SF 1496

as introduced - 82nd Legislature (2001 - 2002) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to water; authorizing tax levies in 
  1.3             subwatershed units; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, 
  1.4             section 103B.241, subdivision 1.  
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 103B.241, 
  1.7   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  1.8      Subdivision 1.  [WATERSHED PLANS AND PROJECTS.] 
  1.9   Notwithstanding chapter 103D, a local government unit or 
  1.10  watershed management organization may levy a tax within the 
  1.11  entire watershed or within a subwatershed unit to pay the 
  1.12  increased costs of preparing a plan under sections 103B.231 and 
  1.13  103B.235 or for projects identified in an approved and adopted 
  1.14  plan necessary to implement the purposes of section 103B.201.  
  1.15  The tax levy must be certified to the county auditor.  The 
  1.16  proceeds of any tax levied under this section shall be deposited 
  1.17  in a separate fund and expended only for the purposes authorized 
  1.18  by this section.  Watershed management organizations and local 
  1.19  government units may accumulate the proceeds of levies as an 
  1.20  alternative to issuing bonds to finance improvements.