Minnesota Session Laws - 1988, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1988 

                        CHAPTER 414-H.F.No. 1766 
           An act relating to local government; making explicit 
          the power of towns to take certain action at a special 
          meeting; amending Minnesota Statutes 1986, section 
          477A.018, subdivision 1. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1986, section 477A.018, 
subdivision 1, is amended to read:  
    Subdivision 1.  [AUTHORIZATION.] Notwithstanding section 
477A.016 or any other law, a statutory or home rule charter city 
may by ordinance, and a town may by the affirmative vote of the 
electors at its the annual town meeting or at a special town 
meeting, impose a tax of up to three percent on the gross 
receipts from the furnishing for consideration of lodging at a 
hotel, motel, rooming house, tourist court, or resort, other 
than the renting or leasing of it for a continuous period of 30 
days or more.  A statutory or home rule charter city may by 
ordinance impose the tax authorized under this subdivision on 
the camping site receipts of a municipal campground. 
    Approved March 25, 1988