Minnesota Legislature
SF 1227
as introduced - 85th Legislature (2007 - 2008) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
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A bill for an act
relating to property taxes; modifying certain local government aid programs
and program appropriations; indexing certain school finance equalizing factors;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 123B.53, subdivision 5; 126C.01,
by adding subdivisions; 126C.10, subdivision 13a; 126C.17, subdivision 6;
477A.011, subdivisions 34, 36; 477A.013, subdivisions 8, 9, by adding a
subdivision; 477A.03, subdivisions 2a, 2b, by adding a subdivision.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 123B.53, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
Subd. 5.
Equalized debt service levy.
(a) The equalized debt service levy of a
district equals the sum of the first tier equalized debt service levy and the second tier
equalized debt service levy.
(b) A district's first tier equalized debt service levy equals the district's first tier debt
service equalization revenue times the lesser of one or the ratio of:
(1) the quotient derived by dividing the adjusted net tax capacity of the district for
the year before the year the levy is certified by the adjusted pupil units in the district for
the school year ending in the year prior to the year the levy is certified; to
(2) deleted text begin $3,200deleted text end new text begin ... percent of the statewide adjusted net tax capacity equalizing factornew text end .
(c) A district's second tier equalized debt service levy equals the district's second tier
debt service equalization revenue times the lesser of one or the ratio of:
(1) the quotient derived by dividing the adjusted net tax capacity of the district for
the year before the year the levy is certified by the adjusted pupil units in the district for
the school year ending in the year prior to the year the levy is certified; to
(2) deleted text begin $8,000deleted text end new text begin ... percent of the statewide adjusted net tax capacity equalizing factornew text end .
Sec. 2.
Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 126C.01, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:
new text begin Subd. 2a. new text end
new text begin Adjusted net tax capacity equalizing factor. new text end
new text begin
The adjusted net tax
capacity equalizing factor equals the quotient derived by dividing the total adjusted net
tax capacity of all school districts in the state for the year before the year the levy is
certified by the total number of adjusted marginal cost pupil units in the state for the
current school year.
new text end
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
new text begin
This section is effective for taxes payable in 2008.
new text end
Sec. 3.
Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 126C.01, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:
new text begin Subd. 3a. new text end
new text begin Referendum market value equalizing factor. new text end
new text begin
The referendum market
value equalizing factor equals the quotient derived by dividing the total referendum market
value of all school districts in the state for the year before the year the levy is certified by
the total number of resident marginal cost pupil units in the state for the current school year.
new text end
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
new text begin
This section is effective for taxes payable in 2008.
new text end
Sec. 4.
Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 126C.10, subdivision 13a, is amended to read:
Subd. 13a.
Operating capital levy.
To obtain operating capital revenue deleted text begin for fiscal
year 2007 and laterdeleted text end , a district may levy an amount not more than the product of its
operating capital revenue for the fiscal year times the lesser of one or the ratio of its
adjusted net tax capacity per adjusted marginal cost pupil unit to deleted text begin the operating capitaldeleted text end new text begin ...
percent of the statewide adjusted net tax capacitynew text end equalizing factor. deleted text begin The operating capital
equalizing factor equals $22,222 for fiscal year 2006, and $10,700 for fiscal year 2007
and later.
deleted text end
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
new text begin
This section is effective for taxes payable in 2008.
new text end
Sec. 5.
Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 126C.17, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
Subd. 6.
Referendum equalization levy.
(a) deleted text begin For fiscal year 2003 and later,deleted text end
A district's referendum equalization levy equals the sum of the first tier referendum
equalization levy and the second 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 deleted text begin $476,000deleted text end new text begin ... percent of
the referendum market value equalizing factornew text end .
(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 deleted text begin $270,000deleted text end new text begin ... percent of
the referendum market value equalizing factornew text end .
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
new text begin
This section is effective for taxes payable in 2008.
new text end
Sec. 6.
Minnesota Statutes 2006, 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, "city revenue need" is the sum of (1) 5.0734098 times the pre-1940 housing
percentage; plus (2) 19.141678 times the population decline percentage; plus (3)
2504.06334 times the road accidents factor; plus (4) 355.0547; minus (5) the metropolitan
area factor; minus (6) 49.10638 times the household size.
(b) 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.
(c) For a city with a population of 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.
(d) The city revenue need cannot be less than zero.
(e) For calendar year deleted text begin 2005deleted text end new text begin 2008 new text end and subsequent years, the city revenue need for
a city, as determined in paragraphs (a) to (d), 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 deleted text begin 2003deleted text end new text begin 2000new text end implicit price deflator for state
and local government purchases.
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
new text begin
This section is effective beginning with aids payable in 2008.
new text end
Sec. 7.
Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 477A.011, subdivision 36, is amended to read:
Subd. 36.
City aid base.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision,
"city aid base" is zero.
(b) The city aid base for any city with a population less than 500 is increased by
$40,000 for aids payable in calendar year 1995 and thereafter, and the maximum amount
of total aid it may receive under section 477A.013, subdivision 9, paragraph (c), is also
increased by $40,000 for aids payable in calendar year 1995 only, provided that:
(i) the average total tax capacity rate for taxes payable in 1995 exceeds 200 percent;
(ii) the city portion of the tax capacity rate exceeds 100 percent; and
(iii) its city aid base is less than $60 per capita.
(c) The city aid base for a city is increased by $20,000 in 1998 and thereafter and
the maximum amount of total aid it may receive under section 477A.013, subdivision 9,
paragraph (c), is also increased by $20,000 in calendar year 1998 only, provided that:
(i) the city has a population in 1994 of 2,500 or more;
(ii) the city is located in a county, outside of the metropolitan area, which contains a
city of the first class;
(iii) the city's net tax capacity used in calculating its 1996 aid under section
477A.013 is less than $400 per capita; and
(iv) at least four percent of the total net tax capacity, for taxes payable in 1996, of
property located in the city is classified as railroad property.
(d) The city aid base for a city is increased by $200,000 in 1999 and thereafter and
the maximum amount of total aid it may receive under section 477A.013, subdivision 9,
paragraph (c), is also increased by $200,000 in calendar year 1999 only, provided that:
(i) the city was incorporated as a statutory city after December 1, 1993;
(ii) its city aid base does not exceed $5,600; and
(iii) the city had a population in 1996 of 5,000 or more.
(e) The city aid base for a city is increased by $450,000 in 1999 to 2008 and the
maximum amount of total aid it may receive under section 477A.013, subdivision 9,
paragraph (c), is also increased by $450,000 in calendar year 1999 only, provided that:
(i) the city had a population in 1996 of at least 50,000;
(ii) its population had increased by at least 40 percent in the ten-year period ending
in 1996; and
(iii) its city's net tax capacity for aids payable in 1998 is less than $700 per capita.
(f) The city aid base for a city is increased by $150,000 for aids payable in 2000 and
thereafter, and the maximum amount of total aid it may receive under section 477A.013,
subdivision 9, paragraph (c), is also increased by $150,000 in calendar year 2000 only,
provided that:
(1) the city has a population that is greater than 1,000 and less than 2,500;
(2) its commercial and industrial percentage for aids payable in 1999 is greater
than 45 percent; and
(3) the total market value of all commercial and industrial property in the city
for assessment year 1999 is at least 15 percent less than the total market value of all
commercial and industrial property in the city for assessment year 1998.
(g) The city aid base for a city is increased by $200,000 in 2000 and thereafter, and
the maximum amount of total aid it may receive under section 477A.013, subdivision 9,
paragraph (c), is also increased by $200,000 in calendar year 2000 only, provided that:
(1) the city had a population in 1997 of 2,500 or more;
(2) the net tax capacity of the city used in calculating its 1999 aid under section
477A.013 is less than $650 per capita;
(3) the pre-1940 housing percentage of the city used in calculating 1999 aid under
section 477A.013 is greater than 12 percent;
(4) the 1999 local government aid of the city under section 477A.013 is less than
20 percent of the amount that the formula aid of the city would have been if the need
increase percentage was 100 percent; and
(5) the city aid base of the city used in calculating aid under section 477A.013
is less than $7 per capita.
(h) The city aid base for a city is increased by $102,000 in 2000 and thereafter, and
the maximum amount of total aid it may receive under section 477A.013, subdivision 9,
paragraph (c), is also increased by $102,000 in calendar year 2000 only, provided that:
(1) the city has a population in 1997 of 2,000 or more;
(2) the net tax capacity of the city used in calculating its 1999 aid under section
477A.013 is less than $455 per capita;
(3) the net levy of the city used in calculating 1999 aid under section 477A.013 is
greater than $195 per capita; and
(4) the 1999 local government aid of the city under section 477A.013 is less than
38 percent of the amount that the formula aid of the city would have been if the need
increase percentage was 100 percent.
(i) The city aid base for a city is increased by $32,000 in 2001 and thereafter, and
the maximum amount of total aid it may receive under section 477A.013, subdivision 9,
paragraph (c), is also increased by $32,000 in calendar year 2001 only, provided that:
(1) the city has a population in 1998 that is greater than 200 but less than 500;
(2) the city's revenue need used in calculating aids payable in 2000 was greater
than $200 per capita;
(3) the city net tax capacity for the city used in calculating aids available in 2000
was equal to or less than $200 per capita;
(4) the city aid base of the city used in calculating aid under section 477A.013
is less than $65 per capita; and
(5) the city's formula aid for aids payable in 2000 was greater than zero.
(j) The city aid base for a city is increased by $7,200 in 2001 and thereafter, and
the maximum amount of total aid it may receive under section 477A.013, subdivision 9,
paragraph (c), is also increased by $7,200 in calendar year 2001 only, provided that:
(1) the city had a population in 1998 that is greater than 200 but less than 500;
(2) the city's commercial industrial percentage used in calculating aids payable in
2000 was less than ten percent;
(3) more than 25 percent of the city's population was 60 years old or older according
to the 1990 census;
(4) the city aid base of the city used in calculating aid under section 477A.013
is less than $15 per capita; and
(5) the city's formula aid for aids payable in 2000 was greater than zero.
(k) The city aid base for a city is increased by $45,000 in 2001 and thereafter and
by an additional $50,000 in calendar years 2002 to 2011, and the maximum amount of
total aid it may receive under section 477A.013, subdivision 9, paragraph (c), is also
increased by $45,000 in calendar year 2001 only, and by $50,000 in calendar year 2002
only, provided that:
(1) the net tax capacity of the city used in calculating its 2000 aid under section
477A.013 is less than $810 per capita;
(2) the population of the city declined more than two percent between 1988 and 1998;
(3) the net levy of the city used in calculating 2000 aid under section 477A.013 is
greater than $240 per capita; and
(4) the city received less than $36 per capita in aid under section 477A.013,
subdivision 9, for aids payable in 2000.
(l) The city aid base for a city with a population of 10,000 or more which is located
outside of the seven-county metropolitan area is increased deleted text begin in 2002 and thereafterdeleted text end , and the
maximum amount of total aid it may receive under section 477A.013, subdivision 9,
paragraph (b) or (c), is also increased in deleted text begin calendar year 2002 onlydeleted text end new text begin the first year it receives
aid under this paragraphnew text end , by an amount equal to the lesser of:
(1)(i) the total population of the city, deleted text begin as determined by the United States Bureau of
the Census, in the 2000 census,deleted text end (ii) minus 5,000, (iii) times 60; or
(2) $2,500,000.
(m) The city aid base is increased by $50,000 in 2002 and thereafter, and the
maximum amount of total aid it may receive under section 477A.013, subdivision 9,
paragraph (c), is also increased by $50,000 in calendar year 2002 only, provided that:
(1) the city is located in the seven-county metropolitan area;
(2) its population in 2000 is between 10,000 and 20,000; and
(3) its commercial industrial percentage, as calculated for city aid payable in 2001,
was greater than 25 percent.
(n) The city aid base for a city is increased by $150,000 in calendar years 2002
to 2011 and the maximum amount of total aid it may receive under section 477A.013,
subdivision 9, paragraph (c), is also increased by $150,000 in calendar year 2002 only,
provided that:
(1) the city had a population of at least 3,000 but no more than 4,000 in 1999;
(2) its home county is located within the seven-county metropolitan area;
(3) its pre-1940 housing percentage is less than 15 percent; and
(4) its city net tax capacity per capita for taxes payable in 2000 is less than $900
per capita.
(o) The city aid base for a city is increased by $200,000 beginning in calendar
year 2003 and the maximum amount of total aid it may receive under section 477A.013,
subdivision 9, paragraph (c), is also increased by $200,000 in calendar year 2003 only,
provided that the city qualified for an increase in homestead and agricultural credit aid
under Laws 1995, chapter 264, article 8, section 18.
(p) The city aid base for a city is increased by $200,000 in 2004 only and the
maximum amount of total aid it may receive under section 477A.013, subdivision 9, is
also increased by $200,000 in calendar year 2004 only, if the city is the site of a nuclear
dry cask storage facility.
(q) The city aid base for a city is increased by $10,000 in 2004 and thereafter and the
maximum total aid it may receive under section 477A.013, subdivision 9, is also increased
by $10,000 in calendar year 2004 only, if the city was included in a federal major disaster
designation issued on April 1, 1998, and its pre-1940 housing stock was decreased by
more than 40 percent between 1990 and 2000.
(r) The city aid base for a city is increased by $25,000 in 2006 only and the
maximum total aid it may receive under section 477A.013, subdivision 9, is also increased
by $25,000 in calendar year 2006 only if the city had a population in 2003 of at least 1,000
and has a state park for which the city provides rescue services and which comprised at
least 14 percent of the total geographic area included within the city boundaries in 2000.
(s) The city aid base for a city with a population less than 5,000 is increased in
2006 and thereafter and the minimum and maximum amount of total aid it may receive
under this section is also increased in calendar year 2006 only by an amount equal to
$6 multiplied by its population.
(t) The city aid base for a city is increased by $80,000 in 2007 only and the minimum
and maximum amount of total aid it may receive under section 477A.013, subdivision 9,
is also increased by $80,000 in calendar year 2007 only, if:
(1) as of May 1, 2006, at least 25 percent of the tax capacity of the city is proposed
to be placed in trust status as tax-exempt Indian land;
(2) the placement of the land is being challenged administratively or in court; and
(3) due to the challenge, the land proposed to be placed in trust is still on the tax
rolls as of May 1, 2006.
(u) The city aid base for a city is increased by $100,000 in 2007 and thereafter and
the minimum and maximum total amount of aid it may receive under this section is also
increased in calendar year 2007 only, provided that:
(1) the city has a 2004 estimated population greater than 200 but less than 2,000;
(2) its city net tax capacity for aids payable in 2006 was less than $300 per capita;
(3) the ratio of its pay 2005 tax levy compared to its city net tax capacity for aids
payable in 2006 was greater than 110 percent; and
(4) it is located in a county where at least 15,000 acres of land are classified as
tax-exempt Indian reservations according to the 2004 abstract of tax-exempt property.
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
new text begin
This section is effective beginning with aids payable in 2008.
new text end
Sec. 8.
Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 477A.013, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
Subd. 8.
City formula aid.
In calendar year 2004 and subsequent years, the
formula aid for a city is equal to the need increase percentage multiplied by the difference
between (1) the city's revenue need multiplied by its population, and (2) deleted text begin the sum ofdeleted text end the
city's net tax capacity multiplied by the tax effort ratedeleted text begin ; the taconite aids under sections
298.28 and 298.282 to any city except a city directly impacted by a taconite mine or plant,
multiplied by the following percentages:
deleted text end
deleted text begin
(i) zero percent for aids payable in 2004;
deleted text end
deleted text begin
(ii) 25 percent for aids payable in 2005;
deleted text end
deleted text begin
(iii) 50 percent for aids payable in 2006;
deleted text end
deleted text begin
(iv) 75 percent for aids payable in 2007; and
deleted text end
deleted text begin (v) 100 percent for aids payable in 2008 and thereafterdeleted text end .
deleted text begin
For purposes of this subdivision, "a city directly impacted by a taconite mine or
plant" means: (1) Babbit, (2) Eveleth, (3) Hibbing, (4) Keewatin, (5) Mountain Iron, (6)
Silver Bay, or (7) Virginia.
deleted text end
No city may have a formula aid amount less than zero. The need increase percentage
must be the same for all cities.
The applicable need increase percentage must be calculated by the Department of
Revenue so that the total of the aid under deleted text begin subdivision 9deleted text end new text begin subdivisions 9 and 11 new text end equals the
total amount available for aid under section 477A.03 after the subtraction under section
477A.014, subdivisions 4 and 5new text begin , but may not be more than 100 percent. If the need
increase percentage is 100 percent and the total aid paid under subdivisions 9 and 11 do
equal the amount available under section 477A.03 after the subtraction under section
477A.014, subdivisions 4 and 5, the tax effort rate shall be reduced for this subdivision
only to spend the available amountnew text end .
new text begin new text end
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
new text begin
This section is effective beginning with aids payable in 2008.
new text end
Sec. 9.
Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 477A.013, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
Subd. 9.
City aid distribution.
(a) In calendar year 2002 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.
(b) new text begin For aids payable in 2008, the total aid that for any city shall not exceed the sum
of (1) 35 percent of the city's net levy for the year prior to the aid distribution plus (2) its
total aid in the previous year. new text end For aids payable in deleted text begin 2005deleted text end new text begin 2009new text end 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
2005 and thereafter, the total aid for any city with a population of 2,500 or more may not
decrease from its total aid under this section in the previous year by an amount greater
than ten percent of its net levy in the year prior to the aid distribution.
(c) For aids payable in 2004 only, the total aid for a city with a population less
than 2,500 may not be less than the amount it was certified to receive in 2003 minus the
greater of (1) the reduction to this aid payment in 2003 under Laws 2003, First Special
Session chapter 21, article 5, or (2) five percent of its 2003 aid amount. For aids payable
in 2005 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 five percent
of its 2003 certified aid amount.
(d) 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 (b) 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.
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
new text begin
This section is effective beginning with aids payable in 2008.
new text end
Sec. 10.
Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 477A.013, is amended by adding a
subdivision to read:
new text begin Subd. 11. new text end
new text begin City supplemental aid. new text end
new text begin
Beginning with aids payable in 2008,
supplemental aid for a city is equal to the difference between:
new text end
new text begin
(1) the average city net tax capacity per capita multiplied by the tax effort rate,
and multiplied by the city's population; and
new text end
new text begin
(2) the product of its net tax capacity multiplied by the tax effort rate, plus its aid
under subdivision 9.
new text end
new text begin
No city's supplemental aid may be less than zero. For purposes of this subdivision,
"average city net tax capacity per capita" means the total net tax capacity for all cities
divided by the total population for all cities.
new text end
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
new text begin
This section is effective beginning with aids payable in 2008.
new text end
Sec. 11.
Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 477A.03, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
Subd. 2a.
Cities.
deleted text begin For aids payable in 2004, the total aids paid under section
477A.013, subdivision 9, are limited to $429,000,000.deleted text end For aids payable in deleted text begin 2005deleted text end new text begin 2008new text end , the
total aids paid under section 477A.013, deleted text begin subdivision 9deleted text end new text begin subdivisions 9 and 11new text end , are limited
to deleted text begin $437,052,000deleted text end new text begin $610,052,000new text end . For aids payable in deleted text begin 2006deleted text end new text begin 2009new text end and thereafter, the total
aids paid under section 477A.013, deleted text begin subdivision 9deleted text end deleted text begin , isdeleted text end new text begin subdivisions 9 and 11, are new text end limited to
deleted text begin $485,052,000deleted text end new text begin the amount paid under these subdivisions in the previous year, adjusted for
inflation as provided under subdivision 5new text end .
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
new text begin
This section is effective beginning with aids payable in 2008.
new text end
Sec. 12.
Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 477A.03, subdivision 2b, is amended to read:
Subd. 2b.
Counties.
(a) new text begin For aids payable in 2008, the total aids paid to counties
under section 477A.0124, subdivision 3, are limited to $113,000,000. new text end For aids payable
in calendar year deleted text begin 2005deleted text end new text begin 2009new text end and thereafter, the total aids paid to counties under section
477A.0124, subdivision 3, are limited to deleted text begin $100,500,000deleted text end new text begin the amount paid under this
subdivision in the previous year, adjusted for inflation as provided under subdivision 5new text end .
Each calendar year, $500,000 shall be retained by the commissioner of revenue to make
reimbursements to the commissioner of finance for payments made under section 611.27.
deleted text begin For calendar year 2004, the amount shall be in addition to the payments authorized
under section 477A.0124, subdivision 1.deleted text end 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 deleted text begin 2005deleted text end new text begin 2008new text end , the total aids under section 477A.0124,
subdivision 4, are limited to deleted text begin $105,000,000deleted text end new text begin $117,500,000new text end . For aids payable in deleted text begin 2006deleted text end new text begin
2009new text end and thereafter, the total aid under section 477A.0124, subdivision 4, is limited to
deleted text begin $105,132,923deleted text end new text begin the amount paid under this subdivision in the previous year, adjusted for
inflation as provided under subdivision 5new text end . The commissioner of finance shall bill the
commissioner of revenue 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. 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. The commissioner of revenue shall deduct the amounts billed
under this paragraph from the appropriation under this paragraph. The amounts deducted
are appropriated to the commissioner of finance and the commissioner of education for the
preparation of local impact notes.
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
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This section is effective beginning with aids payable in 2008.
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Sec. 13.
Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 477A.03, is amended by adding a
subdivision to read:
new text begin Subd. 5. new text end
new text begin Inflation adjustment. new text end
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In 2009 and thereafter, the amount paid under each
subdivision to be adjusted for inflation shall be increased by an amount equal to:
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(1) the amount certified to be paid under the subdivision in the previous year,
multiplied by
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(2) the percentage increase in the implicit price deflator for government consumption
expenditures and gross investment for state and local government as prepared by the
United States Department of Commerce for the 12-month period ending March 31 of the
previous year. The percentage increase used in this subdivision shall be no less than 2.5
percent and no greater than 5.0 percent.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
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This section is effective beginning with aids payable in 2009.
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