as introduced - 87th Legislature (2011 - 2012) Posted on 02/23/2012 08:32am
A bill for an act
relating to taxation; revenue recapture; authorizing licensed ambulance services
to submit claims directly to the state; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section
270A.03, subdivision 2.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 270A.03, subdivision 2, is amended to
read:
"Claimant agency" means any state agency, as defined
by section 14.02, subdivision 2, the regents of the University of Minnesota, any district
court of the state, any county, any statutory or home rule charter city, including a city
that is presenting a claim for a municipal hospital or a public library or a municipal
ambulance service, a hospital district, a private nonprofit hospital that leases its building
from the county or city in which it is located, new text begin any ambulance service licensed under
chapter 144E, new text end any public agency responsible for child support enforcement, any public
agency responsible for the collection of court-ordered restitution, and any public agency
established by general or special law that is responsible for the administration of a
low-income housing program, and the Minnesota collection enterprise as defined in
section 16D.02, subdivision 8, for the purpose of collecting the costs imposed under
section 16D.11. deleted text begin A county may act as a claimant agency on behalf of an ambulance service
licensed under chapter 144E if the ambulance service's primary service area is located at
least in part within the county, but more than one county may not act as a claimant agency
for a licensed ambulance service with respect to the same debt.
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new text begin
This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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