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         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>relating to taxation; authorizing the city of Ramsey to create a tax increment <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>financing district subject to certain rules.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. <b>CITY OF RAMSEY; TAX INCREMENT FINANCING DISTRICT; </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var><b>SPECIAL RULES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>(a) If the city of Ramsey or an authority of the city elects upon the adoption of <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>a tax increment financing plan for a district, the rules under this section apply to a <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>redevelopment tax increment financing district established by the city or an authority of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>city. The redevelopment tax increment district includes parcels within the area bounded on <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>the west by County Road 83/Armstrong Boulevard, bounded on the north by County Road <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>116/Bunker Lake Boulevard, bounded on the east by County Road 56/Ramsey Boulevard, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>and bounded on the south by U.S. Highway 10. A parcel within this area that is included <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>in a tax increment financing district that was certified before the date of enactment of this <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>act may be included in the district created under this act if the initial district is decertified.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>(b) The requirements for qualifying a redevelopment tax increment district under <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 469.174, subdivision 10, do not apply to the parcels located <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>within the district.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>(c) In addition to the costs permitted by Minnesota Statutes, section 469.176, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>subdivision 4j, eligible expenditures within the district include the city's share of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>costs necessary to provide for the construction of the Northstar Transit Station and <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>related infrastructure, including structured parking, a pedestrian overpass, and roadway <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>improvements.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective upon approval by the governing <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>body of the city of Ramsey, and upon compliance by the city with Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>section 645.021, subdivision 3.<br />
         		
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