1st Engrossment - 92nd Legislature (2021 - 2022) Posted on 04/06/2021 12:44pm
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1st Engrossment | Posted on 04/06/2021 |
A bill for an act
relating to local governments; requiring counties to collect soil and water
conservation district fee on deed transfers and mortgage registration; proposing
coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 103C.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
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(a) A county that contains at least one soil and water conservation
district must impose an additional fee of $25 per transaction on the recording or registration
of a mortgage subject to the tax under section 287.035 and an additional fee of $25 on the
recording or registration of a deed subject to the tax under section 287.21.
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(b) A county that does not contain at least one soil and water conservation district but
carries out the duties of a soil and water conservation district must impose the fee described
in paragraph (a).
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The fee described in subdivision 1 must be deposited
in a special soil and water conservation district account in the county general revenue fund.
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(a) The county treasurer
must transfer money from the special soil and water conservation district account to existing
soil and water conservation districts within the county in May, October, and December each
year. If a county contains more than one soil and water conservation district, money must
be allocated equally among each district.
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(b) A county imposing a fee under subdivision 1, paragraph (b), must use money in the
special soil and water conservation district account on soil and water conservation duties
within the county.
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This section is effective July 1, 2021.
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