SF 1937

2nd Engrossment - 85th Legislature (2007 - 2008) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to taxation; payment in lieu of taxes; allowing a town that incorporates
into a city to continue receiving certain payments; amending Minnesota Statutes
2006, section 97A.061, subdivision 2.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.061, subdivision 2, is amended to
read:

Subd. 2.

Allocation.

(a) Except as provided in subdivision 3, the county treasurer
shall allocate the payment 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.

new text begin (c) If a town received a payment in calendar year 2006 or thereafter under this
subdivision, and subsequently incorporates as a city, the city will continue to receive any
future year's allocations that would have been made to the town had it not incorporated,
provided that the payments will terminate if the city council passes an ordinance that
prohibits the discharge of firearms or hunting within the boundaries of the state land for
which the payment is received.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for aid payments made in 2007
and thereafter.
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