SF 1925

1st Engrossment - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to metropolitan transit; allowing
municipalities to contract with the Metropolitan
Council to join the metropolitan transit district;
authorizing a property tax levy; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2004, sections 473.446, subdivision 3;
473.4461.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 473.446,
subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

Certification and collection.

Each county
treasurer shall collect and make settlement of the taxes levied
under subdivisions 1 and 1a new text begin and section 473.4461, subdivision 2,
new text end with the treasurer of the council. The levy of transit taxes
pursuant to this section shall not affect the amount or rate of
taxes which may be levied by any county or municipality or by
the council for other purposes authorized by law and shall be in
addition to any other property tax authorized by law.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for taxes
payable in 2006 and thereafter.
new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 473.4461, is
amended to read:

473.4461 ADDITIONS TO TRANSIT TAXING DISTRICT.

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Service expansion plan required.
new text end

Notwithstanding any provision of section 473.446 or any other
law, the Metropolitan Council may not levy a tax under section
473.446, subdivision 1, in any city or town not included in the
transit taxing district as it existed on January 1, 2001, unless
the council and the governing body of that city or town have
agreed on a service expansion plan.

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Contractual agreement; property tax levy.
new text end

new text begin Notwithstanding section 473.446, subdivision 2, the Metropolitan
Council may enter into an agreement with a city or a town to
join the transit taxing district. The agreement shall describe
the types and levels of transit services to be provided within
the area comprising the city or town. The agreement must
provide that the area comprising the city or town shall be
subject to the levy under section 473.446, subdivision 1. If a
city or town enters into an agreement to join the transit taxing
district, a copy of that portion of the agreement must be filed
with the auditor or auditors of the county or counties
containing the city or town.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Property tax levy allowed for operations. new text end

new text begin A tax
levied in a city or town pursuant to an agreement under
subdivision 2 may be used to fund transit operations or to pay
the costs of principal and interest for transit-related bonded
debt for a period of time not to exceed four years. After the
four-year period, the tax levied in the city or town may be used
only as provided under section 473.446, subdivision 1.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day
following final enactment, for taxes payable in 2006 and
thereafter.
new text end