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1st Engrossment - 81st Legislature (1999 - 2000) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

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  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to legislative enactments; correcting 
  1.3             miscellaneous oversights, inconsistencies, 
  1.4             ambiguities, unintended results, and technical errors; 
  1.5             amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 97A.075, 
  1.6             subdivision 1; 124D.135, subdivision 3, as amended; 
  1.7             124D.54, subdivision 1, as amended; 256.476, 
  1.8             subdivision 8, as amended; 322B.115, subdivision 4; 
  1.9             Senate File 626, section 44; Senate File 2221, article 
  1.10            1, section 2, subdivision 4; section 7, subdivision 6; 
  1.11            section 8, subdivision 3; section 12, subdivision 1; 
  1.12            section 13, subdivision 1; section 18; Senate File 
  1.13            2226, section 5, subdivision 4; section 6; House File 
  1.14            1825, section 12; House File 2390, article 1, section 
  1.15            2, subdivisions 2 and 4; section 4, subdivision 4; 
  1.16            section 17, subdivision 1; article 2, section 81; 
  1.17            House File 2420, article 5, section 18; article 6, 
  1.18            section 2; proposing coding in Minnesota Statutes 
  1.19            1998, chapter 126C. 
  1.20  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.21     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 322B.115, 
  1.22  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
  1.23     Subd. 4.  [OPTIONAL PROVISIONS AND SPECIFIC SUBJECTS.] The 
  1.24  provisions in clauses (1), (7), (15), (16), and (18) may be 
  1.25  included in the articles of organization or a member control 
  1.26  agreement under section 322B.37. 
  1.27     The provisions in clauses (2) to (6), (8) to (14), and (17) 
  1.28  may be included in the articles of organization, a member 
  1.29  control agreement under section 322B.37 or the operating 
  1.30  agreement: 
  1.31     (1) the persons to serve as the first board of governors 
  1.32  may be named in the articles of organization (section 322B.606, 
  2.1   subdivision 1); 
  2.2      (2) a manner for increasing or decreasing the number of 
  2.3   governors may be provided (section 322B.61); 
  2.4      (3) additional qualifications for governors may be imposed 
  2.5   (section 322B.613); 
  2.6      (4) governors may be classified (section 322B.626); 
  2.7      (5) the day or date, time, and place of board of governors 
  2.8   meetings may be fixed (section 322B.643, subdivision 1); 
  2.9      (6) absent governors may be permitted to give written 
  2.10  consent or opposition to a proposal (section 322B.646); 
  2.11     (7) a larger than majority vote may be required for board 
  2.12  of governor action (section 322B.653); 
  2.13     (8) authority to sign and deliver certain documents may be 
  2.14  delegated to a manager or agent of the limited liability company 
  2.15  other than the chief manager (section 322B.673, subdivision 2); 
  2.16     (9) additional managers may be designated (section 
  2.17  322B.676); 
  2.18     (10) additional powers, rights, duties, and 
  2.19  responsibilities may be given to managers (section 322B.676); 
  2.20     (11) a method for filling vacant offices may be specified 
  2.21  (section 322B.686, subdivision 3); 
  2.22     (12) the day or date, time, and place of regular member 
  2.23  meetings may be fixed (section 322B.333, subdivision 3); 
  2.24     (13) certain persons may be authorized to call special 
  2.25  meetings of members (section 322B.336, subdivision 1); 
  2.26     (14) notices of member meetings may be required to contain 
  2.27  certain information (section 322B.34, subdivision 3); 
  2.28     (15) a larger than majority vote may be required for member 
  2.29  action (section 322B.346); 
  2.30     (16) voting rights may be granted in or pursuant to the 
  2.31  articles of organization to persons who are not members (section 
  2.32  322B.356, subdivision 3); 
  2.33     (17) limited liability company actions giving rise to 
  2.34  dissenter rights may be designated (section 322B.386, 
  2.35  subdivision 1, paragraph (e)); and 
  2.36     (18) a governor's personal liability to the limited 
  3.1   liability company or its members for monetary damages for breach 
  3.2   of fiduciary duty as a governor may be eliminated or limited in 
  3.3   the articles (section 322B.663, subdivision 4). 
  3.4      Nothing in this subdivision limits the right of the board, 
  3.5   by resolution, to take an action that may be included in the 
  3.6   operating agreement under this subdivision without including it 
  3.7   in the operating agreement, unless it is required to be included 
  3.8   in the operating agreement by another provision of this chapter. 
  3.9      Sec. 2.  [CORRECTION 1.] Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 
  3.10  256.476, subdivision 8, as amended by Laws 1999, chapter 10, 
  3.11  section 3, is amended to read: 
  3.12     Subd. 8.  [COMMISSIONER RESPONSIBILITIES.] The commissioner 
  3.13  shall: 
  3.14     (1) transfer and allocate funds pursuant to this section; 
  3.15     (2) determine allocations based on projected and actual 
  3.16  local agency use; 
  3.17     (3) monitor and oversee overall program spending; 
  3.18     (4) evaluate the effectiveness of the program; 
  3.19     (5) provide training and technical assistance for local 
  3.20  agencies and consumers to help identify potential applicants to 
  3.21  the program; 
  3.22     (6) develop guidelines for local agency program 
  3.23  administration and consumer information; and 
  3.24     (7) apply for a federal waiver or take any other action 
  3.25  necessary to maximize federal funding for the program by June 
  3.26  September 1, 1999. 
  3.27     Sec. 3.  [CORRECTION 2.] 1999 S.F. No. 626, section 44, if 
  3.28  enacted, is amended to read: 
  3.29     Sec. 44.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED AND SURPLUS STATE 
  3.30  LAND BORDERING PUBLIC WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.] 
  3.31     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
  3.32  282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
  3.33  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, St. Louis county may sell by 
  3.34  private sale the tax-forfeited land that is described in 
  3.35  paragraph (c), clauses (1) to (11), under the remaining 
  3.36  provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.  Notwithstanding 
  4.1   Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 94.09, and 94.10, the 
  4.2   commissioner of natural resources may sell by private sale the 
  4.3   surplus land bordering public water that is described in 
  4.4   paragraph (c), clause (12). 
  4.5      (b) The land described in paragraph (c) may be sold by 
  4.6   private sale to the Iron Range Resource and Rehabilitation Board 
  4.7   for economic development.  The conveyance must be in a form 
  4.8   approved by the attorney general.  The attorney general may make 
  4.9   necessary changes to the legal descriptions to correct errors 
  4.10  and ensure accuracy.  The consideration for the conveyance must 
  4.11  be equal to the fair market value of the land plus the cost of 
  4.12  appraisal.  The conveyance shall not include stockpiled 
  4.13  iron-bearing material held under control of the commissioner of 
  4.14  natural resources.  The commissioner may sell the stockpiled 
  4.15  iron-bearing material located on these lands according to 
  4.16  Minnesota Statutes, section 93.41. 
  4.17     (c) The lands to be conveyed are located in St. Louis 
  4.18  county and are described as:  
  4.19     (1) the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter 
  4.20  Government Lot 3, Section 5, Township 58 North, Range 15 West; 
  4.21     (2) the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter 
  4.22  Government Lot 4, Section 5, Township 58 North, Range 15 West; 
  4.23     (3) the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter 
  4.24  Government Lot 5, Section 5, Township 58 North, Range 15 West; 
  4.25     (4) the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter 
  4.26  Government Lot 6, Section 5, Township 58 North, Range 15 West; 
  4.27     (5) the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter 
  4.28  Government Lot 9, Section 6, Township 58 North, Range 15 West; 
  4.29     (6) the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter 
  4.30  Government Lot 10, Section 6, Township 58 North, Range 15 West; 
  4.31     (7) the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter 
  4.32  Government Lot 11, Section 6, Township 58 North, Range 15 West; 
  4.33     (8) the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter 
  4.34  Government Lot 12, Section 6, Township 58 North, Range 15 West; 
  4.35     (9) the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 
  4.36  6, Township 58 North, Range 15 West; 
  5.1      (10) the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter 
  5.2   Government Lot 6, Section 31, Township 59 North, Range 15 West; 
  5.3      (11) the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, 
  5.4   Section 31, Township 59 North, Range 15 West; 
  5.5      (12) (10) the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter 
  5.6   Government Lot 4, Section 32, Township 59 North, Range 15 West; 
  5.7      (13) (11) the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter 
  5.8   Government Lot 5, Section 32, Township 59 North, Range 15 
  5.9   West; and 
  5.10     (14) the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, 
  5.11  Section 32, Township 59 North, Range 15 West; and 
  5.12     (15) (12) the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, 
  5.13  the surface of the beds of Wine (Wynne) and Syracuse lakes, 
  5.14  below the natural ordinary high water mark thereof, as 
  5.15  originally surveyed in Sections 5 and 6 of Township 58 North, 
  5.16  Range 15 West, and the Southwest Quarter of Section 32, Township 
  5.17  59 North, Range 15 West. 
  5.18     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
  5.19  management interests would best be served if the tax-forfeited 
  5.20  lands were returned to private ownership.  The commissioner has 
  5.21  determined that the surplus land is no longer needed for any 
  5.22  state purpose and that the state's land management interests 
  5.23  would best be served if the land was returned to private 
  5.24  ownership. 
  5.25     Sec. 4.  [CORRECTION 3.] Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 
  5.26  124D.54, subdivision 1, as amended by 1999 H.F. No. 1467, 
  5.27  article 4, section 7, if enacted, is amended to read: 
  5.28     Subdivision 1.  [AID ELIGIBILITY.] Adult high school 
  5.29  graduation aid for eligible pupils age 21 or over equals: 
  5.30     (1) for fiscal year 2000:  1.30 multiplied by the average 
  5.31  daily membership under section 126C.05, subdivision 12, 
  5.32  multiplied by the greater of (i) $1,676 or (ii) $3,251,000 
  5.33  divided by the state total weighted average daily membership, 
  5.34  not to exceed $2,295; 
  5.35     (2) for fiscal year 2001 and later fiscal years:  $2,338 
  5.36  multiplied by 1.30 multiplied by the average daily membership 
  6.1   under section 126C.05, subdivision 12. 
  6.2   Adult high school graduation aid must be paid in addition to any 
  6.3   other aid to the district.  Pupils age 21 or over may not be 
  6.4   counted by the district for any purpose other than adult high 
  6.5   school graduation aid. 
  6.6      Sec. 5.  [CORRECTION 4.] 1999 H.F. No. 1825, section 12, if 
  6.7   enacted, is amended to read: 
  6.8      Sec. 12.  [349.173] [CONDUCT OF RAFFLES.] 
  6.9      Raffle tickets at a minimum must list the three most 
  6.10  expensive prizes to be awarded.  If additional prizes will be 
  6.11  awarded that are not contained on the raffle ticket, the raffle 
  6.12  ticket must contain the statement "A complete list of additional 
  6.13  prizes is available upon request."  Notwithstanding section 
  6.14  349.12, subdivision 33, raffles conducted under the exemptions 
  6.15  in section 349.166 may use tickets that contain only the 
  6.16  sequential number of the raffle ticket and no other information 
  6.17  if the organization makes a list of prizes and a statement of 
  6.18  other relevant information required by rule available to persons 
  6.19  purchasing tickets and if tickets are only sold at the event and 
  6.20  on the date when the tickets are sold drawn. 
  6.21     Sec. 6.  [CORRECTION 5.] 1999 S.F. No. 2221, article 1, 
  6.22  section 13, subdivision 1, if enacted, is amended to read: 
  6.23  Subdivision 1.  Total 
  6.24  Appropriation                        325,897,000    343,753,000
  6.25                                       328,484,000    346,365,000 
  6.26                Summary by Fund
  6.27  General             327,362,000   345,243,000
  6.28  Special Revenue       1,122,000     1,122,000
  6.29  The amounts that may be spent from this 
  6.30  appropriation for each program are 
  6.31  specified in the following subdivisions.
  6.32  Any unencumbered balances remaining in 
  6.33  the first year do not cancel but are 
  6.34  available for the second year of the 
  6.35  biennium. 
  6.36  Positions and administrative money may 
  6.37  be transferred within the department of 
  6.38  corrections as the commissioner 
  6.39  considers necessary, upon the advance 
  6.40  approval of the commissioner of finance.
  6.41  For the biennium ending June 30, 2001, 
  7.1   the commissioner of corrections may, 
  7.2   with the approval of the commissioner 
  7.3   of finance, transfer funds to or from 
  7.4   salaries. 
  7.5   During the biennium ending June 30, 
  7.6   2001, the commissioner may enter into 
  7.7   contracts with private corporations or 
  7.8   governmental units of the state of 
  7.9   Minnesota to house adult offenders 
  7.10  committed to the commissioner of 
  7.11  corrections.  Every effort shall be 
  7.12  made to house individuals committed to 
  7.13  the commissioner of corrections in 
  7.14  Minnesota correctional facilities. 
  7.15  If the commissioner deems it necessary 
  7.16  to reduce staff positions during the 
  7.17  biennium ending June 30, 2001, the 
  7.18  commissioner shall reduce at least the 
  7.19  same percentage of management and 
  7.20  supervisory personnel as line and 
  7.21  support personnel to ensure employee 
  7.22  safety, inmate safety, and facility 
  7.23  security.  By January 15, 2002, the 
  7.24  commissioner shall report to the chairs 
  7.25  and ranking minority members of the 
  7.26  senate and house committees and 
  7.27  divisions having jurisdiction over 
  7.28  criminal justice funding on whether it 
  7.29  was necessary to reduce staff 
  7.30  positions, and, if so, the percentage 
  7.31  of management and supervisory personnel 
  7.32  positions that were reduced compared 
  7.33  with the number of line and support 
  7.34  personnel positions reduced. 
  7.35  During the biennium ending June 30, 
  7.36  2001, if it is necessary to reduce 
  7.37  services or staffing within a 
  7.38  correctional facility, the commissioner 
  7.39  or the commissioner's designee shall 
  7.40  meet with affected exclusive 
  7.41  representatives.  The commissioner 
  7.42  shall make every reasonable effort to 
  7.43  retain correctional officer and prison 
  7.44  industry employees should reductions be 
  7.45  necessary. 
  7.46  During the biennium ending June 30, 
  7.47  2001, the commissioner shall consider 
  7.48  ways to reduce the per diem in adult 
  7.49  correctional facilities.  As part of 
  7.50  this consideration, the commissioner 
  7.51  shall consider reduction in management 
  7.52  and supervisory personnel levels in 
  7.53  addition to line staff levels within 
  7.54  adult correctional institutions, 
  7.55  provided this objective can be 
  7.56  accomplished without compromising 
  7.57  safety and security.  By January 15, 
  7.58  2002, the commissioner shall report to 
  7.59  the chairs and ranking minority members 
  7.60  of the senate and house committees and 
  7.61  divisions having jurisdiction over 
  7.62  criminal justice funding on what 
  7.63  methods were considered to reduce per 
  7.64  diems under this paragraph and what 
  7.65  changes, if any, were implemented to 
  7.66  achieve the reductions. 
  8.1      Sec. 7.  [CORRECTION 6.] Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 
  8.2   124D.135, subdivision 3, as amended by 1999 H.F. No. 1467, 
  8.3   article 1, section 43, if enacted, is amended to read: 
  8.4      Subd. 3.  [EARLY CHILDHOOD FAMILY EDUCATION LEVY.] For 
  8.5   fiscal years 2000 and year 2001 to obtain early childhood family 
  8.6   education revenue, a district may levy an amount equal to the 
  8.7   tax rate of .5282 percent times the adjusted tax capacity of the 
  8.8   district for the year preceding the year the levy is certified.  
  8.9   Beginning with levies for fiscal year 2002, by September 30 of 
  8.10  each year, the commissioner shall establish a tax rate for early 
  8.11  childhood education revenue that raises $21,027,000 for fiscal 
  8.12  year 2002 and $22,135,000 in fiscal year 2003 and each 
  8.13  subsequent year.  If the amount of the early childhood family 
  8.14  education levy would exceed the early childhood family education 
  8.15  revenue, the early childhood family education levy must equal 
  8.16  the early childhood family education revenue. 
  8.17     Sec. 8.  [CORRECTION 7.] 1999 S.F. No. 2221, article 1, 
  8.18  section 12, subdivision 1, if enacted, is amended to read: 
  8.19  Subdivision 1.  Total       
  8.20  Appropriation                         44,272,000     47,617,000
  8.21  None of this appropriation shall be 
  8.22  used to pay for lawsuits against public 
  8.23  agencies or public officials to change 
  8.24  social or public policy.  
  8.25  The amounts that may be spent from this 
  8.26  appropriation for each program are 
  8.27  specified in the following subdivisions.
  8.28  The state public defender board of 
  8.29  public defense may use money 
  8.30  appropriated as part of the office's 
  8.31  agency's base budget to hire a 
  8.32  personnel director. 
  8.33     Sec. 9.  [CORRECTION 8A.] 1999 S.F. No. 2226, section 5, 
  8.34  subdivision 4, if enacted, is amended to read: 
  8.35  Subd. 4.  Forest Management 
  8.36      34,670,000     35,175,000
  8.37                Summary by Fund
  8.38  General              34,207,000    34,701,000
  8.39  Natural Resources       463,000       474,000
  8.40  $3,599,000 the first year and 
  8.41  $3,688,000 the second year are for 
  8.42  presuppression and suppression costs of 
  9.1   emergency fire fighting.  If the 
  9.2   appropriation for either year is 
  9.3   insufficient to cover all costs of 
  9.4   suppression, the amount necessary to 
  9.5   pay for emergency firefighting expenses 
  9.6   during the biennium is appropriated 
  9.7   from the general fund.  If money is 
  9.8   spent under the appropriation in the 
  9.9   preceding sentence, the commissioner of 
  9.10  natural resources shall, by 15 days 
  9.11  after the end of the following quarter, 
  9.12  report on how the money was spent to 
  9.13  the chairs of the house of 
  9.14  representatives ways and means 
  9.15  committee, the environment and 
  9.16  agriculture budget division of the 
  9.17  senate environment and natural 
  9.18  resources committee, and the house of 
  9.19  representatives environment and natural 
  9.20  resources finance committee.  The 
  9.21  appropriations may not be transferred.  
  9.22  $722,000 the first year and $724,000 
  9.23  the second year are for programs and 
  9.24  practices on state, county, and private 
  9.25  lands to regenerate and protect 
  9.26  Minnesota's white pine.  Up to $280,000 
  9.27  of the appropriation in each year may 
  9.28  be used by the commissioner to provide 
  9.29  50 percent matching funds to implement 
  9.30  cultural practices for white pine 
  9.31  management on nonindustrial, private 
  9.32  forest lands at rates specified in the 
  9.33  Minnesota stewardship incentives 
  9.34  program manual.  Up to $150,000 of the 
  9.35  appropriation in each year may be used 
  9.36  by the commissioner to provide funds to 
  9.37  implement cultural practices for white 
  9.38  pine management on county-administered 
  9.39  lands through grant agreements with 
  9.40  individual counties, with priorities 
  9.41  for areas that experienced wind damage 
  9.42  in July 1995.  $40,000 each year is for 
  9.43  a study of the natural regeneration 
  9.44  process of white pine.  The remainder 
  9.45  of the funds in each fiscal year will 
  9.46  be available to the commissioner for 
  9.47  white pine regeneration and protection 
  9.48  on department-administered lands. 
  9.49  $150,000 the first year and $150,000 
  9.50  the second year are for a grant to the 
  9.51  University of Minnesota's College of 
  9.52  Natural Resources for research to 
  9.53  reduce the impact of blister rust on 
  9.54  Minnesota's white pine. 
  9.55  The commissioner may contract with and 
  9.56  make grants to nonprofit agencies to 
  9.57  carry out the purposes, plans, and 
  9.58  programs of the office of youth 
  9.59  programs, Minnesota conservation corps. 
  9.60  $61,000 the first year and $62,000 the 
  9.61  second year are for the focus on 
  9.62  community forests program, to provide 
  9.63  communities with natural resources 
  9.64  technical assistance. 
  9.65  $225,000 the first year is for grants 
  9.66  to local community forest ecosystem 
 10.1   health programs.  This appropriation is 
 10.2   available until June 30, 2001.  The 
 10.3   commissioner of natural resources shall 
 10.4   allocate individual grants of up to 
 10.5   $25,000 to local communities that match 
 10.6   the grants with nonstate money to 
 10.7   undertake projects that improve the 
 10.8   health of forest ecosystems, including 
 10.9   insect and disease suppression 
 10.10  programs, community-based forest health 
 10.11  education programs, and other 
 10.12  arboricultural treatments. 
 10.13  $100,000 the first year and $100,000 
 10.14  the second year are an increase in the 
 10.15  base appropriation for the Minnesota 
 10.16  conservation corps program activities.  
 10.17  $500,000 each year is for the 
 10.18  activities of the forest resources 
 10.19  council.  This is a one-time 
 10.20  appropriation. 
 10.21     Sec. 10.  [CORRECTION 8B.] 1999 S.F. No. 2226, section 6, 
 10.22  if enacted, is amended to read:  
 10.23  Sec. 6.  BOARD OF WATER AND 
 10.24  SOIL RESOURCES                        18,896,000     18,228,000
 10.25  $5,480,000 the first year and 
 10.26  $5,480,000 the second year are for 
 10.27  natural resources block grants to local 
 10.28  governments.  Of this amount, $50,000 
 10.29  each year is for a grant to the North 
 10.30  Shore Management Board, $35,000 each 
 10.31  year is for a grant to the St. Louis 
 10.32  River Board, $100,000 each year is for 
 10.33  a grant to the Minnesota River Basin 
 10.34  Joint Powers Board, and $27,000 each 
 10.35  year is for a grant to the Southeast 
 10.36  Minnesota Resources Board. 
 10.37  The board shall reduce the amount of 
 10.38  the natural resource block grant to a 
 10.39  county by an amount equal to any 
 10.40  reduction in the county's general 
 10.41  services allocation to a soil and water 
 10.42  conservation district from the county's 
 10.43  1998 allocation. 
 10.44  Grants must be matched with a 
 10.45  combination of local cash or in-kind 
 10.46  contributions.  The base grant portion 
 10.47  related to water planning must be 
 10.48  matched by an amount that would be 
 10.49  raised by a levy under Minnesota 
 10.50  Statutes, section 103B.3369.  
 10.51  $3,867,000 the first year and 
 10.52  $3,867,000 the second year are for 
 10.53  grants to soil and water conservation 
 10.54  districts for general purposes, 
 10.55  nonpoint engineering, and for 
 10.56  implementation of the RIM conservation 
 10.57  reserve program.  Upon approval of the 
 10.58  board, expenditures may be made from 
 10.59  these appropriations for supplies and 
 10.60  services benefiting soil and water 
 10.61  conservation districts. 
 11.1   $4,120,000 the first year and 
 11.2   $4,120,000 the second year are for 
 11.3   grants to soil and water conservation 
 11.4   districts for cost-sharing contracts 
 11.5   for erosion control and water quality 
 11.6   management.  Of this amount, $32,000 
 11.7   the first year is for a grant to the 
 11.8   Blue Earth county soil and water 
 11.9   conservation districts for stream bank 
 11.10  stabilization on the LeSueur river 
 11.11  within the city limits of St. Clair; 
 11.12  and at least $1,500,000 the first year 
 11.13  and $1,500,000 the second year are for 
 11.14  grants for cost-sharing contracts for 
 11.15  water quality management on feedlots.  
 11.16  Priority must be given to feedlot 
 11.17  operators who have received notices of 
 11.18  violation and for feedlots in counties 
 11.19  that are conducting or have completed a 
 11.20  level 2 or level 3 feedlot inventory.  
 11.21  This appropriation is available until 
 11.22  expended.  If the appropriation in 
 11.23  either year is insufficient, the 
 11.24  appropriation in the other year is 
 11.25  available for it. 
 11.26  $100,000 the first year and $100,000 
 11.27  the second year are for a grant to the 
 11.28  Red river basin board to develop a Red 
 11.29  river basin water management plan and 
 11.30  to coordinate water management 
 11.31  activities in the states and provinces 
 11.32  bordering the Red river.  This 
 11.33  appropriation is only available to the 
 11.34  extent it is matched by a proportionate 
 11.35  amount in United States currency from 
 11.36  the states of North Dakota and South 
 11.37  Dakota and the province of Manitoba.  
 11.38  The unencumbered balance in the first 
 11.39  year does not cancel but is available 
 11.40  for the second year.  This is a 
 11.41  one-time appropriation. 
 11.42  $189,000 the first year and $189,000 
 11.43  the second year are for grants to 
 11.44  watershed districts and other local 
 11.45  units of government in the southern 
 11.46  Minnesota river basin study area 2 for 
 11.47  floodplain management.  If the 
 11.48  appropriation in either year is 
 11.49  insufficient, the appropriation in the 
 11.50  other year is available for it. 
 11.51  $1,203,000 the first year and $450,000 
 11.52  the second year are for the 
 11.53  administrative costs of easement and 
 11.54  grant programs. 
 11.55  Any unencumbered balance in the board's 
 11.56  program of grants does not cancel at 
 11.57  the end of the first year and is 
 11.58  available for the second year for the 
 11.59  same grant program.  If the 
 11.60  appropriation in either year is 
 11.61  insufficient, the appropriation for the 
 11.62  other year is available for it. 
 11.63     Sec. 11.  [CORRRECTION 8C.] Minnesota Statutes 1998, 
 11.64  section 97A.075, subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 12.1      Subdivision 1.  [DEER AND BEAR LICENSES.] (a) For purposes 
 12.2   of this subdivision, "deer license" means a license issued under 
 12.3   section 97A.475, subdivisions 2, clauses (4), (5), and (9), and 
 12.4   3, clauses (2), (3), and (7), and licenses issued under section 
 12.5   97B.301, subdivision 4.  
 12.6      (b) At least $2 from each deer license shall be used for 
 12.7   deer habitat improvement or deer management programs.  
 12.8      (c) At least $1 from each deer license and each bear 
 12.9   license shall be used for deer and bear management programs, 
 12.10  including a computerized licensing system.  Fifty cents from 
 12.11  each deer license is appropriated for emergency deer feeding.  
 12.12  Money appropriated for emergency deer feeding is available until 
 12.13  expended.  When the unencumbered balance in the appropriation 
 12.14  for emergency deer feeding at the end of a fiscal year exceeds 
 12.15  $750,000 $1,500,000 for the first time, $750,000 is canceled to 
 12.16  the unappropriated balance of the game and fish fund and the 
 12.17  amount appropriated for emergency deer feeding is reduced to 25 
 12.18  cents from each deer license.  
 12.19     Thereafter, when the unencumbered balance in the 
 12.20  appropriation for emergency deer feeding exceeds $1,500,000 at 
 12.21  the end of a fiscal year, the unencumbered balance in excess of 
 12.22  $1,500,000 is canceled and available for deer and bear 
 12.23  management programs and computerized licensing. 
 12.24     Sec. 12.  [CORRECTION 9A.] 1999 H.F. No. 2390, article 2, 
 12.25  section 81, if enacted, is amended to read: 
 12.26     Sec. 81.  [EFFECTIVE DATES.] 
 12.27     Section 48 is effective March 1, 2000. 
 12.28     Sections 59, 61, 62, 64, 65, and 79 are effective the day 
 12.29  following final enactment.  
 12.30     Section 67 is effective June 30, 1999. 
 12.31     Section 80, paragraph (a), is effective July 1, 1999. 
 12.32     Section 80, paragraph paragraphs (b) and (c), is are 
 12.33  effective July 1, 2000. 
 12.34     Section 80, paragraph (c), is effective July 1, 2001. 
 12.35     Sec. 13.  [CORRECTION 9B.] 1999 H.F. No. 2390, article 1, 
 12.36  section 2, subdivision 2, if enacted, is amended to read: 
 13.1   Subd. 2.  Business and Community 
 13.2   Development                            38,488,000    28,186,000
 13.3                 Summary by Fund
 13.4   General             25,338,000     15,486,000
 13.5   TANF                 1,500,000      1,500,000
 13.6   Environmental Fund     700,000        700,000
 13.7   Workforce 
 13.8   Development Fund    10,950,000     10,500,000
 13.9   $5,017,000 the first year and 
 13.10  $4,017,000 the second year are for 
 13.11  Minnesota investment fund grants.  Of 
 13.12  this amount, $1,000,000 in the first 
 13.13  year is a one-time appropriation and is 
 13.14  not added to the agency's budget base. 
 13.15  $400,000 the first year is for a 
 13.16  one-time grant to Advantage Minnesota, 
 13.17  Inc.  The funds are available only if 
 13.18  matched on at least a dollar-for-dollar 
 13.19  basis from other sources.  The 
 13.20  commissioner may release the funds only 
 13.21  upon: 
 13.22  (1) certification that matching funds 
 13.23  from each participating organization 
 13.24  are available; and 
 13.25  (2) review and approval by the 
 13.26  commissioner of the proposed operations 
 13.27  plan of Advantage Minnesota, Inc. for 
 13.28  the biennium. 
 13.29  $14,067,000 the first year and 
 13.30  $14,073,000 the second year are for the 
 13.31  job skills partnership program.  If the 
 13.32  appropriation for either year is 
 13.33  insufficient, the appropriation for the 
 13.34  other year is available.  Of this 
 13.35  appropriation, $10,000,000 in each year 
 13.36  is a one-time appropriation from the 
 13.37  workforce development fund.  It is the 
 13.38  intention of the legislature that this 
 13.39  program base funding be $5,931,000 per 
 13.40  year in the 2002-2003 biennium.  This 
 13.41  appropriation does not cancel.  
 13.42  $500,000 the first year and $500,000 
 13.43  the second year are one-time 
 13.44  appropriations from the workforce 
 13.45  development fund for the pathways 
 13.46  program. 
 13.47  $1,500,000 the first year and 
 13.48  $1,500,000 the second year are 
 13.49  appropriated from the state's federal 
 13.50  TANF block grant under Title I of 
 13.51  Public Law Number 104-193 to the 
 13.52  commissioner of human services, to be 
 13.53  transferred to the commissioner of 
 13.54  trade and economic development for the 
 13.55  pathways program under Minnesota 
 13.56  Statutes, section 116L.04, subdivision 
 13.57  1a.  It is the intention of the 
 13.58  legislature that the general fund base 
 13.59  funding to the pathways program be 
 14.1   $1,500,000 per year in the 2002-2003 
 14.2   biennium. 
 14.3   $500,000 the first year is for a 
 14.4   one-time grant to the city of Fridley 
 14.5   for costs of the design and 
 14.6   construction of infrastructure 
 14.7   improvements required by a large 
 14.8   business campus development in the 
 14.9   Moore lakes area of the city. 
 14.10  $551,000 the first year and $565,000 
 14.11  the second year are from fees collected 
 14.12  under Minnesota Statutes, section 
 14.13  446A.04, subdivision 5, to administer 
 14.14  the programs of the public facilities 
 14.15  authority. 
 14.16  $500,000 in the first year is for a 
 14.17  one-time grant to the community 
 14.18  resources program under Minnesota 
 14.19  Statutes, chapter 466A. 
 14.20  $200,000 the first year is for a 
 14.21  one-time grant to the board of the 
 14.22  rural policy and development center for 
 14.23  operation of the center.  This 
 14.24  appropriation is available as matched 
 14.25  in cash on a dollar-for-dollar basis 
 14.26  from nonstate sources. 
 14.27  $155,000 the first year and $155,000 
 14.28  the second year are for grants to the 
 14.29  metropolitan economic development 
 14.30  association.  This is a one-time 
 14.31  appropriation and is not added to the 
 14.32  agency's budget base. 
 14.33  $265,000 the first year and $265,000 
 14.34  the second year are for one-time grants 
 14.35  to WomenVenture.  WomenVenture must 
 14.36  implement a program to encourage and 
 14.37  assist women to enter nontraditional 
 14.38  careers in the trades and technical 
 14.39  occupations.  The program shall consist 
 14.40  of outreach to women and girls and 
 14.41  training, job placement, and job 
 14.42  retention support that meet women's 
 14.43  specific needs.  The program must be 
 14.44  accessible to low-income working 
 14.45  mothers, including MFIP recipients. 
 14.46  $450,000 the first year is for a 
 14.47  one-time grant to the St. Paul 
 14.48  rehabilitation center for its current 
 14.49  programs, including those related to 
 14.50  developing job-seeking skills and 
 14.51  workplace orientation, intensive job 
 14.52  development, functional work English, 
 14.53  and on-site job coaching.  This 
 14.54  appropriation is from the workforce 
 14.55  development fund. 
 14.56  $250,000 is for a grant to the city of 
 14.57  Windom to provide loans to assist an 
 14.58  expanding business.  This is a one-time 
 14.59  appropriation and is not added to the 
 14.60  agency's budget base. 
 14.61  $350,000 is for the biennium ending 
 14.62  June 30, 2001, for a grant to the Camp 
 15.1   Heartland center.  The grant may be 
 15.2   used for phase II capital expenditures 
 15.3   including, without limitation, a septic 
 15.4   system upgrade and bath/shower house 
 15.5   construction, construction of a family 
 15.6   lodge, renovation of a medical 
 15.7   facility, construction of staff housing 
 15.8   and offices, or expansion and upgrade 
 15.9   of the dining room and kitchen.  This 
 15.10  is a one-time appropriation and is not 
 15.11  added to the agency's budget base.  
 15.12  $4,800,000 the first year and 
 15.13  $2,800,000 the second year are for 
 15.14  purposes of the contamination cleanup 
 15.15  and development grant program under 
 15.16  Minnesota Statutes, sections 116J.551 
 15.17  to 116J.558.  Of this appropriation, 
 15.18  $2,000,000 is a one-time appropriation 
 15.19  and is not added to the agency's budget 
 15.20  base. 
 15.21  $75,000 is for a grant to the city of 
 15.22  Lake Benton for planning costs 
 15.23  associated with a new visitor center 
 15.24  and railroad depot building.  This is a 
 15.25  one-time appropriation and is not added 
 15.26  to the agency's budget base. 
 15.27  $220,000 the first year and $220,000 
 15.28  the second year are for microenterprise 
 15.29  technical assistance under Minnesota 
 15.30  Statutes, section 116J.8745.  This is a 
 15.31  one-time appropriation and is not added 
 15.32  to the agency's budget base. 
 15.33  $50,000 in 2000 is for a grant to the 
 15.34  Chatfield brass band music lending 
 15.35  library.  The money must be used for 
 15.36  computer hardware and software to 
 15.37  catalog the music collection and create 
 15.38  a Web site.  This is a one-time 
 15.39  appropriation and must not be added to 
 15.40  the agency's budget base. 
 15.41  $50,000 in fiscal year 2000 is for a 
 15.42  one-time grant to the Duluth Economic 
 15.43  Development Authority for the purchase 
 15.44  and installation of railroad ties to 
 15.45  improve the Lake Superior Mississippi 
 15.46  Railroad scenic railway along the St. 
 15.47  Louis Bay in Duluth. 
 15.48  $100,000 is appropriated for a grant to 
 15.49  the city of Lanesboro for 
 15.50  predevelopment costs for the Root River 
 15.51  Regional Arts Center.  This is a 
 15.52  one-time appropriation and is not added 
 15.53  to the agency's budget base. 
 15.54  $50,000 the first year is for a 
 15.55  one-time grant to county and district 
 15.56  agricultural societies and associations 
 15.57  that are eligible to receive aid under 
 15.58  Minnesota Statutes, section 38.02.  The 
 15.59  commissioner shall administer this 
 15.60  appropriation pursuant to a need-based 
 15.61  competitive grant process. 
 15.62  $216,000 in the first year is for 
 15.63  one-time rural job creation grants 
 16.1   under Minnesota Statutes, section 
 16.2   469.309. 
 16.3   $450,000 is for a grant to the city of 
 16.4   Duluth to support the development of 
 16.5   the Duluth Technology Village.  The 
 16.6   grant shall be used to establish 
 16.7   international partnerships, attract 
 16.8   software businesses, recruit and train 
 16.9   workers for the software industry, and 
 16.10  support a software business incubator 
 16.11  facility.  This is a one-time 
 16.12  appropriation and is not part of the 
 16.13  agency base budget.  This appropriation 
 16.14  is not available unless matched by 
 16.15  nonstate money. 
 16.16  $150,000 the first year is for a grant 
 16.17  to the suburban Hennepin regional park 
 16.18  district for restoration of the Grimm 
 16.19  farmstead. 
 16.20  $150,000 in the first year is for a 
 16.21  one-time grant to the city of Ely for 
 16.22  rehabilitation of the Ely technical 
 16.23  building.  
 16.24  $50,000 in the first year is for a 
 16.25  one-time grant to the Highland Park 
 16.26  district council for the enhancement of 
 16.27  the West Seventh Street/Gateway area, 
 16.28  which serves as a major transportation 
 16.29  and commercial corridor for visitors 
 16.30  from the Minneapolis-St. Paul 
 16.31  International Airport, Mall of America, 
 16.32  and other destinations.  The 
 16.33  appropriation may be used to make 
 16.34  improvements to the public right-of-way 
 16.35  including, but not limited to, 
 16.36  landscaping, lighting, signage, and 
 16.37  roadway improvements.  This 
 16.38  appropriation must be matched 
 16.39  one-for-one by nonstate funds. 
 16.40  $3,000,000 in the first year is for the 
 16.41  redevelopment account under Minnesota 
 16.42  Statutes, sections 116J.561 to 
 16.43  116J.567.  The appropriation is 
 16.44  available for the biennium ending June 
 16.45  30, 2001.  This is a one-time 
 16.46  appropriation and is not added to the 
 16.47  agency's budget base. 
 16.48  $75,000 in the first year is for a 
 16.49  one-time grant to Perham Business 
 16.50  Technology Center to equip the training 
 16.51  center with interactive television and 
 16.52  for program funds to implement the 
 16.53  business plan. 
 16.54  $300,000 in the first year is for a 
 16.55  one-time grant to the city of Owatonna 
 16.56  for city infrastructure improvements. 
 16.57     Sec. 14.  [CORRECTION 9C.] 1999 H.F. No. 2390, article 1, 
 16.58  section 2, subdivision 4, if enacted, is amended to read: 
 16.59  Subd. 4.  Tourism 
 16.60      10,805,000     10,910,000
 17.1                 Summary by Fund
 17.2   General              10,060,000    10,144,000
 17.3   Trunk Highway           745,000       766,000
 17.4   To develop maximum private sector 
 17.5   involvement in tourism, $3,500,000 the 
 17.6   first year and $3,500,000 the second 
 17.7   year of the amounts appropriated for 
 17.8   marketing activities are contingent on 
 17.9   receipt of an equal contribution from 
 17.10  nonstate sources that have been 
 17.11  certified by the commissioner.  Up to 
 17.12  one-half of the match may be given in 
 17.13  in-kind contributions.  
 17.14  In order to maximize marketing grant 
 17.15  benefits, the commissioner must give 
 17.16  priority for joint venture marketing 
 17.17  grants to organizations with year-round 
 17.18  sustained tourism activities.  For 
 17.19  programs and projects submitted, the 
 17.20  commissioner must give priority to 
 17.21  those that encompass two or more areas 
 17.22  or that attract nonresident travelers 
 17.23  to the state. 
 17.24  If an appropriation for either year for 
 17.25  grants is not sufficient, the 
 17.26  appropriation for the other year is 
 17.27  available for it. 
 17.28  The commissioner may use grant dollars 
 17.29  or the value of in-kind services to 
 17.30  provide the state contribution for the 
 17.31  partnership program. 
 17.32  Any unexpended money from general fund 
 17.33  appropriations made under this 
 17.34  subdivision does not cancel but must be 
 17.35  placed in a special advertising account 
 17.36  for use by the office of tourism to 
 17.37  purchase additional media. 
 17.38  This appropriation may be used for a 
 17.39  grant to Minnesota Festivals and Events 
 17.40  Association for the following purposes: 
 17.41  (1) for a partnership with the 
 17.42  University of Minnesota's tourism 
 17.43  center to build the methodology for a 
 17.44  low-cost economic impact model that 
 17.45  will allow festival and event managers 
 17.46  to conduct research independently in 
 17.47  their own communities; 
 17.48  (2) to promote regional workshops to 
 17.49  increase production value and 
 17.50  professionalism for events in the 
 17.51  state, increase event service and 
 17.52  entertainment value for local 
 17.53  residents, build community awareness of 
 17.54  opportunities to generate new tourism, 
 17.55  and assure production of high quality, 
 17.56  safe, and meaningful tourism products 
 17.57  that are in line with the vision, 
 17.58  mission, and growth goals of individual 
 17.59  towns and cities in Minnesota; 
 17.60  (3) for a partnership with the 
 18.1   University of Minnesota's tourism 
 18.2   center to enhance professionalism via 
 18.3   its certified festival manager program, 
 18.4   training event managers and volunteer 
 18.5   staff to implement value-added 
 18.6   festivals and events for visitors to 
 18.7   the state; 
 18.8   (4) for a partnership with the 
 18.9   Minnesota office of tourism to publish 
 18.10  a pull-out mini-magazine advertising 
 18.11  the statewide festivals and events 
 18.12  calendar for the year; and 
 18.13  (5) to expand the Minnesota Festivals 
 18.14  and Events Association website, to 
 18.15  provide travel planners with more 
 18.16  festival and event intensive links to 
 18.17  communities hosting such activities. 
 18.18  $250,000 in the first year is for a 
 18.19  one-time grant for the purpose of the 
 18.20  Upper Red Lake business loan program.  
 18.21  $829,000 the first year and $829,000 
 18.22  the second year are for the Minnesota 
 18.23  film board.  $329,000 of this 
 18.24  appropriation in each year is available 
 18.25  only upon receipt by the board of $1 in 
 18.26  matching contributions of money or 
 18.27  in-kind from nonstate sources for every 
 18.28  $3 provided by this appropriation.  Of 
 18.29  this amount, $500,000 the first year 
 18.30  and $500,000 the second year are for 
 18.31  grants to the Minnesota film board for 
 18.32  a film production jobs fund to 
 18.33  stimulate feature film production in 
 18.34  Minnesota.  This appropriation is to 
 18.35  reimburse film producers for two to 
 18.36  five percent of documented wages which 
 18.37  they paid to Minnesotans for film 
 18.38  production after January 1, 1999. 
 18.39  $100,000 the first year is for a grant 
 18.40  to promote tourism in the Mille Lacs 
 18.41  area.  This is a one-time appropriation 
 18.42  and is not added to the agency's budget 
 18.43  base. 
 18.44  $100,000 the first year is for a 
 18.45  one-time grant to promote tourism in 
 18.46  the areas near the northern border of 
 18.47  Minnesota, including the Northwest 
 18.48  Angle. 
 18.49  $37,000 the first year is for 
 18.50  a one-time grant to the Mississippi 
 18.51  River parkway commission. 
 18.52     Sec. 15.  [CORRECTION 10A.] 1999 H.F. No. 2390, article 1, 
 18.53  section 4, subdivision 4, if enacted, is amended to read: 
 18.54  Subd. 4.  Workforce Preparation 
 18.55      17,273,000     11,718,000
 18.56                Summary by Fund
 18.57  General              11,221,000    10,666,000
 19.1   Workforce
 19.2   Development Fund      6,052,000     1,052,000
 19.3   $775,000 the first year and $775,000 
 19.4   the second year are for job training 
 19.5   programs under Minnesota Statutes, 
 19.6   sections 268.60 to 268.64.  This 
 19.7   appropriation is from the workforce 
 19.8   development fund.  
 19.9   $2,049,000 the first year and 
 19.10  $2,054,000 the second year are for 
 19.11  displaced homemaker programs under 
 19.12  Minnesota Statutes, section 268.96.  Of 
 19.13  this appropriation, $227,000 each year 
 19.14  is a one-time appropriation from the 
 19.15  workforce development fund.  The 
 19.16  commissioner shall prepare and report 
 19.17  to the legislature a plan for a sliding 
 19.18  scale fee structure for this program. 
 19.19  Of this amount, $100,000 the first year 
 19.20  and $100,000 the second year are for 
 19.21  one-time grants to the St. Paul 
 19.22  district 5 planning council.  These 
 19.23  grants are to operate a community work 
 19.24  empowerment support group demonstration 
 19.25  project.  A project consists of 
 19.26  empowerment groups of individuals that 
 19.27  are in the process of obtaining or have 
 19.28  obtained jobs, including those in the 
 19.29  welfare-to-work programs, or are 
 19.30  working out problems of attaining 
 19.31  self-sufficiency.  The groups must 
 19.32  separately meet at least monthly for at 
 19.33  least two hours.  Each group meeting 
 19.34  must include empower mentors whose 
 19.35  responsibility will be to conduct the 
 19.36  meeting.  The sites will report to the 
 19.37  commissioner on a semiannual basis 
 19.38  regarding the progress achieved at the 
 19.39  meetings.  The purpose of the group is 
 19.40  to: 
 19.41  (1) share information among group 
 19.42  members as to the successes and 
 19.43  problems encountered in the 
 19.44  individual's employment goals; 
 19.45  (2) provide a forum for individuals 
 19.46  involved in moving to self-sufficiency 
 19.47  to share their experiences and 
 19.48  strategies and to support and empower 
 19.49  each other; and 
 19.50  (3) to provide feedback to the 
 19.51  commissioner concerning the best 
 19.52  strategies to achieve the empowerment 
 19.53  support group's objectives. 
 19.54  $5,000,000 the first year is a one-time 
 19.55  appropriation from the workforce 
 19.56  development fund to match available 
 19.57  United States Department of Labor 
 19.58  Welfare-to-Work funds.  The 
 19.59  commissioner shall explore sources of 
 19.60  noncash match for these funds.  To the 
 19.61  extent this appropriation is not needed 
 19.62  for these purposes, the balance is 
 19.63  available for the Welfare-to-Work 
 19.64  program.  
 20.1   $1,425,000 the first year and 
 20.2   $1,425,000 the second year are for 
 20.3   youth intervention programs under 
 20.4   Minnesota Statutes, section 268.30.  
 20.5   Funding from this appropriation may be 
 20.6   used to expand existing programs to 
 20.7   serve unmet needs and to create new 
 20.8   programs in underserved areas.  Of this 
 20.9   appropriation, $3,750 is for a grant to 
 20.10  the Minnesota Youth Intervention 
 20.11  Programs Association (YIPA) to provide 
 20.12  collaborative training and technical 
 20.13  assistance to community-based grantees 
 20.14  of the program. 
 20.15  $851,000 the first year and $852,000 
 20.16  the second year are for the Youthbuild 
 20.17  program under Minnesota Statutes, 
 20.18  sections 268.361 to 268.366.  Of this 
 20.19  amount, $100,000 in the first year and 
 20.20  $100,000 in the second year are 
 20.21  one-time appropriations from the 
 20.22  workforce development general fund for 
 20.23  the YOUTHBUILD technical program under 
 20.24  Minnesota Statutes, section 268.368.  A 
 20.25  Minnesota YOUTHBUILD program funded 
 20.26  under this section as authorized in 
 20.27  Minnesota Statutes, sections 268.361 to 
 20.28  268.367, qualifies as an approved 
 20.29  training program under Minnesota Rules, 
 20.30  part 5200.0930, subpart 1. 
 20.31  $116,000 the first year and $116,000 
 20.32  the second year are appropriated for 
 20.33  youth violence prevention programs to 
 20.34  match the federal juvenile 
 20.35  accountability incentive block grant.  
 20.36  This is a one-time appropriation. 
 20.37  Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
 20.38  section 268.022, subdivision 2, the 
 20.39  commissioner of finance shall transfer 
 20.40  to the general fund from the dedicated 
 20.41  fund on June 25, 1999, $29,000,000 of 
 20.42  the money collected through the special 
 20.43  assessment established in Minnesota 
 20.44  Statutes, section 268.022, subdivision 
 20.45  1.  This paragraph is effective the day 
 20.46  following final enactment. 
 20.47  $572,000 in the first year is for 
 20.48  enterprise zone incentive grants under 
 20.49  Minnesota Statutes, section 469.305. 
 20.50     Sec. 16.  [CORRECTION 10B.] 1999 H.F. No. 2390, article 1, 
 20.51  section 17, subdivision 1, if enacted, is amended to read: 
 20.52  Sec. 17.  MINNESOTA HISTORICAL 
 20.53  SOCIETY 
 20.54  Subdivision 1.  Total       
 20.55  Appropriation                         24,934,000     27,794,000
 20.56                                                       24,794,000 
 20.57  The amounts that may be spent from this 
 20.58  appropriation for each program are 
 20.59  specified in the following subdivisions.
 20.60     Sec. 17.  [CORRECTION 11A.] 1999 S.F. No. 2221, article 1, 
 21.1   section 2, subdivision 4, if enacted, is amended to read: 
 21.2   Subd. 4.  State Court Administration 
 21.3       13,498,000     12,595,000
 21.4   $1,500,000 the first year and 
 21.5   $1,500,000 the second year are to begin 
 21.6   development and implementation of the 
 21.7   infrastructure for a coordinated and 
 21.8   integrated statewide criminal and 
 21.9   juvenile justice information system; 
 21.10  and for implementation of the judicial 
 21.11  branch justice information network.  
 21.12  This appropriation must be included in 
 21.13  the budget base for the 2002-2003 
 21.14  biennium. 
 21.15  $50,000 the first year and $50,000 the 
 21.16  second year are for a grant writer. 
 21.17  $25,000 the first year and $25,000 the 
 21.18  second year are for court document 
 21.19  translation costs. 
 21.20  $1,000,000 the first year is for 
 21.21  regional adult detention facility 
 21.22  construction planning grants under 
 21.23  article 2, section 22.  Of this amount, 
 21.24  $200,000 is for a grant to plan, 
 21.25  develop, and issue a request for 
 21.26  proposals for the construction and 
 21.27  operation of a regional adult detention 
 21.28  facility by a private vendor.  This is 
 21.29  a one-time appropriation. 
 21.30  $150,000 the first year and $150,000 
 21.31  the second year are for the state's 
 21.32  share of the costs associated with the 
 21.33  precommitment detention of persons as 
 21.34  described in Minnesota Statutes, 
 21.35  section 253B.185, subdivision 5.  This 
 21.36  is a one-time appropriation. 
 21.37  The appropriation in Laws 1998, chapter 
 21.38  367, article 1, section 2, subdivision 
 21.39  4, for the parental cooperation task 
 21.40  force is available until expended. 
 21.41  $75,000 each year is transferred from 
 21.42  the base amount to the Center for Crime 
 21.43  Victim Services to operate the 
 21.44  mediation programs for crime victims 
 21.45  and offenders under Minnesota Statutes, 
 21.46  section 611A.77. 
 21.47     Sec. 18.  [CORRECTION 11B.] 1999 S.F. No. 2221, article 1, 
 21.48  section 7, subdivision 6, if enacted, is amended to read: 
 21.49  Subd. 6.  Law Enforcement and Community Grants
 21.50      10,290,000      7,583,000 
 21.51  $1,000,000 the first year is for grants 
 21.52  to pay the costs of developing or 
 21.53  implementing a criminal justice 
 21.54  information integration plan as 
 21.55  described in Minnesota Statutes, 
 21.56  section 299C.65, subdivision 6 or 7.  
 21.57  The commissioner shall make a minimum 
 22.1   of two grants from this appropriation. 
 22.2   This is a one-time appropriation. 
 22.3   The commissioner of public safety shall 
 22.4   consider using a portion of federal 
 22.5   Byrne grant funds for costs related to 
 22.6   developing or implementing a criminal 
 22.7   justice information system integration 
 22.8   plan as described in Minnesota 
 22.9   Statutes, section 299C.65, subdivision 
 22.10  6 or 7. 
 22.11  $400,000 the first year is for a grant 
 22.12  to the city of Marshall to construct, 
 22.13  furnish, and equip a regional emergency 
 22.14  response training center.  The balance, 
 22.15  if any, does not cancel but is 
 22.16  available for the fiscal year ending 
 22.17  June 30, 2001. 
 22.18  $10,000 the first year is for the 
 22.19  commissioner of public safety to 
 22.20  reconvene the task force that developed 
 22.21  the statewide master plan for fire and 
 22.22  law enforcement training facilities 
 22.23  under Laws 1998, chapter 404, section 
 22.24  21, subdivision 3, for the purpose of 
 22.25  developing specific recommendations 
 22.26  concerning the siting, financing and 
 22.27  use of these training facilities.  The 
 22.28  commissioner's report shall include 
 22.29  detailed recommendations concerning the 
 22.30  following issues: 
 22.31  (1) the specific cities, counties, or 
 22.32  regions of the state where training 
 22.33  facilities should be located; 
 22.34  (2) the reasons why a training facility 
 22.35  should be sited in the recommended 
 22.36  location, including a description of 
 22.37  the public safety training needs in 
 22.38  that part of the state; 
 22.39  (3) the extent to which neighboring 
 22.40  cities and counties should be required 
 22.41  to collaborate in funding and operating 
 22.42  the recommended training facilities; 
 22.43  (4) an appropriate amount for a local 
 22.44  funding match (up to 50 percent) for 
 22.45  cities and counties using the training 
 22.46  facility to contribute in money or 
 22.47  other resources to build, expand, or 
 22.48  operate the facility; 
 22.49  (5) the feasibility of providing 
 22.50  training at one or more of the 
 22.51  recommended facilities for both law 
 22.52  enforcement and fire safety personnel; 
 22.53  (6) whether the regional or statewide 
 22.54  need for increased public safety 
 22.55  training resources can be met through 
 22.56  the expansion of existing training 
 22.57  facilities rather than the creation of 
 22.58  new facilities and, if so, which 
 22.59  facilities should be expanded; and 
 22.60  (7) any other issues the task force 
 22.61  deems relevant. 
 23.1   By January 15, 2000, the commissioner 
 23.2   shall submit the report to the chairs 
 23.3   and ranking minority members of the 
 23.4   house and senate committees and 
 23.5   divisions with jurisdiction over 
 23.6   capital investment issues and criminal 
 23.7   justice funding and policy. 
 23.8   $746,000 the first year and $766,000 
 23.9   the second year are for personnel and 
 23.10  administrative costs for the criminal 
 23.11  gang oversight council and strike force 
 23.12  described in Minnesota Statutes, 
 23.13  section 299A.64. 
 23.14  $1,171,000 the first year and 
 23.15  $2,412,000 the second year are for the 
 23.16  grants authorized under Minnesota 
 23.17  Statutes, section 299A.66, subdivisions 
 23.18  1 and 2.  Of this appropriation, 
 23.19  $1,595,000 each year shall be included 
 23.20  in the 2002-2003 biennial base budget. 
 23.21  By January 15, 2000, the criminal gang 
 23.22  oversight council shall submit a report 
 23.23  to the chairs and ranking minority 
 23.24  members of the senate and house 
 23.25  committees and divisions with 
 23.26  jurisdiction over criminal justice 
 23.27  funding and policy describing the 
 23.28  following: 
 23.29  (1) the types of crimes on which the 
 23.30  oversight council and strike force have 
 23.31  primarily focused their investigative 
 23.32  efforts since their inception; 
 23.33  (2) a detailed accounting of how the 
 23.34  oversight council and strike force have 
 23.35  spent all funds and donations they have 
 23.36  received since their inception, 
 23.37  including donations of goods and 
 23.38  services; 
 23.39  (3) the extent to which the activities 
 23.40  of the oversight council and strike 
 23.41  force overlap or duplicate the 
 23.42  activities of the fugitive task force 
 23.43  or the activities of any federal, 
 23.44  state, or local task forces that 
 23.45  investigate interjurisdictional 
 23.46  criminal activity; and 
 23.47  (4) the long-term goals that the 
 23.48  criminal gang oversight council and 
 23.49  strike force hope to achieve. 
 23.50  The commissioner of public safety shall 
 23.51  consider using a portion of federal 
 23.52  Byrne grant funds for criminal gang 
 23.53  prevention and intervention activities 
 23.54  to (1) help gang members separate 
 23.55  themselves, or remain separated, from 
 23.56  gangs; and (2) prevent individuals from 
 23.57  becoming affiliated with gangs. 
 23.58  $50,000 the first year is for a grant 
 23.59  to the Minnesota Safety Council to 
 23.60  continue the crosswalk safety awareness 
 23.61  campaign.  The Minnesota Safety Council 
 23.62  shall work with the department of 
 24.1   transportation to develop a long range 
 24.2   plan to continue the crosswalk safety 
 24.3   awareness campaign. 
 24.4   $500,000 the first year is for grants 
 24.5   under Minnesota Statutes, section 
 24.6   299A.62, subdivision 1. These grants 
 24.7   shall be distributed as provided in 
 24.8   Minnesota Statutes, section 299A.62, 
 24.9   subdivision 2.  This is a one-time 
 24.10  appropriation. 
 24.11  Up to $30,000 of the appropriation for 
 24.12  grants under Minnesota Statutes, 
 24.13  section 299A.62, is for grants to 
 24.14  requesting local law enforcement 
 24.15  agencies to purchase dogs trained to 
 24.16  detect or locate controlled substances 
 24.17  by scent.  Grants are limited to one 
 24.18  dog per county. 
 24.19  $500,000 the first year is a one-time 
 24.20  appropriation for a grant to the Ramsey 
 24.21  county attorney's office to establish 
 24.22  and fund the domestic assault and child 
 24.23  abuse prosecution unit.  This is a 
 24.24  one-time appropriation. 
 24.25  $50,000 the first year and $50,000 the 
 24.26  second year are for grants to the 
 24.27  northwest Hennepin human services 
 24.28  council to administer the northwest 
 24.29  community law enforcement project, to 
 24.30  be available until June 30, 2001.  This 
 24.31  is a one-time appropriation. 
 24.32  $30,000 the first year is to assist 
 24.33  volunteer ambulance services, licensed 
 24.34  under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144E, 
 24.35  in purchasing automatic external 
 24.36  defibrillators.  Ambulance services are 
 24.37  eligible for a grant under this 
 24.38  provision if they do not already 
 24.39  possess an automatic external 
 24.40  defibrillator and if they provide a 25 
 24.41  percent match in nonstate funds.  This 
 24.42  is a one-time appropriation. 
 24.43  $50,000 the first year and $50,000 the 
 24.44  second year are for grants under 
 24.45  Minnesota Statutes, section 119A.31, 
 24.46  subdivision 1, clause (12), to 
 24.47  organizations that focus on 
 24.48  intervention and prevention of teenage 
 24.49  prostitution. 
 24.50  The commissioner of public safety shall 
 24.51  administer a program to distribute tire 
 24.52  deflators to local or state law 
 24.53  enforcement agencies selected by the 
 24.54  commissioner of public safety and to 
 24.55  distribute or otherwise make available 
 24.56  a computer-controlled driving simulator 
 24.57  to local or state law enforcement 
 24.58  agencies or POST-certified skills 
 24.59  programs selected by the commissioner 
 24.60  of public safety. 
 24.61  Before any decisions are made on which 
 24.62  law enforcement agencies will receive 
 24.63  tire deflators or the driving 
 25.1   simulator, a committee consisting of a 
 25.2   representative from the Minnesota 
 25.3   chiefs of police association, a 
 25.4   representative from the Minnesota 
 25.5   sheriffs association, a representative 
 25.6   from the state patrol, and a 
 25.7   representative from the Minnesota 
 25.8   police and peace officers association 
 25.9   shall evaluate the applications.  The 
 25.10  commissioner shall consult with the 
 25.11  committee concerning its evaluation and 
 25.12  recommendations on distribution 
 25.13  proposals prior to making a final 
 25.14  decision on distribution.  
 25.15  Law enforcement agencies that receive 
 25.16  tire deflators under this section 
 25.17  must:  (i) provide any necessary 
 25.18  training to their employees concerning 
 25.19  use of the tire deflators; (ii) compile 
 25.20  statistics on use of the tire deflators 
 25.21  and the results; (iii) provide a 
 25.22  one-to-one match in nonstate funds; and 
 25.23  (iv) report this information to the 
 25.24  commissioner as required. 
 25.25  Law enforcement agencies or 
 25.26  POST-certified skills programs that 
 25.27  receive a computer-controlled driving 
 25.28  simulator under this section must: 
 25.29  (1) provide necessary training to their 
 25.30  employees in emergency vehicle 
 25.31  operations and in the conduct of police 
 25.32  pursuits; 
 25.33  (2) provide a five-year plan for 
 25.34  maintaining the hardware necessary to 
 25.35  operate the driving simulator; 
 25.36  (3) provide a five-year plan to update 
 25.37  software necessary to operate the 
 25.38  driving simulator; 
 25.39  (4) provide a plan to make the driving 
 25.40  simulator available at a reasonable 
 25.41  cost and with reasonable availability 
 25.42  to other law enforcement agencies to 
 25.43  train their officers; and 
 25.44  (5) provide an estimate of the 
 25.45  availability of the driving simulator 
 25.46  for use by other law enforcement 
 25.47  agencies. 
 25.48  By January 15, 2001, the commissioner 
 25.49  shall report to the chairs and ranking 
 25.50  minority members of the house and 
 25.51  senate committees and divisions having 
 25.52  jurisdiction over criminal justice 
 25.53  matters on the tire deflators and the 
 25.54  driving simulator distributed under 
 25.55  this section. 
 25.56  $285,000 the first year is for a 
 25.57  one-time grant to the city of 
 25.58  Minneapolis to implement a coordinated 
 25.59  criminal justice system response to the 
 25.60  CODEFOR (Computer Optimized 
 25.61  Development-Focus on Results) law 
 25.62  enforcement strategy.  This 
 26.1   appropriation is available until 
 26.2   expended. 
 26.3   $795,000 the first year is for a 
 26.4   one-time grant to Hennepin county to 
 26.5   implement a coordinated criminal 
 26.6   justice system response to the CODEFOR 
 26.7   (Computer Optimized Development-Focus 
 26.8   on Results) law enforcement strategy.  
 26.9   This appropriation is available until 
 26.10  expended. 
 26.11  $420,000 the first year is for a 
 26.12  one-time grant to the fourth judicial 
 26.13  district public defender's office to 
 26.14  accommodate the CODEFOR (Computer 
 26.15  Optimized Development-Focus on Results) 
 26.16  law enforcement strategy.  This 
 26.17  appropriation is available until 
 26.18  expended. 
 26.19  $150,000 the first year and $150,000 
 26.20  the second year are for weed and seed 
 26.21  grants under Minnesota Statutes, 
 26.22  section 299A.63.  Money not expended 
 26.23  the first year is available for grants 
 26.24  during the second year.  This is a 
 26.25  one-time appropriation. 
 26.26  $200,000 each year is a one-time 
 26.27  appropriation for a grant to the center 
 26.28  for reducing rural violence to continue 
 26.29  the technical assistance and related 
 26.30  rural violence prevention services the 
 26.31  center offers to rural communities.  
 26.32  $500,000 the first year and $500,000 
 26.33  the second year are to operate the 
 26.34  weekend camp program at Camp Ripley 
 26.35  described in Laws 1997, chapter 239, 
 26.36  article 1, section 12, subdivision 3, 
 26.37  as amended by Laws 1998, chapter 367, 
 26.38  article 10, section 13.  The powers and 
 26.39  duties of the department of corrections 
 26.40  with respect to the weekend program are 
 26.41  transferred to the department of public 
 26.42  safety under Minnesota Statutes, 
 26.43  section 15.039.  The commissioner shall 
 26.44  attempt to expand the program to serve 
 26.45  500 juveniles per year within this 
 26.46  appropriation. 
 26.47  An additional $125,000 the first year 
 26.48  and $125,000 the second year are for 
 26.49  the weekend camp program at Camp Ripley.
 26.50  $500,000 the first year and $500,000 
 26.51  the second year are for Asian-American 
 26.52  juvenile crime intervention and 
 26.53  prevention grants under Minnesota 
 26.54  Statutes, section 256.486.  The powers 
 26.55  and duties of the department of human 
 26.56  services, with respect to that program, 
 26.57  are transferred to the department of 
 26.58  public safety under Minnesota Statutes, 
 26.59  section 15.039.  This is a one-time 
 26.60  appropriation. 
 26.61     Sec. 19.  [CORRECTION 11C.] 1999 S.F. No. 2221, article 1, 
 26.62  section 8, subdivision 3, if enacted, is amended to read: 
 27.1   Subd. 3.  Crime Victims
 27.2   Assistance
 27.3       11,491,000     29,402,000
 27.4   The executive director of the center 
 27.5   and the commissioner of human services 
 27.6   shall, in consultation with affected 
 27.7   parties, report by October 15, 1999, to 
 27.8   the governor, the commissioner of 
 27.9   finance, and appropriate legislative 
 27.10  committee chairs, on a complete plan 
 27.11  and legislation necessary for 
 27.12  implementation of the transfer of 
 27.13  payments to battered women's shelters 
 27.14  from the department to the center 
 27.15  effective July 1, 2000.  The plan must 
 27.16  not exceed funding appropriated for 
 27.17  that purpose in fiscal year 2001 and 
 27.18  shall assume funding at that same level 
 27.19  for the following biennium. 
 27.20  $50,000 the first year and $50,000 the 
 27.21  second year are for the crime victim 
 27.22  emergency fund. 
 27.23  $109,000 the second year is for the 
 27.24  administration of the battered women's 
 27.25  shelter per diem payments. 
 27.26  $37,000 the first year and $38,000 the 
 27.27  second year are for the pilot project 
 27.28  grant program to provide 
 27.29  neighborhood-based services to crime 
 27.30  victims and witnesses described in 
 27.31  article 2, section 23.  This 
 27.32  appropriation must be used by the grant 
 27.33  recipient to begin offering services in 
 27.34  new locations.  This is a one-time 
 27.35  appropriation. 
 27.36  $103,000 the first year and $103,000 
 27.37  the second year are for grants under 
 27.38  Minnesota Statutes, section 611A.32, to 
 27.39  an existing battered women's shelter in 
 27.40  the city of Bloomington. 
 27.41  $103,000 the first year and $103,000 
 27.42  the second year are for grants under 
 27.43  Minnesota Statutes, section 611A.32, to 
 27.44  an American Indian battered women's 
 27.45  shelter in the city of Duluth. 
 27.46  $50,000 the first year is for a grant 
 27.47  to the Minnesota state colleges and 
 27.48  universities board to be used by the 
 27.49  center for applied research and policy 
 27.50  analysis at Metropolitan state 
 27.51  university to conduct a research 
 27.52  project to assess violence in the 
 27.53  Asian-Pacific communities and improve 
 27.54  data collection practices of mainstream 
 27.55  systems and institutions that work with 
 27.56  Asian-Pacific communities.  By March 1, 
 27.57  2000, the center shall report the 
 27.58  results of the study to the chairs and 
 27.59  ranking minority members of the senate 
 27.60  and house committees and divisions 
 27.61  having jurisdiction over criminal 
 27.62  justice policy and funding. 
 28.1   $143,000 the first year is for grants 
 28.2   to the family violence coordinating 
 28.3   council in the fourth judicial district 
 28.4   for the development of a plan and the 
 28.5   evaluation and report by the domestic 
 28.6   fatality review team under article 2, 
 28.7   section 27.  This appropriation is 
 28.8   available until expended. 
 28.9   $300,000 the first year and $300,000 
 28.10  the second year shall be used to award 
 28.11  a grant for the residential program for 
 28.12  women leaving prostitution described in 
 28.13  article 2, section 25.  This is a 
 28.14  one-time appropriation. 
 28.15  $30,000 the first year and $30,000 the 
 28.16  second year are for grants to the city 
 28.17  of St. Paul to provide support services 
 28.18  to the surviving family members of 
 28.19  homicide, suicide, and accidental death 
 28.20  victims.  This is a one-time 
 28.21  appropriation. 
 28.22  $75,000 the first year and $75,000 the 
 28.23  second year are for grants for 
 28.24  mediation programs for crime victims 
 28.25  and offenders under Minnesota Statutes, 
 28.26  section 611A.77.  The powers and duties 
 28.27  of the supreme court, with respect to 
 28.28  the program, are transferred to the 
 28.29  center for crime victim services under 
 28.30  Minnesota Statutes, section 15.039.  
 28.31  However, notwithstanding Minnesota 
 28.32  Statutes, section 15.039, subdivision 
 28.33  7, no positions are transferred. 
 28.34     Sec. 20.  [CORRECTION 11D.] 1999 S.F. No. 2221, article 1, 
 28.35  section 18, if enacted, is amended to read: 
 28.36  Sec. 18.  AUTOMOBILE THEFT PREVENTION 
 28.37  BOARD                                  2,277,000      1,886,000 
 28.38  This appropriation is from the 
 28.39  automobile theft prevention account in 
 28.40  the special revenue fund. 
 28.41  Of this appropriation, up to $400,000 
 28.42  the first year is transferred to the 
 28.43  commissioner of public safety for the 
 28.44  purchase and distribution of tire 
 28.45  deflators to local or state law 
 28.46  enforcement agencies and for the 
 28.47  purchase of a computer-controlled 
 28.48  driving simulator.  Any amount not 
 28.49  spent by the commissioner of public 
 28.50  safety for this purpose shall be 
 28.51  returned to the automobile theft 
 28.52  prevention account in the special 
 28.53  revenue fund and may be used for other 
 28.54  automobile theft prevention activities. 
 28.55  The automobile theft prevention board 
 28.56  may not spend any money it receives 
 28.57  from surcharges in the fiscal year 
 28.58  2000-2001 biennium, more than 
 28.59  $2,277,000 the first year and 
 28.60  $1,886,000 the second year, unless the 
 28.61  legislature approves the spending. 
 29.1   The executive director of the auto 
 29.2   theft prevention board may not sit on 
 29.3   the automobile theft prevention board. 
 29.4      Sec. 21.  [CORRECTION 12A.] 1999 H. F. No. 2420, article 6, 
 29.5   section 2, if enacted, is amended to read: 
 29.6      Sec. 2.  [275.078] [AUTHORIZATION; TAX RATE INCREASE.] 
 29.7      On or before October 1, 1999, and each subsequent year, the 
 29.8   county auditor shall certify to the governing body of each home 
 29.9   rule charter or statutory city with a population greater than 
 29.10  500 in the county and to the county board, the following 
 29.11  information for the taxing jurisdiction: 
 29.12     (1) the taxing jurisdiction's certified levy under section 
 29.13  275.08 for the previous year, taxes payable in the current year, 
 29.14  excluding any amount levied to pay general obligation bonds, 
 29.15  less (i) the areawide portion of the levy under section 276A.06, 
 29.16  subdivision 3, or 473F.08, subdivision 3, if any, for taxes 
 29.17  payable in the following year; and (ii) the sum of the net tax 
 29.18  capacity adjustment amount and the fiscal disparities adjustment 
 29.19  amount under section 273.1398, subdivision 2, if any, for aids 
 29.20  payable in the following year; 
 29.21     (2) the taxing jurisdiction's taxable net tax capacity for 
 29.22  the current assessment year, for taxes payable in the following 
 29.23  year; and 
 29.24     (3) the tax rate obtained by dividing the amount in clause 
 29.25  (1) by the amount in clause (2), rounded to the nearest 
 29.26  hundredth percent. 
 29.27     In order to impose a tax rate for purposes other than to 
 29.28  pay general obligation bonds for taxes payable in the following 
 29.29  year that is higher than the tax rate certified by the county 
 29.30  auditor under clause (3), the governing body of the city with a 
 29.31  population greater than 500 or the county board must adopt a 
 29.32  resolution, after holding a public hearing, authorizing a higher 
 29.33  tax rate and file a copy of the resolution with the county 
 29.34  auditor on or before October 20, 1999, and each year 
 29.35  thereafter.  A county auditor is prohibited from fixing a tax 
 29.36  rate for purposes other than to pay general obligation bonds for 
 29.37  taxes payable in the following year that is higher than the rate 
 30.1   certified under clause (3) if a resolution has not been filed, 
 30.2   unless the higher rate is due solely to a reduction in the 
 30.3   taxing jurisdiction's net tax capacity certified under clause 
 30.4   (2) resulting from classification changes, exemptions, tax court 
 30.5   judgments, or clerical or administrative errors made by the 
 30.6   county.  For purposes of this section, "public hearing" 
 30.7   includes, but is not limited to, regularly scheduled city 
 30.8   council hearings and county board meetings. 
 30.9      Sec. 22.  [CORRECTION 12C.] 1999 H.F. No. 2420, article 5, 
 30.10  section 18, if enacted, is amended to read: 
 30.11     Sec. 18.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 273.13, is 
 30.12  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 30.13     Subd. 24a.  [TRANSIT ZONE PROPERTIES; PERSONAL PROPERTY 
 30.14  TAX.] (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 272.02 or 
 30.15  any other law to the contrary, a personal property tax is 
 30.16  imposed on the leasehold of a tenant of a structure described in 
 30.17  subdivision 24, paragraph (c), clause (2), item (i)(A) or (i)(C).
 30.18     This subdivision does not apply to a structure if either of 
 30.19  the following occur: 
 30.20     (1) the structure upon initial occupancy is owner-occupied 
 30.21  by the entity initially constructing the structure or an 
 30.22  affiliated entity; or 
 30.23     (2) the structure is leased by a single entity or 
 30.24  affiliated entity at the time of initial occupancy. 
 30.25     (b) The tax equals the amount obtained by multiplying the 
 30.26  sum of the local tax rates by: 
 30.27     (1) the estimated market value of the structure multiplied 
 30.28  by 
 30.29     (2) the square footage of the structure under lease that 
 30.30  qualifies under subdivision 24, clause (c)(1), divided by 
 30.31     (3) the total square footage of the structure that 
 30.32  qualifies under subdivision 24, clause (c)(1), multiplied by 
 30.33     (4) the difference between the class rate under subdivision 
 30.34  24, paragraph (a), for the second tier and the class rate under 
 30.35  subdivision 24, paragraph (c), for the second tier for the 
 30.36  qualifying parts of a structure. 
 31.1      (c) The tax under this subdivision does not apply to a 
 31.2   lease that: 
 31.3      (1) was executed before May 1, 1999; 
 31.4      (2) was entered according to a binding written agreement 
 31.5   executed before May 1, 1999; or 
 31.6      (3) is a lease entered under an expansion option contained 
 31.7   in a lease or binding written agreement qualifying under clause 
 31.8   (1) or (2). 
 31.9      (d) The tax imposed under this subdivision is a personal 
 31.10  property tax and is imposed on the lessee or tenant and not on 
 31.11  the structure or the real property.  The tax is an obligation of 
 31.12  the lessee or tenant and must be collected in the manner 
 31.13  provided for personal property taxes. 
 31.14     (e) The personal property tax applies only to a year in 
 31.15  which the leased structure qualifies for the transit zone class 
 31.16  rate. 
 31.17     Sec. 23.  [126C.23] [ALLOCATION OF GENERAL EDUCATION 
 31.18  REVENUE.] 
 31.19     Subdivision 1.  [DEFINITIONS.] For the purposes of this 
 31.20  section, "building" means education site as defined in section 
 31.21  123B.04, subdivision 1.  
 31.22     Subd. 2.  [BUILDING ALLOCATION.] A district must initially 
 31.23  allocate its general education and referendum revenue to each 
 31.24  building in the district where the children who have generated 
 31.25  the revenue are served.  General education and referendum 
 31.26  revenue generated by students served at sites not owned and 
 31.27  operated by the district must be allocated to a separate account 
 31.28  to be used for services for pupils who generated the revenue. 
 31.29     Subd. 3.  [REALLOCATION FOR EXPENDITURES.] A district may, 
 31.30  by board resolution, adjust the initial allocation so as to 
 31.31  expend revenue for any purpose including, but not limited to, 
 31.32  district services, revenues or other funds established, 
 31.33  reallocations among buildings and programs and, separately, the 
 31.34  costs of increases in compensation approved by the board for 
 31.35  teachers and other employees. 
 31.36     Subd. 4.  [SEPARATE ACCOUNTS.] Each district shall maintain 
 32.1   separate accounts to identify revenues and expenditures for each 
 32.2   building. 
 32.3      Subd. 5.  [DATA REPORTING.] Each district must report to 
 32.4   the commissioner the estimated amount of general education and 
 32.5   referendum initially allocated to each building under 
 32.6   subdivision 2 and the amount of any reallocations under 
 32.7   subdivision 3 by January 30 of the current fiscal year, and the 
 32.8   actual amount of general education and referendum revenue 
 32.9   initially allocated to each building under subdivision 2 and the 
 32.10  amount of any reallocations under subdivision 3 by January 30 of 
 32.11  the next fiscal year. 
 32.12     Sec. 24.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
 32.13     Unless provided otherwise, each section of this act takes 
 32.14  effect at the time the provision being corrected takes effect.