1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; providing for joint powers board in Koochiching, 
1.3 	Lake, and St. Louis Counties to manage all-terrain vehicle trails; authorizing the 
1.4 	board to levy tax.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. JOINT POWERS BOARD; KOOCHICHING, LAKE, AND ST. LOUIS 
1.7 	COUNTIES; ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE MANAGEMENT.
 1.8 	(a) Koochiching, Lake, and St. Louis Counties may establish an all-terrain vehicle 
1.9 	management joint powers board according to Minnesota Statutes, section 471.59, to manage, 
1.10 	design, permit, and construct all-terrain vehicle trails in the region in cooperation with 
1.11 	all-terrain vehicle trail clubs.
1.12 	(b) The joint powers board may levy a tax at an annual rate not exceeding 0.04835 
1.13 	percent of the estimated market value of all taxable property situated within the counties 
1.14 	named in its organization's resolution. The board's recording officer must file, on or before 
1.15 	September 15, in the office of the county auditor of each county in which territory under 
1.16 	the jurisdiction of the authority is located, a certified copy of the joint powers board's 
1.17 	resolution levying the tax. Each county auditor must assess and extend upon the tax rolls 
1.18 	of each county named in the joint powers board's resolution the portion of the tax that bears 
1.19 	the same ratio to the whole amount that the net tax capacity of taxable property in that 
1.20 	county bears to the net tax capacity of taxable property in all counties named in the joint 
1.21 	powers board's resolution.
1.22 	(c) Meetings of the joint powers board are subject to Minnesota Statutes, chapter 13D. 
1.23 	For purposes of this paragraph, a meeting occurs when a quorum is present and the members 
2.1 	receive information or take action on any matter relating to the duties of the joint powers 
2.2 	board.