activity for more than six days
in the calendar year preceding the year of assessment; or

(ii) the organization makes annual charitable contributions and donations at least
equal to the property's previous year's property taxes and the property is allowed to be
used for public and community meetings or events for no charge, as appropriate to the
size of the facility.

For purposes of this clause:

(A) "charitable contributions and donations" has the same meaning as lawful
gambling purposes under section 349.12, subdivision 25, excluding those purposes
relating to the payment of taxes, assessments, fees, auditing costs, and utility payments;

(B) "property taxes" excludes the state general tax;

(C) a "nonprofit community service oriented organization" means any corporation,
society, association, foundation, or institution organized and operated exclusively for
charitable, religious, fraternal, civic, or educational purposes, and which is exempt from
federal income taxation pursuant to section 501(c)(3), (8), (10), or (19) of the Internal
Revenue Code; and

(D) "revenue-producing activities" shall include but not be limited to property or that
portion of the property that is used as an on-sale intoxicating liquor or 3.2 percent malt
liquor establishment licensed under chapter 340A, a restaurant open to the public, bowling
alley, a retail store, gambling conducted by organizations licensed under chapter 349, an
insurance business, or office or other space leased or rented to a lessee who conducts a
for-profit enterprise on the premises.

Any portion of the property not qualifying under either item (i) or (ii) is class 3a.
The use of the property for social events open exclusively to members and their guests
for periods of less than 24 hours, when an admission is not charged nor any revenues are
received by the organization shall not be considered a revenue-producing activity.

The organization shall maintain records of its charitable contributions and donations
and of public meetings and events held on the property and make them available upon
request any time to the assessor to ensure eligibility. An organization meeting the
requirement under item (ii) must file an application by May 1 with the assessor for
eligibility for the current year's assessment. The commissioner shall prescribe a uniform
application form and instructions;

(4) postsecondary student housing of not more than one acre of land that is owned by
a nonprofit corporation organized under chapter 317A and is used exclusively by a student
cooperative, sorority, or fraternity for on-campus housing or housing located within two
miles of the border of a college campus;

(5)(i) manufactured home parks as defined in section 327.14, subdivision 3,
excluding manufactured home parks described in section 273.124, subdivision 3a, and (ii)
manufactured home parks as defined in section 327.14, subdivision 3, that are described in
section 273.124, subdivision 3a;

(6) real property that is actively and exclusively devoted to indoor fitness, health,
social, recreational, and related uses, is owned and operated by a not-for-profit corporation,
and is located within the metropolitan area as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 2;

(7) a leased or privately owned noncommercial aircraft storage hangar not exempt
under section 272.01, subdivision 2, and the land on which it is located, provided that:

(i) the land is on an airport owned or operated by a city, town, county, Metropolitan
Airports Commission, or group thereof; and

(ii) the land lease, or any ordinance or signed agreement restricting the use of the
leased premise, prohibits commercial activity performed at the hangar.

If a hangar classified under this clause is sold after June 30, 2000, a bill of sale must
be filed by the new owner with the assessor of the county where the property is located
within 60 days of the sale;

(8) a privately owned noncommercial aircraft storage hangar not exempt under
section 272.01, subdivision 2, and the land on which it is located, provided that:

(i) the land abuts a public airport; and

(ii) the owner of the aircraft storage hangar provides the assessor with a signed
agreement restricting the use of the premises, prohibiting commercial use or activity
performed at the hangar; and

(9) residential real estate, a portion of which is used by the owner for homestead
purposes, and that is also a place of lodging, if all of the following criteria are met:

(i) rooms are provided for rent to transient guests that generally stay for periods
of 14 or fewer days;

(ii) meals are provided to persons who rent rooms, the cost of which is incorporated
in the basic room rate;

(iii) meals are not provided to the general public except for special events on fewer
than seven days in the calendar year preceding the year of the assessment; and

(iv) the owner is the operator of the property.

The market value subject to the 4c classification under this clause is limited to
five rental units. Any rental units on the property in excess of five, must be valued and
assessed as class 3a. The portion of the property used for purposes of a homestead by the
owner must be classified as class 1a property under subdivision 22;

(10) real property up to a maximum of three acres and operated as a restaurant
as defined under section 157.15, subdivision 12, provided it: (A) is located on a lake
as defined under section 103G.005, subdivision 15, paragraph (a), clause (3); and (B)
is either devoted to commercial purposes for not more than 250 consecutive days, or
receives at least 60 percent of its annual gross receipts from business conducted during
four consecutive months. Gross receipts from the sale of alcoholic beverages must be
included in determining the property's qualification under subitem (B). The property's
primary business must be as a restaurant and not as a bar. Gross receipts from gift shop
sales located on the premises must be excluded. Owners of real property desiring 4c
classification under this clause must submit an annual declaration to the assessor by
February 1 of the current assessment year, based on the property's relevant information for
the preceding assessment year;

(11) lakeshore and riparian property and adjacent land, not to exceed six acres, used
as a marina, as defined in section 86A.20, subdivision 5, which is made accessible to
the public and devoted to recreational use for marina services. The marina owner must
annually provide evidence to the assessor that it provides services, including lake or river
access to the public by means of an access ramp or other facility that is either located on
the property of the marina or at a publicly owned site that abuts the property of the marina.
No more than 800 feet of lakeshore may be included in this classification. Buildings used
in conjunction with a marina for marina services, including but not limited to buildings
used to provide food and beverage services, fuel, boat repairs, or the sale of bait or fishing
tackle, are classified as class 3a property; and

(12) real and personal property devoted to noncommercial temporary and seasonal
residential occupancy for recreation purposes.

Class 4c property has a class rate of 1.5 percent of market value, except that (i) each
parcel of noncommercial seasonal residential recreational property under clause (12)
has the same class rates as class 4bb property, (ii) manufactured home parks assessed
under clause (5), item (i), have the same class rate as class 4b property, and the market
value of manufactured home parks assessed under clause (5), item (ii), has the same class
rate as class 4d property if more than 50 percent of the lots in the park are occupied by
shareholders in the cooperative corporation or association and a class rate of one percent if
50 percent or less of the lots are so occupied, (iii) commercial-use seasonal residential
recreational property and marina recreational land as described in clause (11), has a
class rate of one percent for the first $500,000 of market value, and 1.25 percent for the
remaining market value, (iv) the market value of property described in clause (4) has a
class rate of one percent, (v) the market value of property described in clauses (2), (6), and
(10) has a class rate of 1.25 percent, and (vi) that portion of the market value of property
in clause (9) qualifying for class 4c property has a class rate of 1.25 percent.

(e) Class 4d property is qualifying low-income rental housing certified to the assessor
by the Housing Finance Agency under section 273.128, subdivision 3. If only a portion
of the units in the building qualify as low-income rental housing units as certified under
section 273.128, subdivision 3, only the proportion of qualifying units to the total number
of units in the building qualify for class 4d. The remaining portion of the building shall be
classified by the assessor based upon its use. Class 4d also includes the same proportion of
land as the qualifying low-income rental housing units are to the total units in the building.
For all properties qualifying as class 4d, the market value determined by the assessor must
be based on the normal approach to value using normal unrestricted rents.

(f) The first tier of market value of class 4d property has a class rate of 0.75 percent.
The remaining value of class 4d property has a class rate of 0.25 percent. For the purposes
of this paragraph, the "first tier of market value of class 4d property" means the market
value of each housing unit up to the first tier limit. For the purposes of this paragraph, all
class 4d property value must be assigned to individual housing units. The first tier limit is
$100,000 for assessment year 2014. For subsequent years, the limit is adjusted each year
by the average statewide change in estimated market value of property classified as class 4a
and 4d under this section for the previous assessment year, excluding valuation change due
to new construction, rounded to the nearest $1,000, provided, however, that the limit may
never be less than $100,000. Beginning with assessment year 2015, the commissioner of
revenue must certify the limit for each assessment year by November 1 of the previous year.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective beginning with assessment year 2014.

Sec. 19.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 279.01, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Due dates; penalties.

Except as provided in subdivision subdivisions
3 or 4 to 5, on May 16 or 21 days after the postmark date on the envelope containing the
property tax statement, whichever is later, a penalty accrues and thereafter is charged upon
all unpaid taxes on real estate on the current lists in the hands of the county treasurer. The
penalty is at a rate of two percent on homestead property until May 31 and four percent on
June 1. The penalty on nonhomestead property is at a rate of four percent until May 31 and
eight percent on June 1. This penalty does not accrue until June 1 of each year, or 21 days
after the postmark date on the envelope containing the property tax statements, whichever
is later, on commercial use real property used for seasonal residential recreational purposes
and classified as class 1c or 4c, and on other commercial use real property classified as
class 3a, provided that over 60 percent of the gross income earned by the enterprise on the
class 3a property is earned during the months of May, June, July, and August. In order for
the first half of the tax due on class 3a property to be paid after May 15 and before June 1,
or 21 days after the postmark date on the envelope containing the property tax statement,
whichever is later, without penalty, the owner of the property must attach an affidavit
to the payment attesting to compliance with the income provision of this subdivision.
Thereafter, for both homestead and nonhomestead property, on the first day of each month
beginning July 1, up to and including October 1 following, an additional penalty of one
percent for each month accrues and is charged on all such unpaid taxes provided that if the
due date was extended beyond May 15 as the result of any delay in mailing property tax
statements no additional penalty shall accrue if the tax is paid by the extended due date. If
the tax is not paid by the extended due date, then all penalties that would have accrued if
the due date had been May 15 shall be charged. When the taxes against any tract or lot
exceed $100, one-half thereof may be paid prior to May 16 or 21 days after the postmark
date on the envelope containing the property tax statement, whichever is later; and, if so
paid, no penalty attaches; the remaining one-half may be paid at any time prior to October
16 following, without penalty; but, if not so paid, then a penalty of two percent accrues
thereon for homestead property and a penalty of four percent on nonhomestead property.
Thereafter, for homestead property, on the first day of November an additional penalty of
four percent accrues and on the first day of December following, an additional penalty of
two percent accrues and is charged on all such unpaid taxes. Thereafter, for nonhomestead
property, on the first day of November and December following, an additional penalty of
four percent for each month accrues and is charged on all such unpaid taxes. If one-half of
such taxes are not paid prior to May 16 or 21 days after the postmark date on the envelope
containing the property tax statement, whichever is later, the same may be paid at any time
prior to October 16, with accrued penalties to the date of payment added, and thereupon
no penalty attaches to the remaining one-half until October 16 following.

This section applies to payment of personal property taxes assessed against
improvements to leased property, except as provided by section 277.01, subdivision 3.

A county may provide by resolution that in the case of a property owner that has
multiple tracts or parcels with aggregate taxes exceeding $100, payments may be made in
installments as provided in this subdivision.

The county treasurer may accept payments of more or less than the exact amount of
a tax installment due. Payments must be applied first to the oldest installment that is due
but which has not been fully paid. If the accepted payment is less than the amount due,
payments must be applied first to the penalty accrued for the year or the installment being
paid. Acceptance of partial payment of tax does not constitute a waiver of the minimum
payment required as a condition for filing an appeal under section 278.03 or any other law,
nor does it affect the order of payment of delinquent taxes under section 280.39.

Sec. 20.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 279.01, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

Subd. 5.

Federal active service exception.

In the case of a homestead property
owned by an individual who is on federal active service, as defined in section 190.05,
subdivision 5c, as a member of the National Guard or a reserve component, a four-month
grace period is granted for complying with the due dates imposed by subdivision 1. During
this period, no late fees or penalties shall accrue against the property. The due date for
property taxes owed under this chapter for an individual covered by this subdivision shall
be September 15 for taxes due on May 15, and February 15 of the following year for taxes
due on October 15. A taxpayer making a payment under this subdivision must accompany
the payment with a signed copy of the taxpayer's orders or form DD214 showing the
dates of active service which clearly indicate that the taxpayer was in active service as a
member of the National Guard or a reserve component on the date the payment was due.
This grace period applies to all homestead property owned by individuals on federal active
service, as herein defined, for all of that property's due dates which fall on a day that is
included in the taxpayer's federal active service.

Sec. 21.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 279.02, is amended to read:

279.02 DUTIES OF COUNTY AUDITOR AND TREASURER.

Subdivision 1.

Delinquent property; rates.

On the first business day in January, of
each year, the county treasurer shall return the tax lists on hand to the county auditor, who
shall compare the same with the statements receipted for by the treasurer on file in the
auditor's office and each tract or lot of real property against which the taxes, or any part
thereof, remain unpaid, shall be deemed delinquent, and thereupon an additional penalty
of two percent on the amount of the original tax remaining unpaid shall immediately
accrue and thereafter be charged upon all such delinquent taxes; and any auditor who
shall make out and deliver any statement of delinquent taxes without including therein
the penalties imposed by law, and any treasurer who shall receive payment of such taxes
without including in such payment all items as shown on the auditor's statement, shall be
liable to the county for the amounts of any items omitted.

Subd. 2.

Federal active service exception.

Notwithstanding subdivision 1, a
homestead property owned by an individual who is on federal active service, as defined
in section 190.05, subdivision 5c, as a member of the National Guard or a reserve
component, shall not be deemed delinquent under this section if the due dates imposed
under section 279.01 fall on a day in which the individual was on federal active service.

Sec. 22.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 279.37, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:

Subd. 1a.

Class 3a property.

(a) The delinquent taxes upon a parcel of property
which was classified class 3a, for the previous year's assessment and had a total market
value of $500,000 or less for that same assessment shall be eligible to be composed into a
confession of judgment with the approval of the county auditor. Property qualifying under
this subdivision shall be subject to the same provisions as provided in this section except
as provided in paragraphs (b) to (d) (f).

(b) Current year taxes and penalty due at the time the confession of judgment
is entered must be paid.

(c) The down payment must include all special assessments due in the current tax
year, all delinquent special assessments, and 20 percent of the ad valorem tax, penalties,
and interest accrued against the parcel. The balance remaining is payable in four equal
annual installments. A municipality as defined in section 429.011, cities of the first class,
and other special assessment authorities, that have certified special assessments against
any parcel of property, may, through resolution, waive the requirement of payment of all
current and delinquent special assessments at the time the confession is entered. If the
municipality, city, or authority grants the waiver, 100 percent of all current year taxes,
special assessments, and penalties due at the time, along with 20 percent of all delinquent
taxes, special assessments, penalties, interest, and fees must be paid. The balance
remaining shall be subject to and included in the installment plan.

(d) When there are current and delinquent special assessments certified and billed
against a parcel, the assessment authority or municipality as defined in section 429.011
may abate under section 375.192, subdivision 2, all special assessments and the penalty
and interest affiliated with the special assessments, and reassess the special assessments,
penalties, and interest accrued thereon, under section 429.071, subdivision 2. The
municipality shall notify the county auditor of its intent to reassess as a precondition
to the entry of the confession of judgment. Upon the notice to abate and reassess, the
municipality shall, through resolution, notify the county auditor to remove all current
and delinquent special assessments and the accrued penalty and interest on the special
assessments, and the payment of all or a portion of the current and delinquent assessments
shall not be required as part of the down payment due at the time the confession of
judgment is entered in accordance with paragraph (c).

(d) (e) The amounts entered in judgment bear interest at the rate provided in section
279.03, subdivision 1a, commencing with the date the judgment is entered. The interest
rate is subject to change each year on the unpaid balance in the manner provided in section
279.03, subdivision 1a.

(f) The county auditor may require conditions on properties including, but not
limited to, environmental remediation action plan requirements, restrictions, or covenants,
when considering a request for approval of eligibility for composition into a confession of
judgment for delinquent taxes upon a parcel of property which was classified class 3a for
the previous year's assessment.

Sec. 23.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 279.37, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Installment payments.

The owner of any such parcel, or any person to
whom the right to pay taxes has been given by statute, mortgage, or other agreement, may
make and file with the county auditor of the county in which the parcel is located a written
offer to pay the current taxes each year before they become delinquent, or to contest the
taxes under Minnesota Statutes 1941, sections 278.01 to 278.13, and agree to confess
judgment for the amount provided, as determined by the county auditor. By filing the
offer, the owner waives all irregularities in connection with the tax proceedings affecting
the parcel and any defense or objection which the owner may have to the proceedings, and
also waives the requirements of any notice of default in the payment of any installment or
interest to become due pursuant to the composite judgment to be so entered. Unless the
property is subject to subdivision 1a, with the offer, the owner shall (i) tender one-tenth of
the amount of the delinquent taxes, costs, penalty, and interest, and shall (ii) tender all
current year taxes and penalty due at the time the confession of judgment is entered. In the
offer, the owner shall agree to pay the balance in nine equal installments, with interest as
provided in section 279.03, payable annually on installments remaining unpaid from time
to time, on or before December 31 of each year following the year in which judgment
was confessed. The offer must be substantially as follows:

"To the court administrator of the district court of ........... county, I, .....................,
am the owner of the following described parcel of real estate located in ....................
county, Minnesota:

.............................. Upon that real estate there are delinquent taxes for the year ........., and
prior years, as follows: (here insert year of delinquency and the total amount of delinquent
taxes, costs, interest, and penalty). By signing this document I offer to confess judgment in
the sum of $...... and waive all irregularities in the tax proceedings affecting these taxes and
any defense or objection which I may have to them, and direct judgment to be entered for
the amount stated above, minus the sum of $............, to be paid with this document, which
is one-tenth or one-fifth of the amount of the taxes, costs, penalty, and interest stated above.
I agree to pay the balance of the judgment in nine or four equal, annual installments, with
interest as provided in section 279.03, payable annually, on the installments remaining
unpaid. I agree to pay the installments and interest on or before December 31 of each year
following the year in which this judgment is confessed and current taxes each year before
they become delinquent, or within 30 days after the entry of final judgment in proceedings
to contest the taxes under Minnesota Statutes, sections 278.01 to 278.13.

Dated .............., ......."

Sec. 24.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 281.14, is amended to read:

281.14 EXPIRATION OF TIME FOR REDEMPTION.

The time for redemption from any tax sale, whether made to the state or to a private
person, shall not expire until notice of expiration of redemption, as provided in section
281.13 281.17, shall have been given.

Sec. 25.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 281.17, is amended to read:

281.17 PERIOD FOR REDEMPTION.

Except for properties for which the period of redemption has been limited under
sections 281.173 and 281.174, the following periods for redemption apply.

The period of redemption for all lands sold to the state at a tax judgment sale shall
be three years from the date of sale to the state of Minnesota if the land is within an
incorporated area unless it is: (a) nonagricultural homesteaded land as defined in section
273.13, subdivision 22; (b) homesteaded agricultural land as defined in section 273.13,
subdivision 23, paragraph (a); or (c) seasonal residential recreational land as defined in
section 273.13, subdivision 22, paragraph (c), or 25, paragraph (d), clause (1), for which
the period of redemption is five years from the date of sale to the state of Minnesota.

The period of redemption for homesteaded lands as defined in section 273.13,
subdivision 22, located in a targeted neighborhood as defined in Laws 1987, chapter 386,
article 6, section 4, and sold to the state at a tax judgment sale is three years from the date
of sale. The period of redemption for all lands located in a targeted neighborhood as
defined in Laws 1987, chapter 386, article 6, section 4, except (1) homesteaded lands as
defined in section 273.13, subdivision 22, and (2) for periods of redemption beginning
after June 30, 1991, but before July 1, 1996, lands located in the Loring Park targeted
neighborhood on which a notice of lis pendens has been served, and sold to the state at a
tax judgment sale is one year from the date of sale.

The period of redemption for all real property constituting a mixed municipal solid
waste disposal facility that is a qualified facility under section 115B.39, subdivision 1, is
one year from the date of the sale to the state of Minnesota.

The period of redemption for all other lands sold to the state at a tax judgment
sale shall be five years from the date of sale, except that the period of redemption for
nonhomesteaded agricultural land as defined in section 273.13, subdivision 23, paragraph
(b), shall be two years from the date of sale if at that time that property is owned by a
person who owns one or more parcels of property on which taxes are delinquent, and the
delinquent taxes are more than 25 percent of the prior year's school district levy.

Sec. 26.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 287.05, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

Subd. 10.

Hennepin and Ramsey Counties.

For properties located in Hennepin
and Ramsey Counties, the county may impose an additional mortgage registry tax as
defined in sections 383A.80 and 383B.80.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for deeds and mortgages
acknowledged on or after July 1, 2013.

Sec. 27.

[287.40] HENNEPIN AND RAMSEY COUNTIES.

For properties located in Hennepin and Ramsey Counties, the county may impose an
additional deed tax as defined in sections 383A.80 and 383B.80.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for deeds and mortgages
acknowledged on or after July 1, 2013.

Sec. 28.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 383A.80, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

Subd. 4.

Expiration.

The authority to impose the tax under this section expires
January 1, 2013 2028.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for all deeds and mortgages
acknowledged on or after July 1, 2013.

Sec. 29.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 383B.80, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

Subd. 4.

Expiration.

The authority to impose the tax under this section expires
January 1, 2013 2028.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for all deeds and mortgages
acknowledged on or after July 1, 2013.

Sec. 30.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 428A.101, is amended to read:

428A.101 DEADLINE FOR SPECIAL SERVICE DISTRICT UNDER
GENERAL LAW.

The establishment of a new special service district after June 30, 2013 2028, requires
enactment of a special law authorizing the establishment.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 31.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 428A.21, is amended to read:

428A.21 DEADLINE FOR HOUSING IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS UNDER
GENERAL LAW.

The establishment of a new housing improvement area after June 30, 2013 2028,
requires enactment of a special law authorizing the establishment of the area.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 32.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 473F.08, subdivision 3a, is amended to read:

Subd. 3a.

Bloomington computation.

(a) Beginning in 1987 and each subsequent
year through 1998, the city of Bloomington shall determine the interest payments for that
year for the bonds which have been sold for the highway improvements pursuant to Laws
1986, chapter 391, section 2, paragraph (g). Effective for property taxes payable in 1988
through property taxes payable in 1999, after the Hennepin County auditor has computed
the areawide portion of the levy for the city of Bloomington pursuant to subdivision 3,
clause (a), the auditor shall annually add a dollar amount to the city of Bloomington's
areawide portion of the levy equal to the amount which has been certified to the auditor
by the city of Bloomington for the interest payments for that year for the bonds which
were sold for highway improvements. The total areawide portion of the levy for the city
of Bloomington including the additional amount for interest repayment certified pursuant
to this subdivision shall be certified by the Hennepin County auditor to the administrative
auditor pursuant to subdivision 5. The Hennepin County auditor shall distribute to the
city of Bloomington the additional areawide portion of the levy computed pursuant to this
subdivision at the same time that payments are made to the other counties pursuant to
subdivision 7a. For property taxes payable from the year 2009 through 2018 2014, the
Hennepin County auditor shall adjust Bloomington's contribution to the areawide gross tax
capacity upward each year by a value equal to ten percent of the total additional areawide
levy distributed to Bloomington under this subdivision from 1988 to 1999, divided by the
areawide tax rate for taxes payable in the previous year.

(b) For property taxes payable from 2015 through 2018, the administrative auditor
shall increase the areawide net tax capacity each year by an amount equal to ten percent of
the total additional areawide levy distributed to Bloomington under this subdivision from
1988 to 1999, divided by the areawide tax rate for taxes payable in the previous year. The
administrative auditor must notify the commissioner of revenue of the amount determined
by multiplying the increase in the areawide net tax capacity by the areawide tax rate
determined under subdivision 5. The commissioner of revenue must pay the amount
determined each payable year to the administrative auditor in two installments on July 10
and November 10, for distribution and settlement as provided in subdivision 7a.

(c) A sum sufficient to meet the obligations under this subdivision is annually
appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of revenue.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective beginning with taxes payable in 2015.

Sec. 33.

Laws 1988, chapter 645, section 3, as amended by Laws 1999, chapter 243,
article 6, section 9, Laws 2000, chapter 490, article 6, section 15, and Laws 2008, chapter
154, article 2, section 30, is amended to read:

Sec. 3. TAX; PAYMENT OF EXPENSES.

(a) The tax levied by the hospital district under Minnesota Statutes, section 447.34,
must not be levied at a rate that exceeds the amount authorized to be levied under that
section. The proceeds of the tax may be used for all purposes of the hospital district,
except as provided in paragraph (b).

(b) 0.015 percent of taxable market value of the tax in paragraph (a) may be used
solely by the Cook ambulance service and the Orr ambulance service for the purpose of
capital expenditures as it relates to:

(1) ambulance acquisitions for the Cook ambulance service and the Orr ambulance
service and not;

(2) attached and portable equipment for use in and for the ambulances; and

(3) parts and replacement parts for maintenance and repair of the ambulances.

The money may not be used for administrative, operation, or salary expenses.

(c) The part of the levy referred to in paragraph (b) must be administered by the
Cook Hospital and passed on in equal amounts directly to the Cook area ambulance
service board and the city of Orr to be held in trust until funding for a new ambulance is
needed by either the Cook ambulance service or the Orr ambulance service used for the
purposes in paragraph (b).

Sec. 34.

Laws 1999, chapter 243, article 6, section 11, is amended to read:

Sec. 11. CEMETERY LEVY FOR SAWYER BY CARLTON COUNTY.

Subdivision 1.

Levy authorized.

Notwithstanding other law to the contrary, the
Carlton county board of commissioners may annually levy in and for the unorganized
township territory of Sawyer an amount up to $1,000 annually for cemetery purposes,
beginning with taxes payable in 2000 and ending with taxes payable in 2009.

Subd. 2.

Effective date.

This section is effective June 1, 1999, without local
approval.

EFFECTIVE DATE; LOCAL APPROVAL.

This section applies to taxes
payable in 2014 and thereafter, and is effective the day after the Carlton County Board
of Commissioners and its chief clerical officer timely complete their compliance with
Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021, subdivisions 2 and 3.

Sec. 35.

Laws 2008, chapter 366, article 5, section 33, the effective date, is amended to
read:

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for taxes levied in 2008, payable in
2009, and is repealed effective for taxes levied in 2013 2018, payable in 2014 2019,
and thereafter.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective beginning with taxes payable in 2014.

Sec. 36.

Laws 2009, chapter 88, article 2, section 46, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Agreement.

The city of Cloquet and Perch Lake Township, by
resolution of each of their governing bodies, may establish the Cloquet Area Fire and
Ambulance Taxing District for the purpose of providing fire and or ambulance services,
or both, throughout the district. In this section, "municipality" means home rule charter
and statutory cities, towns, and Indian tribes. The district may exercise all the powers
relating to fire and ambulance services of the municipalities that receive fire and or
ambulance services, or both, from the district. Upon application, any other municipality
that is contiguous to a municipality that is a member of the district may join the district
with the agreement of the municipalities that comprise the district at the time of its
application to join.

Sec. 37.

Laws 2009, chapter 88, article 2, section 46, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

Tax.

The district board may impose a property tax on taxable property in
the district as provided in this subdivision. This The board shall annually determine the
total amount of the levy that is attributable to the cost of providing fire services and the cost
of providing ambulance services within the primary service area. For those municipalities
that only receive ambulance services, the costs for the provision of ambulance services
shall be levied against taxable property within those municipalities at a rate necessary not
to exceed 0.019 percent of the estimated market value. For those municipalities that
receive both fire and ambulance services, the tax shall be imposed at a rate that does not
exceed 0.2835 percent of taxable estimated market value for taxes payable in 2010. The
board shall annually determine the separate amounts of the levy that are attributable to the
cost of providing fire services and the cost of providing ambulance services. Costs for the
provision of ambulance services shall be levied against taxable property within the area of
the district that receive the services. Costs for the provision of fire services shall be levied
against taxable property within the area of the district that receive the services.

When a member municipality opts to receive fire service from the district or an
additional municipality becomes a member of the district, the additional cost of providing
ambulance and fire services to that municipality will community shall be determined by
the board and added to the maximum levy amount.

Each county auditor of a county that contains a municipality subject to the tax under
this section must collect the tax and pay it to the Fire and Ambulance Special Taxing
District. The district may also impose other fees or charges as allowed by law for the
provision of fire and ambulance services.

Sec. 38.

Laws 2010, chapter 389, article 1, section 12, the effective date, is amended to
read:

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for assessment years year 2010 and
2011, for taxes payable in 2011 and 2012 thereafter.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for assessment year 2012 and
thereafter.

Sec. 39. MINNEAPOLIS AND ST. PAUL ENTERTAINMENT FACILITIES
COORDINATION STUDY; APPROPRIATION.

Subdivision 1.

Statement of purpose.

The legislature finds that the national
economic structure of professional sports financing, as directly or indirectly sanctioned by
federal law, compels state and local governments in smaller metropolitan areas, such as
Minneapolis and St. Paul, to help finance the construction and operation of venues for
professional sports franchises as a condition of hosting these franchises. The burden and
risk associated with providing this assistance justifies authorizing and directing the cities
and any associated private entities to enter into arrangements that attempt to maximize
the combined revenues of these facilities from direct users, including those unrelated to
professional sports, such as, but not limited to, joint booking of concerts and other events,
to minimize the cost and risk to general taxpayers. Any efforts to put in place such joint
marketing, promotion, and scheduling arrangements by the cities or associated private
entities, in the view of the legislature, is a petition for enactment of this or subsequent
enabling legislation under the Noerr-Pennington doctrine or state action under the Parker
antitrust doctrine. This legislation and any resulting arrangements are intended to minimize
the potential burden on general taxpayers of financing and operation of the arenas.

Subd. 2.

Study and report.

On or before February 1, 2014, the cities of
Minneapolis and St. Paul, in consultation with representatives of the primary professional
sports team tenant of each arena, shall study and report to the legislature on establishing
a joint governing structure to be responsible for the joint administration, financing, and
operations of the facilities and the possible effects of joint governance on the finances of
each arena and each city. The commissioner of administration, in consultation with the
two cities, shall contract with an independent consultant to conduct all or a portion of the
study. The cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul together shall pay one-half of the cost of the
consultant contract. The commissioner may accept funding from other public entities and
private organizations to pay for the contract. The study must:

(1) examine the current finances of each arena including past and projected costs and
revenues, projected capital improvements, and the current and projected impact of each
arena on each city's general fund;

(2) determine the impact of joint governance on the future finances of each city;

(3) examine joint scheduling, marketing, and promotion of events at the arenas,
either within a joint governance structure or as separate entities; and

(4) estimate the amount of funding, if any, that would be required to operate and
maintain the arenas under a joint governing structure.

Subd. 3.

Appropriation.

Up to $50,000 is appropriated to the commissioner of
administration from the general fund for fiscal year 2014 to pay up to one-half of the costs
of the consultant contract under subdivision 2.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 40. REIMBURSEMENT FOR PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENTS;
APPROPRIATION.

Subdivision 1.

Reimbursement.

The commissioner of revenue shall reimburse
taxing jurisdictions for property tax abatements granted in Hennepin County under Laws
2011, First Special Session chapter 7, article 5, section 13, notwithstanding the time limits
contained in that section. The reimbursements must be made to each taxing jurisdiction
pursuant to the certification of the Hennepin County auditor.

Subd. 2.

Appropriation.

In fiscal year 2014 only, $336,000 is appropriated to the
commissioner of revenue from the general fund to make the payments required in this
section.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 41. ST. PAUL BALLPARK PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION; SPECIAL
ASSESSMENT.

Any real or personal property acquired, owned, leased, controlled, used, or occupied
by the city of St. Paul for the primary purpose of providing a ballpark for a minor league
baseball team is declared to be acquired, owned, leased, controlled, used, and occupied for
public, governmental, and municipal purposes, and is exempt from ad valorem taxation
by the state or any political subdivision of the state, provided that the properties are
subject to special assessments levied by a political subdivision for a local improvement in
amounts proportionate to and not exceeding the special benefit received by the properties
from the improvement. In determining the special benefit received by the properties, no
possible use of any of the properties in any manner different from their intended use
for providing a minor league ballpark at the time may be considered. Notwithstanding
Minnesota Statutes, section 272.01, subdivision 2, or 273.19, real or personal property
subject to a lease or use agreement between the city and another person for uses related to
the purposes of the operation of the ballpark and related parking facilities is exempt from
taxation regardless of the length of the lease or use agreement. This section, insofar as it
provides an exemption or special treatment, does not apply to any real property that is
leased for residential, business, or commercial development or other purposes different
from those necessary to the provision and operation of the ballpark.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day after compliance by the
governing body of the city of St. Paul with Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021,
subdivisions 2 and 3.

Sec. 42. PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT FACILITY; PROPERTY TAX
EXEMPTION; SPECIAL ASSESSMENT.

Any real or personal property acquired, owned, leased, controlled, used, or occupied
by the city of Minneapolis for the primary purpose of providing an arena for a professional
basketball team is declared to be acquired, owned, leased, controlled, used, and occupied
for public, governmental, and municipal purposes, and is exempt from ad valorem taxation
by the state or any political subdivision of the state, provided that the properties are
subject to special assessments levied by a political subdivision for a local improvement in
amounts proportionate to and not exceeding the special benefit received by the properties
from the improvement. In determining the special benefit received by the properties, no
possible use of any of the properties in any manner different from their intended use for
providing a professional basketball arena at the time may be considered. Notwithstanding
Minnesota Statutes, section 272.01, subdivision 2, or 273.19, real or personal property
subject to a lease or use agreement between the city and another person for uses related to
the purposes of the operation of the arena and related parking facilities is exempt from
taxation regardless of the length of the lease or use agreement. This section, insofar as
it provides an exemption or special treatment, does not apply to any real property that
is leased for residential, business, or commercial development, or for other purposes
different from those necessary to the provision and operation of the arena.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day after compliance by the
governing body of the city of Minneapolis with Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021,
subdivisions 2 and 3.

Sec. 43. PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT FACILITY; CONSTRUCTION
MANAGER AT RISK.

(a) For any real or personal property acquired, owned, leased, controlled, used, or
occupied by the city of Minneapolis for the primary purpose of providing an arena for
a professional basketball team, the city of Minneapolis may contract for construction,
materials, supplies, and equipment in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section
471.345, except that the city may employ or contract with persons, firms, or corporations
to perform one or more or all of the functions of an engineer, architect, construction
manager, or program manager with respect to all or any part of a project to renovate,
refurbish, and remodel the arena under either the traditional design-bid-build plan or
construction manager at risk plan, or a combination thereof.

(b) The city may prepare a request for proposals for one or more of the functions
described in paragraph (a). The request must be published in a newspaper of general
circulation. The city may prequalify offerors by issuing a request for qualifications, in
advance of the request for proposals, and select a short list of responsible offerors to
submit proposals.

(c) As provided in the request for proposals, the city may conduct discussions and
negotiations with responsible offerors in order to determine which proposal is most
advantageous to the city and to negotiate the terms of an agreement. In conducting
discussions, there shall be no disclosure of any information derived from proposals
submitted by competing offerors and the content of all proposals is nonpublic data under
Minnesota Statutes, chapter 13, until such time as a notice to award a contract is given
by the city.

(d) Upon agreement on the guaranteed maximum price, the construction manager
or program manager may enter into contracts with subcontractors for labor, materials,
supplies, and equipment for the renovation project through the process of public bidding,
except that the construction manager or program manager may, with the consent of the city:

(1) narrow the listing of eligible bidders to those that the construction manager
or program manager determines to possess sufficient expertise to perform the intended
functions;

(2) award contracts to the subcontractors that the construction manager or program
manager determines provide the best value under a request for proposals, as described in
Minnesota Statutes, section 16C.28, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (2), that are not
required to be the lowest responsible bidder; and

(3) for work the construction manager or program manager determines to be
critical to the completion schedule, perform work with its own forces without soliciting
competitive bids or proposals, if the construction manager or program manager provides
evidence of competitive pricing.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day after compliance by the
governing body of the city of Minneapolis with Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021,
subdivisions 2 and 3.

Sec. 44. EXTENSION OF PROPERTY TAX DUE DATE; COMMERCIAL
SEASONAL RECREATIONAL PROPERTIES.

Notwithstanding the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 279.01, subdivision
1, for taxes payable in 2013 only, the penalty on first-half property taxes does not accrue
until June 15 on commercial use real property used for seasonal residential recreational
purposes and classified as class 1c or 4c, and on other commercial use real property
classified as class 3a, provided that over 60 percent of the gross income earned by the
enterprise on the class 3a property is earned during the months of May, June, July, and
August. In order for the first half of the tax due on class 3a property to be paid after May
15 and before June 15 without penalty, the owner of the property must attach an affidavit
to the payment attesting to compliance with the income provision of this subdivision.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 45. REPORT ON CLASS 4D TIER STRUCTURE.

The commissioners of revenue and housing finance shall report to the legislature
by January 31, 2015, on the implementation of a second tier of market value for class 4d
property under Minnesota Statutes, section 273.13, subdivision 25, paragraph (f). The
report shall include the number of class 4d properties subject to the second tier of market
value for taxes payable in 2015 and the tax impact of the application of the second tier
of market value. The report shall also include an analysis of the characteristics of the
properties to which the second tier of market value applies, such as location, building
type, and number of units.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective July 1, 2013.

Sec. 46. REPORT AND STUDY ON CERTAIN PROPERTY USED IN
BUSINESS AND PRODUCTION; ASSESSMENT MORATORIUM.

Subdivision 1.

Study and report.

(a) In order to facilitate a legislative review of
property tax assessment procedures for facilities used in the production of biofuels, wine,
beer, distilled beverages, and dairy products, and the development of standards and criteria
for determining the taxable status of these facilities, the commissioner of revenue must
conduct a study and report the findings of the study. The study must:

(1) include a detailed survey of counties identifying the components and tax status
of biofuel facilities;

(2) identify the function of components in facilities of the affected industries;

(3) consider the taxability for certain components related to size, function, and use;

(4) develop recommendations for assessment guidelines and policies for facilities of
the affected industries; and

(5) identify possible impacts to state and local taxes resulting from study
recommendations.

(b) The commissioner shall request the involvement and participation of
stakeholders, including the affected industries, the assessment community, and others
identified by the commissioner.

(c) The commissioner shall report the findings to the chairs of the house of
representatives and senate committees with jurisdiction over taxes, agriculture, and
economic development as well as the commissioners of agriculture and employment and
economic development by February 1, 2014.

Subd. 2.

Moratorium on changes in assessment practices.

(a) For the 2013 and
2014 assessments, assessors must continue to use assessment practices or policies in effect
in that county on January 2, 2012, for determining the taxable status of property used in
the production of biofuels, wine, beer, distilled beverages, or dairy products.

(b) An assessor must not change the taxable status of any existing property described
in paragraph (a) from its status on January 2, 2012, unless the change is due to a change in
the use of property, or to correct an error. For taxable properties, the assessor may change
the estimated market value of the property and add value for any new construction that
would have been taxable under practices and policies in place on January 2, 2012.

(c) This subdivision expires on December 31, 2014. Any changes to the taxable
status of the properties in paragraph (a) resulting from the study will not be effective
until the 2015 assessment.

Sec. 47. PROPERTY TAX SAVINGS REPORT.

(a) In addition to the certification of its proposed property tax levy under Minnesota
Statutes, section 275.065, each city that has a population over 500 and each county shall
also include the amount of sales and use tax paid, or was estimated to be paid, in 2012.

(b) At the time the notice of the proposed property taxes is mailed as required under
Minnesota Statutes, section 275.065, subdivision 3, the county treasurer shall also include
a separate statement providing a list of sales and use tax certified by the county and cities
within their jurisdiction.

(c) At the public hearing required under Minnesota Statutes, section 275.065,
subdivision 3, the county and city must discuss the estimated savings realized to their
budgets that resulted from the sales tax exemption authorized under Minnesota Statutes,
section 297A.70, subdivision 2, and how those savings will be used for property tax levy
reductions, fee reductions, and other purposes as deemed appropriate.

Reasonable costs of preparing the notice required in this section must be apportioned
between taxing jurisdictions as follows:

(1) one-half is allocated to the county; and

(2) one-half is allocated among the cities.

The amount allocated in clause (2) must be further apportioned among all the cities
in the proportion that the number of parcels in the city bears to the number of parcels in all
the cities that have populations over 500.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment,
for taxes levied in 2013 and payable in 2014.

Sec. 48. LEVY LIMITS FOR TAXES LEVIED IN 2013.

Subdivision 1.

Population.

"Population" means the population for the local
governmental unit as established by the last federal census, by a census taken under
section Minnesota Statutes, section 275.14, or by an estimate made by the metropolitan
council or by the state demographer under Minnesota Statutes, section 4A.02, whichever
is most recent as to the stated date of the count or estimate up to and including June 1
of the current levy year.

Subd. 2.

Local government unit.

"Local governmental unit" means a county with a
population greater than 5,000, or a statutory or home rule charter city with a population
greater than 2,500.

Subd. 3.

Levy limit base.

"Levy limit base" for a local governmental unit for levy
year 2013 means the sum of its certified net tax capacity levy plus the total of aids and
reimbursements that the local governmental unit is certified to receive under Minnesota
Statutes, sections 477A.011 to 477A.014, minus any amounts that would qualify as a
special levy under Minnesota Statutes, section 275.70, subdivision 5, clauses (1) to (4) and
(7), for taxes levied in 2011 or 2012, whichever is greater. The levy limit base must be
increased by three percent.

Subd. 4.

Property tax levy limit.

For taxes levied in 2013, the net tax capacity
levy limit for a local governmental unit is equal to its levy limit base determined under
subdivision 3 plus any additional levy authorized under Minnesota Statutes, section
275.73, which is levied against net tax capacity, reduced by the total amount of aids and
reimbursements that the local governmental unit is certified to receive under Minnesota
Statutes, sections 477A.011 to 477A.014. The property tax levy limit for any local
government cannot be less than the greater of its certified net tax capacity levies for taxes
levied in 2011 or 2012.

Subd. 5.

Limit on levies.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law or municipal
charter to the contrary which authorize ad valorem taxes in excess of the limits established
by this section, the provisions of this section apply to local governmental units for all
purposes other than those for which special levies under Minnesota Statutes, section
275.70, subdivision 5, clauses (1) to (5) and (7), and special assessments are made.

Subd. 6.

Levies in excess of levy limits.

If the levy made by a city or county
exceeds the levy limit provided in this section, except when the excess levy is due to the
rounding of the rate in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 275.28, the county
auditor shall only extend the amount of taxes permitted under this section as provided
for in Minnesota Statutes, section 275.16.

Subd. 7.

Calculation and notification.

The commissioner of revenue shall make
all necessary calculations for determining levy limits for local governmental units and
notify the affected governmental units of their levy limits directly by September 1, 2013.
The local governmental units shall, upon request, provide the commissioner with any
information needed to make the calculations. The local governmental unit shall report
by September 30, in a manner prescribed by the commissioner, the maximum amount of
taxes it plans to levy for each of the purposes listed under special levies and any additional
levy authorized under Minnesota Statutes, section 275.73, along with any necessary
documentation. The commissioner shall review the proposed special levies and make any
adjustments needed. The commissioner's decision is final. The final allowed special levy
amounts and any levy limit adjustments must be certified back to the local governments by
December 10. In addition, the commissioner of revenue shall notify all county auditors on
or before five working days after December 20 of the sum of the levy limit plus the total of
allowed special levies for each local governmental unit located within their boundaries so
that they may fix the levies as required in Minnesota Statutes, section 275.16. The local
governmental units shall provide the commissioner of revenue with all information that
the commissioner deems necessary to make the calculations provided for in this section.

Subd. 8.

Information necessary to calculate levy limit base.

A local governmental
unit must provide the commissioner with the information required to calculate the
amount under subdivision 3, by July 20, 2013. If the information is not received by the
commissioner by that date, or is not deemed sufficient to make the calculation under that
clause, the commissioner has the discretion to set the local governmental unit's levy limit
for all purposes including those purposes for which special levies may be made, equal to
the amount of the local governmental unit's certified levy for the prior year.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for taxes levied in 2013, payable
in 2014, only.

Sec. 49. APPROPRIATION.

$2,000,000 in fiscal year 2014 only is appropriated from the general fund to the
commissioner of revenue for a grant to the city of Moose Lake to reimburse for costs
related to connection of state facilities to the sewer line.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective July 1, 2013.

ARTICLE 5

SPECIAL TAXES

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 270C.56, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Liability imposed.

A person who, either singly or jointly with
others, has the control of, supervision of, or responsibility for filing returns or reports,
paying taxes, or collecting or withholding and remitting taxes and who fails to do so, or a
person who is liable under any other law, is liable for the payment of taxes arising under
chapters 295, 296A, 297A, 297F, and 297G, or sections 256.9658, 290.92, and 297E.02,
and the applicable penalties and interest on those taxes.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective July 1, 2013.

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 296A.09, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Jet fuel and special fuel tax imposed.

There is imposed an excise tax
of the same rate 15 cents per gallon as the aviation gasoline on all jet fuel or special
fuel received, sold, stored, or withdrawn from storage in this state, for use as substitutes
for aviation gasoline and not otherwise taxed as gasoline. Jet fuel is defined in section
296A.01, subdivision 8.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective July 1, 2014, and applied to sales
and purchases made on or after that date.

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 296A.17, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

Refund on graduated basis.

Any person who has directly or indirectly
paid the excise tax on aviation gasoline or special fuel for aircraft use provided for by this
chapter and the airflight property tax under section 270.72, shall, as to all such aviation
gasoline and special fuel received, stored, or withdrawn from storage by the person in
this state in any calendar year and not sold or otherwise disposed of to others, or intended
for sale or other disposition to others, on which such tax has been so paid, be entitled to
the following graduated reductions in such tax for that calendar year, to be obtained by
means of the following refunds:

(1) on each gallon of such aviation gasoline or special fuel up to 50,000 gallons, all
but five cents per gallon;

(2) on each gallon of such aviation gasoline or special fuel above 50,000 gallons and
not more than 150,000 gallons, all but two cents per gallon;

(3) on each gallon of such aviation gasoline or special fuel above 150,000 gallons
and not more than 200,000 gallons, all but one cent per gallon;

(4) on each gallon of such aviation gasoline or special fuel above 200,000, all but
one-half cent per gallon.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective July 1, 2014, and applied to sales
and purchases made on or after that date.

Sec. 4.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297A.82, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

Subd. 4.

Exemptions.

(a) The following transactions are exempt from the tax
imposed in this chapter to the extent provided.

(b) The purchase or use of aircraft previously registered in Minnesota by a
corporation or partnership is exempt if the transfer constitutes a transfer within the
meaning of section 351 or 721 of the Internal Revenue Code.

(c) The sale to or purchase, storage, use, or consumption by a licensed aircraft dealer
of an aircraft for which a commercial use permit has been issued pursuant to section
360.654 is exempt, if the aircraft is resold while the permit is in effect.

(d) Air flight equipment when sold to, or purchased, stored, used, or consumed by
airline companies, as defined in section 270.071, subdivision 4, is exempt. For purposes
of this subdivision, "air flight equipment" includes airplanes and parts necessary for the
repair and maintenance of such air flight equipment, and flight simulators, but does
not include airplanes with a gross weight of less than 30,000 pounds that are used on
intermittent or irregularly timed flights.

(e) Sales of, and the storage, distribution, use, or consumption of aircraft, as defined
in section 360.511 and approved by the Federal Aviation Administration, and which the
seller delivers to a purchaser outside Minnesota or which, without intermediate use, is
shipped or transported outside Minnesota by the purchaser are exempt, but only if the
purchaser is not a resident of Minnesota and provided that the aircraft is not thereafter
returned to a point within Minnesota, except in the course of interstate commerce or
isolated and occasional use, and will be registered in another state or country upon its
removal from Minnesota. This exemption applies even if the purchaser takes possession of
the aircraft in Minnesota and uses the aircraft in the state exclusively for training purposes
for a period not to exceed ten days prior to removing the aircraft from this state.

(f) The sale or purchase of the following items that relate to aircraft operated under
Federal Aviation Regulations, Parts 91 and 135, and associated installation charges:
equipment and parts necessary for repair and maintenance of aircraft; and equipment
and parts to upgrade and improve aircraft.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for sales and purchases made after
June 30, 2013.

Sec. 5.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297A.82, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

Subd. 4a.

Deposit in state airports fund.

Tax revenue collected from the sale or
purchase of an aircraft taxable under this chapter must be deposited in the state airports
fund, established in section 360.017.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective July 1, 2013, and applied to sales
and purchases made on or after that date.

Sec. 6.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297F.01, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

Cigarette.

"Cigarette" means any roll for smoking made wholly or in part
of tobacco, that weighs 4.5 pounds or less per thousand:

(1) the wrapper or cover of which is made of paper or another substance or material
except tobacco; or

(2) wrapped in any substance containing tobacco, however labeled or named, which,
because of its appearance, size, the type of tobacco used in the filler, or its packaging,
pricing, marketing, or labeling, is likely to be offered to or purchased by consumers as
a cigarette, as defined in clause (1), unless it is wrapped in whole tobacco leaf and does
not have a cellulose acetate or other cigarette-like filter.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective July 1, 2013.

Sec. 7.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297F.01, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

Subd. 10b.

Moist snuff.

"Moist snuff" means any finely cut, ground, or powdered
smokeless tobacco that is intended to be placed or dipped in the mouth.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective January 1, 2014.

Sec. 8.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297F.01, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

Subd. 13a.

Premium cigar.

"Premium cigar" means any cigar that is
hand-constructed and hand-rolled, has a wrapper that is made entirely from whole tobacco
leaf, has a filler and binder that is made entirely of tobacco, except for adhesives or other
materials used to maintain size, texture, or flavor, and has a wholesale price of no less
than $2.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective July 1, 2013.

Sec. 9.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297F.01, subdivision 19, is amended to read:

Subd. 19.

Tobacco products.

(a) "Tobacco products" means any product
containing, made, or derived from tobacco that is intended for human consumption,
whether chewed, smoked, absorbed, dissolved, inhaled, snorted, sniffed, or ingested by
any other means, or any component, part, or accessory of a tobacco product, including,
but not limited to, cigars; little cigars; cheroots; stogies; periques; granulated, plug cut,
crimp cut, ready rubbed, and other smoking tobacco; snuff; snuff flour; cavendish; plug
and twist tobacco; fine-cut and other chewing tobacco; shorts; refuse scraps, clippings,
cuttings and sweepings of tobacco, and other kinds and forms of tobacco; but does not
include cigarettes as defined in this section. Tobacco products excludes any tobacco
product that has been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for
sale as a tobacco cessation product, as a tobacco dependence product, or for other medical
purposes, and is being marketed and sold solely for such an approved purpose.

(b) Except for the imposition of tax under section 297F.05, subdivisions 3 and 4,
tobacco products includes a premium cigar, as defined in subdivision 13a.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective July 1, 2013.

Sec. 10.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297F.05, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Rates; cigarettes.

A tax is imposed upon the sale of cigarettes in
this state, upon having cigarettes in possession in this state with intent to sell, upon any
person engaged in business as a distributor, and upon the use or storage by consumers, at
the following rates:

(1) on cigarettes weighing not more than three pounds per thousand, 24 141.5 mills
on each such cigarette; and

(2) on cigarettes weighing more than three pounds per thousand, 48 283 mills on
each such cigarette.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective July 1, 2013.

Sec. 11.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297F.05, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

Subd. 1a.

Annual indexing.

(a) Each year the commissioner shall adjust the
tax rates under subdivision 1, including any adjustment made in prior years under this
subdivision, by multiplying the mill rates for the current calendar year by an adjustment
factor and rounding the result to the nearest mill. The adjustment factor equals the in-lieu
sales tax rate that applies to the following calendar year divided by the in-lieu sales tax
rate for the current calendar year. For purposes of this subdivision, "in-lieu sales tax rate"
means the tax rate established under section 297F.25, subdivision 1. For purposes of the
calculations under this subdivision to be made in any year in which an increase in the
federal or state excise tax on cigarettes is implemented, the commissioner shall exclude
from the calculated average price for the current year an amount equal to any increase in
the state or federal excise tax rate.

(b) The commissioner shall publish the resulting rate by November 1 and the rate
applies to sales made on or after January 1 of the following year.

(c) The determination of the commissioner under this subdivision is not a rule and is
not subject to the Administrative Procedure Act in chapter 14.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective July 1, 2014.

Sec. 12.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297F.05, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

Rates; tobacco products.

(a) Except as provided in subdivision 3a, a tax is
imposed upon all tobacco products in this state and upon any person engaged in business
as a distributor, at the rate of 35 95 percent of the wholesale sales price of the tobacco
products. The tax is imposed at the time the distributor:

(1) brings, or causes to be brought, into this state from outside the state tobacco
products for sale;

(2) makes, manufactures, or fabricates tobacco products in this state for sale in
this state; or

(3) ships or transports tobacco products to retailers in this state, to be sold by those
retailers.

(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a minimum tax equal to the rate imposed on a
pack of 20 cigarettes weighing not more than three pounds per thousand, as established
under subdivision 1, is imposed on each container of moist snuff.

For purposes of this subdivision, a "container" means the smallest consumer-size can,
package, or other container that is marketed or packaged by the manufacturer, distributor,
or retailer for separate sale to a retail purchaser. When more than one container is
packaged together, each container is subject to tax.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective July 1, 2013, except the minimum
tax under paragraph (b) is effective January 1, 2014.

Sec. 13.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297F.05, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

Subd. 3a.

Rates; tobacco.

(a) A tax is imposed upon all premium cigars in this state
and upon any person engaged in business as a tobacco product distributor, at the lesser of:

(1) the rate of 95 percent of the wholesale sales price of the premium cigars; or

(2) $3.50 per premium cigar.

(b) The tax imposed under paragraph (a) is imposed at the time the tobacco products
distributor:

(1) brings, or causes to be brought, into this state from outside the state premium
cigars for sale;

(2) makes, manufactures, or fabricates premium cigars in this state for sale in this
state; or

(3) ships or transports premium cigars to retailers in this state, to be sold by those
retailers.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective July 1, 2013.

Sec. 14.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297F.05, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

Subd. 4.

Use tax; tobacco products.

Except as provided in subdivision 4a, a tax is
imposed upon the use or storage by consumers of tobacco products in this state, and upon
such consumers, at the rate of 35 95 percent of the cost to the consumer of the tobacco
products or the minimum tax under subdivision 3, paragraph (b), whichever is greater.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective July 1, 2013.

Sec. 15.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297F.05, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

Subd. 4a.

Use tax; premium cigars.

A tax is imposed upon the use or storage by
consumers of all premium cigars in this state, and upon such consumers, at the lesser of:

(1) the rate of 95 percent of the cost to the consumer of the premium cigars; or

(2) $3.50 per premium cigar.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective July 1, 2013.

Sec. 16.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297F.24, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Fee imposed.

(a) A fee is imposed upon the sale of nonsettlement
cigarettes in this state, upon having nonsettlement cigarettes in possession in this state
with intent to sell, upon any person engaged in business as a distributor, and upon the use
or storage by consumers of nonsettlement cigarettes. The fee equals a rate of 1.75 2.5
cents per cigarette.

(b) The purpose of this fee is to:

(1) ensure that manufacturers of nonsettlement cigarettes pay fees to the state that
are comparable to costs attributable to the use of the cigarettes;

(2) prevent manufacturers of nonsettlement cigarettes from undermining the state's
policy of discouraging underage smoking by offering nonsettlement cigarettes at prices
substantially below the cigarettes of other manufacturers; and

(3) fund such other purposes as the legislature determines appropriate.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective July 1, 2013.

Sec. 17.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297F.25, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Imposition.

(a) A tax is imposed on distributors on the sale of
cigarettes by a cigarette distributor to a retailer or cigarette subjobber for resale in this
state. The tax is equal to 6.5 percent of the combined tax rate under section 297A.62,
multiplied by the weighted average retail price and must be expressed in cents per pack
rounded to the nearest one-tenth of a cent. The weighted average retail price must be
determined annually, with new rates published by November 1, and effective for sales
on or after January 1 of the following year. The weighted average retail price must be
established by surveying cigarette retailers statewide in a manner and time determined by
the commissioner. The commissioner shall make an inflation adjustment in accordance
with the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers inflation indicator as published in
the most recent state budget forecast. The commissioner shall use the inflation factor for
the calendar year in which the new tax rate takes effect. If the survey indicates that the
average retail price of cigarettes has not increased relative to the average retail price in
the previous year's survey, then the commissioner shall not make an inflation adjustment.
The determination of the commissioner pursuant to this subdivision is not a "rule" and is
not subject to the Administrative Procedure Act contained in chapter 14. For packs of
cigarettes with other than 20 cigarettes, the tax must be adjusted proportionally.

(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), and in lieu of a survey of cigarette retailers, the
tax calculation of the weighted average retail price for the sales of cigarettes from August
1, 2011, through December 31, 2011, shall be calculated by: (1) increasing the average
retail price per pack of 20 cigarettes from the most recent survey by the percentage change
in a weighted average of the presumed legal prices for cigarettes during the year after
completion of that survey, as reported and published by the Department of Commerce
under section 325D.371; (2) subtracting the sales tax included in the retail price; and (3)
adjusting for expected inflation. The rate must be published by May 1 and is effective for
sales after July 31. If the weighted average of the presumed legal prices indicates that the
average retail price of cigarettes has not increased relative to the average retail price in the
most recent survey, then no inflation adjustment must be made. For packs of cigarettes
with other than 20 cigarettes, the tax must be adjusted proportionally.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective July 1, 2013.

Sec. 18.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297G.04, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Tax credit.

A qualified brewer producing fermented malt beverages
is entitled to a tax credit of $4.60 per barrel on 25,000 barrels sold in any fiscal year
beginning July 1, regardless of the alcohol content of the product. Qualified brewers may
take the credit on the 18th day of each month, but the total credit allowed may not exceed
in any fiscal year the lesser of:

(1) the liability for tax; or

(2) $115,000.

For purposes of this subdivision, a "qualified brewer" means a brewer, whether or
not located in this state, manufacturing less than 100,000 250,000 barrels of fermented
malt beverages in the calendar year immediately preceding the calendar year for which
the credit under this subdivision is claimed. In determining the number of barrels, all
brands or labels of a brewer must be combined. All facilities for the manufacture of
fermented malt beverages owned or controlled by the same person, corporation, or other
entity must be treated as a single brewer.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for determinations based on calendar
year 2012 production and thereafter.

Sec. 19.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 325D.32, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Cigarettes.

"Cigarettes" means and includes any roll for smoking, made
wholly or in part of tobacco, irrespective of size and shape and whether or not such
tobacco is flavored, adulterated or mixed with any other ingredient, the wrapper or cover
of which is made of paper or any other substance or material except whole tobacco leaf,
and includes any cigarette as defined in section 297F.01, subdivision 3.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective July 1, 2013.

Sec. 20.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 325F.781, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Definitions.

(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms
have the meanings given, unless the language or context clearly provides otherwise.

(b) "Consumer" means an individual who purchases, receives, or possesses tobacco
products for personal consumption and not for resale.

(c) "Delivery sale" means:

(1) a sale of tobacco products to a consumer in this state when:

(i) the purchaser submits the order for the sale by means of a telephonic or other
method of voice transmission, the mail or any other delivery service, or the Internet or
other online service; or

(ii) the tobacco products are delivered by use of the mail or other delivery service; or

(2) a sale of tobacco products that satisfies the criteria in clause (1), item (i),
regardless of whether the seller is located inside or outside of the state.

A sale of tobacco products to an individual in this state must be treated as a sale to a
consumer, unless the individual is licensed as a distributor or retailer of tobacco products.

(d) "Delivery service" means a person, including the United States Postal Service,
that is engaged in the commercial delivery of letters, packages, or other containers.

(e) "Distributor" means a person, whether located inside or outside of this state,
other than a retailer, who sells or distributes tobacco products in the state. Distributor does
not include a tobacco products manufacturer, export warehouse proprietor, or importer
with a valid permit under United States Code, title 26, section 5712 (1997), if the person
sells or distributes tobacco products in this state only to distributors who hold valid and
current licenses under the laws of a state, or to an export warehouse proprietor or another
manufacturer. Distributor does not include a common or contract carrier that is transporting
tobacco products under a proper bill of lading or freight bill that states the quantity, source,
and destination of tobacco products, or a person who ships tobacco products through this
state by common or contract carrier under a bill of lading or freight bill.

(f) "Retailer" means a person, whether located inside or outside this state, who sells
or distributes tobacco products to a consumer in this state.

(g) "Tobacco products" means:

(1) cigarettes, as defined in section 297F.01, subdivision 3; and

(2) smokeless tobacco as defined in section 325F.76.; and

(3) premium cigars as defined in section 297F.01, subdivision 13a.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective July 1, 2013.

Sec. 21.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.166, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Exclusions.

(a) Bingo, with the exception of linked bingo games, may
be conducted without a license and without complying with sections 349.168, subdivisions
1 and 2; 349.17, subdivisions 4 and 5; 349.18, subdivision 1; and 349.19, if it is conducted:

(1) by an organization in connection with a county fair, the state fair, or a civic
celebration and is not conducted for more than 12 consecutive days and is limited to no more
than four separate applications for activities applied for and approved in a calendar year; or

(2) by an organization that conducts bingo on four or fewer days in a calendar year.

An organization that holds a license to conduct lawful gambling under this chapter
may not conduct bingo under this subdivision.

(b) Bingo may be conducted within a nursing home or a senior citizen housing
project or by a senior citizen organization if the prizes for a single bingo game do not
exceed $10, total prizes awarded at a single bingo occasion do not exceed $200, no more
than two bingo occasions are held by the organization or at the facility each week, only
members of the organization or residents of the nursing home or housing project are
allowed to play in a bingo game, no compensation is paid for any persons who conduct the
bingo, and a manager is appointed to supervise the bingo. Bingo conducted under this
paragraph is exempt from sections 349.11 to 349.23, and the board may not require an
organization that conducts bingo under this paragraph, or the manager who supervises the
bingo, to register or file a report with the board. The gross receipts from bingo conducted
under the limitations of this subdivision are exempt from taxation under chapter 297A.

(c) Raffles may be conducted by an organization without registering with the board
if the value of all raffle prizes awarded by the organization in a calendar year does not
exceed $1,500 or, if the organization is a 501(c)(3) organization, if the value of all raffle
prizes awarded by the organization at one event in a calendar year does not exceed $5,000.

(d) Except as provided in paragraph (b), the organization must maintain all required
records of excluded gambling activity for 3-1/2 years.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective July 1, 2013.

Sec. 22.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 360.531, is amended to read:

360.531 TAXATION.

Subdivision 1.

In lieu tax.

All aircraft using the air space overlying the state of
Minnesota or the airports thereof, except as set forth in section 360.55, shall be taxed in
lieu of all other taxes thereon, on the basis and at the rate for the period January 1, 1966, to
June 30, 1967, and for each fiscal year as follows.

Subd. 2.

Rate.

The tax shall be at the rate of one percent of value; provided that
the minimum tax on an aircraft subject to the provisions of sections 360.511 to 360.67
shall not be less than 25 percent of the tax on said aircraft computed on its base price or
$50 whichever is the higher. as follows:

Base Price		Tax
Under $499,999		$100
$500,000 to $999,999		$200
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999		$2,000
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999		$4,000
$5,000,000 to $7,499,999		$7,500
$7,500,000 to $9,999,999		$10,000
$10,000,000 to $12,499,999		$12,500
$12,500,000 to $14,999,999		$15,000
$15,000,000 to $17,499,999		$17,500
$17,500,000 to $19,999,999		$20,000
$20,000,000 to $22,499,999		$22,500
$22,500,000 to $24,999,999		$25,000
$25,000,000 to $27,499,999		$27,500
$27,500,000 to $29,999,999		$30,000
$30,000,000 to $39,999,999		$50,000
$40,000,000 and over		$75,000

Subd. 3.

First year of life.

"First year of life" means the year the aircraft was
manufactured.

Subd. 4.

Base price for taxation.

For the purpose of fixing a base price for taxation
from which depreciation in value at a fixed percent per annum can be counted, such , the
base price is defined as follows:

(a) The base price for taxation of an aircraft shall be the manufacturer's list price.

(b) The commissioner shall have authority to fix the base value for taxation purposes
of any aircraft of which no such similar or corresponding model has been manufactured,
and of any rebuilt or foreign aircraft, any aircraft on which a record of the list price is not
available, or any military aircraft converted for civilian use, using as a basis for such
valuation the list price of aircraft with comparable performance characteristics, and taking
into consideration the age and condition of the aircraft.

Subd. 5.

Similarity of corresponding model.

Models shall be deemed similar if
substantially alike and of the same make. Models shall be deemed to be corresponding
models for the purpose of taxation under sections 360.54 to 360.67 if of the same make
and having approximately the same weight and type of frame and the same style and
size of motor.

Subd. 6.

Depreciation.

After the first year of aircraft life the base value for taxation
purposes shall be reduced as follows: ten percent the second year, and 15 percent the third
and each succeeding year thereafter, but in no event shall such tax be reduced below
the minimum.

Subd. 7.

Prorating tax.

When an aircraft first becomes subject to taxation during the
period for which the tax is to be paid, the tax on it shall be for the remainder of that period,
prorated on a monthly basis of 1/12 of the annual tax for each calendar month counting the
month during which it becomes subject to the tax as the first month of such period.

Subd. 8.

Tax, fiscal year.

Every aircraft subject to the provisions of sections
360.511 to 360.67 which has at any time since April 19, 1945, used the air space overlying
the state of Minnesota or the airports thereof shall be taxed for the period from January 1,
1966, through June 30, 1967, and for each fiscal year thereafter in which it is so used. Any
aircraft which does not use the air space overlying the state of Minnesota or the airports
thereof at any time during the period of January 1, 1966, to and including June 30, 1967,
or at any time during any fiscal year thereafter shall not be subject to the tax provided by
sections 360.511 to 360.67 for such period. Rebuilt aircraft shall be subject to the tax
provided by sections 360.511 to 360.67 for that portion of the aforesaid periods remaining
after the aircraft has been rebuilt, prorated on a monthly basis.

Subd. 9.

Assessed as personal property in certain cases.

Aircraft subject to
taxation under the provisions of sections 360.54 to 360.67 shall not be assessed as personal
property and shall be subject to no tax except as provided for by these sections. Aircraft
not subject to taxation as provided in these sections, but subject to taxation as personal
property within the state of Minnesota shall be assessed and valued at 33-1/3 percent of
the market value thereof and taxed at the rate and in the manner provided by law for the
taxation of ordinary personal property. If the person against whom any tax has been levied
on the ad valorem basis because of any aircraft shall, during the calendar year for which
such ad valorem tax is levied, be also taxed under provisions of these sections, then and in
that event, upon proper showing, the commissioner of revenue shall grant to the person
against whom said ad valorem tax was levied, such reduction or abatement of net tax
capacity or taxes as was occasioned by the so-called ad valorem tax imposed. If the ad
valorem tax upon any aircraft has been assessed against a dealer in new and used aircraft,
and the tax imposed by these sections for the required period is thereafter paid by the
owner, then and in that event, upon proper showing, the commissioner of revenue, upon
the application of said dealer, shall grant to such dealer against whom said ad valorem tax
was levied such reduction or abatement of net tax capacity or taxes as was occasioned
by the so-called ad valorem tax imposed.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective July 1, 2014, and applies to aircraft
tax due on or after that date.

Sec. 23.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 360.66, is amended to read:

360.66 STATE AIRPORTS FUND.

Subdivision 1.

Tax credited to fund.

The proceeds of the tax imposed on aircraft
under sections 360.54 360.531 to 360.67 and all fees and penalties provided for therein
shall be collected by the commissioner and paid into the state treasury and credited to the
state airports fund created by other statutes of this state.

Subd. 2.

Reimbursement for expenses.

There shall be transferred by the
commissioner of management and budget each year from the state airports fund to the
general fund in the state treasury the amount expended from the latter fund for expenses of
administering the provisions of sections 360.54 360.531 to 360.67.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective July 1, 2014, and applies to aircraft
tax due on or after that date.

Sec. 24. REPORT.

On or before June 30, 2016, and every four years thereafter, the commissioner of
transportation, in consultation with the commissioner of revenue, shall prepare and submit
to the chairs and ranking minority members of the senate and house of representatives
committees with jurisdiction over transportation policy and budget, a report that identifies
the amount and sources of annual revenues attributable to each type of aviation tax, along
with annual expenditures from the state airports fund, and any other transfers out of the
fund, during the previous four years. The report must include draft legislation for any
recommended statutory changes to ensure the future adequacy of the state airports fund.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective July 1, 2014, and applies to aircraft
tax due on or after that date.

Sec. 25. FLOOR STOCKS TAX.

Subdivision 1.

Cigarettes.

(a) A floor stocks tax is imposed on every person
engaged in the business in this state as a distributor, retailer, subjobber, vendor,
manufacturer, or manufacturer's representative of cigarettes, on the stamped cigarettes and
unaffixed stamps in the person's possession or under the person's control at 12:01 a.m.
on July 1, 2013. The tax is imposed at the rate of 80 mills on each cigarette plus the
additional cigarette sales tax determined by an adjustment to the weighted average retail
price which reflects the price including the increased tax.

(b) Each distributor, on or before July 11, 2013, shall file a return with the
commissioner of revenue, in the form the commissioner prescribes, showing the stamped
cigarettes and unaffixed stamps on hand at 12:01 a.m. on July 1, 2013, and the amount
of tax due on the cigarettes and unaffixed stamps. Each retailer, subjobber, vendor,
manufacturer, or manufacturer's representative, on or before July 11, 2013, shall file
a return with the commissioner, in the form the commissioner prescribes, showing the
cigarettes on hand at 12:01 a.m. on July 1, 2013, and the amount of tax due on the
cigarettes. The tax imposed by this section is due and payable on or before September 4,
2013, and after that date bears interest at the rate of one percent per month.

Subd. 2.

Audit and enforcement.

The tax imposed by this section is subject to
the audit, assessment, interest, appeal, refund, penalty, enforcement, administrative, and
collection provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapters 270C and 297F. The commissioner
of revenue may require a distributor to receive and maintain copies of floor stocks fee
returns filed by all persons requesting a credit for returned cigarettes.

Subd. 3.

Deposit of proceeds.

(a) The commissioner of revenue shall deposit
$26,500,000 of the revenues from the tax under this section in the state treasury and credit
them to the general reserve account established under Minnesota Statutes 297E.021,
subdivision 4.

(b) The commissioner of revenue shall deposit any revenue remaining after the
transfer under paragraph (a) to the general fund.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective July 1, 2013.

Sec. 26. INTERIM SALES TAX RATE.

Notwithstanding the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 297F.25, the
commissioner shall adjust the weighted average retail price in section 297F.25, subdivision
1, on July 1, 2013, to reflect the price changes under this act. This weighted average
shall be used to compute cigarette sales tax under Minnesota Statutes, section 297F.25,
subdivision 1, until December 31, 2013, when the commissioner shall resume annual
adjustments to the weighted average sales price. The commissioner's determination of
the adjustment that takes effect on January 1, 2014, must be limited to the change in the
weighted average retail price that occurs during calendar year 2013 but after July 15, 2013.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective July 1, 2013.

Sec. 27. TOBACCO TAX COLLECTION REPORT.

Subdivision 1.

Report to legislature.

(a) The commissioner of revenue shall report
to the 2014 legislature on the tobacco tax collection system, including recommendations
to improve compliance under the excise tax for both cigarettes and other tobacco products.
The purpose of the report is to provide information and guidance to the legislature on
improvements to the tobacco tax collection system to:

(1) provide a unified system of collecting both the cigarette and other tobacco
taxes, regardless of category, size, or shape, that ensures the highest reasonable rates of
tax collection;

(2) discourage tax evasion; and

(3) help to prevent illegal sale of tobacco products, which may make these products
more accessible to youth.

(b) In the report, the commissioner shall:

(1) provide a detailed review of the present excise tax collection and compliance
system as it applies to both cigarettes and other tobacco products. This must include
an assessment of the levels of compliance for each category of products and the effect
of the stamping requirement on compliance for each category of products and the effect
of the stamping requirement on compliance rates for cigarettes relative to other tobacco
products. It also must identify any weaknesses in the system;

(2) survey the methods of collection and enforcement used by other states or nations,
including identifying and discussing emerging best practices that ensure tracking of both
cigarettes and other tobacco products and result in the highest rates of tax collection and
compliance. These best practices must consider high-technology alternatives, such as use
of bar codes, radio-frequency identification tags, or similar mechanisms for tracking
compliance;

(3) evaluate the adequacy and effectiveness of the existing penalties and other
sanctions for noncompliance;

(4) evaluate the adequacy of the resources allocated by the state to enforce the
tobacco tax and prevention laws; and

(5) make recommendations on implementation of a comprehensive tobacco tax
collection system for Minnesota that can be implemented by January 1, 2014, including:

(i) recommendations on the specific steps needed to institute and implement the new
system, including estimates of the state's costs of doing so and any additional personnel
requirements;

(ii) recommendations on methods to recover the cost of implementing the system
from the industry;

(iii) evaluation of the extent to which the proposed system is sufficiently flexible
and adaptable to adjust to modifications in the construction, packaging, formatting, and
marketing of tobacco products by the industry; and

(iv) recommendations to modify existing penalties or to impose new penalties or
other sanctions to ensure compliance with the system.

Subd. 2.

Due date.

The report required by subdivision 1 is due February 15, 2014.

Subd. 3.

Procedure.

The report required under this section must be made in the
manner provided under Minnesota Statutes, section 3.195. In addition, copies must be
provided to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees and
divisions with jurisdiction over taxation.

Subd. 4.

Appropriation.

(a) $100,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the
commissioner of revenue for fiscal year 2014 for the cost of preparing the report under
subdivision 1.

(b) The appropriation under this subdivision is a onetime appropriation and is not
included in the base budget.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 28. REPEALER.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 16A.725; and 256.9658, are repealed.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective July 1, 2013.

ARTICLE 6

INDIVIDUAL INCOME AND CORPORATE FRANCHISE TAXES

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 116J.8737, subdivision 1, is amended to
read:

Subdivision 1.

Definitions.

(a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms
have the meanings given.

(b) "Qualified small business" means a business that has been certified by the
commissioner under subdivision 2.

(c) "Qualified investor" means an investor who has been certified by the
commissioner under subdivision 3.

(d) "Qualified fund" means a pooled angel investment network fund that has been
certified by the commissioner under subdivision 4.

(e) "Qualified investment" means a cash investment in a qualified small business
of a minimum of:

(1) $10,000 in a calendar year by a qualified investor; or

(2) $30,000 in a calendar year by a qualified fund.

A qualified investment must be made in exchange for common stock, a partnership
or membership interest, preferred stock, debt with mandatory conversion to equity, or an
equivalent ownership interest as determined by the commissioner.

(f) "Family" means a family member within the meaning of the Internal Revenue
Code, section 267(c)(4).

(g) "Pass-through entity" means a corporation that for the applicable taxable year is
treated as an S corporation or a general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability
partnership, trust, or limited liability company and which for the applicable taxable year is
not taxed as a corporation under chapter 290.

(h) "Intern" means a student of an accredited institution of higher education, or a
former student who has graduated in the past six months from an accredited institution
of higher education, who is employed by a qualified small business in a nonpermanent
position for a duration of nine months or less that provides training and experience in the
primary business activity of the business.

(i) "Liquidation event" means a conversion of qualified investment for cash, cash
and other consideration, or any other form of equity or debt interest.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for qualified small businesses
certified after June 30, 2013.

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 116J.8737, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Certification of qualified small businesses.

(a) Businesses may apply
to the commissioner for certification as a qualified small business for a calendar year.
The application must be in the form and be made under the procedures specified by the
commissioner, accompanied by an application fee of $150. Application fees are deposited
in the small business investment tax credit administration account in the special revenue
fund. The application for certification for 2010 must be made available on the department's
Web site by August 1, 2010. Applications for subsequent years' certification must be made
available on the department's Web site by November 1 of the preceding year.

(b) Within 30 days of receiving an application for certification under this subdivision,
the commissioner must either certify the business as satisfying the conditions required of a
qualified small business, request additional information from the business, or reject the
application for certification. If the commissioner requests additional information from the
business, the commissioner must either certify the business or reject the application within
30 days of receiving the additional information. If the commissioner neither certifies the
business nor rejects the application within 30 days of receiving the original application or
within 30 days of receiving the additional information requested, whichever is later, then
the application is deemed rejected, and the commissioner must refund the $150 application
fee. A business that applies for certification and is rejected may reapply.

(c) To receive certification, a business must satisfy all of the following conditions:

(1) the business has its headquarters in Minnesota;

(2) at least 51 percent of the business's employees are employed in Minnesota, and
51 percent of the business's total payroll is paid or incurred in the state;

(3) the business is engaged in, or is committed to engage in, innovation in Minnesota
in one of the following as its primary business activity:

(i) using proprietary technology to add value to a product, process, or service in a
qualified high-technology field;

(ii) researching or developing a proprietary product, process, or service in a qualified
high-technology field; or

(iii) researching, developing, or producing a new proprietary technology for use in
the fields of agriculture, tourism, forestry, mining, manufacturing, or transportation;

(4) other than the activities specifically listed in clause (3), the business is not
engaged in real estate development, insurance, banking, lending, lobbying, political
consulting, information technology consulting, wholesale or retail trade, leisure,
hospitality, transportation, construction, ethanol production from corn, or professional
services provided by attorneys, accountants, business consultants, physicians, or health
care consultants;

(5) the business has fewer than 25 employees;

(6) the business must pay its employees annual wages of at least 175 percent of the
federal poverty guideline for the year for a family of four and must pay its interns annual
wages of at least 175 percent of the federal minimum wage used for federally covered
employers, except that this requirement must be reduced proportionately for employees
and interns who work less than full-time, and does not apply to an executive, officer, or
member of the board of the business, or to any employee who owns, controls, or holds
power to vote more than 20 percent of the outstanding securities of the business;

(7) the business has (i) not been in operation for more than ten years, or (ii) the
business has not been in operation for more than 20 years if the business is engaged
in the research, development, or production of medical devices or pharmaceuticals for
which United States Food and Drug Administration approval is required for use in the
treatment or diagnosis of a disease or condition;

(8) the business has not previously received private equity investments of more
than $4,000,000; and

(9) the business is not an entity disqualified under section 80A.50, paragraph (b),
clause (3).; and

(10) the business has not issued securities that are traded on a public exchange.

(d) In applying the limit under paragraph (c), clause (5), the employees in all members
of the unitary business, as defined in section 290.17, subdivision 4, must be included.

(e) In order for a qualified investment in a business to be eligible for tax credits,:

(1) the business must have applied for and received certification for the calendar
year in which the investment was made prior to the date on which the qualified investment
was made.;

(2) the business must not have issued securities that are traded on a public exchange;

(3) the business must not issue securities that are traded on a public exchange within
180 days after the date on which the qualified investment was made; and

(4) the business must not have a liquidation event within 180 days after the date on
which the qualified investment was made.

(f) The commissioner must maintain a list of businesses certified under this
subdivision for the calendar year and make the list accessible to the public on the
department's Web site.

(g) For purposes of this subdivision, the following terms have the meanings given:

(1) "qualified high-technology field" includes aerospace, agricultural processing,
renewable energy, energy efficiency and conservation, environmental engineering, food
technology, cellulosic ethanol, information technology, materials science technology,
nanotechnology, telecommunications, biotechnology, medical device products,
pharmaceuticals, diagnostics, biologicals, chemistry, veterinary science, and similar
fields; and

(2) "proprietary technology" means the technical innovations that are unique and
legally owned or licensed by a business and includes, without limitation, those innovations
that are patented, patent pending, a subject of trade secrets, or copyrighted.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for qualified small businesses
certified after June 30, 2013, except the amendments to paragraph (c), clause (7), are
effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 116J.8737, subdivision 8, is amended to read:

Subd. 8.

Data privacy.

(a) Data contained in an application submitted to the
commissioner under subdivision 2, 3, or 4 are nonpublic data, or private data on
individuals, as defined in section 13.02, subdivision 9 or 12, except that the following
data items are public:

(1) the name, mailing address, telephone number, e-mail address, contact person's
name, and industry type of a qualified small business upon approval of the application
and certification by the commissioner under subdivision 2;

(2) the name of a qualified investor upon approval of the application and certification
by the commissioner under subdivision 3;

(3) the name of a qualified fund upon approval of the application and certification
by the commissioner under subdivision 4;

(4) for credit certificates issued under subdivision 5, the amount of the credit
certificate issued, amount of the qualifying investment, the name of the qualifying investor
or qualifying fund that received the certificate, and the name of the qualifying small
business in which the qualifying investment was made;

(5) for credits revoked under subdivision 7, paragraph (a), the amount revoked and
the name of the qualified investor or qualified fund; and

(6) for credits revoked under subdivision 7, paragraphs (b) and (c), the amount
revoked and the name of the qualified small business.

(b) The following data, including data classified as nonpublic or private, must be
provided to the consultant for use in conducting the program evaluation under subdivision
10:

(1) the commissioner of employment and economic development shall provide data
contained in an application for certification received from a qualified small business,
qualified investor, or qualified fund, and any annual reporting information received on a
qualified small business, qualified investor, or qualified fund; and

(2) the commissioner of revenue shall provide data contained in any applicable tax
returns of a qualified small business, qualified investor, or qualified fund.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 4.

[136A.129] GREATER MINNESOTA INTERNSHIP PROGRAM.

Subdivision 1.

Definitions.

(a) For the purposes of this section, the terms defined in
this subdivision have the meanings given to them.

(b) "Eligible employer" means a taxpayer under section 290.01 with employees
located in greater Minnesota.

(c) "Eligible institution" means a Minnesota public postsecondary institution or a
Minnesota private, nonprofit, baccalaureate degree-granting college or university.

(d) "Eligible student" means a student enrolled in an eligible institution who has
completed one-half of the credits necessary for the respective degree or certification.

(e) "Greater Minnesota" means the area of the state outside of the counties of Anoka,
Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Hennepin, Isanti, Ramsey, Scott, Sherburne, Washington, and
Wright.

Subd. 2.

Program established.

The Office of Higher Education shall administer
a greater Minnesota internship program through eligible institutions to provide credit at
the eligible institution for internships and tax credits for eligible employers who hire
interns for employment in greater Minnesota.

Subd. 3.

Program components.

(a) An intern must be an eligible student who has
been admitted to a major program that is related to the intern experience as determined
by the eligible institution.

(b) To participate in the program, an eligible institution must:

(1) enter into written agreements with eligible employers to provide internships that
are at least 12 weeks long and located in greater Minnesota;

(2) determine that the work experience of the internship is related to the eligible
student's course of study; and

(3) provide academic credit for the successful completion of the internship or ensure
that it fulfills requirements necessary to complete a vocational technical education program.

(c) To participate in the program, an eligible employer must enter into a written
agreement with an eligible institution specifying that the intern:

(1) would not have been hired without the tax credit described in subdivision 4;

(2) did not work for the employer in the same or a similar job prior to entering
the agreement;

(3) does not replace an existing employee;

(4) has not previously participated in the program;

(5) will be employed at a location in greater Minnesota;

(6) will be paid at least minimum wage for a minimum of 16 hours per week for a
period of at least 12 weeks; and

(7) will be supervised and evaluated by the employer.

(d) The written agreement between the eligible institution and the eligible employer
must certify a credit amount to the employer, not to exceed $2,000 per intern. The total
dollar amount of credits that an eligible institution certifies to eligible employers in a
calendar year may not exceed the amount of its allocation under subdivision 4.

(e) Participating eligible institutions and eligible employers must report annually to
the office. The report must include at least the following:

(1) the number of interns hired;

(2) the number of hours and weeks worked by interns; and

(3) the compensation paid to interns.

(f) An internship required to complete an academic program does not qualify for the
greater Minnesota internship program under this section.

Subd. 4.

Tax credit allowed.

An employer is entitled to a tax credit as provided in
section 290.06, subdivision 36. The total amount of credits allocated in a calendar year
must not exceed $2,000,000. The office shall determine relevant criteria to allocate the
tax credits including the geographic distribution of credits to work locations outside the
metropolitan area, and shall allocate credits to eligible institutions that meet the criteria on
a first come, first served basis. Any credits allocated to an institution but not used may be
reallocated to eligible institutions. The office shall allocate a portion of the administrative
fee under section 290.06, subdivision 36, to participating eligible institutions for their
administrative costs.

Subd. 5.

Reports to the legislature.

(a) By February 1, 2015, the office and the
Department of Revenue shall report to the legislature on the greater Minnesota internship
program. The report must include at least the following:

(1) the number and dollar amount of credits allowed;

(2) the number of interns employed under the program; and

(3) the cost of administering the program.

(b) By February 1, 2016, the office and the Department of Revenue shall report to the
legislature with an analysis of the effectiveness of the program in stimulating businesses
to hire interns and in assisting participating interns in finding permanent career positions.
This report must include the number of students who participated in the program who
were subsequently employed full-time by the employer.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for taxable years beginning after
December 31, 2013.

Sec. 5.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 289A.08, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

Corporations.

(a) A corporation that is subject to the state's jurisdiction to
tax under section 290.014, subdivision 5, must file a return, except that a foreign operating
corporation as defined in section 290.01, subdivision 6b, is not required to file a return.

(b) Members of a unitary business that are required to file a combined report on one
return must designate a member of the unitary business to be responsible for tax matters,
including the filing of returns, the payment of taxes, additions to tax, penalties, interest,
or any other payment, and for the receipt of refunds of taxes or interest paid in excess of
taxes lawfully due. The designated member must be a member of the unitary business that
is filing the single combined report and either:

(1) a corporation that is subject to the taxes imposed by chapter 290; or

(2) a corporation that is not subject to the taxes imposed by chapter 290:

(i) Such corporation consents by filing the return as a designated member under this
clause to remit taxes, penalties, interest, or additions to tax due from the members of the
unitary business subject to tax, and receive refunds or other payments on behalf of other
members of the unitary business. The member designated under this clause is a "taxpayer"
for the purposes of this chapter and chapter 270C, and is liable for any liability imposed
on the unitary business under this chapter and chapter 290.

(ii) If the state does not otherwise have the jurisdiction to tax the member designated
under this clause, consenting to be the designated member does not create the jurisdiction
to impose tax on the designated member, other than as described in item (i).

(iii) The member designated under this clause must apply for a business tax account
identification number.

(c) The commissioner shall adopt rules for the filing of one return on behalf of the
members of an affiliated group of corporations that are required to file a combined report.
All members of an affiliated group that are required to file a combined report must file one
return on behalf of the members of the group under rules adopted by the commissioner.

(d) If a corporation claims on a return that it has paid tax in excess of the amount of
taxes lawfully due, that corporation must include on that return information necessary for
payment of the tax in excess of the amount lawfully due by electronic means.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for taxable years beginning after
December 31, 2012.

Sec. 6.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 290.01, subdivision 19, as amended by Laws
2013, chapter 3, section 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 19.

Net income.

The term "net income" means the federal taxable income,
as defined in section 63 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended through the
date named in this subdivision, incorporating the federal effective dates of changes to the
Internal Revenue Code and any elections made by the taxpayer in accordance with the
Internal Revenue Code in determining federal taxable income for federal income tax
purposes, and with the modifications provided in subdivisions 19a to 19f.

In the case of a regulated investment company or a fund thereof, as defined in section
851(a) or 851(g) of the Internal Revenue Code, federal taxable income means investment
company taxable income as defined in section 852(b)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code,
except that:

(1) the exclusion of net capital gain provided in section 852(b)(2)(A) of the Internal
Revenue Code does not apply;

(2) the deduction for dividends paid under section 852(b)(2)(D) of the Internal
Revenue Code must be applied by allowing a deduction for capital gain dividends and
exempt-interest dividends as defined in sections 852(b)(3)(C) and 852(b)(5) of the Internal
Revenue Code; and

(3) the deduction for dividends paid must also be applied in the amount of any
undistributed capital gains which the regulated investment company elects to have treated
as provided in section 852(b)(3)(D) of the Internal Revenue Code.

The net income of a real estate investment trust as defined and limited by section
856(a), (b), and (c) of the Internal Revenue Code means the real estate investment trust
taxable income as defined in section 857(b)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code.

The net income of a designated settlement fund as defined in section 468B(d) of
the Internal Revenue Code means the gross income as defined in section 468B(b) of the
Internal Revenue Code.

The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended through April 14, 2011, shall be in
effect for taxable years beginning after December 31, 1996, and before January 1, 2012,
and for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2012. The Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended through January 3, 2013, is in effect for taxable years beginning after
December 31, 2011, and before January 1, 2013.

The provisions of sections 315 and 331 of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of
2012, Public Law 112-240, extension of increased expensing limitations and treatment
of certain real property as section 179 property and extension and modification of bonus
depreciation, are effective at the same time they become effective for federal purposes.

Except as otherwise provided, references to the Internal Revenue Code in
subdivisions 19 to 19f mean the code in effect for purposes of determining net income for
the applicable year.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for taxable years beginning after
December 31, 2012.

Sec. 7.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 290.01, subdivision 19b, is amended to read:

Subd. 19b.

Subtractions from federal taxable income.

For individuals, estates,
and trusts, there shall be subtracted from federal taxable income:

(1) net interest income on obligations of any authority, commission, or
instrumentality of the United States to the extent includable in taxable income for federal
income tax purposes but exempt from state income tax under the laws of the United States;

(2) if included in federal taxable income, the amount of any overpayment of income
tax to Minnesota or to any other state, for any previous taxable year, whether the amount
is received as a refund or as a credit to another taxable year's income tax liability;

(3) the amount paid to others, less the amount used to claim the credit allowed under
section 290.0674, not to exceed $1,625 for each qualifying child in grades kindergarten
to 6 and $2,500 for each qualifying child in grades 7 to 12, for tuition, textbooks, and
transportation of each qualifying child in attending an elementary or secondary school
situated in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, or Wisconsin, wherein a
resident of this state may legally fulfill the state's compulsory attendance laws, which
is not operated for profit, and which adheres to the provisions of the Civil Rights Act
of 1964 and chapter 363A. For the purposes of this clause, "tuition" includes fees or
tuition as defined in section 290.0674, subdivision 1, clause (1). As used in this clause,
"textbooks" includes books and other instructional materials and equipment purchased
or leased for use in elementary and secondary schools in teaching only those subjects
legally and commonly taught in public elementary and secondary schools in this state.
Equipment expenses qualifying for deduction includes expenses as defined and limited in
section 290.0674, subdivision 1, clause (3). "Textbooks" does not include instructional
books and materials used in the teaching of religious tenets, doctrines, or worship, the
purpose of which is to instill such tenets, doctrines, or worship, nor does it include books
or materials for, or transportation to, extracurricular activities including sporting events,
musical or dramatic events, speech activities, driver's education, or similar programs. No
deduction is permitted for any expense the taxpayer incurred in using the taxpayer's or
the qualifying child's vehicle to provide such transportation for a qualifying child. For
purposes of the subtraction provided by this clause, "qualifying child" has the meaning
given in section 32(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code;

(4) income as provided under section 290.0802;

(5) to the extent included in federal adjusted gross income, income realized on
disposition of property exempt from tax under section 290.491;

(6) to the extent not deducted or not deductible pursuant to section 408(d)(8)(E)
of the Internal Revenue Code in determining federal taxable income by an individual
who does not itemize deductions for federal income tax purposes for the taxable year, an
amount equal to 50 percent of the excess of charitable contributions over $500 allowable
as a deduction for the taxable year under section 170(a) of the Internal Revenue Code,
under the provisions of Public Law 109-1 and Public Law 111-126;

(7) for individuals who are allowed a federal foreign tax credit for taxes that do not
qualify for a credit under section 290.06, subdivision 22, an amount equal to the carryover
of subnational foreign taxes for the taxable year, but not to exceed the total subnational
foreign taxes reported in claiming the foreign tax credit. For purposes of this clause,
"federal foreign tax credit" means the credit allowed under section 27 of the Internal
Revenue Code, and "carryover of subnational foreign taxes" equals the carryover allowed
under section 904(c) of the Internal Revenue Code minus national level foreign taxes to
the extent they exceed the federal foreign tax credit;

(8) in each of the five tax years immediately following the tax year in which an
addition is required under subdivision 19a, clause (7), or 19c, clause (15) (12), in the case
of a shareholder of a corporation that is an S corporation, an amount equal to one-fifth of the
delayed depreciation. For purposes of this clause, "delayed depreciation" means the amount
of the addition made by the taxpayer under subdivision 19a, clause (7), or subdivision 19c,
clause (15) (12), in the case of a shareholder of an S corporation, minus the positive value
of any net operating loss under section 172 of the Internal Revenue Code generated for the
tax year of the addition. The resulting delayed depreciation cannot be less than zero;

(9) job opportunity building zone income as provided under section 469.316;

(10) to the extent included in federal taxable income, the amount of compensation
paid to members of the Minnesota National Guard or other reserve components of the
United States military for active service, excluding compensation for services performed
under the Active Guard Reserve (AGR) program. For purposes of this clause, "active
service" means (i) state active service as defined in section 190.05, subdivision 5a, clause
(1); or (ii) federally funded state active service as defined in section 190.05, subdivision
5b, but "active service" excludes service performed in accordance with section 190.08,
subdivision 3;

(11) to the extent included in federal taxable income, the amount of compensation
paid to Minnesota residents who are members of the armed forces of the United States
or United Nations for active duty performed under United States Code, title 10; or the
authority of the United Nations;

(12) an amount, not to exceed $10,000, equal to qualified expenses related to a
qualified donor's donation, while living, of one or more of the qualified donor's organs
to another person for human organ transplantation. For purposes of this clause, "organ"
means all or part of an individual's liver, pancreas, kidney, intestine, lung, or bone marrow;
"human organ transplantation" means the medical procedure by which transfer of a human
organ is made from the body of one person to the body of another person; "qualified
expenses" means unreimbursed expenses for both the individual and the qualified donor
for (i) travel, (ii) lodging, and (iii) lost wages net of sick pay, except that such expenses
may be subtracted under this clause only once; and "qualified donor" means the individual
or the individual's dependent, as defined in section 152 of the Internal Revenue Code. An
individual may claim the subtraction in this clause for each instance of organ donation for
transplantation during the taxable year in which the qualified expenses occur;

(13) in each of the five tax years immediately following the tax year in which an
addition is required under subdivision 19a, clause (8), or 19c, clause (16) (13), in the case
of a shareholder of a corporation that is an S corporation, an amount equal to one-fifth of
the addition made by the taxpayer under subdivision 19a, clause (8), or 19c, clause (16)
(13), in the case of a shareholder of a corporation that is an S corporation, minus the
positive value of any net operating loss under section 172 of the Internal Revenue Code
generated for the tax year of the addition. If the net operating loss exceeds the addition for
the tax year, a subtraction is not allowed under this clause;

(14) to the extent included in the federal taxable income of a nonresident of
Minnesota, compensation paid to a service member as defined in United States Code, title
10, section 101(a)(5), for military service as defined in the Servicemembers Civil Relief
Act, Public Law 108-189, section 101(2);

(15) to the extent included in federal taxable income, the amount of national service
educational awards received from the National Service Trust under United States Code,
title 42, sections 12601 to 12604, for service in an approved Americorps National Service
program;

(16) to the extent included in federal taxable income, discharge of indebtedness
income resulting from reacquisition of business indebtedness included in federal taxable
income under section 108(i) of the Internal Revenue Code. This subtraction applies only
to the extent that the income was included in net income in a prior year as a result of the
addition under section 290.01, subdivision 19a, clause (16); and

(17) the amount of the net operating loss allowed under section 290.095, subdivision
11, paragraph (c); and

(18) the amount of expenses not allowed for federal income tax purposes due
to claiming the railroad track maintenance credit under section 45G(a) of the Internal
Revenue Code.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for taxable years beginning after
December 31, 2012.

Sec. 8.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 290.01, subdivision 19c, is amended to read:

Subd. 19c.

Corporations; additions to federal taxable income.

For corporations,
there shall be added to federal taxable income:

(1) the amount of any deduction taken for federal income tax purposes for income,
excise, or franchise taxes based on net income or related minimum taxes, including but not
limited to the tax imposed under section 290.0922, paid by the corporation to Minnesota,
another state, a political subdivision of another state, the District of Columbia, or any
foreign country or possession of the United States;

(2) interest not subject to federal tax upon obligations of: the United States, its
possessions, its agencies, or its instrumentalities; the state of Minnesota or any other
state, any of its political or governmental subdivisions, any of its municipalities, or any
of its governmental agencies or instrumentalities; the District of Columbia; or Indian
tribal governments;

(3) exempt-interest dividends received as defined in section 852(b)(5) of the Internal
Revenue Code;

(4) the amount of any net operating loss deduction taken for federal income tax
purposes under section 172 or 832(c)(10) of the Internal Revenue Code or operations loss
deduction under section 810 of the Internal Revenue Code;

(5) the amount of any special deductions taken for federal income tax purposes
under sections 241 to 247 and 965 of the Internal Revenue Code;

(6) losses from the business of mining, as defined in section 290.05, subdivision 1,
clause (a), that are not subject to Minnesota income tax;

(7) the amount of any capital losses deducted for federal income tax purposes under
sections 1211 and 1212 of the Internal Revenue Code;

(8) the exempt foreign trade income of a foreign sales corporation under sections
921(a) and 291 of the Internal Revenue Code;

(9) (8) the amount of percentage depletion deducted under sections 611 through
614 and 291 of the Internal Revenue Code;

(10) (9) for certified pollution control facilities placed in service in a taxable year
beginning before December 31, 1986, and for which amortization deductions were elected
under section 169 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended through December
31, 1985, the amount of the amortization deduction allowed in computing federal taxable
income for those facilities;

(11) the amount of any deemed dividend from a foreign operating corporation
determined pursuant to section 290.17, subdivision 4, paragraph (g). The deemed dividend
shall be reduced by the amount of the addition to income required by clauses (20), (21),
(22), and (23);

(12) (10) the amount of a partner's pro rata share of net income which does not flow
through to the partner because the partnership elected to pay the tax on the income under
section 6242(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code;

(13) the amount of net income excluded under section 114 of the Internal Revenue
Code;

(14) (11) any increase in subpart F income, as defined in section 952(a) of the
Internal Revenue Code, for the taxable year when subpart F income is calculated without
regard to the provisions of Division C, title III, section 303(b) of Public Law 110-343;

(15) (12) 80 percent of the depreciation deduction allowed under section
168(k)(1)(A) and (k)(4)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code. For purposes of this clause, if
the taxpayer has an activity that in the taxable year generates a deduction for depreciation
under section 168(k)(1)(A) and (k)(4)(A) and the activity generates a loss for the taxable
year that the taxpayer is not allowed to claim for the taxable year, "the depreciation
allowed under section 168(k)(1)(A) and (k)(4)(A)" for the taxable year is limited to excess
of the depreciation claimed by the activity under section 168(k)(1)(A) and (k)(4)(A)
over the amount of the loss from the activity that is not allowed in the taxable year. In
succeeding taxable years when the losses not allowed in the taxable year are allowed, the
depreciation under section 168(k)(1)(A) and (k)(4)(A) is allowed;

(16) (13) 80 percent of the amount by which the deduction allowed by section 179 of
the Internal Revenue Code exceeds the deduction allowable by section 179 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended through December 31, 2003;

(17) (14) to the extent deducted in computing federal taxable income, the amount of
the deduction allowable under section 199 of the Internal Revenue Code;

(18) for taxable years beginning before January 1, 2013, the exclusion allowed under
section 139A of the Internal Revenue Code for federal subsidies for prescription drug plans;

(19) (15) the amount of expenses disallowed under section 290.10, subdivision 2; and

(20) an amount equal to the interest and intangible expenses, losses, and costs paid,
accrued, or incurred by any member of the taxpayer's unitary group to or for the benefit
of a corporation that is a member of the taxpayer's unitary business group that qualifies
as a foreign operating corporation. For purposes of this clause, intangible expenses and
costs include:

(i) expenses, losses, and costs for, or related to, the direct or indirect acquisition,
use, maintenance or management, ownership, sale, exchange, or any other disposition of
intangible property;

(ii) losses incurred, directly or indirectly, from factoring transactions or discounting
transactions;

(iii) royalty, patent, technical, and copyright fees;

(iv) licensing fees; and

(v) other similar expenses and costs.

For purposes of this clause, "intangible property" includes stocks, bonds, patents, patent
applications, trade names, trademarks, service marks, copyrights, mask works, trade
secrets, and similar types of intangible assets.

This clause does not apply to any item of interest or intangible expenses or costs paid,
accrued, or incurred, directly or indirectly, to a foreign operating corporation with respect
to such item of income to the extent that the income to the foreign operating corporation
is income from sources without the United States as defined in subtitle A, chapter 1,
subchapter N, part 1, of the Internal Revenue Code;

(21) except as already included in the taxpayer's taxable income pursuant to clause
(20), any interest income and income generated from intangible property received or
accrued by a foreign operating corporation that is a member of the taxpayer's unitary
group. For purposes of this clause, income generated from intangible property includes:

(i) income related to the direct or indirect acquisition, use, maintenance or
management, ownership, sale, exchange, or any other disposition of intangible property;

(ii) income from factoring transactions or discounting transactions;

(iii) royalty, patent, technical, and copyright fees;

(iv) licensing fees; and

(v) other similar income.

For purposes of this clause, "intangible property" includes stocks, bonds, patents, patent
applications, trade names, trademarks, service marks, copyrights, mask works, trade
secrets, and similar types of intangible assets.

This clause does not apply to any item of interest or intangible income received or accrued
by a foreign operating corporation with respect to such item of income to the extent that
the income is income from sources without the United States as defined in subtitle A,
chapter 1, subchapter N, part 1, of the Internal Revenue Code;

(22) the dividends attributable to the income of a foreign operating corporation that
is a member of the taxpayer's unitary group in an amount that is equal to the dividends
paid deduction of a real estate investment trust under section 561(a) of the Internal
Revenue Code for amounts paid or accrued by the real estate investment trust to the
foreign operating corporation;

(23) the income of a foreign operating corporation that is a member of the taxpayer's
unitary group in an amount that is equal to gains derived from the sale of real or personal
property located in the United States;

(24) for taxable years beginning before January 1, 2010, the additional amount
allowed as a deduction for donation of computer technology and equipment under section
170(e)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code, to the extent deducted from taxable income; and

(25) (16) discharge of indebtedness income resulting from reacquisition of business
indebtedness and deferred under section 108(i) of the Internal Revenue Code.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for taxable years beginning after
December 31, 2012.

Sec. 9.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 290.01, subdivision 19d, is amended to read:

Subd. 19d.

Corporations; modifications decreasing federal taxable income.

For
corporations, there shall be subtracted from federal taxable income after the increases
provided in subdivision 19c:

(1) the amount of foreign dividend gross-up added to gross income for federal
income tax purposes under section 78 of the Internal Revenue Code;

(2) the amount of salary expense not allowed for federal income tax purposes due to
claiming the work opportunity credit under section 51 of the Internal Revenue Code;

(3) any dividend (not including any distribution in liquidation) paid within the
taxable year by a national or state bank to the United States, or to any instrumentality of
the United States exempt from federal income taxes, on the preferred stock of the bank
owned by the United States or the instrumentality;

(4) amounts disallowed for intangible drilling costs due to differences between
this chapter and the Internal Revenue Code in taxable years beginning before January
1, 1987, as follows:

(i) to the extent the disallowed costs are represented by physical property, an amount
equal to the allowance for depreciation under Minnesota Statutes 1986, section 290.09,
subdivision 7, subject to the modifications contained in subdivision 19e; and

(ii) to the extent the disallowed costs are not represented by physical property, an
amount equal to the allowance for cost depletion under Minnesota Statutes 1986, section
290.09, subdivision 8;

(5) the deduction for capital losses pursuant to sections 1211 and 1212 of the
Internal Revenue Code, except that:

(i) for capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning after December 31, 1986,
capital loss carrybacks shall not be allowed;

(ii) for capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning after December 31, 1986,
a capital loss carryover to each of the 15 taxable years succeeding the loss year shall be
allowed;

(iii) for capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning before January 1, 1987, a
capital loss carryback to each of the three taxable years preceding the loss year, subject to
the provisions of Minnesota Statutes 1986, section 290.16, shall be allowed; and

(iv) for capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning before January 1, 1987,
a capital loss carryover to each of the five taxable years succeeding the loss year to the
extent such loss was not used in a prior taxable year and subject to the provisions of
Minnesota Statutes 1986, section 290.16, shall be allowed;

(6) an amount for interest and expenses relating to income not taxable for federal
income tax purposes, if (i) the income is taxable under this chapter and (ii) the interest and
expenses were disallowed as deductions under the provisions of section 171(a)(2), 265 or
291 of the Internal Revenue Code in computing federal taxable income;

(7) in the case of mines, oil and gas wells, other natural deposits, and timber for
which percentage depletion was disallowed pursuant to subdivision 19c, clause (9) (8), a
reasonable allowance for depletion based on actual cost. In the case of leases the deduction
must be apportioned between the lessor and lessee in accordance with rules prescribed
by the commissioner. In the case of property held in trust, the allowable deduction must
be apportioned between the income beneficiaries and the trustee in accordance with the
pertinent provisions of the trust, or if there is no provision in the instrument, on the basis
of the trust's income allocable to each;

(8) for certified pollution control facilities placed in service in a taxable year
beginning before December 31, 1986, and for which amortization deductions were elected
under section 169 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended through December
31, 1985, an amount equal to the allowance for depreciation under Minnesota Statutes
1986, section 290.09, subdivision 7;

(9) amounts included in federal taxable income that are due to refunds of income,
excise, or franchise taxes based on net income or related minimum taxes paid by the
corporation to Minnesota, another state, a political subdivision of another state, the
District of Columbia, or a foreign country or possession of the United States to the extent
that the taxes were added to federal taxable income under section 290.01, subdivision 19c,
clause (1), in a prior taxable year;

(10) 80 percent of royalties, fees, or other like income accrued or received from a
foreign operating corporation or a foreign corporation which is part of the same unitary
business as the receiving corporation, unless the income resulting from such payments or
accruals is income from sources within the United States as defined in subtitle A, chapter
1, subchapter N, part 1, of the Internal Revenue Code;

(11) (10) income or gains from the business of mining as defined in section 290.05,
subdivision 1, clause (a), that are not subject to Minnesota franchise tax;

(12) (11) the amount of disability access expenditures in the taxable year which are not
allowed to be deducted or capitalized under section 44(d)(7) of the Internal Revenue Code;

(13) (12) the amount of qualified research expenses not allowed for federal income
tax purposes under section 280C(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, but only to the extent
that the amount exceeds the amount of the credit allowed under section 290.068;

(14) (13) the amount of salary expenses not allowed for federal income tax purposes
due to claiming the Indian employment credit under section 45A(a) of the Internal
Revenue Code;

(15) for a corporation whose foreign sales corporation, as defined in section 922
of the Internal Revenue Code, constituted a foreign operating corporation during any
taxable year ending before January 1, 1995, and a return was filed by August 15, 1996,
claiming the deduction under section 290.21, subdivision 4, for income received from
the foreign operating corporation, an amount equal to 1.23 multiplied by the amount of
income excluded under section 114 of the Internal Revenue Code, provided the income is
not income of a foreign operating company;

(16) (14) any decrease in subpart F income, as defined in section 952(a) of the
Internal Revenue Code, for the taxable year when subpart F income is calculated without
regard to the provisions of Division C, title III, section 303(b) of Public Law 110-343;

(17) (15) in each of the five tax years immediately following the tax year in which an
addition is required under subdivision 19c, clause (15) (12), an amount equal to one-fifth
of the delayed depreciation. For purposes of this clause, "delayed depreciation" means the
amount of the addition made by the taxpayer under subdivision 19c, clause (15) (12). The
resulting delayed depreciation cannot be less than zero;

(18) (16) in each of the five tax years immediately following the tax year in which an
addition is required under subdivision 19c, clause (16) (13), an amount equal to one-fifth
of the amount of the addition; and

(19) (17) to the extent included in federal taxable income, discharge of indebtedness
income resulting from reacquisition of business indebtedness included in federal taxable
income under section 108(i) of the Internal Revenue Code. This subtraction applies only
to the extent that the income was included in net income in a prior year as a result of the
addition under section 290.01, subdivision 19c, clause (25). (16); and

(18) the amount of expenses not allowed for federal income tax purposes due
to claiming the railroad track maintenance credit under section 45G(a) of the Internal
Revenue Code.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for taxable years beginning after
December 31, 2012.

Sec. 10.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 290.06, subdivision 2c, is amended to read:

Subd. 2c.

Schedules of rates for individuals, estates, and trusts.

(a) The income
taxes imposed by this chapter upon married individuals filing joint returns and surviving
spouses as defined in section 2(a) of the Internal Revenue Code must be computed by
applying to their taxable net income the following schedule of rates:

(1) On the first $25,680 $35,480, 5.35 percent;

(2) On all over $25,680 $35,480, but not over $102,030 $140,960, 7.05 percent;

(3) On all over $102,030 $140,960, but not over $250,000, 7.85 percent.;

(4) On all over $250,000, 9.85 percent.

Married individuals filing separate returns, estates, and trusts must compute their
income tax by applying the above rates to their taxable income, except that the income
brackets will be one-half of the above amounts.

(b) The income taxes imposed by this chapter upon unmarried individuals must be
computed by applying to taxable net income the following schedule of rates:

(1) On the first $17,570 $24,270, 5.35 percent;

(2) On all over $17,570 $24,270, but not over $57,710 $79,730, 7.05 percent;

(3) On all over $57,710 $79,730, but not over $150,000, 7.85 percent.;

(4) On all over $150,000, 9.85 percent.

(c) The income taxes imposed by this chapter upon unmarried individuals qualifying
as a head of household as defined in section 2(b) of the Internal Revenue Code must be
computed by applying to taxable net income the following schedule of rates:

(1) On the first $21,630 $29,880, 5.35 percent;

(2) On all over $21,630 $29,880, but not over $86,910 $120,070, 7.05 percent;

(3) On all over $86,910 $120,070, but not over $200,000, 7.85 percent.;

(4) On all over $200,000, 9.85 percent.

(d) In lieu of a tax computed according to the rates set forth in this subdivision, the
tax of any individual taxpayer whose taxable net income for the taxable year is less than
an amount determined by the commissioner must be computed in accordance with tables
prepared and issued by the commissioner of revenue based on income brackets of not
more than $100. The amount of tax for each bracket shall be computed at the rates set
forth in this subdivision, provided that the commissioner may disregard a fractional part of
a dollar unless it amounts to 50 cents or more, in which case it may be increased to $1.

(e) An individual who is not a Minnesota resident for the entire year must compute
the individual's Minnesota income tax as provided in this subdivision. After the
application of the nonrefundable credits provided in this chapter, the tax liability must
then be multiplied by a fraction in which:

(1) the numerator is the individual's Minnesota source federal adjusted gross income
as defined in section 62 of the Internal Revenue Code and increased by the additions
required under section 290.01, subdivision 19a, clauses (1), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (12),
(13), and (16) to (18), and reduced by the Minnesota assignable portion of the subtraction
for United States government interest under section 290.01, subdivision 19b, clause
(1), and the subtractions under section 290.01, subdivision 19b, clauses (8), (9), (13),
(14), (16), and (17), after applying the allocation and assignability provisions of section
290.081, clause (a), or 290.17; and

(2) the denominator is the individual's federal adjusted gross income as defined in
section 62 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, increased by the amounts specified in
section 290.01, subdivision 19a, clauses (1), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (12), (13), and (16) to
(18), and reduced by the amounts specified in section 290.01, subdivision 19b, clauses (1),
(8), (9), (13), (14), (16), and (17).

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for taxable years beginning after
December 31, 2012.

Sec. 11.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 290.06, subdivision 2d, is amended to read:

Subd. 2d.

Inflation adjustment of brackets.

(a) For taxable years beginning after
December 31, 2000 2013, the minimum and maximum dollar amounts for each rate
bracket for which a tax is imposed in subdivision 2c shall be adjusted for inflation by the
percentage determined under paragraph (b). For the purpose of making the adjustment as
provided in this subdivision all of the rate brackets provided in subdivision 2c shall be the
rate brackets as they existed for taxable years beginning after December 31, 1999 2012,
and before January 1, 2001 2014. The rate applicable to any rate bracket must not be
changed. The dollar amounts setting forth the tax shall be adjusted to reflect the changes
in the rate brackets. The rate brackets as adjusted must be rounded to the nearest $10
amount. If the rate bracket ends in $5, it must be rounded up to the nearest $10 amount.

(b) The commissioner shall adjust the rate brackets and by the percentage determined
pursuant to the provisions of section 1(f) of the Internal Revenue Code, except that in
section 1(f)(3)(B) the word "1999" "2012" shall be substituted for the word "1992." For
2001 2014, the commissioner shall then determine the percent change from the 12 months
ending on August 31, 1999 2012, to the 12 months ending on August 31, 2000 2013, and
in each subsequent year, from the 12 months ending on August 31, 1999 2012, to the 12
months ending on August 31 of the year preceding the taxable year. The determination of
the commissioner pursuant to this subdivision shall not be considered a "rule" and shall
not be subject to the Administrative Procedure Act contained in chapter 14.

No later than December 15 of each year, the commissioner shall announce the
specific percentage that will be used to adjust the tax rate brackets.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for taxable years beginning after
December 31, 2012.

Sec. 12.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 290.06, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

Subd. 36.

Greater Minnesota internship credit.

(a) A taxpayer who is an eligible
employer may take a credit against the tax due under this chapter equal to the lesser of:

(1) 40 percent of the compensation paid to an intern qualifying under the program
established under section 136A.129, but not to exceed $2,000 per intern; or

(2) the amount certified to the taxpayer by an eligible institution out of the
institution's allocation of credits for the calendar year, as provided in section 136A.129.

(b) Credits allowed to a partnership, a limited liability company taxed as a
partnership, an S corporation, or multiple owners of property are passed through to the
partners, members, shareholders, or owners, respectively, pro rata to each partner, member,
shareholder, or owner based on their share of the entity's income for the taxable year.

(c) If the amount of credit which the taxpayer is eligible to receive under this
subdivision exceeds the taxpayer's tax liability under this chapter, the commissioner of
revenue shall refund the excess to the taxpayer.

(d) An amount necessary to pay claims for refund provided in this subdivision is
appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of revenue.

(e) An amount equal to one percent of the total amount of the credits authorized
under section 136A.129, subdivision 4, for an administrative fee for the Office of Higher
Education and participating eligible institutions is appropriated from the general fund to
the commissioner of revenue, for a transfer to the Office of Higher Education.

(f) For purposes of this subdivision, the terms "eligible employer" and "eligible
institution" have the meanings given in section 136A.129.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for taxable years beginning after
December 31, 2013.

Sec. 13.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 290.0677, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Definitions.

(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have
the meanings given.

(b) "Designated area" means a:

(1) combat zone designated by Executive Order from the President of the United
States;

(2) qualified hazardous duty area, designated in Public Law; or

(3) location certified by the U. S. Department of Defense as eligible for combat zone
tax benefits due to the location's direct support of military operations.

(c) "Active military service" means active duty service in any of the United States
armed forces, the National Guard, or reserves.

(d) "Qualified individual" means an individual who has:

(1) either (i) met one of the following criteria:

(i) has served at least 20 years in the military or;

(ii) has a service-connected disability rating of 100 percent for a total and permanent
disability; or

(iii) has been determined by the military to be eligible for compensation from a
pension or other retirement pay from the federal government for service in the military,
as computed under United States Code, title 10, sections 1401 to 1414, 1447 to 1455,
or 12733; and

(2) separated from military service before the end of the taxable year.

(e) "Adjusted gross income" has the meaning given in section 61 of the Internal
Revenue Code.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for taxable years beginning after
December 31, 2012.

Sec. 14.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 290.068, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

Limitation; carryover.

(a)(1) The credit for a taxable year beginning
before January 1, 2010, and after December 31, 2012, shall not exceed the liability for tax.
"Liability for tax" for purposes of this section means the sum of the tax imposed under
section 290.06, subdivision subdivisions 1 and 2c, for the taxable year reduced by the sum
of the nonrefundable credits allowed under this chapter, on all of the entities required to
be included on the combined report of the unitary business. If the amount of the credit
allowed exceeds the liability for tax of the taxpayer, but is allowed as a result of the
liability for tax of other members of the unitary group for the taxable year, the taxpayer
must allocate the excess as a research credit to another member of the unitary group.

(2) In the case of a corporation which is a partner in a partnership, the credit allowed
for the taxable year shall not exceed the lesser of the amount determined under clause (1)
for the taxable year or an amount (separately computed with respect to the corporation's
interest in the trade or business or entity) equal to the amount of tax attributable to that
portion of taxable income which is allocable or apportionable to the corporation's interest
in the trade or business or entity.

(b) If the amount of the credit determined under this section for any taxable year
exceeds the limitation under clause (a) including amounts allocated to other members
of the unitary group, the excess shall be a research credit carryover to each of the 15
succeeding taxable years. The entire amount of the excess unused credit for the taxable
year shall be carried first to the earliest of the taxable years to which the credit may be
carried and then to each successive year to which the credit may be carried. The amount
of the unused credit which may be added under this clause shall not exceed the taxpayer's
liability for tax less the research credit for the taxable year.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for taxable years beginning after
December 31, 2012.

Sec. 15.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 290.068, subdivision 6a, is amended to read:

Subd. 6a.

Credit to be refundable.

If the amount of credit allowed in this section
for qualified research expenses incurred in taxable years beginning after December 31,
2009, and before January 1, 2013, exceeds the taxpayer's tax liability under this chapter,
the commissioner shall refund the excess amount. The credit allowed for qualified research
expenses incurred in taxable years beginning after December 31, 2009, and before January
1, 2013, must be used before any research credit earned under subdivision 3.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for taxable years beginning after
December 31, 2012.

Sec. 16.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 290.0681, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Definitions.

(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms
have the meanings given.

(b) "Account" means the historic credit administration account in the special
revenue fund.

(c) "Office" means the State Historic Preservation Office of the Minnesota Historical
Society.

(d) "Project" means rehabilitation of a certified historic structure, as defined in
section 47(c)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code, that is located in Minnesota and is
allowed a federal credit under section 47(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code.

(e) "Society" means the Minnesota Historical Society.

(f) "Federal credit" means the credit allowed under section 47(a)(2) of the Internal
Revenue Code.

(g) "Placed in service" has the meaning used in section 47 of the Internal Revenue
Code.

(h) "Qualified rehabilitation expenditures" has the meaning given in section 47 of
the Internal Revenue Code.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 17.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 290.0681, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

Applications; allocations.

(a) To qualify for a credit or grant under this
section, the developer of a project must apply to the office before the rehabilitation begins.
The application must contain the information and be in the form prescribed by the office.
The office may collect a fee for application of up to $5,000 0.5 percent of qualified
rehabilitation expenditures, up to $40,000, based on estimated qualified rehabilitation
expenses expenditures, to offset costs associated with personnel and administrative
expenses related to administering the credit and preparing the economic impact report
in subdivision 9. Application fees are deposited in the account. The application must
indicate if the application is for a credit or a grant in lieu of the credit or a combination of
the two and designate the taxpayer qualifying for the credit or the recipient of the grant.

(b) Upon approving an application for credit, the office shall issue allocation
certificates that:

(1) verify eligibility for the credit or grant;

(2) state the amount of credit or grant anticipated with the project, with the credit
amount equal to 100 percent and the grant amount equal to 90 percent of the federal
credit anticipated in the application;

(3) state that the credit or grant allowed may increase or decrease if the federal
credit the project receives at the time it is placed in service is different than the amount
anticipated at the time the allocation certificate is issued; and

(4) state the fiscal year in which the credit or grant is allocated, and that the taxpayer
or grant recipient is entitled to receive the credit or grant at the time the project is placed
in service, provided that date is within three calendar years following the issuance of
the allocation certificate.

(c) The office, in consultation with the commissioner of revenue, shall determine
if the project is eligible for a credit or a grant under this section and must notify the
developer in writing of its determination. Eligibility for the credit is subject to review
and audit by the commissioner of revenue.

(d) The federal credit recapture and repayment requirements under section 50 of the
Internal Revenue Code do not apply to the credit allowed under this section.

(e) Any decision of the office under paragraph (c) may be challenged as a contested
case under chapter 14. The contested case proceeding must be initiated within 45 days of
the date of written notification by the office.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment
and the change in paragraph (a) applies to applications first received on or after the day
following final enactment.

Sec. 18.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 290.0681, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

Subd. 4.

Credit certificates; grants.

(a)(1) The developer of a project for which the
office has issued an allocation certificate must notify the office when the project is placed
in service. Upon verifying that the project has been placed in service, and was allowed a
federal credit, the office must issue a credit certificate to the taxpayer designated in the
application or must issue a grant to the recipient designated in the application. The credit
certificate must state the amount of the credit.

(2) The credit amount equals the federal credit allowed for the project.

(3) The grant amount equals 90 percent of the federal credit allowed for the project.

(b) The recipient of a credit certificate may assign the certificate to another taxpayer,
which is then allowed the credit under this section or section 297I.20, subdivision 3. An
assignment is not valid unless the assignee notifies the commissioner within 30 days of the
date that the assignment is made. The commissioner shall prescribe the forms necessary
for notifying the commissioner of the assignment of a credit certificate and for claiming
a credit by assignment.

(c) Credits passed through to partners, members, shareholders, or owners pursuant to
subdivision 5 are not an assignment of a credit certificate under this subdivision.

(d) A grant agreement between the office and the recipient of a grant may allow the
grant to be issued to another individual or entity.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 19.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 290.0681, subdivision 5, is amended to read:

Subd. 5.

Partnerships; multiple owners.

Credits granted to a partnership, a limited
liability company taxed as a partnership, S corporation, or multiple owners of property
are passed through to the partners, members, shareholders, or owners, respectively, pro
rata to each partner, member, shareholder, or owner based on their share of the entity's
assets or as specially allocated in their organizational documents or any other executed
agreement, as of the last day of the taxable year.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 20.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 290.0681, subdivision 10, is amended to read:

Subd. 10.

Sunset.

This section expires after fiscal year 2015 2021, except that
the office's authority to issue credit certificates under subdivision 4 based on allocation
certificates that were issued before fiscal year 2016 2022 remains in effect through 2018
2024, and the reporting requirements in subdivision 9 remain in effect through the year
following the year in which all allocation certificates have either been canceled or resulted
in issuance of credit certificates, or 2019 2025, whichever is earlier.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 21.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 290.091, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Imposition of tax.

In addition to all other taxes imposed by this
chapter a tax is imposed on individuals, estates, and trusts equal to the excess (if any) of

(a) an amount equal to 6.4 6.75 percent of alternative minimum taxable income after
subtracting the exemption amount, over

(b) the regular tax for the taxable year.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for taxable years beginning after
December 31, 2012.

Sec. 22.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 290.091, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Definitions.

For purposes of the tax imposed by this section, the following
terms have the meanings given:

(a) "Alternative minimum taxable income" means the sum of the following for
the taxable year:

(1) the taxpayer's federal alternative minimum taxable income as defined in section
55(b)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code;

(2) the taxpayer's itemized deductions allowed in computing federal alternative
minimum taxable income, but excluding:

(i) the charitable contribution deduction under section 170 of the Internal Revenue
Code;

(ii) the medical expense deduction;

(iii) the casualty, theft, and disaster loss deduction; and

(iv) the impairment-related work expenses of a disabled person;

(3) for depletion allowances computed under section 613A(c) of the Internal
Revenue Code, with respect to each property (as defined in section 614 of the Internal
Revenue Code), to the extent not included in federal alternative minimum taxable income,
the excess of the deduction for depletion allowable under section 611 of the Internal
Revenue Code for the taxable year over the adjusted basis of the property at the end of the
taxable year (determined without regard to the depletion deduction for the taxable year);

(4) to the extent not included in federal alternative minimum taxable income, the
amount of the tax preference for intangible drilling cost under section 57(a)(2) of the
Internal Revenue Code determined without regard to subparagraph (E);

(5) to the extent not included in federal alternative minimum taxable income, the
amount of interest income as provided by section 290.01, subdivision 19a, clause (1); and

(6) the amount of addition required by section 290.01, subdivision 19a, clauses (7)
to (9), (12), (13), and (16) to (18);

less the sum of the amounts determined under the following:

(1) interest income as defined in section 290.01, subdivision 19b, clause (1);

(2) an overpayment of state income tax as provided by section 290.01, subdivision
19b, clause (2), to the extent included in federal alternative minimum taxable income;

(3) the amount of investment interest paid or accrued within the taxable year on
indebtedness to the extent that the amount does not exceed net investment income, as
defined in section 163(d)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code. Interest does not include
amounts deducted in computing federal adjusted gross income;

(4) amounts subtracted from federal taxable income as provided by section 290.01,
subdivision 19b, clauses (6), (8) to (14), and (16); and

(5) the amount of the net operating loss allowed under section 290.095, subdivision
11, paragraph (c).

In the case of an estate or trust, alternative minimum taxable income must be
computed as provided in section 59(c) of the Internal Revenue Code.

(b) "Investment interest" means investment interest as defined in section 163(d)(3)
of the Internal Revenue Code.

(c) "Net minimum tax" means the minimum tax imposed by this section.

(d) "Regular tax" means the tax that would be imposed under this chapter (without
regard to this section and section 290.032), reduced by the sum of the nonrefundable
credits allowed under this chapter.

(e) "Tentative minimum tax" equals 6.4 6.75 percent of alternative minimum taxable
income after subtracting the exemption amount determined under subdivision 3.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for taxable years beginning after
December 31, 2012.

Sec. 23.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 290.091, subdivision 6, is amended to read:

Subd. 6.

Credit for prior years' liability.

(a) A credit is allowed against the tax
imposed by this chapter on individuals, trusts, and estates equal to the minimum tax
credit for the taxable year. The minimum tax credit equals the adjusted net minimum
tax for taxable years beginning after December 31, 1988, reduced by the minimum tax
credits allowed in a prior taxable year. The credit may not exceed the excess (if any) for
the taxable year of

(1) the regular tax, over

(2) the greater of (i) the tentative alternative minimum tax, or (ii) zero.

(b) The adjusted net minimum tax for a taxable year equals the lesser of the net
minimum tax or the excess (if any) of

(1) the tentative minimum tax, over

(2) 6.4 6.75 percent of the sum of

(i) adjusted gross income as defined in section 62 of the Internal Revenue Code,

(ii) interest income as defined in section 290.01, subdivision 19a, clause (1),

(iii) interest on specified private activity bonds, as defined in section 57(a)(5) of the
Internal Revenue Code, to the extent not included under clause (ii),

(iv) depletion as defined in section 57(a)(1), determined without regard to the last
sentence of paragraph (1), of the Internal Revenue Code, less

(v) the deductions allowed in computing alternative minimum taxable income
provided in subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause (2) of the first series of clauses and clauses
(1), (2), and (3) of the second series of clauses, and

(vi) the exemption amount determined under subdivision 3.

In the case of an individual who is not a Minnesota resident for the entire year,
adjusted net minimum tax must be multiplied by the fraction defined in section 290.06,
subdivision 2c, paragraph (e). In the case of a trust or estate, adjusted net minimum tax
must be multiplied by the fraction defined under subdivision 4, paragraph (b).

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for taxable years beginning after
December 31, 2012.

Sec. 24.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 290.0921, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

Alternative minimum taxable income.

"Alternative minimum taxable
income" is Minnesota net income as defined in section 290.01, subdivision 19, and
includes the adjustments and tax preference items in sections 56, 57, 58, and 59(d), (e),
(f), and (h) of the Internal Revenue Code. If a corporation files a separate company
Minnesota tax return, the minimum tax must be computed on a separate company basis.
If a corporation is part of a tax group filing a unitary return, the minimum tax must be
computed on a unitary basis. The following adjustments must be made.

(1) For purposes of the depreciation adjustments under section 56(a)(1) and
56(g)(4)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code, the basis for depreciable property placed in
service in a taxable year beginning before January 1, 1990, is the adjusted basis for federal
income tax purposes, including any modification made in a taxable year under section
290.01, subdivision 19e, or Minnesota Statutes 1986, section 290.09, subdivision 7,
paragraph (c).

For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2000, the amount of any remaining
modification made under section 290.01, subdivision 19e, or Minnesota Statutes 1986,
section 290.09, subdivision 7, paragraph (c), not previously deducted is a depreciation
allowance in the first taxable year after December 31, 2000.

(2) The portion of the depreciation deduction allowed for federal income tax
purposes under section 168(k) of the Internal Revenue Code that is required as an addition
under section 290.01, subdivision 19c, clause (15) (12), is disallowed in determining
alternative minimum taxable income.

(3) The subtraction for depreciation allowed under section 290.01, subdivision
19d, clause (17) (15), is allowed as a depreciation deduction in determining alternative
minimum taxable income.

(4) The alternative tax net operating loss deduction under sections 56(a)(4) and 56(d)
of the Internal Revenue Code does not apply.

(5) The special rule for certain dividends under section 56(g)(4)(C)(ii) of the Internal
Revenue Code does not apply.

(6) The special rule for dividends from section 936 companies under section
56(g)(4)(C)(iii) does not apply.

(7) (6) The tax preference for depletion under section 57(a)(1) of the Internal
Revenue Code does not apply.

(8) (7) The tax preference for intangible drilling costs under section 57(a)(2) of the
Internal Revenue Code must be calculated without regard to subparagraph (E) and the
subtraction under section 290.01, subdivision 19d, clause (4).

(9) (8) The tax preference for tax exempt interest under section 57(a)(5) of the
Internal Revenue Code does not apply.

(10) (9) The tax preference for charitable contributions of appreciated property
under section 57(a)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code does not apply.

(11) (10) For purposes of calculating the tax preference for accelerated depreciation
or amortization on certain property placed in service before January 1, 1987, under section
57(a)(7) of the Internal Revenue Code, the deduction allowable for the taxable year is the
deduction allowed under section 290.01, subdivision 19e.

For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2000, the amount of any remaining
modification made under section 290.01, subdivision 19e, not previously deducted is a
depreciation or amortization allowance in the first taxable year after December 31, 2004.

(12) (11) For purposes of calculating the adjustment for adjusted current earnings
in section 56(g) of the Internal Revenue Code, the term "alternative minimum taxable
income" as it is used in section 56(g) of the Internal Revenue Code, means alternative
minimum taxable income as defined in this subdivision, determined without regard to the
adjustment for adjusted current earnings in section 56(g) of the Internal Revenue Code.

(13) (12) For purposes of determining the amount of adjusted current earnings under
section 56(g)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, no adjustment shall be made under section
56(g)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code with respect to (i) the amount of foreign dividend
gross-up subtracted as provided in section 290.01, subdivision 19d, clause (1), or (ii) the
amount of refunds of income, excise, or franchise taxes subtracted as provided in section
290.01, subdivision 19d, clause (9), or (iii) the amount of royalties, fees or other like
income subtracted as provided in section 290.01, subdivision 19d, clause (10).

(14) (13) Alternative minimum taxable income excludes the income from operating
in a job opportunity building zone as provided under section 469.317.

(15) (14) Alternative minimum taxable income excludes the income from operating
in a biotechnology and health sciences industry zone as provided under section 469.337.

Items of tax preference must not be reduced below zero as a result of the
modifications in this subdivision.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for taxable years beginning after
December 31, 2012.

Sec. 25.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 290.0922, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Imposition.

(a) In addition to the tax imposed by this chapter without
regard to this section, the franchise tax imposed on a corporation required to file under
section 289A.08, subdivision 3, other than a corporation treated as an "S" corporation
under section 290.9725 for the taxable year includes a tax equal to the following amounts:

If the sum of the corporation's Minnesota property, payrolls, and sales or receipts is:							the tax equals:
		less than		$	500,000		$	0
	$	500,000	to	$	999,999		$	100
	$	1,000,000	to	$	4,999,999		$	300
	$	5,000,000	to	$	9,999,999		$	1,000
	$	10,000,000	to	$	19,999,999		$	2,000
	$	20,000,000	or	more			$	5,000
		less than		$	930,000		$	0
	$	930,000	to	$	1,869,999		$	190
	$	1,870,000	to	$	9,339,999		$	560
	$	9,340,000	to	$	18,679,999		$	1,870
	$	18,680,000	to	$	37,359,999		$	3,740
	$	37,360,000	or	more			$	9,340

(b) A tax is imposed for each taxable year on a corporation required to file a return
under section 289A.12, subdivision 3, that is treated as an "S" corporation under section
290.9725 and on a partnership required to file a return under section 289A.12, subdivision
3, other than a partnership that derives over 80 percent of its income from farming. The
tax imposed under this paragraph is due on or before the due date of the return for the
taxpayer due under section 289A.18, subdivision 1. The commissioner shall prescribe
the return to be used for payment of this tax. The tax under this paragraph is equal to
the following amounts:

If the sum of the S corporation's or partnership's Minnesota property, payrolls, and sales or receipts is:							the tax equals:
		less than		$	500,000		$	0
	$	500,000	to	$	999,999		$	100
	$	1,000,000	to	$	4,999,999		$	300
	$	5,000,000	to	$	9,999,999		$	1,000
	$	10,000,000	to	$	19,999,999		$	2,000
	$	20,000,000	or	more			$	5,000
		less than		$	930,000		$	0
	$	930,000	to	$	1,869,999		$	190
	$	1,870,000	to	$	9,339,999		$	560
	$	9,340,000	to	$	18,679,999		$	1,870
	$	18,680,000	to	$	37,359,999		$	3,740
	$	37,360,000	or	more			$	9,340

(c) The commissioner shall adjust the dollar amounts of both the tax and the property,
payrolls, and sales or receipts thresholds in paragraphs (a) and (b) by the percentage
determined pursuant to the provisions of section 1(f) of the Internal Revenue Code, except
that in section 1(f)(3)(B) the word "2012" must be substituted for the word "1992." For
2014, the commissioner shall determine the percentage change from the 12 months ending
on August 31, 2012, to the 12 months ending on August 31, 2013, and in each subsequent
year, from the 12 months ending on August 31, 2012, to the 12 months ending on August
31 of the year preceding the taxable year. The determination of the commissioner pursuant
to this subdivision is not a "rule" subject to the Administrative Procedure Act contained in
chapter 14. The tax amounts as adjusted must be rounded to the nearest $10 amount and
the threshold amounts must be adjusted to the nearest $10,000 amount. For tax amounts
that end in $5, the amount is rounded up to the nearest $10 amount and for the threshold
amounts that end in $5,000, the amount is rounded up to the nearest $10,000.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for taxable years beginning after
December 31, 2012.

Sec. 26.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 290.095, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Defined and limited.

(a) The term "net operating loss" as used in this
section shall mean a net operating loss as defined in section 172(c) of the Internal Revenue
Code, with the modifications specified in subdivision 4. The deductions provided in
section 290.21 and the modification provided in section 290.01, subdivision 19d, clause
(10), cannot be used in the determination of a net operating loss.

(b) The term "net operating loss deduction" as used in this section means the
aggregate of the net operating loss carryovers to the taxable year, computed in accordance
with subdivision 3. The provisions of section 172(b) of the Internal Revenue Code relating
to the carryback of net operating losses, do not apply.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for taxable years beginning after
December 31, 2012.

Sec. 27.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 290.10, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Expenses, interest, and taxes.

Except as provided in section 290.17,
subdivision 4, paragraph (i), In computing the net income of a taxpayer no deduction shall
in any case be allowed for expenses, interest and taxes connected with or allocable against
the production or receipt of all income not included in the measure of the tax imposed by
this chapter, except that for corporations engaged in the business of mining or producing
iron ore, the mining of which is subject to the occupation tax imposed by section 298.01,
subdivision 4, this shall not prevent the deduction of expenses and other items to the extent
that the expenses and other items are allowable under this chapter and are not deductible,
capitalizable, retainable in basis, or taken into account by allowance or otherwise in
computing the occupation tax and do not exceed the amounts taken for federal income tax
purposes for that year. Occupation taxes imposed under chapter 298, royalty taxes imposed
under chapter 299, or depletion expenses may not be deducted under this subdivision.

Sec. 28.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 290.17, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

Subd. 4.

Unitary business principle.

(a) If a trade or business conducted wholly
within this state or partly within and partly without this state is part of a unitary business,
the entire income of the unitary business is subject to apportionment pursuant to section
290.191. Notwithstanding subdivision 2, paragraph (c), none of the income of a unitary
business is considered to be derived from any particular source and none may be allocated
to a particular place except as provided by the applicable apportionment formula. The
provisions of this subdivision do not apply to business income subject to subdivision 5,
income of an insurance company, or income of an investment company determined under
section 290.36.

(b) The term "unitary business" means business activities or operations which
result in a flow of value between them. The term may be applied within a single legal
entity or between multiple entities and without regard to whether each entity is a sole
proprietorship, a corporation, a partnership or a trust.

(c) Unity is presumed whenever there is unity of ownership, operation, and use,
evidenced by centralized management or executive force, centralized purchasing,
advertising, accounting, or other controlled interaction, but the absence of these
centralized activities will not necessarily evidence a nonunitary business. Unity is also
presumed when business activities or operations are of mutual benefit, dependent upon or
contributory to one another, either individually or as a group.

(d) Where a business operation conducted in Minnesota is owned by a business
entity that carries on business activity outside the state different in kind from that
conducted within this state, and the other business is conducted entirely outside the state, it
is presumed that the two business operations are unitary in nature, interrelated, connected,
and interdependent unless it can be shown to the contrary.

(e) Unity of ownership is not deemed to does not exist when a corporation is two or
more corporations are involved unless that corporation is a member of a group of two or
more business entities and more than 50 percent of the voting stock of each member of
the group corporation is directly or indirectly owned by a common owner or by common
owners, either corporate or noncorporate, or by one or more of the member corporations
of the group. For this purpose, the term "voting stock" shall include membership interests
of mutual insurance holding companies formed under section 66A.40.

(f) The net income and apportionment factors under section 290.191 or 290.20 of
foreign corporations and other foreign entities which are part of a unitary business shall
not be included in the net income or the apportionment factors of the unitary business;
except that the income and apportionment factors of a foreign entity, other than an entity
treated as a C corporation for federal income tax purposes, that are included in the federal
taxable income, as defined in section 63 of the Internal Revenue Code as amended through
the date named in section 290.01, subdivision 19, of a domestic corporation, domestic
entity, or individual must be included in determining net income and the factors to be used
in the apportionment of net income pursuant to section 290.191 or 290.20. A foreign
corporation or other foreign entity which is not included on a combined report and which
is required to file a return under this chapter shall file on a separate return basis. The net
income and apportionment factors under section 290.191 or 290.20 of foreign operating
corporations shall not be included in the net income or the apportionment factors of the
unitary business except as provided in paragraph (g).

(g) The adjusted net income of a foreign operating corporation shall be deemed to
be paid as a dividend on the last day of its taxable year to each shareholder thereof, in
proportion to each shareholder's ownership, with which such corporation is engaged in
a unitary business. Such deemed dividend shall be treated as a dividend under section
290.21, subdivision 4.

Dividends actually paid by a foreign operating corporation to a corporate shareholder
which is a member of the same unitary business as the foreign operating corporation shall
be eliminated from the net income of the unitary business in preparing a combined report
for the unitary business. The adjusted net income of a foreign operating corporation
shall be its net income adjusted as follows:

(1) any taxes paid or accrued to a foreign country, the commonwealth of Puerto
Rico, or a United States possession or political subdivision of any of the foregoing shall
be a deduction; and

(2) the subtraction from federal taxable income for payments received from foreign
corporations or foreign operating corporations under section 290.01, subdivision 19d,
clause (10), shall not be allowed.

If a foreign operating corporation incurs a net loss, neither income nor deduction from
that corporation shall be included in determining the net income of the unitary business.

(h) (g) For purposes of determining the net income of a unitary business and the
factors to be used in the apportionment of net income pursuant to section 290.191 or
290.20, there must be included only the income and apportionment factors of domestic
corporations or other domestic entities other than foreign operating corporations that are
determined to be part of the unitary business pursuant to this subdivision, notwithstanding
that foreign corporations or other foreign entities might be included in the unitary
business; except that the income and apportionment factors of a foreign entity, other than
an entity treated as a C corporation for federal income tax purposes, that is included in the
federal taxable income, as defined in section 63 of the Internal Revenue Code as amended
through the date named in section 290.01, subdivision 19, of a domestic corporation,
domestic entity, or individual must be included in determining net income and the factors
to be used in the apportionment of net income pursuant to section 290.191 or 290.20.

(i) Deductions for expenses, interest, or taxes otherwise allowable under this chapter
that are connected with or allocable against dividends, deemed dividends described
in paragraph (g), or royalties, fees, or other like income described in section 290.01,
subdivision 19d, clause (10), shall not be disallowed.

(j) (h) Each corporation or other entity, except a sole proprietorship, that is part of
a unitary business must file combined reports as the commissioner determines. On the
reports, all intercompany transactions between entities included pursuant to paragraph (h)
(g) must be eliminated and the entire net income of the unitary business determined in
accordance with this subdivision is apportioned among the entities by using each entity's
Minnesota factors for apportionment purposes in the numerators of the apportionment
formula and the total factors for apportionment purposes of all entities included pursuant
to paragraph (h) (g) in the denominators of the apportionment formula. Except as
otherwise provided by paragraph (f), all sales of the unitary business made within this
state pursuant to section 290.191 or 290.20 must be included on the combined report of a
corporation or other entity that is a member of the unitary business and is subject to the
jurisdiction of this state to impose tax under this chapter.

(k) (i) If a corporation has been divested from a unitary business and is included in a
combined report for a fractional part of the common accounting period of the combined
report:

(1) its income includable in the combined report is its income incurred for that part
of the year determined by proration or separate accounting; and

(2) its sales, property, and payroll included in the apportionment formula must
be prorated or accounted for separately.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for taxable years beginning after
December 31, 2012.

Sec. 29.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 290.191, subdivision 5, is amended to read:

Subd. 5.

Determination of sales factor.

For purposes of this section, the following
rules apply in determining the sales factor.

(a) The sales factor includes all sales, gross earnings, or receipts received in the
ordinary course of the business, except that the following types of income are not included
in the sales factor:

(1) interest;

(2) dividends;

(3) sales of capital assets as defined in section 1221 of the Internal Revenue Code;

(4) sales of property used in the trade or business, except sales of leased property of
a type which is regularly sold as well as leased; and

(5) sales of debt instruments as defined in section 1275(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue
Code or sales of stock; and.

(6) royalties, fees, or other like income of a type which qualify for a subtraction from
federal taxable income under section 290.01, subdivision 19d, clause (10).

(b) Sales of tangible personal property are made within this state if the property is
received by a purchaser at a point within this state, and the taxpayer is taxable in this state,
regardless of the f.o.b. point, other conditions of the sale, or the ultimate destination
of the property.

(c) Tangible personal property delivered to a common or contract carrier or foreign
vessel for delivery to a purchaser in another state or nation is a sale in that state or nation,
regardless of f.o.b. point or other conditions of the sale.

(d) Notwithstanding paragraphs (b) and (c), when intoxicating liquor, wine,
fermented malt beverages, cigarettes, or tobacco products are sold to a purchaser who is
licensed by a state or political subdivision to resell this property only within the state of
ultimate destination, the sale is made in that state.

(e) Sales made by or through a corporation that is qualified as a domestic
international sales corporation under section 992 of the Internal Revenue Code are not
considered to have been made within this state.

(f) Sales, rents, royalties, and other income in connection with real property is
attributed to the state in which the property is located.

(g) Receipts from the lease or rental of tangible personal property, including finance
leases and true leases, must be attributed to this state if the property is located in this
state and to other states if the property is not located in this state. Receipts from the
lease or rental of moving property including, but not limited to, motor vehicles, rolling
stock, aircraft, vessels, or mobile equipment are included in the numerator of the receipts
factor to the extent that the property is used in this state. The extent of the use of moving
property is determined as follows:

(1) A motor vehicle is used wholly in the state in which it is registered.

(2) The extent that rolling stock is used in this state is determined by multiplying
the receipts from the lease or rental of the rolling stock by a fraction, the numerator of
which is the miles traveled within this state by the leased or rented rolling stock and the
denominator of which is the total miles traveled by the leased or rented rolling stock.

(3) The extent that an aircraft is used in this state is determined by multiplying the
receipts from the lease or rental of the aircraft by a fraction, the numerator of which is
the number of landings of the aircraft in this state and the denominator of which is the
total number of landings of the aircraft.

(4) The extent that a vessel, mobile equipment, or other mobile property is used in
the state is determined by multiplying the receipts from the lease or rental of the property
by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days during the taxable year the
property was in this state and the denominator of which is the total days in the taxable year.

(h) Royalties and other income not described in paragraph (a), clause (6), received
for the use of or for the privilege of using intangible property, including patents,
know-how, formulas, designs, processes, patterns, copyrights, trade names, service names,
franchises, licenses, contracts, customer lists, or similar items, must be attributed to the
state in which the property is used by the purchaser. If the property is used in more
than one state, the royalties or other income must be apportioned to this state pro rata
according to the portion of use in this state. If the portion of use in this state cannot be
determined, the royalties or other income must be excluded from both the numerator
and the denominator. Intangible property is used in this state if the purchaser uses the
intangible property or the rights therein in the regular course of its business operations in
this state, regardless of the location of the purchaser's customers.

(i) Sales of intangible property are made within the state in which the property is
used by the purchaser. If the property is used in more than one state, the sales must be
apportioned to this state pro rata according to the portion of use in this state. If the
portion of use in this state cannot be determined, the sale must be excluded from both the
numerator and the denominator of the sales factor. Intangible property is used in this
state if the purchaser used the intangible property in the regular course of its business
operations in this state.

(j) Receipts from the performance of services must be attributed to the state where
the services are received. For the purposes of this section, receipts from the performance
of services provided to a corporation, partnership, or trust may only be attributed to a state
where it has a fixed place of doing business. If the state where the services are received is
not readily determinable or is a state where the corporation, partnership, or trust receiving
the service does not have a fixed place of doing business, the services shall be deemed
to be received at the location of the office of the customer from which the services were
ordered in the regular course of the customer's trade or business. If the ordering office
cannot be determined, the services shall be deemed to be received at the office of the
customer to which the services are billed.

(k) For the purposes of this subdivision and subdivision 6, paragraph (l), receipts
from management, distribution, or administrative services performed by a corporation
or trust for a fund of a corporation or trust regulated under United States Code, title 15,
sections 80a-1 through 80a-64, must be attributed to the state where the shareholder of
the fund resides. Under this paragraph, receipts for services attributed to shareholders are
determined on the basis of the ratio of: (1) the average of the outstanding shares in the
fund owned by shareholders residing within Minnesota at the beginning and end of each
year; and (2) the average of the total number of outstanding shares in the fund at the
beginning and end of each year. Residence of the shareholder, in the case of an individual,
is determined by the mailing address furnished by the shareholder to the fund. Residence
of the shareholder, when the shares are held by an insurance company as a depositor for
the insurance company policyholders, is the mailing address of the policyholders. In
the case of an insurance company holding the shares as a depositor for the insurance
company policyholders, if the mailing address of the policyholders cannot be determined
by the taxpayer, the receipts must be excluded from both the numerator and denominator.
Residence of other shareholders is the mailing address of the shareholder.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for taxable years beginning after
December 31, 2012.

Sec. 30.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 290.21, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

Subd. 4.

Dividends received from another corporation.

(a)(1) Eighty percent
of dividends received by a corporation during the taxable year from another corporation,
in which the recipient owns 20 percent or more of the stock, by vote and value, not
including stock described in section 1504(a)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code when the
corporate stock with respect to which dividends are paid does not constitute the stock in
trade of the taxpayer or would not be included in the inventory of the taxpayer, or does not
constitute property held by the taxpayer primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary
course of the taxpayer's trade or business, or when the trade or business of the taxpayer
does not consist principally of the holding of the stocks and the collection of the income
and gains therefrom; and

(2)(i) the remaining 20 percent of dividends if the dividends received are the stock in
an affiliated company transferred in an overall plan of reorganization and the dividend
is eliminated in consolidation under Treasury Department Regulation 1.1502-14(a), as
amended through December 31, 1989;

(ii) the remaining 20 percent of dividends if the dividends are received from a
corporation which is subject to tax under section 290.36 and which is a member of an
affiliated group of corporations as defined by the Internal Revenue Code and the dividend
is eliminated in consolidation under Treasury Department Regulation 1.1502-14(a), as
amended through December 31, 1989, or is deducted under an election under section
243(b) of the Internal Revenue Code; or

(iii) the remaining 20 percent of the dividends if the dividends are received from a
property and casualty insurer as defined under section 60A.60, subdivision 8, which is a
member of an affiliated group of corporations as defined by the Internal Revenue Code
and either: (A) the dividend is eliminated in consolidation under Treasury Regulation
1.1502-14(a), as amended through December 31, 1989; or (B) the dividend is deducted
under an election under section 243(b) of the Internal Revenue Code.

(b) Seventy percent of dividends received by a corporation during the taxable year
from another corporation in which the recipient owns less than 20 percent of the stock,
by vote or value, not including stock described in section 1504(a)(4) of the Internal
Revenue Code when the corporate stock with respect to which dividends are paid does not
constitute the stock in trade of the taxpayer, or does not constitute property held by the
taxpayer primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of the taxpayer's trade or
business, or when the trade or business of the taxpayer does not consist principally of the
holding of the stocks and the collection of income and gain therefrom.

(c) The dividend deduction provided in this subdivision shall be allowed only with
respect to dividends that are included in a corporation's Minnesota taxable net income
for the taxable year.

The dividend deduction provided in this subdivision does not apply to a dividend
from a corporation which, for the taxable year of the corporation in which the distribution
is made or for the next preceding taxable year of the corporation, is a corporation exempt
from tax under section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code.

The dividend deduction provided in this subdivision does not apply to a dividend
received from a real estate investment trust as defined in section 856 of the Internal
Revenue Code.

The dividend deduction provided in this subdivision applies to the amount of
regulated investment company dividends only to the extent determined under section
854(b) of the Internal Revenue Code.

The dividend deduction provided in this subdivision shall not be allowed with
respect to any dividend for which a deduction is not allowed under the provisions of
section 246(c) of the Internal Revenue Code.

(d) If dividends received by a corporation that does not have nexus with Minnesota
under the provisions of Public Law 86-272 are included as income on the return of
an affiliated corporation permitted or required to file a combined report under section
290.17, subdivision 4, or 290.34, subdivision 2, then for purposes of this subdivision the
determination as to whether the trade or business of the corporation consists principally
of the holding of stocks and the collection of income and gains therefrom shall be made
with reference to the trade or business of the affiliated corporation having a nexus with
Minnesota.

(e) The deduction provided by this subdivision does not apply if the dividends are
paid by a FSC as defined in section 922 of the Internal Revenue Code.

(f) If one or more of the members of the unitary group whose income is included on
the combined report received a dividend, the deduction under this subdivision for each
member of the unitary business required to file a return under this chapter is the product
of: (1) 100 percent of the dividends received by members of the group; (2) the percentage
allowed pursuant to paragraph (a) or (b); and (3) the percentage of the taxpayer's business
income apportionable to this state for the taxable year under section 290.191 or 290.20.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for taxable years beginning after
December 31, 2012.

Sec. 31.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 298.01, subdivision 3b, is amended to read:

Subd. 3b.

Deductions.

(a) For purposes of determining taxable income under
subdivision 3, the deductions from gross income include only those expenses necessary
to convert raw ores to marketable quality. Such expenses include costs associated with
refinement but do not include expenses such as transportation, stockpiling, marketing, or
marine insurance that are incurred after marketable ores are produced, unless the expenses
are included in gross income. The allowable deductions from a mine or plant that mines
and produces more than one mineral, metal, or energy resource must be determined
separately for the purposes of computing the deduction in section 290.01, subdivision 19c,
clause (9) (8). These deductions may be combined on one occupation tax return to arrive
at the deduction from gross income for all production.

(b) The provisions of section 290.01, subdivisions 19c, clauses (6) and (9), and 19d,
clauses (7) and (11) (10), are not used to determine taxable income.

Sec. 32.

Laws 2010, chapter 216, section 11, the effective date, is amended to read:

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for taxable years beginning
after December 31, 2009, for certified historic structures for which qualified costs of
rehabilitation are first paid under construction contracts entered into after May 1, 2010
rehabilitation expenditures are first paid by the developer or taxpayer after May 1, 2010,
for rehabilitation that occurs after May 1, 2010, provided that the application under
subdivision 3 is submitted before the project is placed in service.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment
and applies retroactively for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2009, and for
certified historic structures placed in service after May 1, 2010, but the office may not
issue certificates allowed under the change to this section until July 1, 2013.

Sec. 33. ESTIMATED TAXES; EXCEPTIONS.

No addition to tax, penalties, or interest may be made under Minnesota Statutes,
section 289A.25, for any period before September 15, 2013, with respect to an
underpayment of estimated tax, to the extent that the underpayment was created or
increased by the increase in income tax rates under this article.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for taxable years beginning after
December 31, 2012.

Sec. 34. REPEALER.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 290.01, subdivision 6b; 290.06, subdivision 22a;
and 290.0921, subdivision 7, are repealed.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for taxable years beginning after
December 31, 2012.

ARTICLE 7

ESTATE AND GIFT TAXES

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 270B.01, subdivision 8, is amended to read:

Subd. 8.

Minnesota tax laws.

For purposes of this chapter only, unless expressly
stated otherwise, "Minnesota tax laws" means:

(1) the taxes, refunds, and fees administered by or paid to the commissioner under
chapters 115B, 289A (except taxes imposed under sections 298.01, 298.015, and 298.24),
290, 290A, 291, 292, 295, 297A, 297B, and 297H, or any similar Indian tribal tax
administered by the commissioner pursuant to any tax agreement between the state and
the Indian tribal government, and includes any laws for the assessment, collection, and
enforcement of those taxes, refunds, and fees; and

(2) section 273.1315.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for gifts made after December 31,
2012.

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 270B.03, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Who may inspect.

Returns and return information must, on request,
be made open to inspection by or disclosure to the data subject. The request must be made
in writing or in accordance with written procedures of the chief disclosure officer of the
department that have been approved by the commissioner to establish the identification
of the person making the request as the data subject. For purposes of this chapter, the
following are the data subject:

(1) in the case of an individual return, that individual;

(2) in the case of an income tax return filed jointly, either of the individuals with
respect to whom the return is filed;

(3) in the case of a return filed by a business entity, an officer of a corporation,
a shareholder owning more than one percent of the stock, or any shareholder of an S
corporation; a general partner in a partnership; the owner of a sole proprietorship; a
member or manager of a limited liability company; a participant in a joint venture; the
individual who signed the return on behalf of the business entity; or an employee who is
responsible for handling the tax matters of the business entity, such as the tax manager,
bookkeeper, or managing agent;

(4) in the case of an estate return:

(i) the personal representative or trustee of the estate; and

(ii) any beneficiary of the estate as shown on the federal estate tax return;

(5) in the case of a trust return:

(i) the trustee or trustees, jointly or separately; and

(ii) any beneficiary of the trust as shown in the trust instrument;

(6) if liability has been assessed to a transferee under section 270C.58, subdivision
1, the transferee is the data subject with regard to the returns and return information
relating to the assessed liability;

(7) in the case of an Indian tribal government or an Indian tribal government-owned
entity,

(i) the chair of the tribal government, or

(ii) any person authorized by the tribal government; and

(8) in the case of a successor as defined in section 270C.57, subdivision 1, paragraph
(b), the successor is the data subject and information may be disclosed as provided by
section 270C.57, subdivision 4.; and

(9) in the case of a gift return, the donor.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 289A.10, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Return required.

In the case of a decedent who has an interest in
property with a situs in Minnesota, the personal representative must submit a Minnesota
estate tax return to the commissioner, on a form prescribed by the commissioner, if:

(1) a federal estate tax return is required to be filed; or

(2) the sum of the federal gross estate and federal adjusted taxable gifts made within
three years of the date of the decedent's death exceeds $1,000,000.

The return must contain a computation of the Minnesota estate tax due. The return
must be signed by the personal representative.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for estates of decedents dying after
December 31, 2012.

Sec. 4.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 291.005, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Scope.

Unless the context otherwise clearly requires, the following
terms used in this chapter shall have the following meanings:

(1) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of revenue or any person to whom the
commissioner has delegated functions under this chapter.

(2) "Federal gross estate" means the gross estate of a decedent as required to be valued
and otherwise determined for federal estate tax purposes under the Internal Revenue Code.

(3) "Internal Revenue Code" means the United States Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended through April 14, 2011 January 3, 2013, but without regard to the
provisions of sections 501 and 901 of Public Law 107-16, as amended by Public Law
111-312, and section 301(c) of Public Law 111-312 section 2011, paragraph (f), of the
Internal Revenue Code.

(4) "Minnesota adjusted taxable estate" means federal adjusted taxable estate as
defined by section 2011(b)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, plus

(i) the amount of deduction for state death taxes allowed under section 2058 of the
Internal Revenue Code;

(ii) the amount of taxable gifts, as defined in section 292.16, and made by the
decedent within three years of the decedent's date of death; less

(ii) (iii)(A) the value of qualified small business property under section 291.03,
subdivision 9, and the value of qualified farm property under section 291.03, subdivision
10, or (B) $4,000,000, whichever is less.

(5) "Minnesota gross estate" means the federal gross estate of a decedent after (a)
excluding therefrom any property included therein which has its situs outside Minnesota,
and (b) including therein any property omitted from the federal gross estate which is
includable therein, has its situs in Minnesota, and was not disclosed to federal taxing
authorities.

(6) "Nonresident decedent" means an individual whose domicile at the time of
death was not in Minnesota.

(7) "Personal representative" means the executor, administrator or other person
appointed by the court to administer and dispose of the property of the decedent. If there
is no executor, administrator or other person appointed, qualified, and acting within this
state, then any person in actual or constructive possession of any property having a situs in
this state which is included in the federal gross estate of the decedent shall be deemed
to be a personal representative to the extent of the property and the Minnesota estate tax
due with respect to the property.

(8) "Resident decedent" means an individual whose domicile at the time of death
was in Minnesota.

(9) "Situs of property" means, with respect to:

(i) real property, the state or country in which it is located; with respect to

(ii) tangible personal property, the state or country in which it was normally kept or
located at the time of the decedent's death or for a gift of tangible personal property within
three years of death, the state or country in which it was normally kept or located when
the gift was executed; and with respect to

(iii) intangible personal property, the state or country in which the decedent was
domiciled at death or for a gift of intangible personal property within three years of death,
the state or country in which the decedent was domiciled when the gift was executed.

For a nonresident decedent with an ownership interest in a pass-through entity
with assets that include real or tangible personal property, situs of the real or tangible
personal property is determined as if the pass-through entity does not exist and the real
or tangible personal property is personally owned by the decedent. If the pass-through
entity is owned by a person or persons in addition to the decedent, ownership of the
property is attributed to the decedent in proportion to the decedent's capital ownership
share of the pass-through entity.

(10) "Pass-through entity" includes the following:

(i) an entity electing S corporation status under section 1362 of the Internal Revenue
Code;

(ii) an entity taxed as a partnership under subchapter K of the Internal Revenue Code;

(iii) a single-member limited liability company or similar entity, regardless of
whether it is taxed as an association or is disregarded for federal income tax purposes
under Code of Federal Regulations, title 26, section 301.7701-3; or

(iv) a trust to the extent the property is includible in the decedent's federal gross estate.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for decedents dying after December
31, 2012.

Sec. 5.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 291.03, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Tax amount.

(a) The tax imposed shall be an amount equal to the
proportion of the maximum credit for state death taxes computed under section 2011 of
the Internal Revenue Code, but using Minnesota adjusted taxable estate instead of federal
adjusted taxable estate, as the Minnesota gross estate bears to the value of the federal
gross estate. The tax is reduced by:

(1) the gift tax paid by the decedent under section 292.17 on gifts included in the
Minnesota adjusted taxable estate and not subtracted as qualified farm or small business
property; and

(2) any credit allowed under subdivision 1c.

(b) The tax determined under this subdivision must not be greater than the sum of
the following amounts multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the Minnesota
gross estate and the denominator of which is the federal gross estate:

(1) the rates and brackets under section 2001(c) of the Internal Revenue Code
multiplied by the sum of:

(i) the taxable estate, as defined under section 2051 of the Internal Revenue Code; plus

(ii) adjusted taxable gifts, as defined in section 2001(b) of the Internal Revenue
Code; less

(iii) the lesser of (A) the sum of the value of qualified small business property
under subdivision 9, and the value of qualified farm property under subdivision 10, or
(B) $4,000,000; less

(2) the amount of tax allowed under section 2001(b)(2) of the Internal Revenue
Code; and less

(3) the federal credit allowed under section 2010 of the Internal Revenue Code.

(c) For purposes of this subdivision, "Internal Revenue Code" means the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended through December 31, 2000.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for decedents dying after December
31, 2012.

Sec. 6.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 291.03, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

Subd. 1c.

Nonresident decedent tax credit.

(a) The estate of a nonresident
decedent that is subject to tax under this chapter on the value of Minnesota situs property
held in a pass-through entity is allowed a credit against the tax due under this section
equal to the lesser of:

(1) the amount of estate or inheritance tax paid to another state that is attributable to
the Minnesota situs property held in the pass-through entity; or

(2) the amount of tax paid under this section attributable to the Minnesota situs
property held in the pass-through entity.

(b) The amount of tax attributable to the Minnesota situs property held in the
pass-through entity must be determined by the increase in the estate or inheritance tax that
results from including the market value of the property in the estate or treating the value
as a taxable inheritance to the recipient of the property.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for decedents dying after December
31, 2012.

Sec. 7.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 291.03, subdivision 8, is amended to read:

Subd. 8.

Definitions.

(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the
meanings given in this subdivision.

(b) "Family member" means a family member as defined in section 2032A(e)(2) of
the Internal Revenue Code, or a trust whose present beneficiaries are all family members
as defined in section 2032A(e)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code.

(c) "Qualified heir" means a family member who acquired qualified property from
upon the death of the decedent and satisfies the requirement under subdivision 9, clause
(6) (7), or subdivision 10, clause (4) (5), for the property.

(d) "Qualified property" means qualified small business property under subdivision
9 and qualified farm property under subdivision 10.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective retroactively for estates of decedents
dying after June 30, 2011.

Sec. 8.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 291.03, subdivision 9, is amended to read:

Subd. 9.

Qualified small business property.

Property satisfying all of the following
requirements is qualified small business property:

(1) The value of the property was included in the federal adjusted taxable estate.

(2) The property consists of the assets of a trade or business or shares of stock or
other ownership interests in a corporation or other entity engaged in a trade or business.
The decedent or the decedent's spouse must have materially participated in the trade or
business within the meaning of section 469 of the Internal Revenue Code during the
taxable year that ended before the date of the decedent's death. Shares of stock in a
corporation or an ownership interest in another type of entity do not qualify under this
subdivision if the shares or ownership interests are traded on a public stock exchange at
any time during the three-year period ending on the decedent's date of death. For purposes
of this subdivision, an ownership interest includes the interest the decedent is deemed to
own under sections 2036, 2037, and 2038 of the Internal Revenue Code.

(3) During the taxable year that ended before the decedent's death, the trade or
business must not have been a passive activity within the meaning of section 469(c) of the
Internal Revenue Code, and the decedent or the decedent's spouse must have materially
participated in the trade or business within the meaning of section 469(h) of the Internal
Revenue Code, excluding section 469(h)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and any other
provision provided by United States Treasury Department regulation that substitutes
material participation in prior taxable years for material participation in the taxable year
that ended before the decedent's death.

(4) The gross annual sales of the trade or business were $10,000,000 or less for the
last taxable year that ended before the date of the death of the decedent.

(4) (5) The property does not consist of cash or, cash equivalents, publicly traded
securities, or assets not used in the operation of the trade or business. For property
consisting of shares of stock or other ownership interests in an entity, the amount value of
cash or, cash equivalents, publicly traded securities, or assets not used in the operation of
the trade or business held by the corporation or other entity must be deducted from the
value of the property qualifying under this subdivision in proportion to the decedent's
share of ownership of the entity on the date of death.

(5) (6) The decedent continuously owned the property, including property the
decedent is deemed to own under sections 2036, 2037, and 2038 of the Internal Revenue
Code, for the three-year period ending on the date of death of the decedent. In the case of
a sole proprietor, if the property replaced similar property within the three-year period,
the replacement property will be treated as having been owned for the three-year period
ending on the date of death of the decedent.

(6) A family member continuously uses the property in the operation of the trade or
business for three years following the date of death of the decedent.

(7) For three years following the date of death of the decedent, the trade or business
is not a passive activity within the meaning of section 469(c) of the Internal Revenue Code,
and a family member materially participates in the operation of the trade or business within
the meaning of section 469(h) of the Internal Revenue Code, excluding section 469(h)(3)
of the Internal Revenue Code and any other provision provided by United States Treasury
Department regulation that substitutes material participation in prior taxable years for
material participation in the three years following the date of death of the decedent.

(8) The estate and the qualified heir elect to treat the property as qualified small
business property and agree, in the form prescribed by the commissioner, to pay the
recapture tax under subdivision 11, if applicable.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective retroactively for estates of decedents
dying after June 30, 2011.

Sec. 9.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 291.03, subdivision 10, is amended to read:

Subd. 10.

Qualified farm property.

Property satisfying all of the following
requirements is qualified farm property:

(1) The value of the property was included in the federal adjusted taxable estate.

(2) The property consists of a farm meeting the requirements of agricultural land and
is owned by a person or entity that is either not subject to or is in compliance with section
500.24, and was classified for property tax purposes as the homestead of the decedent
or the decedent's spouse or both under section 273.124, and as class 2a property under
section 273.13, subdivision 23.

(3) For property taxes payable in the taxable year of the decedent's death, the
property is classified as class 2a property under section 273.13, subdivision 23, and is
classified as agricultural homestead, agricultural relative homestead, or special agricultural
homestead under section 273.124.

(4) The decedent continuously owned the property, including property the decedent
is deemed to own under sections 2036, 2037, and 2038 of the Internal Revenue Code, for
the three-year period ending on the date of death of the decedent either by ownership of
the agricultural land or pursuant to holding an interest in an entity that is not subject to
or is in compliance with section 500.24.

(4) A family member continuously uses the property in the operation of the trade or
business (5) The property is classified for property tax purposes as class 2a property under
section 273.13, subdivision 23, for three years following the date of death of the decedent.

(5) (6) The estate and the qualified heir elect to treat the property as qualified farm
property and agree, in a form prescribed by the commissioner, to pay the recapture tax
under subdivision 11, if applicable.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective retroactively for estates of decedents
dying after June 30, 2011.

Sec. 10.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 291.03, subdivision 11, is amended to read:

Subd. 11.

Recapture tax.

(a) If, within three years after the decedent's death and
before the death of the qualified heir, the qualified heir disposes of any interest in the
qualified property, other than by a disposition to a family member, or a family member
ceases to use the qualified property which was acquired or passed from the decedent
satisfy the requirement under subdivision 9, clause (7); or 10, clause (5), an additional
estate tax is imposed on the property. In the case of a sole proprietor, if the qualified heir
replaces qualified small business property excluded under subdivision 9 with similar
property, then the qualified heir will not be treated as having disposed of an interest in the
qualified property.

(b) The amount of the additional tax equals the amount of the exclusion claimed by
the estate under subdivision 8, paragraph (d), multiplied by 16 percent.

(c) The additional tax under this subdivision is due on the day which is six months
after the date of the disposition or cessation in paragraph (a).

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective retroactively for estates of decedents
dying after June 30, 2011.

Sec. 11.

[292.16] DEFINITIONS.

(a) For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply.

(b) The definitions of terms defined in section 291.005 apply.

(c) "Resident" has the meaning given in section 290.01, subdivision 7, paragraph (a).

(d) "Taxable gifts" means:

(1) the transfers by gift which are included in taxable gifts for federal gift tax
purposes under the following sections of the Internal Revenue Code:

(i) section 2503;

(ii) sections 2511 to 2514; and

(iii) sections 2516 to 2519; less

(2) the deductions allowed in sections 2522 to 2524 of the Internal Revenue Code.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for taxable gifts made after June
30, 2013.

Sec. 12.

[292.17] GIFT TAX.

Subdivision 1.

Imposition.

(a) A tax is imposed on the transfer of property by gift
by any individual resident or nonresident in an amount equal to ten percent of the amount
of the taxable gift.

(b) The donor is liable for payment of the tax. If the gift tax is not paid when due,
the donee of any gift is personally liable for the tax to the extent of the value of the gift.

Subd. 2.

Lifetime credit.

A credit is allowed against the tax imposed under this
section equal to $100,000. This credit applies to the cumulative amount of taxable gifts
made by the donor during the donor's lifetime.

Subd. 3.

Out-of-state gifts.

Taxable gifts exclude the transfer of:

(1) real property located outside of this state;

(2) tangible personal property that was normally kept at a location outside of the
state on the date the gift was executed; and

(3) intangible personal property made by an individual who is not a resident at
the time the gift was executed.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for taxable gifts made after June
30, 2013.

Sec. 13.

[292.18] RETURNS.

(a) Any individual who makes a taxable gift during the taxable year shall file a gift
tax return in the form and manner prescribed by the commissioner.

(b) If the donor dies before filing the return, the executor of the donor's will or
the administrator of the donor's estate shall file the return. If the donor becomes legally
incompetent before filing the return, the guardian or conservator shall file the return.

(c) The return must include:

(1) each gift made during the calendar year which is to be included in computing the
taxable gifts;

(2) the deductions claimed and allowable under section 292.16, paragraph (d),
clause (2);

(3) a description of the gift, and the donee's name, address, and Social Security
number;

(4) the fair market value of gifts not made in money; and

(5) any other information the commissioner requires to administer the gift tax.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for taxable gifts made after June
30, 2013.

Sec. 14.

[292.19] FILING REQUIREMENTS.

Gift tax returns must be filed by the April 15 following the close of the calendar
year, except if a gift is made during the calendar year in which the donor dies, the return
for the donor must be filed by the last date, including extensions, for filing the gift tax
return for federal gift tax purposes for the donor.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for taxable gifts made after June
30, 2013.

Sec. 15.

[292.20] APPRAISAL OF PROPERTY; DECLARATION BY DONOR.

The commissioner may require the donor or the donee to show the property subject to
the tax under section 292.17 to the commissioner upon demand and may employ a suitable
person to appraise the property. The donor shall submit a declaration, in a form prescribed
by the commissioner and including any certification required by the commissioner, that the
property shown by the donor on the gift tax return includes all of the property transferred by
gift for the calendar year and not deductible under section 292.16, paragraph (d), clause (2).

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for taxable gifts made after June
30, 2013.

Sec. 16.

[292.21] ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.

Subdivision 1.

Payment of tax; penalty for late payment.

The tax imposed under
section 292.17 is due and payable to the commissioner by the April 15 following the close
of the calendar year during which the gift was made. The return required under section
292.19 must be included with the payment. If a taxable gift is made during the calendar
year in which the donor dies, the due date is the last date, including extensions, for filing
the gift tax return for federal gift tax purposes for the donor. If any person fails to pay the
tax due within the time specified under this section, a penalty applies equal to ten percent
of the amount due and unpaid or $100, whichever is greater. The unpaid tax and penalty
bear interest at the rate under section 270C.40 from the due date of the return.

Subd. 2.

Extensions.

The commissioner may, for good cause, extend the time for
filing a gift tax return, if a written request is filed with a tentative return accompanied by a
payment of the tax, which is estimated in the tentative return, on or before the last day for
filing the return. Any person to whom an extension is granted must pay, in addition to the
tax, interest at the rate under section 270C.40 from the date on which the tax would have
been due without the extension.

Subd. 3.

Changes in federal gift tax.

If the amount of a taxpayer's taxable gifts
for federal gift tax purposes, as reported on the taxpayer's federal gift tax return for any
calendar year, is changed or corrected by the Internal Revenue Service or other officer
of the United States or other competent authority, the taxpayer shall report the change or
correction in federal taxable gifts within 180 days after the final determination of the change
or correction, and concede the accuracy of the determination or provide a letter detailing
how the federal determination is incorrect or does not change the Minnesota gift tax. Any
taxpayer filing an amended federal gift tax return shall also file within 180 days an amended
return under this chapter and shall include any information the commissioner requires. The
time for filing the report or amended return may be extended by the commissioner upon due
cause shown. Notwithstanding any limitation of time in this chapter, if, upon examination,
the commissioner finds that the taxpayer is liable for the payment of an additional tax, the
commissioner shall, within a reasonable time from the receipt of the report or amended
return, notify the taxpayer of the amount of additional tax, together with interest computed
at the rate under section 270C.40 from the date when the original tax was due and payable.
Within 30 days of the mailing of the notice, the taxpayer shall pay the commissioner the
amount of the additional tax and interest. If, upon examination of the report or amended
return and related information, the commissioner finds that the taxpayer has overpaid the
tax due the state, the commissioner shall refund the overpayment to the taxpayer.

Subd. 4.

Application of federal rules.

In administering the tax under this chapter,
the commissioner shall apply the provisions of sections 2701 to 2704 of the Internal
Revenue Code. The words "secretary or his delegate," as used in those sections of the
Internal Revenue Code, mean the commissioner.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for taxable gifts made after June
30, 2013.

ARTICLE 8

SALES AND USE TAXES; LOCAL SALES TAXES

Section 1.

[116J.3738] QUALIFIED EXPANSIONS OF GREATER MINNESOTA
BUSINESSES.

Subdivision 1.

Definitions.

(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms
have the meanings given unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

(b) "Agricultural processing facility" means one or more facilities or operations
that transform, package, sort, or grade livestock or livestock products, agricultural
commodities, or plants or plant products into goods that are used for intermediate or final
consumption including goods for nonfood use, and surrounding property.

(c) "Business" means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability
company, association, or any other entity engaged in operating a trade or business located
in greater Minnesota.

(d) "City" means a statutory or home rule charter city.

(e) "Greater Minnesota" means the area of the state that excludes the metropolitan
area, as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 2.

(f) "Qualified business" means a business that satisfies the requirements of subdivision
2, has been certified under subdivision 3, and has not been terminated under subdivision 5.

Subd. 2.

Qualified business.

(a) A business is a qualified business if it satisfies the
requirement of this paragraph and is not disqualified under the provisions of paragraph
(b). To qualify, the business must:

(1) have operated its trade or business in a city or cities in greater Minnesota for at
least one year before applying under subdivision 3;

(2) pay or agree to pay in the future each employee compensation, including benefits
not mandated by law, that on an annualized basis equal at least 120 percent of the federal
poverty level for a family of four;

(3) plan and agree to expand its employment in one or more cities in greater Minnesota
by the minimum number of employees required under subdivision 3, paragraph (c); and

(4) received certification from the commissioner under subdivision 3 that it is a
qualified business.

(b) A business is not a qualified business if it is either:

(1) primarily engaged in making retail sales to purchasers who are physically present
at the business's location or locations in greater Minnesota; or

(2) a public utility, as defined in section 336B.01.

(c) The requirements in paragraph (a) that the business' operations and expansion be
located in a city do not apply to an agricultural processing facility.

Subd. 3.

Certification of qualified business.

(a) A business may apply to the
commissioner for certification as a qualified business under this section. The commissioner
shall specify the form of the application, the manner and times for applying, and the
information required to be included in the application. The commissioner may impose an
application fee in an amount sufficient to defray the commissioner's cost of processing
certifications. A business must file a copy of its application with the chief clerical officer
of the city at the same time it applies to the commissioner. For an agricultural processing
facility located outside the boundaries of a city, the business must file a copy of the
application with the county auditor.

(b) The commissioner shall certify each business as a qualified business that:

(1) satisfies the requirements of subdivision 2;

(2) the commissioner determines would not expand its operations in greater
Minnesota without the tax incentives available under subdivision 4; and

(3) enters a business subsidy agreement with the commissioner that pledges to
satisfy the minimum expansion requirements of paragraph (c) within three years or less
following execution of the agreement.

The commissioner must act on an application within 60 days after its filing. Failure
by the commissioner to take action within the 60-day period is deemed approval of the
application.

(c) The following minimum expansion requirements apply, based on the number of
employees of the business at locations in greater Minnesota:

(1) a business that employees 50 or fewer full-time equivalent employees in greater
Minnesota when the agreement is executed must increase its employment by five or more
full-time equivalent employees;

(2) a business that employees more than 50 but fewer than 200 full-time equivalent
employees in greater Minnesota when the agreement is executed must increase the number
of its full-time equivalent employees in greater Minnesota by at least ten percent; or

(3) a business that employees 200 or more full-time equivalent employees in greater
Minnesota when the agreement is executed must increase its employment by at least 21
full-time equivalent employees.

(d) The city, or a county for an agricultural processing facility located outside the
boundaries of a city, in which the business proposes to expand its operations may file
comments supporting or opposing the application with the commissioner. The comments
must be filed within 30 days after receipt by the city of the application and may include a
notice of any contribution the city or county intends to make to encourage or support the
business expansion, such as the use of tax increment financing, property tax abatement,
additional city or county services, or other financial assistance.

(e) Certification of a qualified business is effective for the 12-year period beginning
on the first day of the calendar month immediately following execution of the business
subsidy agreement.

Subd. 4.

Available tax incentives.

A qualified business is entitled to a sales tax
exemption, as provided in section 297A.68, subdivision 49, for purchases made during the
period the business was certified as a qualified business under this section.

Subd. 5.

Termination of status as a qualified business.

(a) The commissioner shall
put in place a system for monitoring and ensuring that each certified business meets within
three years or less the minimum expansion requirement in its business subsidy agreement
and continues to satisfy those requirements for the rest of the duration of the certification
under subdivision 3. This system must include regular reporting by the business to the
commissioner of its baseline and current employment levels and any other information
the commissioner determines may be useful to ensure compliance and for legislative
evaluation of the effectiveness of the tax incentives.

(b) A business ceases to be a qualified business and to qualify for the sales tax
exemption under section 297A.68, subdivision 49, under this subdivision upon the earlier
of the following dates:

(1) the end of the duration of its designation under subdivision 3, paragraph (e),
effective as provided under this subdivision or other provision of law for the tax incentive;
or

(2) the date the commissioner finds that the business has breached its business
subsidy agreement and failed to satisfy the minimum expansion required by subdivision 3
and its agreement.

(c) A business may contest the commissioner's finding that it breached its business
subsidy agreement under paragraph (b), clause (2), under the contested case procedures in
the Administrative Procedure Act, chapter 14.

(d) The commissioner, after consulting with the commissioner of revenue, may
waive a breach of the business subsidy agreement and permit continued receipt of tax
incentives, if the commissioner determines that termination of the tax incentives is not in
the best interest of the state or the local government units and the business' breach of the
agreement is a result of circumstances beyond its control including, but not limited to:

(1) a natural disaster;

(2) unforeseen industry trends;

(3) a decline in economic activity in the overall or greater Minnesota economy; or

(4) loss of a major supplier or customer of the business.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297A.61, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

Sale and purchase.

(a) "Sale" and "purchase" include, but are not limited
to, each of the transactions listed in this subdivision. In applying the provisions of this
chapter, the terms "tangible personal property" and "retail sale" include the taxable
services listed in paragraph (g), clause (6), items (i) to (vi) and (viii), and the provision
of these taxable services, unless specifically provided otherwise. Services performed by
an employee for an employer are not taxable. Services performed by a partnership or
association for another partnership or association are not taxable if one of the entities owns
or controls more than 80 percent of the voting power of the equity interest in the other
entity. Services performed between members of an affiliated group of corporations are not
taxable. For purposes of the preceding sentence, "affiliated group of corporations" means
those entities that would be classified as members of an affiliated group as defined under
United States Code, title 26, section 1504, disregarding the exclusions in section 1504(b).

(b) Sale and purchase include:

(1) any transfer of title or possession, or both, of tangible personal property, whether
absolutely or conditionally, for a consideration in money or by exchange or barter; and

(2) the leasing of or the granting of a license to use or consume, for a consideration
in money or by exchange or barter, tangible personal property, other than a manufactured
home used for residential purposes for a continuous period of 30 days or more.

(c) Sale and purchase include the production, fabrication, printing, or processing of
tangible personal property for a consideration for consumers who furnish either directly or
indirectly the materials used in the production, fabrication, printing, or processing.

(d) Sale and purchase include the preparing for a consideration of food.
Notwithstanding section 297A.67, subdivision 2, taxable food includes, but is not limited
to, the following:

(1) prepared food sold by the retailer;

(2) soft drinks;

(3) candy;

(4) dietary supplements; and

(5) all food sold through vending machines.

(e) A sale and a purchase includes the furnishing for a consideration of electricity,
gas, water, or steam for use or consumption within this state.

(f) A sale and a purchase includes

the transfer for a consideration of prewritten computer software whether delivered
electronically, by load and leave, or otherwise.

(g) A sale and a purchase includes the furnishing for a consideration of the following
services:

(1) the privilege of admission to places of amusement, recreational areas, or athletic
events, and the making available of amusement devices, tanning facilities, reducing
salons, steam baths, Turkish baths, health clubs, and spas or athletic facilities;

(2) lodging and related services by a hotel, rooming house, resort, campground,
motel, or trailer camp, including furnishing the guest of the facility with access to
telecommunication services, and the granting of any similar license to use real property in
a specific facility, other than the renting or leasing of it for a continuous period of 30 days
or more under an enforceable written agreement that may not be terminated without prior
notice and including accommodations intermediary services provided in connection with
other services provided under this clause;

(3) nonresidential parking services, whether on a contractual, hourly, or other
periodic basis, except for parking at a meter;

(4) the granting of membership in a club, association, or other organization if:

(i) the club, association, or other organization makes available for the use of its
members sports and athletic facilities, without regard to whether a separate charge is
assessed for use of the facilities; and

(ii) use of the sports and athletic facility is not made available to the general public
on the same basis as it is made available to members.

Granting of membership means both onetime initiation fees and periodic membership
dues. Sports and athletic facilities include golf courses; tennis, racquetball, handball, and
squash courts; basketball and volleyball facilities; running tracks; exercise equipment;
swimming pools; and other similar athletic or sports facilities;

(5) delivery of aggregate materials by a third party, excluding delivery of aggregate
material used in road construction; and delivery of concrete block by a third party if the
delivery would be subject to the sales tax if provided by the seller of the concrete block.
For purposes of this clause, "road construction" means construction of:

(i) public roads;

(ii) cartways; and

(iii) private roads in townships located outside of the seven-county metropolitan area
up to the point of the emergency response location sign; and

(6) services as provided in this clause:

(i) laundry and dry cleaning services including cleaning, pressing, repairing, altering,
and storing clothes, linen services and supply, cleaning and blocking hats, and carpet,
drapery, upholstery, and industrial cleaning. Laundry and dry cleaning services do not
include services provided by coin operated facilities operated by the customer;

(ii) motor vehicle washing, waxing, and cleaning services, including services
provided by coin operated facilities operated by the customer, and rustproofing,
undercoating, and towing of motor vehicles;

(iii) building and residential cleaning, maintenance, and disinfecting services and
pest control and exterminating services;

(iv) detective, security, burglar, fire alarm, and armored car services; but not
including services performed within the jurisdiction they serve by off-duty licensed peace
officers as defined in section 626.84, subdivision 1, or services provided by a nonprofit
organization or any organization at the direction of a county for monitoring and electronic
surveillance of persons placed on in-home detention pursuant to court order or under the
direction of the Minnesota Department of Corrections;

(v) pet grooming services;

(vi) lawn care, fertilizing, mowing, spraying and sprigging services; garden planting
and maintenance; tree, bush, and shrub pruning, bracing, spraying, and surgery; indoor
plant care; tree, bush, shrub, and stump removal, except when performed as part of a land
clearing contract as defined in section 297A.68, subdivision 40; and tree trimming for
public utility lines. Services performed under a construction contract for the installation of
shrubbery, plants, sod, trees, bushes, and similar items are not taxable;

(vii) massages, except when provided by a licensed health care facility or
professional or upon written referral from a licensed health care facility or professional for
treatment of illness, injury, or disease; and

(viii) the furnishing of lodging, board, and care services for animals in kennels and
other similar arrangements, but excluding veterinary and horse boarding services.

In applying the provisions of this chapter, the terms "tangible personal property"
and "retail sale" include taxable services listed in clause (6), items (i) to (vi) and (viii),
and the provision of these taxable services, unless specifically provided otherwise.
Services performed by an employee for an employer are not taxable. Services performed
by a partnership or association for another partnership or association are not taxable if
one of the entities owns or controls more than 80 percent of the voting power of the
equity interest in the other entity. Services performed between members of an affiliated
group of corporations are not taxable. For purposes of the preceding sentence, "affiliated
group of corporations" means those entities that would be classified as members of an
affiliated group as defined under United States Code, title 26, section 1504, disregarding
the exclusions in section 1504(b).

For purposes of clause (5), "road construction" means construction of (1) public
roads, (2) cartways, and (3) private roads in townships located outside of the seven-county
metropolitan area up to the point of the emergency response location sign.

(h) A sale and a purchase includes the furnishing for a consideration of tangible
personal property or taxable services by the United States or any of its agencies or
instrumentalities, or the state of Minnesota, its agencies, instrumentalities, or political
subdivisions.

(i) A sale and a purchase includes the furnishing for a consideration of
telecommunications services, ancillary services associated with telecommunication
services, cable and pay television services, and direct satellite services. Telecommunication
services include, but are not limited to, the following services, as defined in section
297A.669: air-to-ground radiotelephone service, mobile telecommunication service,
postpaid calling service, prepaid calling service, prepaid wireless calling service, and
private communication services. The services in this paragraph are taxed to the extent
allowed under federal law.

(j) A sale and a purchase includes the furnishing for a consideration of installation if
the installation charges would be subject to the sales tax if the installation were provided
by the seller of the item being installed.

(k) A sale and a purchase includes the rental of a vehicle by a motor vehicle dealer
to a customer when (1) the vehicle is rented by the customer for a consideration, or (2)
the motor vehicle dealer is reimbursed pursuant to a service contract as defined in section
59B.02, subdivision 11.

(l) A sale and a purchase includes furnishing for a consideration of specified digital
products or other digital products or granting the right for a consideration to use specified
digital products or other digital products on a temporary or permanent basis and regardless
of whether the purchaser is required to make continued payments for such right. Wherever
the term "tangible personal property" is used in this chapter, other than in subdivisions 10
and 38, the provisions also apply to specified digital products, or other digital products,
unless specifically provided otherwise or the context indicates otherwise.

(m) A sale and purchase includes the furnishing for consideration of the following
services:

(1) repairing and maintaining electronic and precision equipment, which service can
be deducted as a business expense under the Internal Revenue Code. This includes, but
is not limited to, repair or maintenance of electronic devices, computers and computer
peripherals, monitors, computer terminals, storage devices, and CD-ROM drives; other
office equipment such as photocopying machines, printers, and facsimile machines;
televisions, stereos, sound systems, video or digital recorders and players; two-way radios
and other communications equipment; radar and sonar equipment, scientific instruments,
microscopes, and medical equipment;

(2) repairing and maintaining commercial and industrial machinery and equipment.
For purposes of this subdivision, the following items are not commercial or industrial
machinery and equipment: (i) motor vehicles; (ii) furniture and fixtures; (iii) ships; (iv)
railroad stock; and (v) aircraft; and

(3) warehousing or storage services for tangible personal property, excluding:

(i) agricultural products;

(ii) refrigerated storage;

(iii) electronic data; and

(iv) self-storage services and storage of motor vehicles, recreational vehicles, and
boats, not eligible to be deducted as a business expense under the Internal Revenue Code.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for sales and purchases made after
June 30, 2013, except that paragraph (m), clause (3), is effective for sales and purchases
made after March 31, 2014.

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297A.61, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

Subd. 4.

Retail sale.

(a) A "retail sale" means:

(1) any sale, lease, or rental of tangible personal property for any purpose, other than
resale, sublease, or subrent of items by the purchaser in the normal course of business
as defined in subdivision 21; and

(2) any sale of a service enumerated in subdivision 3, for any purpose other than
resale by the purchaser in the normal course of business as defined in subdivision 21.

(b) A sale of property used by the owner only by leasing it to others or by holding it
in an effort to lease it, and put to no use by the owner other than resale after the lease or
effort to lease, is a sale of property for resale.

(c) A sale of master computer software that is purchased and used to make copies for
sale or lease is a sale of property for resale.

(d) A sale of building materials, supplies, and equipment to owners, contractors,
subcontractors, or builders for the erection of buildings or the alteration, repair, or
improvement of real property is a retail sale in whatever quantity sold, whether the sale is
for purposes of resale in the form of real property or otherwise.

(e) A sale of carpeting, linoleum, or similar floor covering to a person who provides
for installation of the floor covering is a retail sale and not a sale for resale since a sale of
floor covering which includes installation is a contract for the improvement of real property.

(f) A sale of shrubbery, plants, sod, trees, and similar items to a person who provides
for installation of the items is a retail sale and not a sale for resale since a sale of
shrubbery, plants, sod, trees, and similar items that includes installation is a contract for
the improvement of real property.

(g) A sale of tangible personal property that is awarded as prizes is a retail sale and
is not considered a sale of property for resale.

(h) A sale of tangible personal property utilized or employed in the furnishing or
providing of services under subdivision 3, paragraph (g), clause (1), including, but not
limited to, property given as promotional items, is a retail sale and is not considered a
sale of property for resale.

(i) A sale of tangible personal property used in conducting lawful gambling under
chapter 349 or the State Lottery under chapter 349A, including, but not limited to, property
given as promotional items, is a retail sale and is not considered a sale of property for resale.

(j) a sale of machines, equipment, or devices that are used to furnish, provide, or
dispense goods or services, including, but not limited to, coin-operated devices, is a retail
sale and is not considered a sale of property for resale.

(k) In the case of a lease, a retail sale occurs (1) when an obligation to make a lease
payment becomes due under the terms of the agreement or the trade practices of the
lessor or (2) in the case of a lease of a motor vehicle, as defined in section 297B.01,
subdivision 11, but excluding vehicles with a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating
greater than 10,000 pounds and rentals of vehicles for not more than 28 days, at the time
the lease is executed.

(l) In the case of a conditional sales contract, a retail sale occurs upon the transfer of
title or possession of the tangible personal property.

(m) A sale of a bundled transaction in which one or more of the products included
in the bundle is a taxable product is a retail sale, except that if one of the products
is a telecommunication service, ancillary service, Internet access, or audio or video
programming service, and the seller has maintained books and records identifying through
reasonable and verifiable standards the portions of the price that are attributable to the
distinct and separately identifiable products, then the products are not considered part of a
bundled transaction. For purposes of this paragraph:

(1) the books and records maintained by the seller must be maintained in the regular
course of business, and do not include books and records created and maintained by the
seller primarily for tax purposes;

(2) books and records maintained in the regular course of business include, but are
not limited to, financial statements, general ledgers, invoicing and billing systems and
reports, and reports for regulatory tariffs and other regulatory matters; and

(3) books and records are maintained primarily for tax purposes when the books
and records identify taxable and nontaxable portions of the price, but the seller maintains
other books and records that identify different prices attributable to the distinct products
included in the same bundled transaction.

(n) A sale of motor vehicle repair paint and materials by a motor vehicle repair or
body shop business is a retail sale and the sales tax is imposed on the gross receipts from the
retail sale of the paint and materials. The motor vehicle repair or body shop that purchases
motor vehicle repair paint and motor vehicle repair materials for resale must either:

(1) separately state each item of paint and each item of materials, and the sales price
of each, on the invoice to the purchaser; or

(2) in order to calculate the sales price of the paint and materials, use a method
which estimates the amount and monetary value of the paint and materials used in
the repair of the motor vehicle by multiplying the number of labor hours by a rate of
consideration for the paint and materials used in the repair of the motor vehicle following
industry standard practices that fairly calculate the gross receipts from the retail sale of
the motor vehicle repair paint and motor vehicle repair materials. An industry standard
practice fairly calculates the gross receipts if the sales price of the paint and materials used
or consumed in the repair of a motor vehicle equals or exceeds the purchase price paid
by the motor vehicle repair or body shop business. Under this clause, the invoice must
either separately state the "paint and materials" as a single taxable item, or separately state
"paint" as a taxable item and "materials" as a taxable item. This clause does not apply to
wholesale transactions at an auto auction facility.

(o) A sale of specified digital products or other digital products to an end user with
or without rights of permanent use and regardless of whether rights of use are conditioned
upon payment by the purchaser is a retail sale. When a digital code has been purchased that
relates to specified digital products or other digital products, the subsequent receipt of or
access to the related specified digital products or other digital products is not a retail sale.

(p) A payment made to a cooperative electric association or public utility as a
contribution in aid of construction is a contract for improvement to real property and
is not a retail sale.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for sales and purchases made after
June 30, 2013.

Sec. 4.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297A.61, subdivision 10, is amended to read:

Subd. 10.

Tangible personal property.

(a) "Tangible personal property" means
personal property that can be seen, weighed, measured, felt, or touched, or that is in any
other manner perceptible to the senses. "Tangible personal property" includes, but is not
limited to, electricity, water, gas, steam, and prewritten computer software.

(b) Tangible personal property does not include:

(1) large ponderous machinery and equipment used in a business or production
activity which at common law would be considered to be real property;

(2) property which is subject to an ad valorem property tax;

(3) property described in section 272.02, subdivision 9, clauses (a) to (d); and

(4) property described in section 272.03, subdivision 2, clauses (3) and (5).; and

(5) specified digital products, or other digital products, transferred electronically.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for sales and purchases made after
June 30, 2013.

Sec. 5.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297A.61, subdivision 25, is amended to read:

Subd. 25.

Cable Pay television service.

"Cable Pay television service" means
the transmission of video, audio, or other programming service to purchasers, and the
subscriber interaction, if any, required for the selection or use of the programming service,
regardless of whether the programming is transmitted over facilities owned or operated
by the cable service provider or over facilities owned or operated by one or more dealers
of communications services. The term includes point-to-multipoint distribution direct to
home satellite services by which programming is transmitted or broadcast by microwave
or other equipment directly to the subscriber's premises, or any similar or comparable
method of service. The term includes basic, extended, premium, all programming services,
including subscriptions, digital video recorders, pay-per-view, digital, and music services.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for sales and purchases made after
June 30, 2013.

Sec. 6.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297A.61, subdivision 38, is amended to read:

Subd. 38.

Bundled transaction.

(a) "Bundled transaction" means the retail sale
of two or more products when the products are otherwise distinct and identifiable, and
the products are sold for one nonitemized price. As used in this subdivision, "product"
includes tangible personal property, services, intangibles, and digital goods, including
specified digital products or other digital products, but does not include real property or
services to real property. A bundled transaction does not include the sale of any products
in which the sales price varies, or is negotiable, based on the selection by the purchaser of
the products included in the transaction.

(b) For purposes of this subdivision, "distinct and identifiable" products does not
include:

(1) packaging and other materials, such as containers, boxes, sacks, bags, and
bottles, wrapping, labels, tags, and instruction guides, that accompany the retail sale of the
products and are incidental or immaterial to the retail sale. Examples of packaging that are
incidental or immaterial include grocery sacks, shoe boxes, dry cleaning garment bags,
and express delivery envelopes and boxes;

(2) a promotional product provided free of charge with the required purchase of
another product. A promotional product is provided free of charge if the sales price of
another product, which is required to be purchased in order to receive the promotional
product, does not vary depending on the inclusion of the promotional product; and

(3) items included in the definition of sales price.

(c) For purposes of this subdivision, the term "one nonitemized price" does not
include a price that is separately identified by product on binding sales or other supporting
sales-related documentation made available to the customer in paper or electronic form
including but not limited to an invoice, bill of sale, receipt, contract, service agreement,
lease agreement, periodic notice of rates and services, rate card, or price list.

(d) A transaction that otherwise meets the definition of a bundled transaction is
not a bundled transaction if it is:

(1) the retail sale of tangible personal property and a service and the tangible
personal property is essential to the use of the service, and is provided exclusively in
connection with the service, and the true object of the transaction is the service;

(2) the retail sale of services if one service is provided that is essential to the use or
receipt of a second service and the first service is provided exclusively in connection with
the second service and the true object of the transaction is the second service;

(3) a transaction that includes taxable products and nontaxable products and the
purchase price or sales price of the taxable products is de minimis; or

(4) the retail sale of exempt tangible personal property and taxable tangible personal
property if:

(i) the transaction includes food and food ingredients, drugs, durable medical
equipment, mobility enhancing equipment, over-the-counter drugs, prosthetic devices,
or medical supplies; and

(ii) the seller's purchase price or sales price of the taxable tangible personal property is
50 percent or less of the total purchase price or sales price of the bundled tangible personal
property. Sellers must not use a combination of the purchase price and sales price of the
tangible personal property when making the 50 percent determination for a transaction.

(e) For purposes of this subdivision, "purchase price" means the measure subject to
use tax on purchases made by the seller, and "de minimis" means that the seller's purchase
price or sales price of the taxable products is ten percent or less of the total purchase
price or sales price of the bundled products. Sellers shall use either the purchase price
or the sales price of the products to determine if the taxable products are de minimis.
Sellers must not use a combination of the purchase price and sales price of the products
to determine if the taxable products are de minimis. Sellers shall use the full term of a
service contract to determine if the taxable products are de minimis.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for sales and purchases made after
June 30, 2013.

Sec. 7.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297A.61, subdivision 45, is amended to read:

Subd. 45.

Ring tone.

"Ring tone" means a digitized sound file that is downloaded
onto a device and that may be used to alert the customer of a telecommunication service
with respect to a communication. A ring tone does not include ring back tones or other
digital audio files that are not stored on the purchaser's communication device.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for sales and purchases made after
June 30, 2013.

Sec. 8.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297A.61, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

Subd. 49.

Motor vehicle repair paint and motor vehicle repair materials.

"Motor
vehicle repair paint" means a substance composed of solid matter suspended in a liquid
medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to the surface of a motor vehicle in
order to restore the motor vehicle to its original condition, and includes primer, body paint,
clear coat, and paint thinner used to paint motor vehicles, as defined in section 297B.01.

"Motor vehicle repair materials" means items, other than motor vehicle repair paint
or motor vehicle parts, that become a part of a repaired motor vehicle or are consumed in
repairing the motor vehicle at retail, and include abrasives, battery water, body filler or
putty, bolts and nuts, brake fluid, buffing pads, chamois, cleaning compounds, degreasing
compounds, glaze, grease, grinding discs, hydraulic jack oil, lubricants, masking tape,
oxygen and acetylene, polishes, rags, razor blades, sandpaper, sanding discs, scuff pads,
sealer, solder, solvents, striping tape, tack cloth, thinner, waxes, and welding rods. Motor
vehicle repair materials do not include items that are not used directly on the motor vehicle,
such as floor dry that is used to clean the shop, or cleaning compounds and rags that are
used to clean tools, equipment, or the shop and are not used to clean the motor vehicle.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for sales and purchases made after
June 30, 2013.

Sec. 9.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297A.61, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

Subd. 50.

Digital audio works.

"Digital audio works" means works that result from
a fixation of a series of musical, spoken, or other sounds, that are transferred electronically.
Digital audio works includes such items as the following which may either be prerecorded
or live: songs, music, readings of books or other written materials, speeches, ring tones, or
other sound recordings. Digital audio works does not include audio greeting cards sent by
electronic mail. Unless the context provides otherwise, in this chapter digital audio works
includes the digital code, or a subscription to or access to a digital code, for receiving,
accessing, or otherwise obtaining digital audio works.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for sales and purchases made after
June 30, 2013.

Sec. 10.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297A.61, is amended by adding a
subdivision to read:

Subd. 51.

Digital audiovisual works.

"Digital audiovisual works" means a series
of related images which, when shown in succession, impart an impression of motion,
together with accompanying sounds, if any, that are transferred electronically. Digital
audiovisual works includes such items as motion pictures, movies, musical videos, news
and entertainment, and live events. Digital audiovisual works does not include video
greeting cards sent by electronic mail. Unless the context provides otherwise, in this
chapter digital audiovisual works includes the digital code, or a subscription to or access to
a digital code, for receiving, accessing, or otherwise obtaining digital audiovisual works.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for sales and purchases made after
June 30, 2013.

Sec. 11.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297A.61, is amended by adding a
subdivision to read:

Subd. 52.

Digital books.

"Digital books" means any literary works, other than
digital audiovisual works or digital audio works, expressed in words, numbers, or other
verbal or numerical symbols or indicia so long as the product is generally recognized in
the ordinary and usual sense as a "book." It includes works of fiction and nonfiction and
short stories. It does not include periodicals, magazines, newspapers, or other news or
information products, chat rooms, or weblogs. Unless the context provides otherwise, in
this chapter digital books includes the digital code, or a subscription to or access to a
digital code, for receiving, accessing, or otherwise obtaining digital books.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for sales and purchases made after
June 30, 2013.

Sec. 12.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297A.61, is amended by adding a
subdivision to read:

Subd. 53.

Digital code.

"Digital code" means a code which provides a purchaser
with a right to obtain one or more specified digital products or other digital products.
A digital code may be transferred electronically, such as through electronic mail, or it
may be transferred on a tangible medium, such as on a plastic card, a piece of paper or
invoice, or imprinted on another product. A digital code is not a code that represents a
stored monetary value that is deducted from a total as it is used by the purchaser, and it
is not a code that represents a redeemable card, gift card, or gift certificate that entitles
the holder to select a digital product of an indicated cash value. The end user of a digital
code is any purchaser except one who receives the contractual right to redistribute a digital
product which is the subject of the transaction.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for sales and purchases made after
June 30, 2013.

Sec. 13.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297A.61, is amended by adding a
subdivision to read:

Subd. 54.

Other digital products.

"Other digital products" means the following
items when transferred electronically:

(1) greeting cards; and

(2) online video or electronic games.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for sales and purchases made after
June 30, 2013.

Sec. 14.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297A.61, is amended by adding a
subdivision to read:

Subd. 55.

Specified digital products.

"Specified digital products" means digital
audio works, digital audiovisual works, and digital books that are transferred electronically
to a customer.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for sales and purchases made after
June 30, 2013.

Sec. 15.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297A.61, is amended by adding a
subdivision to read:

Subd. 56.

Transferred electronically.

"Transferred electronically" means obtained
by the purchaser by means other than tangible storage media. For purposes of this
subdivision, it is not necessary that a copy of the product be physically transferred to
the purchaser. A product will be considered to have been transferred electronically to a
purchaser if the purchaser has access to the product.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for sales and purchases made after
June 30, 2013.

Sec. 16.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297A.61, is amended by adding a
subdivision to read:

Subd. 58.

Self-storage service.

"Self-storage service" means a storage service that
provides secure areas, such as rooms, units, compartments or containers, whether accessible
from outside or from within a building, that are designated for the use of a purchaser,
where the purchaser retains the care custody and control of their property, including
self-storage units, mini-storage units, and areas by any other name to which the purchaser
retains either unlimited free access or free access within reasonable business hours or upon
reasonable notice to the service provider to add or remove property, but does not mean the
rental of an entire building, such as a warehouse. Self-storage service does not include
general warehousing and storage services where the warehouse typically handles, stores,
and retrieves a purchaser's property using the warehouse's staff and equipment, and does
not allow the purchaser free access to the storage space and does not include bailments.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective July 1, 2013.

Sec. 17.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297A.64, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Tax imposed.

A tax is imposed on the lease or rental in this state
for not more than 28 days of a passenger automobile as defined in section 168.002,
subdivision 24, a van as defined in section 168.002, subdivision 40, or a pickup truck as
defined in section 168.002, subdivision 26. The rate of tax is 6.2 9.2 percent of the sales
price. The tax applies whether or not the vehicle is licensed in the state.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for sales and purchases made after
June 30, 2013.

Sec. 18.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297A.66, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

Retailer not maintaining place of business in this state.

(a) To the extent
allowed by the United States Constitution and the laws of the United States in accordance
with the terms and conditions of federal remote seller law, a retailer making retail sales
from outside this state to a destination within this state and not maintaining a place of
business in this state shall collect sales and use taxes and remit them to the commissioner
under section 297A.77,.

(b) To the extent allowed by the United States Constitution and the laws of the
United States, a retailer making retail sales from outside this state to a destination within
this state and not maintaining a place of business in this state shall collect sales and use
taxes and remit them to the commissioner under section 297A.77, if the retailer engages in
the regular or systematic soliciting of sales from potential customers in this state by:

(1) distribution, by mail or otherwise, of catalogs, periodicals, advertising flyers, or
other written solicitations of business to customers in this state;

(2) display of advertisements on billboards or other outdoor advertising in this state;

(3) advertisements in newspapers published in this state;

(4) advertisements in trade journals or other periodicals the circulation of which is
primarily within this state;

(5) advertisements in a Minnesota edition of a national or regional publication or
a limited regional edition in which this state is included as part of a broader regional or
national publication which are not placed in other geographically defined editions of the
same issue of the same publication;

(6) advertisements in regional or national publications in an edition which is not
by its contents geographically targeted to Minnesota but which is sold over the counter
in Minnesota or by subscription to Minnesota residents;

(7) advertisements broadcast on a radio or television station located in Minnesota; or

(8) any other solicitation by telegraphy, telephone, computer database, cable, optic,
microwave, or other communication system.

This paragraph (a) must be construed without regard to the state from which
distribution of the materials originated or in which they were prepared.

(b) The location within or without this state of independent vendors that provide
products or services to the retailer in connection with its solicitation of customers within this
state, including such products and services as creation of copy, printing, distribution, and
recording, is not considered in determining whether the retailer is required to collect tax.

(c) A retailer not maintaining a place of business in this state is presumed, subject to
rebuttal, to be engaged in regular solicitation within this state if it engages in any of the
activities in paragraph (a) and:

(1) makes 100 or more retail sales from outside this state to destinations in this state
during a period of 12 consecutive months; or

(2) makes ten or more retail sales totaling more than $100,000 from outside this state
to destinations in this state during a period of 12 consecutive months.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day after final enactment.

Sec. 19.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297A.66, is amended by adding a
subdivision to read:

Subd. 4a.

Solicitor.

(a) "Solicitor," for purposes of subdivision 1, paragraph (a),
means a person, whether an independent contractor or other representative, who directly
or indirectly solicits business for the retailer.

(b) A retailer is presumed to have a solicitor in this state if it enters into an agreement
with a resident under which the resident, for a commission or other substantially similar
consideration, directly or indirectly refers potential customers, whether by a link on an
Internet Web site, or otherwise, to the seller. This paragraph only applies if the total gross
receipts are at least $10,000 in the 12-month period ending on the last day of the most recent
calendar quarter before the calendar quarter in which the sale is made. For purposes of this
paragraph, gross receipts means receipts from sales to customers located in the state who
were referred to the retailer by all residents with this type of agreement with the retailer.

(c) The presumption under paragraph (b) may be rebutted by proof that the resident
with whom the seller has an agreement did not engage in any solicitation in the state
on behalf of the retailer that would satisfy the nexus requirement of the United States
Constitution during the 12-month period in question. Nothing in this section shall be
construed to narrow the scope of the terms affiliate, agent, salesperson, canvasser, or other
representative for purposes of subdivision 1, paragraph (a).

(d) For purposes of this paragraph, "resident" includes an individual who is a
resident of this state, as defined in section 290.01, or a business that owns tangible
personal property located in this state or has one or more employees providing services for
the business in this state.

(e) This subdivision does not apply to chapter 290 and does not expand or contract
the jurisdiction to tax a trade or business under chapter 290.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for sales and purchases made after
June 30, 2013.

Sec. 20.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297A.665, is amended to read:

297A.665 PRESUMPTION OF TAX; BURDEN OF PROOF.

(a) For the purpose of the proper administration of this chapter and to prevent
evasion of the tax, until the contrary is established, it is presumed that:

(1) all gross receipts are subject to the tax; and

(2) all retail sales for delivery in Minnesota are for storage, use, or other consumption
in Minnesota.

(b) The burden of proving that a sale is not a taxable retail sale is on the seller.
However, a seller is relieved of liability if:

(1) the seller obtains a fully completed exemption certificate or all the relevant
information required by section 297A.72, subdivision 2, at the time of the sale or within
90 days after the date of the sale; or

(2) if the seller has not obtained a fully completed exemption certificate or all the
relevant information required by section 297A.72, subdivision 2, within the time provided
in clause (1), within 120 days after a request for substantiation by the commissioner,
the seller either:

(i) obtains in good faith a fully completed exemption certificate or all the relevant
information required by section 297A.72, subdivision 2, from the purchaser; or

(ii) proves by other means that the transaction was not subject to tax;

(3) in the case of drop shipment sales, a seller engaged in drop shipping may claim a
resale exemption based on an exemption certificate provided by its customer or reseller,
or any other acceptable information available to the seller engaged in drop shipping
evidencing qualification for a resale exemption, regardless of whether the customer or
reseller is registered to collect and remit sales and use tax in the state.

(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), relief from liability does not apply to a seller who:

(1) fraudulently fails to collect the tax; or

(2) solicits purchasers to participate in the unlawful claim of an exemption.

(d) A certified service provider, as defined in section 297A.995, subdivision 2, is
relieved of liability under this section to the extent a seller who is its client is relieved of
liability.

(e) A purchaser of tangible personal property or any items listed in section 297A.63
that are shipped or brought to Minnesota by the purchaser has the burden of proving that the
property was not purchased from a retailer for storage, use, or consumption in Minnesota.

(f) If a seller claims that certain sales are exempt and does not provide the certificate,
information, or proof required by paragraph (b), clause (2), within 120 days after the date
of the commissioner's request for substantiation, then the exemptions claimed by the seller
that required substantiation are disallowed.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for sales and purchases made after
June 30, 2013.

Sec. 21.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297A.668, is amended by adding a
subdivision to read:

Subd. 6a.

Multiple points of use.

(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivisions
2 and 3, a business purchaser that has not received authorization to pay the tax directly to
the commissioner may use an exemption certificate indicating multiple points of use if:

(1) the purchaser knows at the time of its purchase of a digital good, computer
software delivered electronically, or a service that the good or service will be concurrently
available for use in more than one taxing jurisdiction; and

(2) the purchaser delivers to the seller the exemption certificate indicating multiple
points of use at the time of purchase.

(b) Upon receipt of the fully completed exemption certificate indicating multiple
points of use, the seller is relieved of the obligation to collect, pay, or remit the applicable
tax and the purchaser is obligated to collect, pay, or remit the applicable tax on a direct
pay basis. The provisions of section 297A.665 apply to this paragraph.

(c) The purchaser delivering the exemption certificate indicating multiple points
of use may use any reasonable but consistent and uniform method of apportionment
that is supported by the purchaser's business records as they exist at the time of the
consummation of the sale.

(d) The purchaser shall provide the exemption certificate indicating multiple points
of use to the seller at the time of purchase.

(e) A purchaser that has received authorization to pay the tax directly to the
commissioner is not required to deliver to the seller an exemption certificate indicating
multiple points of use. A purchaser that has received authorization to pay the tax directly
to the commissioner shall follow the provisions of paragraph (c) in apportioning the tax
due on a digital good, computer software delivered electronically, or a service that will be
concurrently available for use in more than one taxing jurisdiction.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for sales and purchases made after
June 30, 2013.

Sec. 22.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297A.67, subdivision 7, is amended to read:

Subd. 7.

Drugs; medical devices.

(a) Sales of the following drugs and medical
devices for human use are exempt:

(1) drugs, including over-the-counter drugs;

(2) single-use finger-pricking devices for the extraction of blood and other single-use
devices and single-use diagnostic agents used in diagnosing, monitoring, or treating
diabetes;

(3) insulin and medical oxygen for human use, regardless of whether prescribed
or sold over the counter;

(4) prosthetic devices;

(5) durable medical equipment for home use only;

(6) mobility enhancing equipment;

(7) prescription corrective eyeglasses; and

(8) kidney dialysis equipment, including repair and replacement parts.

(b) Items purchased in transactions covered by:

(1) Medicare as defined under title XVIII of the Social Security Act, United States
Code, title 42, section 1395, et seq.; or

(2) Medicaid as defined under title XIX of the Social Security Act, United States
Code, title 42, section 1396, et seq.

(b) (c) For purposes of this subdivision:

(1) "Drug" means a compound, substance, or preparation, and any component of
a compound, substance, or preparation, other than food and food ingredients, dietary
supplements, or alcoholic beverages that is:

(i) recognized in the official United States Pharmacopoeia, official Homeopathic
Pharmacopoeia of the United States, or official National Formulary, and supplement
to any of them;

(ii) intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention
of disease; or

(iii) intended to affect the structure or any function of the body.

(2) "Durable medical equipment" means equipment, including repair and
replacement parts, including single-patient use items, but not including mobility enhancing
equipment, that:

(i) can withstand repeated use;

(ii) is primarily and customarily used to serve a medical purpose;

(iii) generally is not useful to a person in the absence of illness or injury; and

(iv) is not worn in or on the body.

For purposes of this clause, "repair and replacement parts" includes all components
or attachments used in conjunction with the durable medical equipment, but does not
include including repair and replacement parts which are for single patient use only.

(3) "Mobility enhancing equipment" means equipment, including repair and
replacement parts, but not including durable medical equipment, that:

(i) is primarily and customarily used to provide or increase the ability to move from
one place to another and that is appropriate for use either in a home or a motor vehicle;

(ii) is not generally used by persons with normal mobility; and

(iii) does not include any motor vehicle or equipment on a motor vehicle normally
provided by a motor vehicle manufacturer.

(4) "Over-the-counter drug" means a drug that contains a label that identifies the
product as a drug as required by Code of Federal Regulations, title 21, section 201.66. The
label must include a "drug facts" panel or a statement of the active ingredients with a list of
those ingredients contained in the compound, substance, or preparation. Over-the-counter
drugs do not include grooming and hygiene products, regardless of whether they otherwise
meet the definition. "Grooming and hygiene products" are soaps, cleaning solutions,
shampoo, toothpaste, mouthwash, antiperspirants, and suntan lotions and sunscreens.

(5) "Prescribed" and "prescription" means a direction in the form of an order,
formula, or recipe issued in any form of oral, written, electronic, or other means of
transmission by a duly licensed health care professional.

(6) "Prosthetic device" means a replacement, corrective, or supportive device,
including repair and replacement parts, worn on or in the body to:

(i) artificially replace a missing portion of the body;

(ii) prevent or correct physical deformity or malfunction; or

(iii) support a weak or deformed portion of the body.

Prosthetic device does not include corrective eyeglasses.

(7) "Kidney dialysis equipment" means equipment that:

(i) is used to remove waste products that build up in the blood when the kidneys are
not able to do so on their own; and

(ii) can withstand repeated use, including multiple use by a single patient,
notwithstanding the provisions of clause (2).

(8) A transaction is covered by Medicare or Medicaid if any portion of the cost of
the item purchased in the transaction is paid for or reimbursed by the federal government
or the state of Minnesota pursuant to the Medicare or Medicaid program, by a private
insurance company administering the Medicare or Medicaid program on behalf of the
federal government or the state of Minnesota, or by a managed care organization for the
benefit of a patient enrolled in a prepaid program that furnishes medical services in lieu
of conventional Medicare or Medicaid coverage pursuant to agreement with the federal
government or the state of Minnesota.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for sales and purchases made after
June 30, 2013.

Sec. 23.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297A.67, is amended by adding a
subdivision to read:

Subd. 7a.

Accessories and supplies.

Accessories and supplies required for the
effective use of durable medical equipment for home use only or purchased in a transaction
covered by medicare or Medicaid, that are not already exempt under section 297A.67,
subdivision 7, are exempt. Accessories and supplies for the effective use of a prosthetic
device that are not already exempt under section 297A.67, subdivision 7, are exempt.
For purposes of this subdivision "durable medical equipment," "prosthetic device,"
"Medicare," and "Medicaid" have the definitions given in section 297A.67, subdivision 7.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for sales and purchases made after
June 30, 2013.

Sec. 24.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297A.67, subdivision 13, is amended to read:

Subd. 13.

Textbooks.

Textbooks, including digital books, that are prescribed for use
in conjunction with a course of study in a school, college, university, and private career
school to students who are regularly enrolled at such institutions are exempt. For purposes
of this subdivision (1) a "school" is as defined in section 120A.22, subdivision 4; and (2)
"private career school" means a school licensed under section 141.25.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for sales and purchases made after
June 30, 2013.

Sec. 25.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297A.68, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Materials consumed in industrial production.

(a) Materials stored, used,
or consumed in industrial production of tangible personal property intended to be sold
ultimately at retail, are exempt, whether or not the item so used becomes an ingredient
or constituent part of the property produced. Materials that qualify for this exemption
include, but are not limited to, the following:

(1) chemicals, including chemicals used for cleaning food processing machinery
and equipment;

(2) materials, including chemicals, fuels, and electricity purchased by persons
engaged in industrial production to treat waste generated as a result of the production
process;

(3) fuels, electricity, gas, and steam used or consumed in the production process,
except that electricity, gas, or steam used for space heating, cooling, or lighting is exempt
if (i) it is in excess of the average climate control or lighting for the production area, and
(ii) it is necessary to produce that particular product;

(4) petroleum products and lubricants;

(5) packaging materials, including returnable containers used in packaging food
and beverage products;

(6) accessory tools, equipment, and other items that are separate detachable units
with an ordinary useful life of less than 12 months used in producing a direct effect upon
the product; and

(7) the following materials, tools, and equipment used in metal-casting: crucibles,
thermocouple protection sheaths and tubes, stalk tubes, refractory materials, molten metal
filters and filter boxes, degassing lances, and base blocks.

(b) This exemption does not include:

(1) machinery, equipment, implements, tools, accessories, appliances, contrivances
and furniture and fixtures, except those listed in paragraph (a), clause (6); and

(2) petroleum and special fuels used in producing or generating power for propelling
ready-mixed concrete trucks on the public highways of this state.

(c) Industrial production includes, but is not limited to, research, development,
design or production of any tangible personal property, manufacturing, processing (other
than by restaurants and consumers) of agricultural products (whether vegetable or animal),
commercial fishing, refining, smelting, reducing, brewing, distilling, printing, mining,
quarrying, lumbering, generating electricity, the production of road building materials,
and the research, development, design, or production of computer software. Industrial
production does not include painting, cleaning, repairing or similar processing of property
except as part of the original manufacturing process.

(d) Industrial production does not include:

(1) the furnishing of services listed in section 297A.61, subdivision 3, paragraph (g),
clause (6), items (i) to (vi) and (viii), or paragraph (m); or

(2) the transportation, transmission, or distribution of petroleum, liquefied gas,
natural gas, water, or steam, in, by, or through pipes, lines, tanks, mains, or other means of
transporting those products. For purposes of this paragraph, "transportation, transmission,
or distribution" does not include blending of petroleum or biodiesel fuel as defined
in section 239.77.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for sales and purchases made after
June 30, 2013.

Sec. 26.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297A.68, subdivision 5, is amended to read:

Subd. 5.

Capital equipment.

(a) Capital equipment is exempt. The tax must be
imposed and collected as if the rate under section 297A.62, subdivision 1, applied, and
then refunded in the manner provided in section 297A.75.

"Capital equipment" means machinery and equipment purchased or leased, and used
in this state by the purchaser or lessee primarily for manufacturing, fabricating, mining,
or refining tangible personal property to be sold ultimately at retail if the machinery and
equipment are essential to the integrated production process of manufacturing, fabricating,
mining, or refining. Capital equipment also includes machinery and equipment
used primarily to electronically transmit results retrieved by a customer of an online
computerized data retrieval system.

(b) Capital equipment includes, but is not limited to:

(1) machinery and equipment used to operate, control, or regulate the production
equipment;

(2) machinery and equipment used for research and development, design, quality
control, and testing activities;

(3) environmental control devices that are used to maintain conditions such as
temperature, humidity, light, or air pressure when those conditions are essential to and are
part of the production process;

(4) materials and supplies used to construct and install machinery or equipment;

(5) repair and replacement parts, including accessories, whether purchased as spare
parts, repair parts, or as upgrades or modifications to machinery or equipment;

(6) materials used for foundations that support machinery or equipment;

(7) materials used to construct and install special purpose buildings used in the
production process;

(8) ready-mixed concrete equipment in which the ready-mixed concrete is mixed
as part of the delivery process regardless if mounted on a chassis, repair parts for
ready-mixed concrete trucks, and leases of ready-mixed concrete trucks; and

(9) machinery or equipment used for research, development, design, or production
of computer software.

(c) Capital equipment does not include the following:

(1) motor vehicles taxed under chapter 297B;

(2) machinery or equipment used to receive or store raw materials;

(3) building materials, except for materials included in paragraph (b), clauses (6)
and (7);

(4) machinery or equipment used for nonproduction purposes, including, but not
limited to, the following: plant security, fire prevention, first aid, and hospital stations;
support operations or administration; pollution control; and plant cleaning, disposal of
scrap and waste, plant communications, space heating, cooling, lighting, or safety;

(5) farm machinery and aquaculture production equipment as defined by section
297A.61, subdivisions 12 and 13;

(6) machinery or equipment purchased and installed by a contractor as part of an
improvement to real property;

(7) machinery and equipment used by restaurants in the furnishing, preparing, or
serving of prepared foods as defined in section 297A.61, subdivision 31;

(8) machinery and equipment used to furnish the services listed in section 297A.61,
subdivision 3, paragraph (g), clause (6), items (i) to (vi) and (viii);

(9) machinery or equipment used in the transportation, transmission, or distribution
of petroleum, liquefied gas, natural gas, water, or steam, in, by, or through pipes, lines,
tanks, mains, or other means of transporting those products. This clause does not apply to
machinery or equipment used to blend petroleum or biodiesel fuel as defined in section
239.77; or

(10) any other item that is not essential to the integrated process of manufacturing,
fabricating, mining, or refining.

(d) For purposes of this subdivision:

(1) "Equipment" means independent devices or tools separate from machinery but
essential to an integrated production process, including computers and computer software,
used in operating, controlling, or regulating machinery and equipment; and any subunit or
assembly comprising a component of any machinery or accessory or attachment parts of
machinery, such as tools, dies, jigs, patterns, and molds.

(2) "Fabricating" means to make, build, create, produce, or assemble components or
property to work in a new or different manner.

(3) "Integrated production process" means a process or series of operations through
which tangible personal property is manufactured, fabricated, mined, or refined. For
purposes of this clause, (i) manufacturing begins with the removal of raw materials
from inventory and ends when the last process prior to loading for shipment has been
completed; (ii) fabricating begins with the removal from storage or inventory of the
property to be assembled, processed, altered, or modified and ends with the creation
or production of the new or changed product; (iii) mining begins with the removal of
overburden from the site of the ores, minerals, stone, peat deposit, or surface materials and
ends when the last process before stockpiling is completed; and (iv) refining begins with
the removal from inventory or storage of a natural resource and ends with the conversion
of the item to its completed form.

(4) "Machinery" means mechanical, electronic, or electrical devices, including
computers and computer software, that are purchased or constructed to be used for the
activities set forth in paragraph (a), beginning with the removal of raw materials from
inventory through completion of the product, including packaging of the product.

(5) "Machinery and equipment used for pollution control" means machinery and
equipment used solely to eliminate, prevent, or reduce pollution resulting from an activity
described in paragraph (a).

(6) "Manufacturing" means an operation or series of operations where raw materials
are changed in form, composition, or condition by machinery and equipment and which
results in the production of a new article of tangible personal property. For purposes of
this subdivision, "manufacturing" includes the generation of electricity or steam to be
sold at retail.

(7) "Mining" means the extraction of minerals, ores, stone, or peat.

(8) "Online data retrieval system" means a system whose cumulation of information
is equally available and accessible to all its customers.

(9) "Primarily" means machinery and equipment used 50 percent or more of the time
in an activity described in paragraph (a).

(10) "Refining" means the process of converting a natural resource to an intermediate
or finished product, including the treatment of water to be sold at retail.

(11) This subdivision does not apply to telecommunications equipment as
provided in subdivision 35, and does not apply to wire, cable, fiber, poles, or conduit
for telecommunications services.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for sales and purchases made after
August 31, 2014.

Sec. 27.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297A.68, subdivision 42, is amended to read:

Subd. 42.

Qualified data centers.

(a) Purchases of enterprise information
technology equipment and computer software for use in a qualified data center, or a
qualified refurbished data center, are exempt. The tax on purchases exempt under this
paragraph must be imposed and collected as if the rate under section 297A.62, subdivision
1, applied, and then refunded after June 30, 2013, in the manner provided in section
297A.75. This exemption includes enterprise information technology equipment and
computer software purchased to replace or upgrade enterprise information technology
equipment and computer software in a qualified data center, or a qualified refurbished
data center.

(b) Electricity used or consumed in the operation of a qualified data center is exempt.

(c) For purposes of this subdivision, "qualified data center, or a qualified refurbished
data center," means a facility in Minnesota:

(1) that is comprised of one or more buildings that consist in the aggregate of at least
30,000 25,000 square feet, and that are located on a single parcel or on contiguous parcels,
where the total cost of construction or refurbishment, investment in enterprise information
technology equipment, and computer software is at least $50,000,000 $30,000,000 within
a 24 48-month period;

(2) that is constructed or substantially refurbished after June 30, 2012, where
"substantially refurbished" means that at least 30,000 25,000 square feet have been rebuilt
or modified; and, including:

(i) installation of enterprise information technology equipment, environmental
control, computer software, and energy efficiency improvements; and

(ii) building improvements; and

(3) that is used to house enterprise information technology equipment, where the
facility has the following characteristics:

(i) uninterruptible power supplies, generator backup power, or both;

(ii) sophisticated fire suppression and prevention systems; and

(iii) enhanced security. A facility will be considered to have enhanced security if it
has restricted access to the facility to selected personnel; permanent security guards; video
camera surveillance; an electronic system requiring pass codes, keycards, or biometric
scans, such as hand scans and retinal or fingerprint recognition; or similar security features.

In determining whether the facility has the required square footage, the square
footage of the following spaces shall be included if the spaces support the operation
of enterprise information technology equipment: office space, meeting space, and
mechanical and other support facilities. For purposes of this subdivision, "computer
software" includes, but is not limited to, software utilized or loaded at the qualified data
center, including maintenance, licensing, and software customization.

(d) For purposes of this subdivision, a "qualified refurbished data center" means an
existing facility that qualifies as a data center under paragraph (c), clauses (2) and (3), but
that is comprised of one or more buildings that consist in the aggregate of at least 25,000
square feet, and that are located on a single parcel or contiguous parcels, where the total
cost of construction or refurbishment, investment in enterprise information technology
equipment, and computer software is at least $50,000,000 within a 24-month period.

(d) (e) For purposes of this subdivision, "enterprise information technology
equipment" means computers and equipment supporting computing, networking, or data
storage, including servers and routers. It includes, but is not limited to: cooling systems,
cooling towers, and other temperature control infrastructure; power infrastructure for
transformation, distribution, or management of electricity used for the maintenance
and operation of a qualified data center, including but not limited to exterior dedicated
business-owned substations, backup power generation systems, battery systems, and
related infrastructure; and racking systems, cabling, and trays, which are necessary for
the maintenance and operation of the qualified data center.

(e) (f) A qualified data center may claim the exemptions in this subdivision for
purchases made either within 20 years of the date of its first purchase qualifying for the
exemption under paragraph (a), or by June 30, 2042, whichever is earlier.

(f) (g) The purpose of this exemption is to create jobs in the construction and data
center industries.

(g) (h) This subdivision is effective for sales and purchases made after June 30,
2012, and before July 1, 2042.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for sales and purchases made after
June 30, 2013.

Sec. 28.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297A.68, is amended by adding a
subdivision to read:

Subd. 49.

Greater Minnesota business expansions.

(a) Purchases and use of
tangible personal property or taxable services by a qualified business, as defined in section
116J.3738, are exempt if:

(1) the business subsidy agreement provides that the exemption under this
subdivision applies;

(2) the property or services are primarily used or consumed in greater Minnesota; and

(3) the purchase was made and delivery received during the duration of the
certification of the business as a qualified business under section 116J.3738.

(b) Purchase and use of construction materials and supplies used or consumed in,
and equipment incorporated into, the construction of improvements to real property in
greater Minnesota are exempt if the improvements after completion of construction are
to be used in the conduct of the trade or business of the qualified business, as defined in
section 116J.3738. This exemption applies regardless of whether the purchases are made
by the business or a contractor.

(c) The exemptions under this subdivision apply to a local sales and use tax.

(d) The tax on purchases imposed under this subdivision must be imposed and
collected as if the rate under section 297A.62 applied, and then refunded in the manner
provided in section 297A.75. No more than $7,000,000 may be refunded in a fiscal year
for all purchases under this subdivision. Refunds must be allocated on a first come, first
served basis. If more than $7,000,000 of eligible claims are made in a fiscal year, claims
by qualified businesses carryover to the next fiscal year, and the commissioner must first
allocate refunds to qualified businesses eligible for a refund in the preceding fiscal year.
Any portion of the balance of funds allocated for refunds under this paragraph does not
cancel and shall be carried forward to and available for refunds in subsequent fiscal years.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for sales and purchases made after
June 30, 2014.

Sec. 29.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297A.70, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Sales to government.

(a) All sales, except those listed in paragraph (b),
to the following governments and political subdivisions, or to the listed agencies or
instrumentalities of governments and political subdivisions, are exempt:

(1) the United States and its agencies and instrumentalities;

(2) school districts, local governments, the University of Minnesota, state universities,
community colleges, technical colleges, state academies, the Perpich Minnesota Center for
Arts Education, and an instrumentality of a political subdivision that is accredited as an
optional/special function school by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools;

(3) hospitals and nursing homes owned and operated by political subdivisions of
the state of tangible personal property and taxable services used at or by hospitals and
nursing homes;

(4) the Metropolitan Council, for its purchases of vehicles and repair parts to equip
operations provided for in section 473.4051;

(5) other states or political subdivisions of other states, if the sale would be exempt
from taxation if it occurred in that state; and

(6) public libraries, public library systems, multicounty, multitype library systems as
defined in section 134.001, county law libraries under chapter 134A, state agency libraries,
the state library under section 480.09, and the Legislative Reference Library; and.

(7) towns.

(b) This exemption does not apply to the sales of the following products and services:

(1) building, construction, or reconstruction materials purchased by a contractor
or a subcontractor as a part of a lump-sum contract or similar type of contract with a
guaranteed maximum price covering both labor and materials for use in the construction,
alteration, or repair of a building or facility;

(2) construction materials purchased by tax exempt entities or their contractors to
be used in constructing buildings or facilities which will not be used principally by the
tax exempt entities;

(3) the leasing of a motor vehicle as defined in section 297B.01, subdivision 11,
except for leases entered into by the United States or its agencies or instrumentalities;

(4) lodging as defined under section 297A.61, subdivision 3, paragraph (g), clause
(2), and prepared food, candy, soft drinks, and alcoholic beverages as defined in section
297A.67, subdivision 2, except for lodging, prepared food, candy, soft drinks, and alcoholic
beverages purchased directly by the United States or its agencies or instrumentalities; or

(5) goods or services purchased by a town local government as inputs to goods and
services that are generally provided by a private business and the purchases would be
taxable if made by a private business engaged in the same activity.

(c) As used in this subdivision, "school districts" means public school entities and
districts of every kind and nature organized under the laws of the state of Minnesota, and
any instrumentality of a school district, as defined in section 471.59.

(d) As used in this subdivision, "local governments" means cities, counties, and
townships.

(d) (e) As used in this subdivision, "goods or services generally provided by a private
business" include, but are not limited to, goods or services provided by liquor stores, gas
and electric utilities, golf courses, marinas, health and fitness centers, campgrounds, cafes,
and laundromats. "Goods or services generally provided by a private business" do not
include housing services, sewer and water services, wastewater treatment, ambulance and
other public safety services, correctional services, chore or homemaking services provided
to elderly or disabled individuals, or road and street maintenance or lighting.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for sales and purchases made after
December 31, 2013.

Sec. 30.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297A.70, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

Subd. 4.

Sales to nonprofit groups.

(a) All sales, except those listed in paragraph
(b), to the following "nonprofit organizations" are exempt:

(1) a corporation, society, association, foundation, or institution organized and
operated exclusively for charitable, religious, or educational purposes if the item
purchased is used in the performance of charitable, religious, or educational functions; and

(2) any senior citizen group or association of groups that:

(i) in general limits membership to persons who are either age 55 or older, or
physically disabled;

(ii) is organized and operated exclusively for pleasure, recreation, and other
nonprofit purposes, not including housing, no part of the net earnings of which inures to
the benefit of any private shareholders; and

(iii) is an exempt organization under section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code.

For purposes of this subdivision, charitable purpose includes the maintenance of a
cemetery owned by a religious organization.

(b) This exemption does not apply to the following sales:

(1) building, construction, or reconstruction materials purchased by a contractor
or a subcontractor as a part of a lump-sum contract or similar type of contract with a
guaranteed maximum price covering both labor and materials for use in the construction,
alteration, or repair of a building or facility;

(2) construction materials purchased by tax-exempt entities or their contractors to
be used in constructing buildings or facilities that will not be used principally by the
tax-exempt entities; and

(3) lodging as defined under section 297A.61, subdivision 3, paragraph (g), clause
(2), and prepared food, candy, soft drinks, and alcoholic beverages as defined in section
297A.67, subdivision 2, except wine purchased by an established religious organization
for sacramental purposes or as allowed under subdivision 9a; and

(4) leasing of a motor vehicle as defined in section 297B.01, subdivision 11, except
as provided in paragraph (c).

(c) This exemption applies to the leasing of a motor vehicle as defined in section
297B.01, subdivision 11, only if the vehicle is:

(1) a truck, as defined in section 168.002, a bus, as defined in section 168.002, or a
passenger automobile, as defined in section 168.002, if the automobile is designed and
used for carrying more than nine persons including the driver; and

(2) intended to be used primarily to transport tangible personal property or
individuals, other than employees, to whom the organization provides service in
performing its charitable, religious, or educational purpose.

(d) A limited liability company also qualifies for exemption under this subdivision if
(1) it consists of a sole member that would qualify for the exemption, and (2) the items
purchased qualify for the exemption.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective retroactively for sales and purchases
made after June 30, 2012.

Sec. 31.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297A.70, subdivision 5, is amended to read:

Subd. 5.

Veterans groups.

Sales to an organization of military service veterans or
an auxiliary unit of an organization of military service veterans are exempt if:

(1) the organization or auxiliary unit is organized within the state of Minnesota
and is exempt from federal taxation under section 501(c), clause (19), of the Internal
Revenue Code; and

(2) the tangible personal property is or services are for charitable, civic, educational,
or nonprofit uses and not for social, recreational, pleasure, or profit uses.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for sales and purchases made after
June 30, 2013.

Sec. 32.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297A.70, subdivision 7, is amended to read:

Subd. 7.

Hospitals and, outpatient surgical centers, and critical access dental
providers.

(a) Sales, except for those listed in paragraph (c) (d), to a hospital are exempt,
if the items purchased are used in providing hospital services. For purposes of this
subdivision, "hospital" means a hospital organized and operated for charitable purposes
within the meaning of section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and licensed under
chapter 144 or by any other jurisdiction, and "hospital services" are services authorized or
required to be performed by a "hospital" under chapter 144.

(b) Sales, except for those listed in paragraph (c) (d), to an outpatient surgical center
are exempt, if the items purchased are used in providing outpatient surgical services. For
purposes of this subdivision, "outpatient surgical center" means an outpatient surgical
center organized and operated for charitable purposes within the meaning of section
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and licensed under chapter 144 or by any other
jurisdiction. For the purposes of this subdivision, "outpatient surgical services" means:
(1) services authorized or required to be performed by an outpatient surgical center under
chapter 144; and (2) urgent care. For purposes of this subdivision, "urgent care" means
health services furnished to a person whose medical condition is sufficiently acute to
require treatment unavailable through, or inappropriate to be provided by, a clinic or
physician's office, but not so acute as to require treatment in a hospital emergency room.

(c) Sales, except for those listed in paragraph (d), to a critical access dental provider
are exempt, if the items purchased are used in providing critical access dental care
services. For the purposes of this subdivision, "critical access dental provider" means a
dentist or dental clinic that qualifies under section 256B.76, subdivision 4, paragraph (b)
and, in the previous calendar year, had no more than 15 percent of its patients covered by
private dental insurance.

(d) This exemption does not apply to the following products and services:

(1) purchases made by a clinic, physician's office, or any other medical facility not
operating as a hospital or, outpatient surgical center, or critical access dental provider,
even though the clinic, office, or facility may be owned and operated by a hospital or,
outpatient surgical center, or critical access dental provider;

(2) sales under section 297A.61, subdivision 3, paragraph (g), clause (2), and
prepared food, candy, and soft drinks;

(3) building and construction materials used in constructing buildings or facilities
that will not be used principally by the hospital or, outpatient surgical center, or critical
access dental provider;

(4) building, construction, or reconstruction materials purchased by a contractor or a
subcontractor as a part of a lump-sum contract or similar type of contract with a guaranteed
maximum price covering both labor and materials for use in the construction, alteration, or
repair of a hospital or, outpatient surgical center, or critical access dental provider; or

(5) the leasing of a motor vehicle as defined in section 297B.01, subdivision 11.

(d) (e) A limited liability company also qualifies for exemption under this
subdivision if (1) it consists of a sole member that would qualify for the exemption, and
(2) the items purchased qualify for the exemption.

(e) (f) An entity that contains both a hospital and a nonprofit unit may claim this
exemption on purchases made for both the hospital and nonprofit unit provided that:

(1) the nonprofit unit would have qualified for exemption under subdivision 4; and

(2) the items purchased would have qualified for the exemption.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective retroactively for sales and purchases
made after June 30, 2007. Purchasers may apply for a refund of tax paid for qualifying
purchases under this subdivision made after June 30, 2007, and before July 1, 2013, in the
manner provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 297A.75. Notwithstanding limitations
on claims for refunds under Minnesota Statutes, section 297A.40, claims may be filed
with the commissioner until June 30, 2014.

Sec. 33.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297A.70, is amended by adding a
subdivision to read:

Subd. 9a.

Established religious orders.

(a) Sales of lodging, prepared food, candy,
soft drinks, and alcoholic beverages at noncatered events between an established religious
order and an affiliated institution of higher education are exempt.

(b) For purposes of this subdivision, "established religious order" means an
organization directly or indirectly under the control or supervision of a church or
convention or association of churches, where members of the organization:

(1) normally live together as part of a community;

(2) make long-term commitments to live under a strict set of moral and spiritual
rules; and

(3) work or engage full time in a combination of prayer, religious study, church
reform or renewal, or other religious, educational, or charitable goals of the organization.

(c) For purposes of this subdivision, an institution of higher education is "affiliated"
with an established religious order if members of the religious order are represented
on the governing board of the institution of higher education and the two organization
share campus space and common facilities.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective retroactively for sales and purchases
made after June 30, 2012.

Sec. 34.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297A.70, subdivision 13, is amended to read:

Subd. 13.

Fund-raising sales by or for nonprofit groups.

(a) The following
sales by the specified organizations for fund-raising purposes are exempt, subject to the
limitations listed in paragraph (b):

(1) all sales made by a nonprofit organization that exists solely for the purpose of
providing educational or social activities for young people primarily age 18 and under;

(2) all sales made by an organization that is a senior citizen group or association of
groups if (i) in general it limits membership to persons age 55 or older; (ii) it is organized
and operated exclusively for pleasure, recreation, and other nonprofit purposes; and (iii)
no part of its net earnings inures to the benefit of any private shareholders;

(3) the sale or use of tickets or admissions to a golf tournament held in Minnesota if
the beneficiary of the tournament's net proceeds qualifies as a tax-exempt organization
under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code; and

(4) sales of candy sold for fund-raising purposes by a nonprofit organization that
provides educational and social activities primarily for young people age 18 and under.

(b) The exemptions listed in paragraph (a) are limited in the following manner:

(1) the exemption under paragraph (a), clauses (1) and (2), applies only if the gross
annual receipts of the organization from fund-raising do not exceed $10,000; and

(2) the exemption under paragraph (a), clause (1), does not apply if the sales are
derived from admission charges or from activities for which the money must be deposited
with the school district treasurer under section 123B.49, subdivision 2, or be recorded in
the same manner as other revenues or expenditures of the school district under section
123B.49, subdivision 4.

(c) Sales of tangible personal property and services are exempt if the entire proceeds,
less the necessary expenses for obtaining the property or services, will be contributed to
a registered combined charitable organization described in section 43A.50, to be used
exclusively for charitable, religious, or educational purposes, and the registered combined
charitable organization has given its written permission for the sale. Sales that occur over
a period of more than 24 days per year are not exempt under this paragraph.

(d) For purposes of this subdivision, a club, association, or other organization of
elementary or secondary school students organized for the purpose of carrying on sports,
educational, or other extracurricular activities is a separate organization from the school
district or school for purposes of applying the $10,000 limit.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for sales and purchases made after
June 30, 2013.

Sec. 35.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297A.70, subdivision 14, is amended to read:

Subd. 14.

Fund-raising events sponsored by nonprofit groups.

(a) Sales of
tangible personal property or services at, and admission charges for fund-raising events
sponsored by, a nonprofit organization are exempt if:

(1) all gross receipts are recorded as such, in accordance with generally accepted
accounting practices, on the books of the nonprofit organization; and

(2) the entire proceeds, less the necessary expenses for the event, will be used solely
and exclusively for charitable, religious, or educational purposes. Exempt sales include
the sale of prepared food, candy, and soft drinks at the fund-raising event.

(b) This exemption is limited in the following manner:

(1) it does not apply to admission charges for events involving bingo or other
gambling activities or to charges for use of amusement devices involving bingo or other
gambling activities;

(2) all gross receipts are taxable if the profits are not used solely and exclusively for
charitable, religious, or educational purposes;

(3) it does not apply unless the organization keeps a separate accounting record,
including receipts and disbursements from each fund-raising event that documents all
deductions from gross receipts with receipts and other records;

(4) it does not apply to any sale made by or in the name of a nonprofit corporation as
the active or passive agent of a person that is not a nonprofit corporation;

(5) all gross receipts are taxable if fund-raising events exceed 24 days per year;

(6) it does not apply to fund-raising events conducted on premises leased for more
than five days but less than 30 days; and

(7) it does not apply if the risk of the event is not borne by the nonprofit organization
and the benefit to the nonprofit organization is less than the total amount of the state and
local tax revenues forgone by this exemption.

(c) For purposes of this subdivision, a "nonprofit organization" means any unit of
government, corporation, society, association, foundation, or institution organized and
operated for charitable, religious, educational, civic, fraternal, and senior citizens' or
veterans' purposes, no part of the net earnings of which inures to the benefit of a private
individual.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for sales and purchases made after
June 30, 2013.

Sec. 36.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297A.70, is amended by adding a
subdivision to read:

Subd. 18.

Nursing homes and boarding care homes.

(a) All sales, except those
listed in paragraph (b), to a nursing home licensed under section 144A.02 or a boarding
care home certified as a nursing facility under title 19 of the Social Security Act are
exempt if the facility:

(1) is exempt from federal income taxation pursuant to section 501(c)(3) of the
Internal Revenue Code; and

(2) is certified to participate in the medical assistance program under title 19 of the
Social Security Act, or certifies to the commissioner that it does not discharge residents
due to the inability to pay.

(b) This exemption does not apply to the following sales:

(1) building, construction, or reconstruction materials purchased by a contractor
or a subcontractor as a part of a lump-sum contract or similar type of contract with a
guaranteed maximum price covering both labor and materials for use in the construction,
alteration, or repair of a building or facility;

(2) construction materials purchased by tax-exempt entities or their contractors to
be used in constructing buildings or facilities that will not be used principally by the
tax-exempt entities;

(3) lodging as defined under section 297A.61, subdivision 3, paragraph (g), clause
(2), and prepared food, candy, soft drinks, and alcoholic beverages as defined in section
297A.67, subdivision 2; and

(4) leasing of a motor vehicle as defined in section 297B.01, subdivision 11, except
as provided in paragraph (c).

(c) This exemption applies to the leasing of a motor vehicle as defined in section
297B.01, subdivision 11, only if the vehicle is:

(1) a truck, as defined in section 168.002; a bus, as defined in section 168.002; or a
passenger automobile, as defined in section 168.002, if the automobile is designed and
used for carrying more than nine persons including the driver; and

(2) intended to be used primarily to transport tangible personal property or residents
of the nursing home or boarding care home.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for sales and purchases made after
June 30, 2013.

Sec. 37.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297A.71, is amended by adding a
subdivision to read:

Subd. 45.

Biopharmaceutical manufacturing facility.

(a) Materials and
supplies used or consumed in, capital equipment incorporated into, and privately
owned infrastructure in support of the construction, improvement, or expansion of a
biopharmaceutical manufacturing facility in the state are exempt if the following criteria
are met:

(1) the facility is used for the manufacturing of biologics;

(2) the total capital investment made at the facility exceeds $50,000,000; and

(3) the facility creates and maintains at least 190 full-time equivalent positions at the
facility. These positions must be new jobs in Minnesota and not the result of relocating
jobs that currently exist in Minnesota.

(b) The tax must be imposed and collected as if the rate under section 297A.62
applied, and refunded in the manner provided in section 297A.75.

(c) To be eligible for a refund, the owner of the biopharmaceutical manufacturing
facility must:

(1) initially apply to the Department of Employment and Economic Development
for certification no later than one year from the final completion date of construction,
improvement, or expansion of the facility; and

(2) for each year that the owner of the biopharmaceutical manufacturing facility
applies for a refund, the owner must have received written certification from the
Department of Employment and Economic Development that the facility has met the
criteria of paragraph (a).

(d) The refund is to be paid annually at a rate of 25 percent of the total allowable
refund payable to date, with the commissioner making annual payments of the remaining
refund until all of the refund has been paid.

(e) For purposes of this subdivision, "biopharmaceutical" and "biologics" are
interchangeable and mean medical drugs or medicinal preparations produced using
technology that uses biological systems, living organisms or derivatives of living
organisms, to make or modify products or processes for specific use. The medical drugs or
medicinal preparations include but are not limited to proteins, antibodies, nucleic acids,
and vaccines.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective retroactively to capital investments
made and jobs created after December 31, 2012, and effective retroactively for sales and
purchases made after December 31, 2012, and before July 1, 2019.

Sec. 38.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297A.71, is amended by adding a
subdivision to read:

Subd. 46.

Research and development facility.

Materials and supplies used or
consumed in, and equipment incorporated into, the construction or improvement of a
research and development facility that has laboratory space of at least 400,000 square feet
and utilizes both high-intensity and low-intensity laboratories, provided that the project
has a total construction cost of at least $140,000,000 within a 24-month period. The tax on
purchases imposed under this subdivision must be imposed and collected as if the rate under
section 297A.62 applied and then refunded in the manner provided in section 297A.75.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for sales and purchases made after
June 30, 2013, and before September 1, 2015.

Sec. 39.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297A.71, is amended by adding a
subdivision to read:

Subd. 47.

Industrial measurement manufacturing and controls facility.

(a)
Materials and supplies used or consumed in, capital equipment incorporated into,
fixtures installed in, and privately owned infrastructure in support of the construction,
improvement, or expansion of an industrial measurement manufacturing and controls
facility are exempt if:

(1) the total capital investment made at the facility is at least $60,000,000;

(2) the facility employs at least 250 full-time equivalent employees that are not
employees currently employed by the company in the state; and

(3) the Department of Employment and Economic Development determines that
the expansion, remodeling, or improvement of the facility has a significant impact on
the state economy.

(b) The tax must be imposed and collected as if the rate under section 297A.62
applied and refunded in the manner provided in section 297A.75, only after the following
criteria are met:

(1) a refund may not be issued until the owner of the facility has received
certification from the Department of Employment and Economic Development that the
company meets the requirements in paragraph (a); and

(2) to receive the refund, the owner of the industrial measurement manufacturing
and controls facility must initially apply to the Department of Employment and Economic
Development for certification no later than one year from the final completion date of
construction, improvement, or expansion of the industrial measurement manufacturing
and controls facility.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for sales and purchases made after
June 30, 2013, and before December 31, 2015.

Sec. 40.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297A.75, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Tax collected.

The tax on the gross receipts from the sale of the
following exempt items must be imposed and collected as if the sale were taxable and the
rate under section 297A.62, subdivision 1, applied. The exempt items include:

(1) capital equipment exempt under section 297A.68, subdivision 5;

(2) (1) building materials for an agricultural processing facility exempt under section
297A.71, subdivision 13;

(3) (2) building materials for mineral production facilities exempt under section
297A.71, subdivision 14;

(4) (3) building materials for correctional facilities under section 297A.71,
subdivision 3;

(5) (4) building materials used in a residence for disabled veterans exempt under
section 297A.71, subdivision 11;

(6) (5) elevators and building materials exempt under section 297A.71, subdivision
12;

(7) (6) building materials for the Long Lake Conservation Center exempt under
section 297A.71, subdivision 17;

(8) (7) materials and supplies for qualified low-income housing under section
297A.71, subdivision 23;

(9) (8) materials, supplies, and equipment for municipal electric utility facilities
under section 297A.71, subdivision 35;

(10) (9) equipment and materials used for the generation, transmission, and
distribution of electrical energy and an aerial camera package exempt under section
297A.68, subdivision 37;

(11) (10) commuter rail vehicle and repair parts under section 297A.70, subdivision
3, paragraph (a), clause (10);

(12) (11) materials, supplies, and equipment for construction or improvement of
projects and facilities under section 297A.71, subdivision 40;

(13) (12) materials, supplies, and equipment for construction or improvement of a
meat processing facility exempt under section 297A.71, subdivision 41;

(14) (13) materials, supplies, and equipment for construction, improvement, or
expansion of:

(i) an aerospace defense manufacturing facility exempt under section 297A.71,
subdivision 42;

(ii) a biopharmaceutical manufacturing facility exempt under section 297A.71,
subdivision 45;

(iii) a research and development facility exempt under section 297A.71, subdivision
4b; and

(iv) an industrial measurement manufacturing and controls facility exempt under
section 297A.71, subdivision 47;

(15) (14) enterprise information technology equipment and computer software for
use in a qualified data center exempt under section 297A.68, subdivision 42; and

(16) (15) materials, supplies, and equipment for qualifying capital projects under
section 297A.71, subdivision 44;

(16) items purchased for use in providing critical access dental services exempt
under section 297A.70, subdivision 7, paragraph (c); and

(17) items and services purchased under a business subsidy agreement for use or
consumption primarily in greater Minnesota exempt under section 297A.68, subdivision 49.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

The change to clause (1) is effective for sales and purchases
made after August 31, 2014. The changes in clauses (13), (16), and (17), are effective the
day following final enactment.

Sec. 41.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297A.75, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Refund; eligible persons.

Upon application on forms prescribed by the
commissioner, a refund equal to the tax paid on the gross receipts of the exempt items
must be paid to the applicant. Only the following persons may apply for the refund:

(1) for subdivision 1, clauses (1) to (3), (2), and (16), the applicant must be the
purchaser;

(2) for subdivision 1, clauses (4) (3) and (7) (6), the applicant must be the
governmental subdivision;

(3) for subdivision 1, clause (5) (4), the applicant must be the recipient of the
benefits provided in United States Code, title 38, chapter 21;

(4) for subdivision 1, clause (6) (5), the applicant must be the owner of the
homestead property;

(5) for subdivision 1, clause (8) (7), the owner of the qualified low-income housing
project;

(6) for subdivision 1, clause (9) (8), the applicant must be a municipal electric utility
or a joint venture of municipal electric utilities;

(7) for subdivision 1, clauses (10), (9), (12), (13), (14), and (15) and (17), the owner
of the qualifying business; and

(8) for subdivision 1, clauses (10), (11), (12), and (16) (15), the applicant must be
the governmental entity that owns or contracts for the project or facility.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 42.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297A.75, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

Application.

(a) The application must include sufficient information
to permit the commissioner to verify the tax paid. If the tax was paid by a contractor,
subcontractor, or builder, under subdivision 1, clause (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11),
(12), (13), (14), clauses (3) to (15), or (16) (17), the contractor, subcontractor, or builder
must furnish to the refund applicant a statement including the cost of the exempt items and
the taxes paid on the items unless otherwise specifically provided by this subdivision. The
provisions of sections 289A.40 and 289A.50 apply to refunds under this section.

(b) An applicant may not file more than two applications per calendar year for
refunds for taxes paid on capital equipment exempt under section 297A.68, subdivision 5.

(c) Total refunds for purchases of items in section 297A.71, subdivision 40, must not
exceed $5,000,000 in fiscal years 2010 and 2011. Applications for refunds for purchases
of items in sections 297A.70, subdivision 3, paragraph (a), clause (11), and 297A.71,
subdivision 40, must not be filed until after June 30, 2009.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 43.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297A.99, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Authorization; scope.

(a) A political subdivision of this state may
impose a general sales tax (1) under section 297A.992, (2) under section 297A.993, (3) if
permitted by special law, or (4) if the political subdivision enacted and imposed the tax
before January 1, 1982, and its predecessor provision.

(b) This section governs the imposition of a general sales tax by the political
subdivision. The provisions of this section preempt the provisions of any special law:

(1) enacted before June 2, 1997, or

(2) enacted on or after June 2, 1997, that does not explicitly exempt the special law
provision from this section's rules by reference.

(c) This section does not apply to or preempt a sales tax on motor vehicles or a
special excise tax on motor vehicles.

(d) A political subdivision may not advertise or expend funds for the promotion of a
referendum to support imposing a local option sales tax.

(e) Notwithstanding paragraph (d), a political subdivision may only expend funds to:

(1) conduct the referendum.;

(2) disseminate information included in the resolution adopted under subdivision 2;

(3) provide notice of, and conduct public forums at which proponents and opponents
on the merits of the referendum are given equal time to express their opinions on the
merits of the referendum;

(4) provide facts and data on the impact of the proposed sales tax on consumer
purchases; and

(5) provide facts and data related to the programs and projects to be funded with
the sales tax.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 44.

Laws 1993, chapter 375, article 9, section 46, subdivision 2, as amended by
Laws 1997, chapter 231, article 7, section 40, Laws 1998, chapter 389, article 8, section
30, Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 21, article 8, section 13, Laws 2005, First
Special Session chapter 3, article 5, section 26, and Laws 2009, chapter 88, article 4,
section 15, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Use of revenues.

Revenues received from the tax authorized by subdivision
1 may only be used by the city to pay the cost of collecting the tax, and, except as provided in
paragraph (e), to pay for the following projects or to secure or pay any principal, premium,
or interest on bonds issued in accordance with subdivision 3 for the following projects.

(a) To pay all or a portion of the capital expenses of construction, equipment and
acquisition costs for the expansion and remodeling of the St. Paul Civic Center complex,
including the demolition of the existing arena and the construction and equipping of a
new arena.

(b) Except as provided in paragraphs (e) and (f), the remainder of the funds must be
spent for:

(1) capital projects to further residential, cultural, commercial, and economic
development in both downtown St. Paul and St. Paul neighborhoods; and

(2) capital and operating expenses of cultural organizations in the city, provided
that the amount spent under this clause must equal ten percent of the total amount spent
under this paragraph in any year.

(c) The amount apportioned under paragraph (b) shall be no less than 60 percent
of the revenues derived from the tax each year, except to the extent that a portion of that
amount is required to pay debt service on (1) bonds issued for the purposes of paragraph (a)
prior to March 1, 1998; or (2) bonds issued for the purposes of paragraph (a) after March 1,
1998, but only if the city council determines that 40 percent of the revenues derived from
the tax together with other revenues pledged to the payment of the bonds, including the
proceeds of definitive bonds, is expected to exceed the annual debt service on the bonds.

(d) If in any year more than 40 percent of the revenue derived from the tax authorized
by subdivision 1 is used to pay debt service on the bonds issued for the purposes of
paragraph (a) and to fund a reserve for the bonds, the amount of the debt service payment
that exceeds 40 percent of the revenue must be determined for that year. In any year when
40 percent of the revenue produced by the sales tax exceeds the amount required to pay
debt service on the bonds and to fund a reserve for the bonds under paragraph (a), the
amount of the excess must be made available for capital projects to further residential,
cultural, commercial, and economic development in the neighborhoods and downtown
until the cumulative amounts determined for all years under the preceding sentence have
been made available under this sentence. The amount made available as reimbursement in
the preceding sentence is not included in the 60 percent determined under paragraph (c).

(e) In each of calendar years 2006 to 2014, revenue not to exceed $3,500,000 may be
used to pay the principal of bonds issued for capital projects of the city. After December
31, 2014, revenue from the tax imposed under subdivision 1 may not be used for this
purpose. If the amount necessary to meet obligations under paragraphs (a) and (d) are less
than 40 percent of the revenue from the tax in any year, the city may place the difference
between 40 percent of the revenue and the amounts allocated under paragraphs (a) and (d)
in an economic development fund to be used for any economic development purposes.

(f) By January 15 of each year, the mayor and the city council must report to the
legislature on the use of sales tax revenues during the preceding one-year period.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day after compliance by the
governing body of the city of St. Paul with Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021,
subdivisions 2 and 3.

Sec. 45.

Laws 1993, chapter 375, article 9, section 46, subdivision 5, as amended by
Laws 1998, chapter 389, article 8, section 32, is amended to read:

Subd. 5.

Expiration of taxing authority.

The authority granted by subdivision 1 to
the city to impose a sales tax shall expire on December 31, 2030 2042, or at an earlier
time as the city shall, by ordinance, determine. Any funds remaining after completion of
projects approved under subdivision 2, paragraph (a) and retirement or redemption of any
bonds or other obligations may be placed in the general fund of the city.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day after compliance by the
governing body of the city of St. Paul with Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021,
subdivisions 2 and 3.

Sec. 46.

Laws 2002, chapter 377, article 3, section 25, as amended by Laws 2009,
chapter 88, article 4, section 19, and Laws 2010, chapter 389, article 5, section 3, is
amended to read:

Sec. 25. ROCHESTER LODGING TAX.

Subdivision 1.

Authorization.

Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section
469.190 or 477A.016, or any other law, the city of Rochester may impose an additional
tax of one percent on the gross receipts from the furnishing for consideration of lodging at
a hotel, motel, rooming house, tourist court, or resort, other than the renting or leasing of it
for a continuous period of 30 days or more.

Subd. 1a.

Authorization.

Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 469.190 or
477A.016, or any other law, and in addition to the tax authorized by subdivision 1, the city
of Rochester may impose an additional tax of one three percent on the gross receipts from
the furnishing for consideration of lodging at a hotel, motel, rooming house, tourist court, or
resort, other than the renting or leasing of it for a continuous period of 30 days or more only
upon the approval of the city governing body of a total financial package for the project.

Subd. 2.

Disposition of proceeds.

(a) The gross proceeds from the tax imposed
under subdivision 1 must be used by the city to fund a local convention or tourism bureau
for the purpose of marketing and promoting the city as a tourist or convention center.

(b) The gross proceeds from the one three percent tax imposed under subdivision
1a shall be used to pay for (1) design, construction, renovation, improvement, and
expansion of the Mayo Civic Center Complex and related infrastructure, including but not
limited to, skyway access, lighting, parking, or landscaping; and (2) for payment of any
principal, interest, or premium on bonds issued to finance the construction, renovation,
improvement, and expansion of the Mayo Civic Center Complex.

Subd. 2a.

Bonds.

The city of Rochester may issue, without an election, general
obligation bonds of the city, in one or more series, in the aggregate principal amount not to
exceed $43,500,000 $50,000,000, to pay for capital and administrative costs for the design,
construction, renovation, improvement, and expansion of the Mayo Civic Center Complex,
and related infrastructure, including but not limited to, skyway, access, lighting, parking,
and landscaping. The city may pledge the lodging tax authorized by subdivision 1a and the
food and beverage tax authorized under Laws 2009, chapter 88, article 4, section 23, to the
payment of the bonds. The debt represented by the bonds is not included in computing any
debt limitations applicable to the city, and the levy of taxes required by Minnesota Statutes,
section 475.61, to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds is not subject to any levy
limitation or included in computing or applying any levy limitation applicable to the city.

Subd. 3.

Expiration of taxing authority.

The authority of the city to impose a tax
under subdivision 1a shall expire when the principal and interest on any bonds or other
obligations issued prior to December 31, 2014, to finance the construction, renovation,
improvement, and expansion of the Mayo Civic Center Complex and related skyway
access, lighting, parking, or landscaping have been paid, including any bonds issued to
refund such bonds, or at an earlier time as the city shall, by ordinance, determine. Any
funds remaining after completion of the project and retirement or redemption of the bonds
shall be placed in the general fund of the city. The city may, by ordinance, repeal the
tax provided that:

(1) the revenues raised before the repeal are sufficient to meet all bond or other
obligations backed by revenues of the tax; and

(2) the repeal date meets the requirements of section 297A.99, subdivision 12.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day after the governing body of
the city of Rochester and its chief fiscal officer comply with Minnesota Statutes, section
645.021, subdivisions 2 and 3.

Sec. 47.

Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 3, article 5, section 37, subdivision
2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Use of revenues.

(a) Revenues received from the tax authorized by
subdivision 1 by the city of St. Cloud must be used for the cost of collecting and
administering the tax and to pay all or part of the capital or administrative costs of the
development, acquisition, construction, improvement, and securing and paying debt
service on bonds or other obligations issued to finance the following regional projects as
approved by the voters and specifically detailed in the referendum authorizing the tax or
extending the tax:

(1) St. Cloud Regional Airport;

(2) regional transportation improvements;

(3) regional community and aquatics centers;

(4) regional public libraries; and

(5) acquisition and improvement of regional park land and open space.

(b) Revenues received from the tax authorized by subdivision 1 by the cities of St.
Joseph, Waite Park, Sartell, Sauk Rapids, and St. Augusta must be used for the cost of
collecting and administering the tax and to pay all or part of the capital or administrative
costs of the development, acquisition, construction, improvement, and securing and paying
debt service on bonds or other obligations issued to fund the projects specifically approved
by the voters at the referendum authorizing the tax or extending the tax. The portion of
revenues from the city going to fund the regional airport or regional library located in the
city of St. Cloud will be as required under the applicable joint powers agreement.

(c) The use of revenues received from the taxes authorized in subdivision 1 for
projects allowed under paragraphs (a) and (b) are limited to the amount authorized for
each project under the enabling referendum.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for the city that approves them the
day after compliance by the governing body of each city with Minnesota Statutes, section
645.021, subdivision 3.

Sec. 48.

Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 3, article 5, section 37, subdivision
4, is amended to read:

Subd. 4.

Termination of tax.

The tax imposed in the cities of St. Joseph, St.
Cloud, St. Augusta, Sartell, Sauk Rapids, and Waite Park under subdivision 1 expires
when the city council determines that sufficient funds have been collected from the tax
to retire or redeem the bonds and obligations authorized under subdivision 2, paragraph
(a), but no later than December 31, 2018. Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section
297A.99, subdivision 3, paragraphs (a), (c), and (d), a city may extend the tax imposed
under subdivision 1 through December 31, 2038, if approved by voters of the city no later
than November 7, 2017, at either a general election or at a special election held on a first
Tuesday after a first Monday in November.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for the city that approves them the
day after compliance by the governing body of each city with Minnesota Statutes, section
645.021, subdivision 3.

Sec. 49.

Laws 2008, chapter 366, article 7, section 19, subdivision 3, as amended by
Laws 2011, First Special Session chapter 7, article 4, section 8, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

Use of revenues.

Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 297A.99,
subdivision 3, paragraph (b), the proceeds of the tax imposed under this section shall be
used to pay for the costs of improvements to the Sportsman Park/Ballfields, Riverside
Park, Lions Park/Pavilion, Cedar South Park also known as Eldorado Park, and Spring
Street Park; improvements to and extension of the River County Bike Trail; acquisition,
and construction, improvement, and development of regional parks, bicycle trails, park
land, open space, and of a pedestrian walkways, as described in the city improvement
plan adopted by the city council by resolution on December 12, 2006, and walkway
over Interstate 94 and State Highway 24; and the acquisition of land and construction of
buildings for a community and recreation center. The total amount of revenues from the
taxes in subdivisions 1 and 2 that may be used to fund these projects is $12,000,000
plus any associated bond costs.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day after compliance by the
governing body of the city of Clearwater with Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021,
subdivisions 2 and 3.

Sec. 50.

Laws 2010, chapter 389, article 5, section 6, subdivision 6, is amended to read:

Subd. 6.

Use of food and beverages tax.

The revenues derived from the tax
imposed under subdivision 5 must be used by the city of Marshall to pay the costs of
collecting and administering the food and beverages tax, to pay all or part of the operating
costs of the new and existing facilities of the Minnesota Emergency Response and
Industry Training Center, including the payment of debt service on bonds issued under
subdivision 2, and to pay all or part of the operating costs of the facilities of the Southwest
Minnesota Regional Amateur Sports Center, including the payment of debt service on
bonds issued under subdivision 2. Authorized expenses for each organization include,
but are not limited to, acquiring property; predesign; design; and paying construction,
furnishing, and equipment costs related to these facilities and paying debt service on
bonds or other obligations issued by the city.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 51. CITY OF MARSHALL; VALIDATION OF PRIOR ACT.

(a) Notwithstanding the time limits in Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021, the city
of Marshall may approve Laws 2010, chapter 389, article 5, section 6, as amended by
Laws 201l, First Special Session chapter 7, article 4, section 9, and file its approval with
the secretary of state by June 15, 2013. If approved as authorized under this paragraph,
actions undertaken by the city pursuant to the approval of the voters on November 6, 2012,
and otherwise in accordance with Laws 2010, chapter 389, article 5, section 6, as amended
by Laws 201l, First Special Session chapter 7, article 4, section 9, are validated.

(b) Notwithstanding the time limit on the imposition of tax under Laws 2010,
chapter 389, article 5, section 6, subdivision 1, as amended by Laws 201l, First Special
Session chapter 7, article 4, section 9, and subject to local approval under paragraph (a),
the city of Marshall may impose the tax on or before July 1, 2013.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 52. CITY OF PROCTOR; VALIDATION OF PRIOR ACT.

Notwithstanding the time limits in Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021, the city of
Proctor may approve, by resolution, Laws 2008, chapter 366, article 7, section 13, and
Laws 2010, chapter 389, article 5, sections 1 and 2, and file its approval with the secretary
of state by January 1, 2014. If approved under this paragraph, actions undertaken by
the city pursuant to the approval of the voters on November 2, 2010, and otherwise in
accordance with those laws are validated.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 53. REPEALER.

(a) Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 297A.61, subdivision 27; and 297A.68,
subdivision 35, are repealed.

(b) Laws 2009, chapter 88, article 4, section 23, as amended by Laws 2010, chapter
389, article 5, section 4, is repealed.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

Paragraph (a) is effective for sales and purchases made after
June 30, 2013. Paragraph (b) is effective the day following final enactment.

ARTICLE 9

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 469.071, subdivision 5, is amended to read:

Subd. 5.

Exception; parking facilities.

Notwithstanding section 469.068, the
Bloomington port authority need not require competitive bidding with respect to a
structured parking facility or other public improvements constructed in conjunction with,
and directly above or below, or adjacent and integrally related to, a development and
financed with the proceeds of tax increment or, revenue bonds, or other funds of the
port authority and the city of Bloomington.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective upon compliance of the governing
body of the city of Bloomington with the requirements of Minnesota Statutes, section
645.021, subdivision 3.

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 469.169, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

Subd. 19.

Additional border city allocation; 2013.

(a) In addition to the tax
reductions authorized in subdivisions 12 to 18, the commissioner shall allocate $750,000
for tax reductions to border city enterprise zones in cities located on the western border
of the state. The commissioner shall allocate this amount among cities on a per capita
basis. Allocations made under this subdivision may be used for tax reductions under
section 469.171, or for other offsets of taxes imposed on or remitted by businesses located
in the enterprise zone, but only if the municipality determines that the granting of the tax
reduction or offset is necessary to retain a business within or attract a business to the zone.
The city alternatively may elect to use any portion of the allocation under this paragraph
for tax reductions under section 469.1732 or 469.1734.

(b) The commissioner shall allocate $750,000 for tax reductions under section
469.1732 or 469.1734 to cities with border city enterprise zones located on the western
border of the state. The commissioner shall allocate this amount among the cities on a per
capita basis. The city alternatively may elect to use any portion of the allocation provided
in this paragraph for tax reductions under section 469.171.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective July 1, 2013.

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 469.176, subdivision 4c, is amended to read:

Subd. 4c.

Economic development districts.

(a) Revenue derived from tax increment
from an economic development district may not be used to provide improvements, loans,
subsidies, grants, interest rate subsidies, or assistance in any form to developments
consisting of buildings and ancillary facilities, if more than 15 percent of the buildings and
facilities (determined on the basis of square footage) are used for a purpose other than:

(1) the manufacturing or production of tangible personal property, including
processing resulting in the change in condition of the property;

(2) warehousing, storage, and distribution of tangible personal property, excluding
retail sales;

(3) research and development related to the activities listed in clause (1) or (2);

(4) telemarketing if that activity is the exclusive use of the property;

(5) tourism facilities; or

(6) qualified border retail facilities; or

(7) space necessary for and related to the activities listed in clauses (1) to (6) (5).

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of this subdivision, revenues derived from tax
increment from an economic development district may be used to provide improvements,
loans, subsidies, grants, interest rate subsidies, or assistance in any form for up to 15,000
square feet of any separately owned commercial facility located within the municipal
jurisdiction of a small city, if the revenues derived from increments are spent only to
assist the facility directly or for administrative expenses, the assistance is necessary to
develop the facility, and all of the increments, except those for administrative expenses,
are spent only for activities within the district.

(c) A city is a small city for purposes of this subdivision if the city was a small city
in the year in which the request for certification was made and applies for the rest of
the duration of the district, regardless of whether the city qualifies or ceases to qualify
as a small city.

(d) Notwithstanding the requirements of paragraph (a) and the finding requirements
of section 469.174, subdivision 12, tax increments from an economic development district
may be used to provide improvements, loans, subsidies, grants, interest rate subsidies, or
assistance in any form to developments consisting of buildings and ancillary facilities, if
all the following conditions are met:

(1) the municipality finds that the project will create or retain jobs in this state,
including construction jobs, and that construction of the project would not have
commenced before July 1, 2012, without the authority providing assistance under the
provisions of this paragraph;

(2) construction of the project begins no later than July 1, 2012;

(3) the request for certification of the district is made no later than June 30, 2012; and

(4) for development of housing under this paragraph, the construction must begin
before January 1, 2012.

The provisions of this paragraph may not be used to assist housing that is developed
to qualify under section 469.1761, subdivision 2 or 3, or similar requirements of other law,
if construction of the project begins later than July 1, 2011.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for districts for which the request for
certification was made after June 30, 2012.

Sec. 4.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 469.176, subdivision 4g, is amended to read:

Subd. 4g.

General government use prohibited.

(a) Tax increments may not be
used to circumvent existing levy limit law.

(b) No tax increment from any district may be used for the acquisition, construction,
renovation, operation, or maintenance of a building to be used primarily and regularly
for conducting the business of a municipality, county, school district, or any other local
unit of government or the state or federal government. This provision does not prohibit
the use of revenues derived from tax increments for the construction or renovation of
a parking structure.

(c)(1) Tax increments may not be used to pay for the cost of public improvements,
equipment, or other items, if:

(i) the improvements, equipment, or other items are located outside of the area of the
tax increment financing district from which the increments were collected; and

(ii) the improvements, equipment, or items that (A) primarily serve a decorative or
aesthetic purpose, or (B) serve a functional purpose, but their cost is increased by more than
100 percent as a result of the selection of materials, design, or type as compared with more
commonly used materials, designs, or types for similar improvements, equipment, or items.

(2) The provisions of this paragraph do not apply to expenditures related to the
rehabilitation of historic structures that are:

(i) individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places; or

(ii) a contributing element to a historic district listed on the National Register
of Historic Places.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment for
all tax increment financing districts, regardless of when the request for certification was
made, but applies only to amounts spent after final enactment.

Sec. 5.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 469.176, subdivision 6, is amended to read:

Subd. 6.

Action required.

(a) If, after four years from the date of certification of
the original net tax capacity of the tax increment financing district pursuant to section
469.177, no demolition, rehabilitation, or renovation of property or other site preparation,
including qualified improvement of a street adjacent to a parcel but not installation
of utility service including sewer or water systems, has been commenced on a parcel
located within a tax increment financing district by the authority or by the owner of the
parcel in accordance with the tax increment financing plan, no additional tax increment
may be taken from that parcel, and the original net tax capacity of that parcel shall be
excluded from the original net tax capacity of the tax increment financing district. If the
authority or the owner of the parcel subsequently commences demolition, rehabilitation,
or renovation or other site preparation on that parcel including qualified improvement of
a street adjacent to that parcel, in accordance with the tax increment financing plan, the
authority shall certify to the county auditor that the activity has commenced, and the
county auditor shall certify the net tax capacity thereof as most recently certified by the
commissioner of revenue and add it to the original net tax capacity of the tax increment
financing district. The county auditor must enforce the provisions of this subdivision. The
authority must submit to the county auditor evidence that the required activity has taken
place for each parcel in the district. The evidence for a parcel must be submitted by
February 1 of the fifth year following the year in which the parcel was certified as included
in the district. For purposes of this subdivision, qualified improvements of a street are
limited to (1) construction or opening of a new street, (2) relocation of a street, and (3)
substantial reconstruction or rebuilding of an existing street.

(b) For districts which were certified on or after January 1, 2005, and before April
20, 2009, the four-year period under paragraph (a) is increased to six years deemed to end
on December 31, 2016.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment
and applies to districts certified on or after January 1, 2005, and before April 20, 2009.

Sec. 6.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 469.177, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:

Subd. 1a.

Original local tax rate.

At the time of the initial certification of the
original net tax capacity for a tax increment financing district or a subdistrict, the county
auditor shall certify the original local tax rate that applies to the district or subdistrict. The
original local tax rate is the sum of all the local tax rates, excluding that portion of the
school rate attributable to the general education levy under section 126C.13, that apply
to a property in the district or subdistrict. The local tax rate to be certified is the rate in
effect for the same taxes payable year applicable to the tax capacity values certified as
the district's or subdistrict's original tax capacity. The resulting tax capacity rate is the
original local tax rate for the life of the district or subdistrict.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for districts for which the request for
certification is made after April 15, 2013.

Sec. 7.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 469.177, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

Subd. 1d.

Original net tax capacity adjustment; homestead market value
exclusion.

(a) Upon approval by the municipality, by resolution, the authority may elect to
reduce the original net tax capacity of a qualified district by the amount of the tax capacity
attributable to the market value exclusion under section 273.13, subdivision 35, for taxes
payable in the year preceding the election. The amount of the reduction may not reduce
the original net tax capacity below zero.

(b) For purposes of this subdivision, a qualified district means a tax increment
financing district that satisfies the following conditions:

(1) for taxes payable in 2011, the authority received a homestead market value credit
reimbursement under section 273.1384 for the district of $10,000 or more;

(2) for taxes payable in 2013, the reduction in captured tax capacity resulting from
the market value exclusion for the district was equal to or greater than 1.75 percent of the
district's captured tax capacity; and

(3) either (i) the authority is permitted to expend increments on activities under the
provisions of section 469.1763, subdivision 3, or an equivalent provision of special law
on July 1, 2013, or (ii) the district's tax increments received for taxes payable in 2012
exceeded the amount of debt service payments due during calendar year 2012 on bonds
issued under section 469.178 to which the district's increments are pledged.

The calculation of the amount under clause (2) must reflect any adjustments to original
net tax capacity made under subdivision 1, paragraphs (d) and (e), for the homestead
market value exclusion.

(c) The authority must notify the county auditor of its election under this section no
later than July 1, 2014. Notifications made by July 1, 2013, are effective beginning for
taxes payable in 2014, and notifications made after July 1, 2013, are effective beginning
for taxes payable in 2015.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment
and applies to all tax increment financing districts regardless of when the request for
certification was made.

Sec. 8.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 469.177, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

Subd. 1e.

Adjustments; qualifying districts.

(a) For any tax increment financing
district that satisfies the requirements of paragraph (b), the original net tax capacity must
be reduced by the full amount of the original net tax capacity or $20,000, whichever is less.

(b) A tax increment financing district qualifies under this subdivision if it satisfies
the following conditions:

(1) the district was certified after January 1, 2011, and before January 1, 2012;

(2) for assessment year 2012, at least 75 percent of the tax capacity of the district
is class 4d property; and

(3) for assessment year 2012, the average estimated market value is over $115,000
per housing unit for the portion of the property that is class 4d.

(c) An authority or a property owner within a tax increment financing district must
notify the county assessor of a district that qualifies under this subdivision by July 1, 2013.

(d) This subdivision expires on December 31, 2021.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective beginning for taxes payable in 2014.

Sec. 9.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 469.177, subdivision 9, is amended to read:

Subd. 9.

Distributions of excess taxes on captured net tax capacity.

(a) If the
amount of tax paid on captured net tax capacity exceeds the amount of tax increment,
the county auditor shall distribute the excess, except increment attributable to the
general education levy, to the municipality, county, and school district as follows: each
governmental unit's share of the excess equals

(1) the total amount of the excess for the tax increment financing district, multiplied by

(2) a fraction, the numerator of which is the current local tax rate of the governmental
unit less the governmental unit's local tax rate for the year the original local tax rate for the
district was certified (in no case may this amount be less than zero) and the denominator
of which is the sum of the numerators for the municipality, county, and school district.

If the entire increase in the local tax rate is attributable to a taxing district, other than
the municipality, county, or school district, then the excess must be distributed to the
municipality, county, and school district in proportion to their respective local tax rates.

(b) The amounts distributed shall be deducted in computing the levy limits of the
taxing district for the succeeding taxable year.

(c) In the case of distributions to a school district, the county auditor shall report
amounts distributed to the commissioner of education in the same manner as provided
for excess increments under section 469.176, subdivision 2, and the distribution shall be
deducted from the school district's state aid payments and levy limitation according to
section 127A.49, subdivision 3.

(d) The amount of taxes attributable to imposing the general education levy under
section 126C.13 must be returned to the school district within which the tax increment
financing district is located.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for districts for which the request for
certification is made after April 15, 2013.

Sec. 10.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 473F.08, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

Subd. 3c.

Mall of America.

(a) When computing the net tax capacity under section
473F.05, the Hennepin County auditor shall exclude the captured tax capacity of Tax
Increment Financing Districts No. 1-C and No. 1-G in the city of Bloomington.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision 2, paragraph (a), the
commercial-industrial contribution percentage for the city of Bloomington is the
contribution net tax capacity divided by the total net tax capacity of commercial-industrial
property in the city, excluding any commercial-industrial property that is captured tax
capacity of Tax Increment Financing Districts No. 1-C and No. 1-G.

(c) The property taxes to be paid on commercial-industrial tax capacity that is
included in the captured tax capacity of Tax Increment Financing Districts No. 1-C and
No. 1-G in the city of Bloomington must be determined as described in subdivision 6,
except that the portion of the tax that is based on the areawide tax rate is to be treated
as tax increment under section 469.176.

(d) The provisions of this subdivision take effect only if the clerk of the city of
Bloomington certifies to the Hennepin County auditor that the city has entered into a
binding written agreement with the Metropolitan Council to repair and restore, or to
replace, the old Cedar Avenue bridge for use by bicycle commuters and recreational users.

(e) This subdivision expires on the earliest of the following dates:

(1) when the tax increment financing districts have been decertified in 2024 or 2035,
as provided by section 22, subdivision 2 or 4; or

(2) on January 1, 2014, if the city clerk fails to make the certification provided in
paragraph (d) or if the city fails to file its local approval of section 23 with the secretary
of state by December 31, 2013.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective beginning for property taxes payable
in 2014.

Sec. 11.

Laws 2008, chapter 366, article 5, section 26, is amended to read:

Sec. 26. BLOOMINGTON TAX INCREMENT FINANCING; FIVE-YEAR
RULE.

(a) The requirements of Minnesota Statutes, section 469.1763, subdivision 3, that
activities must be undertaken within a five-year period from the date of certification of
a tax increment financing district, are increased to a ten-year 15-year period for the
Port Authority of the City of Bloomington's Tax Increment Financing District No. 1-I,
Bloomington Central Station.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 469.176, or any
other law to the contrary, the city of Bloomington and its port authority may extend the
duration limits of the district for a period through December 31, 2039.

(c) Effective for taxes payable in 2014, tax increment for the district must be
computed using the current local tax rate, notwithstanding the provisions of Minnesota
Statutes, section 469.177, subdivision 1a.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

Paragraphs (a) and (c) are effective upon compliance by
the governing body of the city of Bloomington with the requirements of Minnesota
Statutes, section 645.021, subdivision 3. Paragraph (b) is effective upon compliance by
the governing bodies of the city of Bloomington, Hennepin County, and Independent
School District No. 271 with the requirements of Minnesota Statutes, sections 469.1782,
subdivision 2, and 645.021, subdivision 3.

Sec. 12.

Laws 2008, chapter 366, article 5, section 34, as amended by Laws 2009,
chapter 88, article 5, section 11, is amended to read:

Sec. 34. CITY OF OAKDALE; ORIGINAL TAX CAPACITY PARCELS
DEEMED OCCUPIED.

(a) The provisions of this section apply to redevelopment tax increment financing
districts created by the Housing and Redevelopment Authority in and for the city of
Oakdale in the areas comprised of the parcels with the following parcel identification
numbers: (1) 3102921320053; 3102921320054; 3102921320055; 3102921320056;
3102921320057; 3102921320058; 3102921320062; 3102921320063; 3102921320059;
3102921320060; 3102921320061; 3102921330005; and 3102921330004; and (2)
2902921330001 and 2902921330005.

(b) For a district subject to this section, the Housing and Redevelopment Authority
may, when requesting certification of the original tax capacity of the district under
Minnesota Statutes, section 469.177, elect to have the original tax capacity of the district
be certified as the tax capacity of the land.

(c) The authority to request certification of a district under this section expires on
July 1, 2013.

(a) Parcel numbers 3102921320054, 3102921320055, 3102921320056,
3102921320057, 3102921320061, and 3102921330004 are deemed to meet the
requirements of Minnesota Statutes, section 469.174, subdivision 10, paragraph (d),
notwithstanding any contrary provisions of that paragraph, if the following conditions
are met:

(1) a building located on any part of each of the specified parcels was demolished after
the Housing and Redevelopment Authority for the city of Oakdale adopted a resolution
under Minnesota Statutes, section 469.174, subdivision 10, paragraph (d), clause (3);

(2) the building was removed either by the authority, by a developer under a
development agreement with the Housing and Redevelopment Authority for the city of
Oakdale, or by the owner of the property without entering into a development agreement
with the Housing and Redevelopment Authority for the city of Oakdale; and

(3) the request for certification of the parcel as part of a district is filed with the
county auditor by December 31, 2017.

(b) The provisions of this section allow an election by the Housing and
Redevelopment Authority for the city of Oakdale for the parcels deemed occupied under
paragraph (a), notwithstanding the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, sections 469.174,
subdivision 10, paragraph (d), and 469.177, subdivision 1, paragraph (f).

(c) The city may elect, in the tax increment financing plan, to collect increment from
a redevelopment district created under the provisions of this section for an additional ten
years beyond the limit in Minnesota Statutes, section 469.176, subdivision 1b.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective upon compliance by the governing
body of the city of Oakdale with the requirements of Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021,
subdivision 3, except that the provisions of paragraph (c) are effective only upon
compliance with Minnesota Statutes, section 469.1782, subdivision 2, by Ramsey County
and Independent School District No. 622.

Sec. 13.

Laws 2010, chapter 216, section 55, is amended to read:

Sec. 55. OAKDALE; TAX INCREMENT FINANCING DISTRICT.

Subdivision 1.

Duration of district.

Notwithstanding the provisions of Minnesota
Statutes, section 469.176, subdivision 1b, the city of Oakdale may collect tax increments
from Tax Increment Financing District No. 6 (Bergen Plaza) through December 31, 2024
2040, subject to the conditions described in subdivision 2.

Subd. 2.

Conditions for extension.

(a) Subdivision 1 applies only if the following
conditions are met:

(1) by July 1, 2011, the city of Oakdale has entered into a development agreement
with a private developer for development or redevelopment of all or a substantial part of
the area parcels described in clause (2); and

(2) by November 1, 2011, the city of Oakdale or a private developer commences
construction of streets, traffic improvements, water, sewer, or related infrastructure that
serves one or both of the parcels with the following parcel identification numbers:
2902921330001 and 2902921330005. For the purposes of this section, construction
commences upon grading or other visible improvements that are part of the subject
infrastructure.

(b) All tax increments received by the city of Oakdale under subdivision 1 after
December 31, 2016, must be used only to pay costs that are both:

(1) related to redevelopment of the parcels specified in this subdivision or
parcel numbers 3102921320053, 3102921320054, 3102921320055, 3102921320056,
3102921320057, 3102921320058, 3102921320059, 3102921320060, 3102921320061,
3102921320062, 3102921320063, 3102921330004, and 3102921330005, including,
without limitation, any of the infrastructure referenced in this subdivision that serves
any of the referenced parcels; and

(2) otherwise eligible under law to be paid with increments from the specified tax
increment financing district, except the authority under this clause does not apply to
increments collected after the conclusion of the duration limit under general law.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective upon compliance by the governing
body of the city of Oakdale with the requirements of Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021,
subdivision 3, except that the amendments to subdivision 1 are effective only upon
compliance with Minnesota Statutes, section 469.1782, subdivision 2, by Ramsey County
and Independent School District No. 622.

Sec. 14. ST. CLOUD; TAX INCREMENT FINANCING.

The request for certification of Tax Increment Financing District No. 2, commonly
referred to as the Norwest District, in the city of St. Cloud is deemed to have been made
on or after August 1, 1979, and before July 1, 1982. Revenues derived from tax increment
for that district must be treated for purposes of any law as revenue of a tax increment
financing district for which the request for certification was made during that time period.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective upon approval by the governing
body of the city of St. Cloud and compliance with Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021,
subdivision 3.

Sec. 15. CITY OF GLENCOE; TAX INCREMENT FINANCING DISTRICT
EXTENSION.

Subdivision 1.

Duration of district.

Notwithstanding the provisions of Minnesota
Statutes, section 469.176, subdivision 1b, paragraph (a), clause (4), or any other law to the
contrary, the city of Glencoe may collect tax increments from Tax Increment Financing
District No. 4 (McLeod County District No. 007) through December 31, 2023, subject to
the conditions in subdivision 2.

Subd. 2.

Exclusive use of revenues.

(a) All tax increments derived from Tax
Increment Financing District No. 4 (McLeod County District No. 007) that are collected
after December 31, 2013, must be used only to pay debt service on or to defease bonds that
were outstanding on January 1, 2013 and that were issued to finance improvements serving:

(1) Tax Increment Financing District No. 14 (McLeod County District No. 033)
(Downtown);

(2) Tax Increment Financing District No. 15 (McLeod County District No. 035)
(Industrial Park); and

(3) benefited properties as further described in proceedings related to the city's series
2007A bonds, dated September 1, 2007, and any bonds issued to refund those bonds.

(b) Increments may also be used to pay debt service on or to defease bonds issued to
refund the bonds described in paragraph (a), if the refunding bonds do not increase the
present value of debt service due on the refunded bonds when the refunding is closed.

(c) When the bonds described in paragraphs (a) and (b) have been paid or defeased,
the district must be decertified and any remaining increment returned to the city, county,
and school district as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 469.176, subdivision 2,
paragraph (c), clause (4).

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective upon compliance by the governing
bodies of the city of Glencoe, McLeod County, and Independent School District No.
2859 with the requirements of Minnesota Statutes, sections 469.1782, subdivision 2, and
645.021, subdivision 3.

Sec. 16. CITY OF ELY; TAX INCREMENT FINANCING.

Subdivision 1.

Extension of district.

Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section
469.176, subdivision 1b, or any other law to the contrary, the city of Ely may collect
tax increment from Tax Increment Financing District No. 1 through December 31,
2021. Increments from the district may only be used to pay binding obligations and
administrative expenses.

Subd. 2.

Binding obligations.

For purposes of this section, "binding obligations"
means the binding contractual or debt obligation of Tax Increment Financing District
No. 1 entered into before January 1, 2013.

Subd. 3.

Expenditures outside district.

Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes,
section 469.1763, subdivision 2, the governing body of the city of Ely may elect to
transfer revenues derived from increments from its Tax Increment Financing District No.
3 to the tax increment account established under Minnesota Statutes, section 469.177,
subdivision 5, for Tax Increment Financing District No. 1. The amount that may be
transferred is limited to the lesser of:

(1) $168,000; or

(2) the total amount due on binding obligations and outstanding on that date, less the
amount of increment collected by Tax Increment Financing District No. 1 after December
31, 2012, and administrative expenses of Tax Increment Financing District No. 1 incurred
after December 31, 2012.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective upon approval by the governing
bodies of the city of Ely, St. Louis County, and Independent School District No. 696 with
the requirements of Minnesota Statutes, sections 469.1782, subdivision 2, and 645.021,
subdivision 3.

Sec. 17. DAKOTA COUNTY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY; TAX
INCREMENT FINANCING DISTRICT.

Subdivision 1.

Authorization.

Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law,
the Dakota County Community Development Agency may establish a redevelopment tax
increment financing district comprised of the properties that (1) were included in the CDA
10 Robert Street and Smith Avenue district in the city of West St. Paul, and (2) were not
decertified before July 1, 2012. The district created under this section terminates no later
than December 31, 2023.

Subd. 2.

Special rules.

The requirements for qualifying a redevelopment district
under Minnesota Statutes, section 469.174, subdivision 10, do not apply to parcels located
within the district. Minnesota Statutes, section 469.176, subdivision 4j, do not apply to the
district. The original tax capacity of the district is $93,239.

Subd. 3.

Authorized expenditures.

Tax increment from the district may be
expended to pay for any eligible activities authorized by Minnesota Statutes, chapter 469,
within the redevelopment area that includes the district provided that the boundaries of the
redevelopment area may not be expanded to add new area after April 1, 2013. All such
expenditures are deemed to be activities within the district under Minnesota Statutes,
section 469.1763, subdivisions 2 and 4.

Subd. 4.

Adjusted net tax capacity.

The captured tax capacity of the district must
be included in the adjusted net tax capacity of the city, county, and school district for the
purposes of determining local government aid, education aid, and county program aid.
The county auditor shall report to the commissioner of revenue the amount of the captured
tax capacity for the district at the time the assessment abstracts are filed.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective upon compliance by the governing
body of the Dakota County Community Development Agency with the requirements of
Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021, subdivision 3.

Sec. 18. CITY OF APPLE VALLEY; TAX INCREMENT FINANCING
DISTRICT.

Subdivision 1.

Definitions.

(a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms
have the meanings given to them.

(b) "City" means the city of Apple Valley.

(c) "Project area" means the following parcels: parcel numbers 01-03500-25-010,
01-03500-03-011, 01-03500-02-010, 01-03500-52-011, 01-03500-78-011,
01-03500-77-014, 01-03500-75-010, 01-03400-05-050,

(d) "Soil deficiency district" means a type of tax increment financing district
consisting of a portion of the project area in which the city finds by resolution that the
following conditions exist:

(1) unusual terrain or soil deficiencies that occurred over 70 percent of the acreage in
the district require substantial filling, grading, or other physical preparation for use; and

(2) the estimated cost of the physical preparation under clause (1), but excluding
costs directly related to roads as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 160.01, and local
improvements as described in Minnesota Statutes, sections 429.021, subdivision 1, other
than clauses (8) to (10), and 430.01, exceeds the fair market value of the land before
completion of the preparation.

Subd. 2.

Special rules.

(a) If the city elects, upon the adoption of the tax increment
financing plan for a district, the rules under this section apply to a redevelopment
district, renewal and renovation district, soil condition district, or soil deficiency district
established by the city or a development authority of the city in the project area. The city,
or a development authority acting on its behalf, may establish one or more soils deficiency
districts within the project area.

(b) Prior to or upon the adoption of the first tax increment plan subject to the special
rules under this subdivision, the city must find by resolution that parcels consisting
of at least 70 percent of the acreage of the project area, excluding street and railroad
rights-of-way, are characterized by one or more of the following conditions:

(1) peat or other soils with geotechnical deficiencies that impair development of
commercial buildings or infrastructure;

(2) soils or terrain that requires substantial filling in order to permit the development
of commercial buildings or infrastructure;

(3) landfills, dumps, or similar deposits of municipal or private waste;

(4) quarries or similar resource extraction sites;

(5) floodway; and

(6) substandard buildings, within the meaning of Minnesota Statutes, section
469.174, subdivision 10.

(c) For the purposes of paragraph (b), clauses (1) to (5), a parcel is characterized by
the relevant condition if at least 60 percent of the area of the parcel contains the relevant
condition. For the purposes of paragraph (b), clause (6), a parcel is characterized by
substandard buildings if substandard buildings occupy at least 30 percent of the area
of the parcel.

(d) The five-year rule under Minnesota Statutes, section 469.1763, subdivision 3, is
extended to ten years for any district, and the period under Minnesota Statutes, section
469.1763, subdivision 4, is extended to 11 years.

(e) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in Minnesota Statutes, section
469.1763, subdivision 2, paragraph (a), not more than 80 percent of the total revenue
derived from tax increments paid by properties in any district, measured over the life of
the district, may be expended on activities outside the district but within the project area.

(f) For a soil deficiency district:

(1) increments may be collected through 20 years after the receipt by the authority of
the first increment from the district; and

(2) except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, increments may be used only to:

(i) acquire parcels on which the improvements described in item (ii) will occur;

(ii) pay for the cost of correcting the unusual terrain or soil deficiencies and the
additional cost of installing public improvements directly caused by the deficiencies; and

(iii) pay for the administrative expenses of the authority allocable to the district.

(g) The authority to approve tax increment financing plans to establish tax increment
financing districts under this section expires December 31, 2022.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective upon compliance with Minnesota
Statutes, section 645.021, subdivision 3.

Sec. 19. CITY OF APPLE VALLEY; USE OF TAX INCREMENT FINANCING.

Subdivision 1.

Developments consisting of building and ancillary facilities.

Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 469.176, subdivisions 4c and 4m, the city of
Apple Valley may use tax increment financing to provide improvements, loans, subsidies,
grants, interest rate subsidies, or assistance in any form to developments consisting of
buildings and ancillary facilities, if all of the following conditions are met:

(1) the city of Apple Valley finds that the project will create or retain jobs in
Minnesota, including construction jobs;

(2) the city of Apple Valley finds that construction of the project will not commence
before July 1, 2014, without the use of tax increment financing;

(3) the request for certification of the district is made no later than June 30, 2014;

(4) construction of the project begins no later than July 1, 2014; and

(5) for development of housing, construction of the project begins no later than
December 31, 2013.

Subd. 2.

Extension of authority to spend tax increments.

Notwithstanding the
time limits in Minnesota Statutes, section 469.176, subdivision 4m, the city of Apple
Valley has the authority to spend tax increments under Minnesota Statutes, section
469.176, subdivision 4m, until December 31, 2014.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective upon approval by the governing
body of the city of Apple Valley and timely compliance with Minnesota Statutes, section
645.021, subdivision 3.

Sec. 20. CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS; STREETCAR FINANCING.

Subdivision 1.

Definitions.

(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms
have the meanings given them.

(b) "City" means the city of Minneapolis.

(c) "County" means Hennepin County.

(d) "District" means the areas certified by the city under subdivision 2 for collection
of value capture taxes.

(e) "Project area" means the area including one city block on either side of a streetcar
line designated by the city to serve the downtown and adjacent neighborhoods of the city.

Subd. 2.

Authority to establish district.

(a) The governing body of the city may, by
resolution, establish a value capture district consisting of some or all of the taxable parcels
located within one or more of the following areas of the city, as described in the resolution:

(1) the area bounded by Nicollet Avenue on the west, 16th Street East on the south,
First Avenue South on the east, and 14th Street East on the north;

(2) the area bounded by Spruce Place on the west, 14th Street West on the south,
LaSalle Avenue on the east, and Grant Street West on the north;

(3) the area bounded by Nicollet Avenue or Mall on the west, Fifth Street South on
the south, Marquette Avenue on the east, and Fourth Street South on the north;

(4) the area bounded by First Avenue North on the west, Washington Avenue on the
south, Hennepin Avenue on the east, and Second Street North on the north; and

(5) the area bounded by Fifth Street North East on the west, Central Avenue North
East on the southeast, Sixth Street North East on the east, Hennepin Avenue East on the
south, and First Avenue North East on the north.

(b) The city may establish the district and the project area only after holding a public
hearing on its proposed creation after publishing notice of the hearing and the proposal at
least once not less than ten days nor more than 30 days before the date of the hearing.

Subd. 3.

Calculation of value capture district; administrative provisions.

(a) If
the city establishes a value capture district under subdivision 2, the city shall request the
county auditor to certify the district for calculation of the district's tax revenues.

(b) For purposes of calculating the tax revenues of the district, the county auditor
shall treat the district as if it were a request for certification of a tax increment financing
district under the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 469.177, subdivision 1,
and shall calculate the tax revenues of the district for each year of its duration under
subdivision 5 as equaling the amount of tax increment that would be computed by
applying the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 469.177, subdivisions 1, 2, and
3, to determine captured tax capacity and multiplying by the current tax rate, excluding
the state general tax rate. The city shall provide the county auditor with the necessary
information to certify the district, including the option for calculating revenues derived
from the areawide tax rate under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 473F.

(c) The county auditor shall pay to the city at the same times provided for settlement
of taxes and payment of tax increments the tax revenues of the district. The city must use
the tax revenues as provided under subdivision 4.

Subd. 4.

Permitted uses of district tax revenues.

(a) In addition to paying for
reasonable administrative costs of the district, the city may spend tax revenues of the
district for property acquisition, improvements, and equipment to be used for operations
within the project area, along with related costs, for:

(1) planning, design, and engineering services related to the construction of the
streetcar line;

(2) acquiring property for, constructing, and installing a streetcar line;

(3) acquiring and maintaining equipment and rolling stock and related facilities, such
as maintenance facilities, which need not be located in the project area;

(4) acquiring, constructing, or improving transit stations; and

(5) acquiring or improving public space, including the construction and installation
of improvements to streets and sidewalks, decorative lighting and surfaces, and plantings
related to the streetcar line.

(b) The city may issue bonds or other obligations under Minnesota Statutes, chapter
475, without an election, to fund acquisition or improvement of property of a capital
nature authorized by this section, including any costs of issuance. The city may also issue
bonds or other obligations to refund those bonds or obligations. Payment of principal
and interest on the bonds or other obligations issued under this paragraph is a permitted
use of the district's tax revenues.

(c) Tax revenues of the district may not be used for the operation of the streetcar line.

Subd. 5.

Duration of the district.

A district established under this section is limited
to the lesser of (1) 25 years of tax revenues, or (2) the time necessary to collect tax revenues
equal to the amount of the capital costs permitted under subdivision 4 or the amount needed
to pay or defease bonds or other obligations issued under subdivision 4, whichever is later.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 21. CITY OF MAPLEWOOD; TAX INCREMENT FINANCING
DISTRICT; SPECIAL RULES.

(a) If the city of Maplewood elects, upon the adoption of a tax increment financing
plan for a district, the rules under this section apply to one or more redevelopment
tax increment financing districts established by the city or the economic development
authority of the city. The area within which the redevelopment tax increment districts may
be created is parcel 362922240002 (the "parcel") or any replatted parcels constituting a
part of the parcel and the adjacent rights-of-way. For purposes of this section, the parcel is
the "3M Renovation and Retention Project Area" or "project area."

(b) The requirements for qualifying redevelopment tax increment districts under
Minnesota Statutes, section 469.174, subdivision 10, do not apply to the parcel, which is
deemed eligible for inclusion in a redevelopment tax increment district.

(c) The 90 percent rule under Minnesota Statutes, section 469.176, subdivision
4j, does not apply to the parcel.

(d) The expenditures outside district rule under Minnesota Statutes, section
469.1763, subdivision 2, does not apply; the five-year rule under Minnesota Statutes,
section 469.1763, subdivision 3, is extended to ten years; and expenditures must only
be made within the project area.

(e) If, after one year from the date of certification of the original net tax capacity
of the tax increment district, no demolition, rehabilitation, or renovation of property has
been commenced on a parcel located within the tax increment district, no additional tax
increment may be taken from that parcel, and the original net tax capacity of the parcel
shall be excluded from the original net tax capacity of the tax increment district. If 3M
Company subsequently commences demolition, rehabilitation, or renovation, the authority
shall certify to the county auditor that the activity has commenced, and the county auditor
shall certify the net tax capacity thereof as most recently certified by the commissioner
of revenue and add it to the original net tax capacity of the tax increment district. The
authority must submit to the county auditor evidence that the required activity has taken
place for each parcel in the district.

(f) The authority to approve a tax increment financing plan and to establish a tax
increment financing district under this section expires December 31, 2018.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

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

Sec. 22. CITY OF BLOOMINGTON; TAX INCREMENT FINANCING.

Subdivision 1.

Addition of property to Tax Increment Financing District
No. 1-G.

(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 469.175,
subdivision 4, or any other law to the contrary, the governing bodies of the Port Authority
of the city of Bloomington and the city of Bloomington may elect to eliminate the real
property north of the existing building line on Lot 1, Block 1, Mall of America 7th
Addition, exclusive of Lots 2 and 3 from Tax Increment Financing District No. 1-C
within Industrial Development District No. 1 Airport South in the city of Bloomington,
Minnesota, and expand the boundaries of Tax Increment Financing District No. 1-G
to include that property.

(b) If the city elects to transfer parcels under this authority, the county auditor shall
transfer the original tax capacity of the affected parcels from Tax Increment Financing
District No. 1-C to Tax Increment Financing District No. 1-G.

Subd. 2.

Authority to extend duration limit; computation of increment.

(a)
Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 469.176, or Laws 1996, chapter 464, article
1, section 8, or any other law to the contrary, the city of Bloomington and its port authority
may extend the duration limits of Tax Increment Financing Districts No. 1-C and No.
1-G through December 31, 2034.

(b) Effective for property taxes payable in 2017 through 2034, the captured tax
capacity of Tax Increment Financing District No. 1-C must be included in computing the
tax rates of each local taxing district and the tax increment equals only the amount of tax
computed under Minnesota Statutes, section 473F.08, subdivision 3c, paragraph (c).

(c) Effective for property taxes payable in 2019 through 2034, the captured tax
capacity of Tax Increment Financing District No. 1-G must be included in computing the
tax rates of each local taxing district and the tax increment for the district equals only
the amount of tax computed under Minnesota Statutes, section 473F.08, subdivision
3c, paragraph (c).

Subd. 3.

Treatment of increment.

Increments received under the provisions
of subdivision 2, paragraph (b) or (c), and Minnesota Statutes, section 473F.08,
subdivision 3c, are deemed to be tax increments of Tax Increment Financing District No.
1-G, notwithstanding any law to the contrary, and without regard to whether they are
attributable to captured tax capacity of Tax Increment Financing District No. 1-C.

Subd. 4.

Condition.

The authority under this section expires and Tax Increment
Financing Districts No. 1-C and No. 1-G must be decertified for taxes payable in 2024
and thereafter, if the total estimated market value of improvements for parcels located in
Tax Increment Financing District No. 1-G, as modified, do not exceed $100,000,000
by taxes payable in 2023.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective upon compliance of the governing
body of the city of Bloomington with the requirements of Minnesota Statutes, section
645.021, subdivision 3, but only if the city enters into a binding written agreement with
the Metropolitan Council to repair and restore, or to replace, the old Cedar Avenue bridge
for use by bicycle commuters and recreational users. This section is effective without
approval of the county and school district under Minnesota Statutes, section 469.1782,
subdivision 2. The legislature finds that the county and school district are not "affected
local government units" within the meaning of Minnesota Statutes, section 469.1782,
because the provision allowing extended collection of increment by the tax increment
financing districts does not affect their tax bases and tax rates dissimilarly to other counties
and school districts in the metropolitan area.

Sec. 23. CITY OF BLOOMINGTON; OLD CEDAR AVENUE BRIDGE.

(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the city of Bloomington shall transfer
from the tax increment financing accounts for its Tax Increment Financing District No.
1-C and Tax Increment Financing District No. 1-G an amount equal to the tax increment
for each district that is computed under the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section
473F.08, subdivision 3c, for taxes payable in 2014 to an account or fund established for
the repair, restoration, or replacement of the Old Cedar Avenue bridge for use by bicycle
commuters and recreational users. The city is authorized to and must use the transferred
funds to complete the repair, renovation, or replacement of the bridge.

(b) No signs, plaques, or markers acknowledging or crediting donations for,
sponsorships of, or naming rights may be posted on or in the vicinity of the Old Cedar
Avenue bridge.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective upon compliance by the city of
Bloomington with the requirements of Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021, subdivision 3.

ARTICLE 10

DESTINATION MEDICAL CENTER

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 13.792, is amended to read:

13.792 PRIVATE DONOR GIFT DATA.

The following data maintained by the Minnesota Zoological Garden, the University
of Minnesota, the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, the Regional Parks
Foundation of the Twin Cities, State Services for the Blind, the Destination Medical
Center Corporation established pursuant to section 469.41, and any related entity subject
to chapter 13 are classified as private or nonpublic:

(1) research information about prospects and donors gathered to aid in determining
appropriateness of solicitation and level of gift request;

(2) specific data in prospect lists that would identify prospects to be solicited, dollar
amounts to be requested, and name of solicitor;

(3) portions of solicitation letters and proposals that identify the prospect being
solicited and the dollar amount being requested;

(4) letters, pledge cards, and other responses received from donors regarding
prospective gifts in response to solicitations;

(5) portions of thank-you letters and other gift acknowledgment communications
that would identify the name of the donor and the specific amount of the gift, pledge,
or pledge payment;

(6) donor financial or estate planning information, or portions of memoranda, letters,
or other documents commenting on any donor's financial circumstances; and

(7) data detailing dates of gifts, payment schedule of gifts, form of gifts, and specific
gift amounts made by donors.

Names of donors and gift ranges are public data.

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297A.71, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

Subd. 48.

Construction materials, public infrastructure related to the
destination medical center.

Materials and supplies used in, and equipment incorporated
into, the construction and improvement of publicly owned buildings and infrastructure
included in the development plan adopted under section 469.43, and financed with public
funds, are exempt.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for sales and purchases made after
June 30, 2015, and before July 1, 2049.

Sec. 3.

[469.40] DEFINITIONS.

Subdivision 1.

Application.

For the purposes of sections 469.40 to 469.47, the
terms defined in this section have the meanings given them.

Subd. 2.

City.

"City" means the city of Rochester.

Subd. 3.

County.

"County" means Olmsted County.

Subd. 4.

Destination Medical Center Corporation, corporation, DMCC.

"Destination Medical Center Corporation," "corporation," or "DMCC" means the
nonprofit corporation created by the city as provided in section 469.41, and organized
under chapter 317A.

Subd. 5.

Destination Medical Center Development District.

"Destination medical
center development district" or "development district" means a geographic area in the city
identified in the DMCC development plan in which public infrastructure projects are
implemented.

Subd. 6.

Development plan.

"Development plan" means the plan adopted by
the DMCC under section 469.43.

Subd. 7.

Financial interest.

"Financial interest" means a person's direct or indirect
ownership or investment interest or compensation arrangement, whether through business,
investment, or family, including spouse, children and stepchildren, and other relatives
living with the person, as follows:

(1) ownership or investment interest in the development, acquisition, or construction
of a project in the development district;

(2) compensation arrangement with respect to the development, acquisition, or
construction of a project in the development district; or

(3) potential ownership or investment interest in, or compensation arrangement with
respect to, the development, acquisition, or construction of a project in the development
district.

Subd. 8.

Medical business entity.

"Medical business entity" means a medical
business entity with its principal place of business in the city that, as of the effective date
of this section, together with all business entities of which it is the sole member or sole
shareholder, collectively employs more than 30,000 persons in the state.

Subd. 9.

Nonprofit economic development agency, agency.

"Nonprofit economic
development agency" or "agency" means the nonprofit agency required under section
469.43 to provide experience and expertise to the DMCC for purposes of developing and
marketing the destination medical center.

Subd. 10.

Project.

"Project" means a project to implement the development plan,
whether public or private.

Subd. 11.

Public infrastructure project.

(a) "Public infrastructure project" means
a project financed in part or in whole with public money in order to support the medical
business entity's development plans, as identified in the DMCC development plan. A
public infrastructure project may:

(1) acquire real property and other assets associated with the real property;

(2) demolish, repair, or rehabilitate buildings;

(3) remediate land and buildings as required to prepare the property for acquisition
or development;

(4) install, construct, or reconstruct elements of public infrastructure required to
support the overall development of the destination medical center development district
including, but not limited to, streets, roadways, utilities systems and related facilities,
utility relocations and replacements, network and communication systems, streetscape
improvements, drainage systems, sewer and water systems, subgrade structures and
associated improvements, landscaping, façade construction and restoration, wayfinding
and signage, and other components of community infrastructure;

(5) acquire, construct or reconstruct, and equip parking facilities and other facilities
to encourage intermodal transportation and public transit;

(6) install, construct or reconstruct, furnish, and equip parks, cultural, and
recreational facilities, facilities to promote tourism and hospitality, conferencing and
conventions, broadcast and related multimedia infrastructure;

(7) make related site improvements including, without limitation, excavation,
earth retention, soil stabilization and correction, and site improvements to support the
destination medical center development district;

(8) prepare land for private development and to sell or lease land;

(9) costs of providing relocation benefits to occupants of acquired properties; and

(10) construct and equip all or a portion of one or more suitable structures on land
owned by the city for sale or lease to private development; provided, however, that the
portion of any structure directly financed by the city as a public infrastructure project must
not be sold or leased to a medical business entity.

(b) A public infrastructure project is not a business subsidy under section 116J.993.

Subd. 12.

Year.

"Year" means a calendar year, except where otherwise provided.

Sec. 4.

[469.41] DESTINATION MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION
ESTABLISHED.

Subdivision 1.

DMCC created.

The city must establish a destination medical
center corporation as a nonprofit corporation under chapter 317A to provide the city with
expertise in preparing and implementing the development plan to establish the city as a
destination medical center. Except as provided in sections 469.40 to 469.47, the nonprofit
corporation is not subject to laws governing the city.

Subd. 2.

Membership; quorum.

(a) The corporation's governing board consists
of eight members appointed, as follows:

(1) the mayor of the city, or the mayor's designee, subject to approval by the city
council;

(2) the city council president, or the city council president's designee, subject
to approval by the city council;

(3) the chair or member of the county board, appointed by the county board;

(4) a representative of the medical business entity appointed by and serving at the
pleasure of the medical business entity; and

(5) four members appointed by the governor, subject to confirmation by the senate.

(b) Appointing authorities must make their respective appointments as soon as
practicable after the effective date of this section, but no later than 60 days after enactment
of this section.

(c) A quorum of the board is six members.

Subd. 3.

Terms.

(a) A member first appointed after the effective date of this section
under subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clauses (1), (2), and (3), serves for a term coterminous
with the term of the elected office, but may be reappointed.

(b) Two members first appointed after the effective date of this section under
subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause (5), serve from the date of appointment until the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in January 2017, and two members first appointed after the
effective date of this section under subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause (5), serve from
the date of appointment until the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January 2020.
Thereafter, members appointed by the governor serve six-year terms.

Subd. 4.

Vacancies.

A vacancy occurs as provided in section 351.02 or upon
a member's removal under subdivision 7. A vacancy on the board must be filled by
the appointing authority for the balance of the term in the same manner as a regular
appointment.

Subd. 5.

Chair.

The board must elect a chair from among the governor's appointees.
The governor must convene the first meeting within 30 days of completion of all
appointments to the board.

Subd. 6.

Pay.

Members must be compensated as provided in section 15.0575,
subdivision 3. For the purposes of this subdivision, the member representing the medical
business entity shall be treated as if an employee of a political subdivision. All money
paid for compensation or reimbursement must be paid out of the corporation's budget.

Subd. 7.

Removal for cause.

A member may be removed by the board for
inefficiency, neglect of duty, or misconduct in office. A member may be removed only
after a hearing of the board. A copy of the charges must be given to the board member at
least ten days before the hearing. The board member must be given an opportunity to be
heard in person or by counsel at the hearing. When written charges have been submitted
against a board member, the board may temporarily suspend the member. If the board finds
that those charges have not been substantiated, the board member must be immediately
reinstated. If a board member is removed, a record of the proceedings, together with the
charges and findings, must be filed with the office of the appointing authority.

Subd. 8.

Open meeting law; data practices.

Meetings of the corporation and any
committee or subcommittee of the corporation are subject to the open meeting law in
chapter 13D. The corporation is a government entity for purposes of chapter 13.

Subd. 9.

Conflicts of interest.

Except for the member appointed by the medical
business entity, a member must not be a director, officer, or employee of the medical
business entity. A member must not participate in or vote on a decision of the corporation
relating to any project authorized by or under consideration by the corporation in which
the member has either a direct or indirect financial interest. No member may serve as a
lobbyist, as defined under section 10A.01, subdivision 21.

Subd. 10.

Public official.

A member of the corporation is a public official, as
defined in section 10A.01, subdivision 35.

Subd. 11.

Powers.

The corporation may exercise any other powers that are
granted by its articles of incorporation and bylaws to the extent that those powers are not
inconsistent with the provisions of sections 469.40 to 469.47.

Subd. 12.

Contract for services.

(a) The corporation may contract for the services
of the nonprofit economic development agency, financial advisors, other consultants,
agents, public accountants, legal counsel, and other persons needed to perform its duties
and exercise its powers. The corporation may contract with the city or county to provide
administrative, clerical, and accounting services to the corporation.

(b) The corporation must contract with the nonprofit agency for the services
enumerated in section 469.43, subdivision 6, paragraph (a). The requirement to contract
with the nonprofit agency does not limit the corporation's authority to contract with other
providers for the services.

Subd. 13.

DMCC approval of projects.

A project must be approved by the
corporation before it is proposed to the city. The corporation must review the project
proposed for consistency with the adopted development plan.

Subd. 14.

Dissolution.

The city must provide for the terms for dissolution of the
corporation in the articles of incorporation.

Sec. 5.

[469.42] OFFICERS; DUTIES; ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS.

Subdivision 1.

Bylaws, rules, seal.

The corporation may adopt bylaws and rules of
procedure and may adopt an official seal.

Subd. 2.

Officers.

The corporation must annually elect a treasurer. The chair must
appoint a secretary and assistant treasurer. The secretary and assistant treasurer need
not, but may, be members of the board.

Subd. 3.

Duties and powers.

The officers have the usual duties and powers of their
offices. They may be given other duties and powers by the corporation. The corporation
must establish and maintain a Web site.

Subd. 4.

Treasurer's duties.

The treasurer:

(1) must receive and is responsible for corporation money;

(2) is responsible for the acts of the assistant treasurer;

(3) must disburse corporation money by check or electronic procedures;

(4) must keep an account of the source of all receipts, and of the nature, purpose, and
authority of all disbursements; and

(5) must file the corporation's detailed financial statement with its secretary at least
once a year at times set by the authority.

Subd. 5.

Secretary.

The secretary must perform duties as required by the board.

Subd. 6.

Assistant treasurer.

The assistant treasurer has the powers and duties of
the treasurer if the treasurer is absent or disabled.

Sec. 6.

[469.43] DEVELOPMENT PLAN.

Subdivision 1.

Development plan; adoption by DMCC; notice; findings.

(a) The
corporation, working with the city and the nonprofit economic development agency, must
prepare and adopt a development plan. The corporation must hold a public hearing before
adopting a development plan. At least 60 days before the hearing, the corporation must
make copies of the proposed plan available to the public at the corporation and city offices
during normal business hours, on the corporation's and city's Web site, and as otherwise
determined appropriate by the corporation. At least ten days before the hearing, the
corporation must publish notice of the hearing in the official newspaper of the city. The
development plan may not be adopted, unless the corporation finds, by resolution, that:

(1) the plan provides an outline for the development of the city as a destination
medical center, and the plan is sufficiently complete, including the identification of planned
and anticipated projects, to indicate its relationship to definite state and local objectives;

(2) the proposed development affords maximum opportunity, consistent with the
needs of the city, county, and state, for the development of the city by private enterprise
as a destination medical center;

(3) the proposed development conforms to the general plan for the development of
the city and is consistent with the city comprehensive plan;

(4) the plan includes:

(i) strategic planning consistent with a destination medical center in the core areas of
commercial research and technology, learning environment, hospitality and convention,
sports and recreation, livable communities, including mixed-use urban development
and neighborhood residential development, retail/dining/entertainment, and health and
wellness;

(ii) estimates of short- and long-range fiscal and economic impacts;

(iii) a framework to identify and prioritize short- and long-term public investment
and public infrastructure project development and to facilitate private investment
and development, including the criteria and process for evaluating and underwriting
development proposals;

(iv) land use planning;

(v) transportation and transit planning;

(vi) operational planning required to support the medical center development
district; and

(vii) ongoing market research plans; and

(5) the city has approved the plan.

(b) The identification of planned and anticipated projects under paragraph (a), clause
(1), must give priority to projects that will pay wages at least equal to the basic cost of living
wage as calculated by the commissioner of employment and economic development for
the county in which the project is located. The calculation of the basic cost of living wage
must be done as provided for under section 116J.013, if enacted by the 2013 legislature.

Subd. 2.

Development plan approval by city.

Section 15.99 does not apply to
review and approval of the development plan. The city shall act on the development plan
within 60 days following its submission by the corporation. The city may incorporate the
development plan into the city's comprehensive plan.

Subd. 3.

Subject to city requirements.

All projects are subject to the planning,
zoning, sanitary, and building laws; ordinances; regulations; and land use plans that apply
to the city.

Subd. 4.

Modification of development plan.

The corporation may modify the
development plan at any time. The corporation must update the development plan not less
than every five years. A modification or update under this subdivision must be adopted by
the corporation upon the notice and after the public hearing and findings required for the
original adoption of the development plan, including approval by the city.

Subd. 5.

Medical center development districts; creation; notice; findings.

As
part of the development plan, the corporation may create and define the boundaries of
medical center development districts and subdistricts at any place or places within the
city. Projects may be undertaken within defined medical center development districts
consistent with the development plan.

Subd. 6.

Nonprofit economic development agency.

(a) The medical business
entity must establish a nonprofit economic development agency organized under chapter
317A to provide experience and expertise in developing and marketing the destination
medical center. The corporation must engage the agency to assist the corporation in
preparing the development plan. The governing board of the agency must be comprised of
members of the medical community, city, and county. The agency must collaborate with
city, county, and other community representatives. The nonprofit agency must provide
services to assist the corporation and city in implementing the goals, objectives, and
strategies in the development plan including, but not limited to:

(1) facilitating private investment through development of a comprehensive
marketing program to global interests;

(2) developing and updating the criteria for evaluating and underwriting
development proposals;

(3) drafting and implementing the development plan, including soliciting and
evaluating proposals for development and evaluating and making recommendations to the
authority and the city regarding those proposals;

(4) providing transactional services in connection with approved projects;

(5) developing patient, visitor, and community outreach programs for a destination
medical center development district;

(6) working with the corporation to acquire and facilitate the sale, lease, or other
transactions involving land and real property;

(7) seeking financial support for the corporation, the city, and a project;

(8) partnering with other development agencies and organizations, the city, and the
county in joint efforts to promote economic development and establish a destination
medical center;

(9) supporting and administering the planning and development activities required to
implement the development plan;

(10) preparing and supporting the marketing and promotion of the medical center
development district;

(11) preparing and implementing a program for community and public relations in
support of the medical center development district;

(12) assisting the corporation or city and others in applications for federal grants, tax
credits, and other sources of funding to aid both private and public development; and

(13) making other general advisory recommendations to the corporation and the
city, as requested.

(b) The nonprofit economic development agency must disclose to the city and
to the corporation the existence, nature, and all material facts regarding any financial
interest its employees or contractors have in any public infrastructure project submitted
to the city for approval and any financial interest its employees or contractors have in
the destination medical center development. "Contractors" includes affiliates of the
contractors or members or shareholders with an ownership interest of more than 20
percent in the contractor.

Subd. 7.

Audit of nonprofit economic development agency contract.

Any contract
for services between the corporation and the nonprofit economic development agency
paid, in whole or in part, with public money provides the corporation, the city, and the state
auditor the right to audit the books and records of the agency that are necessary to certify:

(1) the nature and extent of the services furnished pursuant to the contract; and

(2) that the payment for services and related disbursements complies with all state
laws, regulations, and the terms of the contract.

Any contract for services between the corporation and the agency paid, in whole
or in part, with public money must require the corporation to maintain for the life of the
corporation accurate and complete books and records directly relating to the contract.

Subd. 8.

Report.

By February 15 of each year, the corporation and city must jointly
submit a report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees
and divisions with jurisdiction over local and state government operations, economic
development, and taxes, and to the commissioners of revenue and employment and
economic development, and the county. The corporation and city must also submit the
report as provided in section 3.195. The report must include:

(1) the development plan and any proposed changes to the development plan;

(2) progress of projects identified in the development plan;

(3) actual costs and financing sources, including the amount paid with state aid under
section 469.47, and required local contributions of projects completed in the previous two
years by the corporation, city, county, and the medical business entity;

(4) estimated costs and financing sources for projects to be started in the next two
years by the corporation, city, county, and the medical business entity; and

(5) debt service schedules for all outstanding obligations of the city for debt issued
for projects identified in the plan.

Sec. 7.

[469.44] CITY POWERS, DUTIES; AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS.

Subdivision 1.

Port authority powers.

The city may exercise the powers of a
port authority under sections 469.048 to 469.068 for the purposes of implementing the
destination medical center development plan.

Subd. 2.

Support to the corporation.

The city must provide financial and
administrative support, and office and other space, to the corporation. The city may
appropriate city funds to the corporation for its work.

Subd. 3.

City to issue debt.

The city may issue general obligation bonds, revenue
bonds, or other obligations, as it determines appropriate, to finance public infrastructure
projects, as provided by chapter 475. Notwithstanding section 475.53, obligations issued
under this section are not subject to the limits on net debt, regardless of their source of
security or payment. Notwithstanding section 475.58 or any other law or charter provision
to the contrary, issuance of obligations under the provisions of this section are not subject
to approval of the electors. The city may pledge any of its revenues, including property
taxes, the taxes authorized by sections 469.45 and 469.46, and the state aid under section
469.47, as security for and to pay the obligations. The city must not issue obligations that
are only payable from or secured by state aid under section 469.47.

Subd. 4.

Local government tax base not reduced.

Nothing in sections 469.40 to
469.47 reduces the tax base or affects the taxes due and payable to the city, the county,
or any school district within the boundaries of the city, including without limitation,
the city's general local sales tax.

Subd. 5.

Project implementation before plan adoption.

The city may exercise the
powers under subdivision 3 with respect to any public infrastructure project commenced
within the area that will be in the destination medical center development district after the
effective date of this section but before the development plan is adopted subject to approval
by the corporation. Actions taken under this authority must be approved by the corporation
to be credited against the local contribution required under section 469.47, subdivision 4.

Subd. 6.

American made steel.

The city must require that a public infrastructure
project use American steel products to the extent practicable. In determining whether it
is practicable, the city may consider the exceptions to the requirement in Public Law
111-5, section 1605.

Subd. 7.

City contracts; construction requirements.

For all public infrastructure
projects, the city must make every effort to hire and cause the construction manager and
any subcontractors to employ women and members of minority communities. Goals for
construction contracts must be established in the manner required under the city's minority
and women-owned business enterprises utilization plan.

Subd. 8.

Conduit bond issuance.

(a) Upon the request of the corporation or the
nonprofit agency, the city or its economic development authority shall issue revenue bonds
or other similar obligations for a qualifying project. Revenue bonds or other obligations as
used in this subdivision means bonds or other obligations issued under sections 469.152
to 469.165 or under chapter 462C, the interest on which is tax exempt. The city or its
development authority shall use its best efforts to issue the bonds or other obligations
as promptly and efficiently as possible following the request and the provision of the
information and completion of the actions by the corporation or the nonprofit agency that
are necessary for the issuance. Upon request of the corporation or nonprofit agency,
the city or its economic development authority shall adopt methods and procedures that
preserve the confidentiality of private donors or other private participants in the qualifying
project, including structures and methods that do not require disclosing information on
the donors or participants to the city or its economic development authority, and shall
segregate in separate accounts all funds related to a qualifying project from other city
and authority funds.

(b) For purposes of this section, a "qualifying project" means a project, as that
term is defined in section 469.153, or a project that would qualify for financing under
chapter 462C, that:

(1) the corporation finds is consistent with and will further the goals of the
development plan;

(2) is located in a medical development district; and

(3) has a commitment of private funding sources such as donations of money or
in-kind contributions, other than revenues generated by the project, equal to at least ten
percent of the total capital cost of the project.

Subd. 9.

Public bidding exemption.

(a) Notwithstanding section 469.068 or any
other law to the contrary, the city need not require competitive bidding with respect to a
parking facility or other public improvements constructed in conjunction with, and directly
above or below, or adjacent and integrally related to, a private development financed
or developed under the development plan.

(b) For purposes of this section, "city" includes the development authority
established by the city.

Sec. 8.

[469.45] CITY TAX AUTHORITY.

Subdivision 1.

Rochester, other local taxes authorized.

(a) Notwithstanding
section 477A.016, or any other contrary provision of law, ordinance, or city charter, and in
addition to any taxes the city may impose on these transactions under another statute or
law, the city of Rochester may, by ordinance, impose at a rate or rates, determined by the
city, any of the following taxes:

(1) a tax on the gross receipts from the furnishing for consideration of lodging and
related services as defined in section 297A.61, subdivision 3, paragraph (g), clause (2); the
city may choose to impose a differential tax based on the number of rooms in the facility;

(2) a tax on the gross receipts of food and beverages sold primarily for consumption
on the premises by restaurants and places of refreshment that occur in the city of
Rochester; the city may elect to impose the tax in a defined district of the city; and

(3) a tax on the admission receipts to entertainment and recreational facilities, as
defined by ordinance, in the city of Rochester.

(b) The provisions of section 297A.99, subdivisions 4 to 13, govern the
administration, collection, and enforcement of any tax imposed by the city under
paragraph (a).

(c) The proceeds of any taxes imposed under this subdivision, less refunds and
costs of collection, must be used by the city only to meet its share of obligations for
public infrastructure projects contained in the development plan and approved by the
corporation, including any associated financing costs. Any tax imposed under paragraph
(a) expires at the earlier of December 31, 2049, or when the city council determines
that sufficient funds have been raised from the tax plus all other local funding sources
authorized in this article to meet the city obligation for financing public infrastructure
projects contained in the development plan and approved by the corporation, including
any associated financing costs.

Subd. 2.

General sales tax authority.

The city may elect to extend the existing
local sales and use tax under section 13 or to impose an additional rate of up to one quarter
of one percent tax on sales and use under section 11. The proceeds of any extended or
additional taxes imposed under this subdivision, less refunds and costs of collection, must
be used by the city only to meet its share of obligations for public infrastructure projects
contained in the development plan and approved by the corporation, including all financing
costs. Revenues collected in any year to meet the obligations must be used for payment of
obligations or expenses for public infrastructure projects approved by the corporation.

Subd. 3.

Special abatement rules.

(a) If the city or the county elects to use tax
abatement under sections 469.1812 to 469.1815 to finance costs of public infrastructure
projects, including all financing costs, the special rules under this subdivision apply.
Taxes abated for public infrastructure projects must be used only for obligations or other
infrastructure projects approved by the corporation.

(b) The limitations under section 469.1813, subdivision 6, do not apply to the city
or the county.

(c) The limitations under section 469.1813, subdivision 8, do not apply and property
taxes abated by the city or the county to finance costs of public infrastructure projects are
not included for purposes of applying section 469.1813, subdivision 8, to the use of tax
abatement for other purposes of the city or the county; however, the total amount of property
taxes abated by the city and the county under this authority must not exceed $87,750,000.

Subd. 4.

Special tax increment financing rules.

If the city elects to establish
one or more redevelopment tax increment financing districts within the area of the
destination medical center development district to fund public infrastructure projects, the
requirements, definitions, limitations, or restrictions in the following statutes do not apply:
sections 469.174, subdivisions 10 and 25, clause (2); 469.176, subdivisions 4j, 4l, and 5;
and 469.1763, subdivisions 2, 3, and 4. The provisions of this subdivision expire effective
for tax increments expended after December 31, 2049. After that date, the provisions of
section 469.1763, subdivision 4, apply to any remaining unspent or unobligated increments.

Sec. 9.

[469.46] COUNTY TAX AUTHORITY.

(a) Notwithstanding sections 297A.99, 297A.993, and 477A.016, or any other
contrary provision of law, ordinance, or charter, and in addition to any taxes the county
may impose under another law or statute, the Board of Commissioners of Olmsted County
may, by resolution, impose a transit tax of up to one quarter of one percent on retail sales
and uses taxable under chapter 297A. The provisions of section 297A.99, subdivisions
4 to 13, govern the imposition, administration, collection, and enforcement of the tax
authorized under this paragraph.

(b) The Board of Commissioners of Olmsted County may, by resolution, levy an
annual wheelage tax of up to $10 on each motor vehicle kept in the county when not in
operation which is subject to annual registration and taxation under chapter 168, for
transportation projects within the county. The wheelage tax must not be imposed on the
vehicles exempt from wheelage tax under section 163.051, subdivision 1. The board,
by resolution, may provide for collection of the wheelage tax by county officials, or it
may request that the tax be collected by the state registrar on behalf of the county. The
provisions of section 163.051, subdivisions 2, 2a, 3, and 7, must govern the administration,
collection, and enforcement of the tax authorized under this paragraph. The tax authorized
under this section is in addition to any tax the county may be authorized to impose under
section 163.051, but until January 1, 2018, the county tax imposed under this paragraph,
in combination with any tax imposed under section 163.051, must equal the specified
rate under section 163.051.

(c) The proceeds of any taxes imposed under paragraph (a), less refunds and costs
of collection, must be first used by the county to meet its local matching contributions
under section 469.47, subdivision 6, for financing transit infrastructure related to the
public infrastructure projects contained in the development plan and approved by the
corporation, including any financing costs. Revenues collected in any calendar year in
excess of the county obligation to pay for projects contained in the development plan may
be retained by the county and used for funding other transportation projects, including
roads and bridges, airports, and transportation improvements.

(d) Any taxes imposed under paragraph (a) expire December 31, 2049, or at an
earlier time if approved by resolution of the county board of commissioners. The taxes
must not terminate before the county board of commissioners determines that revenues
from these taxes and any other revenue source the county dedicates are sufficient to pay
the county share of transit project costs and financing costs under the development plan.

Sec. 10.

[469.47] STATE INFRASTRUCTURE AID.

Subdivision 1.

Definitions.

(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms
have the meanings given them.

(b) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of employment and economic
development.

(c) "Construction projects" means:

(1) for expenditures by a medical business entity, construction of buildings in the
city for which the building permit was issued after June 30, 2013; and

(2) for any other expenditures, construction of privately owned buildings and other
improvements that are undertaken pursuant to or as part of the development plan and are
located within a medical center development district.

(d) "Expenditures" means expenditures made by a medical business entity or by an
individual or private entity on construction projects for the capital cost of the project
including, but not limited to:

(1) design and predesign, including architectural, engineering, and similar services;

(2) legal, regulatory, and other compliance costs of the project;

(3) land acquisition, demolition of existing improvements, and other site preparation
costs;

(4) construction costs, including all materials and supplies of the project; and

(5) equipment and furnishings that are attached to or become part of the real property.

Expenditures excludes supplies and other items with a useful life of less than a
year that are not used or consumed in constructing improvements to real property or
are otherwise chargeable to capital costs.

(e) "Qualified expenditures" has the following meaning. In the first year in which aid
is paid under this section, "qualified expenditures" means the total certified expenditures
since June 30, 2013, through the end of the preceding year, minus $200,000,000. For
subsequent years, "qualified expenditures" means the certified expenditures for the
preceding year.

(f) "Transit costs" means the portions of a public infrastructure project that are for
public transit intended primarily to serve the district, such as transit stations, equipment,
rights-of-way, and similar costs.

Subd. 2.

Certification of expenditures.

By April 1 of each year, the medical
business entity must certify to the commissioner the amount of expenditures made by the
medical business entity in the preceding year. For expenditures made by an individual
or entity other than the medical business entity, the corporation shall compile the
information on the expenditures and may certify the amount to the commissioner. The
certification must be made in the form that the commissioner prescribes and include
any documentation of and supporting information regarding the expenditures that the
commissioner requires. By August 1 of each year, the commissioner must determine the
amount of the expenditures for the preceding year.

Subd. 3.

General state infrastructure aid.

(a) General state infrastructure aid may
not be paid out under this section until total expenditures exceed $200,000,000.

(b) The amount of the general state infrastructure aid for a fiscal year equals the sum
of qualified expenditures, multiplied by 2.75 percent. The maximum amount of state
aid payable in any year is limited to no more than $30,000,000. If the aid entitlement
for the year exceeds the maximum annual limit, the excess is an aid carryover to later
years. The carryover aid must be paid in the first year in which the aid entitlement for the
current year is less than the maximum annual limit, but only to the extent the carryover,
when added to the current year aid, is less than the maximum annual limit. If the
commissioner determines that the city has made the required matching local contribution
under subdivision 4, the commissioner must pay to the city the amount of general state
infrastructure aid for the year by September 1.

(c) The city must use general state infrastructure aid it receives under this subdivision
for improvements and other capital costs related to the public infrastructure projects
approved by the corporation, other than transit costs. The city must maintain appropriate
records to document the use of the funds under this requirement.

(d) The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of management and
budget, and representatives of the city and the corporation, must establish a total limit on
the amount of state aid payable under this subdivision that will be adequate to finance, in
combination with the local contribution, $455,000,000 of general public infrastructure
projects.

Subd. 4.

General aid; local matching contribution.

In order to qualify for general
state infrastructure aid, the city must enter a written agreement with the commissioner
that requires the city to make a qualifying local matching contribution to pay for
$128,000,000 of the cost of public infrastructure projects approved by the corporation,
including financing costs, using funds other than state aid received under this section.
The $128,000,000 required local matching contribution is reduced by one half of the
amounts the city pays for operating and administrative costs of the corporation up to a
maximum amount agreed to by the board and the city. The agreement must provide for the
manner, timing, and amounts of the city contributions, including the city's commitment
for each year. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the agreement may provide that
the city contributions for public infrastructure project principal costs may be made over a
20-year period at a rate not greater than $1 from the city for each $2.55 from the state.
The local match contribution may be provided by the city from any source identified in
section 469.45 and any other local tax proceeds or other funds from the city and may
include providing funds to assist developers undertaking projects in accordance with the
development plan or by the city directly undertaking public infrastructure projects in
accordance with the development plan, provided the projects have been approved by the
corporation. City contributions that are in excess of this ratio carry forward and are credited
towards subsequent years. The commissioner and city may agree to amend the agreement
at any time in light of new information or other appropriate factors. The city may enter
into arrangements with the county to pay for or otherwise meet the local matching
contribution requirement. Any public infrastructure project within the area that will be in
the destination medical center development district whose implementation is started or
funded by the city after the effective date of this section but before the development plan
is adopted, as provided by section 469.46, subdivision 5, will be included for the purposes
of determining the amount the city has contributed as required by this section and the
agreement with the commissioner, subject to approval by the corporation.

Subd. 5.

State transit aid.

(a) The city qualifies for state transit aid under this section
if the county contributes the required local matching contribution under subdivision 6 or the
city or county has agreed to make an equivalent contribution out of other funds for the year.

(b) If the city qualifies for aid under paragraph (a), the commissioner must pay the
city the state transit aid in the amount calculated under this paragraph. The amount of the
state transit aid for a fiscal year equals the sum of qualified expenditures, as certified by
the commissioner for the prior year, multiplied by 0.75 percent, reduced by the amount
of the local contribution under subdivision 6. The maximum amount of state transit aid
payable in any year is limited to no more than $7,500,000. If the aid entitlement for the
year exceeds the maximum annual limit, the excess is an aid carryover to later years. The
carryover aid must be paid in the first year in which the aid entitlement for the current year
is less than the maximum annual limit, but only to the extent the carryover, when added to
the current year aid, is less than the maximum annual limit.

(c) The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of management and
budget, and representatives of the city and the corporation, must establish a total limit on
the amount of state aid payable under this subdivision that will be adequate to finance, in
combination with the local contribution, $116,000,000 of transit costs.

(d) The city must use state transit aid it receives under this subdivision for transit
costs. The city must maintain appropriate records to document the use of the funds
under this requirement.

Subd. 6.

Transit aid; local matching contribution.

(a) The required local matching
contribution for state transit aid equals the lesser of:

(1) 40 percent of the state transit aid under subdivision 5; or

(2) the amount that would be raised by a 0.15 percent sales tax imposed by the
county in the preceding year.

The county may impose the sales tax or the wheelage tax under section 469.46
to meet this obligation.

(b) If the county elects not to impose any of the taxes authorized under section 469.46,
the county, or city, or both, may agree to make the local contribution out of other available
funds, other than state aid payable under this section. The commissioner of revenue must
estimate the required amount and certify it to the commissioner, city, and county.

Subd. 7.

Prevailing wage requirement.

During the construction, installation,
remodelling, and repairs of any public infrastructure project funded by state aid or a local
matching contribution under this section, laborers and mechanics at the site must be paid
the prevailing wage rate as defined in section 177.42, subdivision 6, and the project is
subject to the requirements of sections 177.30 and 177.41 to 177.44.

Subd. 8.

Termination.

No aid may be paid under this section after fiscal year 2049.

Subd. 9.

Appropriation.

An amount sufficient to pay the state general infrastructure
and state transit aid authorized under this section is appropriated to the commissioner
from the general fund.

Sec. 11.

Laws 1998, chapter 389, article 8, section 43, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Sales and use taxes authorized.

(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota
Statutes, section 477A.016, or any other contrary provision of law, ordinance, or city
charter, upon termination of the taxes authorized under Laws 1992, chapter 511, article
8, section 33, subdivision 1, and if approved by the voters of the city at a general or
special election held within one year of the date of final enactment of this act, the city of
Rochester may, by ordinance, impose an additional sales and use tax of up to one-half
of one percent. The provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 297A.48 297A.99, govern
the imposition, administration, collection, and enforcement of the tax authorized under
this subdivision paragraph.

(b) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 297A.99 and 477A.016, or any
other contrary provision of law, ordinance, or charter, the city of Rochester may, by
ordinance, impose an additional sales and use tax of up to one quarter of one percent. The
provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 297A.99, subdivisions 1 and 4 to 13, govern
the imposition, administration, collection, and enforcement of the tax authorized under
this paragraph.

Sec. 12.

Laws 1998, chapter 389, article 8, section 43, subdivision 3, as amended by
Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 3, article 5, section 28, and Laws 2011, First
Special Session chapter 7, article 4, section 5, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

Use of revenues.

(a) Revenues received from the taxes authorized by
subdivisions 1, paragraph (a), and 2 must be used by the city to pay for the cost of
collecting and administering the taxes and to pay for the following projects:

(1) transportation infrastructure improvements including regional highway and
airport improvements;

(2) improvements to the civic center complex;

(3) a municipal water, sewer, and storm sewer project necessary to improve regional
ground water quality; and

(4) construction of a regional recreation and sports center and other higher education
facilities available for both community and student use.

(b) The total amount of capital expenditures or bonds for projects listed in paragraph
(a) that may be paid from the revenues raised from the taxes authorized in this section
may not exceed $111,500,000. The total amount of capital expenditures or bonds for the
project in clause (4) that may be paid from the revenues raised from the taxes authorized
in this section may not exceed $28,000,000.

(c) In addition to the projects authorized in paragraph (a) and not subject to the
amount stated in paragraph (b), the city of Rochester may, if approved by the voters at an
election under subdivision 5, paragraph (c), use the revenues received from the taxes and
bonds authorized in this section to pay the costs of or bonds for the following purposes:

(1) $17,000,000 for capital expenditures and bonds for the following Olmsted
County transportation infrastructure improvements:

(i) County State Aid Highway 34 reconstruction;

(ii) Trunk Highway 63 and County State Aid Highway 16 interchange;

(iii) phase II of the Trunk Highway 52 and County State Aid Highway 22 interchange;

(iv) widening of County State Aid Highway 22 West Circle Drive; and

(v) 60th Avenue Northwest corridor preservation;

(2) $30,000,000 for city transportation projects including:

(i) Trunk Highway 52 and 65th Street interchange;

(ii) NW transportation corridor acquisition;

(iii) Phase I of the Trunk Highway 52 and County State Aid Highway 22 interchange;

(iv) Trunk Highway 14 and Trunk Highway 63 intersection;

(v) Southeast transportation corridor acquisition;

(vi) Rochester International Airport expansion; and

(vii) a transit operations center bus facility;

(3) $14,000,000 for the University of Minnesota Rochester academic and
complementary facilities;

(4) $6,500,000 for the Rochester Community and Technical College/Winona State
University career technical education and science and math facilities;

(5) $6,000,000 for the Rochester Community and Technical College regional
recreation facilities at University Center Rochester;

(6) $20,000,000 for the Destination Medical Community Initiative;

(7) $8,000,000 for the regional public safety and 911 dispatch center facilities;

(8) $20,000,000 for a regional recreation/senior center;

(9) $10,000,000 for an economic development fund; and

(10) $8,000,000 for downtown infrastructure.

(d) No revenues from the taxes raised from the taxes authorized in subdivisions 1
and 2 may be used to fund transportation improvements related to a railroad bypass that
would divert traffic from the city of Rochester.

(e) The city shall use $5,000,000 of the money allocated to the purpose in paragraph
(c), clause (9), for grants to the cities of Byron, Chatfield, Dodge Center, Dover, Elgin,
Eyota, Kasson, Mantorville, Oronoco, Pine Island, Plainview, St. Charles, Stewartville,
Zumbrota, Spring Valley, West Concord, and Hayfield for economic development projects
that these communities would fund through their economic development authority or
housing and redevelopment authority. Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section
297A.99, subdivisions 2 and 3, if the city decides to extend the taxes in subdivisions 1,
paragraph (a), and 2, as allowed under subdivision 5, paragraph (c), the city must use
any amount in excess of the amount necessary to meet obligations under paragraphs (a)
to (c) from those taxes to fund obligations, including financing costs, related to public
infrastructure projects in the development plan adopted under Minnesota Statutes, section
469.43.

(f) Revenues from the tax under subdivision 1, paragraph (b), must be used to
fund obligations, including financing costs, related to the public infrastructure projects
contained in the development plan approved by the DMCC and adopted by the city under
Minnesota Statutes, section 469.43.

Sec. 13.

Laws 1998, chapter 389, article 8, section 43, subdivision 5, as amended by
Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 3, article 5, section 30, and Laws 2011, First
Special Session chapter 7, article 4, section 7, is amended to read:

Subd. 5.

Termination of taxes.

(a) The taxes imposed under subdivisions 1 and 2
expire at the later of (1) December 31, 2009, or (2) when the city council determines that
sufficient funds have been received from the taxes to finance the first $71,500,000 of capital
expenditures and bonds for the projects authorized in subdivision 3, including the amount to
prepay or retire at maturity the principal, interest, and premium due on any bonds issued for
the projects under subdivision 4, unless the taxes are extended as allowed in paragraph (b).
Any funds remaining after completion of the project and retirement or redemption of the
bonds shall also be used to fund the projects under subdivision 3. The taxes imposed under
subdivisions 1 and 2 may expire at an earlier time if the city so determines by ordinance.

(b) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 297A.99 and 477A.016, or any
other contrary provision of law, ordinance, or city charter, the city of Rochester may, by
ordinance, extend the taxes authorized in subdivisions 1 and 2 beyond December 31, 2009,
if approved by the voters of the city at a special election in 2005 or the general election in
2006. The question put to the voters must indicate that an affirmative vote would allow
up to an additional $40,000,000 of sales tax revenues be raised and up to $40,000,000
of bonds to be issued above the amount authorized in the June 23, 1998, referendum for
the projects specified in subdivision 3. If the taxes authorized in subdivisions 1 and 2 are
extended under this paragraph, the taxes expire when the city council determines that
sufficient funds have been received from the taxes to finance the projects and to prepay
or retire at maturity the principal, interest, and premium due on any bonds issued for the
projects under subdivision 4. Any funds remaining after completion of the project and
retirement or redemption of the bonds may be placed in the general fund of the city.

(c) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 297A.99 and 477A.016, or any
other contrary provision of law, ordinance, or city charter, the city of Rochester may, by
ordinance, extend the taxes authorized in subdivisions 1, paragraph (a), and 2 beyond the
date, up to December 31, 2049, provided that all additional revenues above those necessary
to fund the projects and associated financing costs listed in subdivision 3, paragraphs (a) to
(e), are committed to fund public infrastructure projects contained in the development plan
adopted under Minnesota Statutes, section 469.43, including all financing costs; otherwise
the taxes terminate when the city council determines that sufficient funds have been
received from the taxes to finance $111,500,000 of expenditures and bonds for the projects
authorized in subdivision 3, paragraph (a) paragraphs (a) to (e), plus an amount equal to
the costs of issuance of the bonds and including the amount to prepay or retire at maturity
the principal, interest, and premiums due on any bonds issued for the projects under
subdivision 4, paragraph (a), if approved by the voters of the city at the general election in
2012. If the election to authorize the additional $139,500,000 of bonds plus an amount
equal to the costs of the issuance of the bonds is placed on the general election ballot in
2012, the city may continue to collect the taxes authorized in subdivisions 1 and 2 until
December 31, 2012. The question put to the voters must indicate that an affirmative vote
would allow sales tax revenues be raised for an extended period of time and an additional
$139,500,000 of bonds plus an amount equal to the costs of issuance of the bonds, to be
issued above the amount authorized in the previous elections required under paragraphs
(a) and (b) for the projects and amounts specified in subdivision 3. If the taxes authorized
in subdivisions 1 and 2 are extended under this paragraph, the taxes expire when the city
council determines that $139,500,000 has been received from the taxes to finance the
projects plus an amount sufficient to prepay or retire at maturity the principal, interest,
and premium due on any bonds issued for the projects under subdivision 4, including any
bonds issued to refund the bonds. Any funds remaining after completion of the projects
and retirement or redemption of the bonds may be placed in the general fund of the city.

(d) The tax imposed under subdivision 1, paragraph (b), expires at the earlier of
2049, or when the city council determines that sufficient funds have been raised from the
tax plus all other city funding sources authorized in this article to meet the city obligation
for financing the public infrastructure projects contained in the development plan adopted
under Minnesota Statutes, section 469.43, including all financing costs.

Sec. 14. ROCHESTER SALES TAX SHARING.

The city council may, after holding a public hearing and passing a resolution, use
$5,000,000 of the $10,000,000 allocated to an economic development fund in Laws 1998,
chapter 389, article 8, section 43, subdivision 3, as amended by Laws 2005, First Special
Session chapter 3, article 5, section 28, and Laws 2011, First Special Session chapter 7,
article 4, section 5, paragraph (c), clause (9), for grants to any or all of the cities of Byron,
Chatfield, Dodge Center, Dover, Elgin, Eyota, Hayfield, Kasson, Mantorville, Oronoco,
Pine Island, Plainview, Spring Valley, St. Charles, Stewartville, West Concord, and
Zumbrota for economic development projects that these communities would fund through
their economic development authority or housing and redevelopment authority. The
public hearing may be part of a regular city council meeting. If the council does not pass
the resolution by September 1, 2013, the $5,000,000 may not be used for grants to the
other cities but shall instead be used to fund public infrastructure projects contained in the
development plan under Minnesota Statutes, section 469.42.

Sec. 15. OLMSTED INTERREGIONAL PASSENGER RAIL STUDY.

The study by the Olmsted County Regional Rail authority, in conjunction with the
Minnesota Department of Transportation, on interregional passenger rail, and funded
under Laws 2009, chapter 93, article 1, section 11, subdivision 5, must include analysis
of the feasibility of a high-speed rail connection between Rochester and the Mall of
America via Minnesota State Highway 77 with connections to the Minneapolis-St. Paul
International Airport and the Union Depot in St. Paul; and, to the extent feasible, take into
account available data, forecasts, available transportation demand modeling information,
and transportation impacts of major economic initiatives and proposals including, but not
limited to, expansion of the Mayo Clinic.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 16. EFFECTIVE DATE.

Except as otherwise provided, this article is effective the day after the governing
body of the city of Rochester and its chief clerical officer timely comply with Minnesota
Statutes, section 645.021, subdivisions 2 and 3.

ARTICLE 11

MINERALS TAXES

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 126C.48, subdivision 8, is amended to read:

Subd. 8.

Taconite payment and other reductions.

(1) Reductions in levies
pursuant to subdivision 1 must be made prior to the reductions in clause (2).

(2) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, districts that have revenue
pursuant to sections 298.018; 298.225; 298.24 to 298.28, except an amount distributed
under sections 298.26; 298.28, subdivision 4, paragraphs (c), clause (ii), and (d); 298.34
to 298.39; 298.391 to 298.396; 298.405; 477A.15; and any law imposing a tax upon
severed mineral values must reduce the levies authorized by this chapter and chapters
120B, 122A, 123A, 123B, 124A, 124D, 125A, and 127A by 95 percent of the sum of the
previous year's revenue specified under this clause and the amount attributable to the same
production year distributed to the cities and townships within the school district under
section 298.28, subdivision 2, paragraph (c).

(3) The amount of any voter approved referendum, facilities down payment, and
debt levies shall not be reduced by more than 50 percent under this subdivision. In
administering this paragraph, the commissioner shall first reduce the nonvoter approved
levies of a district; then, if any payments, severed mineral value tax revenue or recognized
revenue under paragraph (2) remains, the commissioner shall reduce any voter approved
referendum levies authorized under section 126C.17; then, if any payments, severed
mineral value tax revenue or recognized revenue under paragraph (2) remains, the
commissioner shall reduce any voter approved facilities down payment levies authorized
under section 123B.63 and then, if any payments, severed mineral value tax revenue or
recognized revenue under paragraph (2) remains, the commissioner shall reduce any
voter approved debt levies.

(4) Before computing the reduction pursuant to this subdivision of the health and
safety levy authorized by sections 123B.57 and 126C.40, subdivision 5, the commissioner
shall ascertain from each affected school district the amount it proposes to levy under
each section or subdivision. The reduction shall be computed on the basis of the amount
so ascertained.

(5) To the extent the levy reduction calculated under paragraph (2) exceeds the
limitation in paragraph (3), an amount equal to the excess must be distributed from the
school district's distribution under sections 298.225, 298.28, and 477A.15 in the following
year to the cities and townships within the school district in the proportion that their
taxable net tax capacity within the school district bears to the taxable net tax capacity of
the school district for property taxes payable in the year prior to distribution. No city or
township shall receive a distribution greater than its levy for taxes payable in the year prior
to distribution. The commissioner of revenue shall certify the distributions of cities and
towns under this paragraph to the county auditor by September 30 of the year preceding
distribution. The county auditor shall reduce the proposed and final levies of cities and
towns receiving distributions by the amount of their distribution. Distributions to the cities
and towns shall be made at the times provided under section 298.27.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for levies certified in 2013 and later.

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 298.17, is amended to read:

298.17 OCCUPATION TAXES TO BE APPORTIONED.

(a) All occupation taxes paid by persons, copartnerships, companies, joint stock
companies, corporations, and associations, however or for whatever purpose organized,
engaged in the business of mining or producing iron ore or other ores, when collected
shall be apportioned and distributed in accordance with the Constitution of the state of
Minnesota, article X, section 3, in the manner following: 90 percent shall be deposited
in the state treasury and credited to the general fund of which four-ninths shall be used
for the support of elementary and secondary schools; and ten percent of the proceeds of
the tax imposed by this section shall be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the
general fund for the general support of the university.

(b) Of the moneys apportioned to the general fund by this section: (1) there is
annually appropriated and credited to the mining environmental and regulatory account in
the special revenue fund an amount equal to that which would have been generated by a
two and one-half cent tax imposed by section 298.24 on each taxable ton produced in the
preceding calendar year. Money in the mining environmental and regulatory account is
appropriated annually to the commissioner of natural resources to fund agency staff to
work on environmental issues and provide regulatory services for ferrous and nonferrous
mining operations in this state. Payment to the mining environmental and regulatory
account shall be made by July 1 annually. The commissioner of natural resources shall
execute an interagency agreement with the pollution control agency to assist with the
provision of environmental regulatory services such as monitoring and permitting required
for ferrous and nonferrous mining operations; and (2) there is annually appropriated and
credited to the Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board account in the special
revenue fund an amount equal to that which would have been generated by a 1.5 cent tax
imposed by section 298.24 on each taxable ton produced in the preceding calendar year, to
be expended for the purposes of section 298.22.

The money appropriated pursuant to this section clause (2) shall be used (1) (i)
to provide environmental development grants to local governments located within any
county in region 3 as defined in governor's executive order number 60, issued on June
12, 1970, which does not contain a municipality qualifying pursuant to section 273.134,
paragraph (b), or (2) (ii) to provide economic development loans or grants to businesses
located within any such county, provided that the county board or an advisory group
appointed by the county board to provide recommendations on economic development
shall make recommendations to the Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board
regarding the loans. Payment to the Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board
account shall be made by May 15 annually.

(c) Of the money allocated to Koochiching County, one-third must be paid to the
Koochiching County Economic Development Commission.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective beginning for the 2013 production
year.

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 298.227, as amended by Laws 2013, chapter
3, section 17, is amended to read:

298.227 TACONITE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND.

(a) An amount equal to that distributed pursuant to each taconite producer's taxable
production and qualifying sales under section 298.28, subdivision 9a, shall be held by
the Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board in a separate taconite economic
development fund for each taconite and direct reduced ore producer. Money from the
fund for each producer shall be released by the commissioner after review by a joint
committee consisting of an equal number of representatives of the salaried employees and
the nonsalaried production and maintenance employees of that producer. The District 11
director of the United States Steelworkers of America, on advice of each local employee
president, shall select the employee members. In nonorganized operations, the employee
committee shall be elected by the nonsalaried production and maintenance employees. The
review must be completed no later than six months after the producer presents a proposal
for expenditure of the funds to the committee. The funds held pursuant to this section may
be released only for workforce development and associated public facility improvement,
or for acquisition of plant and stationary mining equipment and facilities for the producer
or for research and development in Minnesota on new mining, or taconite, iron, or steel
production technology, but only if the producer provides a matching expenditure equal to
the amount of the distribution to be used for the same purpose of at least 50 percent of
the distribution based on 14.7 cents per ton beginning with distributions in 2002 2014.
Effective for proposals for expenditures of money from the fund beginning May 26, 2007,
the commissioner may not release the funds before the next scheduled meeting of the
board. If a proposed expenditure is not approved by the board, the funds must be deposited
in the Taconite Environmental Protection Fund under sections 298.222 to 298.225. If a
producer uses money which has been released from the fund prior to May 26, 2007 to
procure haulage trucks, mobile equipment, or mining shovels, and the producer removes
the piece of equipment from the taconite tax relief area defined in section 273.134 within
ten years from the date of receipt of the money from the fund, a portion of the money
granted from the fund must be repaid to the taconite economic development fund. The
portion of the money to be repaid is 100 percent of the grant if the equipment is removed
from the taconite tax relief area within 12 months after receipt of the money from the fund,
declining by ten percent for each of the subsequent nine years during which the equipment
remains within the taconite tax relief area. If a taconite production facility is sold after
operations at the facility had ceased, any money remaining in the fund for the former
producer may be released to the purchaser of the facility on the terms otherwise applicable
to the former producer under this section. If a producer fails to provide matching funds
for a proposed expenditure within six months after the commissioner approves release
of the funds, the funds are available for release to another producer in proportion to the
distribution provided and under the conditions of this section. Any portion of the fund
which is not released by the commissioner within one year of its deposit in the fund shall
be divided between the taconite environmental protection fund created in section 298.223
and the Douglas J. Johnson economic protection trust fund created in section 298.292 for
placement in their respective special accounts. Two-thirds of the unreleased funds shall be
distributed to the taconite environmental protection fund and one-third to the Douglas J.
Johnson economic protection trust fund.

(b)(i) Notwithstanding the requirements of paragraph (a), setting the amount of
distributions and the review process, an amount equal to ten cents per taxable ton of
production in 2007, for distribution in 2008 only, that would otherwise be distributed
under paragraph (a), may be used for a loan or grant for the cost of providing for a
value-added wood product facility located in the taconite tax relief area and in a county
that contains a city of the first class. This amount must be deducted from the distribution
under paragraph (a) for which a matching expenditure by the producer is not required. The
granting of the loan or grant is subject to approval by the board. If the money is provided
as a loan, interest must be payable on the loan at the rate prescribed in section 298.2213,
subdivision 3. (ii) Repayments of the loan and interest, if any, must be deposited in the
taconite environment protection fund under sections 298.222 to 298.225. If a loan or
grant is not made under this paragraph by July 1, 2012, the amount that had been made
available for the loan under this paragraph must be transferred to the taconite environment
protection fund under sections 298.222 to 298.225. (iii) Money distributed in 2008 to the
fund established under this section that exceeds ten cents per ton is available to qualifying
producers under paragraph (a) on a pro rata basis.

(c) Repayment or transfer of money to the taconite environmental protection fund
under paragraph (b), item (ii), must be allocated by the Iron Range Resources and
Rehabilitation Board for public works projects in house legislative districts in the same
proportion as taxable tonnage of production in 2007 in each house legislative district, for
distribution in 2008, bears to total taxable tonnage of production in 2007, for distribution
in 2008. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, expenditures under this paragraph
do not require approval by the governor. For purposes of this paragraph, "house legislative
districts" means the legislative districts in existence on May 15, 2009.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective beginning for the 2014 distribution.

Sec. 4.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 298.24, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Imposed; calculation.

(a) For concentrate produced in 2001, 2002,
and 2003 2013, there is imposed upon taconite and iron sulphides, and upon the mining
and quarrying thereof, and upon the production of iron ore concentrate therefrom, and
upon the concentrate so produced, a tax of $2.103 $2.56 per gross ton of merchantable
iron ore concentrate produced therefrom. For concentrates produced in 2005, the tax rate
is the same rate imposed for concentrates produced in 2004. For concentrates produced in
2009 and subsequent years, The tax is also imposed upon other iron-bearing material.

(b) For concentrates produced in 2006 2014 and subsequent years, the tax rate shall
be equal to the preceding year's tax rate plus an amount equal to the preceding year's tax
rate multiplied by the percentage increase in the implicit price deflator from the fourth
quarter of the second preceding year to the fourth quarter of the preceding year. "Implicit
price deflator" means the implicit price deflator for the gross domestic product prepared by
the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the United States Department of Commerce.

(c) An additional tax is imposed equal to three cents per gross ton of merchantable
iron ore concentrate for each one percent that the iron content of the product exceeds 72
percent, when dried at 212 degrees Fahrenheit.

(d) The tax on taconite and iron sulphides shall be imposed on the average of the
production for the current year and the previous two years. The rate of the tax imposed
will be the current year's tax rate. This clause shall not apply in the case of the closing
of a taconite facility if the property taxes on the facility would be higher if this clause
and section 298.25 were not applicable. The tax on other iron-bearing material shall be
imposed on the current year production.

(e) If the tax or any part of the tax imposed by this subdivision is held to be
unconstitutional, a tax of $2.103 $2.56 per gross ton of merchantable iron ore concentrate
produced shall be imposed.

(f) Consistent with the intent of this subdivision to impose a tax based upon the
weight of merchantable iron ore concentrate, the commissioner of revenue may indirectly
determine the weight of merchantable iron ore concentrate included in fluxed pellets by
subtracting the weight of the limestone, dolomite, or olivine derivatives or other basic
flux additives included in the pellets from the weight of the pellets. For purposes of this
paragraph, "fluxed pellets" are pellets produced in a process in which limestone, dolomite,
olivine, or other basic flux additives are combined with merchantable iron ore concentrate.
No subtraction from the weight of the pellets shall be allowed for binders, mineral and
chemical additives other than basic flux additives, or moisture.

(g)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subdivision, for the first two years
of a plant's commercial production of direct reduced ore from ore mined in this state, no
tax is imposed under this section. As used in this paragraph, "commercial production" is
production of more than 50,000 tons of direct reduced ore in the current year or in any prior
year, "noncommercial production" is production of 50,000 tons or less of direct reduced ore
in any year, and "direct reduced ore" is ore that results in a product that has an iron content
of at least 75 percent. For the third year of a plant's commercial production of direct
reduced ore, the rate to be applied to direct reduced ore is 25 percent of the rate otherwise
determined under this subdivision. For the fourth commercial production year, the rate is
50 percent of the rate otherwise determined under this subdivision; for the fifth commercial
production year, the rate is 75 percent of the rate otherwise determined under this
subdivision; and for all subsequent commercial production years, the full rate is imposed.

(2) Subject to clause (1), production of direct reduced ore in this state is subject to
the tax imposed by this section, but if that production is not produced by a producer of
taconite, iron sulfides, or other iron-bearing material, the production of taconite, iron
sulfides, or other iron-bearing material, that is consumed in the production of direct
reduced iron in this state is not subject to the tax imposed by this section on taconite,
iron sulfides, or other iron-bearing material.

(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subdivision, no tax is imposed
on direct reduced ore under this section during the facility's noncommercial production
of direct reduced ore. The taconite or iron sulphides consumed in the noncommercial
production of direct reduced ore is subject to the tax imposed by this section on taconite
and iron sulphides. Three-year average production of direct reduced ore does not
include production of direct reduced ore in any noncommercial year. Three-year average
production for a direct reduced ore facility that has noncommercial production is the
average of the commercial production of direct reduced ore for the current year and the
previous two commercial years.

(4) This paragraph applies only to plants for which all environmental permits have
been obtained and construction has begun before July 1, 2008.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective beginning for the 2013 production
year.

Sec. 5.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 298.28, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

Subd. 4.

School districts.

(a) 23.15 32.15 cents per taxable ton, plus the increase
provided in paragraph (d), less the amount that would have been computed under
Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 126C.21, subdivision 4, for the current year for that
district, must be allocated to qualifying school districts to be distributed, based upon the
certification of the commissioner of revenue, under paragraphs (b), (c), and (f).

(b)(i) 3.43 cents per taxable ton must be distributed to the school districts in which
the lands from which taconite was mined or quarried were located or within which the
concentrate was produced. The distribution must be based on the apportionment formula
prescribed in subdivision 2.

(ii) Four cents per taxable ton from each taconite facility must be distributed to
each affected school district for deposit in a fund dedicated to building maintenance
and repairs, as follows:

(1) proceeds from Keewatin Taconite or its successor are distributed to Independent
School Districts Nos. 316, Coleraine, and 319, Nashwauk-Keewatin, or their successor
districts;

(2) proceeds from the Hibbing Taconite Company or its successor are distributed to
Independent School Districts Nos. 695, Chisholm, and 701, Hibbing, or their successor
districts;

(3) proceeds from the Mittal Steel Company and Minntac or their successors are
distributed to Independent School Districts Nos. 712, Mountain Iron-Buhl, 706, Virginia,
2711, Mesabi East, and 2154, Eveleth-Gilbert, or their successor districts;

(4) proceeds from the Northshore Mining Company or its successor are distributed
to Independent School Districts Nos. 2142, St. Louis County, and 381, Lake Superior,
or their successor districts; and

(5) proceeds from United Taconite or its successor are distributed to Independent
School Districts Nos. 2142, St. Louis County, and 2154, Eveleth-Gilbert, or their
successor districts.

Revenues that are required to be distributed to more than one district shall be
apportioned according to the number of pupil units identified in section 126C.05,
subdivision 1, enrolled in the second previous year.

(c)(i) 15.72 24.72 cents per taxable ton, less any amount distributed under paragraph
(e), shall be distributed to a group of school districts comprised of those school districts
which qualify as a tax relief area under section 273.134, paragraph (b), or in which there is
a qualifying municipality as defined by section 273.134, paragraph (a), in direct proportion
to school district indexes as follows: for each school district, its pupil units determined
under section 126C.05 for the prior school year shall be multiplied by the ratio of the
average adjusted net tax capacity per pupil unit for school districts receiving aid under
this clause as calculated pursuant to chapters 122A, 126C, and 127A for the school year
ending prior to distribution to the adjusted net tax capacity per pupil unit of the district.
Each district shall receive that portion of the distribution which its index bears to the sum
of the indices for all school districts that receive the distributions.

(ii) Notwithstanding clause (i), each school district that receives a distribution
under sections 298.018; 298.23 to 298.28, exclusive of any amount received under this
clause; 298.34 to 298.39; 298.391 to 298.396; 298.405; or any law imposing a tax on
severed mineral values after reduction for any portion distributed to cities and towns
under section 126C.48, subdivision 8, paragraph (5), that is less than the amount of its
levy reduction under section 126C.48, subdivision 8, for the second year prior to the
year of the distribution shall receive a distribution equal to the difference; the amount
necessary to make this payment shall be derived from proportionate reductions in the
initial distribution to other school districts under clause (i). If there are insufficient tax
proceeds to make the distribution provided under this paragraph in any year, money must
be transferred from the taconite property tax relief account in subdivision 6, to the extent
of the shortfall in the distribution.

(d)(1) Any school district described in paragraph (c) where a levy increase pursuant
to section 126C.17, subdivision 9, was authorized by referendum for taxes payable in
2001, shall receive a distribution of 21.3 cents per ton. Each district shall receive $175
times the pupil units identified in section 126C.05, subdivision 1, enrolled in the second
previous year or the 1983-1984 school year, whichever is greater, less the product of 1.8
percent times the district's taxable net tax capacity in the second previous year 2011.

(2) Districts qualifying under paragraph (c) must receive additional taconite aid each
year equal to 22.5 percent of the amount obtained by subtracting:

(i) 1.8 percent of the district's net tax capacity for 2011, from:

(ii) the district's weighted average daily membership for fiscal year 2012 multiplied
by the sum of:

(A) $415, plus

(B) the district's referendum revenue allowance for fiscal year 2013.

If the total amount provided by paragraph (d) is insufficient to make the payments
herein required then the entitlement of $175 per pupil unit shall be reduced uniformly
so as not to exceed the funds available. Any amounts received by a qualifying school
district in any fiscal year pursuant to paragraph (d) shall not be applied to reduce general
education aid which the district receives pursuant to section 126C.13 or the permissible
levies of the district. Any amount remaining after the payments provided in this paragraph
shall be paid to the commissioner of Iron Range resources and rehabilitation who shall
deposit the same in the taconite environmental protection fund and the Douglas J. Johnson
economic protection trust fund as provided in subdivision 11.

Each district receiving money according to this paragraph shall reserve the lesser of
the amount received under this paragraph or $25 times the number of pupil units served
in the district. It may use the money for early childhood programs or for outcome-based
learning programs that enhance the academic quality of the district's curriculum. The
outcome-based learning programs must be approved by the commissioner of education.

(e) There shall be distributed to any school district the amount which the school
district was entitled to receive under section 298.32 in 1975.

(f) Four cents per taxable ton must be distributed to qualifying school districts
according to the distribution specified in paragraph (b), clause (ii), and two 11 cents
per taxable ton must be distributed according to the distribution specified in paragraph
(c). These amounts are not subject to sections 126C.21, subdivision 4, and 126C.48,
subdivision 8.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective beginning for the 2014 distribution.

Sec. 6.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 298.28, subdivision 6, is amended to read:

Subd. 6.

Property tax relief.

(a) In 2002 2014 and thereafter, 33.9 34.8 cents per
taxable ton, less any amount required to be distributed under paragraphs (b) and (c), or
section 298.2961, subdivision 5, must be allocated to St. Louis County acting as the
counties' fiscal agent, to be distributed as provided in sections 273.134 to 273.136.

(b) If an electric power plant owned by and providing the primary source of power
for a taxpayer mining and concentrating taconite is located in a county other than the
county in which the mining and the concentrating processes are conducted, .1875 cent per
taxable ton of the tax imposed and collected from such taxpayer shall be paid to the county.

(c) If an electric power plant owned by and providing the primary source of power
for a taxpayer mining and concentrating taconite is located in a school district other than
a school district in which the mining and concentrating processes are conducted, .4541
cent per taxable ton of the tax imposed and collected from the taxpayer shall be paid to
the school district.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective beginning for the 2014 distribution.

Sec. 7.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 298.28, subdivision 9c, is amended to read:

Subd. 9c.

Temporary Distribution; city of Eveleth.

0.20 cent per taxable ton
must be paid to the city of Eveleth for distribution in 2007 through 2011 only 2013
and thereafter, to be used for the support of the Hockey Hall of Fame, provided that it
continues to operate in that city, and provided that the city of Eveleth certifies to the St.
Louis County auditor that it has received donations for the support of the Hockey Hall of
Fame from professional hockey organizations or other donors in an amount at least equal
to the amount of the distribution under this subdivision. If the Hockey Hall of Fame
ceases to operate in the city of Eveleth prior to receipt of the distribution in either any
year, and the governing body of the city determines that it is unlikely to resume operation
there within a six-month period, the distribution under this subdivision shall be made to
the Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board. If the amount of the distribution
authorized under this subdivision exceeds the total amount of donations for the support of
the Hockey Hall of Fame during the 12-month period ending 30 days before the date of
the distribution, the amount by which 0.20 cent per ton exceeds the donations shall be
distributed to the Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board.

Sec. 8.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 298.28, subdivision 10, is amended to read:

Subd. 10.

Increase.

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), beginning with
distributions in 2000, the amount determined under subdivision 9 shall be increased in the
same proportion as the increase in the implicit price deflator as provided in section 298.24,
subdivision 1. Beginning with distributions in 2003 2015, the amount determined under
subdivision 6, paragraph (a), shall be increased in the same proportion as the increase in
the implicit price deflator as provided in section 298.24, subdivision 1.

(b) For distributions in 2005 and subsequent years, an amount equal to the increased
tax proceeds attributable to the increase in the implicit price deflator as provided in
section 298.24, subdivision 1, for taxes paid in 2005, except for the amount of revenue
increases provided in subdivision 4, paragraph (d), is distributed to the grant and loan fund
established in section 298.2961, subdivision 4.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective beginning for the 2014 distribution.

Sec. 9. IRON RANGE FISCAL DISPARITIES STUDY.

The commissioner of revenue, in coordination with the commissioner of the Iron
Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board, shall conduct a study of the tax relief
area revenue distribution program contained in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 276A,
commonly known as the Iron Range fiscal disparities program. By February 1, 2014, the
commissioner of revenue shall submit a report to the chairs and ranking minority members
of the house of representatives and senate tax committees consisting of the findings of the
study and identification of issues for policy makers to consider. The study must analyze:

(1) trends in population, property tax base, property tax rates, and contribution
and distribution capacity across the region;

(2) the volatility of the program's distribution and causes of the volatility;

(3) the impact of state tax policy changes on the fiscal disparities program; and

(4) the interaction between the program and the distribution of property tax aids and
credits, taconite aid, and Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board funding across
the region.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective June 1, 2013.

Sec. 10. 2013 DISTRIBUTION ONLY.

For the 2013 distribution, a special fund is established to receive 38.7 cents per ton of
any excess of the balance remaining after distribution of amounts required under Minnesota
Statutes, section 298.28, subdivision 6. The following amounts are allocated to St. Louis
County acting as the fiscal agent for the recipients for the following specific purposes:

(1) 5.1 cents per ton to the city of Hibbing for improvements to the city's water
supply system;

(2) 4.3 cents per ton to the city of Mountain Iron for the cost of moving utilities
required as a result of actions undertaken by United States Steel Corporation;

(3) 2.5 cents per ton to the city of Biwabik for improvements to the city's water supply
system, payable upon agreement with ArcelorMittal to satisfy water permit conditions;

(4) 2 cents per ton to the city of Tower for the Tower Marina;

(5) 2.4 cents per ton to the city of Grand Rapids for an eco-friendly heat transfer
system to replace aging effluent lines and for parking lot repaving;

(6) 2.4 cents per ton to the city of Two Harbors for wastewater treatment plant
improvements;

(7) 0.9 cents per ton to the city of Ely for the sanitary sewer replacement project;

(8) 0.6 cents per ton to the town of Crystal Bay for debt service of the Claire Nelson
Intermodal Transportation Center;

(9) 0.5 cents per ton to the Greenway Joint Recreation Board for the Coleraine
hockey arena renovations;

(10) 1.2 cents per ton for the West Range Regional Fire Hall and Training Center
to merge the existing fire services of Coleraine, Bovey, Taconite Marble, Calumet, and
Greenway Township;

(11) 2.5 cents per ton to the city of Hibbing for the Memorial Building;

(12) 0.7 cents per ton to the city of Chisholm for public works infrastructure;

(13) 1.8 cents per ton to the Crane Lake Water and Sanitary District for sanitary
sewer extension;

(14) 2.5 cents per ton for the city of Buhl for the roof on the Mesabi Academy;

(15) 1.2 cents per ton to the city of Gilbert for the New Jersey/Ohio Avenue project;

(16) 1.5 cents per ton to the city of Cook for street improvements, business park
infrastructure, and a maintenance garage;

(17) 0.5 cents per ton to the city of Cook for a water line project;

(18) 1.8 cents per ton to the city of Eveleth to be used for Jones Street reconstruction
and the city auditorium;

(19) 0.5 cents for the city of Keewatin for an electrical substation and water line
replacements;

(20) 3.3 cents for the city of Virginia for Fourth Street North infrastructure and
Franklin Park improvement; and

(21) 0.5 cents per ton to the city of Grand Rapids for an economic development
project.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for the 2013 distribution, and all
payments must be made separately and within ten days of the date of the August 2013
payment. This section supersedes article 5, section 46, of 2013 H.F. No. 729, if enacted in
the 2013 regular session of the legislature.

Sec. 11. IRON RANGE RESOURCES AND REHABILITATION
COMMISSIONER; BONDS AUTHORIZED.

Subdivision 1.

Issuance; purpose.

Notwithstanding any provision of Minnesota
Statutes, chapter 298, to the contrary, the commissioner of Iron Range resources and
rehabilitation shall issue revenue bonds in a principal amount of $38,000,000 plus an
amount sufficient to pay costs of issuance in one or more series, and thereafter may
issue bonds to refund those bonds. The proceeds of the bonds must be used to pay costs
of issuance and to make grants to school districts located in the taconite tax relief area
defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 273.134, or the taconite assistance area defined
in Minnesota Statutes, section 273.1341, to be used by the school districts to pay for
building projects, such as energy efficiency, technology, infrastructure, health, safety, and
maintenance improvements. Proceeds granted to School District No. 2142 must be used
to reduce debt service on the building bond passed on December 8, 2009.

Subd. 2.

Appropriation.

(a) There is annually appropriated from the distribution of
taconite production tax revenues under Minnesota Statues, section 298.28, prior to the
calculation of the amount of the remainder under Minnesota Statutes, section 298.28,
subdivision 11, an amount sufficient to pay when due the principal and interest on the
bonds issued pursuant to subdivision 1. The appropriation under this section must not
exceed an amount equal to ten cents per taxable ton.

(b) If in any year the amount available under paragraph (a) is insufficient to pay
principal and interest due on the bonds in that year, an additional amount is appropriated
from the Douglas J. Johnson fund to make up the deficiency.

(c) The appropriation under this subdivision terminates upon payment or maturity of
the last of the bonds issued under this section.

Subd. 3.

Credit enhancement.

The bonds issued under this section are "debt
obligations" and the commissioner of Iron Range resources and rehabilitation is a "district"
for purposes of Minnesota Statutes, section 126C.55, provided that advances made under
Minnesota Statutes, section 126C.55, subdivision 2, are not subject to Minnesota Statutes,
section 126C.55, subdivisions 4 to 7.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment and
applies beginning with the 2014 distribution under Minnesota Statutes, section 298.28.

ARTICLE 12

PUBLIC FINANCE

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 118A.04, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

State and local securities.

Funds may be invested in the following:

(1) any security which is a general obligation of any state or local government with
taxing powers which is rated "A" or better by a national bond rating service;

(2) any security which is a revenue obligation of any state or local government with
taxing powers which is rated "AA" or better by a national bond rating service; and

(3) a general obligation of the Minnesota housing finance agency which is a moral
obligation of the state of Minnesota and is rated "A" or better by a national bond rating
agency.; and

(4) any security which is an obligation of a school district with an original maturity
not exceeding 13 months and (i) rated in the highest category by a national bond rating
service or (ii) enrolled in the credit enhancement program pursuant to section 126C.55.

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 118A.05, subdivision 5, is amended to read:

Subd. 5.

Guaranteed investment contracts.

Agreements or contracts for
guaranteed investment contracts may be entered into if they are issued or guaranteed
by United States commercial banks, domestic branches of foreign banks, United States
insurance companies, or their Canadian subsidiaries, or the domestic affiliates of any
of the foregoing. The credit quality of the issuer's or guarantor's short- and long-term
unsecured debt must be rated in one of the two highest categories by a nationally
recognized rating agency. Agreements or contracts for guaranteed investment contracts
with a term of 18 months or less may be entered into regardless of the credit quality of
the issuer's or guarantor's long-term unsecured debt, provided that the credit quality of
the issuer's short-term unsecured debt is rated in the highest category by a nationally
recognized rating agency. Should the issuer's or guarantor's credit quality be downgraded
below "A", the government entity must have withdrawal rights.

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 216C.436, subdivision 7, is amended to read:

Subd. 7.

Repayment.

An implementing entity that finances an energy improvement
under this section must:

(1) secure payment with a lien against the benefited qualifying real property; and

(2) collect repayments as a special assessment as provided for in section 429.101
or by charter, provided that special assessments may be made payable in up to 20 equal
annual installments.

If the implementing entity is an authority, the local government that authorized
the authority to act as implementing entity shall impose and collect special assessments
necessary to pay debt service on bonds issued by the implementing entity under subdivision
8, and shall transfer all collections of the assessments upon receipt to the authority.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 4.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 373.01, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

Capital notes.

(a) A county board may, by resolution and without
referendum, issue capital notes subject to the county debt limit to purchase capital
equipment useful for county purposes that has an expected useful life at least equal to the
term of the notes. The notes shall be payable in not more than ten years and shall be
issued on terms and in a manner the board determines. A tax levy shall be made for
payment of the principal and interest on the notes, in accordance with section 475.61,
as in the case of bonds.

(b) For purposes of this subdivision, "capital equipment" means:

(1) public safety, ambulance, road construction or maintenance, and medical
equipment; and

(2) computer hardware and software, whether bundled with machinery or equipment
or unbundled, together with application development services and training related to the
use of the computer hardware or software.

Sec. 5.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 373.40, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Definitions.

For purposes of this section, the following terms have
the meanings given.

(a) "Bonds" means an obligation as defined under section 475.51.

(b) "Capital improvement" means acquisition or betterment of public lands,
buildings, or other improvements within the county for the purpose of a county courthouse,
administrative building, health or social service facility, correctional facility, jail, law
enforcement center, hospital, morgue, library, park, qualified indoor ice arena, roads
and bridges, public works facilities, fairground buildings, and records and data storage
facilities, and the acquisition of development rights in the form of conservation easements
under chapter 84C. An improvement must have an expected useful life of five years or more
to qualify. "Capital improvement" does not include a recreation or sports facility building
(such as, but not limited to, a gymnasium, ice arena, racquet sports facility, swimming
pool, exercise room or health spa), unless the building is part of an outdoor park facility
and is incidental to the primary purpose of outdoor recreation. For purposes of this section,
"capital improvement" includes expenditures for purposes described in this paragraph that
have been incurred by a county before approval of a capital improvement plan, if such
expenditures are included in a capital improvement plan approved on or before the date of
the public hearing under subdivision 2 regarding issuance of bonds for such expenditures.

(c) "Metropolitan county" means a county located in the seven-county metropolitan
area as defined in section 473.121 or a county with a population of 90,000 or more.

(d) "Population" means the population established by the most recent of the
following (determined as of the date the resolution authorizing the bonds was adopted):

(1) the federal decennial census,

(2) a special census conducted under contract by the United States Bureau of the
Census, or

(3) a population estimate made either by the Metropolitan Council or by the state
demographer under section 4A.02.

(e) "Qualified indoor ice arena" means a facility that meets the requirements of
section 373.43.

(f) "Tax capacity" means total taxable market value, but does not include captured
market value.

Sec. 6.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 373.40, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Application of election requirement.

(a) Bonds issued by a county
to finance capital improvements under an approved capital improvement plan are not
subject to the election requirements of section 375.18 or 475.58. The bonds must be
approved by vote of at least three-fifths of the members of the county board. In the case
of a metropolitan county, the bonds must be approved by vote of at least two-thirds of
the members of the county board.

(b) Before issuance of bonds qualifying under this section, the county must publish
a notice of its intention to issue the bonds and the date and time of a hearing to obtain
public comment on the matter. The notice must be published in the official newspaper
of the county or in a newspaper of general circulation in the county. The notice must be
published at least 14, but not more than 28, days before the date of the hearing.

(c) A county may issue the bonds only upon obtaining the approval of a majority of
the voters voting on the question of issuing the obligations, if a petition requesting a vote
on the issuance is signed by voters equal to five percent of the votes cast in the county in
the last county general election and is filed with the county auditor within 30 days after
the public hearing. The commissioner of revenue shall prepare a suggested form of the
question to be presented at the election. If the county elects not to submit the question to
the voters, the county shall not propose the issuance of bonds under this section for the
same purpose and in the same amount for a period of 365 days from the date of receipt
of the petition. If the question of issuing the bonds is submitted and not approved by the
voters, the provisions of section 475.58, subdivision 1a, shall apply.

Sec. 7.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 383D.41, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

Subd. 10.

Housing improvement areas.

(a) In addition to its other powers, the
Dakota County Community Development Agency shall have all powers of a city under
sections 428A.11 to 428A.21 in connection with housing improvement areas in Dakota
County.

(b) For purposes of the Dakota County Community Development Agency's exercise
of the powers granted in this subdivision, references in sections 428A.11 to 428A.21 to:

(1) a "mayor" shall be references to the chair of the board of commissioners of the
Dakota County Community Development Agency;

(2) a "council" shall be references to the board of commissioners of the Dakota
County Community Development Agency; and

(3) a "city clerk" shall be references to an official of the Dakota County Community
Development Agency designated by the executive director of the Dakota County
Community Development Agency.

(c) Notwithstanding sections 428A.11, subdivision 3, and 428A.13, subdivision 1,
the governing body of the Dakota County Community Development Agency may adopt
a resolution, rather than an ordinance, establishing one or more housing improvement
areas, and "enabling ordinance" for purposes of sections 428A.11 to 428A.21 means a
resolution under this clause.

(d) The community development agency (1) shall send a copy of each petition
for the establishment of a housing improvement area to the city in which the proposed
housing improvement area is located, and (2) may not hold the public hearing required in
section 428A.13, subdivision 2, fewer than 30 days after the date on which the related
application was sent pursuant to clause (1). The community development agency may
not establish a housing improvement area if the applicable city council opposes the
establishment by resolution adopted within 30 days after the petition required to be sent
pursuant to clause (1).

Sec. 8.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 410.32, is amended to read:

410.32 CITIES MAY ISSUE CAPITAL NOTES FOR CAPITAL EQUIPMENT.

(a) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of other law or charter, a home rule
charter city may, by resolution and without public referendum, issue capital notes subject
to the city debt limit to purchase capital equipment.

(b) For purposes of this section, "capital equipment" means:

(1) public safety equipment, ambulance and other medical equipment, road
construction and maintenance equipment, and other capital equipment; and

(2) computer hardware and software, whether bundled with machinery or equipment
or unbundled, together with application development services and training related to the
use of the computer hardware and software.

(c) The equipment or software must have an expected useful life at least as long
as the term of the notes.

(d) The notes shall be payable in not more than ten years and be issued on terms and
in the manner the city determines. The total principal amount of the capital notes issued
in a fiscal year shall not exceed 0.03 percent of the market value of taxable property
in the city for that year.

(e) A tax levy shall be made for the payment of the principal and interest on the
notes, in accordance with section 475.61, as in the case of bonds.

(f) Notes issued under this section shall require an affirmative vote of two-thirds of
the governing body of the city.

(g) Notwithstanding a contrary provision of other law or charter, a home rule charter
city may also issue capital notes subject to its debt limit in the manner and subject to the
limitations applicable to statutory cities pursuant to section 412.301.

Sec. 9.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 412.301, is amended to read:

412.301 FINANCING PURCHASE OF CERTAIN EQUIPMENT.

(a) The council may issue certificates of indebtedness or capital notes subject to the
city debt limits to purchase capital equipment.

(b) For purposes of this section, "capital equipment" means:

(1) public safety equipment, ambulance and other medical equipment, road
construction and maintenance equipment, and other capital equipment; and

(2) computer hardware and software, whether bundled with machinery or equipment
or unbundled, together with application development services and training related to the
use of the computer hardware or software.

(c) The equipment or software must have an expected useful life at least as long as
the terms of the certificates or notes.

(d) Such certificates or notes shall be payable in not more than ten years and shall be
issued on such terms and in such manner as the council may determine.

(e) If the amount of the certificates or notes to be issued to finance any such purchase
exceeds 0.25 percent of the market value of taxable property in the city, they shall not
be issued for at least ten days after publication in the official newspaper of a council
resolution determining to issue them; and if before the end of that time, a petition asking
for an election on the proposition signed by voters equal to ten percent of the number of
voters at the last regular municipal election is filed with the clerk, such certificates or notes
shall not be issued until the proposition of their issuance has been approved by a majority
of the votes cast on the question at a regular or special election.

(f) A tax levy shall be made for the payment of the principal and interest on such
certificates or notes, in accordance with section 475.61, as in the case of bonds.

Sec. 10.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 473.39, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

Subd. 1s.

Obligations.

After July 1, 2013, in addition to other authority in this
section, the council may issue certificates of indebtedness, bonds, or other obligations
under this section in an amount not exceeding $35,800,000 for capital expenditures as
prescribed in the council's transit capital improvement program and for related costs,
including the costs of issuance and sale of the obligations.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment
and applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and
Washington. This section is not effective if the legislature authorizes and enacts issuance
authority of at least $35,800,000 in 2013 H.F. No. 1444. If the legislature authorizes and
enacts issuance authority of less than $35,800,000 in 2013 H.F. No. 1444, this section
prevails, regardless of order of enactment.

Sec. 11.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 473.606, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

Treasurer; investments.

The treasurer shall receive and be responsible
for all moneys of the corporation, from whatever source derived, and the same shall be
considered public funds. The treasurer shall disburse the moneys of the corporation only
on orders made by the executive and operating officer, herein provided for, countersigned
by such other officer or such employee of the corporation as may be authorized and
directed so to do by the corporation, showing the name of the claimant and the nature of
the claim. No disbursement shall be certified by such officers until the same have been
approved by said commissioners at a meeting thereof. Whenever the executive director of
the corporation shall certify, pursuant to action taken by the commissioners at a meeting
thereof, that there are moneys and the amount thereof in the possession of the treasurer not
currently needed, then the treasurer may invest said amount or any part thereof in:

(a) Treasury bonds, certificates of indebtedness, bonds or notes of the United States
of America, or bonds, notes or certificates of indebtedness of the state of Minnesota, all of
which must mature not later than three years from the date of purchase.

(b) Bonds, notes, debentures or other obligations issued by any agency or
instrumentality of the United States or any securities guaranteed by the United States
government, or for which the credit of the United States is pledged for the payment of
the principal and interest thereof, all of which must mature not later than three years
from date of purchase.

(c) Commercial paper of prime quality, or rated among the top third of the quality
categories, not applicable to defaulted paper, as defined by a nationally recognized
organization which rates such securities as eligible for investment in the state employees
retirement fund except that any nonbanking issuing corporation, or parent company in the
case of paper issued by operating utility or finance subsidiaries, must have total assets
exceeding $500,000,000. Such commercial paper may constitute no more than 30 percent
of the book value of the fund at the time of purchase, and the commercial paper of any
one corporation shall not constitute more than four percent of the book value of the fund
at the time of such investment.

(d) Any securities eligible under the preceding provisions, purchased with
simultaneous repurchase agreement under which the securities will be sold to the particular
dealer on a specified date at a predetermined price. In such instances, all maturities of
United States government securities, or securities issued or guaranteed by the United
States government or an agency thereof, may be purchased so long as any such securities
which mature later than three years from the date of purchase have a current market
value exceeding the purchase price by at least five percent on the date of purchase, and
so long as such repurchase agreement involving securities extending beyond three years
in maturity be limited to a period not exceeding 45 days.

(e) Certificates of deposit issued by any official depository of the commission. The
commission may purchase certificates of deposit from a depository bank in an amount
exceeding that insured by federal depository insurance to the extent that those certificates
are secured by collateral maintained by the bank in a manner as prescribed for investments
of the State Board of Investment.

(f) securities approved for investment under section 118A.04.

Whenever it shall appear to the commissioners that any invested funds are needed
for current purposes before the maturity dates of the securities held, they shall cause the
executive director to so certify to the treasurer and it shall then be the duty of the treasurer
to order the sale or conversion into cash of the securities in the amount so certified. All
interest and profit on said investments shall be credited to and constitute a part of the
funds of the commission. The treasurer shall keep an account of all moneys received
and disbursed, and at least once a year, at times to be designated by the corporation, file
with the secretary a financial statement of the corporation, showing in appropriate and
identifiable groupings the receipts and disbursements since the last approved statements;
moneys on hand and the purposes for which the same are appropriated; and shall keep an
account of all securities purchased as herein provided, the funds from which purchased
and the interest and profit which may have accrued thereon, and shall accompany the
financial statement aforesaid with a statement setting forth such account. The corporation
may pay to the treasurer from time to time compensation in such amount as it may
determine to cover clerk hire to enable the treasurer to carry out duties and those required
in connection with bonds issued by the corporation as in this act authorized.

Sec. 12.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 474A.04, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:

Subd. 1a.

Entitlement reservations; carryforward; deduction.

Any amount
returned by an entitlement issuer before July 15 shall be reallocated through the housing
pool. Any amount returned on or after July 15 shall be reallocated through the unified
pool. An amount returned after the last Monday in November shall be reallocated to the
Minnesota Housing Finance Agency. Any amount of bonding authority that an entitlement
issuer carries forward under federal tax law that is not permanently issued or for which
the governing body of the entitlement issuer has not enacted a resolution electing to use
the authority for mortgage credit certificates and has not provided a notice of issue to the
commissioner before 4:30 p.m. on the last business day in December of the succeeding
calendar year shall be deducted from the entitlement allocation for that entitlement issuer
in the next succeeding calendar year. Any amount deducted from an entitlement issuer's
allocation under this subdivision shall be reallocated to other entitlement issuers, the
housing pool, the small issue pool, and the public facilities pool on a proportional basis
consistent with section 474A.03.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment
and applies to any bonding authority allocated in 2012 and subsequent years.

Sec. 13.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 474A.062, is amended to read:

474A.062 MINNESOTA OFFICE OF HIGHER EDUCATION 120-DAY
ISSUANCE EXEMPTION.

The Minnesota Office of Higher Education is exempt from the 120-day issuance
requirements in this chapter and may carry forward allocations for student loan bonds into
one successive calendar year, subject to carryforward notice requirements of section
474A.131, subdivision 2.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment
and applies to any bonding authority allocated in 2012 and subsequent years.

Sec. 14.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 474A.091, subdivision 3a, is amended to read:

Subd. 3a.

Mortgage bonds.

(a) Bonding authority remaining in the unified pool on
October 1 is available for single-family housing programs for cities that applied in January
and received an allocation under section 474A.061, subdivision 2a, in the same calendar
year. The Minnesota Housing Finance Agency shall receive an allocation for mortgage
bonds pursuant to this section, minus any amounts for a city or consortium that intends to
issue bonds on its own behalf under paragraph (c).

(b) The agency may issue bonds on behalf of participating cities. The agency shall
request an allocation from the commissioner for all applicants who choose to have the
agency issue bonds on their behalf and the commissioner shall allocate the requested
amount to the agency. Allocations shall be awarded by the commissioner each Monday
commencing on the first Monday in October through the last Monday in November for
applications received by 4:30 p.m. on the Monday of the week preceding an allocation.

For cities who choose to have the agency issue bonds on their behalf, allocations
will be made loan by loan, on a first-come, first-served basis among the cities. The
agency shall submit an application fee pursuant to section 474A.03, subdivision 4, and an
application deposit equal to two percent of the requested allocation to the commissioner
when requesting an allocation from the unified pool. After awarding an allocation and
receiving a notice of issuance for mortgage bonds issued on behalf of the participating
cities, the commissioner shall transfer the application deposit to the Minnesota Housing
Finance Agency.

For purposes of paragraphs (a) to (d), "city" means a county or a consortium of
local government units that agree through a joint powers agreement to apply together
for single-family housing programs, and has the meaning given it in section 462C.02,
subdivision 6. "Agency" means the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency.

(c) Any city that received an allocation pursuant to section 474A.061, subdivision
2a, paragraph (f), in the current year that wishes to receive an additional allocation from
the unified pool and issue bonds on its own behalf or pursuant to a joint powers agreement
shall notify the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency by the third Monday in September.
The total amount of allocation for mortgage bonds for a city choosing to issue bonds on its
own behalf or through a joint powers agreement is limited to the lesser of: (i) the amount
requested, or (ii) the product of the total amount available for mortgage bonds from the
unified pool, multiplied by the ratio of the population of each city that applied in January
and received an allocation under section 474A.061, subdivision 2a, in the same calendar
year, as determined by the most recent estimate of the city's population released by the
state demographer's office to the total of the population of all the cities that applied in
January and received an allocation under section 474A.061, subdivision 2a, in the same
calendar year. If a city choosing to issue bonds on its own behalf or through a joint powers
agreement is located within a county that has also chosen to issue bonds on its own behalf
or through a joint powers agreement, the city's population will be deducted from the
county's population in calculating the amount of allocations under this paragraph.

The Minnesota Housing Finance Agency shall notify each city choosing to issue
bonds on its own behalf or pursuant to a joint powers agreement of the amount of its
allocation by October 15. Upon determining the amount of the allocation of each choosing
to issue bonds on its own behalf or through a joint powers agreement, the agency shall
forward a list specifying the amounts allotted to each city.

A city that chooses to issue bonds on its own behalf or through a joint powers
agreement may request an allocation from the commissioner by forwarding an application
with an application fee pursuant to section 474A.03, subdivision 4, and an application
deposit equal to two percent of the requested amount to the commissioner no later than
4:30 p.m. on the Monday of the week preceding an allocation. Allocations to cities that
choose to issue bonds on their own behalf shall be awarded by the commissioner on
the first Monday after October 15 through the last Monday in November. No city may
receive an allocation from the commissioner after the last Monday in November. The
commissioner shall allocate the requested amount to the city or cities subject to the
limitations under this subdivision.

If a city issues mortgage bonds from an allocation received under this paragraph,
the issuer must provide for the recycling of funds into new loans. If the issuer is not
able to provide for recycling, the issuer must notify the commissioner in writing of the
reason that recycling was not possible and the reason the issuer elected not to have the
Minnesota Housing Finance Agency issue the bonds. "Recycling" means the use of money
generated from the repayment and prepayment of loans for further eligible loans or for the
redemption of bonds and the issuance of current refunding bonds.

(d) No entitlement city or county or city in an entitlement county may apply for or
be allocated authority to issue mortgage bonds or use mortgage credit certificates from
the unified pool.

(e) An allocation awarded to the agency for mortgage bonds under this section
may be carried forward by the agency into the next succeeding calendar year subject to
notice requirements under section 474A.131 and is available until the last business day in
December of that succeeding calendar year.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment
and applies to any bonding authority allocated in 2012 and subsequent years.

Sec. 15.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 475.521, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Definitions.

For purposes of this section, the following terms have
the meanings given.

(a) "Bonds" mean an obligation defined under section 475.51.

(b) "Capital improvement" means acquisition or betterment of public lands,
buildings or other improvements for the purpose of a city hall, town hall, library, public
safety facility, and public works facility. An improvement must have an expected useful
life of five years or more to qualify. Capital improvement does not include light rail transit
or any activity related to it, or a park, road, bridge, administrative building other than a
city or town hall, or land for any of those facilities. For purposes of this section, "capital
improvement" includes expenditures for purposes described in this paragraph that have
been incurred by a municipality before approval of a capital improvement plan, if such
expenditures are included in a capital improvement plan approved on or before the date of
the public hearing under subdivision 2 regarding issuance of bonds for such expenditures.

(c) "Municipality" means a home rule charter or statutory city or a town described in
section 368.01, subdivision 1 or 1a.

Sec. 16.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 475.521, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Election requirement.

(a) Bonds issued by a municipality to finance
capital improvements under an approved capital improvements plan are not subject to the
election requirements of section 475.58. The bonds must be approved by an affirmative
vote of three-fifths of the members of a five-member governing body. In the case of a
governing body having more or less than five members, the bonds must be approved by a
vote of at least two-thirds of the members of the governing body.

(b) Before the issuance of bonds qualifying under this section, the municipality
must publish a notice of its intention to issue the bonds and the date and time of the
hearing to obtain public comment on the matter. The notice must be published in the
official newspaper of the municipality or in a newspaper of general circulation in the
municipality. Additionally, the notice may be posted on the official Web site, if any, of the
municipality. The notice must be published at least 14 but not more than 28 days before
the date of the hearing.

(c) A municipality may issue the bonds only after obtaining the approval of a
majority of the voters voting on the question of issuing the obligations, if a petition
requesting a vote on the issuance is signed by voters equal to five percent of the votes cast
in the municipality in the last municipal general election and is filed with the clerk within
30 days after the public hearing. The commissioner of revenue shall prepare a suggested
form of the question to be presented at the election. If the municipality elects not to submit
the question to the voters, the municipality shall not propose the issuance of bonds under
this section for the same purpose and in the same amount for a period of 365 days from the
date of receipt of the petition. If the question of issuing the bonds is submitted and not
approved by the voters, the provisions of section 475.58, subdivision 1a, shall apply.

Sec. 17.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 475.58, subdivision 3b, is amended to read:

Subd. 3b.

Street reconstruction and bituminous overlays.

(a) A municipality may,
without regard to the election requirement under subdivision 1, issue and sell obligations
for street reconstruction or bituminous overlays, if the following conditions are met:

(1) the streets are reconstructed or overlaid under a street reconstruction or overlay
plan that describes the street reconstruction or overlay to be financed, the estimated costs,
and any planned reconstruction or overlay of other streets in the municipality over the
next five years, and the plan and issuance of the obligations has been approved by a vote
of all of the members of the governing body present at the meeting following a public
hearing for which notice has been published in the official newspaper at least ten days but
not more than 28 days prior to the hearing; and

(2) if a petition requesting a vote on the issuance is signed by voters equal to
five percent of the votes cast in the last municipal general election and is filed with the
municipal clerk within 30 days of the public hearing, the municipality may issue the bonds
only after obtaining the approval of a majority of the voters voting on the question of the
issuance of the obligations. If the municipality elects not to submit the question to the
voters, the municipality shall not propose the issuance of bonds under this section for the
same purpose and in the same amount for a period of 365 days from the date of receipt
of the petition. If the question of issuing the bonds is submitted and not approved by the
voters, the provisions of section 475.58, subdivision 1a, shall apply.

(b) Obligations issued under this subdivision are subject to the debt limit of the
municipality and are not excluded from net debt under section 475.51, subdivision 4.

(c) For purposes of this subdivision, street reconstruction and bituminous overlays
includes utility replacement and relocation and other activities incidental to the street
reconstruction, turn lanes and other improvements having a substantial public safety
function, realignments, other modifications to intersect with state and county roads, and
the local share of state and county road projects. For purposes of this subdivision, "street
reconstruction" includes expenditures for street reconstruction that have been incurred
by a municipality before approval of a street reconstruction plan, if such expenditures
are included in a street reconstruction plan approved on or before the date of the public
hearing under paragraph (a), clause (1), regarding issuance of bonds for such expenditures.

(d) Except in the case of turn lanes, safety improvements, realignments, intersection
modifications, and the local share of state and county road projects, street reconstruction
and bituminous overlays does not include the portion of project cost allocable to widening
a street or adding curbs and gutters where none previously existed.

Sec. 18.

Laws 1971, chapter 773, section 1, subdivision 2, as amended by Laws 1974,
chapter 351, section 5, Laws 1976, chapter 234, sections 1 and 7, Laws 1978, chapter 788,
section 1, Laws 1981, chapter 369, section 1, Laws 1983, chapter 302, section 1, Laws
1988, chapter 513, section 1, Laws 1992, chapter 511, article 9, section 23, Laws 1998,
chapter 389, article 3, section 27, and Laws 2002, chapter 390, section 23, is amended to
read:

Subd. 2. For each of the years 2003 to 2013 to 2024, the city of St. Paul is
authorized to issue bonds in the aggregate principal amount of $20,000,000 for each year.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day after compliance by the
governing body of the city of St. Paul with Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021,
subdivisions 2 and 3.

Sec. 19. CARRYFORWARD OF BONDING AUTHORITY FOR 2011; NO
DEDUCTION FROM ENTITLEMENT ALLOCATION.

Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 474A.04, subdivision 1a, bonding
authority that was allocated to an entitlement issuer in 2011 and that was carried forward
under federal tax law, but for which the entitlement issuer did not provide a notice of issue
to the commissioner of management and budget before 4:30 p.m. on the last business
day of December 2012 must not be deducted from the entitlement allocation for that
entitlement issuer in 2013.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment
and applies retroactively to rescind any reallocation by the commissioner of management
and budget under Minnesota Statues, section 474A.04, subdivision 1a, of any amounts so
deducted.

Sec. 20. LOCAL MATCH; INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 435;
WAUBUN-OGEMA-WHITE EARTH.

(a) Independent School District No. 435, Waubun-Ogema-White Earth, may expand
classroom space at its Ogema Elementary site using a grant of $551,532 that was awarded
to the district by the Department of Human Services on August 12, 2012, pursuant to a
grant agreement as provided by Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695, subdivision 9.
Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695, subdivision 6, to satisfy the match
requirements of the grant agreement, the district may use a lease-purchase agreement.
Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 465.71, the lease-purchase agreement must
provide that the title to the lease-purchased property must be held by the district.

(b) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 126C.13, subdivision 4, if the
school district enters a lease-purchase agreement to satisfy the local match under
paragraph (a), but fails to make a lease-purchase payment, the commissioner of education
shall reduce its general education aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 126C.13,
subdivision 4, by the amount of the lease-purchase payment.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 21. LEGISLATIVE OFFICE FACILITIES.

(a) The commissioner of administration may enter into a long-term lease-purchase
agreement for a term of up to 25 years, to predesign, design, construct, and equip offices,
hearing rooms, and parking facilities for legislative and other functions. The facility must
be located on the block bounded by Sherburne Avenue on the north, Park Street on the
west, University Avenue on the south, and North Capitol Boulevard on the east. The
legislative office facility must provide office accommodations for all senators and senate
staff who do not have offices in the Capitol building and on-site parking facilities for all
members and staff and disabled visitors to senate offices. A parking structure may also
be built on the state-owned land located in the block bounded by Sherburne Avenue
on the north, Park Street on the east, University Avenue on the south, and Rice Street
on the west. The commissioner of management and budget may issue lease revenue
bonds or certificates of participation associated with the lease-purchase agreement. The
lease-purchase agreements must not be terminated, except for nonappropriation of
money. The lease-purchase agreements must provide the state with a unilateral right to
purchase the leased premises at specified times for specified amounts. The lease-purchase
agreements are exempt from Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.24, subdivisions 6 and 6a.

(b) The facilities under the lease-purchase agreement are exempt from the design
competition requirement under Minnesota Statutes, section 15B.10. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary under Minnesota Statutes, sections 16C.32 and 16C.33, if the
commissioner of administration elects to use a design-build delivery method to design and
construct one or more facilities under this appropriation, the Capitol Area Architectural and
Planning Board, in cooperation with the commissioner, shall create a selection committee
to act as the board under Minnesota Statutes, sections 16C.32 and 16C.33, for the design
and construction of the facilities. Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.33, if
the commissioner elects to contract with a primary designer to design one or more facilities
under this appropriation, the Capitol Area Architectural and Planning Board, in cooperation
with the commissioner, shall create a selection committee to conduct the selection process
in accordance with standards under Minnesota Statutes, chapters 15B, 16B, and 16C. A
selection committee created under this section must contain no more than seven members,
including at least three representatives designated by the senate Committee on Rules and
Administration and three representatives designated by the speaker of the house.

(c) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in Minnesota Statutes, sections
16C.32 and 16C.33, if the commissioner of administration elects to use a design-build
delivery method to design, construct, and equip one or more facilities and associated
infrastructure to provide audio and video broadcast services for the Capitol building, State
Office Building, and a new legislative office building, if applicable, the commissioner
shall create a selection committee to act as the board under Minnesota Statutes, sections
16C.32 and 16C.33, to design, build, and equip the facilities. The selected design-builder
may self-perform trade work or name an audio and video subcontractor as a member of
the design-builder's team. If an audio and video subcontractor is named as a member of
the design-builder's team, the design-builder is not required to competitively bid the trade
work. Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 16C.33, subdivision 5, paragraph (b),
after obtaining and evaluating qualifications from each design-builder, in accordance
with the weighted criteria and subcriteria and procedures provided in the request for
qualifications, the selection committee shall select a short list of up to five proposals. If
the commissioner does not receive any proposals, the commissioner may either:

(1) solicit new proposals;

(2) revise the request for qualifications and thereafter solicit new proposals using
the revised request for qualifications; or

(3) request selection of a primary designer under Minnesota Statutes, section
16B.33, 16C.08, or 16C.095, and proceed with competitive bidding pursuant to Minnesota
Statutes, sections 16C.25 to 16C.29.

(d) The commissioner of administration may enter into a ground lease for state-owned
property in the capitol area in conjunction with the execution of a lease-purchase
agreement entered into under this section for any improvements constructed on that site.
Notwithstanding the requirements of Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695, subdivision 2,
paragraph (b), the ground lease must be for a term equal to the term of the lease-purchase
agreement, and must include an option to purchase the land at its then fair market value, if
the improvements are not purchased by the state at the end of the term of the lease-purchase
agreement, or at any earlier time that the lease-purchase agreement is terminated.

(e) The commissioner of administration must not prepare final plans and
specifications for any construction authorized under this section until the program plan
and cost estimates for all elements necessary to complete the project have been approved
by the senate Committee on Rules and Administration.

(f) $3,000,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2014 from the general fund to the
commissioner of administration for predesign and design of facilities authorized under
paragraph (a). This appropriation is available for expenditure the day following final
enactment and until June 30, 2015.

(g) The commissioner of administration may reserve a portion of money from
appropriations for office space costs of the legislature to fund future repairs for facilities
constructed under the authority provided in this section. Money reserved under this
paragraph must be credited to a segregated account for each building in the special
revenue fund and is appropriated to the commissioner to make the repairs. When the state
acquires title to a building with an account established under this paragraph, the account
for that building must be abolished and the balance remaining in the account must be
transferred to the appropriate asset preservation and replacement account.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 22. APPROPRIATION; RELOCATION EXPENSES.

$1,860,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of
administration for rent loss and relocation expenses related to the Capitol renovation
project for fiscal year 2014. Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642,
this appropriation is available until June 30, 2015. The base for this appropriation is
$1,380,000 in fiscal year 2016, $960,000 in fiscal year 2017, and $0 after that.

ARTICLE 13

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 16A.727, is amended to read:

16A.727 BACKUP REVENUES; FOOTBALL STADIUM FUNDING.

(a) If the commissioner of management and budget determines that the amount of
revenues under section 297E.021, subdivision 2, for the next fiscal year, plus $20,000,000,
will be less than the amounts specified in section 297E.021, subdivision 3, paragraph (a),
clause (1), items (i) to (iii), for that fiscal year, the commissioner may implement the
revenue options authorized in Laws 2012, chapter 299, article 6; provided that this section
does not constitute a pledge of tax revenues as security for the payment of principal and
interest on appropriation bonds issued under section 16A.695. If the commissioner
determines to exercise the authority under this section for a fiscal year, the commissioner
must implement the revenue options, as necessary, in the following order:

(1) a sports-themed lottery game under section 349A.20; and

(2) a tax on suites as provided under section 473J.14.

(b) Revenue raised under the authority granted by this section must be deposited
in the general fund.

(c) If the commissioner determines to implement one or more of the revenue options
authorized by this section, each subsequent year the commissioner must determine if
the revenue is needed and will be imposed and collected for the next fiscal year. If the
commissioner determines that one or more revenue options implemented for a fiscal year
are not needed for a subsequent fiscal year, the commissioner must terminate them in the
reverse order they were required to be implemented by paragraph (a) with the last option
implemented terminated first and so forth.

(d) Before implementing a revenue source authorized under this section, the
commissioner must report the intent to do so to the Legislative Commission on Planning
and Fiscal Policy. The commissioner must inform the commission of determinations to
continue or discontinue each revenue source for a subsequent fiscal year.

(e) The provisions of this section no longer apply after the Minnesota Sports
Facilities Authority certifies to the commissioner that it has determined that the revenues
of the general fund under section 297A.994, the increased revenues under chapter 297E,
and other available resources of the authority provide adequate financial security for
the state and the authority.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 2.

[116V.03] APPROPRIATION.

$1,000,000 in fiscal year 2014 and each year thereafter is appropriated from the
general fund to the commissioner of revenue for transfer to the agricultural project
utilization account in the special revenue fund for the Agricultural Utilization Research
Institute established under section 116V.01.

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 237.52, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

Collection.

Every provider of services capable of originating a TRS call,
including cellular communications and other nonwire access services, in this state shall,
except as provided in subdivision 3a, collect the charges established by the commission
under subdivision 2 and transfer amounts collected to the commissioner of public
safety in the same manner as provided in section 403.11, subdivision 1, paragraph (d).
The commissioner of public safety must deposit the receipts in the fund established in
subdivision 1.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective January 1, 2014.

Sec. 4.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 237.52, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

Subd. 3a.

Fee for prepaid wireless telecommunications service.

The fee
established in subdivision 2 does not apply to prepaid wireless telecommunications
services as defined in section 403.02, subdivision 17b, which are instead subject to the
prepaid wireless telecommunications access Minnesota fee established in section 403.161,
subdivision 1, paragraph (b). Collection, remittance, and deposit of prepaid wireless
telecommunications access Minnesota fees are governed by sections 403.161 and 403.162.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective January 1, 2014.

Sec. 5.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 270B.01, subdivision 8, is amended to read:

Subd. 8.

Minnesota tax laws.

For purposes of this chapter only, unless expressly
stated otherwise, "Minnesota tax laws" means:

(1) the taxes, refunds, and fees administered by or paid to the commissioner under
chapters 115B, 289A (except taxes imposed under sections 298.01, 298.015, and 298.24),
290, 290A, 291, 295, 297A, 297B, and 297H, and 403, or any similar Indian tribal tax
administered by the commissioner pursuant to any tax agreement between the state and
the Indian tribal government, and includes any laws for the assessment, collection, and
enforcement of those taxes, refunds, and fees; and

(2) section 273.1315.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective January 1, 2014.

Sec. 6.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 270B.12, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

Subd. 4.

Department of Public Safety.

The commissioner may disclose return
information to the Department of Public Safety for the purpose of and to the extent
necessary to administer section sections 270C.725 and 403.16 to 403.162.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective January 1, 2014.

Sec. 7.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 270C.03, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Powers and duties.

The commissioner shall have and exercise
the following powers and duties:

(1) administer and enforce the assessment and collection of taxes;

(2) make determinations, corrections, and assessments with respect to taxes,
including interest, additions to taxes, and assessable penalties;

(3) use statistical or other sampling techniques consistent with generally accepted
auditing standards in examining returns or records and making assessments;

(4) investigate the tax laws of other states and countries, and formulate and submit
to the legislature such legislation as the commissioner may deem expedient to prevent
evasions of state revenue laws and to secure just and equal taxation and improvement in
the system of state revenue laws;

(5) consult and confer with the governor upon the subject of taxation, the
administration of the laws in regard thereto, and the progress of the work of the
department, and furnish the governor, from time to time, such assistance and information
as the governor may require relating to tax matters;

(6) execute and administer any agreement with the secretary of the treasury or the
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in the Department of Justice of the
United States or a representative of another state regarding the exchange of information
and administration of the state revenue laws;

(7) require town, city, county, and other public officers to report information as to the
collection of taxes received from licenses and other sources, and such other information
as may be needful in the work of the commissioner, in such form as the commissioner
may prescribe;

(8) authorize the use of unmarked motor vehicles to conduct seizures or criminal
investigations pursuant to the commissioner's authority;

(9) authorize the participation in audits performed by the Multistate Tax Commission.
For the purposes of chapter 270B, the Multistate Tax Commission will be considered to be
a state for the purposes of auditing corporate sales, excise, and income tax returns.

(10) maintain toll-free telephone access for taxpayer assistance for calls from
locations within the state; and

(10) (11) exercise other powers and authority and perform other duties required of or
imposed upon the commissioner by law.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 8.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 271.06, subdivision 2a, as added by Laws
2013, chapter 36, section 1, is amended to read:

Subd. 2a.

Timely mailing treated as timely filing.

(a) If, after the period prescribed
by subdivision 2, the original notice of appeal, proof of service upon the commissioner,
and filing fee are delivered by mail in the United States mail to the Tax Court administrator
or the court administrator of district court acting as court administrator of the Tax Court,
then the date of filing is the date of the United States postmark stamped on the envelope
or other appropriate wrapper in which the notice of appeal, proof of service upon the
commissioner, and filing fee are mailed.

(b) This subdivision applies only if the postmark date falls within the period
prescribed by subdivision 2 and the original notice of appeal, proof of service upon the
commissioner, and filing fee are, within the time prescribed by subdivision 2, deposited in
the mail in the United States in an envelope or other appropriate wrapper, postage prepaid,
properly addressed to the Tax Court administrator or the court administrator of district
court acting as court administrator of the Tax Court.

(c) Only the postmark of the United States Postal Service qualifies as proof of
timely mailing under this subdivision. Private postage meters do not qualify as proof of
timely filing under this subdivision. If the original notice of appeal, proof of service
upon the commissioner, and filing fee are sent by United States registered mail, the date
of registration is the postmark date. If the original notice of appeal, proof of service
upon the commissioner, and filing fee are sent by United States certified mail and the
sender's receipt is postmarked by the postal employee to whom the envelope containing
the original notice of appeal, proof of service upon the commissioner, and filing fee is
presented, the date of the United States postmark on the receipt is the postmark date.

(d) A reference in this section to mail in the United States mail must be treated as
including a reference to any designated delivery service and a reference in this section to
a postmark by the United States Postal Service must be treated as including a reference
to any date recorded or marked by any designated delivery service in accordance with
section 7502(f) of the Internal Revenue Code.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for filings delivered by the United
States Postal Service with a postmark date after August 1, 2013.

Sec. 9.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297E.021, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

Available revenues.

For purposes of this section, "available revenues"
equals the amount determined under subdivision 2, plus up to $20,000,000 each fiscal year
from the taxes imposed under section 290.06, subdivision 1:

(1) reduced by the following amounts paid for the fiscal year under:

(i) the appropriation to principal and interest on appropriation bonds under section
16A.965, subdivision 8;

(ii) the appropriation from the general fund to make operating expense payments
under section 473J.13, subdivision 2, paragraph (b);

(iii) the appropriation for contributions to the capital reserve fund under section
473J.13, subdivision 4, paragraph (c);

(iv) the appropriations under Laws 2012, chapter 299, article 4, for administration
and any successor appropriation;

(v) the reduction in revenues resulting from the sales tax exemptions under section
297A.71, subdivision 43;

(vi) reimbursements authorized by section 473J.15, subdivision 2, paragraph (d);

(vii) the compulsive gambling appropriations under section 297E.02, subdivision 3,
paragraph (c), and any successor appropriation; and

(viii) the appropriation for the city of St. Paul under section 16A.726, paragraph
(c); and

(2) increased by the revenue deposited in the general fund under section 297A.994,
subdivision 4, clauses (1) to (3), for the fiscal year.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 10.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 403.02, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

Subd. 17b.

Prepaid wireless telecommunications service.

"Prepaid wireless
telecommunications service" means a wireless telecommunications service that allows the
caller to dial 911 to access the 911 system, which service must be paid for in advance and is:

(1) sold in predetermined units or dollars of which the number declines with use in a
known amount; or

(2) provides unlimited use for a predetermined time period.

The inclusion of nontelecommunications services, including the download of digital
products delivered electronically, content, and ancillary services, with a prepaid wireless
telecommunications service does not preclude that service from being considered a
prepaid wireless telecommunications service under this chapter.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective January 1, 2014.

Sec. 11.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 403.02, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

Subd. 20a.

Wireless telecommunications service.

Wireless telecommunications
service means a commercial mobile radio service, as that term is defined in United
States Code, title 47, section 332, subsection (d), including all broadband personal
communication services, wireless radio telephone services, and geographic area
specialized mobile radio licensees, that offer real-time, two-way voice service
interconnected with the public switched telephone network.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective January 1, 2014.

Sec. 12.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 403.02, subdivision 21, is amended to read:

Subd. 21.

Wireless telecommunications service provider.

"Wireless
telecommunications service provider" means a provider of commercial mobile radio
services, as that term is defined in United States Code, title 47, section 332, subsection
(d), including all broadband personal communications services, wireless radio telephone
services, geographic area specialized and enhanced specialized mobile radio services, and
incumbent wide area specialized mobile radio licensees, that offers real-time, two-way
voice service interconnected with the public switched telephone network and that is doing
business in the state of Minnesota wireless telecommunications service.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective January 1, 2014.

Sec. 13.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 403.06, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:

Subd. 1a.

Biennial budget; annual financial report.

The commissioner shall
prepare a biennial budget for maintaining the 911 system. By December 15 of each year,
the commissioner shall submit a report to the legislature detailing the expenditures for
maintaining the 911 system, the 911 fees collected, the balance of the 911 fund, and the
911-related administrative expenses of the commissioner, and the most recent forecast of
revenues and expenditures for the 911 emergency telecommunications service account,
including a separate projection of E911 fees from prepaid wireless customers and
projections of year-end fund balances. The commissioner is authorized to expend money
that has been appropriated to pay for the maintenance, enhancements, and expansion
of the 911 system.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 14.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 403.11, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Emergency telecommunications service fee; account.

(a) Each
customer of a wireless or wire-line switched or packet-based telecommunications service
provider connected to the public switched telephone network that furnishes service capable
of originating a 911 emergency telephone call is assessed a fee based upon the number
of wired or wireless telephone lines, or their equivalent, to cover the costs of ongoing
maintenance and related improvements for trunking and central office switching equipment
for 911 emergency telecommunications service, to offset administrative and staffing costs
of the commissioner related to managing the 911 emergency telecommunications service
program, to make distributions provided for in section 403.113, and to offset the costs,
including administrative and staffing costs, incurred by the State Patrol Division of the
Department of Public Safety in handling 911 emergency calls made from wireless phones.

(b) Money remaining in the 911 emergency telecommunications service account
after all other obligations are paid must not cancel and is carried forward to subsequent
years and may be appropriated from time to time to the commissioner to provide financial
assistance to counties for the improvement of local emergency telecommunications
services. The improvements may include providing access to 911 service for
telecommunications service subscribers currently without access and upgrading existing
911 service to include automatic number identification, local location identification,
automatic location identification, and other improvements specified in revised county
911 plans approved by the commissioner.

(c) The fee may not be less than eight cents nor more than 65 cents a month until
June 30, 2008, not less than eight cents nor more than 75 cents a month until June 30,
2009, not less than eight cents nor more than 85 cents a month until June 30, 2010, and
not less than eight cents nor more than 95 cents a month on or after July 1, 2010, for
each customer access line or other basic access service, including trunk equivalents as
designated by the Public Utilities Commission for access charge purposes and including
wireless telecommunications services. With the approval of the commissioner of
management and budget, the commissioner of public safety shall establish the amount of
the fee within the limits specified and inform the companies and carriers of the amount to
be collected. When the revenue bonds authorized under section 403.27, subdivision 1,
have been fully paid or defeased, the commissioner shall reduce the fee to reflect that debt
service on the bonds is no longer needed. The commissioner shall provide companies and
carriers a minimum of 45 days' notice of each fee change. The fee must be the same for all
customers, except that the fee imposed under this subdivision does not apply to prepaid
wireless telecommunications service, which is instead subject to the fee imposed under
section 403.161, subdivision 1, paragraph (a).

(d) The fee must be collected by each wireless or wire-line telecommunications
service provider subject to the fee. Fees are payable to and must be submitted to the
commissioner monthly before the 25th of each month following the month of collection,
except that fees may be submitted quarterly if less than $250 a month is due, or annually if
less than $25 a month is due. Receipts must be deposited in the state treasury and credited
to a 911 emergency telecommunications service account in the special revenue fund. The
money in the account may only be used for 911 telecommunications services.

(e) This subdivision does not apply to customers of interexchange carriers.

(f) The installation and recurring charges for integrating wireless 911 calls into
enhanced 911 systems are eligible for payment by the commissioner if the 911 service
provider is included in the statewide design plan and the charges are made pursuant to
contract.

(g) Competitive local exchanges carriers holding certificates of authority from the
Public Utilities Commission are eligible to receive payment for recurring 911 services.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective January 1, 2014.

Sec. 15.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 403.11, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

Subd. 3d.

Eligible telecommunications carrier; requirement.

No wireless
communications provider may provide telecommunications services under a designation
of eligible telecommunications carrier, as provided under Minnesota Rule 7811.1400,
until and unless the commissioner of public safety certifies to the chair of the public
utilities commission that the wireless telecommunications provider is not in arrears in
amounts owed to the 911 emergency telecommunications service account in the special
revenue fund.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 16.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 403.11, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

Subd. 6.

Report.

(a) Beginning September 1, 2013, and continuing semiannually
thereafter, each wireless telecommunications service provider shall report to the
commissioner, based on the mobile telephone number, both the total number of prepaid
wireless telecommunications subscribers sourced to Minnesota and the total number of
wireless telecommunications subscribers sourced to Minnesota. The report must be filed
on the same schedule as Federal Communications Commission Form 477.

(b) The commissioner shall make a standard form available to all wireless
telecommunications service providers for submitting information required to compile
the report required under this subdivision.

(c) The information provided to the commissioner under this subdivision is
considered trade secret information under section 13.37 and may only be used for purposes
of administering this chapter.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective January 1, 2014.

Sec. 17.

[403.16] DEFINITIONS.

Subdivision 1.

Scope.

For the purposes of sections 403.16 to 403.164, the terms
defined in this section have the meanings given them.

Subd. 2.

Consumer.

"Consumer" means a person who purchases prepaid wireless
telecommunications service in a retail transaction.

Subd. 3.

Department.

"Department" means the Department of Revenue.

Subd. 4.

Prepaid wireless E911 fee.

"Prepaid wireless E911 fee" means the fee that
is required to be collected by a seller from a consumer as established in section 403.161,
subdivision 1, paragraph (a).

Subd. 5.

Prepaid wireless telecommunications access Minnesota fee.

"Prepaid
wireless telecommunications access Minnesota fee" means the fee that is required to be
collected by a seller from a consumer as established in section 403.161, subdivision 1,
paragraph (b).

Subd. 6.

Provider.

"Provider" means a person that provides prepaid wireless
telecommunications service under a license issued by the Federal Communications
Commission.

Subd. 7.

Retail transaction.

"Retail transaction" means the purchase of prepaid
wireless telecommunications service from a seller for any purpose other than resale.

Subd. 8.

Seller.

"Seller" means a person who sells prepaid wireless
telecommunications service to another person.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective January 1, 2014.

Sec. 18.

[403.161] PREPAID WIRELESS FEES IMPOSED; COLLECTION;
REMITTANCE.

Subdivision 1.

Fees imposed.

(a) A prepaid wireless E911 fee of 80 cents per retail
transaction is imposed on prepaid wireless telecommunications service until the fee is
adjusted as an amount per retail transaction under subdivision 7.

(b) A prepaid wireless telecommunications access Minnesota fee, in the amount of
the monthly charge provided for in section 237.52, subdivision 2, is imposed on each
retail transaction for prepaid wireless telecommunications service until the fee is adjusted
as an amount per retail transaction under subdivision 7.

Subd. 2.

Exemption.

The fees established under subdivision 1 are not imposed on a
minimal amount of prepaid wireless telecommunications service that is sold with a prepaid
wireless device and is charged a single nonitemized price, and a seller may not apply the
fees to such a transaction. For purposes of this subdivision, a minimal amount of service
means an amount of service denominated as either ten minutes or less or $5 or less.

Subd. 3.

Fee collected.

The prepaid wireless E911 and telecommunications
access Minnesota fees must be collected by the seller from the consumer for each retail
transaction occurring in this state. The amount of each fee must be combined into one
amount, which must be separately stated on an invoice, receipt, or other similar document
that is provided to the consumer by the seller.

Subd. 4.

Sales and use tax treatment.

For purposes of this section, a retail
transaction conducted in person by a consumer at a business location of the seller must
be treated as occurring in this state if that business location is in this state, and any other
retail transaction must be treated as occurring in this state if the retail transaction is treated
as occurring in this state for purposes of the sales and use tax as specified in section
297A.669, subdivision 3, paragraph (c).

Subd. 5.

Remittance.

The prepaid wireless E911 and telecommunications access
Minnesota fees are the liability of the consumer and not of the seller or of any provider,
except that the seller is liable to remit all fees as provided in section 403.162.

Subd. 6.

Exclusion for calculating other charges.

The combined amount of the
prepaid wireless E911 and telecommunications access Minnesota fees collected by a seller
from a consumer must not be included in the base for measuring any tax, fee, surcharge,
or other charge that is imposed by this state, any political subdivision of this state, or
any intergovernmental agency.

Subd. 7.

Fee changes.

(a) The prepaid wireless E911 and telecommunications
access Minnesota fee must be proportionately increased or reduced upon any change to
the fee imposed under section 403.11, subdivision 1, paragraph (c), after July 1, 2013, or
the fee imposed under section 237.52, subdivision 2, as applicable.

(b) The department shall post notice of any fee changes on its Web site at least 30
days in advance of the effective date of the fee changes. It is the responsibility of sellers to
monitor the department's Web site for notice of fee changes.

(c) Fee changes are effective 60 days after the first day of the first calendar month
after the commissioner of public safety or the Public Utilities Commission, as applicable,
changes the fee.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective January 1, 2014.

Sec. 19.

[403.162] ADMINISTRATION OF PREPAID WIRELESS E911 FEES.

Subdivision 1.

Remittance.

Prepaid wireless E911 and telecommunications access
Minnesota fees collected by sellers must be remitted to the commissioner of revenue
at the times and in the manner provided by chapter 297A with respect to the general
sales and use tax. The commissioner of revenue shall establish registration and payment
procedures that substantially coincide with the registration and payment procedures that
apply in chapter 297A.

Subd. 2.

Seller's fee retention.

A seller may deduct and retain three percent of
prepaid wireless E911 and telecommunications access Minnesota fees collected by the
seller from consumers.

Subd. 3.

Department of Revenue provisions.

The audit, assessment, appeal,
collection, refund, penalty, interest, enforcement, and administrative provisions of
chapters 270C and 289A that are applicable to the taxes imposed by chapter 297A apply
to any fee imposed under section 403.161.

Subd. 4.

Procedures for resale transactions.

The commissioner of revenue shall
establish procedures by which a seller of prepaid wireless telecommunications service
may document that a sale is not a retail transaction. These procedures must substantially
coincide with the procedures for documenting sale for resale transactions as provided in
chapter 297A.

Subd. 5.

Fees deposited.

(a) The commissioner of revenue shall, based on
the relative proportion of the prepaid wireless E911 fee and the prepaid wireless
telecommunications access Minnesota fee imposed per retail transaction, divide the fees
collected in corresponding proportions. Within 30 days of receipt of the collected fees,
the commissioner shall:

(1) deposit the proportion of the collected fees attributable to the prepaid wireless
E911 fee in the 911 emergency telecommunications service account in the special revenue
fund; and

(2) deposit the proportion of collected fees attributable to the prepaid wireless
telecommunications access Minnesota fee in the telecommunications access fund
established in section 237.52, subdivision 1.

(b) The department may deduct and retain an amount, not to exceed two percent of
collected fees, to reimburse its direct costs of administering the collection and remittance
of prepaid wireless E911 fees and prepaid wireless telecommunications access Minnesota
fees.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective January 1, 2014.

Sec. 20.

[403.163] LIABILITY PROTECTION FOR SELLERS AND
PROVIDERS.

(a) A provider or seller of prepaid wireless telecommunications service is not liable
for damages to any person resulting from or incurred in connection with providing any
lawful assistance in good faith to any investigative or law enforcement officer of the
United States, this or any other state, or any political subdivision of this or any other state.

(b) In addition to the protection from liability provided by paragraph (a), section
403.08, subdivision 11, applies to sellers and providers.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 21.

[403.164] EXCLUSIVITY OF PREPAID WIRELESS E911 FEE.

The prepaid wireless E911 fee imposed by section 403.161 is the only E911 funding
obligation imposed with respect to prepaid wireless telecommunications service in this
state, and no tax, fee, surcharge, or other charge may be imposed by this state, any political
subdivision of this state, or any intergovernmental agency, for E911 funding purposes,
upon any provider, seller, or consumer with respect to the sale, purchase, use, or provision
of prepaid wireless telecommunications service.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective January 1, 2014.

Sec. 22. PURPOSE STATEMENTS; TAX EXPENDITURES.

Subdivision 1.

Authority.

This section is intended to fulfill the requirement under
Minnesota Statutes, section 3.192, that a bill creating, renewing, or continuing a tax
expenditure provide a purpose for the tax expenditure and a standard or goal against
which its effectiveness may be measured.

Subd. 2.

Federal conformity.

The provisions of article 6 conforming Minnesota
individual income tax to changes in federal law related to bonus depreciation and section
179 expensing are intended to simplify compliance with and administration of the
individual income tax.

Subd. 3.

Sales tax exemption for certain aircraft parts and labor.

The provisions
of article 5 exempting parts and labor for certain aircraft, is intended to encourage the
growth of the aviation services industry in the state.

Subd. 4.

Railroad track maintenance subtraction.

The provisions of article 6
allowing an individual income and corporate franchise tax subtraction for the amount
allowed under the federal credit for railroad maintenance expenses, are intended to
increase the combined federal and state tax incentives available to Class II and Class III
railroads for maintaining and upgrading track in Minnesota. The standard against which
effectiveness is to be measured is the additional miles of track maintained or upgraded
following allowance of the state tax subtraction in addition to the existing federal tax credit.

Subd. 5.

Historic structure rehabilitation credit.

The provisions of article 6
extending the sunset date of the historic structure rehabilitation credit and modifying
the effective date of the credit, are intended to encourage the preservation of historic
structures in Minnesota and to create and retain jobs related to rehabilitation of historic
structures in the state. The standard against which the effectiveness of the extension
of the credit and modification of the effective date is to be measured is the number of
jobs created through the rehabilitation of historic structures and the number of historic
structures rehabilitated and placed in service.

Subd. 6.

Greater Minnesota internship credit.

The provisions of article 6
providing a tax credit to employers of qualified interns, are intended to encourage
Minnesota businesses to employ and provide valuable education and work experience
to Minnesota students and foster long-term relationships between students and greater
Minnesota employers. The standard against which the effectiveness of the extension of the
credit is the number of students who participated in the program who were subsequently
employed full time by the employer.

Subd. 7.

Sales tax exemption for greater Minnesota business expansion.

The
provisions of article 8 are intended to induce existing businesses in greater Minnesota to
increase investment and expand employment in greater Minnesota.

Subd. 8.

Expansion of sales tax exemption on durable medical products and
prosthetics.

The provisions of article 8 expanding the definition of items included in
repair and replacement parts of durable medical equipment and prosthetics and exempting
Medicare and medicaid purchases is intended to simplify sales tax administration in this
area and provide relief for sellers who cannot collect the tax under these programs.

Subd. 9.

Sales tax exemption for established religious orders.

The provisions
of article 8 exempting certain sales between a religious order and an affiliated institute
of higher education, is intended to retain an existing sales tax exemption that exists
between St. John's Abbey and St. John's University after a governing restructure between
the two entities.

Subd. 10.

Sales tax exemption for certain dental providers.

The provisions
of article 8 exempting certain purchases by qualifying critical access dental providers,
is intended to assist critical access dental providers in defraying the overall cost of the
services they provide to underserved communities.

Subd. 11.

Sales tax exemption for nursing homes and boarding care homes.

The provisions of article 8 exempting certain nursing homes and boarding care homes is
intended to clarify that an existing exemption for these facilities is not affected by a recent
property tax case related to defining nonprofit organizations engaged in charitable activities.

Subd. 12.

Construction sales tax exemptions.

The provisions of article 8
exempting from sales tax construction materials for various entities, are intended to
increase jobs and reduce tax pyramiding by reducing the tax on inputs used to provide
taxable goods and services.

Subd. 13.

Sales tax exemption on certain public infrastructure.

The provisions
of article 10 exempting construction materials used in public infrastructure projects related
to the destination medical center plan is intended to reduce city costs for those projects.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 23. APPROPRIATIONS.

(a) $950,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of revenue
in fiscal year 2014 for administering this act. This appropriation does not cancel but is
available until June 30, 2015. $300,000 of this amount is added to the annual base budget.

(b) $25,000 in fiscal year 2014 and $25,000 in fiscal year 2015 are appropriated
from the general fund to the commissioner of employment and economic development for
administering the provisions of article 10.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 24. REPEALER.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 290.171; 290.173; and 290.174, are repealed.

ARTICLE 14

MARKET VALUE DEFINITIONS

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 38.18, is amended to read:

38.18 COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS; IMPROVEMENT AIDED.

Any Each town, statutory city, or school district in this state, now or hereafter at any
time having a an estimated market value of all its taxable property, exclusive of money and
credits, of more than $105,000,000, and having a county fair located within its corporate
limits, is hereby authorized to aid in defraying may pay part of the expense of improving
any such the fairground, by appropriating and paying over to the treasurer of the county
owning the fairground such sum of money, not exceeding $10,000, for each of the political
subdivisions, as the its governing body of the town, statutory city, or school district may,
by resolution, determine determines to be for the best interest of the political subdivision,.
The sums so appropriated to amounts paid to the county must be used solely for the purpose
of aiding in the improvement of to improve the fairground in such the manner as the county
board of the county shall determine determines to be for the best interest of the county.

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 40A.15, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Eligible recipients.

All counties within the state, municipalities that prepare
plans and official controls instead of a county, and districts are eligible for assistance
under the program. Counties and districts may apply for assistance on behalf of other
municipalities. In order to be eligible for financial assistance a county or municipality must
agree to levy at least 0.01209 percent of taxable estimated market value for agricultural
land preservation and conservation activities or otherwise spend the equivalent amount of
local money on those activities, or spend $15,000 of local money, whichever is less.

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 69.011, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Definitions.

Unless the language or context clearly indicates that
a different meaning is intended, the following words and terms, for the purposes of this
chapter and chapters 423, 423A, 424 and 424A, have the meanings ascribed to them:

(a) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of revenue.

(b) "Municipality" means:

(1) a home rule charter or statutory city;

(2) an organized town;

(3) a park district subject to chapter 398;

(4) the University of Minnesota;

(5) for purposes of the fire state aid program only, an American Indian tribal
government entity located within a federally recognized American Indian reservation;

(6) for purposes of the police state aid program only, an American Indian tribal
government with a tribal police department which exercises state arrest powers under
section 626.90, 626.91, 626.92, or 626.93;

(7) for purposes of the police state aid program only, the Metropolitan Airports
Commission; and

(8) for purposes of the police state aid program only, the Department of Natural
Resources and the Department of Public Safety with respect to peace officers covered
under chapter 352B.

(c) "Minnesota Firetown Premium Report" means a form prescribed by the
commissioner containing space for reporting by insurers of fire, lightning, sprinkler
leakage and extended coverage premiums received upon risks located or to be performed
in this state less return premiums and dividends.

(d) "Firetown" means the area serviced by any municipality having a qualified fire
department or a qualified incorporated fire department having a subsidiary volunteer
firefighters' relief association.

(e) "Estimated market value" means latest available estimated market value of all
property in a taxing jurisdiction, whether the property is subject to taxation, or exempt
from ad valorem taxation obtained from information which appears on abstracts filed with
the commissioner of revenue or equalized by the State Board of Equalization.

(f) "Minnesota Aid to Police Premium Report" means a form prescribed by the
commissioner for reporting by each fire and casualty insurer of all premiums received
upon direct business received by it in this state, or by its agents for it, in cash or otherwise,
during the preceding calendar year, with reference to insurance written for insuring against
the perils contained in auto insurance coverages as reported in the Minnesota business
schedule of the annual financial statement which each insurer is required to file with
the commissioner in accordance with the governing laws or rules less return premiums
and dividends.

(g) "Peace officer" means any person:

(1) whose primary source of income derived from wages is from direct employment
by a municipality or county as a law enforcement officer on a full-time basis of not less
than 30 hours per week;

(2) who has been employed for a minimum of six months prior to December 31
preceding the date of the current year's certification under subdivision 2, clause (b);

(3) who is sworn to enforce the general criminal laws of the state and local ordinances;

(4) who is licensed by the Peace Officers Standards and Training Board and is
authorized to arrest with a warrant; and

(5) who is a member of the State Patrol retirement plan or the public employees
police and fire fund.

(h) "Full-time equivalent number of peace officers providing contract service" means
the integral or fractional number of peace officers which would be necessary to provide
the contract service if all peace officers providing service were employed on a full-time
basis as defined by the employing unit and the municipality receiving the contract service.

(i) "Retirement benefits other than a service pension" means any disbursement
authorized under section 424A.05, subdivision 3, clauses (3) and (4).

(j) "Municipal clerk, municipal clerk-treasurer, or county auditor" means:

(1) for the police state aid program and police relief association financial reports:

(i) the person who was elected or appointed to the specified position or, in the
absence of the person, another person who is designated by the applicable governing body;

(ii) in a park district, the secretary of the board of park district commissioners;

(iii) in the case of the University of Minnesota, the official designated by the Board
of Regents;

(iv) for the Metropolitan Airports Commission, the person designated by the
commission;

(v) for the Department of Natural Resources or the Department of Public Safety, the
respective commissioner;

(vi) for a tribal police department which exercises state arrest powers under section
626.90, 626.91, 626.92, or 626.93, the person designated by the applicable American
Indian tribal government; and

(2) for the fire state aid program and fire relief association financial reports, the
person who was elected or appointed to the specified position, or, for governmental
entities other than counties, if the governing body of the governmental entity designates
the position to perform the function, the chief financial official of the governmental entity
or the chief administrative official of the governmental entity.

(k) "Voluntary statewide lump-sum volunteer firefighter retirement plan" means the
retirement plan established by chapter 353G.

Sec. 4.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 69.021, subdivision 7, is amended to read:

Subd. 7.

Apportionment of fire state aid to municipalities and relief associations.

(a) The commissioner shall apportion the fire state aid relative to the premiums reported
on the Minnesota Firetown Premium Reports filed under this chapter to each municipality
and/or firefighters relief association.

(b) The commissioner shall calculate an initial fire state aid allocation amount for
each municipality or fire department under paragraph (c) and a minimum fire state aid
allocation amount for each municipality or fire department under paragraph (d). The
municipality or fire department must receive the larger fire state aid amount.

(c) The initial fire state aid allocation amount is the amount available for
apportionment as fire state aid under subdivision 5, without inclusion of any additional
funding amount to support a minimum fire state aid amount under section 423A.02,
subdivision 3, allocated one-half in proportion to the population as shown in the last official
statewide federal census for each fire town and one-half in proportion to the estimated
market value of each fire town, including (1) the estimated market value of tax-exempt
property and (2) the estimated market value of natural resources lands receiving in lieu
payments under sections 477A.11 to 477A.14, but excluding the estimated market value
of minerals. In the case of incorporated or municipal fire departments furnishing fire
protection to other cities, towns, or townships as evidenced by valid fire service contracts
filed with the commissioner, the distribution must be adjusted proportionately to take
into consideration the crossover fire protection service. Necessary adjustments must be
made to subsequent apportionments. In the case of municipalities or independent fire
departments qualifying for the aid, the commissioner shall calculate the state aid for the
municipality or relief association on the basis of the population and the estimated market
value of the area furnished fire protection service by the fire department as evidenced by
duly executed and valid fire service agreements filed with the commissioner. If one or
more fire departments are furnishing contracted fire service to a city, town, or township,
only the population and estimated market value of the area served by each fire department
may be considered in calculating the state aid and the fire departments furnishing service
shall enter into an agreement apportioning among themselves the percent of the population
and the estimated market value of each service area. The agreement must be in writing
and must be filed with the commissioner.

(d) The minimum fire state aid allocation amount is the amount in addition to the
initial fire state allocation amount that is derived from any additional funding amount
to support a minimum fire state aid amount under section 423A.02, subdivision 3, and
allocated to municipalities with volunteer firefighters relief associations or covered by the
voluntary statewide lump-sum volunteer firefighter retirement plan based on the number
of active volunteer firefighters who are members of the relief association as reported
in the annual financial reporting for the calendar year 1993 to the Office of the State
Auditor, but not to exceed 30 active volunteer firefighters, so that all municipalities or
fire departments with volunteer firefighters relief associations receive in total at least a
minimum fire state aid amount per 1993 active volunteer firefighter to a maximum of
30 firefighters. If a relief association is established after calendar year 1993 and before
calendar year 2000, the number of active volunteer firefighters who are members of the
relief association as reported in the annual financial reporting for calendar year 1998
to the Office of the State Auditor, but not to exceed 30 active volunteer firefighters,
shall be used in this determination. If a relief association is established after calendar
year 1999, the number of active volunteer firefighters who are members of the relief
association as reported in the first annual financial reporting submitted to the Office of
the State Auditor, but not to exceed 20 active volunteer firefighters, must be used in this
determination. If a relief association is terminated as a result of providing retirement
coverage for volunteer firefighters by the voluntary statewide lump-sum volunteer
firefighter retirement plan under chapter 353G, the number of active volunteer firefighters
of the municipality covered by the statewide plan as certified by the executive director of
the Public Employees Retirement Association to the commissioner and the state auditor,
but not to exceed 30 active firefighters, must be used in this determination.

(e) Unless the firefighters of the applicable fire department are members of the
voluntary statewide lump-sum volunteer firefighter retirement plan, the fire state aid must
be paid to the treasurer of the municipality where the fire department is located and the
treasurer of the municipality shall, within 30 days of receipt of the fire state aid, transmit
the aid to the relief association if the relief association has filed a financial report with the
treasurer of the municipality and has met all other statutory provisions pertaining to the
aid apportionment. If the firefighters of the applicable fire department are members of
the voluntary statewide lump-sum volunteer firefighter retirement plan, the fire state aid
must be paid to the executive director of the Public Employees Retirement Association
and deposited in the voluntary statewide lump-sum volunteer firefighter retirement fund.

(f) The commissioner may make rules to permit the administration of the provisions
of this section.

(g) Any adjustments needed to correct prior misallocations must be made to
subsequent apportionments.

Sec. 5.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 69.021, subdivision 8, is amended to read:

Subd. 8.

Population and estimated market value.

(a) In computations relating to
fire state aid requiring the use of population figures, only official statewide federal census
figures are to be used. Increases or decreases in population disclosed by reason of any
special census must not be taken into consideration.

(b) In calculations relating to fire state aid requiring the use of estimated market
value property figures, only the latest available estimated market value property figures
may be used.

Sec. 6.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 88.51, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

Determination of estimated market value.

In determining the net tax
capacity of property within any taxing district the value of the surface of lands within any
auxiliary forest therein, as determined by the county board under the provisions of section
88.48, subdivision 3, shall, for all purposes except the levying of taxes on lands within any
such forest, be deemed the estimated market value thereof.

Sec. 7.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 103B.245, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

Tax.

After adoption of the ordinance under subdivision 2, a local
government unit may annually levy a tax on all taxable property in the district for the
purposes for which the tax district is established. The tax may not exceed 0.02418 percent
of estimated market value on taxable property located in rural towns other than urban
towns, unless allowed by resolution of the town electors. The proceeds of the tax shall
be paid into a fund reserved for these purposes. Any proceeds remaining in the reserve
fund at the time the tax is terminated or the district is dissolved shall be transferred and
irrevocably pledged to the debt service fund of the local unit to be used solely to reduce
tax levies for bonded indebtedness of taxable property in the district.

Sec. 8.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 103B.251, subdivision 8, is amended to read:

Subd. 8.

Tax.

(a) For the payment of principal and interest on the bonds issued
under subdivision 7 and the payment required under subdivision 6, the county shall
irrevocably pledge and appropriate the proceeds of a tax levied on all taxable property
located within the territory of the watershed management organization or subwatershed
unit for which the bonds are issued. Each year until the reserve for payment of the bonds
is sufficient to retire the bonds, the county shall levy on all taxable property in the territory
of the organization or unit, without respect to any statutory or other limitation on taxes, an
amount of taxes sufficient to pay principal and interest on the bonds and to restore any
deficiencies in reserves required to be maintained for payment of the bonds.

(b) The tax levied on rural towns other than urban towns may not exceed 0.02418
percent of taxable estimated market value, unless approved by resolution of the town
electors.

(c) If at any time the amounts available from the levy on property in the territory of
the organization are insufficient to pay principal and interest on the bonds when due, the
county shall make payment from any available funds in the county treasury.

(d) The amount of any taxes which are required to be levied outside of the territory
of the watershed management organization or unit or taken from the general funds of the
county to pay principal or interest on the bonds shall be reimbursed to the county from
taxes levied within the territory of the watershed management organization or unit.

Sec. 9.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 103B.635, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Municipal funding of district.

(a) The governing body or board of
supervisors of each municipality in the district must provide the funds necessary to meet
its proportion of the total cost determined by the board, provided the total funding from
all municipalities in the district for the costs shall not exceed an amount equal to .00242
percent of the total taxable estimated market value within the district, unless three-fourths
of the municipalities in the district pass a resolution concurring to the additional costs.

(b) The funds must be deposited in the treasury of the district in amounts and at
times as the treasurer of the district requires.

Sec. 10.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 103B.691, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Municipal funding of district.

(a) The governing body or board of
supervisors of each municipality in the district shall provide the funds necessary to meet its
proportion of the total cost to be borne by the municipalities as finally certified by the board.

(b) The municipality's funds may be raised by any means within the authority of
the municipality. The municipalities may each levy a tax not to exceed .02418 percent of
taxable estimated market value on the taxable property located in the district to provide
the funds. The levy shall be within all other limitations provided by law.

(c) The funds must be deposited into the treasury of the district in amounts and at
times as the treasurer of the district requires.

Sec. 11.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 103D.905, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Organizational expense fund.

(a) An organizational expense fund,
consisting of an ad valorem tax levy, shall not exceed 0.01596 percent of taxable estimated
market value, or $60,000, whichever is less. The money in the fund shall be used for
organizational expenses and preparation of the watershed management plan for projects.

(b) The managers may borrow from the affected counties up to 75 percent of the
anticipated funds to be collected from the organizational expense fund levy and the
counties affected may make the advancements.

(c) The advancement of anticipated funds shall be apportioned among affected
counties in the same ratio as the net tax capacity of the area of the counties within
the watershed district bears to the net tax capacity of the entire watershed district. If a
watershed district is enlarged, an organizational expense fund may be levied against the
area added to the watershed district in the same manner as provided in this subdivision.

(d) Unexpended funds collected for the organizational expense may be transferred to
the administrative fund and used for the purposes of the administrative fund.

Sec. 12.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 103D.905, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

General fund.

A general fund, consisting of an ad valorem tax levy, may
not exceed 0.048 percent of taxable estimated market value, or $250,000, whichever is
less. The money in the fund shall be used for general administrative expenses and for
the construction or implementation and maintenance of projects of common benefit to
the watershed district. The managers may make an annual levy for the general fund as
provided in section 103D.911. In addition to the annual general levy, the managers may
annually levy a tax not to exceed 0.00798 percent of taxable estimated market value
for a period not to exceed 15 consecutive years to pay the cost attributable to the basic
water management features of projects initiated by petition of a political subdivision
within the watershed district or by petition of at least 50 resident owners whose property
is within the watershed district.

Sec. 13.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 103D.905, subdivision 8, is amended to read:

Subd. 8.

Survey and data acquisition fund.

(a) A survey and data acquisition fund
is established and used only if other funds are not available to the watershed district to pay
for making necessary surveys and acquiring data.

(b) The survey and data acquisition fund consists of the proceeds of a property tax
that can be levied only once every five years. The levy may not exceed 0.02418 percent of
taxable estimated market value.

(c) The balance of the survey and data acquisition fund may not exceed $50,000.

(d) In a subsequent proceeding for a project where a survey has been made, the
attributable cost of the survey as determined by the managers shall be included as a part of
the cost of the work and the sum shall be repaid to the survey and data acquisition fund.

Sec. 14.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 117.025, subdivision 7, is amended to read:

Subd. 7.

Structurally substandard.

"Structurally substandard" means a building:

(1) that was inspected by the appropriate local government and cited for one or more
enforceable housing, maintenance, or building code violations;

(2) in which the cited building code violations involve one or more of the following:

(i) a roof and roof framing element;

(ii) support walls, beams, and headers;

(iii) foundation, footings, and subgrade conditions;

(iv) light and ventilation;

(v) fire protection, including egress;

(vi) internal utilities, including electricity, gas, and water;

(vii) flooring and flooring elements; or

(viii) walls, insulation, and exterior envelope;

(3) in which the cited housing, maintenance, or building code violations have not
been remedied after two notices to cure the noncompliance; and

(4) has uncured housing, maintenance, and building code violations, satisfaction of
which would cost more than 50 percent of the assessor's taxable estimated market value
for the building, excluding land value, as determined under section 273.11 for property
taxes payable in the year in which the condemnation is commenced.

A local government is authorized to seek from a judge or magistrate an administrative
warrant to gain access to inspect a specific building in a proposed development or
redevelopment area upon showing of probable cause that a specific code violation has
occurred and that the violation has not been cured, and that the owner has denied the local
government access to the property. Items of evidence that may support a conclusion of
probable cause may include recent fire or police inspections, housing inspection, exterior
evidence of deterioration, or other similar reliable evidence of deterioration in the specific
building.

Sec. 15.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 127A.48, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Computation.

The Department of Revenue must annually conduct
an assessment/sales ratio study of the taxable property in each county, city, town, and
school district in accordance with the procedures in subdivisions 2 and 3. Based upon the
results of this assessment/sales ratio study, the Department of Revenue must determine an
aggregate equalized net tax capacity for the various classes of taxable property in each
taxing district, the aggregate of which tax capacity shall be is designated as the adjusted net
tax capacity. The adjusted net tax capacity must be reduced by the captured tax capacity of
tax increment districts under section 469.177, subdivision 2, fiscal disparities contribution
tax capacities under sections 276A.06 and 473F.08, and the tax capacity of transmission
lines required to be subtracted from the local tax base under section 273.425; and increased
by fiscal disparities distribution tax capacities under sections 276A.06 and 473F.08. The
adjusted net tax capacities shall be determined using the net tax capacity percentages in
effect for the assessment year following the assessment year of the study. The Department
of Revenue must make whatever estimates are necessary to account for changes in the
classification system. The Department of Revenue may incur the expense necessary to
make the determinations. The commissioner of revenue may reimburse any county or
governmental official for requested services performed in ascertaining the adjusted net tax
capacity. On or before March 15 annually, the Department of Revenue shall file with the
chair of the Tax Committee of the house of representatives and the chair of the Committee
on Taxes and Tax laws of the senate a report of adjusted net tax capacities for school
districts. On or before June 15 annually, the Department of Revenue shall file its final report
on the adjusted net tax capacities for school districts established by the previous year's
assessments and the current year's net tax capacity percentages with the commissioner of
education and each county auditor for those school districts for which the auditor has the
responsibility for determination of local tax rates. A copy of the report so filed shall be
mailed to the clerk of each school district involved and to the county assessor or supervisor
of assessments of the county or counties in which each school district is located.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 16.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 138.053, is amended to read:

138.053 COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY; TAX LEVY; CITIES OR
TOWNS.

The governing body of any home rule charter or statutory city or town may annually
appropriate from its general fund an amount not to exceed 0.02418 percent of taxable
estimated market value, derived from ad valorem taxes on property or other revenues, to
be paid to the historical society of its respective county to be used for the promotion of
historical work and to aid in defraying the expenses of carrying on the historical work in the
county. No city or town may appropriate any funds for the benefit of any historical society
unless the society is affiliated with and approved by the Minnesota Historical Society.

Sec. 17.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 144F.01, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

Subd. 4.

Property tax levy authority.

The district's board may levy a tax on the
taxable real and personal property in the district. The ad valorem tax levy may not exceed
0.048 percent of the taxable estimated market value of the district or $400,000, whichever
is less. The proceeds of the levy must be used as provided in subdivision 5. The board shall
certify the levy at the times as provided under section 275.07. The board shall provide the
county with whatever information is necessary to identify the property that is located within
the district. If the boundaries include a part of a parcel, the entire parcel shall be included
in the district. The county auditors must spread, collect, and distribute the proceeds of the
tax at the same time and in the same manner as provided by law for all other property taxes.

Sec. 18.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 162.07, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

Computation for rural counties.

An amount equal to a levy of 0.01596
percent on each rural county's total taxable estimated market value for the last preceding
calendar year shall be computed and shall be subtracted from the county's total estimated
construction costs. The result thereof shall be the money needs of the county. For the
purpose of this section, "rural counties" means all counties having a population of less
than 175,000.

Sec. 19.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 162.07, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

Subd. 4.

Computation for urban counties.

An amount equal to a levy of 0.00967
percent on each urban county's total taxable estimated market value for the last preceding
calendar year shall be computed and shall be subtracted from the county's total estimated
construction costs. The result thereof shall be the money needs of the county. For
the purpose of this section, "urban counties" means all counties having a population
of 175,000 or more.

Sec. 20.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 163.04, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

Bridges within certain cities.

When the council of any statutory city or
city of the third or fourth class may determine that it is necessary to build or improve any
bridge or bridges, including approaches thereto, and any dam or retaining works connected
therewith, upon or forming a part of streets or highways either wholly or partly within
its limits, the county board shall appropriate one-half of the money as may be necessary
therefor from the county road and bridge fund, not exceeding during any year one-half
the amount of taxes paid into the county road and bridge fund during the preceding year,
on property within the corporate limits of the city. The appropriation shall be made upon
the petition of the council, which petition shall be filed by the council with the county
board prior to the fixing by the board of the annual county tax levy. The county board
shall determine the plans and specifications, shall let all necessary contracts, shall have
charge of construction, and upon its request, warrants in payment thereof shall be issued
by the county auditor, from time to time, as the construction work proceeds. Any unpaid
balance may be paid or advanced by the city. On petition of the council, the appropriations
of the county board, during not to exceed three successive years, may be made to apply
on the construction of the same items and to repay any money advanced by the city in
the construction thereof. None of the provisions of this section shall be construed to
be mandatory as applied to any city whose estimated market value exceeds $2,100 per
capita of its population.

Sec. 21.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 163.06, subdivision 6, is amended to read:

Subd. 6.

Expenditure in certain counties.

In any county having not less than 95
nor more than 105 full and fractional townships, and having a an estimated market value
of not less than $12,000,000 nor more than $21,000,000, exclusive of money and credits,
the county board, by resolution, may expend the funds provided in subdivision 4 in any
organized or unorganized township town or unorganized territory or portion thereof in
such county.

Sec. 22.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 165.10, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Certain counties may issue and sell.

The county board of any
county having no outstanding road and bridge bonds may issue and sell county road bonds
in an amount not exceeding 0.12089 percent of the estimated market value of the taxable
property within the county exclusive of money and credits, for the purpose of constructing,
reconstructing, improving, or maintaining any bridge or bridges on any highway under its
jurisdiction, without submitting the matter to a vote of the electors of the county.

Sec. 23.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 272.03, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

Subd. 14.

Estimated market value.

"Estimated market value" means the assessor's
determination of market value, including the effects of any orders made under section
270.12 or chapter 274, for the parcel. The provisions of section 273.032 apply for certain
uses in determining the total estimated market value for the taxing jurisdiction.

Sec. 24.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 272.03, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

Subd. 15.

Taxable market value.

"Taxable market value" means estimated market
value for the parcel as reduced by market value exclusions, deferments of value, or other
adjustments required by law, that reduce market value before the application of class rates.

Sec. 25.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 273.032, is amended to read:

273.032 MARKET VALUE DEFINITION.

(a) Unless otherwise provided, for the purpose of determining any property tax
levy limitation based on market value or any limit on net debt, the issuance of bonds,
certificates of indebtedness, or capital notes based on market value, any qualification to
receive state aid based on market value, or any state aid amount based on market value, the
terms "market value," "taxable estimated market value," and "market valuation," whether
equalized or unequalized, mean the total taxable estimated market value of taxable property
within the local unit of government before any of the following or similar adjustments for:

(1) the market value exclusions under:

(i) section 273.11, subdivisions 14a and 14c (vacant platted land);

(ii) section 273.11, subdivision 16 (certain improvements to homestead property);

(iii) section 273.11, subdivisions 19 and 20 (certain improvements to business
properties);

(iv) section 273.11, subdivision 21 (homestead property damaged by mold);

(v) section 273.11, subdivision 22 (qualifying lead hazardous reduction projects);

(vi) section 273.13, subdivision 34 (homestead of a disabled veteran or family
caregiver);

(vii) section 273.13, subdivision 35 (homestead market value exclusion); or

(2) the deferment of value under:

(i) the Minnesota Agricultural Property Tax Law, section 273.111;

(ii) the Aggregate Resource Preservation Law, section 273.1115;

(iii) the Minnesota Open Space Property Tax Law, section 273.112;

(iv) the rural preserves property tax program, section 273.114; or

(v) the Metropolitan Agricultural Preserves Act, section 473H.10; or

(3) the adjustments to tax capacity for:

(i) tax increment, financing under sections 469.174 to 469.1794;

(ii) fiscal disparity, disparities under chapter 276A or 473F; or

(iii) powerline credit, or wind energy values, but after the limited market adjustments
under section 273.11, subdivision 1a, and after the market value exclusions of certain
improvements to homestead property under section 273.11, subdivision 16 under section
273.425.

(b) Estimated market value under paragraph (a) also includes the market value
of tax-exempt property if the applicable law specifically provides that the limitation,
qualification, or aid calculation includes tax-exempt property.

(c) Unless otherwise provided, "market value," "taxable estimated market value,"
and "market valuation" for purposes of this paragraph property tax levy limitations and
calculation of state aid, refer to the taxable estimated market value for the previous
assessment year and for purposes of limits on net debt, the issuance of bonds, certificates of
indebtedness, or capital notes refer to the estimated market value as last finally equalized.

For the purpose of determining any net debt limit based on market value, or any limit
on the issuance of bonds, certificates of indebtedness, or capital notes based on market
value, the terms "market value," "taxable market value," and "market valuation," whether
equalized or unequalized, mean the total taxable market value of property within the local
unit of government before any adjustments for tax increment, fiscal disparity, powerline
credit, or wind energy values, but after the limited market value adjustments under section
273.11, subdivision 1a, and after the market value exclusions of certain improvements to
homestead property under section 273.11, subdivision 16. Unless otherwise provided,
"market value," "taxable market value," and "market valuation" for purposes of this
paragraph, mean the taxable market value as last finally equalized.

(d) For purposes of a provision of a home rule charter or of any special law that is not
codified in the statutes and that imposes a levy limitation based on market value or any limit
on debt, the issuance of bonds, certificates of indebtedness, or capital notes based on market
value, the terms "market value," "taxable market value," and "market valuation," whether
equalized or unequalized, mean "estimated market value" as defined in paragraph (a).

Sec. 26.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 273.11, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Generally.

Except as provided in this section or section 273.17,
subdivision 1, all property shall be valued at its market value. The market value as
determined pursuant to this section shall be stated such that any amount under $100 is
rounded up to $100 and any amount exceeding $100 shall be rounded to the nearest $100.
In estimating and determining such value, the assessor shall not adopt a lower or different
standard of value because the same is to serve as a basis of taxation, nor shall the assessor
adopt as a criterion of value the price for which such property would sell at a forced sale,
or in the aggregate with all the property in the town or district; but the assessor shall value
each article or description of property by itself, and at such sum or price as the assessor
believes the same to be fairly worth in money. The assessor shall take into account the
effect on the market value of property of environmental factors in the vicinity of the
property. In assessing any tract or lot of real property, the value of the land, exclusive of
structures and improvements, shall be determined, and also the value of all structures and
improvements thereon, and the aggregate value of the property, including all structures
and improvements, excluding the value of crops growing upon cultivated land. In valuing
real property upon which there is a mine or quarry, it shall be valued at such price as such
property, including the mine or quarry, would sell for at a fair, voluntary sale, for cash,
if the material being mined or quarried is not subject to taxation under section 298.015
and the mine or quarry is not exempt from the general property tax under section 298.25.
In valuing real property which is vacant, platted property shall be assessed as provided
in subdivision 14 subdivisions 14a and 14c. All property, or the use thereof, which is
taxable under section 272.01, subdivision 2, or 273.19, shall be valued at the market
value of such property and not at the value of a leasehold estate in such property, or at
some lesser value than its market value.

Sec. 27.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 273.124, subdivision 3a, is amended to read:

Subd. 3a.

Manufactured home park cooperative.

(a) When a manufactured home
park is owned by a corporation or association organized under chapter 308A or 308B,
and each person who owns a share or shares in the corporation or association is entitled
to occupy a lot within the park, the corporation or association may claim homestead
treatment for the park. Each lot must be designated by legal description or number, and
each lot is limited to not more than one-half acre of land.

(b) The manufactured home park shall be entitled to homestead treatment if all
of the following criteria are met:

(1) the occupant or the cooperative corporation or association is paying the ad
valorem property taxes and any special assessments levied against the land and structure
either directly, or indirectly through dues to the corporation or association; and

(2) the corporation or association organized under chapter 308A or 308B is wholly
owned by persons having a right to occupy a lot owned by the corporation or association.

(c) A charitable corporation, organized under the laws of Minnesota with no
outstanding stock, and granted a ruling by the Internal Revenue Service for 501(c)(3)
tax-exempt status, qualifies for homestead treatment with respect to a manufactured home
park if its members hold residential participation warrants entitling them to occupy a lot
in the manufactured home park.

(d) "Homestead treatment" under this subdivision means the class rate provided for
class 4c property classified under section 273.13, subdivision 25, paragraph (d), clause (5),
item (ii). The homestead market value credit exclusion under section 273.1384 273.13,
subdivision 35, does not apply and the property taxes assessed against the park shall not
be included in the determination of taxes payable for rent paid under section 290A.03.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for taxes payable in 2013 and
thereafter.

Sec. 28.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 273.124, subdivision 13, is amended to read:

Subd. 13.

Homestead application.

(a) A person who meets the homestead
requirements under subdivision 1 must file a homestead application with the county
assessor to initially obtain homestead classification.

(b) The format and contents of a uniform homestead application shall be prescribed
by the commissioner of revenue. The application must clearly inform the taxpayer that
this application must be signed by all owners who occupy the property or by the qualifying
relative and returned to the county assessor in order for the property to receive homestead
treatment.

(c) Every property owner applying for homestead classification must furnish to the
county assessor the Social Security number of each occupant who is listed as an owner
of the property on the deed of record, the name and address of each owner who does not
occupy the property, and the name and Social Security number of each owner's spouse who
occupies the property. The application must be signed by each owner who occupies the
property and by each owner's spouse who occupies the property, or, in the case of property
that qualifies as a homestead under subdivision 1, paragraph (c), by the qualifying relative.

If a property owner occupies a homestead, the property owner's spouse may not
claim another property as a homestead unless the property owner and the property owner's
spouse file with the assessor an affidavit or other proof required by the assessor stating that
the property qualifies as a homestead under subdivision 1, paragraph (e).

Owners or spouses occupying residences owned by their spouses and previously
occupied with the other spouse, either of whom fail to include the other spouse's name
and Social Security number on the homestead application or provide the affidavits or
other proof requested, will be deemed to have elected to receive only partial homestead
treatment of their residence. The remainder of the residence will be classified as
nonhomestead residential. When an owner or spouse's name and Social Security number
appear on homestead applications for two separate residences and only one application is
signed, the owner or spouse will be deemed to have elected to homestead the residence for
which the application was signed.

The Social Security numbers, state or federal tax returns or tax return information,
including the federal income tax schedule F required by this section, or affidavits or other
proofs of the property owners and spouses submitted under this or another section to
support a claim for a property tax homestead classification are private data on individuals as
defined by section 13.02, subdivision 12, but, notwithstanding that section, the private data
may be disclosed to the commissioner of revenue, or, for purposes of proceeding under the
Revenue Recapture Act to recover personal property taxes owing, to the county treasurer.

(d) If residential real estate is occupied and used for purposes of a homestead by a
relative of the owner and qualifies for a homestead under subdivision 1, paragraph (c), in
order for the property to receive homestead status, a homestead application must be filed
with the assessor. The Social Security number of each relative and spouse of a relative
occupying the property shall be required on the homestead application filed under this
subdivision. If a different relative of the owner subsequently occupies the property, the
owner of the property must notify the assessor within 30 days of the change in occupancy.
The Social Security number of a relative or relative's spouse occupying the property
is private data on individuals as defined by section 13.02, subdivision 12, but may be
disclosed to the commissioner of revenue, or, for the purposes of proceeding under the
Revenue Recapture Act to recover personal property taxes owing, to the county treasurer.

(e) The homestead application shall also notify the property owners that the
application filed under this section will not be mailed annually and that if the property
is granted homestead status for any assessment year, that same property shall remain
classified as homestead until the property is sold or transferred to another person, or
the owners, the spouse of the owner, or the relatives no longer use the property as their
homestead. Upon the sale or transfer of the homestead property, a certificate of value must
be timely filed with the county auditor as provided under section 272.115. Failure to
notify the assessor within 30 days that the property has been sold, transferred, or that the
owner, the spouse of the owner, or the relative is no longer occupying the property as a
homestead, shall result in the penalty provided under this subdivision and the property
will lose its current homestead status.

(f) If the homestead application is not returned within 30 days, the county will send a
second application to the present owners of record. The notice of proposed property taxes
prepared under section 275.065, subdivision 3, shall reflect the property's classification. If
a homestead application has not been filed with the county by December 15, the assessor
shall classify the property as nonhomestead for the current assessment year for taxes
payable in the following year, provided that the owner may be entitled to receive the
homestead classification by proper application under section 375.192.

(g) At the request of the commissioner, each county must give the commissioner a
list that includes the name and Social Security number of each occupant of homestead
property who is the property owner, property owner's spouse, qualifying relative of a
property owner, or a spouse of a qualifying relative. The commissioner shall use the
information provided on the lists as appropriate under the law, including for the detection
of improper claims by owners, or relatives of owners, under chapter 290A.

(h) If the commissioner finds that a property owner may be claiming a fraudulent
homestead, the commissioner shall notify the appropriate counties. Within 90 days of
the notification, the county assessor shall investigate to determine if the homestead
classification was properly claimed. If the property owner does not qualify, the county
assessor shall notify the county auditor who will determine the amount of homestead
benefits that had been improperly allowed. For the purpose of this section, "homestead
benefits" means the tax reduction resulting from the classification as a homestead and the
homestead market value exclusion under section 273.13, the taconite homestead credit
under section 273.135, the residential homestead and agricultural homestead credits credit
under section 273.1384, and the supplemental homestead credit under section 273.1391.

The county auditor shall send a notice to the person who owned the affected property
at the time the homestead application related to the improper homestead was filed,
demanding reimbursement of the homestead benefits plus a penalty equal to 100 percent
of the homestead benefits. The person notified may appeal the county's determination
by serving copies of a petition for review with county officials as provided in section
278.01 and filing proof of service as provided in section 278.01 with the Minnesota Tax
Court within 60 days of the date of the notice from the county. Procedurally, the appeal
is governed by the provisions in chapter 271 which apply to the appeal of a property tax
assessment or levy, but without requiring any prepayment of the amount in controversy. If
the amount of homestead benefits and penalty is not paid within 60 days, and if no appeal
has been filed, the county auditor shall certify the amount of taxes and penalty to the county
treasurer. The county treasurer will add interest to the unpaid homestead benefits and
penalty amounts at the rate provided in section 279.03 for real property taxes becoming
delinquent in the calendar year during which the amount remains unpaid. Interest may be
assessed for the period beginning 60 days after demand for payment was made.

If the person notified is the current owner of the property, the treasurer may add the
total amount of homestead benefits, penalty, interest, and costs to the ad valorem taxes
otherwise payable on the property by including the amounts on the property tax statements
under section 276.04, subdivision 3. The amounts added under this paragraph to the ad
valorem taxes shall include interest accrued through December 31 of the year preceding
the taxes payable year for which the amounts are first added. These amounts, when added
to the property tax statement, become subject to all the laws for the enforcement of real or
personal property taxes for that year, and for any subsequent year.

If the person notified is not the current owner of the property, the treasurer may
collect the amounts due under the Revenue Recapture Act in chapter 270A, or use any of
the powers granted in sections 277.20 and 277.21 without exclusion, to enforce payment
of the homestead benefits, penalty, interest, and costs, as if those amounts were delinquent
tax obligations of the person who owned the property at the time the application related to
the improperly allowed homestead was filed. The treasurer may relieve a prior owner of
personal liability for the homestead benefits, penalty, interest, and costs, and instead extend
those amounts on the tax lists against the property as provided in this paragraph to the extent
that the current owner agrees in writing. On all demands, billings, property tax statements,
and related correspondence, the county must list and state separately the amounts of
homestead benefits, penalty, interest and costs being demanded, billed or assessed.

(i) Any amount of homestead benefits recovered by the county from the property
owner shall be distributed to the county, city or town, and school district where the
property is located in the same proportion that each taxing district's levy was to the total
of the three taxing districts' levy for the current year. Any amount recovered attributable
to taconite homestead credit shall be transmitted to the St. Louis County auditor to be
deposited in the taconite property tax relief account. Any amount recovered that is
attributable to supplemental homestead credit is to be transmitted to the commissioner of
revenue for deposit in the general fund of the state treasury. The total amount of penalty
collected must be deposited in the county general fund.

(j) If a property owner has applied for more than one homestead and the county
assessors cannot determine which property should be classified as homestead, the county
assessors will refer the information to the commissioner. The commissioner shall make
the determination and notify the counties within 60 days.

(k) In addition to lists of homestead properties, the commissioner may ask the
counties to furnish lists of all properties and the record owners. The Social Security
numbers and federal identification numbers that are maintained by a county or city
assessor for property tax administration purposes, and that may appear on the lists retain
their classification as private or nonpublic data; but may be viewed, accessed, and used by
the county auditor or treasurer of the same county for the limited purpose of assisting the
commissioner in the preparation of microdata samples under section 270C.12.

(l) On or before April 30 each year beginning in 2007, each county must provide the
commissioner with the following data for each parcel of homestead property by electronic
means as defined in section 289A.02, subdivision 8:

(i) the property identification number assigned to the parcel for purposes of taxes
payable in the current year;

(ii) the name and Social Security number of each occupant of homestead property
who is the property owner, property owner's spouse, qualifying relative of a property
owner, or spouse of a qualifying relative;

(iii) the classification of the property under section 273.13 for taxes payable in the
current year and in the prior year;

(iv) an indication of whether the property was classified as a homestead for taxes
payable in the current year because of occupancy by a relative of the owner or by a
spouse of a relative;

(v) the property taxes payable as defined in section 290A.03, subdivision 13, for the
current year and the prior year;

(vi) the market value of improvements to the property first assessed for tax purposes
for taxes payable in the current year;

(vii) the assessor's estimated market value assigned to the property for taxes payable
in the current year and the prior year;

(viii) the taxable market value assigned to the property for taxes payable in the
current year and the prior year;

(ix) whether there are delinquent property taxes owing on the homestead;

(x) the unique taxing district in which the property is located; and

(xi) such other information as the commissioner decides is necessary.

The commissioner shall use the information provided on the lists as appropriate
under the law, including for the detection of improper claims by owners, or relatives
of owners, under chapter 290A.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for taxes payable in 2013 and
thereafter.

Sec. 29.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 273.13, subdivision 21b, is amended to read:

Subd. 21b.

Net tax capacity.

(a) Gross tax capacity means the product of the
appropriate gross class rates in this section and market values.

(b) Net tax capacity means the product of the appropriate net class rates in this
section and taxable market values.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 30.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 273.1398, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

Disparity reduction aid.

The amount of disparity aid certified for each
taxing district within each unique taxing jurisdiction for taxes payable in the prior year
shall be multiplied by the ratio of (1) the jurisdiction's tax capacity using the class rates for
taxes payable in the year for which aid is being computed, to (2) its tax capacity using
the class rates for taxes payable in the year prior to that for which aid is being computed,
both based upon taxable market values for taxes payable in the year prior to that for which
aid is being computed. If the commissioner determines that insufficient information is
available to reasonably and timely calculate the numerator in this ratio for the first taxes
payable year that a class rate change or new class rate is effective, the commissioner shall
omit the effects of that class rate change or new class rate when calculating this ratio for
aid payable in that taxes payable year. For aid payable in the year following a year for
which such omission was made, the commissioner shall use in the denominator for the
class that was changed or created, the tax capacity for taxes payable two years prior to that
in which the aid is payable, based on taxable market values for taxes payable in the year
prior to that for which aid is being computed.

Sec. 31.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 273.1398, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

Subd. 4.

Disparity reduction credit.

(a) Beginning with taxes payable in 1989,
class 4a and class 3a property qualifies for a disparity reduction credit if: (1) the property
is located in a border city that has an enterprise zone, as defined in section 469.166; (2)
the property is located in a city with a population greater than 2,500 and less than 35,000
according to the 1980 decennial census; (3) the city is adjacent to a city in another state or
immediately adjacent to a city adjacent to a city in another state; and (4) the adjacent city
in the other state has a population of greater than 5,000 and less than 75,000 according to
the 1980 decennial census.

(b) The credit is an amount sufficient to reduce (i) the taxes levied on class 4a
property to 2.3 percent of the property's taxable market value and (ii) the tax on class 3a
property to 2.3 percent of taxable market value.

(c) The county auditor shall annually certify the costs of the credits to the
Department of Revenue. The department shall reimburse local governments for the
property taxes forgone as the result of the credits in proportion to their total levies.

Sec. 32.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 275.011, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Determination of levy limit.

The property tax levied for any
purpose under a special law that is not codified in Minnesota Statutes or a city charter
provision and that is subject to a mill rate limitation imposed by the special law or city
charter provision, excluding levies subject to mill rate limitations that use adjusted
assessed values determined by the commissioner of revenue under section 124.2131, must
not exceed the following amount for the years specified:

(a) for taxes payable in 1988, the product of the applicable mill rate limitation
imposed by special law or city charter provision multiplied by the total assessed valuation
of all taxable property subject to the tax as adjusted by the provisions of Minnesota
Statutes 1986, sections 272.64; 273.13, subdivision 7a; and 275.49;

(b) for taxes payable in 1989, the product of (1) the property tax levy limitation for
the taxes payable year 1988 determined under clause (a) multiplied by (2) an index for
market valuation changes equal to the assessment year 1988 total market valuation of all
taxable property subject to the tax divided by the assessment year 1987 total market
valuation of all taxable property subject to the tax; and

(c) for taxes payable in 1990 and subsequent years, the product of (1) the property
tax levy limitation for the previous year determined pursuant to this subdivision multiplied
by (2) an index for market valuation changes equal to the total market valuation of all
taxable property subject to the tax for the current assessment year divided by the total
market valuation of all taxable property subject to the tax for the previous assessment year.

For the purpose of determining the property tax levy limitation for the taxes payable
year 1988 2014 and subsequent years under this subdivision, "total market valuation"
means the total estimated market valuation value of all taxable property subject to the
tax without valuation adjustments for fiscal disparities (chapters 276A and 473F), tax
increment financing (sections 469.174 to 469.179), or powerline credit (section 273.425)
as provided under section 273.032.

Sec. 33.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 275.077, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Correction of levy amount.

The difference between the correct levy and
the erroneous levy shall be added to the township levy for the subsequent levy year;
provided that if the amount of the difference exceeds 0.12089 percent of taxable estimated
market value, the excess shall be added to the township levy for the second and later
subsequent levy years, not to exceed an additional levy of 0.12089 percent of taxable
estimated market value in any year, until the full amount of the difference has been levied.
The funds collected from the corrected levies shall be used to reimburse the county for the
payment required by subdivision 1.

Sec. 34.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 275.71, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

Subd. 4.

Adjusted levy limit base.

For taxes levied in 2008 through 2010, the
adjusted levy limit base is equal to the levy limit base computed under subdivision 2
or section 275.72, multiplied by:

(1) one plus the percentage growth in the implicit price deflator, but the percentage
shall not be less than zero or exceed 3.9 percent;

(2) one plus a percentage equal to 50 percent of the percentage increase in the number
of households, if any, for the most recent 12-month period for which data is available; and

(3) one plus a percentage equal to 50 percent of the percentage increase in the
taxable estimated market value of the jurisdiction due to new construction of class 3
property, as defined in section 273.13, subdivision 4, except for state-assessed utility and
railroad property, for the most recent year for which data is available.

Sec. 35.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 276.04, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Contents of tax statements.

(a) The treasurer shall provide for the printing
of the tax statements. The commissioner of revenue shall prescribe the form of the property
tax statement and its contents. The tax statement must not state or imply that property tax
credits are paid by the state of Minnesota. The statement must contain a tabulated statement
of the dollar amount due to each taxing authority and the amount of the state tax from the
parcel of real property for which a particular tax statement is prepared. The dollar amounts
attributable to the county, the state tax, the voter approved school tax, the other local school
tax, the township or municipality, and the total of the metropolitan special taxing districts
as defined in section 275.065, subdivision 3, paragraph (i), must be separately stated.
The amounts due all other special taxing districts, if any, may be aggregated except that
any levies made by the regional rail authorities in the county of Anoka, Carver, Dakota,
Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, or Washington under chapter 398A shall be listed on a separate
line directly under the appropriate county's levy. If the county levy under this paragraph
includes an amount for a lake improvement district as defined under sections 103B.501
to 103B.581, the amount attributable for that purpose must be separately stated from the
remaining county levy amount. In the case of Ramsey County, if the county levy under this
paragraph includes an amount for public library service under section 134.07, the amount
attributable for that purpose may be separated from the remaining county levy amount.
The amount of the tax on homesteads qualifying under the senior citizens' property tax
deferral program under chapter 290B is the total amount of property tax before subtraction
of the deferred property tax amount. The amount of the tax on contamination value
imposed under sections 270.91 to 270.98, if any, must also be separately stated. The dollar
amounts, including the dollar amount of any special assessments, may be rounded to the
nearest even whole dollar. For purposes of this section whole odd-numbered dollars may
be adjusted to the next higher even-numbered dollar. The amount of market value excluded
under section 273.11, subdivision 16, if any, must also be listed on the tax statement.

(b) The property tax statements for manufactured homes and sectional structures
taxed as personal property shall contain the same information that is required on the
tax statements for real property.

(c) Real and personal property tax statements must contain the following information
in the order given in this paragraph. The information must contain the current year tax
information in the right column with the corresponding information for the previous year
in a column on the left:

(1) the property's estimated market value under section 273.11, subdivision 1;

(2) the property's homestead market value exclusion under section 273.13,
subdivision 35;

(3) the property's taxable market value after reductions under sections 273.11,
subdivisions 1a and 16, and 273.13, subdivision 35 section 272.03, subdivision 15;

(4) the property's gross tax, before credits;

(5) for homestead agricultural properties, the credit under section 273.1384;

(6) any credits received under sections 273.119; 273.1234 or 273.1235; 273.135;
273.1391; 273.1398, subdivision 4; 469.171; and 473H.10, except that the amount of
credit received under section 273.135 must be separately stated and identified as "taconite
tax relief"; and

(7) the net tax payable in the manner required in paragraph (a).

(d) If the county uses envelopes for mailing property tax statements and if the county
agrees, a taxing district may include a notice with the property tax statement notifying
taxpayers when the taxing district will begin its budget deliberations for the current
year, and encouraging taxpayers to attend the hearings. If the county allows notices to
be included in the envelope containing the property tax statement, and if more than
one taxing district relative to a given property decides to include a notice with the tax
statement, the county treasurer or auditor must coordinate the process and may combine
the information on a single announcement.

Sec. 36.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 276A.01, subdivision 10, is amended to read:

Subd. 10.

Adjusted market value.

"Adjusted market value" of real and personal
property within a municipality means the assessor's estimated taxable market value,
as defined in section 272.03, of all real and personal property, including the value of
manufactured housing, within the municipality. For purposes of sections 276A.01 to
276A.09, the commissioner of revenue shall annually make determinations and reports
with respect to each municipality which are comparable to those it makes for school
districts, adjusted for sales ratios in a manner similar to the adjustments made to city and
town net tax capacities under section 127A.48, subdivisions 1 to 6, in the same manner
and at the same times prescribed by the subdivision. The commissioner of revenue shall
annually determine, for each municipality, information comparable to that required by
section 475.53, subdivision 4, for school districts, as soon as practicable after it becomes
available. The commissioner of revenue shall then compute the equalized market value of
property within each municipality.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 37.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 276A.01, subdivision 12, is amended to read:

Subd. 12.

Fiscal capacity.

"Fiscal capacity" of a municipality means its valuation
adjusted market value, determined as of January 2 of any year, divided by its population,
determined as of a date in the same year.

Sec. 38.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 276A.01, subdivision 13, is amended to read:

Subd. 13.

Average fiscal capacity.

"Average fiscal capacity" of municipalities
means the sum of the valuations adjusted market values of all municipalities, determined
as of January 2 of any year, divided by the sum of their populations, determined as of
a date in the same year.

Sec. 39.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 276A.01, subdivision 15, is amended to read:

Subd. 15.

Net tax capacity.

"Net tax capacity" means the taxable market value of
real and personal property multiplied by its net tax capacity rates in section 273.13.

Sec. 40.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 276A.06, subdivision 10, is amended to read:

Subd. 10.

Adjustment of values for other computations.

For the purpose of
computing the amount or rate of any salary, aid, tax, or debt authorized, required, or
limited by any provision of any law or charter, where the authorization, requirement, or
limitation is related to any value or valuation of taxable property within any governmental
unit, the value or net tax capacity fiscal capacity under section 276A.01, subdivision 12, a
municipality's taxable market value must be adjusted to reflect the adjustments reductions
to net tax capacity effected by subdivision 2, clause (a), provided that: (1) in determining
the taxable market value of commercial-industrial property or any class thereof within
a governmental unit for any purpose other than section 276A.05 municipality, (a) the
reduction required by this subdivision is that amount which bears the same proportion to
the amount subtracted from the governmental unit's municipality's net tax capacity pursuant
to subdivision 2, clause (a), as the taxable market value of commercial-industrial property,
or such class thereof, located within the governmental unit municipality bears to the net
tax capacity of commercial-industrial property, or such class thereof, located within the
governmental unit, and (b) the increase required by this subdivision is that amount which
bears the same proportion to the amount added to the governmental unit's net tax capacity
pursuant to subdivision 2, clause (b), as the market value of commercial-industrial property,
or such class thereof, located within the governmental unit bears to the net tax capacity of
commercial-industrial property, or such class thereof, located within the governmental unit;
and (2) in determining the market value of real property within a municipality for purposes
of section 276A.05, the adjustment prescribed by clause (1)(a) must be made and that
prescribed by clause (1)(b) must not be made municipality. No adjustment shall be made
to taxable market value for the increase in net tax capacity under subdivision 2, clause (b).

Sec. 41.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 287.08, is amended to read:

287.08 TAX, HOW PAYABLE; RECEIPTS.

(a) The tax imposed by sections 287.01 to 287.12 must be paid to the treasurer of
any county in this state in which the real property or some part is located at or before
the time of filing the mortgage for record. The treasurer shall endorse receipt on the
mortgage and the receipt is conclusive proof that the tax has been paid in the amount
stated and authorizes any county recorder or registrar of titles to record the mortgage. Its
form, in substance, shall be "registration tax hereon of ..................... dollars paid." If the
mortgage is exempt from taxation the endorsement shall, in substance, be "exempt from
registration tax." In either case the receipt must be signed by the treasurer. In case the
treasurer is unable to determine whether a claim of exemption should be allowed, the tax
must be paid as in the case of a taxable mortgage. For documents submitted electronically,
the endorsements and tax amount shall be affixed electronically and no signature by the
treasurer will be required. The actual payment method must be arranged in advance
between the submitter and the receiving county.

(b) The county treasurer may refund in whole or in part any mortgage registry tax
overpayment if a written application by the taxpayer is submitted to the county treasurer
within 3-1/2 years from the date of the overpayment. If the county has not issued a denial
of the application, the taxpayer may bring an action in Tax Court in the county in which
the tax was paid at any time after the expiration of six months from the time that the
application was submitted. A denial of refund may be appealed within 60 days from
the date of the denial by bringing an action in Tax Court in the county in which the tax
was paid. The action is commenced by the serving of a petition for relief on the county
treasurer, and by filing a copy with the court. The county attorney shall defend the action.
The county treasurer shall notify the treasurer of each county that has or would receive a
portion of the tax as paid.

(c) If the county treasurer determines a refund should be paid, or if a refund is
ordered by the court, the county treasurer of each county that actually received a portion
of the tax shall immediately pay a proportionate share of three percent of the refund
using any available county funds. The county treasurer of each county that received, or
would have received, a portion of the tax shall also pay their county's proportionate share
of the remaining 97 percent of the court-ordered refund on or before the 20th day of the
following month using solely the mortgage registry tax funds that would be paid to the
commissioner of revenue on that date under section 287.12. If the funds on hand under
this procedure are insufficient to fully fund 97 percent of the court-ordered refund, the
county treasurer of the county in which the action was brought shall file a claim with the
commissioner of revenue under section 16A.48 for the remaining portion of 97 percent of
the refund, and shall pay over the remaining portion upon receipt of a warrant from the
state issued pursuant to the claim.

(d) When any mortgage covers real property located in more than one county in this
state the total tax must be paid to the treasurer of the county where the mortgage is first
presented for recording, and the payment must be receipted as provided in paragraph
(a). If the principal debt or obligation secured by such a multiple county mortgage
exceeds $10,000,000, the nonstate portion of the tax must be divided and paid over by
the county treasurer receiving it, on or before the 20th day of each month after receipt,
to the county or counties entitled in the ratio that the estimated market value of the real
property covered by the mortgage in each county bears to the estimated market value of
all the real property in this state described in the mortgage. In making the division and
payment the county treasurer shall send a statement giving the description of the real
property described in the mortgage and the estimated market value of the part located in
each county. For this purpose, the treasurer of any county may require the treasurer of
any other county to certify to the former the estimated market valuation value of any tract
of real property in any mortgage.

(e) The mortgagor must pay the tax imposed by sections 287.01 to 287.12. The
mortgagee may undertake to collect and remit the tax on behalf of the mortgagor. If the
mortgagee collects money from the mortgagor to remit the tax on behalf of the mortgagor,
the mortgagee has a fiduciary duty to remit the tax on behalf of the mortgagor as to the
amount of the tax collected for that purpose and the mortgagor is relieved of any further
obligation to pay the tax as to the amount collected by the mortgagee for this purpose.

Sec. 42.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 287.23, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Real property outside county.

If any taxable deed or instrument
describes any real property located in more than one county in this state, the total tax must
be paid to the treasurer of the county where the document is first presented for recording,
and the payment must be receipted as provided in section 287.08. If the net consideration
exceeds $700,000, the nonstate portion of the tax must be divided and paid over by the
county treasurer receiving it, on or before the 20th day of each month after receipt, to
the county or counties entitled in the ratio which the estimated market value of the real
property covered by the document in each county bears to the estimated market value of
all the real property in this state described in the document. In making the division and
payment the county treasurer shall send a statement to the other involved counties giving
the description of the real property described in the document and the estimated market
value of the part located in each county. The treasurer of any county may require the
treasurer of any other county to certify to the former the estimated market valuation value
of any parcel of real property for this purpose.

Sec. 43.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 353G.08, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Cash flow funding requirement.

If the executive director determines that
an account in the voluntary statewide lump-sum volunteer firefighter retirement plan has
insufficient assets to meet the service pensions determined payable from the account,
the executive director shall certify the amount of the potential service pension shortfall
to the municipality or municipalities and the municipality or municipalities shall make
an additional employer contribution to the account within ten days of the certification.
If more than one municipality is associated with the account, unless the municipalities
agree to a different allocation, the municipalities shall allocate the additional employer
contribution one-half in proportion to the population of each municipality and one-half in
proportion to the estimated market value of the property of each municipality.

Sec. 44.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 365.025, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

Subd. 4.

Major purchases: notice, petition, election.

Before buying anything
under subdivision 2 that costs more than 0.24177 percent of the estimated market value of
the town, the town must follow this subdivision.

The town must publish in its official newspaper the board's resolution to pay for the
property over time. Then a petition for an election on the contract may be filed with the
clerk. The petition must be filed within ten days after the resolution is published. To require
the election the petition must be signed by a number of voters equal to ten percent of the
voters at the last regular town election. The contract then must be approved by a majority of
those voting on the question. The question may be voted on at a regular or special election.

Sec. 45.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 366.095, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Certificates of indebtedness.

The town board may issue certificates
of indebtedness within the debt limits for a town purpose otherwise authorized by law.
The certificates shall be payable in not more than ten years and be issued on the terms and
in the manner as the board may determine. If the amount of the certificates to be issued
exceeds 0.25 percent of the estimated market value of the town, they shall not be issued
for at least ten days after publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the town of
the board's resolution determining to issue them. If within that time, a petition asking for
an election on the proposition signed by voters equal to ten percent of the number of voters
at the last regular town election is filed with the clerk, the certificates shall not be issued
until their issuance has been approved by a majority of the votes cast on the question at
a regular or special election. A tax levy shall be made to pay the principal and interest
on the certificates as in the case of bonds.

Sec. 46.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 366.27, is amended to read:

366.27 FIREFIGHTERS' RELIEF; TAX LEVY.

The town board of any town in this state having therein a platted portion on
which resides 1,200 or more people, and wherein a duly incorporated firefighters' relief
association is located may each year levy a tax not to exceed 0.00806 percent of taxable
estimated market value for the benefit of the relief association.

Sec. 47.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 368.01, subdivision 23, is amended to read:

Subd. 23.

Financing purchase of certain equipment.

The town board may issue
certificates of indebtedness within debt limits to purchase fire or police equipment or
ambulance equipment or street construction or maintenance equipment. The certificates
shall be payable in not more than five years and be issued on terms and in the manner as the
board may determine. If the amount of the certificates to be issued to finance a purchase
exceeds 0.24177 percent of the estimated market value of the town, excluding money
and credits, they shall not be issued for at least ten days after publication in the official
newspaper of a town board resolution determining to issue them. If before the end of that
time, a petition asking for an election on the proposition signed by voters equal to ten
percent of the number of voters at the last regular town election is filed with the clerk, the
certificates shall not be issued until the proposition of their issuance has been approved by a
majority of the votes cast on the question at a regular or special election. A tax levy shall be
made for the payment of the principal and interest on the certificates as in the case of bonds.

Sec. 48.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 368.47, is amended to read:

368.47 TOWNS MAY BE DISSOLVED.

(1) When the voters residing within a town have failed to elect any town officials for
more than ten years continuously;

(2) when a town has failed for a period of ten years to exercise any of the powers
and functions of a town;

(3) when the estimated market value of a town drops to less than $165,000;

(4) when the tax delinquency of a town, exclusive of taxes that are delinquent or
unpaid because they are contested in proceedings for the enforcement of taxes, amounts to
12 percent of its market value; or

(5) when the state or federal government has acquired title to 50 percent of the
real estate of a town,

which facts, or any of them, may be found and determined by the resolution of the county
board of the county in which the town is located, according to the official records in the
office of the county auditor, the county board by resolution may declare the town, naming
it, dissolved and no longer entitled to exercise any of the powers or functions of a town.

In Cass, Itasca, and St. Louis Counties, before the dissolution is effective the voters
of the town shall express their approval or disapproval. The town clerk shall, upon a
petition signed by a majority of the registered voters of the town, filed with the clerk at
least 60 days before a regular or special town election, give notice at the same time and
in the same manner of the election that the question of dissolution of the town will be
submitted for determination at the election. At the election the question shall be voted
upon by a separate ballot, the terms of which shall be either "for dissolution" or "against
dissolution." The ballot shall be deposited in a separate ballot box and the result of the
voting canvassed, certified, and returned in the same manner and at the same time as
other facts and returns of the election. If a majority of the votes cast at the election are
for dissolution, the town shall be dissolved. If a majority of the votes cast at the election
are against dissolution, the town shall not be dissolved.

When a town is dissolved under sections 368.47 to 368.49 the county shall acquire
title to any telephone company or other business conducted by the town. The business
shall be operated by the board of county commissioners until it can be sold. The
subscribers or patrons of the business shall have the first opportunity of purchase. If the
town has any outstanding indebtedness chargeable to the business, the county auditor shall
levy a tax against the property situated in the dissolved town to pay the indebtedness
as it becomes due.

Sec. 49.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 370.01, is amended to read:

370.01 CHANGE OF BOUNDARIES; CREATION OF NEW COUNTIES.

The boundaries of counties may be changed by taking territory from a county and
attaching it to an adjoining county, and new counties may be established out of territory of
one or more existing counties. A new county shall contain at least 400 square miles and
have at least 4,000 inhabitants. A proposed new county must have a total taxable estimated
market value of at least 35 percent of (i) the total taxable estimated market value of the
existing county, or (ii) the average total taxable estimated market value of the existing
counties, included in the proposition. The determination of the taxable estimated market
value of a county must be made by the commissioner of revenue. An existing county shall
not be reduced in area below 400 square miles, have less than 4,000 inhabitants, or have a
total taxable estimated market value of less than that required of a new county.

No change in the boundaries of any county having an area of more than 2,500 square
miles, whether by the creation of a new county, or otherwise, shall detach from the existing
county any territory within 12 miles of the county seat.

Sec. 50.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 373.40, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Definitions.

For purposes of this section, the following terms have
the meanings given.

(a) "Bonds" means an obligation as defined under section 475.51.

(b) "Capital improvement" means acquisition or betterment of public lands,
buildings, or other improvements within the county for the purpose of a county courthouse,
administrative building, health or social service facility, correctional facility, jail, law
enforcement center, hospital, morgue, library, park, qualified indoor ice arena, roads and
bridges, and the acquisition of development rights in the form of conservation easements
under chapter 84C. An improvement must have an expected useful life of five years or
more to qualify. "Capital improvement" does not include a recreation or sports facility
building (such as, but not limited to, a gymnasium, ice arena, racquet sports facility,
swimming pool, exercise room or health spa), unless the building is part of an outdoor
park facility and is incidental to the primary purpose of outdoor recreation.

(c) "Metropolitan county" means a county located in the seven-county metropolitan
area as defined in section 473.121 or a county with a population of 90,000 or more.

(d) "Population" means the population established by the most recent of the
following (determined as of the date the resolution authorizing the bonds was adopted):

(1) the federal decennial census,

(2) a special census conducted under contract by the United States Bureau of the
Census, or

(3) a population estimate made either by the Metropolitan Council or by the state
demographer under section 4A.02.

(e) "Qualified indoor ice arena" means a facility that meets the requirements of
section 373.43.

(f) "Tax capacity" means total taxable market value, but does not include captured
market value.

Sec. 51.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 373.40, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

Subd. 4.

Limitations on amount.

A county may not issue bonds under this section
if the maximum amount of principal and interest to become due in any year on all the
outstanding bonds issued pursuant to this section (including the bonds to be issued) will
equal or exceed 0.12 percent of taxable the estimated market value of property in the
county. Calculation of the limit must be made using the taxable estimated market value for
the taxes payable year in which the obligations are issued and sold. This section does not
limit the authority to issue bonds under any other special or general law.

Sec. 52.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 375.167, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Appropriations.

Notwithstanding any contrary law, a county board
may appropriate from the general revenue fund to any nonprofit corporation a sum not
to exceed 0.00604 percent of taxable estimated market value to provide legal assistance
to persons who are unable to afford private legal counsel.

Sec. 53.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 375.18, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

Courthouse.

Each county board may erect, furnish, and maintain a
suitable courthouse. No indebtedness shall be created for a courthouse in excess of an
amount equal to a levy of 0.04030 percent of taxable estimated market value without the
approval of a majority of the voters of the county voting on the question of issuing the
obligation at an election.

Sec. 54.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 375.555, is amended to read:

375.555 FUNDING.

To implement the county emergency jobs program, the county board may expend
an amount equal to what would be generated by a levy of 0.01209 percent of taxable
estimated market value. The money to be expended may be from any available funds
not otherwise earmarked.

Sec. 55.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 383B.152, is amended to read:

383B.152 BUILDING AND MAINTENANCE FUND.

The county board may by resolution levy a tax to provide money which shall be kept
in a fund known as the county reserve building and maintenance fund. Money in the fund
shall be used solely for the construction, maintenance, and equipping of county buildings
that are constructed or maintained by the board. The levy shall not be subject to any limit
fixed by any other law or by any board of tax levy or other corresponding body, but shall
not exceed 0.02215 percent of taxable estimated market value, less the amount required by
chapter 475 to be levied in the year for the payment of the principal of and interest on all
bonds issued pursuant to Extra Session Laws 1967, chapter 47, section 1.

Sec. 56.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 383B.245, is amended to read:

383B.245 LIBRARY LEVY.

(a) The county board may levy a tax on the taxable property within the county to
acquire, better, and construct county library buildings and branches and to pay principal
and interest on bonds issued for that purpose.

(b) The county board may by resolution adopted by a five-sevenths vote issue and
sell general obligation bonds of the county in the manner provided in sections 475.60 to
475.73. The bonds shall not be subject to the limitations of sections 475.51 to 475.59,
but the maturity years and amounts and interest rates of each series of bonds shall be
fixed so that the maximum amount of principal and interest to become due in any year,
on the bonds of that series and of all outstanding series issued by or for the purposes of
libraries, shall not exceed an amount equal to 0.01612 percent of estimated market value
of all taxable property in the county as last finally equalized before the issuance of the new
series. When the tax levy authorized in this section is collected it shall be appropriated
and credited to a debt service fund for the bonds in amounts required each year in lieu of a
countywide tax levy for the debt service fund under section 475.61.

Sec. 57.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 383B.73, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Levy.

To provide funds for the purposes of the Three Rivers Park
District as set forth in its annual budget, in lieu of the levies authorized by any other
special law for such purposes, the Board of Park District Commissioners may levy taxes
on all the taxable property in the county and park district at a rate not exceeding 0.03224
percent of estimated market value. Notwithstanding section 398.16, on or before October
1 of each year, after public hearing, the Board of Park District Commissioners shall adopt
a budget for the ensuing year and shall determine the total amount necessary to be raised
from ad valorem tax levies to meet its budget. The Board of Park District Commissioners
shall submit the budget to the county board. The county board may veto or modify an item
contained in the budget. If the county board determines to veto or to modify an item in the
budget, it must, within 15 days after the budget was submitted by the district board, state
in writing the specific reasons for its objection to the item vetoed or the reason for the
modification. The Park District Board, after consideration of the county board's objections
and proposed modifications, may reapprove a vetoed item or the original version of an item
with respect to which a modification has been proposed, by a two-thirds majority. If the
district board does not reapprove a vetoed item, the item shall be deleted from the budget.
If the district board does not reapprove the original version of a modified item, the item
shall be included in the budget as modified by the county board. After adoption of the final
budget and no later than October 1, the superintendent of the park district shall certify to the
office of the Hennepin County director of tax and public records exercising the functions
of the county auditor the total amount to be raised from ad valorem tax levies to meet its
budget for the ensuing year. The director of tax and public records shall add the amount of
any levy certified by the district to other tax levies on the property of the county within the
district for collection by the director of tax and public records with other taxes. When
collected, the director shall make settlement of such taxes with the district in the same
manner as other taxes are distributed to the other political subdivisions in Hennepin County.

Sec. 58.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 383E.20, is amended to read:

383E.20 BONDING FOR COUNTY LIBRARY BUILDINGS.

The Anoka County Board may, by resolution adopted by a four-sevenths vote, issue
and sell general obligation bonds of the county in the manner provided in chapter 475 to
acquire, better, and construct county library buildings. The bonds shall not be subject to the
requirements of sections 475.57 to 475.59. The maturity years and amounts and interest
rates of each series of bonds shall be fixed so that the maximum amount of principal and
interest to become due in any year, on the bonds of that series and of all outstanding series
issued by or for the purposes of libraries, shall not exceed an amount equal to .01 percent
of the taxable estimated market value of all taxable property in the county, excluding any
taxable property taxed by any city for the support of any free public library. When the tax
levy authorized in this section is collected, it shall be appropriated and credited to a debt
service fund for the bonds. The tax levy for the debt service fund under section 475.61
shall be reduced by the amount available or reasonably anticipated to be available in the
fund to make payments otherwise payable from the levy pursuant to section 475.61.

Sec. 59.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 383E.23, is amended to read:

383E.23 LIBRARY TAX.

The Anoka County Board may levy a tax of not more than .01 percent of the taxable
estimated market value of taxable property located within the county excluding any
taxable property taxed by any city for the support of any free public library, to acquire,
better, and construct county library buildings and to pay principal and interest on bonds
issued for that purpose. The tax shall be disregarded in the calculation of levies or limits
on levies provided by section 373.40, or other law.

Sec. 60.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 385.31, is amended to read:

385.31 PAYMENT OF COUNTY ORDERS OR WARRANTS.

When any order or warrant drawn on the treasurer is presented for payment, if there
is money in the treasury for that purpose, the county treasurer shall redeem the same, and
write across the entire face thereof the word "redeemed," the date of the redemption, and
the treasurer's official signature. If there is not sufficient funds in the proper accounts to
pay such orders they shall be numbered and registered in their order of presentation,
and proper endorsement thereof shall be made on such orders and they shall be entitled
to payment in like order. Such orders shall bear interest at not to exceed the rate of six
percent per annum from such date of presentment. The treasurer, as soon as there is
sufficient money in the treasury, shall appropriate and set apart a sum sufficient for the
payment of the orders so presented and registered, and, if entitled to interest, issue to the
original holder a notice that interest will cease in 30 days from the date of such notice; and,
if orders thus entitled to priority of payment are not then presented, the next in order of
registry may be paid until such orders are presented. No interest shall be paid on any order,
except upon a warrant drawn by the county auditor for that purpose, giving the number
and the date of the order on account of which the interest warrant is drawn. In any county
in this state now or hereafter having a an estimated market value of all taxable property,
exclusive of money and credits, of not less than $1,033,000,000, the county treasurer, in
order to save payment of interest on county warrants drawn upon a fund in which there
shall be temporarily insufficient money in the treasury to redeem the same, may borrow
temporarily from any other fund in the county treasury in which there is a sufficient balance
to care for the needs of such fund and allow a temporary loan or transfer to any other fund,
and may pay such warrants out of such funds. Any such money so transferred and used in
redeeming such county warrants shall be returned to the fund from which drawn as soon
as money shall come in to the credit of such fund on which any such warrant was drawn
and paid as aforesaid. Any county operating on a cash basis may use a combined form of
warrant or order and check, which, when signed by the chair of the county board and by
the auditor, is an order or warrant for the payment of the claim, and, when countersigned
by the county treasurer, is a check for the payment of the amount thereof.

Sec. 61.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 394.36, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Continuation of nonconformity; limitations.

Except as provided in
subdivision 2, 3, or 4, any nonconformity, including the lawful use or occupation of land
or premises existing at the time of the adoption of an official control under this chapter,
may be continued, although the use or occupation does not conform to the official control.
If the nonconformity or occupancy is discontinued for a period of more than one year, or
any nonconforming building or structure is destroyed by fire or other peril to the extent of
50 percent of its estimated market value, any subsequent use or occupancy of the land or
premises shall be a conforming use or occupancy.

Sec. 62.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 398A.04, subdivision 8, is amended to read:

Subd. 8.

Taxation.

Before deciding to exercise the power to tax, the authority shall
give six weeks' published notice in all municipalities in the region. If a number of voters
in the region equal to five percent of those who voted for candidates for governor at the
last gubernatorial election present a petition within nine weeks of the first published notice
to the secretary of state requesting that the matter be submitted to popular vote, it shall be
submitted at the next general election. The question prepared shall be:

"Shall the regional rail authority have the power to impose a property tax?

	Yes .
	No . "

If a majority of those voting on the question approve or if no petition is presented
within the prescribed time the authority may levy a tax at any annual rate not exceeding
0.04835 percent of estimated market value of all taxable property situated within the
municipality or municipalities named in its organization resolution. Its recording officer
shall file, on or before September 15, in the office of the county auditor of each county
in which territory under the jurisdiction of the authority is located a certified copy of the
board of commissioners' resolution levying the tax, and each county auditor shall assess
and extend upon the tax rolls of each municipality named in the organization resolution the
portion of the tax that bears the same ratio to the whole amount that the net tax capacity of
taxable property in that municipality bears to the net tax capacity of taxable property in
all municipalities named in the organization resolution. Collections of the tax shall be
remitted by each county treasurer to the treasurer of the authority. For taxes levied in 1991,
the amount levied for light rail transit purposes under this subdivision shall not exceed 75
percent of the amount levied in 1990 for light rail transit purposes under this subdivision.

Sec. 63.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 401.05, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

Leasing.

(a) A county or joint powers board of a group of counties
which acquires or constructs and equips or improves facilities under this chapter may,
with the approval of the board of county commissioners of each county, enter into a
lease agreement with a city situated within any of the counties, or a county housing and
redevelopment authority established under chapter 469 or any special law. Under the lease
agreement, the city or county housing and redevelopment authority shall:

(1) construct or acquire and equip or improve a facility in accordance with plans
prepared by or at the request of a county or joint powers board of the group of counties
and approved by the commissioner of corrections; and

(2) finance the facility by the issuance of revenue bonds.

(b) The county or joint powers board of a group of counties may lease the facility
site, improvements, and equipment for a term upon rental sufficient to produce revenue
for the prompt payment of the revenue bonds and all interest accruing on them. Upon
completion of payment, the lessee shall acquire title. The real and personal property
acquired for the facility constitutes a project and the lease agreement constitutes a revenue
agreement as provided in sections 469.152 to 469.165. All proceedings by the city or
county housing and redevelopment authority and the county or joint powers board shall be
as provided in sections 469.152 to 469.165, with the following adjustments:

(1) no tax may be imposed upon the property;

(2) the approval of the project by the commissioner of employment and economic
development is not required;

(3) the Department of Corrections shall be furnished and shall record information
concerning each project as it may prescribe, in lieu of reports required on other projects to
the commissioner of employment and economic development;

(4) the rentals required to be paid under the lease agreement shall not exceed in any
year one-tenth of one percent of the estimated market value of property within the county
or group of counties as last equalized before the execution of the lease agreement;

(5) the county or group of counties shall provide for payment of all rentals due
during the term of the lease agreement in the manner required in subdivision 4;

(6) no mortgage on the facilities shall be granted for the security of the bonds, but
compliance with clause (5) may be enforced as a nondiscretionary duty of the county
or group of counties; and

(7) the county or the joint powers board of the group of counties may sublease any
part of the facilities for purposes consistent with their maintenance and operation.

Sec. 64.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 410.32, is amended to read:

410.32 CITIES MAY ISSUE CAPITAL NOTES FOR CAPITAL EQUIPMENT.

(a) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of other law or charter, a home rule
charter city may, by resolution and without public referendum, issue capital notes subject
to the city debt limit to purchase capital equipment.

(b) For purposes of this section, "capital equipment" means:

(1) public safety equipment, ambulance and other medical equipment, road
construction and maintenance equipment, and other capital equipment; and

(2) computer hardware and software, whether bundled with machinery or equipment
or unbundled.

(c) The equipment or software must have an expected useful life at least as long
as the term of the notes.

(d) The notes shall be payable in not more than ten years and be issued on terms
and in the manner the city determines. The total principal amount of the capital notes
issued in a fiscal year shall not exceed 0.03 percent of the estimated market value of
taxable property in the city for that year.

(e) A tax levy shall be made for the payment of the principal and interest on the
notes, in accordance with section 475.61, as in the case of bonds.

(f) Notes issued under this section shall require an affirmative vote of two-thirds of
the governing body of the city.

(g) Notwithstanding a contrary provision of other law or charter, a home rule charter
city may also issue capital notes subject to its debt limit in the manner and subject to the
limitations applicable to statutory cities pursuant to section 412.301.

Sec. 65.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 412.221, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Contracts.

The council shall have power to make such contracts as may
be deemed necessary or desirable to make effective any power possessed by the council.
The city may purchase personal property through a conditional sales contract and real
property through a contract for deed under which contracts the seller is confined to the
remedy of recovery of the property in case of nonpayment of all or part of the purchase
price, which shall be payable over a period of not to exceed five years. When the contract
price of property to be purchased by contract for deed or conditional sales contract
exceeds 0.24177 percent of the estimated market value of the city, the city may not enter
into such a contract for at least ten days after publication in the official newspaper of a
council resolution determining to purchase property by such a contract; and, if before the
end of that time a petition asking for an election on the proposition signed by voters equal
to ten percent of the number of voters at the last regular city election is filed with the clerk,
the city may not enter into such a contract until the proposition has been approved by a
majority of the votes cast on the question at a regular or special election.

Sec. 66.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 412.301, is amended to read:

412.301 FINANCING PURCHASE OF CERTAIN EQUIPMENT.

(a) The council may issue certificates of indebtedness or capital notes subject to the
city debt limits to purchase capital equipment.

(b) For purposes of this section, "capital equipment" means:

(1) public safety equipment, ambulance and other medical equipment, road
construction and maintenance equipment, and other capital equipment; and

(2) computer hardware and software, whether bundled with machinery or equipment
or unbundled.

(c) The equipment or software must have an expected useful life at least as long as
the terms of the certificates or notes.

(d) Such certificates or notes shall be payable in not more than ten years and shall be
issued on such terms and in such manner as the council may determine.

(e) If the amount of the certificates or notes to be issued to finance any such purchase
exceeds 0.25 percent of the estimated market value of taxable property in the city, they
shall not be issued for at least ten days after publication in the official newspaper of
a council resolution determining to issue them; and if before the end of that time, a
petition asking for an election on the proposition signed by voters equal to ten percent
of the number of voters at the last regular municipal election is filed with the clerk, such
certificates or notes shall not be issued until the proposition of their issuance has been
approved by a majority of the votes cast on the question at a regular or special election.

(f) A tax levy shall be made for the payment of the principal and interest on such
certificates or notes, in accordance with section 475.61, as in the case of bonds.

Sec. 67.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 428A.02, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Ordinance.

The governing body of a city may adopt an ordinance
establishing a special service district. Only property that is classified under section 273.13
and used for commercial, industrial, or public utility purposes, or is vacant land zoned or
designated on a land use plan for commercial or industrial use and located in the special
service district, may be subject to the charges imposed by the city on the special service
district. Other types of property may be included within the boundaries of the special
service district but are not subject to the levies or charges imposed by the city on the
special service district. If 50 percent or more of the estimated market value of a parcel of
property is classified under section 273.13 as commercial, industrial, or vacant land zoned
or designated on a land use plan for commercial or industrial use, or public utility for the
current assessment year, then the entire taxable market value of the property is subject to a
service charge based on net tax capacity for purposes of sections 428A.01 to 428A.10.
The ordinance shall describe with particularity the area within the city to be included in
the district and the special services to be furnished in the district. The ordinance may not
be adopted until after a public hearing has been held on the question. Notice of the hearing
shall include the time and place of hearing, a map showing the boundaries of the proposed
district, and a statement that all persons owning property in the proposed district that
would be subject to a service charge will be given opportunity to be heard at the hearing.
Within 30 days after adoption of the ordinance under this subdivision, the governing body
shall send a copy of the ordinance to the commissioner of revenue.

Sec. 68.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 430.102, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Council approval; special tax levy limitation.

The council shall receive
and consider the estimate required in subdivision 1 and the items of cost after notice and
hearing before it or its appropriate committee as it considers necessary or expedient, and
shall approve the estimate, with necessary amendments. The amounts of each item of cost
estimated are then appropriated to operate, maintain, and improve the pedestrian mall
during the next fiscal year. The amount of the special tax to be charged under subdivision
1, clause (3), must not, however, exceed 0.12089 percent of estimated market value of
taxable property in the district. The council shall make any necessary adjustment in costs of
operating and maintaining the district to keep the amount of the tax within this limitation.

Sec. 69.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 447.10, is amended to read:

447.10 TAX LEVY FOR OPERATING AND MAINTAINING HOSPITAL.

The governing body of a city of the first class owning a hospital may annually levy
a tax to operate and maintain the hospital. The tax must not exceed 0.00806 percent of
taxable estimated market value.

Sec. 70.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 450.19, is amended to read:

450.19 TOURIST CAMPING GROUNDS.

A home rule charter or statutory city or town may establish and maintain public
tourist camping grounds. The governing body thereof may acquire by lease, purchase, or
gift, suitable lands located either within or without the corporate limits for use as public
tourist camping grounds and provide for the equipment, operation, and maintenance
of the same. The amount that may be expended for the maintenance, improvement, or
operation of tourist camping grounds shall not exceed, in any year, a sum equal to 0.00806
percent of taxable estimated market value.

Sec. 71.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 450.25, is amended to read:

450.25 MUSEUM, GALLERY, OR SCHOOL OF ARTS OR CRAFTS; TAX
LEVY.

After the acquisition of any museum, gallery, or school of arts or crafts, the board
of park commissioners of the city in which it is located shall cause to be included in the
annual tax levy upon all the taxable property of the county in which the museum, gallery,
or school of arts or crafts is located, a tax of 0.00846 percent of estimated market value.
The board shall certify the levy to the county auditor and it shall be added to, and collected
with and as part of, the general, real, and personal property taxes, with like penalties and
interest, in case of nonpayment and default, and all provisions of law in respect to the
levy, collection, and enforcement of other taxes shall, so far as applicable, be followed in
respect of these taxes. All of these taxes, penalties, and interest, when collected, shall be
paid to the city treasurer of the city in which is located the museum, gallery, or school
of arts or crafts and credited to a fund to be known as the park museum fund, and shall
be used only for the purposes specified in sections 450.23 to 450.25. Any part of the
proceeds of the levy not expended for the purposes specified in section 450.24 may be
used for the erection of new buildings for the same purposes.

Sec. 72.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 458A.10, is amended to read:

458A.10 PROPERTY TAX.

The commission shall annually levy a tax not to exceed 0.12089 percent of estimated
market value on all the taxable property in the transit area at a rate sufficient to produce
an amount necessary for the purposes of sections 458A.01 to 458A.15, other than the
payment of principal and interest due on any revenue bonds issued pursuant to section
458A.05. Property taxes levied under this section shall be certified by the commission to
the county auditors of the transit area, extended, assessed, and collected in the manner
provided by law for the property taxes levied by the governing bodies of cities. The
proceeds of the taxes levied under this section shall be remitted by the respective county
treasurers to the treasurer of the commission, who shall credit the same to the funds of
the commission for use for the purposes of sections 458A.01 to 458A.15 subject to any
applicable pledges or limitations on account of tax anticipation certificates or other
specific purposes. At any time after making a tax levy under this section and certifying
it to the county auditors, the commission may issue general obligation certificates of
indebtedness in anticipation of the collection of the taxes as provided by section 412.261.

Sec. 73.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 458A.31, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Levy limit.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
the charter of the city of Duluth, any ordinance thereof, or any statute applicable thereto,
limiting the amount levied in any one year for general or special purposes, the city council
of the city of Duluth shall each year levy a tax in an amount not to exceed 0.07253
percent of taxable estimated market value, by ordinance. An ordinance fixing the levy
shall take effect immediately upon its passage and approval. The proceeds of the levy
shall be paid into the city treasury and deposited in the operating fund provided for in
section 458A.24, subdivision 3.

Sec. 74.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 465.04, is amended to read:

465.04 ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS.

Cities of the second, third, or fourth class, having at any time a an estimated
market value of not more than $41,000,000, exclusive of money and credits, as officially
equalized by the commissioner of revenue, either under home rule charter or under the
laws of this state, in addition to all other powers possessed by them, hereby are authorized
and empowered to receive and accept gifts and donations for the use and benefit of
such cities and the inhabitants thereof upon terms and conditions to be approved by the
governing bodies of such cities; and such cities are authorized to comply with and perform
such terms and conditions, which may include payment to the donor or donors of interest
on the value of the gift at not exceeding five percent per annum payable annually or
semiannually, during the remainder of the natural life or lives of such donor or donors.

Sec. 75.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 469.033, subdivision 6, is amended to read:

Subd. 6.

Operation area as taxing district, special tax.

All of the territory included
within the area of operation of any authority shall constitute a taxing district for the
purpose of levying and collecting special benefit taxes as provided in this subdivision. All
of the taxable property, both real and personal, within that taxing district shall be deemed
to be benefited by projects to the extent of the special taxes levied under this subdivision.
Subject to the consent by resolution of the governing body of the city in and for which
it was created, an authority may levy a tax upon all taxable property within that taxing
district. The tax shall be extended, spread, and included with and as a part of the general
taxes for state, county, and municipal purposes by the county auditor, to be collected and
enforced therewith, together with the penalty, interest, and costs. As the tax, including any
penalties, interest, and costs, is collected by the county treasurer it shall be accumulated
and kept in a separate fund to be known as the "housing and redevelopment project fund."
The money in the fund shall be turned over to the authority at the same time and in the same
manner that the tax collections for the city are turned over to the city, and shall be expended
only for the purposes of sections 469.001 to 469.047. It shall be paid out upon vouchers
signed by the chair of the authority or an authorized representative. The amount of the
levy shall be an amount approved by the governing body of the city, but shall not exceed
0.0185 percent of taxable estimated market value. The authority shall each year formulate
and file a budget in accordance with the budget procedure of the city in the same manner as
required of executive departments of the city or, if no budgets are required to be filed, by
August 1. The amount of the tax levy for the following year shall be based on that budget.

Sec. 76.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 469.034, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

General obligation revenue bonds.

(a) An authority may pledge the
general obligation of the general jurisdiction governmental unit as additional security for
bonds payable from income or revenues of the project or the authority. The authority
must find that the pledged revenues will equal or exceed 110 percent of the principal and
interest due on the bonds for each year. The proceeds of the bonds must be used for a
qualified housing development project or projects. The obligations must be issued and
sold in the manner and following the procedures provided by chapter 475, except the
obligations are not subject to approval by the electors, and the maturities may extend to
not more than 35 years for obligations sold to finance housing for the elderly and 40 years
for other obligations issued under this subdivision. The authority is the municipality for
purposes of chapter 475.

(b) The principal amount of the issue must be approved by the governing body of
the general jurisdiction governmental unit whose general obligation is pledged. Public
hearings must be held on issuance of the obligations by both the authority and the general
jurisdiction governmental unit. The hearings must be held at least 15 days, but not more
than 120 days, before the sale of the obligations.

(c) The maximum amount of general obligation bonds that may be issued and
outstanding under this section equals the greater of (1) one-half of one percent of the
taxable estimated market value of the general jurisdiction governmental unit whose
general obligation is pledged, or (2) $3,000,000. In the case of county or multicounty
general obligation bonds, the outstanding general obligation bonds of all cities in the
county or counties issued under this subdivision must be added in calculating the limit
under clause (1).

(d) "General jurisdiction governmental unit" means the city in which the housing
development project is located. In the case of a county or multicounty authority, the
county or counties may act as the general jurisdiction governmental unit. In the case of
a multicounty authority, the pledge of the general obligation is a pledge of a tax on the
taxable property in each of the counties.

(e) "Qualified housing development project" means a housing development project
providing housing either for the elderly or for individuals and families with incomes not
greater than 80 percent of the median family income as estimated by the United States
Department of Housing and Urban Development for the standard metropolitan statistical
area or the nonmetropolitan county in which the project is located. The project must be
owned for the term of the bonds either by the authority or by a limited partnership or other
entity in which the authority or another entity under the sole control of the authority is
the sole general partner and the partnership or other entity must receive (1) an allocation
from the Department of Management and Budget or an entitlement issuer of tax-exempt
bonding authority for the project and a preliminary determination by the Minnesota
Housing Finance Agency or the applicable suballocator of tax credits that the project
will qualify for four percent low-income housing tax credits or (2) a reservation of nine
percent low-income housing tax credits from the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency or a
suballocator of tax credits for the project. A qualified housing development project may
admit nonelderly individuals and families with higher incomes if:

(1) three years have passed since initial occupancy;

(2) the authority finds the project is experiencing unanticipated vacancies resulting in
insufficient revenues, because of changes in population or other unforeseen circumstances
that occurred after the initial finding of adequate revenues; and

(3) the authority finds a tax levy or payment from general assets of the general
jurisdiction governmental unit will be necessary to pay debt service on the bonds if higher
income individuals or families are not admitted.

(f) The authority may issue bonds to refund bonds issued under this subdivision in
accordance with section 475.67. The finding of the adequacy of pledged revenues required
by paragraph (a) and the public hearing required by paragraph (b) shall not apply to the
issuance of refunding bonds. This paragraph applies to refunding bonds issued on and
after July 1, 1992.

Sec. 77.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 469.053, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

Subd. 4.

Mandatory city levy.

A city shall, at the request of the port authority, levy
a tax in any year for the benefit of the port authority. The tax must not exceed 0.01813
percent of taxable estimated market value. The amount levied must be paid by the city
treasurer to the treasurer of the port authority, to be spent by the authority.

Sec. 78.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 469.053, subdivision 4a, is amended to read:

Subd. 4a.

Seaway port authority levy.

A levy made under this subdivision shall
replace the mandatory city levy under subdivision 4. A seaway port authority is a special
taxing district under section 275.066 and may levy a tax in any year for the benefit of the
seaway port authority. The tax must not exceed 0.01813 percent of taxable estimated
market value. The county auditor shall distribute the proceeds of the property tax levy to
the seaway port authority.

Sec. 79.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 469.053, subdivision 6, is amended to read:

Subd. 6.

Discretionary city levy.

Upon request of a port authority, the port
authority's city may levy a tax to be spent by and for its port authority. The tax must
enable the port authority to carry out efficiently and in the public interest sections 469.048
to 469.068 to create and develop industrial development districts. The levy must not be
more than 0.00282 percent of taxable estimated market value. The county treasurer shall
pay the proceeds of the tax to the port authority treasurer. The money may be spent by
the authority in performance of its duties to create and develop industrial development
districts. In spending the money the authority must judge what best serves the public
interest. The levy in this subdivision is in addition to the levy in subdivision 4.

Sec. 80.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 469.107, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

City tax levy.

A city may, at the request of the authority, levy a tax in
any year for the benefit of the authority. The tax must be not more than 0.01813 percent of
taxable estimated market value. The amount levied must be paid by the city treasurer to
the treasurer of the authority, to be spent by the authority.

Sec. 81.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 469.180, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Tax levies.

Notwithstanding any law, the county board of any county may
appropriate from the general revenue fund a sum not to exceed a county levy of 0.00080
percent of taxable estimated market value to carry out the purposes of this section.

Sec. 82.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 469.187, is amended to read:

469.187 FIRST CLASS CITY SPENDING FOR PUBLICITY; PUBLICITY
BOARD.

Any city of the first class may expend money for city publicity purposes. The city may
levy a tax, not exceeding 0.00080 percent of taxable estimated market value. The proceeds
of the levy shall be expended in the manner and for the city publicity purposes the council
directs. The council may establish and provide for a publicity board or bureau to administer
the fund, subject to the conditions and limitations the council prescribes by ordinance.

Sec. 83.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 469.206, is amended to read:

469.206 HAZARDOUS PROPERTY PENALTY.

A city may assess a penalty up to one percent of the estimated market value of
real property, including any building located within the city that the city determines to
be hazardous as defined in section 463.15, subdivision 3. The city shall send a written
notice to the address to which the property tax statement is sent at least 90 days before it
may assess the penalty. If the owner of the property has not paid the penalty or fixed the
property within 90 days after receiving notice of the penalty, the penalty is considered
delinquent and is increased by 25 percent each 60 days the penalty is not paid and the
property remains hazardous. For the purposes of this section, a penalty that is delinquent
is considered a delinquent property tax and subject to chapters 279, 280, and 281, in the
same manner as delinquent property taxes.

Sec. 84.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 471.24, is amended to read:

471.24 TOWNS, STATUTORY CITIES; JOINT MAINTENANCE OF
CEMETERY.

Where a statutory city or town owns and maintains an established cemetery or burial
ground, either within or without the municipal limits, the statutory city or town may, by
mutual agreement with contiguous statutory cities and towns, each having a an estimated
market value of not less than $2,000,000, join together in the maintenance of such public
cemetery or burial ground for the use of the inhabitants of each of such municipalities; and
each such municipality is hereby authorized, by action of its council or governing body,
to levy a tax or make an appropriation for the annual support and maintenance of such
cemetery or burial ground; provided, the amount thus appropriated by each municipality
shall not exceed a total of $10,000 in any one year.

Sec. 85.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 471.571, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Application.

This section applies to each city in which the net tax
capacity of real and personal property consists in part of iron ore or lands containing
taconite or semitaconite and in which the total taxable estimated market value of real
and personal property exceeds $2,500,000.

Sec. 86.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 471.571, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Creation of fund, tax levy.

The governing body of the city may create a
permanent improvement and replacement fund to be maintained by an annual tax levy.
The governing body may levy a tax in excess of any charter limitation for the support of
the permanent improvement and replacement fund, but not exceeding the following:

(a) in cities having a population of not more than 500 inhabitants, the lesser of $20
per capita or 0.08059 percent of taxable estimated market value;

(b) in cities having a population of more than 500 and less than 2500 2,500, the
greater of $12.50 per capita or $10,000 but not exceeding 0.08059 percent of taxable
estimated market value;

(c) in cities having a population of more than 2500 2,500 or more inhabitants,
the greater of $10 per capita or $31,500 but not exceeding 0.08059 percent of taxable
estimated market value.

Sec. 87.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 471.73, is amended to read:

471.73 ACCEPTANCE OF PROVISIONS.

In the case of any city within the class specified in section 471.72 having a an
estimated market value, as defined in section 471.72, in excess of $37,000,000; and in the
case of any statutory city within such class having a an estimated market value, as defined
in section 471.72, of less than $5,000,000; and in the case of any statutory city within such
class which is governed by Laws 1933, chapter 211, or Laws 1937, chapter 356; and in
the case of any statutory city within such class which is governed by Laws 1929, chapter
208, and has a an estimated market value of less than $83,000,000; and in the case of
any school district within such class having a an estimated market value, as defined in
section 471.72, of more than $54,000,000; and in the case of all towns within said class;
sections 471.71 to 471.83 apply only if the governing body of the city or statutory city, the
board of the school district, or the town board of the town shall have adopted a resolution
determining to issue bonds under the provisions of sections 471.71 to 471.83 or to go
upon a cash basis in accordance with the provisions thereof.

Sec. 88.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 473.325, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Chapter 475 applies; exceptions.

The Metropolitan Council shall sell and
issue the bonds in the manner provided in chapter 475, and shall have the same powers
and duties as a municipality issuing bonds under that law, except that the approval of a
majority of the electors shall not be required and the net debt limitations shall not apply.
The terms of each series of bonds shall be fixed so that the amount of principal and interest
on all outstanding and undischarged bonds, together with the bonds proposed to be issued,
due in any year shall not exceed 0.01209 percent of estimated market value of all taxable
property in the metropolitan area as last finally equalized prior to a proposed issue. The
bonds shall be secured in accordance with section 475.61, subdivision 1, and any taxes
required for their payment shall be levied by the council, shall not affect the amount or rate
of taxes which may be levied by the council for other purposes, shall be spread against all
taxable property in the metropolitan area and shall not be subject to limitation as to rate or
amount. Any taxes certified by the council to the county auditors for collection shall be
reduced by the amount received by the council from the commissioner of management and
budget or the federal government for the purpose of paying the principal and interest on
bonds to which the levy relates. The council shall certify the fact and amount of all money
so received to the county auditors, and the auditors shall reduce the levies previously made
for the bonds in the manner and to the extent provided in section 475.61, subdivision 3.

Sec. 89.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 473.629, is amended to read:

473.629 VALUE OF PROPERTY FOR BOND ISSUES BY SCHOOL
DISTRICTS.

As to any lands to be detached from any school district under the provisions hereof
section 473.625, notwithstanding such prospective the detachment, the estimated market
value of such the detached lands and the net tax capacity of taxable properties now located
therein or thereon shall be and on the lands on the date of the detachment constitute
from and after the date of the enactment hereof a part of the estimated market value of
properties upon the basis of which such used to calculate the net debt limit of the school
district may issue its bonds,. The value of such the lands for such purpose to be and other
taxable properties for purposes of the school district's net debt limit are 33-1/3 percent of
the estimated market value thereof as determined and certified by said the assessor to said
the school district, and it shall be the duty of such the assessor annually on or before the
tenth day of October from and after the passage hereof, to so of each year, shall determine
and certify that value; provided, however, that the value of such the detached lands and
such taxable properties shall never exceed 20 percent of the estimated market value of
all properties constituting and making up the basis aforesaid used to calculate the net
debt limit of the school district.

Sec. 90.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 473.661, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

Levy limit.

In any budget certified by the commissioners under this section,
the amount included for operation and maintenance shall not exceed an amount which,
when extended against the property taxable therefor under section 473.621, subdivision 5,
will require a levy at a rate of 0.00806 percent of estimated market value. Taxes levied by
the corporation shall not affect the amount or rate of taxes which may be levied by any other
local government unit within the metropolitan area under the provisions of any charter.

Sec. 91.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 473.667, subdivision 9, is amended to read:

Subd. 9.

Additional taxes.

Nothing herein shall prevent the commission from
levying a tax not to exceed 0.00121 percent of estimated market value on taxable property
within its taxing jurisdiction, in addition to any levies found necessary for the debt
service fund authorized by section 473.671. Nothing herein shall prevent the levy and
appropriation for purposes of the commission of any other tax on property or on any
income, transaction, or privilege, when and if authorized by law. All collections of any
taxes so levied shall be included in the revenues appropriated for the purposes referred
to in this section, unless otherwise provided in the law authorizing the levies; but no
covenant as to the continuance or as to the rate and amount of any such levy shall be made
with the holders of the commission's bonds unless specifically authorized by law.

Sec. 92.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 473.671, is amended to read:

473.671 LIMIT OF TAX LEVY.

The taxes levied against the property of the metropolitan area in any one year shall
not exceed 0.00806 percent of taxable estimated market value, exclusive of taxes levied
to pay the principal or interest on any bonds or indebtedness of the city issued under
Laws 1943, chapter 500, and exclusive of any taxes levied to pay the share of the city for
payments on bonded indebtedness of the corporation provided for in Laws 1943, chapter
500. The levy of taxes authorized in Laws 1943, chapter 500, shall be in addition to the
maximum rate allowed to be levied to defray the cost of government under the provisions
of the charter of any city affected by Laws 1943, chapter 500.

Sec. 93.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 473.711, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:

Subd. 2a.

Tax levy.

(a) The commission may levy a tax on all taxable property in the
district as defined in section 473.702 to provide funds for the purposes of sections 473.701
to 473.716. The tax shall not exceed the property tax levy limitation determined in this
subdivision. A participating county may agree to levy an additional tax to be used by the
commission for the purposes of sections 473.701 to 473.716 but the sum of the county's and
commission's taxes may not exceed the county's proportionate share of the property tax levy
limitation determined under this subdivision based on the ratio of its total net tax capacity
to the total net tax capacity of the entire district as adjusted by section 270.12, subdivision
3. The auditor of each county in the district shall add the amount of the levy made by the
district to other taxes of the county for collection by the county treasurer with other taxes.
When collected, the county treasurer shall make settlement of the tax with the district in
the same manner as other taxes are distributed to political subdivisions. No county shall
levy any tax for mosquito, disease vectoring tick, and black gnat (Simuliidae) control
except under this section. The levy shall be in addition to other taxes authorized by law.

(b) The property tax levied by the Metropolitan Mosquito Control Commission shall
not exceed the product of (i) the commission's property tax levy limitation for the previous
year determined under this subdivision multiplied by (ii) an index for market valuation
changes equal to the total estimated market valuation value of all taxable property for the
current tax payable year located within the district plus any area that has been added to the
district since the previous year, divided by the total estimated market valuation value of all
taxable property located within the district for the previous taxes payable year.

(c) For the purpose of determining the commission's property tax levy limitation
under this subdivision, "total market valuation" means the total market valuation of all
taxable property within the district without valuation adjustments for fiscal disparities
(chapter 473F), tax increment financing (sections 469.174 to 469.179), and high voltage
transmission lines (section 273.425).

Sec. 94.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 473F.02, subdivision 12, is amended to read:

Subd. 12.

Adjusted market value.

"Adjusted market value" of real and personal
property within a municipality means the assessor's estimated taxable market value,
as defined in section 272.03, of all real and personal property, including the value of
manufactured housing, within the municipality, adjusted for sales ratios in a manner
similar to the adjustments made to city and town net tax capacities. For purposes
of sections 473F.01 to 473F.13, the commissioner of revenue shall annually make
determinations and reports with respect to each municipality which are comparable to
those it makes for school districts under section 127A.48, subdivisions 1 to 6, in the same
manner and at the same times as are prescribed by the subdivisions. The commissioner
of revenue shall annually determine, for each municipality, information comparable to
that required by section 475.53, subdivision 4, for school districts, as soon as practicable
after it becomes available. The commissioner of revenue shall then compute the equalized
market value of property within each municipality using the aggregate sales ratios from
the Department of Revenue's sales ratio study.

Sec. 95.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 473F.02, subdivision 14, is amended to read:

Subd. 14.

Fiscal capacity.

"Fiscal capacity" of a municipality means its valuation
adjusted market value, determined as of January 2 of any year, divided by its population,
determined as of a date in the same year.

Sec. 96.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 473F.02, subdivision 15, is amended to read:

Subd. 15.

Average fiscal capacity.

"Average fiscal capacity" of municipalities
means the sum of the valuations adjusted market values of all municipalities, determined
as of January 2 of any year, divided by the sum of their populations, determined as of
a date in the same year.

Sec. 97.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 473F.02, subdivision 23, is amended to read:

Subd. 23.

Net tax capacity.

"Net tax capacity" means the taxable market value of
real and personal property multiplied by its net tax capacity rates in section 273.13.

Sec. 98.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 473F.08, subdivision 10, is amended to read:

Subd. 10.

Adjustment of value or net tax capacity.

For the purpose of computing
the amount or rate of any salary, aid, tax, or debt authorized, required, or limited by any
provision of any law or charter, where such authorization, requirement, or limitation
is related in any manner to any value or valuation of taxable property within any
governmental unit, such value or net tax capacity fiscal capacity under section 473F.02,
subdivision 14, a municipality's taxable market value shall be adjusted to reflect the
adjustments reductions to net tax capacity effected by subdivision 2, clause (a), provided
that: (1) in determining the taxable market value of commercial-industrial property
or any class thereof within a governmental unit for any purpose other than section
473F.07 municipality, (a) the reduction required by this subdivision shall be that amount
which bears the same proportion to the amount subtracted from the governmental unit's
municipality's net tax capacity pursuant to subdivision 2, clause (a), as the taxable
market value of commercial-industrial property, or such class thereof, located within the
governmental unit municipality bears to the net tax capacity of commercial-industrial
property, or such class thereof, located within the governmental unit, and (b) the increase
required by this subdivision shall be that amount which bears the same proportion to
the amount added to the governmental unit's net tax capacity pursuant to subdivision 2,
clause (b), as the market value of commercial-industrial property, or such class thereof,
located within the governmental unit bears to the net tax capacity of commercial-industrial
property, or such class thereof, located within the governmental unit; and (2) in determining
the market value of real property within a municipality for purposes of section 473F.07,
the adjustment prescribed by clause (1)(a) hereof shall be made and that prescribed by
clause (1)(b) hereof shall not be made municipality. No adjustment shall be made to
taxable market value for the increase in net tax capacity under subdivision 2, clause (b).

Sec. 99.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 475.521, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

Subd. 4.

Limitations on amount.

A municipality may not issue bonds under this
section if the maximum amount of principal and interest to become due in any year on
all the outstanding bonds issued under this section, including the bonds to be issued,
will equal or exceed 0.16 percent of the taxable estimated market value of property
in the municipality. Calculation of the limit must be made using the taxable estimated
market value for the taxes payable year in which the obligations are issued and sold. In
the case of a municipality with a population of 2,500 or more, the bonds are subject to
the net debt limits under section 475.53. In the case of a shared facility in which more
than one municipality participates, upon compliance by each participating municipality
with the requirements of subdivision 2, the limitations in this subdivision and the net debt
represented by the bonds shall be allocated to each participating municipality in proportion
to its required financial contribution to the financing of the shared facility, as set forth in
the joint powers agreement relating to the shared facility. This section does not limit the
authority to issue bonds under any other special or general law.

Sec. 100.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 475.53, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Generally.

Except as otherwise provided in sections 475.51 to
475.74, no municipality, except a school district or a city of the first class, shall incur or be
subject to a net debt in excess of three percent of the estimated market value of taxable
property in the municipality.

Sec. 101.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 475.53, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

Cities first class.

Unless its charter permits a greater net debt a city of
the first class may not incur a net debt in excess of two percent of the estimated market
value of all taxable property therein. If the charter of the city permits a net debt of the city
in excess of two percent of its valuation, it may not incur a net debt in excess of 3-2/3
percent of the estimated market value of the taxable property therein.

The county auditor, at the time of preparing the tax list of the city, shall compile a
statement setting forth the total net tax capacity and the total estimated market value of
each class of taxable property in such city for such year.

Sec. 102.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 475.53, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

Subd. 4.

School districts.

Except as otherwise provided by law, no school district
shall be subject to a net debt in excess of 15 percent of the actual estimated market value of
all taxable property situated within its corporate limits, as computed in accordance with this
subdivision. The county auditor of each county containing taxable real or personal property
situated within any school district shall certify to the district upon request the estimated
market value of all such property. Whenever the commissioner of revenue, in accordance
with section 127A.48, subdivisions 1 to 6, has determined that the net tax capacity of any
district furnished by county auditors is not based upon the adjusted market value of taxable
property in the district exceeds the estimated market value of property within the district,
the commissioner of revenue shall certify to the district upon request the ratio most recently
ascertained to exist between such the estimated market value and the actual adjusted
market value of property within the district., and the actual market value of property
within a district, on which its debt limit under this subdivision is will be based, is (a) the
value certified by the county auditors, or (b) this on the estimated market value divided by
the ratio certified by the commissioner of revenue, whichever results in a higher value.

Sec. 103.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 475.58, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Funding, refunding.

Any county, city, town, or school district whose
outstanding gross debt, including all items referred to in section 475.51, subdivision
4, exceed in amount 1.62 percent of its estimated market value may issue bonds under
this subdivision for the purpose of funding or refunding such indebtedness or any part
thereof. A list of the items of indebtedness to be funded or refunded shall be made by the
recording officer and treasurer and filed in the office of the recording officer. The initial
resolution of the governing body shall refer to this subdivision as authority for the issue,
state the amount of bonds to be issued and refer to the list of indebtedness to be funded or
refunded. This resolution shall be published once each week for two successive weeks
in a legal newspaper published in the municipality or if there be no such newspaper, in
a legal newspaper published in the county seat. Such bonds may be issued without the
submission of the question of their issue to the electors unless within ten days after the
second publication of the resolution a petition requesting such election signed by ten or
more voters who are taxpayers of the municipality, shall be filed with the recording officer.
In event such petition is filed, no bonds shall be issued hereunder unless authorized by a
majority of the electors voting on the question.

Sec. 104.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 475.73, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

May purchase these bonds; conditions.

Obligations sold under the
provisions of section 475.60 may be purchased by the State Board of Investment if the
obligations meet the requirements of section 11A.24, subdivision 2, upon the approval of
the attorney general as to form and execution of the application therefor, and under rules
as the board may specify, and the state board shall have authority to purchase the same
to an amount not exceeding 3.63 percent of the estimated market value of the taxable
property of the municipality, according to the last preceding assessment. The obligations
shall not run for a shorter period than one year, nor for a longer period than 30 years and
shall bear interest at a rate to be fixed by the state board but not less than two percent per
annum. Forthwith upon the delivery to the state of Minnesota of any obligations issued by
virtue thereof, the commissioner of management and budget shall certify to the respective
auditors of the various counties wherein are situated the municipalities issuing the same,
the number, denomination, amount, rate of interest and date of maturity of each obligation.

Sec. 105.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 477A.011, subdivision 20, is amended to
read:

Subd. 20.

City net tax capacity.

"City net tax capacity" means (1) the net tax
capacity computed using the net tax capacity rates in section 273.13 for taxes payable
in the year of the aid distribution, and the market values, after the exclusion in section
273.13, subdivision 35, for taxes payable in the year prior to the aid distribution plus (2)
a city's fiscal disparities distribution tax capacity under section 276A.06, subdivision 2,
paragraph (b), or 473F.08, subdivision 2, paragraph (b), for taxes payable in the year prior
to that for which aids are being calculated. The market value utilized in computing city
net tax capacity shall be reduced by the sum of (1) a city's market value of commercial
industrial property as defined in section 276A.01, subdivision 3, or 473F.02, subdivision 3,
multiplied by the ratio determined pursuant to section 276A.06, subdivision 2, paragraph
(a), or 473F.08, subdivision 2, paragraph (a), (2) the market value of the captured value
of tax increment financing districts as defined in section 469.177, subdivision 2, and (3)
the market value of transmission lines deducted from a city's total net tax capacity under
section 273.425. The city net tax capacity will be computed using equalized market values
the city's adjusted net tax capacity under section 273.1325.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 106.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 477A.0124, subdivision 2, is amended to
read:

Subd. 2.

Definitions.

(a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms
have the meanings given them.

(b) "County program aid" means the sum of "county need aid," "county tax base
equalization aid," and "county transition aid."

(c) "Age-adjusted population" means a county's population multiplied by the county
age index.

(d) "County age index" means the percentage of the population over age 65 within
the county divided by the percentage of the population over age 65 within the state, except
that the age index for any county may not be greater than 1.8 nor less than 0.8.

(e) "Population over age 65" means the population over age 65 established as of
July 15 in an aid calculation year by the most recent federal census, by a special census
conducted under contract with the United States Bureau of the Census, by a population
estimate made by the Metropolitan Council, or by a population estimate of the state
demographer made pursuant to section 4A.02, whichever is the most recent as to the stated
date of the count or estimate for the preceding calendar year and which has been certified
to the commissioner of revenue on or before July 15 of the aid calculation year. A revision
to an estimate or count is effective for these purposes only if certified to the commissioner
on or before July 15 of the aid calculation year. Clerical errors in the certification or use of
estimates and counts established as of July 15 in the aid calculation year are subject to
correction within the time periods allowed under section 477A.014.

(f) "Part I crimes" means the three-year average annual number of Part I crimes
reported for each county by the Department of Public Safety for the most recent years
available. By July 1 of each year, the commissioner of public safety shall certify to the
commissioner of revenue the number of Part I crimes reported for each county for the
three most recent calendar years available.

(g) "Households receiving food stamps" means the average monthly number of
households receiving food stamps for the three most recent years for which data is
available. By July 1 of each year, the commissioner of human services must certify to the
commissioner of revenue the average monthly number of households in the state and in
each county that receive food stamps, for the three most recent calendar years available.

(h) "County net tax capacity" means the net tax capacity of the county, computed
analogously to city net tax capacity under section 477A.011, subdivision 20 county's
adjusted net tax capacity under section 273.1325.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 107.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 641.23, is amended to read:

641.23 FUNDS; HOW PROVIDED.

Before any contract is made for the erection of a county jail, sheriff's residence, or
both, the county board shall either levy a sufficient tax to provide the necessary funds, or
issue county bonds therefor in accordance with the provisions of chapter 475, provided
that no election is required if the amount of all bonds issued for this purpose and interest
on them which are due and payable in any year does not exceed an amount equal to
0.09671 percent of estimated market value of taxable property within the county, as last
determined before the bonds are issued.

Sec. 108.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 641.24, is amended to read:

641.24 LEASING.

The county may, by resolution of the county board, enter into a lease agreement with
any statutory or home rule charter city situated within the county, or a county housing and
redevelopment authority established pursuant to chapter 469 or any special law whereby
the city or county housing and redevelopment authority will construct a jail or other law
enforcement facilities for the county sheriff, deputy sheriffs, and other employees of the
sheriff and other law enforcement agencies, in accordance with plans prepared by or at
the request of the county board and, when required, approved by the commissioner of
corrections and will finance it by the issuance of revenue bonds, and the county may lease
the site and improvements for a term and upon rentals sufficient to produce revenue for the
prompt payment of the bonds and all interest accruing thereon and, upon completion of
payment, will acquire title thereto. The real and personal property acquired for the jail
shall constitute a project and the lease agreement shall constitute a revenue agreement
as contemplated in chapter 469, and all proceedings shall be taken by the city or county
housing and redevelopment authority and the county in the manner and with the force and
effect provided in chapter 469; provided that:

(1) no tax shall be imposed upon or in lieu of a tax upon the property;

(2) the approval of the project by the commissioner of commerce shall not be required;

(3) the Department of Corrections shall be furnished and shall record such
information concerning each project as it may prescribe;

(4) the rentals required to be paid under the lease agreement shall not exceed in any
year one-tenth of one percent of the estimated market value of property within the county,
as last finally equalized before the execution of the agreement;

(5) the county board shall provide for the payment of all rentals due during the term
of the lease, in the manner required in section 641.264, subdivision 2;

(6) no mortgage on the property shall be granted for the security of the bonds, but
compliance with clause (5) hereof may be enforced as a nondiscretionary duty of the
county board; and

(7) the county board may sublease any part of the jail property for purposes consistent
with the maintenance and operation of a county jail or other law enforcement facility.

Sec. 109.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 645.44, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

Subd. 20.

Estimated market value.

When used in determining or calculating a
limit on taxation, spending, state aid amounts, or debt, bond, certificate of indebtedness, or
capital note issuance by or for a local government unit, "estimated market value" has the
meaning given in section 273.032.

Sec. 110. REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION.

The revisor of statutes shall recodify Minnesota Statutes, section 127A.48,
subdivisions 1 to 6, as section 273.1325, subdivisions 1 to 6, and change all
cross-references to the affected subdivisions accordingly.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 111. REPEALER.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 276A.01, subdivision 11; 473F.02, subdivision
13; and 477A.011, subdivision 21, are repealed.

Sec. 112. EFFECTIVE DATE.

Unless otherwise specifically provided, this article is effective the day following
final enactment for purposes of limits on net debt, the issuance of bonds, certificates of
indebtedness, and capital notes and is effective beginning for taxes payable in 2014 for
all other purposes.

ARTICLE 15

DEPARTMENT POLICY AND TECHNICAL: INCOME AND
FRANCHISE TAXES; ESTATE TAXES

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 289A.10, is amended by adding a
subdivision to read:

Subd. 1a.

Recapture tax return required.

If a disposition or cessation as provided
by section 291.03, subdivision 11, paragraph (a), has occurred, the qualified heir, as
defined under section 291.03, subdivision 8, paragraph (c), or personal representative of
the decedent's estate must submit a recapture tax return to the commissioner.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for estates of decedents dying after
June 30, 2011.

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 289A.12, subdivision 14, is amended to read:

Subd. 14.

Regulated investment companies; reporting exempt-interest
dividends.

(a) A regulated investment company paying $10 or more in exempt-interest
dividends to an individual who is a resident of Minnesota must make a return indicating
the amount of the exempt-interest dividends, the name, address, and Social Security
number of the recipient, and any other information that the commissioner specifies. The
return must be provided to the shareholder by February 15 of the year following the year
of the payment. The return provided to the shareholder must include a clear statement,
in the form prescribed by the commissioner, that the exempt-interest dividends must be
included in the computation of Minnesota taxable income. By June 1 of each year, the
regulated investment company must file a copy of the return with the commissioner.

(b) This subdivision applies to regulated investment companies required to register
under chapter 80A.

(c) (b) For purposes of this subdivision, the following definitions apply.

(1) "Exempt-interest dividends" mean exempt-interest dividends as defined in
section 852(b)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code, but does not include the portion of
exempt-interest dividends that are not required to be added to federal taxable income
under section 290.01, subdivision 19a, clause (1)(ii).

(2) "Regulated investment company" means regulated investment company as
defined in section 851(a) of the Internal Revenue Code or a fund of the regulated
investment company as defined in section 851(g) of the Internal Revenue Code.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 289A.12, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

Subd. 18.

Returns by qualified heirs.

A qualified heir, as defined in section 291.03,
subdivision 8, paragraph (c), must file two returns with the commissioner attesting that
no disposition or cessation as provided by section 291.03, subdivision 11, paragraph
(a), occurred. The first return must be filed no earlier than 24 months and no later than
26 months after the decedent's death. The second return must be filed no earlier than 36
months and no later than 39 months after the decedent's death.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for returns required to be filed after
December 31, 2013.

Sec. 4.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 289A.18, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

Subd. 3a.

Recapture tax return.

A recapture tax return must be filed with the
commissioner within six months after the date of the disposition or cessation as provided
by section 291.03, subdivision 11, paragraph (a).

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for estates of decedents dying after
June 30, 2011.

Sec. 5.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 289A.20, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

Estate tax.

Taxes imposed by chapter 291 section 291.03, subdivision 1,
take effect at and upon the death of the person whose estate is subject to taxation and are
due and payable on or before the expiration of nine months from that death.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for estates of decedents dying after
June 30, 2011.

Sec. 6.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 289A.20, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

Subd. 3a.

Recapture tax.

The additional estate tax imposed by section 291.03,
subdivision 11, paragraph (b), is due and payable on or before the expiration of the date
provided by section 291.03, subdivision 11, paragraph (c).

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for estates of decedents dying after
June 30, 2011.

Sec. 7.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 289A.26, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

Short taxable year.

(a) A corporation or an entity with a short taxable year
of less than 12 months, but at least four months, must pay estimated tax in equal installments
on or before the 15th day of the third, sixth, ninth, and final month of the short taxable
year, to the extent applicable based on the number of months in the short taxable year.

(b) A corporation or an entity is not required to make estimated tax payments for a
short taxable year unless its tax liability before the first day of the last month of the taxable
year can reasonably be expected to exceed $500.

(c) No payment is required for a short taxable year of less than four months.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 8.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 289A.26, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

Subd. 4.

Underpayment of estimated tax.

If there is an underpayment of estimated
tax by a corporation or an entity, there shall be added to the tax for the taxable year an
amount determined at the rate in section 270C.40 on the amount of the underpayment,
determined under subdivision 5, for the period of the underpayment determined under
subdivision 6. This subdivision does not apply in the first taxable year that a corporation is
subject to the tax imposed under section 290.02 or an entity is subject to the tax imposed
under section 290.05, subdivision 3.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 9.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 289A.26, subdivision 7, is amended to read:

Subd. 7.

Required installments.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this
subdivision, the amount of a required installment is 25 percent of the required annual
payment.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, the term "required annual
payment" means the lesser of:

(1) 100 percent of the tax shown on the return for the taxable year, or, if no return is
filed, 100 percent of the tax for that year; or

(2) 100 percent of the tax shown on the return of the corporation or entity for the
preceding taxable year provided the return was for a full 12-month period, showed a
liability, and was filed by the corporation or entity.

(c) Except for determining the first required installment for any taxable year,
paragraph (b), clause (2), does not apply in the case of a large corporation. The term
"large corporation" means a corporation or any predecessor corporation that had taxable
net income of $1,000,000 or more for any taxable year during the testing period. The
term "testing period" means the three taxable years immediately preceding the taxable
year involved. A reduction allowed to a large corporation for the first installment that is
allowed by applying paragraph (b), clause (2), must be recaptured by increasing the next
required installment by the amount of the reduction.

(d) In the case of a required installment, if the corporation or entity establishes that
the annualized income installment is less than the amount determined in paragraph (a), the
amount of the required installment is the annualized income installment and the recapture
of previous quarters' reductions allowed by this paragraph must be recovered by increasing
later required installments to the extent the reductions have not previously been recovered.

(e) The "annualized income installment" is the excess, if any, of:

(1) an amount equal to the applicable percentage of the tax for the taxable year
computed by placing on an annualized basis the taxable income:

(i) for the first two months of the taxable year, in the case of the first required
installment;

(ii) for the first two months or for the first five months of the taxable year, in the
case of the second required installment;

(iii) for the first six months or for the first eight months of the taxable year, in the
case of the third required installment; and

(iv) for the first nine months or for the first 11 months of the taxable year, in the
case of the fourth required installment, over

(2) the aggregate amount of any prior required installments for the taxable year.

(3) For the purpose of this paragraph, the annualized income shall be computed
by placing on an annualized basis the taxable income for the year up to the end of the
month preceding the due date for the quarterly payment multiplied by 12 and dividing
the resulting amount by the number of months in the taxable year (2, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 11 as
the case may be) referred to in clause (1).

(4) The "applicable percentage" used in clause (1) is:

	For the following required installments:			The applicable percentage is:
		1st		25
		2nd		50
		3rd		75
		4th		100

(f)(1) If this paragraph applies, the amount determined for any installment must
be determined in the following manner:

(i) take the taxable income for the months during the taxable year preceding the
filing month;

(ii) divide that amount by the base period percentage for the months during the
taxable year preceding the filing month;

(iii) determine the tax on the amount determined under item (ii); and

(iv) multiply the tax computed under item (iii) by the base period percentage for the
filing month and the months during the taxable year preceding the filing month.

(2) For purposes of this paragraph:

(i) the "base period percentage" for a period of months is the average percent that the
taxable income for the corresponding months in each of the three preceding taxable years
bears to the taxable income for the three preceding taxable years;

(ii) the term "filing month" means the month in which the installment is required
to be paid;

(iii) this paragraph only applies if the base period percentage for any six consecutive
months of the taxable year equals or exceeds 70 percent; and

(iv) the commissioner may provide by rule for the determination of the base period
percentage in the case of reorganizations, new corporations or entities, and other similar
circumstances.

(3) In the case of a required installment determined under this paragraph, if the
corporation or entity determines that the installment is less than the amount determined in
paragraph (a), the amount of the required installment is the amount determined under this
paragraph and the recapture of previous quarters' reductions allowed by this paragraph
must be recovered by increasing later required installments to the extent the reductions
have not previously been recovered.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 10.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 289A.26, subdivision 9, is amended to read:

Subd. 9.

Failure to file an estimate.

In the case of a corporation or an entity
that fails to file an estimated tax for a taxable year when one is required, the period of
the underpayment runs from the four installment dates in subdivision 2 or 3, whichever
applies, to the earlier of the periods in subdivision 6, clauses (1) and (2).

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 11.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 290.9705, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Withholding of payments to out-of-state contractors.

(a) In this
section, "person" means a person, corporation, or cooperative, the state of Minnesota and
its political subdivisions, and a city, county, and school district in Minnesota.

(b) A person who in the regular course of business is hiring, contracting, or having a
contract with a nonresident person or foreign corporation, as defined in Minnesota Statutes
1986, section 290.01, subdivision 5, to perform construction work in Minnesota, shall
deduct and withhold eight percent of cumulative calendar year payments made to the
contractor which exceed if the value of the contract exceeds $50,000.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for payments made to contractors
after December 31, 2013.

ARTICLE 16

DEPARTMENT POLICY AND TECHNICAL: SALES AND USE
TAXES; SPECIAL TAXES

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 287.20, is amended by adding a
subdivision to read:

Subd. 11.

Partition.

"Partition" means the division by conveyance of real property
that is held jointly or in common by two or more persons into individually owned interests.
If one of the co-owners gives consideration for all or a part of the individually owned
interest conveyed to them, that portion of the conveyance is not a part of the partition.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 289A.20, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

Subd. 4.

Sales and use tax.

(a) The taxes imposed by chapter 297A are due and
payable to the commissioner monthly on or before the 20th day of the month following
the month in which the taxable event occurred, or following another reporting period
as the commissioner prescribes or as allowed under section 289A.18, subdivision 4,
paragraph (f) or (g), except that:

(1) use taxes due on an annual use tax return as provided under section 289A.11,
subdivision 1, are payable by April 15 following the close of the calendar year; and.

(2) except as provided in paragraph (f), for a vendor having a liability of $120,000
or more during a fiscal year ending June 30, 2009, and fiscal years thereafter, the taxes
imposed by chapter 297A, except as provided in paragraph (b), are due and payable to the
commissioner monthly in the following manner:

(i) On or before the 14th day of the month following the month in which the taxable
event occurred, the vendor must remit to the commissioner 90 percent of the estimated
liability for the month in which the taxable event occurred.

(ii) On or before the 20th day of the month in which the taxable event occurs, the
vendor must remit to the commissioner a prepayment for the month in which the taxable
event occurs equal to 67 percent of the liability for the previous month.

(iii) On or before the 20th day of the month following the month in which the taxable
event occurred, the vendor must pay any additional amount of tax not previously remitted
under either item (i) or (ii ) or, if the payment made under item (i) or (ii) was greater than
the vendor's liability for the month in which the taxable event occurred, the vendor may
take a credit against the next month's liability in a manner prescribed by the commissioner.

(iv) Once the vendor first pays under either item (i) or (ii), the vendor is required to
continue to make payments in the same manner, as long as the vendor continues having a
liability of $120,000 or more during the most recent fiscal year ending June 30.

(v) Notwithstanding items (i), (ii), and (iv), if a vendor fails to make the required
payment in the first month that the vendor is required to make a payment under either item
(i) or (ii), then the vendor is deemed to have elected to pay under item (ii) and must make
subsequent monthly payments in the manner provided in item (ii).

(vi) For vendors making an accelerated payment under item (ii), for the first month
that the vendor is required to make the accelerated payment, on the 20th of that month, the
vendor will pay 100 percent of the liability for the previous month and a prepayment for
the first month equal to 67 percent of the liability for the previous month.

(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), A vendor having a liability of $120,000 or more
during a fiscal year ending June 30 must remit the June liability for the next year in the
following manner:

(1) Two business days before June 30 of the year, the vendor must remit 90 percent
of the estimated June liability to the commissioner.

(2) On or before August 20 of the year, the vendor must pay any additional amount
of tax not remitted in June.

(c) A vendor having a liability of:

(1) $10,000 or more, but less than $120,000 during a fiscal year ending June 30,
2009, and fiscal years thereafter, must remit by electronic means all liabilities on returns
due for periods beginning in the subsequent calendar year on or before the 20th day of
the month following the month in which the taxable event occurred, or on or before the
20th day of the month following the month in which the sale is reported under section
289A.18, subdivision 4; or

(2) $120,000 or more, during a fiscal year ending June 30, 2009, and fiscal years
thereafter, must remit by electronic means all liabilities in the manner provided in
paragraph (a), clause (2), on returns due for periods beginning in the subsequent calendar
year, except for 90 percent of the estimated June liability, which is due two business days
before June 30. The remaining amount of the June liability is due on August 20.

(d) Notwithstanding paragraph (b) or (c), a person prohibited by the person's
religious beliefs from paying electronically shall be allowed to remit the payment by mail.
The filer must notify the commissioner of revenue of the intent to pay by mail before
doing so on a form prescribed by the commissioner. No extra fee may be charged to a
person making payment by mail under this paragraph. The payment must be postmarked
at least two business days before the due date for making the payment in order to be
considered paid on a timely basis.

(e) Whenever the liability is $120,000 or more separately for: (1) the tax imposed
under chapter 297A; (2) a fee that is to be reported on the same return as and paid with the
chapter 297A taxes; or (3) any other tax that is to be reported on the same return as and
paid with the chapter 297A taxes, then the payment of all the liabilities on the return must
be accelerated as provided in this subdivision.

(f) At the start of the first calendar quarter at least 90 days after the cash flow account
established in section 16A.152, subdivision 1, and the budget reserve account established in
section 16A.152, subdivision 1a, reach the amounts listed in section 16A.152, subdivision
2, paragraph (a), the remittance of the accelerated payments required under paragraph (a),
clause (2), must be suspended. The commissioner of management and budget shall notify
the commissioner of revenue when the accounts have reached the required amounts.
Beginning with the suspension of paragraph (a), clause (2), for a vendor with a liability of
$120,000 or more during a fiscal year ending June 30, 2009, and fiscal years thereafter, the
taxes imposed by chapter 297A are due and payable to the commissioner on the 20th day
of the month following the month in which the taxable event occurred. Payments of tax
liabilities for taxable events occurring in June under paragraph (b) are not changed.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297A.665, is amended to read:

297A.665 PRESUMPTION OF TAX; BURDEN OF PROOF.

(a) For the purpose of the proper administration of this chapter and to prevent
evasion of the tax, until the contrary is established, it is presumed that:

(1) all gross receipts are subject to the tax; and

(2) all retail sales for delivery in Minnesota are for storage, use, or other consumption
in Minnesota.

(b) The burden of proving that a sale is not a taxable retail sale is on the seller.
However, a seller is relieved of liability if:

(1) the seller obtains a fully completed exemption certificate or all the relevant
information required by section 297A.72, subdivision 2, at the time of the sale or within
90 days after the date of the sale; or

(2) if the seller has not obtained a fully completed exemption certificate or all the
relevant information required by section 297A.72, subdivision 2, within the time provided
in clause (1), within 120 days after a request for substantiation by the commissioner,
the seller either:

(i) obtains in good faith from the purchaser a fully completed exemption certificate
or all the relevant information required by section 297A.72, subdivision 2, from the
purchaser taken in good faith which means that the exemption certificate claims an
exemption that (A) was statutorily available on the date of the transaction, (B) could be
applicable to the item for which the exemption is claimed, and (C) is reasonable for the
purchaser's type of business; or

(ii) proves by other means that the transaction was not subject to tax.

(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), relief from liability does not apply to a seller who:

(1) fraudulently fails to collect the tax; or

(2) solicits purchasers to participate in the unlawful claim of an exemption.

(d) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), relief from liability does not apply to a seller
who has obtained information under paragraph (b), clause (2), if through the audit process
the commissioner finds the following:

(1) that at the time the information was provided the seller had knowledge or had
reason to know that the information relating to the exemption was materially false; or

(2) that the seller knowingly participated in activity intended to purposefully evade
the sales tax due on the transaction.

(d) (e) A certified service provider, as defined in section 297A.995, subdivision 2, is
relieved of liability under this section to the extent a seller who is its client is relieved of
liability.

(e) (f) A purchaser of tangible personal property or any items listed in section 297A.63
that are shipped or brought to Minnesota by the purchaser has the burden of proving that the
property was not purchased from a retailer for storage, use, or consumption in Minnesota.

(f) (g) If a seller claims that certain sales are exempt and does not provide the
certificate, information, or proof required by paragraph (b), clause (2), within 120 days
after the date of the commissioner's request for substantiation, then the exemptions
claimed by the seller that required substantiation are disallowed.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective retroactively from January 1, 2013.

Sec. 4.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297F.01, subdivision 23, is amended to read:

Subd. 23.

Wholesale sales price.

"Wholesale sales price" means the price stated
on the price list in effect at the time of sale for which a manufacturer or person sells a
tobacco product to a distributor, exclusive of any discount, promotional offer, or other
reduction. For purposes of this subdivision, "price list" means the manufacturer's price at
which tobacco products are made available for sale to all distributors on an ongoing basis
at which a distributor purchases a tobacco product. Wholesale sales price includes the
applicable federal excise tax, freight charges, or packaging costs, regardless of whether
they were included in the purchase price.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for purchases made after December
31, 2013.

Sec. 5.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297G.04, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Tax credit.

A qualified brewer producing fermented malt beverages
is entitled to a tax credit of $4.60 per barrel on 25,000 barrels sold in any fiscal year
beginning July 1, regardless of the alcohol content of the product. Qualified brewers may
take the credit on the 18th day of each month, but the total credit allowed may not exceed
in any fiscal year the lesser of:

(1) the liability for tax; or

(2) $115,000.

For purposes of this subdivision, a "qualified brewer" means a brewer, whether
or not located in this state, manufacturing less than 100,000 barrels of fermented malt
beverages in the calendar year immediately preceding the calendar fiscal year for which
the credit under this subdivision is claimed. In determining the number of barrels, all
brands or labels of a brewer must be combined. All facilities for the manufacture of
fermented malt beverages owned or controlled by the same person, corporation, or other
entity must be treated as a single brewer.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 6.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297I.05, subdivision 7, is amended to read:

Subd. 7.

Nonadmitted insurance premium tax.

(a) A tax is imposed on surplus
lines brokers. The rate of tax is equal to three percent of the gross premiums less return
premiums paid by an insured whose home state is Minnesota.

(b) A tax is imposed on persons, firms, or corporations a person, firm, corporation,
or purchasing group as defined in section 60E.02, or any member of a purchasing group,
that procure procures insurance directly from a nonadmitted insurer. The rate of tax is
equal to two percent of the gross premiums less return premiums paid by an insured
whose home state is Minnesota.

(c) No state other than the home state of an insured may require any premium tax
payment for nonadmitted insurance. When Minnesota is the home state of the insured,
as provided under section 297I.01, 100 percent of the gross premiums are taxable in
Minnesota with no allocation of the tax to other states.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for premiums received after
December 31, 2013.

Sec. 7.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297I.05, subdivision 11, is amended to read:

Subd. 11.

Retaliatory provisions.

(a) If any other state or country imposes any
taxes, fines, deposits, penalties, licenses, or fees upon any insurance companies of this
state and their agents doing business in another state or country that are in addition to or in
excess of those imposed by the laws of this state upon foreign insurance companies and
their agents doing business in this state, the same taxes, fines, deposits, penalties, licenses,
and fees are imposed upon every similar insurance company of that state or country and
their agents doing or applying to do business in this state.

(b) If any conditions precedent to the right to do business in any other state or
country are imposed by the laws of that state or country, beyond those imposed upon
foreign companies by the laws of this state, the same conditions precedent are imposed
upon every similar insurance company of that state or country and their agents doing or
applying to do business in that state.

(c) For purposes of this subdivision, "taxes, fines, deposits, penalties, licenses, or
fees" means an amount of money that is deposited in the general revenue fund of the state
or other similar fund in another state or country and is not dedicated to a special purpose
or use or money deposited in the general revenue fund of the state or other similar fund in
another state or country and appropriated to the commissioner of commerce or insurance
for the operation of the Department of Commerce or other similar agency with jurisdiction
over insurance. Taxes, fines, deposits, penalties, licenses, or fees do not include:

(1) special purpose obligations or assessments imposed in connection with particular
kinds of insurance, including but not limited to assessments imposed in connection with
residual market mechanisms; or

(2) assessments made by the insurance guaranty association, life and health
guarantee association, or similar association.

(d) This subdivision applies to taxes imposed under subdivisions 1,; 3,; 4, 6, and; 12,
paragraph (a), clauses (1) and (2); and 14.

(e) This subdivision does not apply to insurance companies organized or domiciled
in a state or country, the laws of which do not impose retaliatory taxes, fines, deposits,
penalties, licenses, or fees or which grant, on a reciprocal basis, exemptions from
retaliatory taxes, fines, deposits, penalties, licenses, or fees to insurance companies
domiciled in this state.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 8.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297I.05, subdivision 12, is amended to read:

Subd. 12.

Other entities.

(a) A tax is imposed equal to two percent of:

(1) gross premiums less return premiums written for risks resident or located in
Minnesota by a risk retention group;

(2) gross premiums less return premiums received by an attorney in fact acting
in accordance with chapter 71A;

(3) gross premiums less return premiums received pursuant to assigned risk policies
and contracts of coverage under chapter 79; and

(4) the direct funded premium received by the reinsurance association under section
79.34 from self-insurers approved under section 176.181 and political subdivisions that
self-insure; and.

(5) gross premiums less return premiums paid to an insurer other than a licensed
insurance company or a surplus lines broker for coverage of risks resident or located in
Minnesota by a purchasing group or any members of the purchasing group to a broker or
agent for the purchasing group.

(b) A tax is imposed on a joint self-insurance plan operating under chapter 60F. The
rate of tax is equal to two percent of the total amount of claims paid during the fund year,
with no deduction for claims wholly or partially reimbursed through stop-loss insurance.

(c) A tax is imposed on a joint self-insurance plan operating under chapter 62H.
The rate of tax is equal to two percent of the total amount of claims paid during the
fund's fiscal year, with no deduction for claims wholly or partially reimbursed through
stop-loss insurance.

(d) A tax is imposed equal to the tax imposed under section 297I.05, subdivision 5,
on the gross premiums less return premiums on all coverages received by an accountable
provider network or agents of an accountable provider network in Minnesota, in cash or
otherwise, during the year.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for premiums received after
December 31, 2013.

Sec. 9.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297I.30, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

General rule.

On or before March 1, every taxpayer subject to
taxation under section 297I.05, subdivisions 1 to 5,; 7, paragraph (b),; 12, paragraphs (a),
clauses (1) to (4), (b), (c), and (d),; and 14, shall file an annual return for the preceding
calendar year in the form prescribed by the commissioner.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for premiums received after
December 31, 2013.

Sec. 10.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297I.30, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Surplus lines brokers and purchasing groups.

On or before February
15 and August 15 of each year, every surplus lines broker subject to taxation under
section 297I.05, subdivision 7, paragraph (a), and every purchasing group or member of
a purchasing group subject to tax under section 297I.05, subdivision 12, paragraph (a),
clause (5), shall file a return with the commissioner for the preceding six-month period
ending December 31, or June 30, in the form prescribed by the commissioner.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for premiums received after
December 31, 2013.

Sec. 11. REPEALER.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 289A.60, subdivision 31, is repealed.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

ARTICLE 17

DEPARTMENT POLICY AND TECHNICAL: MINERALS
TAXES; PROPERTY TAX

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 123A.455, subdivision 1, is amended to
read:

Subdivision 1.

Definitions.

"Split residential property parcel" means a parcel of
real estate that is located within the boundaries of more than one school district and that
is classified as residential property under:

(1) section 273.13, subdivision 22, paragraph (a) or (b);

(2) section 273.13, subdivision 25, paragraph (b), clause (1); or

(3) section 273.13, subdivision 25, paragraph (c), clause (1).

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for taxes payable in 2014 and
thereafter.

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 270.077, is amended to read:

270.077 TAXES CREDITED TO STATE AIRPORTS FUND.

All taxes levied under sections 270.071 to 270.079 must be collected by the
commissioner and credited to the state airports fund created in section 360.017.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 270.41, subdivision 5, is amended to read:

Subd. 5.

Prohibited activity.

A licensed assessor or other person employed by an
assessment jurisdiction or contracting with an assessment jurisdiction for the purpose
of valuing or classifying property for property tax purposes is prohibited from making
appraisals or analyses, accepting an appraisal assignment, or preparing an appraisal report
as defined in section 82B.021, subdivisions 2, 4, 6, and 7, on any property within the
assessment jurisdiction where the individual is employed or performing the duties of the
assessor under contract. Violation of this prohibition shall result in immediate revocation
of the individual's license to assess property for property tax purposes. This prohibition
must not be construed to prohibit an individual from carrying out any duties required
for the proper assessment of property for property tax purposes or performing duties
enumerated in section 273.061, subdivision 7 or 8. If a formal resolution has been adopted
by the governing body of a governmental unit, which specifies the purposes for which
such work will be done, this prohibition does not apply to appraisal activities undertaken
on behalf of and at the request of the governmental unit that has employed or contracted
with the individual. The resolution may only allow appraisal activities which are related to
condemnations, right-of-way acquisitions, land exchanges, or special assessments.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 4.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 270C.34, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Authority.

(a) The commissioner may abate, reduce, or refund any
penalty or interest that is imposed by a law administered by the commissioner, or imposed
by section 270.0725, subdivision 1 or 2, or 270.075, subdivision 2, as a result of the late
payment of tax or late filing of a return, or any part of an additional tax charge under
section 289A.25, subdivision 2, or 289A.26, subdivision 4, if the failure to timely pay the
tax or failure to timely file the return is due to reasonable cause, or if the taxpayer is located
in a presidentially declared disaster or in a presidentially declared state of emergency area
or in an area declared to be in a state of emergency by the governor under section 12.31.

(b) The commissioner shall abate any part of a penalty or additional tax charge
under section 289A.25, subdivision 2, or 289A.26, subdivision 4, attributable to erroneous
advice given to the taxpayer in writing by an employee of the department acting in
an official capacity, if the advice:

(1) was reasonably relied on and was in response to a specific written request of the
taxpayer; and

(2) was not the result of failure by the taxpayer to provide adequate or accurate
information.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 5.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 272.01, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Exempt property used by private entity for profit.

(a) When any real or
personal property which is exempt from ad valorem taxes, and taxes in lieu thereof, is
leased, loaned, or otherwise made available and used by a private individual, association,
or corporation in connection with a business conducted for profit, there shall be imposed a
tax, for the privilege of so using or possessing such real or personal property, in the same
amount and to the same extent as though the lessee or user was the owner of such property.

(b) The tax imposed by this subdivision shall not apply to:

(1) property leased or used as a concession in or relative to the use in whole
or part of a public park, market, fairgrounds, port authority, economic development
authority established under chapter 469, municipal auditorium, municipal parking facility,
municipal museum, or municipal stadium;

(2) property of an airport owned by a city, town, county, or group thereof which is:

(i) leased to or used by any person or entity including a fixed base operator; and

(ii) used as a hangar for the storage or repair of aircraft or to provide aviation goods,
services, or facilities to the airport or general public;

the exception from taxation provided in this clause does not apply to:

(i) property located at an airport owned or operated by the Metropolitan Airports
Commission or by a city of over 50,000 population according to the most recent federal
census or such a city's airport authority; or

(ii) hangars leased by a private individual, association, or corporation in connection
with a business conducted for profit other than an aviation-related business;

(3) property constituting or used as a public pedestrian ramp or concourse in
connection with a public airport;

(4) property constituting or used as a passenger check-in area or ticket sale counter,
boarding area, or luggage claim area in connection with a public airport but not the
airports owned or operated by the Metropolitan Airports Commission or cities of over
50,000 population or an airport authority therein. Real estate owned by a municipality
in connection with the operation of a public airport and leased or used for agricultural
purposes is not exempt;

(5) property leased, loaned, or otherwise made available to a private individual,
corporation, or association under a cooperative farming agreement made pursuant to
section 97A.135; or

(6) property leased, loaned, or otherwise made available to a private individual,
corporation, or association under section 272.68, subdivision 4.

(c) Taxes imposed by this subdivision are payable as in the case of personal property
taxes and shall be assessed to the lessees or users of real or personal property in the same
manner as taxes assessed to owners of real or personal property, except that such taxes
shall not become a lien against the property. When due, the taxes shall constitute a debt due
from the lessee or user to the state, township, city, county, and school district for which the
taxes were assessed and shall be collected in the same manner as personal property taxes.
If property subject to the tax imposed by this subdivision is leased or used jointly by two or
more persons, each lessee or user shall be jointly and severally liable for payment of the tax.

(d) The tax on real property of the federal government, the state or any of its political
subdivisions that is leased by, loaned, or otherwise made available to a private individual,
association, or corporation and becomes taxable under this subdivision or other provision
of law must be assessed and collected as a personal property assessment. The taxes do
not become a lien against the real property.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 6.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 272.02, subdivision 97, is amended to read:

Subd. 97.

Property used in business of mining subject to net proceeds tax.

The
following property used in the business of mining that is subject to the net proceeds tax
under section 298.015 is exempt:

(1) deposits of ores, metals, and minerals and the lands in which they are contained;

(2) all real and personal property used in mining, quarrying, producing, or refining
ores, minerals, or metals, including lands occupied by or used in connection with the
mining, quarrying, production, or ore refining facilities; and

(3) concentrate or direct reduced ore.

This exemption applies for each year that a person subject to tax under section
298.015 uses the property for mining, quarrying, producing, or refining ores, metals, or
minerals.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 7.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 272.03, subdivision 9, is amended to read:

Subd. 9.

Person.

"Person" includes means an individual, association, estate, trust,
partnership, firm, company, or corporation.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 8.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 273.114, subdivision 6, is amended to read:

Subd. 6.

Additional taxes.

(a) When real property which is being, or has been
valued and assessed under this section is sold, transferred, or no longer qualifies under
subdivision 2, the portion sold, transferred, or no longer qualifying shall be subject to
additional taxes in the amount equal to the difference between the taxes determined in
accordance with subdivision 3 and the amount determined under subdivision 4, provided
that the amount determined under subdivision 4 shall not be greater than it would have
been had the actual bona fide sale price of the real property at an arm's-length transaction
been used in lieu of the market value determined under subdivision 4. The additional taxes
shall be extended against the property on the tax list for taxes payable in the current year,
provided that no interest or penalties shall be levied on the additional taxes if timely paid
and provided that the additional taxes shall only be levied with respect to the current year
plus two prior years that the property has been valued and assessed under this section.

(b) In the case of a sale or transfer, the additional taxes under paragraph (a) shall not
be extended against the property if the new owner submits a successful application under
this section by the later of May 1 of the current year or 30 days after the sale or transfer.

(c) For the purposes of this section, the following events do not constitute a sale or
transfer for property that qualified under subdivision 2 prior to the event:

(1) death of a property owner when the surviving owners retain ownership of the
property;

(2) divorce of a married couple when one of the spouses retains ownership of the
property;

(3) marriage of a single property owner when that owner retains ownership of the
property in whole or in part;

(4) the organization or reorganization of a farm ownership entity that is not prohibited
from owning agricultural land in this state under section 500.24, if all owners maintain the
same beneficial interest both before and after the organization or reorganization; and

(5) transfer of the property to a trust or trustee, provided that the individual owners
of the property are the grantors of the trust and they maintain the same beneficial interest
both before and after placement of the property in trust.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 9.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 273.13, subdivision 23, is amended to read:

Subd. 23.

Class 2.

(a) An agricultural homestead consists of class 2a agricultural
land that is homesteaded, along with any class 2b rural vacant land that is contiguous to
the class 2a land under the same ownership. The market value of the house and garage
and immediately surrounding one acre of land has the same class rates as class 1a or 1b
property under subdivision 22. The value of the remaining land including improvements
up to the first tier valuation limit of agricultural homestead property has a net class rate
of 0.5 percent of market value. The remaining property over the first tier has a class rate
of one percent of market value. For purposes of this subdivision, the "first tier valuation
limit of agricultural homestead property" and "first tier" means the limit certified under
section 273.11, subdivision 23.

(b) Class 2a agricultural land consists of parcels of property, or portions thereof, that
are agricultural land and buildings. Class 2a property has a net class rate of one percent of
market value, unless it is part of an agricultural homestead under paragraph (a). Class 2a
property must also include any property that would otherwise be classified as 2b, but is
interspersed with class 2a property, including but not limited to sloughs, wooded wind
shelters, acreage abutting ditches, ravines, rock piles, land subject to a setback requirement,
and other similar land that is impractical for the assessor to value separately from the rest of
the property or that is unlikely to be able to be sold separately from the rest of the property.

An assessor may classify the part of a parcel described in this subdivision that is used
for agricultural purposes as class 2a and the remainder in the class appropriate to its use.

(c) Class 2b rural vacant land consists of parcels of property, or portions thereof,
that are unplatted real estate, rural in character and not used for agricultural purposes,
including land used for growing trees for timber, lumber, and wood and wood products,
that is not improved with a structure. The presence of a minor, ancillary nonresidential
structure as defined by the commissioner of revenue does not disqualify the property from
classification under this paragraph. Any parcel of 20 acres or more improved with a
structure that is not a minor, ancillary nonresidential structure must be split-classified, and
ten acres must be assigned to the split parcel containing the structure. Class 2b property
has a net class rate of one percent of market value unless it is part of an agricultural
homestead under paragraph (a), or qualifies as class 2c under paragraph (d).

(d) Class 2c managed forest land consists of no less than 20 and no more than 1,920
acres statewide per taxpayer that is being managed under a forest management plan that
meets the requirements of chapter 290C, but is not enrolled in the sustainable forest
resource management incentive program. It has a class rate of .65 percent, provided that
the owner of the property must apply to the assessor in order for the property to initially
qualify for the reduced rate and provide the information required by the assessor to verify
that the property qualifies for the reduced rate. If the assessor receives the application
and information before May 1 in an assessment year, the property qualifies beginning
with that assessment year. If the assessor receives the application and information after
April 30 in an assessment year, the property may not qualify until the next assessment
year. The commissioner of natural resources must concur that the land is qualified. The
commissioner of natural resources shall annually provide county assessors verification
information on a timely basis. The presence of a minor, ancillary nonresidential structure
as defined by the commissioner of revenue does not disqualify the property from
classification under this paragraph.

(e) Agricultural land as used in this section means:

(1) contiguous acreage of ten acres or more, used during the preceding year for
agricultural purposes.; or

(2) contiguous acreage used during the preceding year for an intensive livestock or
poultry confinement operation, provided that land used only for pasturing or grazing
does not qualify under this clause.

"Agricultural purposes" as used in this section means the raising, cultivation, drying,
or storage of agricultural products for sale, or the storage of machinery or equipment
used in support of agricultural production by the same farm entity. For a property to be
classified as agricultural based only on the drying or storage of agricultural products,
the products being dried or stored must have been produced by the same farm entity as
the entity operating the drying or storage facility. "Agricultural purposes" also includes
enrollment in the Reinvest in Minnesota program under sections 103F.501 to 103F.535 or
the federal Conservation Reserve Program as contained in Public Law 99-198 or a similar
state or federal conservation program if the property was classified as agricultural (i)
under this subdivision for the assessment year 2002 taxes payable in 2003 because of its
enrollment in a qualifying program and the land remains enrolled or (ii) in the year prior
to its enrollment. Agricultural classification shall not be based upon the market value of
any residential structures on the parcel or contiguous parcels under the same ownership.

"Contiguous acreage," for purposes of this paragraph, means all of, or a contiguous
portion of, a tax parcel as described in section 272.193, or all of, or a contiguous portion
of, a set of contiguous tax parcels under that section that are owned by the same person.

(f) Real estate of Agricultural land under this section also includes:

(1) contiguous acreage that is less than ten acres, which is in size and exclusively or
intensively used in the preceding year for raising or cultivating agricultural products, shall
be considered as agricultural land. To qualify under this paragraph, property that includes
a residential structure must be used intensively for one of the following purposes:; or

(2) contiguous acreage that contains a residence and is less than 11 acres in size, if
the contiguous acreage exclusive of the house, garage, and surrounding one acre of land
was used in the preceding year for one or more of the following three uses:

(i) for an intensive grain drying or storage of grain operation, or for intensive
machinery or equipment storage of machinery or equipment activities used to support
agricultural activities on other parcels of property operated by the same farming entity;

(ii) as a nursery, provided that only those acres used intensively to produce nursery
stock are considered agricultural land; or

(iii) for livestock or poultry confinement, provided that land that is used only for
pasturing and grazing does not qualify; or

(iv) (iii) for intensive market farming; for purposes of this paragraph, "market
farming" means the cultivation of one or more fruits or vegetables or production of animal
or other agricultural products for sale to local markets by the farmer or an organization
with which the farmer is affiliated.

"Contiguous acreage," for purposes of this paragraph, means all of a tax parcel as
described in section 272.193, or all of a set of contiguous tax parcels under that section
that are owned by the same person.

(g) Land shall be classified as agricultural even if all or a portion of the agricultural
use of that property is the leasing to, or use by another person for agricultural purposes.

Classification under this subdivision is not determinative for qualifying under
section 273.111.

(h) The property classification under this section supersedes, for property tax
purposes only, any locally administered agricultural policies or land use restrictions that
define minimum or maximum farm acreage.

(i) The term "agricultural products" as used in this subdivision includes production
for sale of:

(1) livestock, dairy animals, dairy products, poultry and poultry products, fur-bearing
animals, horticultural and nursery stock, fruit of all kinds, vegetables, forage, grains,
bees, and apiary products by the owner;

(2) fish bred for sale and consumption if the fish breeding occurs on land zoned
for agricultural use;

(3) the commercial boarding of horses, which may include related horse training and
riding instruction, if the boarding is done on property that is also used for raising pasture
to graze horses or raising or cultivating other agricultural products as defined in clause (1);

(4) property which is owned and operated by nonprofit organizations used for
equestrian activities, excluding racing;

(5) game birds and waterfowl bred and raised (i) on a game farm licensed under
section 97A.105, provided that the annual licensing report to the Department of Natural
Resources, which must be submitted annually by March 30 to the assessor, indicates
that at least 500 birds were raised or used for breeding stock on the property during the
preceding year and that the owner provides a copy of the owner's most recent schedule F;
or (ii) for use on a shooting preserve licensed under section 97A.115;

(6) insects primarily bred to be used as food for animals;

(7) trees, grown for sale as a crop, including short rotation woody crops, and not
sold for timber, lumber, wood, or wood products; and

(8) maple syrup taken from trees grown by a person licensed by the Minnesota
Department of Agriculture under chapter 28A as a food processor.

(j) If a parcel used for agricultural purposes is also used for commercial or industrial
purposes, including but not limited to:

(1) wholesale and retail sales;

(2) processing of raw agricultural products or other goods;

(3) warehousing or storage of processed goods; and

(4) office facilities for the support of the activities enumerated in clauses (1), (2),
and (3),

the assessor shall classify the part of the parcel used for agricultural purposes as class
1b, 2a, or 2b, whichever is appropriate, and the remainder in the class appropriate to its
use. The grading, sorting, and packaging of raw agricultural products for first sale is
considered an agricultural purpose. A greenhouse or other building where horticultural
or nursery products are grown that is also used for the conduct of retail sales must be
classified as agricultural if it is primarily used for the growing of horticultural or nursery
products from seed, cuttings, or roots and occasionally as a showroom for the retail sale of
those products. Use of a greenhouse or building only for the display of already grown
horticultural or nursery products does not qualify as an agricultural purpose.

(k) The assessor shall determine and list separately on the records the market value
of the homestead dwelling and the one acre of land on which that dwelling is located. If
any farm buildings or structures are located on this homesteaded acre of land, their market
value shall not be included in this separate determination.

(l) Class 2d airport landing area consists of a landing area or public access area of
a privately owned public use airport. It has a class rate of one percent of market value.
To qualify for classification under this paragraph, a privately owned public use airport
must be licensed as a public airport under section 360.018. For purposes of this paragraph,
"landing area" means that part of a privately owned public use airport properly cleared,
regularly maintained, and made available to the public for use by aircraft and includes
runways, taxiways, aprons, and sites upon which are situated landing or navigational aids.
A landing area also includes land underlying both the primary surface and the approach
surfaces that comply with all of the following:

(i) the land is properly cleared and regularly maintained for the primary purposes of
the landing, taking off, and taxiing of aircraft; but that portion of the land that contains
facilities for servicing, repair, or maintenance of aircraft is not included as a landing area;

(ii) the land is part of the airport property; and

(iii) the land is not used for commercial or residential purposes.

The land contained in a landing area under this paragraph must be described and certified
by the commissioner of transportation. The certification is effective until it is modified,
or until the airport or landing area no longer meets the requirements of this paragraph.
For purposes of this paragraph, "public access area" means property used as an aircraft
parking ramp, apron, or storage hangar, or an arrival and departure building in connection
with the airport.

(m) Class 2e consists of land with a commercial aggregate deposit that is not actively
being mined and is not otherwise classified as class 2a or 2b, provided that the land is not
located in a county that has elected to opt-out of the aggregate preservation program as
provided in section 273.1115, subdivision 6. It has a class rate of one percent of market
value. To qualify for classification under this paragraph, the property must be at least
ten contiguous acres in size and the owner of the property must record with the county
recorder of the county in which the property is located an affidavit containing:

(1) a legal description of the property;

(2) a disclosure that the property contains a commercial aggregate deposit that is not
actively being mined but is present on the entire parcel enrolled;

(3) documentation that the conditional use under the county or local zoning
ordinance of this property is for mining; and

(4) documentation that a permit has been issued by the local unit of government
or the mining activity is allowed under local ordinance. The disclosure must include a
statement from a registered professional geologist, engineer, or soil scientist delineating
the deposit and certifying that it is a commercial aggregate deposit.

For purposes of this section and section 273.1115, "commercial aggregate deposit"
means a deposit that will yield crushed stone or sand and gravel that is suitable for use
as a construction aggregate; and "actively mined" means the removal of top soil and
overburden in preparation for excavation or excavation of a commercial deposit.

(n) When any portion of the property under this subdivision or subdivision 22 begins
to be actively mined, the owner must file a supplemental affidavit within 60 days from
the day any aggregate is removed stating the number of acres of the property that is
actively being mined. The acres actively being mined must be (1) valued and classified
under subdivision 24 in the next subsequent assessment year, and (2) removed from the
aggregate resource preservation property tax program under section 273.1115, if the
land was enrolled in that program. Copies of the original affidavit and all supplemental
affidavits must be filed with the county assessor, the local zoning administrator, and the
Department of Natural Resources, Division of Land and Minerals. A supplemental
affidavit must be filed each time a subsequent portion of the property is actively mined,
provided that the minimum acreage change is five acres, even if the actual mining activity
constitutes less than five acres.

(o) The definitions prescribed by the commissioner under paragraphs (c) and (d) are
not rules and are exempt from the rulemaking provisions of chapter 14, and the provisions
in section 14.386 concerning exempt rules do not apply.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for taxes payable in 2014 and
thereafter.

Sec. 10.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 273.19, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Tax-exempt property; lease.

Except as provided in subdivision 3 or
4, tax-exempt property held under a lease for a term of at least one year, and not taxable
under section 272.01, subdivision 2, or under a contract for the purchase thereof, shall be
considered, for all purposes of taxation, as the property of the person holding it. In this
subdivision, "tax-exempt property" means property owned by the United States, the state
or any of its political subdivisions, a school, or any religious, scientific, or benevolent
society or institution, incorporated or unincorporated, or any corporation whose property
is not taxed in the same manner as other property. This subdivision does not apply to
property exempt from taxation under section 272.01, subdivision 2, paragraph (b), clauses
(2), (3), and (4), or to property exempt from taxation under section 272.0213.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 11.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 273.372, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

Subd. 4.

Administrative appeals.

(a) Companies that submit the reports under
section 270.82 or 273.371 by the date specified in that section, or by the date specified by
the commissioner in an extension, may appeal administratively to the commissioner prior
to bringing an action in court by submitting.

(b) Companies that must submit reports under section 270.82 must submit a written
request with to the commissioner for a conference within ten days after the date of the
commissioner's valuation certification or notice to the company, or by May June 15,
whichever is earlier.

(c) Companies that submit reports under section 273.371 must submit a written
request to the commissioner for a conference within ten days after the date of the
commissioner's valuation certification or notice to the company, or by July 1, whichever
is earlier.

(d) The commissioner shall conduct the conference upon the commissioner's entire
files and records and such further information as may be offered. The conference must
be held no later than 20 days after the date of the commissioner's valuation certification
or notice to the company, or by the date specified by the commissioner in an extension.
Within 60 days after the conference the commissioner shall make a final determination of
the matter and shall notify the company promptly of the determination. The conference
is not a contested case hearing.

(b) (e) In addition to the opportunity for a conference under paragraph (a), the
commissioner shall also provide the railroad and utility companies the opportunity to
discuss any questions or concerns relating to the values established by the commissioner
through certification or notice in a less formal manner. This does not change or modify
the deadline for requesting a conference under paragraph (a), the deadline in section
271.06 for appealing an order of the commissioner, or the deadline in section 278.01 for
appealing property taxes in court.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective beginning with assessment year 2014.

Sec. 12.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 273.39, is amended to read:

273.39 RURAL AREA.

As used in sections 273.39 to 273.41, the term "rural area" shall be deemed to mean
any area of the state not included within the boundaries of any incorporated statutory
city or home rule charter city, and such term shall be deemed to include both farm and
nonfarm population thereof.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 13.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 279.06, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

List and notice.

Within five days after the filing of such list, the
court administrator shall return a copy thereof to the county auditor, with a notice prepared
and signed by the court administrator, and attached thereto, which may be substantially in
the following form:

State of Minnesota	)
	) ss.
County of .	)
			District Court
			. Judicial District.

The state of Minnesota, to all persons, companies, or corporations who have or claim
any estate, right, title, or interest in, claim to, or lien upon, any of the several parcels of
land described in the list hereto attached:

The list of taxes and penalties on real property for the county of ...............................
remaining delinquent on the first Monday in January, ......., has been filed in the office of
the court administrator of the district court of said county, of which that hereto attached is a
copy. Therefore, you, and each of you, are hereby required to file in the office of said court
administrator, on or before the 20th day after the publication of this notice and list, your
answer, in writing, setting forth any objection or defense you may have to the taxes, or any
part thereof, upon any parcel of land described in the list, in, to, or on which you have or
claim any estate, right, title, interest, claim, or lien, and, in default thereof, judgment will
be entered against such parcel of land for the taxes on such list appearing against it, and
for all penalties, interest, and costs. Based upon said judgment, the land shall be sold to
the state of Minnesota on the second Monday in May, ....... The period of redemption for
all lands sold to the state at a tax judgment sale shall be three years from the date of sale to
the state of Minnesota if the land is within an incorporated area unless it is:

(a) nonagricultural homesteaded land as defined in section 273.13, subdivision 22;

(b) homesteaded agricultural land as defined in section 273.13, subdivision 23,
paragraph (a);

(c) seasonal residential recreational land as defined in section 273.13, subdivisions
22, paragraph (c), and 25, paragraph (d), clause (1), in which event the period of
redemption is five years from the date of sale to the state of Minnesota;

(d) abandoned property and pursuant to section 281.173 a court order has been
entered shortening the redemption period to five weeks; or

(e) vacant property as described under section 281.174, subdivision 2, and for which
a court order is entered shortening the redemption period under section 281.174.

The period of redemption for all other lands sold to the state at a tax judgment sale
shall be five years from the date of sale.

Inquiries as to the proceedings set forth above can be made to the county auditor of
..... county whose address is ......

	(Signed) . ,
	Court Administrator of the District Court of the County of .
	(Here insert list.)

The notice must contain a narrative description of the various periods to redeem
specified in sections 281.17, 281.173, and 281.174, in the manner prescribed by the
commissioner of revenue under subdivision 2.

The list referred to in the notice shall be substantially in the following form:

List of real property for the county of ......................., on which taxes remain
delinquent on the first Monday in January, .......

Town of (Fairfield),

Township (40), Range (20),

Names (and Current Filed Addresses) for the Taxpayers and Fee Owners and in Addition Those Parties Who Have Filed Their Addresses Pursuant to section 276.041	Subdivision of Section	Section	Tax Parcel Number	Total Tax and Penalty
				$ cts.
John Jones (825 Fremont Fairfield, MN 55000)	S.E. 1/4 of S.W. 1/4	10	23101	2.20
Bruce Smith (2059 Hand Fairfield, MN 55000) and Fairfield State Bank (100 Main Street Fairfield, MN 55000)	That part of N.E. 1/4 of S.W. 1/4 desc. as follows: Beg. at the S.E. corner of said N.E. 1/4 of S.W. 1/4; thence N. along the E. line of said N.E. 1/4 of S.W. 1/4 a distance of 600 ft.; thence W. parallel with the S. line of said N.E. 1/4 of S.W. 1/4 a distance of 600 ft.; thence S. parallel with said E. line a distance of 600 ft. to S. line of said N.E. 1/4 of S.W. 1/4; thence E. along said S. line a distance of 600 ft. to the point of beg.	21	33211	3.15

As to platted property, the form of heading shall conform to circumstances and be
substantially in the following form:

City of (Smithtown)

Brown's Addition, or Subdivision

Names (and Current Filed Addresses) for the Taxpayers and Fee Owners and in Addition Those Parties Who Have Filed Their Addresses Pursuant to section 276.041	Lot	Block	Tax Parcel Number	Total Tax and Penalty
				$ cts.
John Jones (825 Fremont Fairfield, MN 55000)	15	9	58243	2.20
Bruce Smith (2059 Hand Fairfield, MN 55000) and Fairfield State Bank (100 Main Street Fairfield, MN 55000)	16	9	58244	3.15

The names, descriptions, and figures employed in parentheses in the above forms are
merely for purposes of illustration.

The name of the town, township, range or city, and addition or subdivision, as the
case may be, shall be repeated at the head of each column of the printed lists as brought
forward from the preceding column.

Errors in the list shall not be deemed to be a material defect to affect the validity
of the judgment and sale.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for lists and notices required after
December 31, 2013.

Sec. 14.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 290B.04, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Approval; recording.

The commissioner shall approve all initial
applications that qualify under this chapter and shall notify qualifying homeowners on or
before December 1. The commissioner may investigate the facts or require confirmation
in regard to an application. The commissioner shall record or file a notice of qualification
for deferral, including the names of the qualifying homeowners and a legal description
of the property, in the office of the county recorder, or registrar of titles, whichever is
applicable, in the county where the qualifying property is located. The notice must state
that it serves as a notice of lien and that it includes deferrals under this section for future
years. The commissioner shall prescribe the form of the notice. Execution of the notice
by the original or facsimile signature of the commissioner or a delegate entitles them to
be recorded, and no other attestation, certification, or acknowledgment is necessary. The
homeowner shall pay the recording or filing fees for the notice, which, notwithstanding
section 357.18, shall be paid by the homeowner at the time of satisfaction of the lien.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective for notices that are both executed
and recorded after June 30, 2013.

Sec. 15.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 298.01, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

Occupation tax; other ores.

Every person engaged in the business of
mining, refining, or producing ores, metals, or minerals in this state, except iron ore or
taconite concentrates, shall pay an occupation tax to the state of Minnesota as provided
in this subdivision. For purposes of this subdivision, mining includes the application of
hydrometallurgical processes. Hydrometallurgical processes are processes that extract
the ores, metals, or minerals, by use of aqueous solutions that leach, concentrate, and
recover the ore, metal, or mineral. The tax is determined in the same manner as the tax
imposed by section 290.02, except that sections 290.05, subdivision 1, clause (a), 290.17,
subdivision 4, and 290.191, subdivision 2, do not apply, and the occupation tax must
be computed by applying to taxable income the rate of 2.45 percent. A person subject
to occupation tax under this section shall apportion its net income on the basis of the
percentage obtained by taking the sum of:

(1) 75 percent of the percentage which the sales made within this state in connection
with the trade or business during the tax period are of the total sales wherever made in
connection with the trade or business during the tax period;

(2) 12.5 percent of the percentage which the total tangible property used by the
taxpayer in this state in connection with the trade or business during the tax period is of
the total tangible property, wherever located, used by the taxpayer in connection with the
trade or business during the tax period; and

(3) 12.5 percent of the percentage which the taxpayer's total payrolls paid or incurred
in this state or paid in respect to labor performed in this state in connection with the trade
or business during the tax period are of the taxpayer's total payrolls paid or incurred in
connection with the trade or business during the tax period.

The tax is in addition to all other taxes.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 16.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 298.018, is amended to read:

298.018 DISTRIBUTION OF PROCEEDS.

Subdivision 1.

Within taconite assistance area.

The proceeds of the tax paid
under sections 298.015 and 298.016 on ores, metals, or minerals and energy resources
mined or extracted within the taconite assistance area defined in section 273.1341, shall
be allocated as follows:

(1) five percent to the city or town within which the minerals or energy resources
are mined or extracted;

(2) ten percent to the taconite municipal aid account to be distributed as provided
in section 298.282;

(3) ten percent to the school district within which the minerals or energy resources
are mined or extracted;

(4) 20 percent to a group of school districts comprised of those school districts
wherein the mineral or energy resource was mined or extracted or in which there is a
qualifying municipality as defined by section 273.134, paragraph (b), in direct proportion
to school district indexes as follows: for each school district, its pupil units determined
under section 126C.05 for the prior school year shall be multiplied by the ratio of the
average adjusted net tax capacity per pupil unit for school districts receiving aid under
this clause as calculated pursuant to chapters 122A, 126C, and 127A for the school year
ending prior to distribution to the adjusted net tax capacity per pupil unit of the district.
Each district shall receive that portion of the distribution which its index bears to the sum
of the indices for all school districts that receive the distributions;

(5) 20 percent to the county within which the minerals or energy resources are
mined or extracted;

(6) 20 percent to St. Louis County acting as the counties' fiscal agent to be
distributed as provided in sections 273.134 to 273.136;

(7) five percent to the Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board for the
purposes of section 298.22;

(8) five percent to the Douglas J. Johnson economic protection trust fund; and

(9) five percent to the taconite environmental protection fund.

The proceeds of the tax shall be distributed on July 15 each year.

Subd. 2.

Outside taconite assistance area.

The proceeds of the tax paid under
sections 298.015 and 298.016 on ores, metals, or minerals and energy resources mined
or extracted outside of the taconite assistance area defined in section 273.1341, shall
be deposited in the general fund.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 17.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 373.01, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Public corporation; listed powers.

(a) Each county is a body politic
and corporate and may:

(1) Sue and be sued.

(2) Acquire and hold real and personal property for the use of the county, and lands
sold for taxes as provided by law.

(3) Purchase and hold for the benefit of the county real estate sold by virtue of
judicial proceedings, to which the county is a party.

(4) Sell, lease, and convey real or personal estate owned by the county, and give
contracts or options to sell, lease, or convey it, and make orders respecting it as deemed
conducive to the interests of the county's inhabitants.

(5) Make all contracts and do all other acts in relation to the property and concerns
of the county necessary to the exercise of its corporate powers.

(b) No sale, lease, or conveyance of real estate owned by the county, except the lease
of a residence acquired for the furtherance of an approved capital improvement project, nor
any contract or option for it, shall be valid, without first advertising for bids or proposals in
the official newspaper of the county for three consecutive weeks and once in a newspaper
of general circulation in the area where the property is located. The notice shall state the
time and place of considering the proposals, contain a legal description of any real estate,
and a brief description of any personal property. Leases that do not exceed $15,000 for any
one year may be negotiated and are not subject to the competitive bid procedures of this
section. All proposals estimated to exceed $15,000 in any one year shall be considered at
the time set for the bid opening, and the one most favorable to the county accepted, but the
county board may, in the interest of the county, reject any or all proposals.

(c) Sales of personal property the value of which is estimated to be $15,000 or
more shall be made only after advertising for bids or proposals in the county's official
newspaper, on the county's Web site, or in a recognized industry trade journal. At the same
time it posts on its Web site or publishes in a trade journal, the county must publish in the
official newspaper, either as part of the minutes of a regular meeting of the county board
or in a separate notice, a summary of all requests for bids or proposals that the county
advertises on its Web site or in a trade journal. After publication in the official newspaper,
on the Web site, or in a trade journal, bids or proposals may be solicited and accepted by
the electronic selling process authorized in section 471.345, subdivision 17. Sales of
personal property the value of which is estimated to be less than $15,000 may be made
either on competitive bids or in the open market, in the discretion of the county board.
"Web site" means a specific, addressable location provided on a server connected to the
Internet and hosting World Wide Web pages and other files that are generally accessible
on the Internet all or most of a day.

(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the county may, when acquiring
real property for county highway right-of-way, exchange parcels of real property of
substantially similar or equal value without advertising for bids. The estimated values for
these parcels shall be determined by the county assessor.

(e) Notwithstanding anything in this section to the contrary, the county may, when
acquiring real property for purposes other than county highway right-of-way, exchange
parcels of real property of substantially similar or equal value without advertising for
bids. The estimated values for these parcels must be determined by the county assessor
or a private appraisal performed by a licensed Minnesota real estate appraiser. For the
purpose of determining for the county the estimated values of parcels proposed to be
exchanged, the county assessor need not be licensed under chapter 82B. Before giving
final approval to any exchange of land, the county board shall hold a public hearing on
the exchange. At least two weeks before the hearing, the county auditor shall post a
notice in the auditor's office and the official newspaper of the county of the hearing that
contains a description of the lands affected.

(f) If real estate or personal property remains unsold after advertising for and
consideration of bids or proposals the county may employ a broker to sell the property.
The broker may sell the property for not less than 90 percent of its appraised market value
as determined by the county. The broker's fee shall be set by agreement with the county but
may not exceed ten percent of the sale price and must be paid from the proceeds of the sale.

(g) A county or its agent may rent a county-owned residence acquired for the
furtherance of an approved capital improvement project subject to the conditions set
by the county board and not subject to the conditions for lease otherwise provided by
paragraph (a), clause (4), and paragraphs (b), (c), (d), (f), and (h).

(h) In no case shall lands be disposed of without there being reserved to the county
all iron ore and other valuable minerals in and upon the lands, with right to explore for,
mine and remove the iron ore and other valuable minerals, nor shall the minerals and
mineral rights be disposed of, either before or after disposition of the surface rights,
otherwise than by mining lease, in similar general form to that provided by section 93.20
for mining leases affecting state lands. The lease shall be for a term not exceeding 50
years, and be issued on a royalty basis, the royalty to be not less than 25 cents per ton of
2,240 pounds, and fix a minimum amount of royalty payable during each year, whether
mineral is removed or not. Prospecting options for mining leases may be granted for
periods not exceeding one year. The options shall require, among other things, periodical
showings to the county board of the results of exploration work done.

(i) Notwithstanding anything in this subdivision to the contrary, the county may,
when selling real property owned in fee simple that cannot be improved because of
noncompliance with local ordinances regarding minimum area, shape, frontage, or access,
proceed to sell the nonconforming parcel without advertising for bid. At the county's
discretion, the real property may be restricted to sale to adjoining landowners or may be
sold to any other interested party. The property shall be sold to the highest bidder, but in no
case shall the property be sold for less than 90 percent of its fair market value as determined
by the county assessor. All owners of land adjoining the land to be sold shall be given a
written notice at least 30 days before the sale. This paragraph shall be liberally construed to
encourage the sale of nonconforming real property and promote its return to the tax roles.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 18. REPEALER.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 272.69; and 273.11, subdivisions 1a and 22, are
repealed.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

ARTICLE 18

DEPARTMENT POLICY AND TECHNICAL: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 16A.46, is amended to read:

16A.46 LOST OR DESTROYED WARRANT DUPLICATE; INDEMNITY.

Subdivision 1.

Duplicate warrant.

The commissioner may issue a duplicate of an
unpaid warrant to an owner if the owner certifies that the original was lost or destroyed. The
commissioner may require certification be documented by affidavit. The commissioner
may refuse to issue a duplicate of an unpaid state warrant. If the commissioner acts in
good faith, the commissioner is not liable, whether the application is granted or denied.

Subd. 2.

Original warrant is void.

When the duplicate is issued, the original is
void. The commissioner may require an indemnity bond from the applicant to the state for
double the amount of the warrant for anyone damaged by the issuance of the duplicate.
The commissioner may refuse to issue a duplicate of an unpaid state warrant. If the
commissioner acts in good faith the commissioner is not liable, whether the application is
granted or denied is not liable to any holder who took the void original warrant for value,
whether or not the commissioner required an indemnity bond from the applicant.

Subd. 3.

Unpaid refund or rebate.

For an unpaid refund or rebate issued under a
tax law administered by the commissioner of revenue that has been lost or destroyed, an
affidavit is not required for the commissioner to issue a duplicate if the duplicate is issued
to the same name and Social Security number as the original warrant and that information
is verified on a tax return filed by the recipient.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 270C.38, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Sufficient notice.

(a) If no method of notification of a written
determination or action of the commissioner is otherwise specifically provided for by
law, notice of the determination or action sent postage prepaid by United States mail to
the taxpayer or other person affected by the determination or action at the taxpayer's
or person's last known address, is sufficient. If the taxpayer or person being notified is
deceased or is under a legal disability, or, in the case of a corporation being notified that
has terminated its existence, notice to the last known address of the taxpayer, person, or
corporation is sufficient, unless the department has been provided with a new address by a
party authorized to receive notices from the commissioner.

(b) If a taxpayer or other person agrees to accept notification by electronic means,
notice of a determination or action of the commissioner sent by electronic mail to the
taxpayer's or person's last known electronic mailing address as provided for in section
325L.08 is sufficient.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 270C.42, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Penalty for failure to pay electronically.

In addition to other applicable
penalties imposed by law, after notification from the commissioner to the taxpayer that
payments for a tax payable to the commissioner are required to be made by electronic
means, and the payments are remitted by some other means, there is a penalty in the
amount of five percent of each payment that should have been remitted electronically.
After the commissioner's initial notification to the taxpayer that payments are required to
be made by electronic means, the commissioner is not required to notify the taxpayer in
subsequent periods if the initial notification specified the amount of tax liability at which a
taxpayer is required to remit payments by electronic means. The penalty can be abated
under the abatement procedures prescribed in section 270C.34 if the failure to remit the
payment electronically is due to reasonable cause. The penalty bears interest at the rate
specified in section 270C.40 from the due date of the payment of the tax provided in
section 270C.40, subdivision 3, to the date of payment of the penalty.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 4.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 287.385, subdivision 7, is amended to read:

Subd. 7.

Interest on penalties.

A penalty imposed under this chapter bears interest
from the date payment was required to be paid, including any extensions, provided in
section 270C.40, subdivision 3, to the date of payment of the penalty.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 5.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 289A.55, subdivision 9, is amended to read:

Subd. 9.

Interest on penalties.

(a) A penalty imposed under section 289A.60,
subdivision 1, 2, 2a, 4, 5, 6, or 21 bears interest from the date the return or payment
was required to be filed or paid, including any extensions provided in section 270C.40,
subdivision 3, to the date of payment of the penalty.

(b) A penalty not included in paragraph (a) bears interest only if it is not paid within
60 days from the date of notice. In that case interest is imposed from the date of notice
to the date of payment.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 6.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 289A.60, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

Subd. 4.

Substantial understatement of liability; penalty.

(a) The commissioner
of revenue shall impose a penalty for substantial understatement of any tax payable to the
commissioner, except a tax imposed under chapter 297A.

(b) There must be added to the tax an amount equal to 20 percent of the amount of any
underpayment attributable to the understatement. There is a substantial understatement of
tax for the period if the amount of the understatement for the period exceeds the greater of:

(1) ten percent of the tax required to be shown on the return for the period; or

(2)(i) $10,000 in the case of a mining company or a corporation, other than an S
corporation as defined in section 290.9725, when the tax is imposed by chapter 290 or
section 298.01 or 298.015, or

(ii) $5,000 in the case of any other taxpayer, and in the case of a mining company or
a corporation any tax not imposed by chapter 290 or section 298.01 or 298.015.

(c) For a corporation, other than an S corporation, there is also a substantial
understatement of tax for any taxable year if the amount of the understatement for the
taxable year exceeds the lesser of:

(1) ten percent of the tax required to be shown on the return for the taxable year
(or, if greater, $10,000); or

(2) $10,000,000.

(d) The term "understatement" means the excess of the amount of the tax required
to be shown on the return for the period, over the amount of the tax imposed that is
shown on the return. The excess must be determined without regard to items to which
subdivision 27 applies. The amount of the understatement shall be reduced by that part of
the understatement that is attributable to the tax treatment of any item by the taxpayer if
(1) there is or was substantial authority for the treatment, or (2)(i) any item with respect to
which the relevant facts affecting the item's tax treatment are adequately disclosed in the
return or in a statement attached to the return and (ii) there is a reasonable basis for the tax
treatment of the item. The exception for substantial authority under clause (1) does not
apply to positions listed by the Secretary of the Treasury under section 6662(d)(3) of the
Internal Revenue Code. A corporation does not have a reasonable basis for its tax treatment
of an item attributable to a multiple-party financing transaction if the treatment does not
clearly reflect the income of the corporation within the meaning of section 6662(d)(2)(B)
of the Internal Revenue Code. The special rules in cases involving tax shelters provided in
section 6662(d)(2)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code shall apply and shall apply to a tax
shelter the principal purpose of which is the avoidance or evasion of state taxes.

(e) The commissioner may abate all or any part of the addition to the tax provided
by this section on a showing by the taxpayer that there was reasonable cause for the
understatement, or part of it, and that the taxpayer acted in good faith. The additional tax
and penalty shall bear interest at the rate as specified in section 270C.40 from the time
the tax should have been paid until paid.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 7.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 296A.01, subdivision 7, is amended to read:

Subd. 7.

Aviation gasoline.

"Aviation gasoline" means any gasoline that is
capable of use for the purpose of producing or generating power for propelling internal
combustion engine aircraft, that meets the specifications in ASTM specification D910-07a
D910-11, and that either:

(1) is invoiced and billed by a producer, manufacturer, refiner, or blender to a
distributor or dealer, by a distributor to a dealer or consumer, or by a dealer to consumer,
as "aviation gasoline"; or

(2) whether or not invoiced and billed as provided in clause (1), is received, sold,
stored, or withdrawn from storage by any person, to be used for the purpose of producing
or generating power for propelling internal combustion engine aircraft.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 8.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 296A.01, subdivision 8, is amended to read:

Subd. 8.

Aviation turbine fuel and jet fuel.

"Aviation turbine fuel" and "jet
fuel" mean blends of hydrocarbons derived from crude petroleum, natural gasoline, and
synthetic hydrocarbons, intended for use in aviation turbine engines, and that meet the
specifications in ASTM specification D1655-08a D1655-12.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 9.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 296A.01, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

Subd. 8b.

Biobutanol.

"Biobutanol" means isobutyl alcohol produced by
fermenting agriculturally generated organic material that is to be blended with gasoline
and meets either:

(1) the initial ASTM Standard Specification for Butanol for Blending with Gasoline
for use as an Automotive Spark-Ignition Engine Fuel once it has been released by ASTM
for general distribution; or

(2) in the absence of an ASTM Standard Specification, the following list of
requirements:

(i) visually free of sediment and suspended matter;

(ii) clear and bright at the ambient temperature of 21 degrees Celsius or the ambient
temperature whichever is higher;

(iii) free of any adulterant or contaminant that can render it unacceptable for its
commonly used applications;

(iv) contains not less than 96 volume percent isobutyl alcohol;

(v) contains not more than 0.4 volume percent methanol;

(vi) contains not more than 1.0 volume percent water as determined by ASTM
standard test method E203 or E1064;

(vii) acidity (as acetic acid) of not more than 0.007 mass percent as determined
by ASTM standard test method D1613;

(viii) solvent washed gum content of not more than 5.0 milligrams per 100 milliliters
as determined by ASTM standard test method D381;

(ix) sulfur content of not more than 30 parts per million as determined by ASTM
standard test method D2622 or D5453; and

(x) contains not more than 4 parts per million total inorganic sulfate.

Sec. 10.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 296A.01, subdivision 14, is amended to read:

Subd. 14.

Diesel fuel oil.

"Diesel fuel oil" means a petroleum distillate or blend of
petroleum distillate and residual fuels that is intended for use as a motor fuel in internal
combustion diesel engines and that meets ASTM specification D975-07b D975-11b.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 11.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 296A.01, subdivision 19, is amended to read:

Subd. 19.

E85.

"E85" means a petroleum product that is a blend of agriculturally
derived denatured ethanol and gasoline or natural gasoline that typically contains not more
than 85 percent ethanol by volume, but at a minimum must contain 60 greater than 50
percent ethanol by volume. For the purposes of this chapter, the energy content of E85
will be considered to be 82,000 BTUs per gallon. E85 produced for use as a motor fuel in
alternative fuel vehicles as defined in subdivision 5 must comply with ASTM specification
D5798-07 D5798-11.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 12.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 296A.01, subdivision 20, is amended to read:

Subd. 20.

Ethanol, denatured.

"Ethanol, denatured" means ethanol that is to
be blended with gasoline, has been agriculturally derived, and complies with ASTM
specification D4806-08 D4806-11a. This includes the requirement that ethanol may be
denatured only as specified in Code of Federal Regulations, title 27, parts 20 and 21.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 13.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 296A.01, subdivision 23, is amended to read:

Subd. 23.

Gasoline.

(a) "Gasoline" means:

(1) all products commonly or commercially known or sold as gasoline regardless of
their classification or uses, except casinghead gasoline, absorption gasoline, condensation
gasoline, drip gasoline, or natural gasoline that under the requirements of section 239.761,
subdivision 3, must not be blended with gasoline that has been sold, transferred, or
otherwise removed from a refinery or terminal; and

(2) any liquid prepared, advertised, offered for sale or sold for use as, or commonly
and commercially used as, a fuel in spark-ignition, internal combustion engines, and that
when tested by the Weights and Measures Division meets the specifications in ASTM
specification D4814-08b D4814-11b.

(b) Gasoline that is not blended with ethanol must not be contaminated with water or
other impurities and must comply with both ASTM specification D4814-08b D4814-11b
and the volatility requirements in Code of Federal Regulations, title 40, part 80.

(c) After gasoline is sold, transferred, or otherwise removed from a refinery or
terminal, a person responsible for the product:

(1) may blend the gasoline with agriculturally derived ethanol, as provided in
subdivision 24;

(2) must not blend the gasoline with any oxygenate other than denatured,
agriculturally derived ethanol;

(3) must not blend the gasoline with other petroleum products that are not gasoline
or denatured, agriculturally derived ethanol;

(4) must not blend the gasoline with products commonly and commercially known
as casinghead gasoline, absorption gasoline, condensation gasoline, drip gasoline, or
natural gasoline; and

(5) may blend the gasoline with a detergent additive, an antiknock additive, or an
additive designed to replace tetra-ethyl lead, that is registered by the EPA.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 14.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 296A.01, subdivision 24, is amended to read:

Subd. 24.

Gasoline blended with nonethanol oxygenate.

"Gasoline blended with
nonethanol oxygenate" means gasoline blended with ETBE, MTBE, or other alcohol
or ether, except denatured ethanol, that is approved as an oxygenate by the EPA, and
that complies with ASTM specification D4814-08b D4814-11b. Oxygenates, other than
denatured ethanol, must not be blended into gasoline after the gasoline has been sold,
transferred, or otherwise removed from a refinery or terminal.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 15.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 296A.01, subdivision 26, is amended to read:

Subd. 26.

Heating fuel oil.

"Heating fuel oil" means a petroleum distillate, blend
of petroleum distillates and residuals, or petroleum residual heating fuel that meets the
specifications in ASTM specification D396-08b D396-12.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 16.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 296A.22, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Penalty for failure to pay tax, general rule.

Upon the failure of
any person to pay any tax or fee when due, a penalty of one percent per day for the first
ten days of delinquency shall accrue, and thereafter the tax, fees, and penalty shall bear
interest at the rate specified in section 270C.40 until paid.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 17.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 296A.22, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

Operating without license.

If any person operates as a distributor, special
fuel dealer, bulk purchaser, or motor carrier without first securing the license required
under this chapter, any tax or fee imposed by this chapter shall become immediately due
and payable. A penalty of 25 percent is imposed upon the tax and fee due. The tax, and
fees, and penalty shall bear interest at the rate specified in section 270C.40. The penalty
imposed in this subdivision shall bear interest from the date provided in section 270C.40,
subdivision 3, to the date of payment of the penalty.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 18.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297B.11, is amended to read:

297B.11 REGISTRAR AS AGENT OF COMMISSIONER OF REVENUE;
POWERS.

The state commissioner of revenue is charged with the administration of the
sales tax on motor vehicles. The commissioner may prescribe all rules not inconsistent
with the provisions of this chapter, necessary and advisable for the proper and efficient
administration of the law. The collection of this sales tax on motor vehicles shall be
carried out by the motor vehicle registrar who shall act as the agent of the commissioner
and who shall be subject to all rules not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter,
that may be prescribed by the commissioner.

The provisions of chapters 270C, 289A, and 297A relating to the commissioner's
authority to audit, assess, and collect the tax, and to issue refunds and to hear appeals,
are applicable to the sales tax on motor vehicles. The commissioner may impose civil
penalties as provided in chapters 289A and 297A, and the additional tax and penalties
are subject to interest at the rate provided in section 270C.40 from the date provided in
section 270C.40, subdivision 3, until paid.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 19.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297E.14, subdivision 7, is amended to read:

Subd. 7.

Interest on penalties.

(a) A penalty imposed under section 297E.12,
subdivision 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5, bears interest from the date the return or payment was required
to be filed or paid, including any extensions provided in section 270C.40, subdivision
3, to the date of payment of the penalty.

(b) A penalty not included in paragraph (a) bears interest only if it is not paid within
ten days from the date of notice. In that case interest is imposed from the date of notice
to the date of payment.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 20.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297F.09, subdivision 9, is amended to read:

Subd. 9.

Interest.

The amount of tax not timely paid, together with any penalty
imposed in this section, bears interest at the rate specified in section 270C.40 from the
time such tax should have been paid until paid. The penalty imposed in this section bears
interest at the rate specified in section 270C.40 from the date provided in section 270C.40,
subdivision 3, to the date of payment of the penalty. Any interest and penalty is added to
the tax and collected as a part of it.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 21.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297F.18, subdivision 7, is amended to read:

Subd. 7.

Interest on penalties.

(a) A penalty imposed under section 297F.19,
subdivisions 2 to 7, bears interest from the date the return or payment was required to be
filed or paid, including any extensions provided in section 270C.40, subdivision 3, to the
date of payment of the penalty.

(b) A penalty not included in paragraph (a) bears interest only if it is not paid within
ten days from the date of the notice. In that case interest is imposed from the date of notice
to the date of payment.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 22.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297G.09, subdivision 8, is amended to read:

Subd. 8.

Interest.

The amount of tax not timely paid, together with any penalty
imposed by this chapter, bears interest at the rate specified in section 270C.40 from the
time the tax should have been paid until paid. Any penalty imposed by this chapter bears
interest from the date provided in section 270C.40, subdivision 3, to the date of payment
of the penalty. Any interest and penalty is added to the tax and collected as a part of it.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 23.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297G.17, subdivision 7, is amended to read:

Subd. 7.

Interest on penalties.

(a) A penalty imposed under section 297G.18,
subdivisions 2 to 7, bears interest from the date the return or payment was required to be
filed or paid, including any extensions provided in section 270C.40, subdivision 3, to the
date of payment of the penalty.

(b) A penalty not included in paragraph (a) bears interest only if it is not paid within
ten days from the date of the notice. In that case interest is imposed from the date of notice
to the date of payment.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 24.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297I.80, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Payable to commissioner.

(a) When interest is required under this
section, interest is computed at the rate specified in section 270C.40.

(b) If a tax or surcharge is not paid within the time named by law for payment, the
unpaid tax or surcharge bears interest from the date the tax or surcharge should have been
paid until the date the tax or surcharge is paid.

(c) Whenever a taxpayer is liable for additional tax or surcharge because of a
redetermination by the commissioner or other reason, the additional tax or surcharge
bears interest from the time the tax or surcharge should have been paid until the date the
tax or surcharge is paid.

(d) A penalty bears interest from the date the return or payment was required to be
filed or paid provided in section 270C.40, subdivision 3, to the date of payment of the
penalty.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 25.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 469.319, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

Subd. 4.

Repayment procedures.

(a) For the repayment of taxes imposed under
chapter 290 or 297A or local taxes collected pursuant to section 297A.99, a business must
file an amended return with the commissioner of revenue and pay any taxes required
to be repaid within 30 days after becoming subject to repayment under this section.
The amount required to be repaid is determined by calculating the tax for the period or
periods for which repayment is required without regard to the exemptions and credits
allowed under section 469.315.

(b) For the repayment of taxes imposed under chapter 297B, a business must pay any
taxes required to be repaid to the motor vehicle registrar, as agent for the commissioner of
revenue, within 30 days after becoming subject to repayment under this section.

(c) For the repayment of property taxes, the county auditor shall prepare a tax
statement for the business, applying the applicable tax extension rates for each payable
year and provide a copy to the business and to the taxpayer of record. The business must
pay the taxes to the county treasurer within 30 days after receipt of the tax statement. The
business or the taxpayer of record may appeal the valuation and determination of the
property tax to the Tax Court within 30 days after receipt of the tax statement.

(d) The provisions of chapters 270C and 289A relating to the commissioner's
authority to audit, assess, and collect the tax and to hear appeals are applicable to the
repayment required under paragraphs (a) and (b). The commissioner may impose civil
penalties as provided in chapter 289A, and the additional tax and penalties are subject
to interest at the rate provided in section 270C.40,. The additional tax shall bear interest
from 30 days after becoming subject to repayment under this section until the date the
tax is paid. Any penalty imposed pursuant to this section shall bear interest from the date
provided in section 270C.40, subdivision 3, to the date of payment of the penalty.

(e) If a property tax is not repaid under paragraph (c), the county treasurer shall
add the amount required to be repaid to the property taxes assessed against the property
for payment in the year following the year in which the auditor provided the statement
under paragraph (c).

(f) For determining the tax required to be repaid, a reduction of a state or local sales or
use tax is deemed to have been received on the date that the good or service was purchased
or first put to a taxable use. In the case of an income tax or franchise tax, including the
credit payable under section 469.318, a reduction of tax is deemed to have been received
for the two most recent tax years that have ended prior to the date that the business became
subject to repayment under this section. In the case of a property tax, a reduction of tax is
deemed to have been received for the taxes payable in the year that the business became
subject to repayment under this section and for the taxes payable in the prior year.

(g) The commissioner may assess the repayment of taxes under paragraph (d) any
time within two years after the business becomes subject to repayment under subdivision
1, or within any period of limitations for the assessment of tax under section 289A.38,
whichever period is later. The county auditor may send the statement under paragraph
(c) any time within three years after the business becomes subject to repayment under
subdivision 1.

(h) A business is not entitled to any income tax or franchise tax benefits, including
refundable credits, for any part of the year in which the business becomes subject to
repayment under this section nor for any year thereafter. Property is not exempt from tax
under section 272.02, subdivision 64, for any taxes payable in the year following the year
in which the property became subject to repayment under this section nor for any year
thereafter. A business is not eligible for any sales tax benefits beginning with goods
or services purchased or first put to a taxable use on the day that the business becomes
subject to repayment under this section.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 26.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 469.340, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

Subd. 4.

Repayment procedures.

(a) For the repayment of taxes imposed under
chapter 290 or 297A or local taxes collected pursuant to section 297A.99, a business must
file an amended return with the commissioner of revenue and pay any taxes required to be
repaid within 30 days after ceasing to do business in the zone. The amount required to be
repaid is determined by calculating the tax for the period or periods for which repayment
is required without regard to the exemptions and credits allowed under section 469.336.

(b) For the repayment of property taxes, the county auditor shall prepare a tax
statement for the business, applying the applicable tax extension rates for each payable
year and provide a copy to the business. The business must pay the taxes to the county
treasurer within 30 days after receipt of the tax statement. The taxpayer may appeal the
valuation and determination of the property tax to the Tax Court within 30 days after
receipt of the tax statement.

(c) The provisions of chapters 270C and 289A relating to the commissioner's
authority to audit, assess, and collect the tax and to hear appeals are applicable to the
repayment required under paragraph (a). The commissioner may impose civil penalties as
provided in chapter 289A, and the additional tax and penalties are subject to interest at the
rate provided in section 270C.40,. The additional tax shall bear interest from 30 days after
ceasing to do business in the biotechnology and health sciences industry zone until the
date the tax is paid. Any penalty imposed pursuant to this section shall bear interest from
the date provided in section 270C.40, subdivision 3, to the date of payment of the penalty.

(d) If a property tax is not repaid under paragraph (b), the county treasurer shall add
the amount required to be repaid to the property taxes assessed against the property for
payment in the year following the year in which the treasurer discovers that the business
ceased to operate in the biotechnology and health sciences industry zone.

(e) For determining the tax required to be repaid, a tax reduction is deemed to have
been received on the date that the tax would have been due if the taxpayer had not been
entitled to the exemption, or on the date a refund was issued for a refundable credit.

(f) The commissioner may assess the repayment of taxes under paragraph (c) any
time within two years after the business ceases to operate in the biotechnology and health
sciences industry zone, or within any period of limitations for the assessment of tax under
section 289A.38, whichever period is later.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.